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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 |
| 7891671 | Panel assembly including deformable seal A panel assembly of the kind found in the air intake of a gas turbine engine or a fan duct is designed to be demountable for maintenance purposes. Consequently there exists between the panels a gap to be sealed. Thus, the assembly has a deformable seal for such a pu... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7841600 | Seal member for engine cover of outboard motor A seal member seals a gap between upper and lower cover members of an engine cover of an outboard motor. The seal member includes a supporting portion and a sealing portion integral with the supporting portion. The supporting portion has such a high spring modulus t... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7694978 | Gasket assembly and method of manufacture thereof A gasket assembly and method of manufacture thereof provides a plurality of discrete, interconnected capsule beads spaced from one another. A sealant material is disposed in the capsule beads, such that when the capsule beads are ruptured under an applied clamping f... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7422788 | Double-sided adhesive tape and method for fixing a sealing element in place A double-sided adhesive tape (24) and a method for fixing a sealing element (10) in place, preferably in motor vehicles, has a sealing body (12) made from silicone, to which a first self-adhesive sticking surface (18) of a double-sided ad... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7364485 | Outboard motor having a cowling An outboard motor 1 has a cowling 10 of a two-piece structure including a top cowl 11 and a bottom cowl 12. Mating portions of the top and bottom cowls include a watertight seal. A first, horizontally-directed sealing portion is not visib... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7316596 | Outboard motor An outboard motor has a cowling comprising a top cowl that is removably engagable with a bottom cowl. A mating portion of the top cowl and the bottom cowl is sealed when the top and bottom cowls are engaged so as to prevent or inhibit water from entering the cowling... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7240905 | Method and apparatus for sealing a joint gap between two independently movable structural substrates A system for sealing a joint gap between structural substrate panels such as walls, ceiling and floors making use of a sealing member including a mounting section fixedly secured to one of the surfaces and a covering member extending outwardly therefrom into contact... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7219899 | Collapse-controlled, rotation-resisting bulb seal The present invention provides a bulb seal capable of navigating both interior corners and exterior corners of an opening while maintaining consistent and adequate sealing capacity, the invention comprising a tubular member having internal strain-controlling cavitie... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7210973 | Outboard engine cowling A cowling for an outboard marine engine includes an upper motor cover and a lower motor cover that cover an engine, and a gear case that houses a drive mechanism. The upper motor cover detachably mates with the lower motor cover along corresponding edges. At least o... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7204568 | Sealing structure of refrigerator A sealing structure for a refrigerator is provided. The structure includes a gasket formed at a door of the refrigerator and at least two air pockets provided in the gasket. There is at least one connector, which separates the at least two air pockets from each othe... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7188477 | High temperature dynamic seal for scramjet variable geometry A seal assembly for use in an engine, such as a scramjet engine, having a movable element, such as inlet cowl flap, is provided. The movable element has an outboard structural member which requires thermal protection. The seal assembly includes a sealing element and... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7182346 | Multistage oil seal against different cutting fluids for a machine tool motor A multistage oil seal (4) includes a plurality of lips (7a, 7b, 7c) in a plurality of stages disposed around a motor shaft (1) of a machine tool along the axis of the motor shaft to protect internal members of ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7178809 | Roof weather strip for convertible car A roof weather strip for use in a convertible car is composed of a plurality of weather strip pieces corresponding to the folding of a sliding roof thereof. When the sliding roof is unfolded to form a roof of the convertible car, longitudinal end parts of adjacent r... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7115317 | Flexible non-metallic seals made of non-woven fabric with inserts A seal has a non-woven fabric folded along lines transverse to the opposite side of the seal and secured by adhesive to fabric strips. The non-woven fabric forms elongated cells with a plurality of the cells receiving inserts to increase seal stiffness. By securing ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7077461 | Sound insulating device designed to be mounted in a tubular part, in particular a motor vehicle body part A sound insulation device for mounting in a tubular part, in particular a motor vehicle bodywork part, the device comprising a partitioning insert, a cord of a composition that is thermally expandable so as to form a foam, said cord being fitted to the periphery of ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 6966559 | Sealing bellows with lubricant reservoir at axial end and assembly/installation method A process for forming the ball and socket joint with bellows seal (10), a bellows seal (10) and a ball and socket joint with bellows seal (10) is provided including a ball pivot pin (36, 38) with a connection piece (40). The sealin... | 11/22/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6959848 | Tailgate sealing gasket A sealing gasket for sealing gaps adjacent to a pickup truck is provided. In alternate embodiments a combination pickup truck and sealing gasket is also provided. The sealing gasket of the present invention comprises an elongated member made of a deformable and a so... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6953195 | Sealing device A sealing device for a gap between two adjacent machine parts, including at least one inflatable, elastically stretchable tube, which is fitted into a groove in the sidewall of one of the machine parts, and which, when inflated, may, be positioned against a surface ... