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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 |
| 7502597 | Radio base station, mobile station To realize smooth adaptive modulation control after handover even when the transmission frequency of parameters is lowered with transmission of the parameters used for the adaptive modulation control with timing satisfying predetermined conditions. As the mobile sta... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7412207 | Signal path detection for wireless networks including repeaters There is disclosed a method of determining the path of a signal between a donor network element and a remote station, the donor network element being associated with at least one repeater, comprising the steps of: receiving at the remote station a plurality of signa... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7386329 | Wireless communication apparatus and method of wireless communication One of objects of a wireless communication apparatus according to the present invention is to realize stable communication regardless of received signal strength indication and information amount. The wireless communication apparatus for communicating in an autonomo... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7373116 | High output power radio frequency integrated circuit A high output power radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) includes an up-conversion module, a plurality of power amplifier input stages, and a plurality of integrated circuit pads. The up-conversion module is coupled to convert a low intermediate frequency (IF) ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7362234 | Controller for remote vehicles and craft and for virtual subjects A control system which provides directional control over various real and virtual vehicles, craft and moveable subjects. The control system includes a housing, a controller in the housing having an electronic radio control PC board or an electronic video control PC ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7356360 | Radio communication system The present invention provides a radio communication system in which not only a communication unit operating in a slave mode but also a communication unit operating in a master mode can be changed into a power saving mode. Among a plurality of communication u... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7346371 | Portable terminal device A portable terminal device includes a first body having an operation section on a main surface thereof, a second body having a display section on a main surface thereof, a connection device for connecting the first body and the second body so that the portable termi... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7324830 | System and method of exchanging identification information for mobile stations A system is provided for allowing mobile stations to exchange identification information using a predetermined communication path for the purpose of obtaining identification information to use in establishing a different communication path for communicating. ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7309273 | Adjustable steering mechanism for radio frequency toy controller A controller for a radio-controlled toy, comprising a housing, a first interface disposed on a first side of the housing, a second interface disposed on a second side of the housing, and a steering wheel having a steering shaft, the steering shaft being adapted to b... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7292705 | Antenna device An antenna device disclosed herein is integrated with an earphone for generating sound from an ear receiver, and connected to a wireless equipment through a connector to transmit an audio signal applied from the wireless equipment to the connector through a pluralit... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7263332 | Methods and apparatus for communicating in a vehicle and other radio environments A transmitter device for use in a vehicular application includes a cable, an input port, a modulator, and an antenna device. The cable of the transmitter device receives power from a power source associated with a vehicle to power circuitry in the transmitter device... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7254375 | Vehicle remote communication system command verification method The present invention concerns a method for verifying a command in a vehicle remote communication system. The remote communication system includes a remote transmitter, and a vehicle body having a receiver module and a control module connected by a communication bus... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7248840 | Re-positioning reminder for personal portable electronic equipment The present invention relates to a re-positioning reminder for personal portable electronic equipment. Such a reminder is housed in the electronic equipment and is at least equipped with an environment detecting unit, a control unit, a time counting module and at le... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7245997 | Remote monitoring system and method A smart key carried with a user is provided with switches for monitoring a vehicle in remote places, such as a departure-time monitor switch, a return-time monitor switch and an all item monitor switch. The switches are associated with monitor information indicating... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7221136 | Sondes for locating underground pipes and conduits A sonde includes an elongate flexible ferromagnetic core and a coil surrounds an intermediate segment of the core. A housing surrounds and supports the coil. An electronic drive circuit is mounted in the housing for supplying the coil with an electric signal that wi... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7212791 | Transmission device and delay time adjustment method thereof A transmitter and method to output a stable output signal having low distortion by adjusting a delay time of an amplitude signal path and a phase signal path. In an amplitude phase extracting part, amplitude data and phase data are extracted from a transmit data sig... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7203330 | Switching unit for a microphone A switching unit for a microphone includes a slider-mounting member, a slider mounted slidably on the slider-mounting member and having an operating element, and a slider-positioning mechanism mounted on the slider-mounting member and defining an elongated slot for ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7197298 | Radio-communication terminal device that prevents communication through an unauthenticated antenna A radio-communication terminal device having an antenna unit incorporating an antenna element and an authenticator for authenticating the connected antenna element, and a transceiver unit that includes a transmission circuit, a reception circuit, an authentication d... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7197153 | Microphone stand The invention is based on the idea of separating the microphone unit and the wireless transmitter device from wireless microphones and to connect the wireless transmitter device to a microphone stand. Accordingly, a microphone stand comprises a first XLR audio conne... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7190946 | In-vehicle clock synchronization with local time The present invention is a system and method for providing local time to a mobile vehicle. A time information message is received at an in-vehicle telematics unit, which monitors for a time-update trigger event. A time-update message is sent from the telematics unit... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7190968 | Portable device displaying an image provided by photographing In a foldable cellular phone, an image taken and provided by a camera portion is displayed on a first or second display portion for previewing before storage in a third memory. The second display portion displays the image in the opposite directions corresponding to... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7181174 | Wireless transmit-only apparatus and method A wireless transmit-only apparatus (20) has a controller (21) that responds to a user interface 25 by correlating specific user input with a corresponding characterizing transmission parameter(s) as is stored in a memory (35) and by selec... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7174137 | Wireless transmit-only apparatus and method A wireless transmit-only apparatus (20) can be comprised of a controller (21) that selectively controls which of a plurality of resonant devices (24 and 25) are utilized to influence the transmission carrier frequency of a transmitter ( | 02/06/2007 |
| 7171193 | Telecommunications interruption and disconnection apparatus and methods Embodiments of interruption-sound devices for producing an interruption sound signal in a telecommunications transmission signal comprising a signal generator circuit and a processor circuit, in accordance with the present invention. The interruption sound signals a... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7162281 | Mobile phone holder The invention relates to a mobile phone holder for attaching a mobile phone to a body part of a user or to a dashboard or other structures in a vehicle. The mobile phone can be intermittently rotated under the manipulation of the user and attached/detached to a wais... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7155178 | Circuit system for wireless communications A circuit system for wireless communications via two antennas. The circuit system includes a printed circuit board having a predetermined area devoid of a solder mask. According to the invention, an antenna switch, filter, and power amplifier are mounted on the prin... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7136667 | Method and radio terminal equipment arrangement for power control, radio terminal equipment and secondary terminal unit The invention relates to radio terminal equipment arrangement comprising radio terminal equipment and one or more secondary terminal units, the radio terminal equipment being configured to communicate with the one or more secondary terminal units by using wireless l... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7132956 | Electronic apparatus and remote controller A wireless AV station is furnished with an Internet browsing function, a TV viewing function, a TV recording and playback function and a message board function, and these multiple functions are activated by a command from a plurality of personal computers each opera... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7130653 | Power allocation of wireless transmission apparatus The present invention relates to a wireless transmission apparatus. The wireless transmission apparatus is used for transmitting a RF signal by a selected power allocation to meet the requirement of specific transmission standard. The wireless transmission apparatus... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7120507 | Control apparatus and control system A control apparatus includes a communication unit for conducting the data communication. Identification information is assigned to the control apparatus. The control apparatus further includes a storage unit having an identification information table storing informa... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7107250 | Apparatus for credential authorisation A mobile communication device, such as a mobile phone, which comprises a processor which is configured to process requests for authorisation of use of a credential, such as a credit card, and the processor causes the device to emit a signal, such as an audible inter... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7099633 | Intervehicle communication system and method A communication system and methods are disclosed for use with vehicles. The communication system permits toll-free, local communication between people in two different vehicles using communicators that are synchronizable to a common operative channel or frequency wi... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7096120 | Method and arrangement for guiding a user along a target path An audio-based guide arrangement is provided for guiding a user along a target path by the use of virtual audio beacons. The user's current location is sensed and compared to the target path. Sounds are fed to the user, for example through stereo headphones, to simu... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7072696 | Solar-powered mobile telephone A mobile telephone apparatus is disclosed in which a solar power source is used to supplement battery power. A solar cell array is positioned on the surface of the telephone and supplies electric current to the telephone. A preferred embodiment of the present invent... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7039591 | Configuring architecture for mobile access to at least one business resource A method of configuring an architecture for provision of mobile access to a wireless communication device provides a structured framework for defining a preferential configuration of the architecture. A target list of resources is established with respect to mobile ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7031749 | Software portable telephone Received signal inputted from an antenna 1 is fed via a received signal mixer 2 and an A/D converter 3 to a demodulator 4. The demodulator 4 is operated according to software down-loaded in a software memory 5 from a program... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7012901 | Devices, software and methods for generating aggregate comfort noise in teleconferencing over VoIP networks Devices, software and methods are provided for generating aggregate comfort noise for teleconferencing over IP networks. A transcoding component includes a decoder for decoding streams of packets. A summing component has a summer with summing inputs to receive the d... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6996379 | Linear high powered integrated circuit transmitter A linear high powered integrated circuit transmitter includes an up-conversion module, a plurality of power amplifiers, balanced integrated circuit coupling, and a combining circuit. The up-conversion module is operably coupled to produce a differential up-converted... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6983126 | Audio transmitter and remote control receiver and storage apparatus An audio transmitter and remote control unit receiver and storage apparatus for transmitting audio signals from electronic equipment, such as a television set, to individuals remotely located therefrom includes an audio transmitter for disposition adjacent to the el... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6963728 | Low power, high speed data communications in vehicles Cavities within structural members of a motor vehicle or other structure are used for propagation of wireless RF communication signals. The system is particularly adapted for use in structures wherein permanent, fixed transmission guides can be easily provided, and ... | 11/08/2005 |