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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 |
| 6935555 | Method of brazing and article made therefrom A method of brazing stainless steel components to form a complex shape such as an impeller. The method includes the steps of providing the stainless steel components shaped and formed from a selected stainless steel alloy; providing a brazing alloy having a selected... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6544669 | Cryogenic treatment of cookware and bakeware A method of making cookware and bakeware having a stick resistant and mar resistant cook surface comprising the steps of providing a cooking utensil having a cook surface, and cryogenically treating the cooking utensil at one or more selected temperatures... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6506270 | Heat treatment method of steel A heat treatment method of steel is capable of enhancing wear resistance, mechanical properties and dimensional stability of the steel due to the reduction of the retained austenite amount to substantially zero. In the method, an article of the steel is s... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6497773 | Method of manufacturing a mask for team games A method of manufacturing a mask for a team game is comprised of: heating an aluminum alloy mixed with copper and molybdenum at a temperature between 410° C. to 430° C. for three hours; cooling the alloy at a rate of about 30° C. per hour; cutting the ... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6361627 | Process of controlling grain growth in metal films A process for controlling grain growth in the microstructure of thin metal films (e.g., copper or gold) deposited onto a substrate. In one embodiment, the metal film is deposited onto the substrate to form a film having a fine-grained microstructure. The ... | 03/26/2002 |
| 5622573 | Method of determining components of a welding material having been overlaid onto a cast iron base metal A welding material for hard-facing which is to be hardened by a supercooling treatment after overlaying onto a cast iron base metal has a basic component composition which meets, in an overlaid condition, both a first condition and a second condition. The... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5482574 | Method of making composite structure having a porous shape-memory component A shape-memory alloy material is liquefied by heating for casting into sts that are coated with an adherent material and collected into a preshaped porous mass so as to assume a preshaped configuration and be restored thereto under selected temperature c... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5421919 | Method for forming a wear and corrosion resistant metallic finish on a substrate The finishes of the present invention consist essentially of metal alloys having the general formula: Ta Crb Zrc Bd Me M'f Xg Ih (I) in which a+b+c+d+e+f+g+h =100 atomic percent... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5361968 | Method of manufacturing metallic press die A metallic press die having an edge portion or high pressure portion for processing a workpiece therewith is made by overlaying a welding material to that portion of a base material for the metallic press die which forms the edge portion or high pressure ... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5073208 | Method for cryogenic treatment of Coriolis mass flow meter structures A method for increasing stability of a Coriolis mass flow meter by relieving residual and internal stress within the flow tube and related structures of the meter. The method including the steps of bending the flow tube in the desired form, fixing related... | 12/17/1991 |
| 5071492 | Method for reducing the fatigue crack growth rate of cracks in the aluminum alloy fuselage skin of an aircraft structure A method and apparatus for reducing the fatigue crack growth rate of cracks in the aluminum alloy fuselage skin of aircraft structures. A fatigue crack is identified, the crack having a tip defining the direction of crack propagation. Temperature differen... | 12/10/1991 |
| 4857119 | Case-Hardened plate armor and method of making Case-hardened plate armor disclosed includes a steel plate (14,18) that is heat treated to provide carbonitride surfaces and a tough, ductile core, with the carbonitride surfaces having a toughness of at least 66, and preferably at least 67, on the Rockwe... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4621026 | Process for providing metallic articles and the like with wear-resistant coatings, and improved coated metallic articles and the like This disclosure is concerned with providing metallic articles, such as cutting and drilling tools, gears, bearings and other structures subject to wear in use, with wear-resisting coatings adhered at desired surfaces thereof, preferably in the form of a t... | 11/04/1986 |
| 4336077 | Method of cryogenically hardening an insert in an article A method of cryogenically hardening and expanding an insert in an article is disclosed. Particularly, gray iron piston ring insert (14) having an austenitic matrix is treated in a piston body (12) by impinging a cryogenic medium thereon. This changes the ... | 06/22/1982 |
| 4265678 | Metal wire cord A metal wire cord which comprises a metal wire and a ternary alloy of Cu-Zn-Co coated on the surface of said metal wire. The wire cord has high drawability and such prominent adhesivity to rubber as is highly resistant to corrosion by saline water.... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4179313 | Method of making an article having a cast-in place bearing A composite part having freely movable components is manufactured by casting one component around the other to form an essentially locked unit and then freeing the components by thermal treatment.... | 12/18/1979 |
| 3935345 | Electroless plating of peroxide forming metals A method of electroless plating together with electroless plating solutions for plating the substrate of a transition metal capable of forming metal peroxides such as molybdenum or tungsten with a layer of metal plate such as chromium, cobalt, nickel or r... | 01/27/1976 |
