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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7134650 | Precision vise A vise has a jaw connected to a jaw support has a recess formed in a rear surface. A biasing member in the recess applies a force to the recess having a downward component to secure a workpiece to the vise. The biasing member may be the end of a set screw, a ball be... | 11/14/2006 |
| 6367144 | Method of making a head suspension with compliant feature for component location A head suspension for supporting a head slider over a rigid disk in a dynamic storage device having a component that includes a compliant feature adapted to engage a first pin and a datum engaging surface spaced from the compliant feature. The component b... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6128264 | Dual format audio signal compression An information encoding method encodes information on a recording medium in accordance with for a new standard. When decoded by a reproducing device adapted for coping with the encoding method for a old standard, the user is appraised of the fact that par... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6086976 | Semiconductor wafer, handling apparatus, and method A semiconductor wafer comprising a single crystalline lattice suitable for use in the manufacture of integrated circuits, namely computer chips and dies, wherein a diameter of the wafer is greater than approximately 150 millimeters and wherein the wafer i... | 07/11/2000 |
| 4852865 | Holding device on a punch press The invention relates to a holding device for the stack of paper, cardboard or similar sheet-form punching material on a punch press, with a centering pin yielding elastically at least in zones under the thrust of the punching material for engagement into... | 08/01/1989 |
| 4684310 | Wheel manipulator A wheel manipulator for engaging and retaining the hub of a wheel thereto, having a base frame with a vertical column, a carriage slidably mounted on the column and adapted to be vertically adjustably positioned thereon, a turret rotatably mounted on the ... | 08/04/1987 |
| 4667547 | Apparatus and method for removing a top nozzle in reconstituting a fuel assembly A cutter guide fixture for use in removing a top nozzle from the guide thimbles of a fuel assembly includes upper and lower plates coupled to one another for movement of the upper plate relative to the lower plate between upper and lower positions. The pl... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4564414 | Magnetic devices, apparatus for use in connection with dry transfer sheets incorporating such devices and sheets for use therein Magnetic devices are described which include a sheet of magnetic material having a relieved groove/ridge configuration, all the grooves and ridges being straight and parallel, and evenly spaced apart. Such devices can form part of apparatus for use in con... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4416459 | Collet chuck for splined workpieces A chuck for splined workpieces includes at least two collets, the resilient fingers of which are circumferentially interdigitally related. The work-engaging surfaces of circumferentially adjacent fingers of the chuck are spaced apart a distance at least s... | 11/22/1983 |
