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A microwave oven adapted for use within a motor vehicle dashboard area. The microwave oven has a removable storage cassette, and slidable platforms for securing and serving containers of beverages and foods.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8040500 | Defect inspection method and computer-readable storage medium The present invention includes an illuminance adjustment step of setting an optimum illuminance of the illumination; and a defect inspection step of picking up the image of the substrate illuminated with the illumination at the optimum illuminance, wherein the illum... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7872740 | Motion-compensated light-emitting apparatus A light-emitting apparatus, for enabling a beam of light to be projected on a desired target located a distance away to project the beam on the desired target without any or substantially any undesired movement. The apparatus may include a housing, a light generatin... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7728964 | Motion compensated light-emitting apparatus A light-emitting apparatus, for enabling a beam of light to be projected on a desired target located a distance away to project the beam on the desired target without any or substantially any undesired movement. The apparatus may include a housing, a light generatin... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7312863 | Motion-compensating light-emitting apparatus A light-emitting apparatus, for enabling a spot of light to be projected on a desired target located a distance away such that the spot is projectable on the desired target without any or substantially any undesired movement. The apparatus may include a housing, a l... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7236346 | Semiconductor apparatus and method of charging desired number of capacitors A capacitor charging semiconductor apparatus including a plurality of serially connected capacitors to be charged. A direct current source is applied to the plurality of capacitors. A plurality of bypass transistors is provided to bypass charge current supplied to t... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7213343 | Dual axis single motor platform adjustments system An arrangement for use in a light beam projection device for adjusting an orientation of a projected light beam is disclosed. The arrangement comprises a base frame, a support platform adapted to set the orientation of the projected light beam, and a pivot member pi... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7200642 | Method and apparatus for electronic delivery of electronic model images A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture provide a distributed computing system delivering and manipulating electronic model images to end users. One aspect of the present invention includes a method for providing electronic delivery of electronic model image... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7155835 | Self-leveling laser alignment tool and method thereof which compensates for material stiffness of an included pendulum A self-leveling laser alignment tool and method thereof which provides a laser beam in a substantially truly level or plumb orientation are disclosed. Magnetic attraction is used to compensate for leveling errors of an approximately or partially leveled pendulum pla... | 01/02/2007 |
| 6953253 | Vehicle photosensing control system A vehicle photosensing system includes a photosensor array that is disposed within the interior cabin of the vehicle and having a field of view forward through the windshield of the vehicle. The photosensing system further providing a control for either controlling ... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6922063 | Apparatus and method for capacitive level sensor A capacitive sensor including a pendulum for electronically determining an indication of angular offset and a capacitive leveling device having such a capacitive sensor for leveling an associated reference surface. The capacitive sensor detects a difference in capac... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6724471 | Arrangement for the vertical orientation of a geodetic instrument An arrangement for the vertical orientation of a geodetic instrument over a ground point, comprises an optical observation device for visual sighting of the ground point with a target beam, a laser device for generating a laser beam, and an optical in-coupling eleme... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6694630 | Multiple-axis laser emitter with optical beam splitter A multiple axis laser emitter (1) comprising an optical beam splitter (4) having at least two reflectively coated mirror surfaces (7a, 7b, 7c, 7d) oriented perpendicular to each other and each oriented at an angle of 45° to a collimated main beam (H) of ... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6493952 | Measuring device subjected to gravitational forces and having a pendulous suspension A measuring device (6) subjected to gravitational forces and including at least one laterally oscillating, pendulously suspended, support structure (7) for supporting at least one of a measuring element, and optical element, and a suspension element for s... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6384420 | Portable self-leveling laser ray device A portable gravity-based self-levelling device for projecting a laser ray or a flat beam of laser rays (L, L11, L12, L110, L120) in a horizontal and/or vertical direction even if the device lies in an inclined position, comprises: a case (C) in the form o... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6195615 | Method of mutually aligning bodies and position-measuring sensor therefor The invention concerns a method of mutually aligning bodies, in particular for the parallel alignment of shafts, rollers and the like, which can be carried out economically and simply in a substantially shorter time than the known methods used for this pu... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6137568 | Optical axis compensator The present invention provides an optical axis compensator, which comprises a liquid sealing container 1 with a transparent liquid 14 sealed therein so as to form a free liquid surface 2, an optical axis compensating unit 44 for allowing a light beam to p... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6129307 | Stabilized optical gimbal assembly A two axis optical FLIR gimbal assembly for azimuth and elevation supporting an assembly of optical elements including five folding mirrors, one of which is a Mangin mirror, and six lenses which implement a wide stabilized field of regard and provide a ma... | 10/10/2000 |
