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Cloaking System Using Optoelectronically Controlled Camouflage
A Cloaking System designed to operate in the visible light spectrum, utilizes optoelectronics and/or photonic components to conceal an object within it.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7836565 | Panel-fixing device and electronic device applied with the same An electronic device includes a casing, a panel and at least one panel-fixing device. The panel-fixing device, which includes a receiving portion and a clipping portion, fixes the panel at the casing. The receiving portion disposed on the casing includes a plurality... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7380692 | Belt attachment A belt attachment with fastening clips (12, 32) adjustable to an opened and closed position comprises an upper clip (12) connected with a bush (1) and a lower clip connected with slides (23) through which the lower clip is mounted for lon... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7272873 | Sill plate retainer A resilient clip is provided for engaging a dog house coupling feature of a trim component. The resilient clip has a mating member for engaging a hole defined in a body panel. The resilient clip includes a triangular mating feature that is positioned relative to the... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7174608 | Methods and apparatus for gripping articles An apparatus includes: a base having at least one surface lying substantially in a base plane; a first member extending substantially perpendicularly from the surface of the base and defining an aperture therein; and a second member having a proximal end coupled to ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7155784 | Device for securing a trouser A uniquely designed device for retaining a trouser on a wearer includes a base plate having inner and outer pairs of geared channels extending from one side to the other. A belt loop clasp extends from each side of the base plate. Each clasp includes a hook portion ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7117918 | Mounting device for a guide cord A two-part mounting device for attaching a free end of a guide cord of a window covering to a window frame. The device includes a base that can be secured to the frame and a holder which can be attached to the free end of the cord. The holder and the free end of the... | 10/10/2006 |
| 6969398 | Method and apparatus for closing a severed sternum A sternal closure device including impermanently joined sliding and receiving attachment structures which are adapted for intercostal positioning between at least two corresponding rib pairs and substantially surrounding a patient's sternum with each structure havin... | 11/29/2005 |
| 5730348 | Fastening for securing an apparatus to a belt A fastening for securing an apparatus, such as a pager or a mobile telephone, to a belt is disclosed. The fastening includes a body, a board and a flexure strip attached to the apparatus. The body defines a recess in a front portion thereof for receiving ... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5397144 | Bicycle operated air pump An air pump for use with a chain-driven bicycle having a free wheel. The pump assembly comprises a pair of opposed cylinders and a double-ended piston rod mounted in a housing. The piston rod has a bearing slot, which engages a crank pin on a crankshaft d... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5335398 | Device for sealing the end of a heat-shrunk sleeve A device for sealing the end of a heat-shrunk sleeve surrounding a branching connection of electrical or optical cables grips the outer surface of the sleeve between the branching cables and keeps the opposing surfaces of the sleeve in contact with each o... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5319837 | Tube bundle clip Clips for retaining tubes in a spaced apart relationship. Each clip has a body with generally U-shaped recesses in which the tubes are received and a retainer cover slidably received on the body and movable from an open position to a closed position overl... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5318317 | Bicycle operated air pump An air pump for use with a chain-driven bicycle having a freewheel. The pump assembly comprises a pair of opposed cylinders and a double-ended piston rod mounted in a housing. The piston rod has a bearing slot which engages a crank pin on a crankshaft whi... | 06/07/1994 |
| 5178306 | Hanger with clips A plastic hanger having clips located at opposite ends of the hanger is described. Each clip comprises grip plates hingedly joined to each other, which grip plates can be forced together to clamp a garment therebetween. To generate the clamping action of ... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5097568 | Divider clamp assembly A divider clamp assembly for use in compressing the opposed sidewalls of a tubular, flexible-walled container against one another, the assembly comprising a first member being substantially U-shaped in cross-section and a second member of substantially ro... | 03/24/1992 |
| 4976721 | Surgical clamping device An intestinal occluding clamp including first and second clamping members with jaws, a biasing spring, a clamp housing, a clamp base and a clamp cap. The clamp housing has a housing cavity formed at one end thereof and a first clamping member is connected... | 12/11/1990 |
| 4614322 | Strapping and hanging device A device for adjustable and releasable strapping or binding of objects, particularly plates held for display. The binding feature of the present invention involves a toothed strap held in place by a releasable clasp. The plate holding feature of the prese... | 09/30/1986 |
| 4424811 | Pinching device for surgical purposes The invention relates to a pinching device for surgical purposes comprising two parallel jaw elements having each a supporting part, one of which is provided with a pin at right angles thereto and the other having a sleeve mounted at right angles thereto ... | 01/10/1984 |
| 4294133 | Bowden cable retainer and adjuster This specification discloses an adjustable connector assembly for securing and positioning a Bowden cable, such as that used in an automobile speed control linkage. The connector assembly includes an elongated, externally grooved sleeve on the Bowden cabl... | 10/13/1981 |
