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Dining Table Having Integral Dishwasher
A space-saving dishwasher, which may be installed within a counter top or table, having a dish-carrying rack that is vertically shiftable through the open top of the dishwasher for facilitating loading and unloading of the dishes.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8157067 | Dynamic displacement anchorage energy management device A dynamic energy management restraint anchor device interfaces with a child seat in a vehicle, engaging common child seat attachment clip features. A device restraint anchor is operable to dynamically extract and permit distortion of load bearing deformable member(s... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8104593 | Resilient shock-absorbing device A resilient shock-absorbing device includes an absorber body having a first absorber layer including a plurality of longitudinal first outer tube halves heat-sealed to each other and each having two transversely opposed first longitudinal ends contacting respectivel... | 01/31/2012 |
| 7798298 | Impact attenuating and spring elements and products containing such elements Impact attenuating/spring systems may include first and second body portions and at least one spring member at least partially included between the body portions. The spring member(s) may substantially enclose and/or be pivotally engaged with the body portion(s). Th... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7458449 | Shock absorbing device for a cable under tension, in particular for rockfall, debris flow and avalanche control works A shock absorbing device for a cable under tension, in particular for rockfall, debris flow and avalanche control works, is equipped with an elongate, helical deformation element (1), through which the cable (9) can be looped. Both overlapping end area... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7347465 | Retractable automotive front end with wedge locking members An extendible rail and bumper apparatus is mountable within the base frame lower rails of an automotive frame to provide an improved crash force absorbing bumper apparatus for deployment on either the front or rear bumpers of an automobile. The extendible rail membe... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7320381 | Propshafts with honeycomb core dampers A propshaft assembly includes a shaft structure having a hollow cavity and an insert member being positioned within the hollow cavity and engaging the shaft structure. The shaft structure vibrates in response to receipt of an input of a predetermined frequency such ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7314125 | Impact attenuating and spring elements and products containing such elements Impact attenuating/spring systems may include first and second body portions and at least one spring member at least partially included between the body portions. The spring member(s) may substantially enclose and/or be pivotally engaged with the body portion(s). Th... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7267367 | Reversibly expandable energy absorbing assembly utilizing shape memory foams for impact management and methods for operating the same A reversible energy absorbing assembly including a shape memory foam disposed within an interior region, wherein the shape memory foam is adapted to expand to an expanded configuration in response to fluid communication with a fluid source. The shape memory foam is ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7182191 | Motion damper The motion damper includes a damper wall, damper stages, and a damper head. The damper wall and damper stages are successively smaller in size and have a nested relationship. The damper wall and damper stages are each flexibly attached to an adjacent damper stage or... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7174803 | Steering shaft for motor vehicles A steering shaft for motor vehicles which comprises an inner and an outer shaft part. Each shaft part has a polygonal cross section. The shaft parts engage one another in telescoping fashion and are positively connected to one another by barrel-shaped rolls that are... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7143877 | Fusible link comprising damper and backstop A link including a rod with a connection member at each end with an axis passing through both connection members. The rod includes a fusible zone as a narrow section lying between a first rod portion connected to a first connection member and a second rod portion co... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7131238 | Method of testing seismic braces Braces for bracing objects in structures against forces due to earthquakes are tested by subjecting components of the braces for attaching the braces to the object or structure to cyclic loading of approximately 15 cycles. The cyclic forces are applied to different ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7104720 | Traffic noise barrier system A traffic noise barrier system includes a longitudinal barrier and a traffic noise barrier wall. The traffic noise barrier wall is supported by the longitudinal barrier and is spaced apart from a back surface of the longitudinal barrier in a direction away from the ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7070030 | Resilient and deformable member for absorbing kinetic energy The present invention generally relates to devices and methods for absorbing kinetic energy. In particular, the present device is well suited for use in an automobile door, where it can be positioned for the purpose of absorbing the energy of a side-impact collision... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7066491 | Casing tube of a steering column of a motor vehicle and a method for producing the casing tube The invention relates to a casing tube of a steering column of a motor vehicle, the tube comprising two telescopic tube sections which are connected frictionally to each other in a press fit and, in the event of a crash, can be displaced relative to each other over ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7055651 | Belay device An improved Belay Device is provided consisting of a Base (14), Rope Locking Ring (36), Cover (48), and Connecting Pin (58). The Base (14) contains a Protruding Cylindrical Core (18) with a Base Rope Channel (20). The... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7017854 | Roll packed compressible materials A roll (54) of compressed materials (14) is provided which has a sleeve (50) formed around a rotatable mandrel (12). The sleeve (50) about which the materials (14) are rolled prevents the roll (54) from radially colla... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6994384 | Integrated solitary bumper beam An unitary bumper unit is adapted for attachment to a vehicle for absorbing forces generated from an impact and comprises a singularly molded part combining a relatively stiff beam portion for attachment to a vehicle and an impact energy absorber integrally molded t... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6983832 | Impact energy absorber and process A tunable and reusable impact energy absorbing system and process includes a control structure comprising a sleeve having an outer surface fixedly attached to a chassis, a seal at each end of the sleeve, a magnetorheological fluid disposed between the seals, and a c... