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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 |
| 7371369 | Polymeric interpenetrated network carrier and serial polymerization involving a crosslinked polymer network This invention relates to a highly stable, dense interpenetrated crosslinked polymer network (ICPN) containing (a) a crosslinked, network-forming primary polymer containing vinyl lactam and/or acrylic acid moieties, and (b) a secondary, optionally crosslinked, disti... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7323514 | Low refractive index fluoropolymer coating compositions for use in antireflective polymer films An economic, optically transmissive, stain and ink repellent, durable low refractive index fluoropolymer composition for use in an antireflection film or coupled to an optical display. In one aspect of the invention, the composition is formed from the reaction produ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7289845 | Curvature based method for selecting features from an electrophysiologic signal for purpose of complex identification and classification A method for curvature based complex identification and classification comprises sensing a cardiac signal and computing curvatures at sample points on the sensed cardiac signal. Then to extract features from the computed curvatures, and compare the extracted feature... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7172810 | Resin compositions, monofilaments, process for producing the same and fishing lines Monofilaments comprising resin compositions which contain 1% by mass or more of a comonomer component (for example, hexafluoropropylene), have an intrinsic viscosity of 1.3 dl/g or more and a melting point of 165° C. or higher and contain a PVDF-based resin. Owing ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7169848 | Block copolymers and method for making same The present invention is a novel block copolymer containing a controlled distribution copolymer block of a conjugated diene and a mono alkenyl arene, where the controlled distribution copolymer block has terminal regions that are rich in conjugated diene units and a... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7113824 | Apparatus and method for treating ventricular tachyarrhythmias A system and method for selectively treating a ventricular tachycardia based on sensed atrial and ventricular intervals from the patient's heart. A detection window of the ten most recent atrial and ventricular intervals are analyzed for the occurrence of either tac... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7062316 | Cross chamber interval correlation A system and method for discriminating cardiac rhythms occurring in an antegrade direction from cardiac rhythms occurring in a retrograde direction. Atrial and ventricular contractions are sensed, from which atrial and ventricular cycle lengths are determined. Ventr... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7045170 | Anti-stiction coating for microelectromechanical devices A method for depositing an anti-stiction coating on a MEMS device comprises reacting the vapor of an amino-functionalized silane precursor with a silicon surface of the MEMS device in a vacuum chamber. The method can further comprise cleaning the silicon surface of ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7039463 | Discrimination of supraventricular tachycardia and ventricular tachycardia events A method and system for discrimination of supraventricular tachycardia and ventricular tachycardia events. Morphological features points are extracted from normal sinus rhythm (NSR) complexes and used to generate a NSR template. A numerical convolution is performed ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7034086 | Melamine and guanamine-based crosslinking composition This invention relates to a crosslinking composition comprising a compound having the structure of Formula I: where Z is a hydrogen, an alkyl of 1 to about 18 carbon atoms, an aryl of about 6 to about 24 carbon atoms, ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7028367 | Windshield wiper having reduced friction characteristics A wiper blade made of a compound having a methyl vinyl silicone polymer, a filler, and a friction-reducing additive is provided. The friction-reducing additive is present in an amount from between about 5–42 weight percent, preferably 11 percent. The average parti... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6996434 | Method and system for verifying the integrity of normal sinus rhythm templates A method and system for verifying the integrity of normal sinus rhythm (NSR) templates and updating the NSR template after selected time intervals. At selected time intervals after establishing a NSR template, cardiac complexes are sensed and values for one or more ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6959736 | Multilayer pipe and method for manufacturing one A multilayer pipe which comprises at least an inner layer and an outer layer. The inner layer is made of extrudable plastic, such as polyethylene PE, cross-linked polyethylene PEX or polypropylene PP. The outer layer forms a fire-protecting layer and the matrix plas... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6959212 | System and method for arrhythmia discrimination The present invention provides a system and a method for discriminating supraventricular tachyarrhythmias from ventricular arrhythmias during a tachycardia episode. First cardiac signals and second cardiac signals are sampled for cardiac complexes. A first feature o... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6951904 | Process for increasing the melt strength of polypropylene A process for modifying a polypropylene (co)polymer wherein said process comprises melt mixing the polypropylene (co)polymer in the presence of an initiator wherein said initiator is selected from the group defined by formula (1), wherein R is selected from the grou... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6933330 | Water-based ink A water-based ink comprising (A) a coloring material; and (B) an aqueous dispersion of polymer particles comprising a water-insoluble graft copolymer having an acrylic polymer side chain (P) and a salt-forming group (Q), wherein the acrylic polymer side chain (P) is... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6930153 | Production of maleic anhydride modified butyl rubber and use thereof A method for producing maleic anhydride modified butyl rubber comprising reacting a halogenated butyl rubber with maleic anhydride in the presence of (i) an acid acceptor and (ii) a monofunctional hindered amine and/or monofunctional hindered phenol; which is useful... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6864323 | Composition for improving scorch conditions in the preparation of grafted and/or crosslinked polymers and of filled plastics A composition containing (i) at least one silicon-containing compound, (ii) at least one peroxidic free-radical initiator, and (iii) at least one conjugated hydrocarbon and/or at least one organofunctional silane of the general formula I: R—Xn... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6830777 | Method for producing electrical cables coated with cross-linked polyethylene In a method for producing electrical cables coated with cross-linked polyethylene, a polyethylene granulate is mixed with a liquid silane-containing cross-linking agent, the granulate thus prepared is melted in an extruder and extruded onto the electrical cable, and... