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Microwave Oven With Removable Storage Cassette in Dashboard of Motor Vehicle
A microwave oven adapted for use within a motor vehicle dashboard area. The microwave oven has a removable storage cassette, and slidable platforms for securing and serving containers of beverages and foods.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8186921 | Drain plug Disclosed is a drain plug for an enclosure that contains a female-threaded opening. The drain plug contains a male-threaded portion and a head portion. The head portion contains a drive structure, an annular groove of substantially rectangular cross section, and a w... | 05/29/2012 |
| 7740433 | Waterproof structure for portion where members are tightened with screw A waterproof structure for a tightening section where a first member (1) having a screw hole (1a) with a bottom and a second member (2) having a screw insertion hole (2a) are fastened with a screw (4) that is inserted... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7597518 | Fastener apparatus for roofing and steel building construction A fastener apparatus includes a frusto-hemispherical head portion having a flat top surface, a curved outer surface, a base portion, and a peripheral edge, with the flat top surface bearing a tool fitting. A downwardly-depending lip portion extends from the head per... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7427181 | Composite drain plug A composite drain plug for an automobile engine. The drain plug is made up of a hollow metal sleeve that is flanged at one end and closed at the other end. There is a core portion filling the hollow sleeve and having a head portion and a stub flange adjacent the fla... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7359144 | Overmold component seal in an electronic device housing In general, the invention is directed to techniques for forming a seal between parts of an overmold component. The overmold component includes a first part forming one or more thorough-holes and a second part overmolded to the first part. A through-hole may be, for ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7329077 | Fastener apparatus for roofing and steel building construction A fastener apparatus includes a frusto-hemispherical head portion having a flat top surface, a curved outer surface, a base portion, and a peripheral edge, with the flat top surface bearing a tool fitting. A downwardly-depending lip portion extends from the head per... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7300283 | Abutment screw with spring-washer A dental retaining screw used to secure dental components, such as abutments, copings, and prosthesis to dental implants. The screw has a body formed from titanium and a spring-washer formed from gold. The spring-washer is adapted to prevent the screw from loosening... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7261489 | Fastener assembly for attaching a non-metal component to a metal component A fastener assembly for attaching components of dissimilar materials includes a fastener having a base portion and a protruding portion, and a mechanism for tightening the assembly. The base portion is shaped to be complementary for mating with an attachment feature... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7237995 | Device for attaching a panel to a support A device, for attaching a panel to a support, incorporates a body with an elongated lower sector having a lower segment, an intermediate segment and an upper segment in which incuts are made to operatively engage and locate a retention bushing. The retention bushing... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7207759 | Fastener for panels or the like A fastener comprises a pin and a bushing having a hollow shank that is inserted into holes in a plurality of members being attached. A pin shank is inserted into the bushing shank to effect a widened-diameter coupling condition in which the diameter of the bushing s... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7179039 | Vibration-damping ring insert arrangement and component connection arrangement incorporating the same Vibration-damping ring insert arrangement includes a vibration-damping ring. A hollow cylinder member includes a first end, a second end, and an inner surface that is connected to an outer surface of the vibration-dampening ring. One of an outwardly extending edge a... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7163360 | Cutter body, rotary tool, and method for assembling the rotary tool A cutter body which includes cartridges 11 for allowing corresponding cutting inserts 9 to be removably fixed thereto, a cutter body member 3, second screws (cartridge fixation screws 17) for fixing the corresponding cartridges 11 ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7150593 | Sealing plug for blind installation A sealing plug for blind installation in a suitable hole thereby to plug and seal the hole, which sealing plug has a sleeve (1); a stem (2) having a head at least part of which is radially enlarged with respect to the remainder of the stem (2); ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7097177 | Metal laminate gasket A metal laminate gasket with a hole to be sealed includes a base metal plate having a first hole corresponding to the hole to be sealed, and a first steel plate laminated on one side of the base metal plate and having a second hole with a diameter greater than that ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7077611 | O-ring forming sealing washer A sealing washer includes a connecting portion and an inner edge portion disposed radially inward of the connecting portion. The inner edge portion terminates in an edge disposed in an edge plane that is offset from the connecting portion. The sealing washer may be ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7070375 | Clamping fastener grip length indicator A temporary fastener includes a grip length indicator. By machining a flattened area into a body of the temporary fastener, by engraving an scale into the flattened area, and by attaching an indicator dot visible in the groove to a moving part of an internal assembl... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7063482 | Crack-preventive screw-fastening structure for resinous housing An adhesive is applied to a male-threaded portion of a tapping screw. The male-threaded portion with the adhesive is threadably engaged with a non-threaded through hole of the full-closed stopper with female-threads being formed on the surface of the though hole. In... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7059612 | Gasket A gasket comprises a ring member made of a metal material, and a covering section composed of an elastic material, wherein the covering section integrally covers side surfaces and an inner circumferential surface of the ring member respectively. First to third protr... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7033121 | Water-tight grommet A substantially watertight grommet having a sealing mechanism that can simultaneously form a watertight seal between the grommet and a pin received therein and between the grommet and a panel within which the grommet is received is herein described. In a preferred e... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7018496 | Curable mechanical fasteners Curable mechanical fasteners of the invention comprise a fastening surface comprising a curable material, wherein the fastening surface is capable of being repeatedly attached and unattached to a complementary fastening surface, and when attached to the complementar... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6979162 | Plastic clip for connecting a panel to a body A pin-and-bushing clip connects a panel member to a body while providing a water-tight seal between the panel member and the body and between a pin head and a bushing flange. Appropriate and limited pressing force is applied to seal members even when a strong pressi... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6966611 | Rotatable tool assembly A tool assembly includes an axially symmetric tool having a tapered forward end, a radial flange, and a cylindrical shank. A retainer is fitted around the cylindrical shank, a washer is fitted around the retainer, and an annular elastomeric member is bonded to the i... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6939097 | Ground washer A ground washer is disclosed for attachment by a grounding screw to a grounding terminal. The washer device includes a disc-shaped member which defines an opening for the reception therethrough of the grounding screw. The member has an annular portion having a first... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6918492 | Baffle assembly for a sealed shaft on a vibratory apparatus A sealed wheel case for use on a vibrating aggregate processing device comprises a housing sized to hold a rotatable wheel supported on a shaft, the housing having a base, a peripheral sidewall, and a cover. The cover includes an aperture adapted to receive therethr... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6905051 | Protective case for use with a belt A protective case that may be used with or without a belt clip. A recess is formed in the inside surface of rear panel of the case, with a corresponding slight, smooth bubble formed on the outside surface of the rear panel. The bubble of the recess has a through-bor... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6854942 | Sealing fastener with multiple threads A screw having a primary thread extending along its shank and terminating at the screw head is formed with a supplemental thread extending between adjacent convolutions of the primary thread and also terminating at the head of the screw. The spaced termini of the tw... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6789989 | Screw having a head with concave underside An integrally formed screw, such as a wood screw has a threaded cylindric stem and a head (9). At least a part (25) of the head (9) is shallowly convexly curved (25) and is provided with a screwdriver recess (26). The head (9 | 09/14/2004 |
| 6764262 | Weatherproof fastener A fastener having a shank and head, the latter formed with a recess in its lower surface. A gasket is positioned in the recess, which it partially fills until the screw is employed to joint two elements and the gasket is compressed so that it fills the entirety of t... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6582172 | Isolated mechanical fastening system An isolated mechanical fastening system, which includes an exterior first section having a first transverse bore. The system also includes an exterior second section having a second transverse bore, wherein the second transverse bore is aligned with the f... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6536775 | Boundary gasket with integral bolt thread seals A unitary boundary gasket is adapted for sealing between flanged portions of two axially mated surfaces of rigid metallic members, such as between the bottom of an engine block and an associated engine oil pan. In one preferred form, the gasket has a rect... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6443678 | Grommet for preventing water penetration A synthetic resin grommet is provided which has a substantially cylindrical body having a flange portion and a head portion. The flange portion has an inverted dish-like shape and includes an elastically deformable vane-like shaped rim portion. Stopping c... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6347708 | Wheel case for a vibratory apparatus A sealed wheel case is provided for use with a vibratory device for vibrating aggregate material. The vibratory device includes a frame and a rotating shaft extending transversely across the frame, with the shaft having a wheel. The sealed wheel case incl... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6328513 | Vibration floating washer assembly and method of attaching the same to heat insulating plate A method of attaching a vibration floating washer with a sleeve to a heat insulating plate including an attaching-bolt insertion hole. The method comprises: disposing the metallic damping element on an inner side and a peripheral edge portion of the attac... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6283691 | Headed fastener with precisely calculated groove under head to accomodate o'ring sealing member as a self-sealing assembly A sealing nut is disclosed for sealed engagement with a workpiece. The sealing nut has a nut body having a lower face, and a bore extends through at least a portion of the nut body. A groove is formed in the lower face, the groove having a side wall which... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6264393 | Connection unit between a support, specifically a body part of a motor vehicle and a plate element A connection element (1) between a support (2), specifically a body part of a motor vehicle, and a plate element, specifically a door or wall facing. The connection element (1) includes an upper piece (3) attachable to the plate element and a lower piece ... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6244807 | Double seal nut A double seal nut having a wrenching element to which a torquing force is applied, an internal bore running longitudinally through the wrenching element and having a set of screw threads to be mated to a correspondingly threaded bolt by which to hold toge... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6231286 | Headed fastener with precisely calculated groove under head to accommodate O'ring sealing member as a self-sealing assembly A fastener is disclosed for sealed engagement with a workpiece. The fastener has a head having a lower face, and a shank extends from the lower surface of the head. A groove is formed in the lower surface, the groove having an inner wall and an outer wall... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6162000 | Engine air filter self-sealing nut An engine air filter housing nut (1) which has an o-ring (2) disposed in a circumferential groove in the side that meets the engine air filter housing.... | 12/19/2000 |
| 5445477 | Bearing plate with a continuous elliptical embossment A bearing plate with side walls longer than end walls so that the bearing plate has a rectangular configuration and a continuous elliptical embossment extending along the side walls and the end walls of the plate. An aperture concentrically positioned at ... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5224807 | Fastening bolt assembly with anti-rotation device and providing both axial and radial holding forces A tubular and preferably elastomeric radial holding and centering expandable bushing having a bore sized to pass a threaded shank of a fastening bolt and having a radially enlarged flanged one end thereof. The bore tapering outwardly toward the periphery ... | 07/06/1993 |