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6921090 | Diaphragm for sealing openings in pressure vessels An improved diaphragm for use with a gasket to prevent leakage of a pressurized fluid. The diaphragm has an internal groove which uses strong spring back and the pressure of the fluid to increase the gasket seating load, thereby providing a self-energizing seal whic... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6896268 | Shaped seal for sealing a power-operated closing device The invention relates to a shaped seal for sealing a power-operated closing device comprising a jam-protection zone, which has at least two electrically conductive areas, situated at a distance from each other. According to the invention, to save space and reduce we... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6843516 | Coupler for low pressure piping system A coupler for a low pressure piping system has a hollow metal tube terminating in a pair of end portions defining open ends for slidably receiving and joining together sections of other metal tubes in a substantially air tight relationship. Slots are formed in at le... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6773019 | Tailgate sealing gasket A sealing gasket for sealing gaps adjacent to a pickup truck is provided. In alternate embodiments a combination pickup truck and sealing gasket is also provided. The sealing gasket of the present invention comprises an elongated member made of a deformable and a so... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6662685 | Cover assembly for machine tool and assembling method thereof A splash cover is assembled to a mount of a base. A space for holding a packing is provided between the splash cover and the mount. A packing port is provided to the accommodating space. The structure allows an operator to install or remove the packing to... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6648541 | Joining element for bridging the separating area of a divided seal in cable fittings The invention relates to a joining element (VE), consisting of a fixing component (FT) and a closing component (VT), for the ends (DE1, DE2) of a divided seal (D) in sealing systems in cable fittings.... | 11/18/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6575664 | Sealing arrangement A sealing arrangement which comprises at least two abutting components that form a gap therebetween and a seal that sealingly bridges the gap. The inventive sealing arrangement is characterized in that the seal entirely consists of a matrix or is provided... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6561794 | Infrared heater An infrared heating unit which finds particular application in paper making equipment for coating drying and moisture profile control. In one embodiment, the heating unit comprises a housing and a heat resistant, porous ceramic matrix received in the hous... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6557858 | Unitary double ring seal A double ring seal of unitary construction is made from a resilient deformable material. The ring seal comprises two coplanar sealing rings for use in sealing between two substantially planar surfaces, and means interconnecting the rings, such that an int... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6530574 | Method and apparatus for expansion sealing concentric tubular structures A device and method for sealing a first cylinder in a fixed position inside a second concentric cylinder. The inner cylinder has an annular depression in its wall at the point of sealant placement, which causes the wall of the inner cylinder to intrude in... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6485030 | Sealing element for use in motor vehicles A sealing element for use in motor vehicles which has a sealing body (12) made of silicone and is provided with a self-sticking adhesive surface (20) for attachment to the application site.... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6474654 | Tailgate sealing gasket A sealing gasket for sealing gaps adjacent to a pickup truck is provided. In alternate embodiments a combination pickup truck and sealing gasket is also provided. The sealing gasket of the present invention comprises an elongated member made of a deformab... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6382635 | Double walled baffle An expandable baffle for sealing a cavity of an automobile is provided. The baffle includes a thermally expandable sealing material which has an expansion temperature similar to the temperatures achieved in specific stages of the automotive manufacturing ... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6361054 | Sealing device A sealing device for sealing at least two facing surfaces of two adjacent machine elements includes an inflatable sealing tube arranged in a groove in a first surface of a first machine element. The sealing tube can be filled with a medium to which pressu... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6343796 | Gasket arrangement A gasket arrangement for sealing between first and second components includes a tube through the material of the gasket for transferring fluid through the gasket. The first and second components may be, for example, a transmission case and transmission fl... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6336640 | Gasket A compressible annular gasket for providing a fluid-tight seal between a first tubular member having an annular groove and an adjacent ridge and a smooth annular section of a second tubular member when the first tubular member and the smooth annular secti... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6317477 | Floating pool seal assembly with leak limiting annular support structure A seal assembly for sealing a space between an annular flange on a nuclear reactor vessel and a surrounding ledge of a refueling canal to provide a temporary water barrier during refueling operations. The seal assembly includes an annular closure plate ha... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6290239 | Seal construction of connector In a connector 1, a plurality of resin-filling regions, in which a plurality of terminals 3 are arranged, are separated from each other by a separation wall 4. The plurality of resin-filling regions are equal to each other in cross-sectional area in a dir... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6273433 | Seal with magnetic coating A thin layer of a magnetizable coating is extruded or coextruded onto a external surface portion of a tubular sponge bulb seal for an automotive door or hatch. The coating is of a thickness, location on the seal and formulation to be selectively magnetize... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6267536 | Sealing arrangement for tunnel segments A sealing arrangement (1) has two abutting construction elements made of concrete, steel, reinforced concrete, cast iron or other materials, as well as a sealing section made of an elastomer material which sealingly bridges the gap between the two constru... | 07/31/2001 |
