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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 |
| 7419624 | Methods for producing composites of fullerene nanotubes and compositions thereof This invention relates generally to a method for producing composites of fullerene nanotubes and compositions thereof. In one embodiment, the present invention involves a method of producing a composite material that includes a matrix and a fullerene nanotube materi... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7411019 | Polymer composites containing nanotubes The present invention relates to polymer composite materials containing carbon nanotubes, particularly to those containing singled-walled nanotubes. The invention provides a polymer composite comprising one or more base polymers, one or more functionalized m-phenyle... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7374807 | Nanocrystal doped matrixes The present invention provides matrixes doped with semiconductor nanocrystals. In certain embodiments, the semiconductor nanocrystals have a size and composition such that they absorb or emit light at particular wavelengths. The nanocrystals can comprise ligands tha... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7357984 | Polymer-coated carbon nanotube By coating the outer surface of carbon nanotubes with various polymers of different properties, such properties as insulation property, reactivity, optical visibility, solvent dispersion property and so on are given to the outer surface of the carbon nanotubes. ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7338705 | Static dissipation treatments for optical package windows An optically transparent conductive material is disposed directly or indirectly on an inside surface of a cover material for static dissipation in an optical switching device. The optically transparent conductive material forms an electrically continuous film. The o... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7326633 | Anisotropic conductive film An anisotropic conductive film (10) is used for bonding a semiconductor component to a circuit board. The anisotropic conductive film includes an insulative adhesive film (12) and a plurality of nano-scaled conductive particles (14). The nano-sc... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7262266 | Copolymerization of polybenzazoles and other aromatic polymers with carbon nanotubes The present invention is generally directed to the block copolymerization of rigid rod polymers with carbon nanotubes (CNTs), the CNTs generally being shortened, to form nanotube block copolymers. The present invention is also directed to fibers and other shaped art... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7202173 | Systems and methods for electrical contacts to arrays of vertically aligned nanorods Systems and methods may provide electrical contacts to an array of substantially vertically aligned nanorods. The nanorod array may be fabricated on top of a conducting layer that serves as a bottom contact to the nanorods. A top metal contact may be applied to a pl... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7161285 | CNT film and field-emission cold cathode comprising the same A fabrication method for an emitter includes the steps of forming on a glass substrate a CNT film which contains a plurality of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and constitutes an emitter electrode, forming a gate electrode via an insulating film on the CNT film, forming a p... | 01/09/2007 |
| 6680016 | Method of forming conductive polymeric nanocomposite materials A method of reinforcing a polymeric material with carbon nanofibers is provided in which carbon nanofibers are combined with a polymer and a solvent for the polymer to form a substantially homogeneous mixture, followed by removal of the solvent by evapora... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6664315 | Nanocomposites of dendritic polymers In the present invention, an inorganic reactant is, or reactants are, localized with respect to a dendritic polymer by physical constraint within or by a non-covalent conjugation to the dendritic polymer. The localized inorganic reactant or reactants is/a... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6649672 | Binding agents modified by nanoparticles for coating agents and use of the same Binders suitable for coating compositions, obtainable by reaction of one or more epoxy-functional binders with carboxyl-functional nanoparticles, and coating compositions containing them and the use thereof.... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6623983 | Apparatus and methods for capture and analysis of particulate entities Apparatus and methods are disclosed which facilitate immobilization of magnetically labelled particulate entities, e.g., cells, preferably in a defined pattern, on a collection surface via binding between specific binding pair members, as an aid to partic... | 09/23/2003 |
| 4801643 | Small particle size non-surface active protective colloid-stabilized latexes derived from monomers of high aqueous phase grafting tendencies Disclosed are aqueous polyacrylate dispersions, i.e., aqueous latex dispersions of acrylate polymers, having improved rheological and stability characteristics, prepared by polymerization of acrylic esters, methacrylic esters and mixtures thereof in the p... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4581028 | Infection-resistant materials and method of making same through use of sulfonamides Infection-resistant materials, and methods of preparing same, suitable for use within the interior of a human or animal body in such forms as vascular grafts prostheses, or other implanted devices. The material is rendered infection-resistant by incorpora... | 04/08/1986 |
