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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 |
| 7000638 | Diverter valve with multiple valve seat rings A diverter valve includes a valve bore having a set of valve seats associated with each fluid outlet port. Each set of valve seats is at least partially separated from one another by a flow channel. The valve seat configuration increases the impact area for the valv... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6827095 | Modular microfluidic systems A modular microfluidic system includes a plurality of discrete microfluidic modules each capable of performing at least one operation and at least one microfluidic coupling device for fluidically coupling the modules to perform a sequence of operations. The microflu... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6798859 | Branch amplifier card A branch amplifier card for a nuclear reactor control rod drive control system is provided. The control system includes a control processor, a plurality of transponder cards arranged in clusters with each cluster under the control of a branch amplifier card. The bra... | 09/28/2004 |
| 5697402 | Apparatus for melt mixing synthetic polymers A system for mixing first and second polymer melt flows and directing a mixed polymer melt flow to one and another downstream locations includes a control valve having an inlet port for receiving the first polymer melt flow, and a pair of outlet ports, an... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5540248 | Fluidic sound amplification system A fluidic sound amplification system couples successive laminar proportional amplifiers through acoustic radiation between output and input horns to avoid the propagation of null offset signals. A second approach to obviating DC null bias in a fluidic sou... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5271431 | Microvalve A microvalve in multi-layer structure is proposed, where an inlet connector, a return connector and an outlet connector are produced by planar structuring of material layers. The microvalve has a first and a second stage, which is disposed behind the firs... | 12/21/1993 |
| 4934409 | T junction interconnected multistage fluidic gainblock A fluidic gainblock for amplifying AC pressure signals having an additional lement known as a "T" junction added to the interconnection region between the stages of an LPA gainblock. Where normally there would be direct coupling between LPA's in a staged g... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4874016 | Method for improving signal-to-noise ratios in fluidic circuits and apparatus adapted for use therewith A fluidic circuit (10) having two oscillators (22,24) which separately vent to a common volume (78) and receive pressurized fluid inputs along separate flow paths (54,56) is provided with filters (80) positioned both upstream and downstream from each osci... | 10/17/1989 |
| 4678009 | Fluidic complementary gain changing circuit A fluidic complementary gain changing circuit has three laminar proportio amplifiers, one of which supplies fluid pressure streams to the other two. The latter amplifiers have substantially identical geometries and complementary gain curves at any given ... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4501293 | Gas flow responsive signal output means Signal output means (11) responsive to gas flow and particularly suited for use in gas flow indicator apparatus (10), has first and second pressure-datum valves (24, 25) arranged in downstream order in a gas conduit (16), the second pressure-datum valve (... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4413795 | Fluidic thruster control and method A fluidic thruster control system and method for guided missiles and the like, which utilizes a fluidic jet interaction device for controlling a downstream fluidic vortex amplifier to modulate exhaust flow through thrust nozzles.... | 11/08/1983 |
| 4369811 | Null balancing for fluidic sensors and amplifiers A trim circuit for compensating for null offset of the jet stream in a flic transducer, such as an amplifier or jet deflection sensor, includes a flow bias control circuit and a supply sensitive difference flow control circuit. The flow bias control circ... | 01/25/1983 |
| 4258754 | Method and apparatus for fluid sound amplification and detection of low frequency signals A new method and apparatus for fluid sound amplification and detection having enclosed within a predetermined sized housing a fluid supply emitter in combination with a signal input port and spaced a predetermined distance therefrom along an axis offset a... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4144906 | Programmable fluidic pressure-to-electronic interface system A programmable fluid logic module is disclosed which provides an interface etween a plurality of fluid input signals in a pressure-to-electric transducer. The module is arranged so that a plurality of valves may be used to provide a particular combination ... | 03/20/1979 |
| 4113079 | Press brake control circuit Logic circuitry in combination with a limit switch on a press automatically controls the operation of the press during the press cycle without visual monitoring of the cycle by an operator.... | 09/12/1978 |
| 4019697 | Fluidic approach power compensator control system A fluidic control system which automatically schedules and controls power developed by an aircraft during landing approach operation. Fluidic signals are generated in relation to sensed aircraft flight parameters, and these signals are combined in a prese... | 04/26/1977 |
| 3991790 | Patient ventilator trigger circuit Disclosed herein is a patient ventilator apparatus having a pneumatic control system operable in three different modes wherein the apparatus assists the breathing of the patient, controls the patient's breathing in a timed manner, or operates in a combina... | 11/16/1976 |
| 3986527 | Laminar flow digital logic elements with feedback Improved fluid logic elements are disclosed employing a laminar proportio fluid amplifier connected in a feedback arrangement. Logic functions such as AND, OR, and NOR as well as the flip-flop can be implemented with a reduced power consumption and signa... | 10/19/1976 |
| 3957233 | Fluidically controlled cargo hook controlled system A fluidically controlled cargo hook control system for use with aircraft including a fluidic circuit actuatable so that the cargo hook can be opened at pilot command during the pilot command mode of operation, so that the cargo hook will automatically ope... | 05/18/1976 |
| 3957234 | Fluidically controlled cargo hook controlled system A fluidically controlled cargo hook control system for use with aircraft including a fluidic circuit actuatable so that the cargo hook can be opened at pilot command during the pilot command mode of operation, so that the cargo hook will automatically ope... | 05/18/1976 |
