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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 |
| 7356141 | Baud rate modulation encoding/decoding method and device for remote controller A encoding/decoding method and device for a remote controller utilizing a baud rate to encrypt data for transmission. The encoding device includes an encoder encoding an identification code into an encrypted code; and an interpreter interpreting the un-encoded porti... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7239707 | Staggered pulse acquisition method and apparatus A transmitter employing a cryptographic algorithm and key generates and transmits a staggered pulse signal that includes a plurality of high-power pulses that are part of a pseudonoise (PN) code. The high-power pulses are separated by a group of low-power chips and ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7233087 | Electromagnetically driven rotary motor Electric energy from a battery is employed to shift the permanent magnetic field located in a generator. A spring housing is located distal from the generator. An outer magnet housing enclosing an inner rotating magnetic housing is positioned between the generator a... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7142612 | Method and apparatus for multi-level signaling A system transmits data on a multi-conductor signal path, which produces a current flow based on the value of the data transmitted. The system reduces changes in current flow between successive data transmissions by encoding data values represented by sets of N bits... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7030731 | Wireless identification systems and protocols Monitoring systems and protocols are disclosed that are flexible in mode operation and format depending on the environment in which they are used. Such monitoring systems and protocols are able to change their utilization automatically, or by received instruction to... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6998813 | Device for generation of a signal dependent on rotational speed for an electric motor, in particular for an electronically-commutated DC motor The invention provides a device to generate an rpm-dependent signal, or a tachogenerator, having a plurality of magnet elements with alternating polarity which are arranged and distributed around the circumference of the rotor shaft. The magnet elements preferably t... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6956510 | Methods, software, circuits and systems for coding information Methods, software, circuits, architectures, and systems for encoding, decoding and error checking/correcting information, particularly pulse amplitude modulated information. The present invention enjoys particular advantage when used to encode x-unit sequence values... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6760773 | Infrared transmission codes for wireless keyboard and PC remote controller The present invention relates to an infrared transmission protocol and more particularly to an infrared transmission protocol for wireless keyboard and PC remote controller. The transmission codes are grouped into four parts—key codes for keyboard, button codes fo... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6653968 | System for generating a signal to superimpose information A system for generating a signal which, in addition to first information representing the rotational speed of a rotating part, contains at least second information. The signal changes over time between a first and a second current level and/or voltage lev... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6538595 | System and method for using infrared remote control packet delivery in a wireless keyboard having a pointing device An infrared (IR) keyboard having a communication protocol and a method for operating same includes circuitry for converting a standard recognized keystroke into a corresponding IR data word for transmission to an IR receiver. The IR keyboard includes circ... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6480138 | Method of transmitting data within pulse intervals of a rotational speed signal, and circuit arrangement for implementing the method The present invention relates to a method of transmitting data in pulse intervals of a rotational speed signal, wherein the maximum number of the transmittable data is determined from the period of time which is required for transmitting an information an... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6184916 | Multiple-pulse, pulse width and position modulation systems and methods Multiple pulse width and position modulation methods and systems use multiple pulse width and position modulation (PWPM) circuits driven from the same system clock and video data to provide multiple video pulses per clock period. The multiple pulse width ... | 02/06/2001 |
| 5691723 | Apparatus and method for encoding and decoding data on tactical air navigation and distance measuring equipment signals A method and apparatus for encoding and decoding data on navigation signal pulse pairs utilizes pulse position modulation (PPM). The pulse interval between a first pulse and a second pulse of the pulse pair is varied depending on whether the logic value o... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5670958 | Remote control method and device The present infra-red remote control transmitter understands external formats, and those with toggle-bits and different carrier frequency ranges, and transmits signals in these data formats to the appropriate devices, with or without a toggle-bit. The rem... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5659299 | High speed infrared communications system using pulse sets An infrared communication system for transmitting a digital bit stream by telemetry in the presence of background radiation wherein each bit in the data stream is represented by a signature set of pulses designating either a binary one or a binary zero. A... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5602553 | Radio controlled servo extender method and system A control system is disclosed to extend the range of rotation of a radio-controlled servo towards its physical limits. A microprocessor and its various interconnections are inserted between the output of a radio control receiver and the input to the servo... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5587797 | Process for encoding and transmitting information The present invention relates to process for encoding and transmitting information wherein data, digitalized speech, image, or documents, optionally in colour, are encoded by multilevel combination code with multilevel code elements into a signal, in part... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5565861 | Multidigit counting wheel mechanism for a volume-measuring instrument Multidigit counting wheel mechanism for a volume-measuring instrument. An absolute encoder for a measuring instrument includes a mechanical counting wheel mechanism consisting of five sensors, mounted in a plane perpendicular to a counting mechanism axle,... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5563600 | Data transmission for remote-controlled security system A remote-controlled apparatus improves the reliability of a vehicle security system. Each time the transmitting unit transmits data, a first code updating section changes a variable code storage in a memory in the transmitting unit by predetermined shift ... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5559499 | Receiver for the reception of wirelessly transmitted information The invention is directed to a receiver for receiving information transmitted without the use of wires, in particular by infrared light signals. The information is transmitted by a battery-operated transmitter provided with a display unit which delivers a... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5475381 | High speed infrared communications system using pulse sets An infrared communication system for transmitting a digital bit stream by telemetry in the presence of background radiation wherein each bit in the data stream is represented by a signature set of pulses designating either a binary one or a binary zero. A... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5459751 | Demodulation circuit of communication control system A demodulation circuit of the communication control system is disclosed, in which the rising edge and the falling edge of a symbol or a one-bit data subjected to pulse width modulation as inputted from a transmission path are detected. The time width of a... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5347110 | Information transmission by the time modulation of a character display area A system provides for transmission of information between an article carrying information and an apparatus for processing the information, in which the article includes an arrangement for modulating the reflectance of at least one area of a liquid crystal... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5252977 | Digital pulse generator using digital slivers and analog vernier increments A digital architecture for a pulse generator includes a triggerable voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) with two alternative sources of frequency control voltage, an internal DAC or a phase frequency comparison with an external timebase. In a top octave o... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5208598 | Digital pulse generator using leading and trailing edge placement A digital architecture for a pulse generator includes a triggerable voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) with two alternative sources of frequency control voltage, an internal DAC or a phase frequency comparison with an external timebase. In a top octave o... | 05/04/1993 |
| 4590410 | Object sensing apparatus An object sensing apparatus includes a plurality of light emitting diodes for illuminating a region of space and a plurality of closely arranged light detectors for receiving light reflected from an object. The apparatus is particularly useful in connecti... | 05/20/1986 |
| 4293953 | Bi-orthogonal PCM communications system employing multiplexed noise codes A bi-orthogonal PCM communications system employing multiplexed noise codes o provide enhanced protection against interference. Two system approaches are described--a first of which employs active, matched filter detection, whereas a second of which employ... | 10/06/1981 |
| 3965468 | Logic pulser A logic pulser is disclosed which provides controlled pulses for stimulating a digital logic circuit under test. The pulser is serially programmed, e.g. by means of a manually operated push button switch to generate single pulses, continuous streams of pu... | 06/22/1976 |
