Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7413164 | Sealing member A rubber (elastic substance) is attached by vulcanization and an annular sealing member 4 is formed in an annular groove 3 having a step and provided in the bottom wall of a body 2 of a valve disc 1. The sealing member 4 has an ann... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7383649 | Vehicle license plate frame A transparent vehicle license plate frame has an elastomeric gasket. The frame includes a periphery and an inner side for disposal adjacent to a license plate. The elastomeric gasket is disposed on the inner side near the periphery of the frame and is injection-mold... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7354219 | Multi-seal waterproof expansion joint for roadways A multi-seal waterproof expansion joint for roadways includes an L-shaped load-bearing member mounted to each end of adjacent roadway sections. The lower surface of the horizontal leg of each load-bearing member has a shaped end to receive an insert to provide a ret... | 04/08/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7252294 | Weather strip A weather strip has a trim part adapted to be mounted on a flange, a seal part having a hollow portion and a cover lip. The trim part has a bottom wall portion, and an interior and an exterior side wall portions which constitute a pair of side wall portions and is f... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7219471 | Refrigerator cabinet sealing assembly having a bellows-seal gasket A sealing assembly for a refrigerator which comprises a bellows-seal gasket and a profile as a single piece or as multiple pieces where the profile has a base having at opposite ends, sealing strips and has a groove for replacement of the bellows-seal gasket. The pr... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7220109 | Pump cylinder seal A compact opposed piston pump minimizes axial spacing between its pistons on the drive shaft and thereby reduces the shaking couple and noise from reciprocation. Each piston has its own eccentric element press-fit into the connecting rods so as not to occupy space b... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7217081 | Cooling system for a seal for turbine vane shrouds A seal for sealing a seal groove in a shroud of a turbine vane. The seal may include a cooling system configured to pass cooling fluids through a cooling fluid supply port in a shroud, through a cooling system in which the cooling fluids contact the shroud and the s... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7186044 | Easy-fit wiping device A wiping device for a container containing a product to be applied by an applicator. The wiping device includes a wiping member and a coupling member configured to couple the wiping device to the container. The coupling member includes a member capable of flexing, b... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7159874 | Sealing construction A sealing construction provided with a plate member of metal and a rubber member forming a sealing portion and unitedly fixed to the plate member on which a ring concave groove is formed on an obverse face. And, plural through holes, having enlarged opening end port... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7111889 | Gasket seal with positioning stops for a fixed window glued to flanges of an opening The invention relates to a gasket seal (1) in the form of a profile comprising a U-shaped groove (23), which is intended to claim the edge (9) of the window (3) and a flexible masking lip (25) which is used to conceal the gap (8... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7101147 | Sealing arrangement A sealing arrangement that can be employed to maintain a seal in any suitable pressure vessel including but not limited to a gas turbine engine. The sealing arrangement is forg sealing a leakage gap between at least two relatively moveable parts that are adjacent to... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7052021 | Sealing, trimming and finishing strips and vehicle doors incorporating such strips A vehicle door has inner and outer panel parts (5, 6) defining the hollow interior (16) of the door which supports a rigid frame (not shown) for a window glass (18) which slides into and out of the hollow interior (16) through a waist gap... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7048279 | Laminated carrier gasket with off-set elastomeric sealing A gasket assembly is formed at least two carrier layers laminated together and formed with at least one opening through the carrier corresponding to openings across a parting plane of two members to be sealed. an elastomeric seal is molded to the carrier to define s... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7036825 | Integrally molded lateral compression seal A casing for a HVAC system in an automobile for moving air comprises a plurality of sections, each of which is molded of plastic material. The sections of the casing are connected and sealed to one another at a plurality of joints. The improvement resides in the ton... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7022008 | Air duct seal for HVAC case An HVAC duct sealing system has an air duct wall, a sealing surface, such as an HVAC case, against which the air duct wall is biased, and a seal member interposed between the duct wall and the sealing surface. The seal member is interposed between the air duct wall ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7014195 | Sealing profile for a motor vehicle A sealing profile between the body of a motor vehicle and a moveable window includes a receiving groove into which an edge side of the window, which side interacts with the sealing profile, enters during closure of the window, a profiled section forming the groove b... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7004879 | Axle differential with stamped carrier cover pan An salisbury axle assembly that includes a differential gearset in a carrier housing. A housing cover is coupled to the carrier housing and is operable for sealingly closing a window on the carrier housing through which there is access to the differential gearset. T... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6997677 | Method and apparatus for rotating machine main fit seal A method and apparatus for assembling a steam turbine is provided. The method includes performing a finite element analysis to determine a cross-section of a sealing member, positioning the sealing member in a leakage path defined between an inner casing and an oute... | 02/14/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6966590 | Two-part seal for a slide-out room A resilient seal is mountable around the edge of an opening in a sidewall of a mobile living quarters through which a slide-out room travels. The seal includes two parts that slide together—a mounting portion and a-bulb seal portion—with the bulb seal portion be... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6962338 | Hermetic seal and a method of making such a hermetic seal The invention provides a hermetic seal and a method of making a hermetic seal having the steps of providing a first member of a first material having a flange thereon, providing a second member of a second material having a slot thereon for accommodating the flange ... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6962350 | Insertable wear strip for glass run seals An insertable wear strip assembly is dimensioned for insertion into an associated cavity of an associated weatherseal. The wear strip assembly includes a generally U-shaped base portion having a base wall, and first and second sidewalls extending from the base wall ... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6959660 | Personal watercraft and access opening seal Access opening seal for attachment to the lip of an access opening having an exposed edge, particularly an access opening of a personal watercraft. The seal includes a top portion and a side portion and may further include a bottom portion with the side portion bein... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6951319 | Flexible hydraulic latch A latching system includes a flexible hydraulic latch male portion, and a receiving rail female portion. The receiving rail female portion receives the hydraulic latch male portion therein. The latching system includes a hydraulic system for providing hydraulic flui... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6942224 | Inflatable seal An inflatable seal member for providing a fluid-tight seal. The inflatable seal member is particularly well suited to sealing a processing chamber having pressurized fluids therein. Outward forces (exerted by air pressure) to the inner surfaces of the seal member co... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6942225 | Seal arrangement A seal to seal a gap between two cooperating components is disclosed. The seal includes a grip rail attachable to the first component. The grip rail has opposite edge portions to which multiple latching regions are attached. A base having opposite sides is positione... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6922945 | Seal for motor vehicle opening frame A seal with a first profiled section, a second profiled section (5) housed inside a third profiled section made of an elastically deformable flexible material, the third profile section forming by itself or with the part of the first and/or the second profile... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6889985 | Core metal insert for weatherseals A core metal insert is provided for reinforcing a weatherseal. The core metal insert has a generally U-channel shaped cross-section and has first and second tines extending from a longitudinally extending backbone strip. The tines are bent to provide the U-channel s... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6874218 | Apparatus and method for attaching a seal to an encapsulated window assembly A seal attachment fixture and method are provided for attaching a seal to an encapsulated gasket disposed on a work piece, for example, an automotive window assembly. The seal attachment fixture includes fixture members, which slidably move into contact with openabl... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6860719 | Method and apparatus for sealing turbine casing A method and apparatus for sealing between an inner casing and an outer casing is provided. The method includes positioning a first sealing member in a leakage path defined between an inner casing and an outer casing such that leakage flow in a first direction activ... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6854739 | Sealing ring A sealing ring (12) has an annular principal body (15) responsible for its dimensional stability, such body having an annular groove on at least one axial side, in which groove a sealing body (16), consisting of rubber-elastic material, is held.... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6849233 | Vacuum sterilized sealing of passthrough light treatment devices A vacuum-sealable hatch that is vacuum sealed to a surface of a passthrough light sterilization device, and related methods of use, consists of a hatch body having at least a portion adapted to fit within an opening of the treatment chamber and a flexible piece atta... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6827354 | Sealing system on a structural element, said system having a through-opening that can be closed and method for applying same A sealing system on a first structural element having a first through-opening, including a first closing flap rotatable about an axis for closing the first through-opening. The sealing system can be coupled to a second structural element. The first closing flap is p... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6769700 | Sealing system for vehicle window panes A sealing assembly for vehicle windscreens (10) comprises a profiled element (20) to be attached to a lower marginal area (12) of the windscreen. A spring member (25) serves for sealed locking engagement with a snapper fin (16) of ... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6702300 | High temperature seal for large structural movements A high temperature sealing system is operative to seal an interface between adjacent hot structures and to minimize parasitic flow between such structures that move relative to one another in-plane or out-of-plane. The sealing system may be used to seal t... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6686052 | Cooling plate and production method therefor A cooling plate provided with a cooling medium passage therein is formed by integrally joining a plurality of metal plates each having a cooling medium passage forming groove on a joining surface thereof. An anodic oxide film is formed on at least the coo... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6672595 | Pressure controllable packing Disclosed is a pressure controllable packing. In an elastic backing installed at a packing groove formed at an edge of a cover so as to isolate an inner space defined by a vessel and the cover from an outer space, the present invention includes first and ... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6655914 | Casing cover and pump device A casing cover is used in separating a motor assembly and a pump assembly from each other in a pump device. The casing cover has a cylindrical wall portion having a motor-side positioning portion disposed on one of an inner and outer circumferential surfa... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6623832 | Sealing strips A sealing strip, such as for fitting to the frame of a door opening in a motor vehicle body, comprises a longitudinally extending channel-shaped mounting portion incorporating a channel-shaped reinforcing carrier. The hollow tubular longitudinally extendi... | 09/23/2003 |