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6822045 | Rubber-modified resin and thermoplastic resin composition containing the same A rubber-modified resin obtained by conducting polymerization of a vinyl monomer in the presence of a mixed rubber latex of a silicone rubber latex (A) and an acrylic rubber latex (B), during which polymer particles are coagglomerated to enhance the particle size. T... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6630559 | Propylene polymer, propylene block copolymer, process for preparing said polymer and said block copolymer, and propylene polymer composition Disclosed are a propylene polymer having a high crystallinity of a boiled heptane-insoluble component contained therein, a high stereoregularity and an extremely long mesochain (continuous propylene units wherein directions of -methyl carbons are t... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6602944 | Pressure sensitive cohesive A pressure sensitive adhesive/cohesive exhibits excellent cohesive body properties, and other desirable features, even when exposed to heat and polysiloxane based lubricants, such as in a laser printer. The formulation comprises 100 parts by weight natura... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6586530 | Low surface tension (meth) acrylate containing block copolymer prepared by controlled radical polymerization A block copolymer including a block of residues of a low surface tension (meth)acrylate monomer; a block of residues of a monomer free of hydroxyl group and amine group residues; and, optionally, a third block of residues of a monomer free of hydroxyl gro... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6545099 | Propylene polymer and block copolymer Disclosed are a propylene polymer having a high crystallinity of a boiled heptane-insoluble component contained therein, a high stereoregularity and an extremely long mesochain (continuous propylene units wherein directions of -methyl carbons are t... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6433090 | Thermoplastic elastomers having improved set foams made therefrom A thermoplastic vulcanizate prepared by a process comprising the steps of dynamically vulcanizing a vulcanizable rubber within a mixture that includes from about 15 to about 90 percent by weight of the rubber and from about 10 to about 85 percent by weigh... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6376615 | Method for functionalizing a polymer and preparing copolymers and terpolymers The present invention describes the preparation of copolymers grafted by the so-called "grafting from" method, comprising two steps. In the first step, a polymer of a variable type referred to as poly(M1) is reacted with persistent free radical... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6191186 | Insulating paste The invention provides an insulating paste, comprising: an organic vehicle containing an organic binder, a photo-polymerization initiator and a photosetting monomer; and a silicate glass powder having a softening point in a range of about 700° C. to 1,05... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6136926 | Cross-linkable, olefinic polymers and methods for their synthesis Cross-linkable, olefinic polymers synthesized from mixtures of olefinic polymers and ethylenically unsaturated organosilane compounds, which can be grafted, by a 2-step method using thermally decomposing free radical-forming agents by heating the mixtures... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6087456 | Curable composition A curable composition comprising the components (A), (B), (C) and (D), viz. (A) an isobutylene polymer which contains in a molecule, at least one alkenyl group capable of hydrosilylation reaction; (B) a curing agent which contains at least two hydrosilyl groups in ... | 07/11/2000 |
| 5880234 | Curable fluorine-containing copolymer and coating liquid composition containing same The invention relates to a curable fluorine-containing copolymer prepared by copolymerizing a monomer mixture. This monomer mixture is in an amount of 100 mol % in total and includes (a) 10-60 mol % of a first polymerizable monomer that is one of hexafluo... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5844046 | Process for the preparation of olefin polymer A process for preparing an olefin polymer comprising the steps of: preparing an olefin polymer I! by polymerizing or copolymerizing an olefin in the presence of an olefin poymerization catalyst comprising a specific solid titanium catalyst component A... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5804662 | Agglomerated, finely divided, crosslinked vinylimidazole copolymers, preparation thereof, and use thereof Agglomerated, finely divided, crosslinked vinylimidazole copolymers obtainable by free-radically initiated polymerization of N-vinylimidazoles of the formula ##STR1## where R, R1 and R2 are identical or different and each is H, ... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5744560 | Metal accelerated polymerization processes A free radical polymerization process for the preparation of a polymer comprising heating a mixture of a free radical initiator, a stable free radical agent, a metal catalyst, or a metal stable free radical complex catalyst, and at least one polymerizable... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5693713 | Process for making block graft copolymers by grafting halosilanes onto polyolefin/diene polymers A method of producing graft block copolymers which comprises (a) grafting a halosilane of the formula HSiXn R3-n wherein X is halogen, R is alkyl or aryl, and n=1-3, onto a -olefin/diene copolymer made from at least one -ole... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5659058 | Thermally stable antistatic agents A process for rendering polymer compositions antistatic and the products of such process are described. The polymeric material is treated with a combination of selected trineoalkoxy amino zirconates and trineoalkoxy sulfonyl zirconates. These latter mater... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5500294 | Adhesive tape for electronic parts and liquid adhesive This invention is to provide a liquid adhesive can be adhered and cured at a relatively low temperature and have sufficient heat resistance and reliability, etc., and an adhesive tape using the same. The liquid adhesive of this invention is obtainable by ... | 03/19/1996 |
| 5473021 | Process for producing ethylene-propylene block copolymer A process for producing ethylene-propylene block copolymer which comprises (1) The first step of reacting propylene or a mixture of propylene and ethylene in the presence of a catalyst composed essentially of (A) a solid catalyst component containing magnesium, tit... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5449738 | Process for producing ethylene-propylene block copolymer The present invention relates to a process for producing ethylene propylene block copolymers excellent in appearance, elongation and impact resistance when molded by a gas phase polymerization which can be conducted in a stable manner. The process of the ... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5446093 | Method for producing statistically coupled asymmetric radial polymers A process is disclosed for producing six-armed and eight-armed asymmetric radial block copolymers. The process comprises anionically polymerizing a diene and/or a vinyl aromatic hydrocarbon to create living polydiene and/or vinyl aromatic hydrocarbon arms... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5387643 | Composition of a cationic micro-emulsion and its preparation method In present invention, cationic particle having two-layer structure wherein copolymerized resin comprising a specific copolymer is protected with a film of water soluble resin is contained in aqueous medium. In this way, a glossy film can be obtained by em... | 02/07/1995 |
