Did You Know...
...Chester Carlson was a patent agent who tired of having to make multiple copies of patent applications using the only duplication method available at the time: carbon paper. In 1959 he came up with a new copying system and took it to IBM for evaluation. The "experts" at IBM determined potential sales to be only 5,000 units because people wouldn't want to use a bulky machine when they had carbon paper. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, the company founded on the system is Xerox.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7771813 | Sandwich panel core The invention can be defined in its most general form as a 3-D light core from sheet material, especially from “NOMEX” polymeric paper, and can be used in production of sandwich panels as applied in aircraft production, construction and other branches of industr... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7422785 | Masking material The object of the present invention is to protect completely a part of an article having penetrating hole(s) from a surface treatment. To attain said object, a masking member (1A), having fitting part(s) (11A) to fit into said hole(s) of said ar... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7404996 | Two-shot polymeric component with attachment feature and method of producing same The present invention provides a two-shot injection molded polymeric component having first and second shots made from polymeric materials. The first shot is made from a relatively hard polymeric material, while the second shot is made from a polymeric material whic... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7338702 | Non-woven glass mat with dissolvable binder system for fiber-reinforced gypsum board A gypsum board having glass fiber reinforcement. The glass fiber has sizing promoting bonding with a gypsum matrix. The glass fibers are added to the gypsum matrix cia a non-woven glass fiber mat bonded initially with a dissolvable or reversible binder to maintain t... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7300693 | Resin infused transparent skin panel and method of making same A transparent skin panel for use in a mobile platform having a plurality of metal sheets. A fiber reinforced resin at least partially surrounds the plurality of metal sheets. The fiber reinforced resin is transparent. A cutout is formed within each of the plurality ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7291378 | Trim panel assembly having integrated energy management characteristics and method of manufacture The present invention relates to a trim panel assembly for a vehicle having integrated energy management characteristics and method of manufacture. The trim panel assembly comprises a panel made of a first material having a first panel surface and a second panel sur... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7264864 | Tiles and method of making same A tile, made for example of leather, having a first face, a second face, side edges and a plurality of holes that bring into communication first face with second face. In a lining made with such tiles like this, the holes lead the air from below to above the tiles. ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7247363 | Supported greensheet structure and method in MLC processing Methods for forming and the intermediate greensheet products formed are provided by attaching a removable support film to a first surface of a greensheet and a frame to a second surface of the greensheet. The support film is preferably a peelable support film cast t... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7235286 | Process for the manufacture of a plastic component with a seal, and assembly unit A plastic component, usable in a combustion engine, is made by forming an elastomeric seal onto at least one support element. The support element, complete with the seal, is placed in a cavity or fixture of a plastic injection mold, and the plastic component is crea... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7141768 | Fastening device A device for fastening surfaces together in an effective, efficient, and preferably reversible bond is disclosed. This device is particularly useful in the construction industry for fastening roll goods, such as wall coverings, or mill work, such as moldings, to sur... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7128365 | Motor vehicle body part A motor vehicle body part, especially a motor vehicle roof, cargo bed, or the like, which includes a composite material having an outside skin and a support structure in a sandwich structure. In order to prevent penetration of moisture into the support structure, th... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7071617 | Light-emitting apparatus and method for forming the same In a light-emitting apparatus, a face of a substrate on which a light-emitting device is formed is an uneven surface having a plurality of asperities. The mean spacing Sm of adjacent asperities or the mean spacing S of peaks of adjacent projections of the asperities... | 07/04/2006 |
| 6969548 | Impact absorbing composite An impact absorbing composite structure (10), the impact absorbing composite structure including a plurality of impact absorbing members (18) and a flexible layer (16), each impact absorbing member (18) integral with the flexible layer ( | 11/29/2005 |
| 6953105 | Damping foil consisting of several layers and a method for producing same A multi-layer damping foil having a perforated lower layer facing towards a part to be damped, with properties which are suitable for adhering the damping foil onto the part. A non-perforated upper layer, facing away from the part, does not have adherence properties... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6938551 | Method of making instrument panel for vehicles An ink permeative layer is deposited so as to cover at least one of an obverse face and a reverse face of a substrate. Digital print data is prepared according to a design of the instrument panel including indicative scales, indicative numerals, indicative character... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6921502 | Cushioned rubber floor mat article and method At least one embodiment of this invention relates to a cushioned dust control mat article wherein the mat comprises at least two distinct layers of rubber, one comprising foam rubber, the other comprising solid rubber. The solid rubber layer is present over the foam... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6890618 | Method and apparatus for retaining a thermally conductive pin in a thermal spreader plate An apparatus and method are provided for retaining thermal transfer pins in a spreader plate adapted to transfer thermal energy from an electronic component. The spreader plate includes pin holes that slidably receive the thermal transfer pins. The apparatus include... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6858282 | Textured graphite sheet infused with a sealant A method for sealing flexible graphite sheets formed from exfoliated graphite particles is provided. A textured surface is provided onto the graphite sheet to facilitate the infusion of a sealant into the internal pores of the sheet. ... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6815022 | Laminated structures constructed from adhesively joined sheet material layers One or more sheet material layers in a multi-layer laminated structure is reinforced by adhesive bridges that extend through openings in the layer and tie together the layers on either side of the reinforced layer. A plurality of openings are provided in the layer o... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6790508 | Multiple film sheet for containers with peel-off lids A sheet composed of multiple films for providing peel-off lids for containers comprising a first film set of films, with a film layer of aluminum, an external polythene film and an internal orientated plastic film; a second film set heat-sealed to the edge of a cont... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6783835 | Elastomeric damping sheets A bulk modulus elastomeric element is employed in the present invention. The material from which the invention is fabricated is formed as a sheet, which has a plurality of channels that run through, or partially through it. The holes in the sheet are angled such tha... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6740607 | Substrate with stretch and heat sealing properties to make a multidirectional restraint module design The invention is directed to coating a plurality of polyurethane films onto a stretchable knit fabric substrate and heat sealing such substrates together to yield an air curtain or air bag having improved air-holding properties. ... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6716518 | Method and system for absorbent sponge membrane for spill protection in electronic devices A method and system of reversibly absorbing liquid penetrations into electronic devices having a body and circuitry is described. The method and system comprises providing an absorbent sponge membrane structure in sheet-like form. The structure contains a hydrogel-f... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6613414 | Composite plastic sheet and process for making the same A composite sheet comprises a hydrophobic first plastic film layer forming an upper surface of the sheet, a second plastic film layer forming a lower surface of the sheet and a hydrophobic intermediate fibrous assembly layer disposed between these two lay... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6599613 | Primitive display plate and method of manufacturing display plate and display apparatus A primitive display plate includes a supporting portion having a positioning structure formed to be positioned by engagement with another member, a display plate shape portion formed to have a predetermined positional relation to the positioning structure... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6592965 | Ductile ceramic composite electrolyte A ductile, solid electrolyte composite comprising a continuous, ordered, repeating ductile metallic array surrounded by and supporting an ionically conductive ceramic matrix such as stabilized zirconia, bismuth and/or ceria oxides.... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6528141 | Support structure and method of assembling same A support structure includes a first sheet with perforations having a front surface and a back surface and a second sheet with perforation having a front surface and a back surface. Each perforation in the first sheet and the second sheet has a portion ad... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6511762 | Multi-layer thermal barrier coating with transpiration cooling A cooling system for cooling of the flow path surface region of an engine component used in a gas turbine engine and a method for making a system for cooling of the flow path surface region of an engine component used in a gas turbine engine. The method c... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6475123 | Abdominal weight lifting apparatus and method A method and apparatus for exercising the abdominal muscles where the exerciser is laying on his backside and the exercisers middle and upper spine as well as head are dynamically supported when exercising. The exercise is accomplished as the upper-torso ... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6440529 | Grid structure reinforcement for roads This invention relates to a grid structure (1) for reinforcement in road building, with crossing strands of warp and woof. The openings of the grid are traversed by longitudinal-laminar belts of textile material, leaving free passage openings.... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6403195 | Composite panel structure and method of making same A composite material includes five distinct layers of material: two thin outer layers or panels, a central rigid core and intermediate foam layers on both sides of the core which fill the regions between the core and outer panels. The core can be a wide v... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6395380 | Method for fixing a fabric to a structural part A method for attaching fabric to a structural part. The structural part is at least partially surrounded by fabric at least on one side. The structural part, which is provided with holes, is surrounded by the fabric at least in the region of the holes on ... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6268037 | Heat shield for blow-molded component The present invention relates to a method for making a shielded automobile component and the shielded automobile component itself. The component includes a composite formed of a metal sheet which includes protrusions which extend from a surface of the met... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6261380 | Method of reusing a coated substrate having a surface coating fixed to the substrate from which deposits are readily removed A method of reusing a coated substrate having a surface coating fixed to the material substrate surface, comprising the steps: (a) allowing the coated substrate, which carries deposits on its surface, to swell as a coated composition to which said deposits adh... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6258438 | Vehicle shelf trim panel with insert molded speaker grille A substantially acoustically transparent speaker grille is bonded or molded to a rear shelf panel located between the cabin and trunk of a vehicle. The grille is pressed into and laminated between a pair of resin impregnated sheets of fibrous material dur... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6258439 | Roofing material for covering the roof of a building which covering material can be plastically deformed by hand A covering material which can be plastically deformed by band and extended in at least one direction. The covering material has a substrate with openings, at least the top side of which substrate has a top coating which covers the openings. To create an e... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6238771 | Composite molded product for use as a button for electric devices and method of manufacturing the same A composite molded product has a frame body (1) with a through bore that terminates at openings, and a button portion (2) with a pressing portion (3) extended through the through bore and a flange portion (4) fused to the frame body (1). A silicone resin ... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6231946 | Structural reinforcement for use in a shoe sole A structural reinforcement in the form of an open gridwork which is advantageously used, for example, as part of a shoe sole. The structural reinforcement provides and/or enhances spring-like characteristics of the member it is reinforcing, propels and en... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6194053 | Apparatus and method fabricating buried and flat metal features The present invention relates generally to a new method and apparatus to enable high yielding double sided and/or multipass screening in the manufacture of multilayer ceramic packages. Also, the present invention enables the screened features to be buried... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6083604 | Bonded assembly, method of jointing for preparation thereof and rivet The present invention relates to a bonded assembly characterized in that a board having a convexed portion on a jointing surface thereof and a board having, on a jointing surface thereof, a concaved portion or a through hole to be engaged with the convexe... | 07/04/2000 |
