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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 |
| 6239688 | Variable resistor in which an electrode connected to a resistor can not be required There is provided a variable resistor comprised of a resistor formed at a movable member arranged to be reciprocatable, and a slider element attached to a fixing member fixed in opposition to the movable member, slidingly contacted with the resistor. The ... | 05/29/2001 |
| 5321385 | Wiper for an electric rotary potentiometer A wiper for an electric rotary potentiometer, in particular for use as a rotary position transducer, having a contact spring for pickup on a resistor track, and a rotatable spring holder on which the contact spring is secured nonrotatably. To save time an... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5283545 | Variable resistors This invention relates to a voltage pulse controlled variable resistor in which at least 2 leads are placed in direct contact with a material containing silica derived from hydrogen silsesquioxane. The resistor is formed by depositing a silica film derive... | 02/01/1994 |
| 5187464 | Extended life potentiometric position transducer A potentiometric position transducer comprises a resistive track movably mounted within a housing. A portion of the resistive track is between two fixed electrical contact points. A third electrical contact is moveable over such portion, corresponding to ... | 02/16/1993 |
| 4839633 | Asymmetric voltage monitor for series supplies Disclosed is a supply voltage monitor for detecting the asymmetric decay of one voltage source (Vdd) with respect to another voltage source (Vss). The monitor circuit (24) includes a resistive voltage divider (26) having a plurality ... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4748434 | Tap or current collector for potentiometers, displacement pick-ups, etc. Tap or current collector for rotary or linear potentiometers, displacement pick-ups, variable resistances, brushes/collector junctions of electric motors, etc., wherein the tapping part on which the slider elements as such are mounted and which performs a... | 05/31/1988 |
| 4728921 | Position indicator for an actuating drive A position indicator for an actuating drive device which has a range of positions and includes a potentiometer having a resistance strip with end connectors at opposite ends thereof. A tapping feature includes two independently moveable arms each connecte... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4260995 | Slide wire assembly A slide-wire assembly has a first and a second separately movable contact arranged to engage a semicircular wire-wound resistance element or slide-wire. Clam shell halves of a molded case enclosing the slide-wire assembly are arranged to support the resis... | 04/07/1981 |
| 4188606 | Phaseable impedance device Mechanism and method for mounting at least a pair of wiper contact springs to a rotor such that the angular relationship between the two wiper contact springs may be very closely controlled. In one embodiment a first contact spring is permanently attached... | 02/12/1980 |
| 4123742 | Variable resistor A variable resistor has an insulating substrate plate, a resistance body formed on the substrate plate and a slider adapted to slide along the resistance body. The resistance body is formed in a winding pattern to provide a larger range of variation of re... | 10/31/1978 |
| 4012710 | Multiple output potentiometer network A multiple output potentiometer network having a low resistance zone to provide the output function characteristic and a high resistance zone with which each of a plurality of output contacts is in contact providing a high degree of electrical isolation b... | 03/15/1977 |
| 3970986 | Thick film rotary switch A housing having a central bore therein receives a rotor rotatably mounted therein and secured thereto having an enlarged round base portion. A thrust plate is mounted for limited axial reciprocation within a recessed opening in the housing concentric wit... | 07/20/1976 |
| 3961302 | Variable resistance control A variable resistance control employs a substrate provided with a center aperture and a plurality of corner and intermediate locator means disposed about the periphery of the substrate. An adjusting; means constraining a contactor to rotate therewith is j... | 06/01/1976 |
| 3952156 | Signal processing system A system for processing a plurality of audio signals to generate binaural output signals. The signal processor has a manually operated spatial position control which provides a correspondence between movement of the control and the binaural perception of ... | 04/20/1976 |
