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A Cloaking System designed to operate in the visible light spectrum, utilizes optoelectronics and/or photonic components to conceal an object within it.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8113229 | Gear operated shut valve for a ventilation system A gear operated shut valve for a ventilation system in a motor vehicle is disclosed. The gear operated shut valve includes gear train. The gear train includes a driven gear that is associated with the shut valve and a driving gear that is associated with an outlet k... | 02/14/2012 |
| 6772562 | Building perimeter fire suppressing system A building perimeter fire suppressing system for preventing brush and forest fires from engulfing building structure. The building perimeter fire suppressing system includes a water source; and also includes a plurality of pipelines having a plurality of water outle... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6571820 | Concealed air vents A vent assembly that can be concealed when in a closed configuration is provided in one embodiment, the vent assembly comprises a base member and a guide member secured to a mounting surface of a duct or other passageway. A flexible rod is fixedly attache... | 06/03/2003 |
| 5848611 | Rotary valve A valve (10) for applying vacuum to selected ones of a plurality of vacuum-operated devices (B-F) in a vehicle includes a valve core (30) which is rotatable in a valve sleeve (20) between a plurality of predetermined rotational positions. A plurality of c... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5791981 | Actuator arrangement and system using the arrangement An actuator arrangement is provided in the case of which the actuators are arranged in a premounted manner in a common actuator module unit. The actuator module unit can then, as a whole, be installed in a corresponding system, such as a heating or air-co... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5704394 | Vacuum valve with integrated selector plate A rotary valve has a stator with ports for connection to a vacuum source and to a plurality of vacuum actuators, and a housing having a central hub. A selector residing between the stator and the housing comprises a resilient body insert molded to a steel... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5623965 | Low effort vacuum valve assembly with rotary actuator A rubber valve plate is sandwiched between a stator and a cover. Ports in the stator for coupling to a vacuum source and vacuum motors are aligned with poppets molded in the valve plate. A manifold in the plate joins regions surrounding the valves to coup... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5495868 | Rotary vacuum-electric switch A shaft is rotatable in a housing to several detented positions, established by a detent wheel and spring pressed detent balls, and is provided with a pinion gear which drives a gear rack on a valve carriage guided for linear movement along a spacer. A ru... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5447178 | Center position biased slide air valve The present invention provides an air valve (10) for inflating and deflating an inflatable. The air valve (10) includes a housing floor (16) with air ports (36, 38), and a slide bar (12) with an air passageway (54) formed therein. The slide bar (12) is su... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5396928 | Rotary vacuum electric switch The disclosed vacuum valve device comprises a housing having a wall with a flat valve surface, a plate-like valve carriage having a cavity therein facing the valve surface, the wall having vacuum distribution ports therein, and a soft resilient rubber-lik... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5070908 | Vacuum valve A vacuum valve having a compliable selector plate.... | 12/10/1991 |
| 4727766 | Heat regulating mechanism for automotive heating and air conditioning systems The mechanism comprises a heat control knob, pivotally mounted on the front end of an operating lever which is pivotally and slidably supported by second pivot means, having its pivot axis parallel with but spaced from the axis of the first pivot means. T... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4727905 | Pneumatic control device for controlling pneumatic system A pneumatic control device for controlling a pneumatic system operable in a plurality of modes, including: push levers corresponding to the operation modes and movable in a first direction to its operated position, the push levers being spaced from each o... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4679588 | Combination rotary electrical switch and vacuum selector valve A single rotary shaft connected to a single rotary carriage operates a vacuum selector valve and two rotary electrical switches, in a casing having rear and front components. The valve comprises a valve carriage, slidable along a linear channel in the rea... | 07/14/1987 |
| 4667068 | Control mechanisms for automotive heating and air conditioning systems A function selector knob is pivotally mounted on a function control lever which is pivotally and slidably supported by first pivot means. A pin and slot connection is provided between the lever and a vacuum electric selector switch. A convertible detent m... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4633908 | Manually operated mode-selecting valve device A manually operated mode-selecting valve device allowing pressurized air to be transmitted to a plurality of working agents so as to actuate them simultaneously with the movement of a single valve medium upon operating a corresponding single actuator is d... | 01/06/1987 |
| 4509553 | Fluid flow selector valve A multimode push operated fluid flow selector valve is disclosed having modular construction including an individual slidable selector plate for each mode that is ported and cooperates with a common ported stator to effect the desired mode of communicatio... | 04/09/1985 |
| 4448390 | Vacuum control valve for automotive heating and airconditioning systems A vacuum control valve comprising a body having a valve surface with a plurality of valve ports extending through the body from such surface, a soft resilient valve member having a control surface slidable along the valve surface and formed with passage m... | 05/15/1984 |
| 4346729 | Temperature control system and pushbutton controlled pneumatic actuator A temperature control system including a pushbutton controlled, pneumatically operated actuator for controlling a vehicle heating and air conditioning system is disclosed. A plurality of pushbutton operated valve assemblies (112) enables an operator to co... | 08/31/1982 |
| 4305569 | Vacuum control valves A vacuum control valve, comprising a wall having a vacuum supply port and a utilization port therein, a valve member movable along such wall, and means guiding the valve member for movement along a predetermined path along such wall, such valve member hav... | 12/15/1981 |
| 4291725 | Fluid control switches A combined electrical and fluid control switch is disclosed, comprising a casing, at least one operating carriage movable in the casing, and valve means in the casing and operable by the movement of the carriage. The valve means may comprise a valve wall ... | 09/29/1981 |
| 4126153 | Combined electrical switch and fluid power control device The disclosed combined fluid power and electrical control device comprises a casing having an operating lever extending through an opening in the casing between the front and rear sides thereof, means at the rear of the casing pivotally supporting the rea... | 11/21/1978 |
| 4073312 | Charge and relief valve A dual valve assembly having a charge and relief valve, comprising a unitary valve structure including a thick central body section and, extending therefrom, a pair of elongated hollow cylindrical valve members. A valve core is threaded into the bore of e... | 02/14/1978 |
