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Cloaking System Using Optoelectronically Controlled Camouflage
A Cloaking System designed to operate in the visible light spectrum, utilizes optoelectronics and/or photonic components to conceal an object within it.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7287718 | Method of feeding a medium and medium feeding system A medium feeding system for a hardcopy apparatus comprising: a revolving arrangement for supporting a roll of medium, the revolving arrangement comprising a friction ring, the friction ring rotating around a friction ring rotation axis; and a braking element compris... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7207722 | Combined bearing A combined bearing includes a main body (10) and a mating member (30). The main body is generally cylindrical, with an axial hole (16) and a cutout (18) defined therein. The cutout is generally semi-cylindrical and spans from an outer sur... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7159845 | Bearing module for an exhaust gas recirculation valve A bearing module for a pintle valve including a pintle bearing, bearing spring, and two-part housing. The bearing has an axial face for sealing against an inner axial surface of the housing. The bearing diameter is less than the diameter of the housing, permitting t... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7156920 | Coating device The coating device (10) for coating a metal band or strip (12, 12′) in a melted metal mass (14 ) comprises a shaft (16, 18) rotatably supported in the melted metal mass (14) by a slide bearing (261, 26 | 01/02/2007 |
| 6601991 | Roller device for an image transferring device A roller device of the present invention includes a roller including a shaft, a bearing for rotatably supporting the shaft, a pressing device for pressing the bearing, and a lug protruding from the bearing in the axial direction of the roller. The pressin... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6091175 | Self-centering rotor bearing assembly for submersible pump motors The invention provides a submersible pumping system which includes a motor containing self-centering rotor bearing assemblies. Each rotor bearing assembly in accordance with the present invention includes a sleeve, a journal, and at least two seals. The j... | 07/18/2000 |
| 5951170 | Tapered resilient sleeve bearing assembly At least two rigid segments of a tapered bearing sleeve are interconnected y deformable elastomeric sections for rotational support of a shaft or pin about a fixed axis established within a housing into which the bearing sleeve is inserted and held therein... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5709481 | Apparatus for creating back tension in a printer/plotter system A roll-feed apparatus which is removably attached to a printer/plotter that has a self-alignment feature. Media, such as paper, vellum or film is pulled through the printer/plotter. However, a back-tension is created in the roll-feed apparatus by creating... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5212520 | Bearing structure for supporting a photoconductive element of an image forming apparatus A structure for supporting a photoconductive element included in an image forming apparatus. The shaft of the photoconductive element is supported by two adjoining bearings. One of the bearings is pressed against a framework or a slider by a leaf spring t... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5145263 | Backlash absorbing system for bearings A bearing system rotatably supporting a shaft or any other similar machine element is unrotatably fitted in a bearing inserting aperture. The bearing system comprises a fixed bushing which is located more adjacently than the shaft to a portion thereof on ... | 09/08/1992 |
| 4808144 | Homokinetic transmission joint for motor vehicles The joint comprises a male element drive in rotation by a driving shaft (AM) and provided with radial arms (340) on each of which are mounted two rolling segments (310) trapped in rolling tracks (R) of a female element (312), expansible elastically yielda... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4801252 | Slide bearing unit for small size fan A small fan which is constructed as compact axial fan with a central driving motor retained by way of a flange and a bearing support tube, and in which the housing of the fan forms a flow duct that surrounds the rotor; the bearing support of the shaft of ... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4743173 | Slide beating unit for small size fan A small fan which is constructed as compact axial fan with a central driving motor retained by way of a flange and a bearing support tube, and in which the housing of the fan forms a flow duct that surrounds the rotor; the bearing support of the shaft of ... | 05/10/1988 |
| 4589297 | Adjusting transmission in a motor vehicle An adjusting transmission of a motor vehicle for a motorized seat adjustment with a transmission housing and a worm arranged on a bearing shaft which is supported at the transmission housing in two shaft bearing parts retaining the shaft and inserted into... | 05/20/1986 |
| 4421426 | Thrust bearing device A thrust bearing device including a bearing oil tank containing a lubricating oil, a plurality of bearing shoes for slidably journaling a rotary member located in the bearing oil tank, the bearing shoes each being segmental in shape, and a support device ... | 12/20/1983 |
| 4128282 | Counterbalance bearing assembly A counterbalance bearing assembly for supporting and positively positioning an end of a cylinder which has a shaft extending axially therefrom. The shaft of the cylinder extends through a first bearing. Movable apparatus is provided for supporting the fir... | 12/05/1978 |
| 4097938 | Sofa bed assembly A sofa bed assembly of the type which includes a roller and track arrangement for guiding the movement of the folded bed frame between the storage compartment and the deployed position wherein the roller of the roller assemblies are retractable to provide... | 07/04/1978 |
| 4089566 | Bearing with multiplicity of sliding heads A pair of relatively rotatable support members, separated by a gap centered on the axis of rotation, engage each other through a multiplicity of elastically deformable sliding heads of low-friction plastic material projecting from one support member into ... | 05/16/1978 |
| 3989319 | Shaft-supporting bearing This invention relates to a bearing enabling a shaft to be pivotally mounted, constituted by a bearing body and by two half-bearings, the first half-bearing being fast with the bearing body, while the second half-bearing is mounted to slide in said body i... | 11/02/1976 |
