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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8028852 | Two-piece shipping cap for a seal A seal shipping system includes a seal having an outer diameter surface and an inner sealing lip. A sleeve member having a cylindrical body and a radially extending flange extending from the cylindrical body engages the inner sealing lip. An annular collar surrounds... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7837054 | Tank seal The present invention is directed to a seal system for sealing a storage tank such as a liquid or air storage tank. In accordance with the preferred embodiment, the seal system includes a radial valve body that is disposed within a circular spring energizer, togethe... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7743936 | Water heater A water heater comprising: a case main body; a front cover for closing a front opening of the case main body; a waterproof packing member interposed between a first inner peripheral flange formed on an inner peripheral edge of the front opening of the case main body... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7648041 | Gasket for precision-packaging substrate container A uniquely shaped gasket (6) suitable for a container for storage of substrate plates requiring precision packaging. When such plates are stored into a container body (2), and a container lid (3) is closed and then a lid lock is applied, a gaske... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7565984 | Screw cap for a portable electronic device A screw cap for covering a head of a screw in a screw hole (20) of a housing (2) of a portable electronic device. The screw hole includes a wide upper portion (202) and a narrow lower portion (204). The screw cap includes a main body (... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7438120 | Cooling device The invention relates to a cooling device, which comprises a cooling fan and a heatsink. The heatsink is directly attached to the heating element to absorb its heat and the cooling fan is disposed on top of the heatsink to dissipate the heat. The heatsink includes a... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7413099 | Sealing element with a protruding part approximately obliquely outward and a hermetic container using the same A fit-holding groove is formed by notching the outer periphery of a door element to be fitted to close a container body. A sealing element interposed between the container body and door element is composed of an endless portion to be fitted into the fit-holding groo... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7377223 | Personal watercraft storage bin A personal watercraft has a hull, a deck disposed on the hull, a bin, and hood. The hood is operatively connected to the deck and is movable between an open position providing access to the storage bin and a closed position preventing access to the storage bin. An o... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7370770 | Container assembly and bottom cap therefor There is provided a container having a container with open end, and a bottom cap has a sealant material bonded thereto to provide a hermetic seal between the bottom cap and the open bottom of the container and a grip surface through or slightly beyond the exterior s... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7341259 | Air seal system for loudspeaker This invention provides an air seal system for loudspeakers where it is desirable to reproduce sound accurately and efficiently without loss in sound quality. The air seal system may include a housing, a baffle, and a cord gasket positioned in a gland to form an air... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7327435 | Apparatus and method for maintaining immersion fluid in the gap under the projection lens during wafer exchange in an immersion lithography machine An apparatus and method maintain immersion fluid in the gap adjacent to the projection lens during the exchange of a work piece in a lithography machine. The apparatus and method include an optical assembly that projects an image onto a work piece and a stage assemb... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7311311 | Seal A seal rubber 3 is placed in a first peripheral groove 2 formed in one main surface 1A of an approximately flat-plate-shaped metal body 1. A second peripheral groove 4 and multiple communicating holes 5 to communicate betwee... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7284527 | Tuned vibration absorber A tuned vibration absorber is disclosed that includes a base, a spring mounted to the base, and a mass mounted to the spring. The absorber is particularly, advantageous when mounted to a specific vehicle component via a mounting bolt that is already employed to moun... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7281639 | Fuel cap The present invention provides a fuel cap having a high operability while maintaining the air-tightness thereof at a necessary and sufficient level. The closure includes a closure body having a head portion, a trunk portion and an annular trunk surface having stoppe... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7243816 | Container with one-piece seal and lid spring A container including a container body with a pivotally mounted top lid utilizing a single generally planar elastomeric member forming a seal section releasably mounted to the undersurface of the lid and engageable with the rim of the container body peripherally the... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7244401 | Apparatus for separation of constituents from matrices The present invention provides an apparatus useful for the separation of hazardous and non-hazardous organic and inorganic constituents from various matrices. A method of separating such constituents is also provided. ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7204384 | Dual cover system with clamping closure mechanism In a cover of a container for a dual cover system, wherein the cover and container have both either a round or a polygonal shape with a seal arranged between the container and the cover and wherein the cover includes at least two clamping closure mechanisms operable... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7175183 | Arrangement for the gas-tight fixing of an inlet manifold with a connector flange to the cylinder head of an internal combustion engine Arrangement for the gas-tight fixing of an inlet manifold (1) with a connector flange to the cylinder head (2) of an internal combustion engine, with a sealing plate (3), arranged between the connector flange of the inlet manifold (1) and... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7069696 | Assembly An assembly including a door panel, a window regulator housing component, and a window regulator drive system component. The door panel is secured to the window regulator housing component by a deformed portion to provide a subassembly. The deformed portion is utili... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7063226 | Fuel tank with lid A fuel tank with an opening, on which a lid is mounted in a removable manner by means of thread or bayonet, is intended to provide a sustained and sealed closure under all conditions. For this purpose, two sealing rings are arranged between the sealing surfaces, the... