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Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover
An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8077142 | Reflective, bi-stable magneto optical display architectures Reflective, low-cost display pixels and displays incorporating magneto-optical elements wherein an externally applied magnetic field is perpendicular to an axis of rotation of the magneto-optical elements and parallel to a viewing plane of a display made from these ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 7439950 | Clutch mechanism for a raised display apparatus Systems and methods are provided for securing a pin within a raised display system. A washer surrounds the pin. A washer recess comprises a contact surface configured as to bring the washer into a tilted position relative to the pin, such that the washer is brought ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7382306 | AD converter and display unit An AD converter includes: a reference voltage generator circuit having a plurality of resistors connected in series with predetermined reference voltage applied to both ends thereof, the reference voltage being divided at connecting points between the individual res... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7283127 | Stylus input device utilizing a permanent magnet A stylus that operates utilizing magnetic fields, wherein a permanent magnet is disposed within a passive stylus that is detectable by a plurality of magnetic sensors that remove the magnetic field of the stylus from the earth's relative magnetic field to thereby ob... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7259525 | High efficiency switching LED driver The present invention provides a LED driver for control the brightness of the LED. An inductor and a switch are connected in serial with the LED for control the current of the LED. A control circuit is developed to generate a control signal for switching the switch ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7248246 | Rack mount server with tiltable display A rack mount server or device with an integrated display that has an adjustable viewing angle. An adjustable viewing angle allows rack mount servers and devices to be stacked and still maintain viewability of their display screens. ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7247790 | Spinning concentrator enhanced solar energy alternating current production Due to an ever growing shortage of conventional energy sources, there is an increasingly intense interest in harnessing solar energy. This invention deals with method and apparatus for the direct conversion of solar energy to alternating current power by an active s... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7245090 | Switching LED driver with temperature compensation to program LED current The present invention provides a LED driver for control the brightness of the LED. An energy-transferred element and a switch are connected in series with the LED for controlling the current of the LED. A diode is coupled to the energy-transferred element for freewh... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7245089 | Switching LED driver The present invention provides a LED driver for controlling the brightness of the LED. An inductor and a switch are connected in series with the LED for controlling the current of the LED. A diode is coupled in parallel to the inductor for freewheeling the energy of... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7230594 | Color OLED display with improved power efficiency An OLED display device includes an array of light emitting pixels, each pixel having three or more OLEDs for emitting different colors of light specifying a gamut and at least one additional OLED for emitting a color of light within the gamut, wherein the power effi... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7221247 | Magnetically actuated microelectromechanical systems actuator A microelectrical mechanical system (MEMS) actuator having electrically conductive coils that create first magnetic fields that are opposed by a second magnetic field is disclosed. The actuator includes two coils having dual, interspersed Archimedean spirals. Within... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7199773 | Magnetic liquid display panel A magnetic display panel includes strips of first electrodes arranged in a first direction on an inner surface of a rear plate. Strips of second electrodes are arranged in a second direction, perpendicular to the first electrodes, and insulated from the first electr... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7187490 | Induced dipole alignment of solar concentrator balls The instant invention is concerned with method and apparatus for induced dipole alignment of solar concentrator micro-mirrors. Novel method and apparatus are taught for coupling to, addressing, and alignment of a micro-optics solar concentrator system for single-axi... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7168249 | Microelectrical mechanical structure (MEMS) optical modulator and optical display system A microelectrical mechanical out-of-plane thermal buckle-beam actuator is capable of providing transverse-plane movement of shutters. The actuator includes a pair of structural anchors secured to a substrate and one or more thermal buckle-beams secured at respective... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7151627 | Microelectrical mechanical structure (MEMS) optical modulator and optical display system A MEMS optical display system includes an illumination source for providing illumination light, a collimating lens for receiving the illumination light and forming from it collimated illumination light, and a converging microlens array having an array of lenslets th... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7145280 | Stator for a dynamoelectric machine having a split ferromagnetic core A method and apparatus for production of stator windings for dynamoelectric mechines of different configurations is provided. The windings are preferably formed on a bobbin (10) or similar article, which may then be transferred onto an appropriate carrier suc... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7145555 | Stylus input device utilizing a permanent magnet A stylus that operates utilizing magnetic fields, wherein a permanent magnet is disposed within a passive stylus that is detectable by a plurality of magnetic sensors that remove the magnetic field of the stylus from the earth's relative magnetic field to thereby ob... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7133183 | Micro-optics solar energy concentrator Due to an ever growing shortage of conventional energy sources, there is an increasingly intense interest in harnessing solar energy. The instant invention can contribute to the goal of achieving environmentally clean solar energy to be competitive with conventional... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7130102 | Dynamic reflection, illumination, and projection This invention deals with the broad general concept for dynamic reflection, illumination and direct image projection. A mini-optics reflection and focussing system is presented that ranges from interior illumination, to exterior illumination, to large scale space ba... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7112253 | Manufacturing transparent mirrored mini-balls for solar energy concentration and analogous applications Method and apparatus are presented for manufacturing transparent mirrored spheroidal mini-balls for solar energy and related applications such as optical switches. For these applications it is imperative to provide accurate specular reflection from the mirror. Vario... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7075242 | Color OLED display system having improved performance An OLED display system includes an OLED display including an array of light emitting pixels, each pixel having a plurality of OLEDs for emitting different colors of light specifying a gamut and including at least one additional OLED within the gamut defined by the o... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7059968 | Cuing method and means for a gaming machine topper A topper construction for a gaming device or pinball machine, or similar article, has an illuminated pointer/director that utilizes a master-slave, driver-follower arrangement of magnetically linked elements to move over a display field in a pre-programmed manner to... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7053519 | Electrostatic bimorph actuator An electrostatic bimorph actuator includes a cantilevered flexible bimorph arm that is secured and insulated at one end to a planar substrate. In an electrostatically activated state the bimorph arm is generally parallel to the planar substrate. In a relaxed state, ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7027030 | Magnetic display A magnetic display has two non-magnetic substrates, at least one of which is transparent; and a microcapsule coating layer is applied between the non-magnetic substrates. The microcapsules contain and seal light-absorptive black magnetic fine particles and light-ref... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7007471 | Unilateral thermal buckle beam actuator A unilateral in-plane thermal buckle-beam microelectrical mechanical actuator is formed on a planar substrate of semiconductor material, for example. The actuator includes first and second anchors secured to the substrate and a floating shuttle positioned movably pa... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7007843 | Light beam shaping arrangement and method in electro-optical readers A micro-electro-mechanical system component is deformed to control a shape and size and orientation of a laser beam spot that is scanned across a symbol to be read by an electro-optical reader. ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6972913 | Two axis tip-tilt platform A light direction assembly includes a tip-tilt platform having a first and second axes and having a light direction member coupled thereto, first and second current coils coupled to the platform, and a plurality of pole stand assemblies coupled to the first and seco... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6970154 | Fringe-field filter for addressable displays The display kit of the present invention comprises: an addressable display medium configured to exhibit a first aspect under the influence of an addressing vector field in a first direction at an addressing magnitude; and an addressor; where the addressor is configu... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6967761 | Microelectrical mechanical structure (MEMS) optical modulator and optical display system A microelectrical mechanical out-of-plane thermal buckle-beam actuator is capable of providing transverse-plane movement of shutters. The actuator includes a pair of structural anchors secured to a substrate and one or more thermal buckle-beams secured at respective... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6964486 | Alignment of solar concentrator micro-mirrors Due to an ever growing shortage of conventional energy sources, there is an increasingly intense interest in harnessing solar energy. The instant invention is concerned with method and apparatus for the alignment of solar concentrator micro-mirrors and the maximizat... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6950089 | Moveable magnetic devices for electronic graphic displays In one aspect, the invention includes a fader controller comprised of a longitudinally extending track having a portion thereof extending over an image area of an electronic display, and a fader cap joined to the track for longitudinal sliding translation therealong... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6943843 | Camera positioning system and method for eye-to eye communication Eye-to-eye videoconferencing may be carried out through the use of a camera secured to an attachment mechanism. The attachment mechanism removably secures the camera to a screen portion of a display screen such that the camera is disposed between the display screen ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6919581 | Image display unit and production method thereof A method of producing an image display unit includes the steps of: forming, on a wafer, a display element layer composed of display elements arrayed on a specific cycle and provided with a magnetic film, and separating the display element layer into the individual d... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6781745 | Electrophoretic display with gating electrodes An electrophoretic display comprising at least one in-plane gating electrode. The gating electrode(s) provide a gating effect, which raises the effective threshold voltage to prevent the undesired movement of the charged particles in the cells. The design of the inv... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6741225 | Device for generating an image In order to provide a device for generating an image on an image surface with N×M image elements which can be illuminated individually, comprising a plurality of semiconductor radiation sources, each of which generates radiation with at least one color, an optical ... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6606081 | Moveable magnetic devices for electronic graphic displays The invention includes moveable magnetic devices, for use in conjunction with electronic displays associated with computers and electronic devices enable manual input devices and control devices to be joined to the display, whereby the electronic device m... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6603458 | Electromagnetic display device An electromagnetic display apparatus includes a panel having substantially square pixel, which are divided into two parts. Each pixel is provided with a rotatably-mounted, bistable tilting flap, which is asymmetrical in relation to its rotational axis. Th... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6603457 | Display device with moving pixel members A display device having much fewer drive electrodes than expected by the number of pixels is formed by including a plurality of pixel members, an endless guide holding the plurality of pixel members movably therein, a pixel member mover disposed at a part... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6583780 | Method for producing display panel and display panel The present invention is a method in which microcapsules are placed at desired locations selectively accurately and easily to produce a high accuracy electrophoretic display panel. In the production method of a display panel of the present invention, the ... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6510632 | Small dot display element A small dot or disk flip dot display element and a method of making a flip dot display formed of such elements is shown where the disks or dots flip between an ON position showing a bright surface and an OFF position showing a dark surface. The dots are f... | 01/28/2003 |
