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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 |
| 8089020 | Gas-insulated switching apparatus [Object] A compact gas-insulated switching apparatus in which the space for arranging a gas breaker module may be reduced, and the space for arranging a circuit wiring may be reduced in the vertical direction is proposed. [Means for Resolution] Gas circuit br... | 01/03/2012 |
| 7777149 | Actuating the oppositely-moving contacts of an interrupting chamber by a cylindrical cam In order to reduce the breaking energy of a high-voltage or medium-voltage circuit-breaker, the interrupting chamber (10) contains two contacts (12, 14) mounted to move in opposite directions, actuated via a single device (20, 30). The two conta... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7759595 | Gas insulating switchgear equipped with grounding switchgear A gas insulating switchgear equipped with a grounding switchgear of the invention includes a sealing vessel that fills an insulation gas, a main circuit-switching fixed electrode that is fixed to the sealing vessel, a movable electrode that comes in contact with the... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7511243 | Power switch comprising an interrupter unit disposed within an encapsulating housing A circuit breaker has an interrupter unit, which is disposed within an encapsulating housing, and has a first contact piece and a second contact piece. The contact pieces can move in relation to one another and they are arranged axially opposite one another. The dev... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7356980 | Automated method for packaging food An automated food processing system and method is provided that allows food to be dispensed, fried and packaged in a suitable container, which may be an individual portion-sized container. In one embodiment, the system includes separate automated modules for dispens... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7337594 | Food dispensing device and method An automated food processing system and method is provided that allows food to be dispensed, fried and packaged in a suitable container, which may be an individual portion-sized container. In one embodiment, the system includes separate automated modules for dispens... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7303776 | Automated food processing system and method An automated food processing system and method that allows food to be dispensed, fried and packaged in a suitable container, such as an individual portion-sized container. The system includes separate automated modules for dispensing, frying and packaging the food. ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7280338 | Power supply circuit, back-pack power supply module and circuit interrupter including the same A back-pack power supply module is for a circuit interrupter including an elongated line conductor. The back-pack power supply module includes a housing having an opening therethrough. The opening receives the elongated line conductor, which passes through the openi... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7262362 | High voltage device with a particle trap The high-voltage switching device used in one installation position and has metallic encapsulation (10) a switching gap (4) and a particle trap (1) for holding foreign body particles (2), and is characterized in that in the one installati... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7250583 | Gas-insulated switchgear device A gas-insulated switchgear device comprising a first casing housing: at least a first terminal for input/output connection; a disconnector unit comprising at least a first fixed contact operatively coupled to said first terminal and a corresponding first movable con... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7211761 | Switch and disconnector apparatus for electric substations A switch disconnector apparatus of the linear air type is described, said apparatus comprising: an upper device for transferring current, a fixed upper contact connected electrically to the upper device, a lower device for transferring current, a sliding lower conta... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7202436 | Secondary arc chute and electrical switching apparatus incorporating same A secondary arc chute is for an electrical switching apparatus including a housing, a pair of separable contacts enclosed within the housing, and a primary arc chute disposed proximate the separable contacts in order to attract an arc generated by the separable cont... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7199324 | High-voltage hybrid circuit-breaker The invention relates to a hybrid circuit-breaker which, for each pole, comprises a dielectric-gas interrupting chamber (1) which contains a first contact (1A) and a moving second contact (1B) that are disposed longitudinally to a first axis (AA... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7138597 | Circuit breaker with arc gas propelled movable contact and opposed arc cutoff shutters The support for the moving contact of a circuit breaker has a piston that is driven by arc gases generated by initial separation of the contacts through magnetic repulsion to rapidly open the contacts. A pair of telescoping shield sleeves that have aligned openings ... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7130172 | Switchgear and receiving transformation apparatus using the same A switchgear having a primary circuit breaker and a secondary circuit breaker respectively arranged on the primary side and secondary side of a load switch or a voltage and current transformer for an instrument, a primary grounding switch arranged between the load s... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7091439 | Isolator/circuit-breaker device for electric substations An electric device, in particular for medium or high voltage electric substations, able to perform the functions of circuit-breaking, isolating and earthing is described. The device comprises: a casing; at least one circuit-breaker; at least one line isolator having... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7067758 | Electric power circuit breaker comprising a connecting bar and an arcing horn An electric power circuit breaker includes a connecting bar against which an arcing horn rests with an attaching limb. The connecting bar extends through an opening of a rear wall of the housing. In order to connect the arching horn to the connecting bar, a projecti... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7053326 | Integrated type gas-insulated switching apparatus In an integrated type gas-insulated switching apparatus, a plurality of switching devices are provided. Each of switching devices includes a contact and an insulated container in which the contact is contained. The contact comprises electrodes adapted to be contacte... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7038912 | High-power switchgear with cooling rib arrangement The high-power switch (1) according to the invention, with at least one switch pole (2) for guiding and switching an electric current which flows in one current flow direction when the switch is in the closed state, with the at least one switch pole ( | 05/02/2006 |