| 5917587 | Automatic plumb laser beam generator A plumb laser beam generator includes an internal self-leveling feature to assure the projection of a substantially plumb beam despite tilt of the instrument's housing. Tilt compensation is achieved in preferred embodiments using the angular deflection of... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5900931 | Self-leveling system for optical distance measuring instruments A system preferably in the form of an accessory module corrects for tilt angles of a distance measuring laser projecting instrument. The housing of the module includes a compensating mirror mounted on a pendulum which bends with tilt angle by one-half the... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5825555 | Beam projecting apparatus A beam projecting apparatus has a light source and a reflecting device for reflecting and rotating a bundle of light emitted from the light source for forming a reference plane. A shape converting optical system is provided in an optical path from the lig... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5760932 | Target for laser leveling systems The invention provides a passive hand held target for use with a scanning light beam, particularly a laser beam, in which the beam impinged upon (i.e. input to) the target is divided and the resultant beams are directed to a viewing screen witha diffusing... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5619802 | Automatic level and plumb tool An automatic plumb, level and pointing tool uses a visible laser diode to project light beams in two modes through two windows. In the first mode of operation, the unit is able to project a plumb-up beam and a level beam of light while resting on a surfac... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5617202 | Diode laser co-linear and intersecting light beam generator Efficient and cost-effective generation of two co-linear laser beams or two or more intersecting beams, for the purpose of alignment as in the construction industry, takes advantage of the unequal divergence of light from a typical laser diode that produc... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5552886 | Laser beam transmitting apparatus This invention provides a laser beam transmitting apparatus which can make the levelling work unnecessary to thereby mitigate the burden of an operator and improve work efficiency. The apparatus is provided with a base, a beam transmitter for supplying a ... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5541727 | Automatic level and plumb tool A self-leveling plumb, level and pointing tool uses a visible laser diode to project light beams in two modes through two windows. Accurate, low cost structures for generating level and plumb beams and planes of light are disclosed. In principal embodimen... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5524352 | Automatic level and plumb tool A self-leveling plumb, level and pointing tool uses a visible laser diode to project light beams in two modes through two windows. Accurate, low cost structures for generating level and plumb beams and planes of light are disclosed. In principal embodimen... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5459932 | Automatic level and plumb tool An automatic plumb, level and pointing tool uses a visible laser diode to project light beams in two modes through two windows. In the first mode of operation, the unit is able to project a plumb-up beam and a level beam of light while resting on a surfac... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5438404 | Gyroscopic system for boresighting equipment by optically acquiring and transferring parallel and non-parallel lines A gyroscopic system and method is provided for translating parallel and non-parallel lines between a reference line and a device to be aligned with respect to the reference line. A first inertial sensor is provided that is configured to be substantially s... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5430544 | Process and an apparatus for correcting the measuring signals of a fiber optic gyro In the case of a fiber optic gyro having a 4×4-coupler, the two arms of the coupler which are not connected with the fiber coil are each connected with a monitoring detector. From the output signals of these monitoring detectors, in the case of a desired... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5220455 | Passive, gravity referencing, fluid damped, two stage pendulum optical mount A mount for use by optical elements in a laser tooling alignment system. The mount provides a high degree of isolation from external rotational disturbances about any horizontal axis (i.e., pitch and roll) by retaining optical components in a fixed relati... | 06/15/1993 |
| 5112126 | Apparatuses and methods for making geophysical measurements useful in determining the deflection of the vertical A non-magnetic apparatus is disclosed for finding the deflection of the vertical. That apparatus has a device for finding an instrument spatial angle between a reference direction and an instrument characterization direction, and a device for finding a de... | 05/12/1992 |
| 5087125 | Equipment for measuring a difference in elevation An equipment for measuring difference in elevation employing a leveling pole and a level is disclosed. The leveling pole comprises divisions of coded marks each indicating height at a unit interval. The level comprises a telescope and an image sensor. The... | 02/11/1992 |
| 5033848 | Pendulous compensator for light beam projector A pendulous compensator for use in a light beam projector including a light beam source comprises first and second upper pulleys spaced from one another and secured to the light beam projector. First and second lower pulleys are positioned beneath the fir... | 07/23/1991 |
| 5029251 | Transducer for measuring angles of inclination, angular positions and other positions, and apparatus comprising such transducer A transducer is employed for measuring angles of inclination, angles of up to about 180° and rectilinear positional changes according to a new electrooptical principle based on the fact that the flows of radiation emitted by two sources of radiation and ... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5026157 | Magnetic motion damping system for pendulous compensator Motion damping apparatus is provided for use in a light beam projector including a light beam and a pendulous compensator adapted to movably support a mirror for deflecting the light beam to compensate for tilting of the projector. The apparatus comprises... | 06/25/1991 |
| 4938589 | Sensor with integrated signal processing for one- to three-dimensional positioning The sensor comprises a radiation source (2), optical elements (5), a pattern generator (4), and a sensor field (3) which includes a plurality of distinguishable, measurable points. The pattern generator (4) changes the beam reflected from an object (8), i... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4889425 | Laser alignment system A system for monitoring changes in shape of a structure employs a laser source attached to the structure and a set of beam splitters mounted at various locations on the structure and arranged to route portions of a laser beam produced by the laser source ... | 12/26/1989 |
| 4854704 | Optical automatic levelling apparatus A light source, such as a laser diode, is positioned on a mount bed facing upwardly. A lens device is supported a support member extending upwardly from the mount bed. The lens device consists of a concave lens and convex lens and is provided to convert t... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4781457 | Laser surveying equipment A laser surveying equipment includes a laser beam luminous section, a suspending reflection member suspended in such a manner as to reflect laser beam radiated from the laser beam luminous section upward and always to direct the optical axis of such refle... | 11/01/1988 |
| 4776672 | Multi-paned polygonal lighthouse assembly with improved corner configuration A multiple pane lighthouse assembly in a reference laser beam projecting apparatus includes a plurality of transparent panes disposed in an arrangement that defines a transparent window structure which permits transmission of laser light therethrough and ... | 10/11/1988 |