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6976565 | Load carrying axial positioners with overload energy absorption An axial positioner capable of yielding to absorb energy under compression or tension loads. The positioner includes an outer tube having first and second ends, a threaded actuator rod extending between the first and second ends and a drive to rotate the actuator ro... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6962245 | Variable force energy dissipater and decelerator Tunable pull-through energy attenuator and decelerator devices is disclosed which provide for variable force-time profiles, deceleration and kinetic energy attenuation of moving objects so as to prevent damage or injury to impacting objects, vehicles or persons. The... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6799400 | Earthquake shock damper An earthquake shock damper includes two positioning plates, two fixing plates and multiple energy absorbing plates securely sandwiched between the two positioning plates and having the two fixing plates extending out in different directions. Each energy absorbing pl... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6264182 | Motion converting device and impact absorbing/buffering device A motion converting device includes a plurality of branched elements. Each branched element includes a base beam, an intermediate beam, and a coupling beam. The base beam is elastically deformable, and one end of the base beam is fixed such that the base ... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6241062 | Nested damping device with relative motion The invention relates to the field of damping in load-carrying members, particularly those load-carrying members that carry a load between a plurality of masses that are subject to induced cyclic distortion or vibration. According to an aspect of the inve... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6179094 | Hydraulic elevator with plunger brakes A brake for a plunger of a hydraulic elevator is provided which in a preferred embodiment includes a pressure plate, a first brake ring, a wedge plate, a biasing spring and a fluid release actuator. The pressure plate is movable along an axis generally pa... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6131873 | Energy absorbing high impact cable device An energy absorbing high impact cable device having a ring damper with first and second ends for attachment to at least one mesh net panel. The damper further includes a retainer for retaining the first and second ends, and to maintain a circular damper a... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6109164 | Brake device for automobile A push rod of a vacuum booster includes an inner rod section, a pipe-shaped outer rod section which is slidably fitted over an outer periphery of a rear portion of the inner rod section and connected to a brake pedal, and a buffer member made of a synthet... | 08/29/2000 |
| 5924531 | Vibration damping shaft liner A vibration damping liner for insertion in the bore of a cylindrical shaft has a cylindrical core the exterior of which is corrugated and defined by alternating grooves and upstanding flutes. The liner has an undeformed flute diameter greater than that of... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5803212 | Grating system A grating system (1) with parallel lengths (5) of structural section is accommodated in a frame. It is intended for armored special-enough vehicles and or stationary units. The object is to optimize protection against a strike or impact. Energy absorbers ... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5478058 | Shock isolation method and apparatus A shock isolation device for supporting the weight of an object and provig shock and isolation vibration is disclosed which includes a compressible elastomeric material. Apertures are drilled in the compressible elastomeric material for receiving bucklin... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5404974 | Impact-absorbing transverse support arrangement A transverse support arrangement, consisting of two support sections extending parallel to one another, both of which have closed cross-sections and a common wall, is made in one piece as an extruded member and, in addition, is designed so that, upon impa... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5351791 | Device and method for absorbing impact energy An energy absorbing device comprising: an elongate body arranged along a longitudinal axis to receive an axial impact force at a first end thereof; apparatus arranged adjacent a second end of the body for deformation thereof; die apparatus for producing d... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5332072 | Strut assemblies A strut assembly includes an axially elastically deformable tube assembly comprising a plurality of nested concentric tubes arranged in series and an axially extensible actuator attached between the ends of the tube assembly so that reciprocal extensions ... | 07/26/1994 |
| 5207302 | Shock absorbing structure for a stretched cable, particularly for cable retaining rock wall fences, rock fill retaining grids or fences, snow fences, and the like To permit absorption of sudden impacts or shock overloads, or gradual overloads, on a cable stretched to retain stones, rocks or snow masses, for example in road or railway cuts, a tube is bent to form an open loop, the end portions of which are held toge... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5174421 | Damper in the form of a shock absorber An inexpensive damper adapted to the stress frequency in the form of a shock absorber, in particular for vehicle seats, consists of an abutment (8), in which an absorber sleeve (2) of a thermoplastic material with a piston (1) guided therein with expansio... | 12/29/1992 |
| 5035307 | Energy absorbing device An energy absorbing device, suitable for use in the leg structure of aircraft passenger seating for the purpose of attenuating crash forces, having first and second attachment fittings 11, 21 with a tube 10 of fiber reinforced plastics material extending ... | 07/30/1991 |
| 4978139 | Energy absorbing device for safety belts of motor vehicles In an energy absorbing damping device for safety belts of motor vehicles, for the purpose of controlled reduction of the deceleration force which acts on the belt user in the event of a collision, a strip element, which is connected to the safety belt, is... | 12/18/1990 |
| 4954377 | Load bearing connective damper A load bearing connective damper for service in tensile, compression, and torsion as a shock and vibration isolation mounting device. Dampers are constructed using a multidimensionally braided textile shape and a viscoelastic material disposed in the inte... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4844213 | Energy absorption system Several embodiments (10, 30, 80) of an energy absorption system are designed for permitting progressive collapse of the system by absorbing energy within the system. In one embodiment, a system (10) comprises conical bodies (12) separated by cables (20), ... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4838576 | Impact energy absorbing mechanism for a steering device of a motor vehicle An impact energy absorbing mechanism for a steering device of a motor vehicle includes guides each having a generally U-shaped guide surface. Each guide is mounted to a steering column which is movable in the axial direction when the operator's body is th... | 06/13/1989 |