| 6960157 | Automated system and method for handling food containers An automated food processing system and method is provided that allows food to be dispensed, fried and packaged in a suitable container, which may be an individual portion-sized container. In one embodiment, the system includes separate automated modules for dispens... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6946613 | Gas-insulated switchgear A gas-insulated switchgear includes a tank filled with an electrically insulating gas, first and second conductors disposed within the tank, a disconnector for disconnecting the first conductor and the second conductor from each other, and a grounding switch for gro... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6946614 | Circuit breakers A circuit breaker includes an interrupter coaxial with a current sensor or transformer, the combined assembly being encapsulated within solid dielectric material and supported by an earthed tube mounted on an earthed housing. Detection by the sensor of a current ove... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6943307 | Switching device The switching device for switching high electrical currents and voltages has at least one switch pole (1, 1′, 1″) which is operated by means of a rotatable shaft (8, 8′, 8″). Furthermore, the switching device has at least one lever system (1... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6881917 | Vacuum switchgear Disclosed is a vacuum switchgear wherein a ground switch, a load switch, and an external connecting conductor to be electrically connected with the inside and outside of the vacuum container are provided in a vacuum container; the ground switch and the external conn... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6849819 | High-voltage or medium-voltage switch device with combined vacuum and gas breaking A hybrid high-voltage or medium-voltage breaker device includes an enclosure filled with a dielectric gas, a vacuum switch, a gas switch and an operating rod. The vacuum switch includes a fixed first arc contact and a second arc contact which can move in translation... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6784392 | Gas-insulated switchgear device A gas-insulated switchgear device which has a first bushing which accommodates a first terminal, a second bushing which accommodates a second terminal, a first enclosure which contains an interruption unit, and at least one first disconnection unit which has a first... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6762386 | Switchgear A switchgear wherein a connecting portion to be connected to a transmission side branch bus container and a connecting portion to be connected to a receiving side branch bus container are provided on a circuit breaker container in an up and down relation so as to fa... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6759616 | Gas insulated switchgear A gas insulated switchgear capable of performing maintenance and inspection of a breaker without shutting down a bus line includes a first case containing a breaker and having a bushing for leading a load and a second case containing a plurality of disconnectors and... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6743999 | Integrated type gas-insulated switching apparatus In an integrated type gas-insulated switching apparatus, a plurality of switching devices are provided. Each of switching devices includes a contact and an insulated container in which the contact is contained. The contact comprises electrodes adapted to be contacte... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6727453 | Hybrid circuit breaker with a transmission The hybrid circuit breaker has at least two series-connected arcing chambers, which are operated by a commmon drive via a transmission (29) connected upstream from it. It is intended to be possible to assemble this transmission (29) easily in the inter... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6683267 | Gas-insulated switchgear device A gas-insulated switchgear device for high- and medium-voltage applications, comprising an enclosure which contains a disconnection unit which is electrically connected to a first electric terminal and is arranged in the enclosure in a substantially centr... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6680453 | Gas insulated switchgear A gas insulated switchgear capable of performing maintenance and inspection of a breaker without shutting down a bus line includes a first case containing a breaker and having a bushing for leading a load and a second case containing a plurality of discon... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6649853 | Combined type fluid pressure driving apparatus The present invention provides a switchgear, which can achieve miniaturization and simplification while securing high operation reliability, and excellent in assembly, operability and inspection, and further, has a compact size. A fluid pressure operating... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6643112 | Semiconductor switch-assisted electromechanical relay An electromechanical relay including a mechanical displacement electrical contact and a transistor parallel-connected with the electrical contact. The contact is closed for a voltage V corresponding to the forward direction of the transistor and a powerin... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6605788 | Air-insulated high-voltage disconnector An air-insulated high-voltage disconnector including a pivotally-mounted arm suitable for pivoting at one of its ends about a horizontal axis that is perpendicular to the axis Ɗ of the arm, and also suitable for turning about its own axis Ɗ, the free en... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6593538 | High-voltage interrupter device having combined vacuum and gas interruption A hybrid interrupter device includes a casing filled with a dielectric gas; a vacuum interrupter having a first arcing contact which is fixed and a second arcing contact which moves in translation in the axial direction of the casing; a force exertion dev... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6586697 | Transportable electrical switching assembly with high voltage circuit interrupter A mobile electrical transformer assembly is mounted on a trailer and includes a three phase transformer. The electrical switching for the transformer includes a circuit interrupter having three vertical towers at transversely spaced positions. Each tower ... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6573469 | Gas-insulated switchgear device A gas-insulated switchgear device. A casing is provided with a first connection terminal and a second connection terminal, an interruption unit, and a disconnection unit. The disconnection unit includes a first fixed contact connected to the second connec... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6518531 | Gas-insulated switchgear A gas-insulated switchgear having three gas-insulated hermetic vessels containing a disconnector for disconnecting a circuit and shunt conductors connected in parallel to each other between the disconnectors of the three hermetic vessels. The shunt conduc... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6469270 | Gas insulated switchgear In order to realize reduction of a gas insulated switchgear, a connection bus for connecting potential current transformer units, a first connecting unit, power receiving units and transformer connecting units or for connecting the potential current trans... | 10/22/2002 |