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7048136 | Canister lid with improved evacuation and vent assembly A canister lid includes a cover member adapted to cover a canister, thereby defining an interior of the canister. An evacuation valve is adapted to allow evacuation of the interior of the container. A vacuum release valve is adapted to allow venting of the interior ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7029013 | Seal member, and substrate storage container using the same A seal member for a substrate storage container disposed between an opening end portion of a container body and a cover, which container body and cover form the container and which container body has the opening end portion and stores substrates, is disclosed. The s... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7017749 | Precision substrate storage container and retaining member therefor A presser member (1) of the present invention is formed of different materials for the contacting part (5) to press-hold the precision substrates (15) and for the parts other than the contacting part (5). The presser member (1) is ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7011229 | Oil filler device on an internal-combustion engine An oil filler device on an internal-combustion engine includes a filler neck having an oil filler opening and a closing lid for closing the filler opening. The closing lid has a cup-shaped closing cap which therefore has a bottom and a wall, a sealing device and a c... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6994354 | Vibrationally decoupling gasket A gasket includes a fist sealing portion, a second sealing portion, and an elastic arm sealingly connecting between the two. The first sealing portion sealingly engages a first member and the second sealing portion sealingly engages a second member. The elastic arm ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6959831 | Gasketless drum A reusable sealable plastic drum incorporates a plastic drum body with a convex upper chime having a convex chime radius, a plastic lid having an annular, peripheral mating channel sized to accept the upper chime, ... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6942220 | Combination metal gasket and seal structure The present invention provides a combination metal gasket that is formed by fitting a ring-shaped metal base elastic structure in at least one trough portion of two trough portions of a ring-shaped metal gasket that has an S-shaped longitudinal cross section. The co... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6921089 | Battery module gasket A gasket sealing system for providing a gasket seal disposed between a lid removably connectable at a receiving module containing electrical circuitry and/or batteries. The lid includes a perimeter surface that is removably insertable against a rim bordering an open... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6908121 | Locking arrangement for a threaded connector A connector arrangement used for connecting and locking tubular members. The connector consists of two tubular members and a coupling member. The tubular members are threaded together to create a threaded connection. The locking arrangement is provided by a pathway ... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6877633 | Steam pressure cooker A steam pressure cooker includes a pot having an outwardly directed horizontal pouring rim and formed with a V-shaped circumferential depression which points inwardly to define a conical surface in an upper rim area. A lid can be placed upon the pot for closing and ... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6877629 | Food storage device Container for storing food products including a base defining a product support surface for supporting the food product and a cover releasably engaging with the base such that when the cover engages with the base, a storage compartment is defined by the cover and th... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6872796 | Sealing gasket for closure and process for production of closure using the same A sealing gasket for closure, made of a polyurethane elastomer obtained by reacting the following (A) and (B): (A) a polyisocyanate component having an isocyanate group content of 5 to 38% by weight and average 2 to 3 functional groups, obtained by modifying ... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6834772 | Packaging The invention relates to a package of a plastics material and consisting of a container and a lid adapted to be engaged with each other by snap engagement, there being provided complementary engagement faces which engage each other for establishing said snap engagem... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6796452 | Waste container with displaceable panel closure A container with side and end walls, a top and a bottom, has a closure with a panel movable outwardly perpendicular to a plane of the closure, from a closed and substantially sealed position to a closed and substantially unsealed position to disengage the seal befor... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6789690 | Hose direct canister lid A hose direct cannister lid includes a port that accepts a hose connected to a source of vacuum in order to evacuate a cannister to which the lid is connected. The hose direct cannister lid includes a first valve for exposing the cannister to the source of vacuum wh... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6755316 | Fuel cap There are provided firstly a fuel cap which irrespective of its type has a structure that there is no transpiration of gasoline vapor until the cap is fully open and secondly particularly a bayonet-type fuel cap which has a structure that there is no eruption of fue... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6719159 | Container assembly and bottom cap therefor There is provided a container having a container with open end, and a bottom cap has a sealant material bonded thereto to provide a hermetic seal between the bottom cap and the open bottom of the container and a grip surface through or slightly beyond the exterior s... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6629619 | Waterproof structure of electrical junction box In a waterproof structure of an electrical junction box which renders the electrical junction box waterproof by bringing a stepped section 16 of a cover 2 into contact with a flange section 21 of a case 3, a protuberance 23 to be brought into pressing con... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6629621 | Gauge hatch with liquid seal A gauge hatch is provided that has a cover structure that incorporates a pallet/diaphragm combination and that is cooperatively associated with a pressure responsive liquid seal subassembly. The gauge hatch also incorporates a vent neck and a radially adj... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6533288 | Flange seal assembly A flange seal assembly for a multi-layered plastic fuel tank having a wall with a permeation barrier layer encapsulated by inner and outer layers. The wall is blow molded about a ring so that the outer layer alone is in actual contact with the ring. The p... | 03/18/2003 |
