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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6517457 | Dynamically steerable mono belt apparatus The present invention is a dynamically steerable mono belt apparatus and includes a first pivotable body element in communication with a second pivotable body element. A first pivot mechanism is attached to and positioned between the first pivotable body ... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6315087 | Disc brake arrangement Disc brake arrangement including a bracket adapted to be fixed to a vehicle and a brake caliper support securely mounted thereon. The bracket is made with semi-circular seats and the caliper support with cylindrical pins which are arranged so that the cal... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6302249 | Linear-acting controllable pneumatic actuator and motion control apparatus including a field responsive medium and control method therefor A controllable pneumatic apparatus including a pneumatic actuator coupled with a linear-acting brake including a field responsive medium. The pneumatic actuator has a housing with a gas cavity, a first piston slidably disposed in the gas cavity subdividin... | 10/16/2001 |
| 5601159 | Brake assembly for model vehicles and method A brake assembly and method are provided wherein a shaft having a bore rotates about a rod such that a flexible ring member positioned within a groove of the rod expands into frictional contact with the shaft bore wall for restricting rotation of the shaf... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5570653 | Amphibious vehicle An amphibious vehicle is disclosed of the type in which the ground engaging wheels are retracted during marine operation. The vehicle has, among other things, an arrangement in which the side surfaces of the tires act to provide a primary water seal when ... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5566788 | Shopping cart brake assembly This invention is directed to a caster wheel foot brake assembly which may be used with casters on items such as shopping carts, strollers, moving carts, furniture and the like. The brake assembly includes a foot pedal, pair of connector arms, brake arm, ... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5542508 | Fluid free damper A fluid free damper, comprising a spindle member; housing means mounted for relative eccentric rotation with respect to the spindle member; and engagement means interposed between the spindle member and the housing means for rotation along with one of the... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5524733 | Adjusting device of brake rods for bicycles An adjusting device of brake rods for bicycles includes a connector, two rods and two receivers. The two rods each has first and second ends, the first end thereof rotatably engaged to the connector and the second end thereof having a threaded portion for... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5509510 | Composite disc brake rotor and method for producing same A composite disc brake rotor including a generally hat-shaped rotor body cast from an alloy, and a generally annular rotor insert cast from a metal matrix composite. The rotor body includes a generally centrally located mounting surface, and a radially ou... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5494140 | Brake shoe with retaining spring A brake shoe for spot-type disc brakes. The novel brake shoe incorporates a retaining spring which is fixed to the brake shoe's backplate and which is intended to engage a hollow portion of a brake piston. Preferably the backplate is coated with a silenci... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5488918 | Optimized barge bow form and methods of use thereof A barge for the commercial shipping of cargo along an inland waterway having an economically optimized bow, a stern, elongated sidewalls extending between the bow and the stern, and a bottom interconnecting the bow, stern and sidewalls. The bow has a prof... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5477945 | Drum brake arrangement for vehicle axles A drum brake arrangement for vehicle axles has an axle body and a support plate connected thereto. A bearing lever is fixed to the support plate. A brake camshaft has a first and a second end and is actuatable by a brake cylinder. The brake camshaft has a... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5474481 | Multi-sport flotation system A flotation system for supporting a person on a body of water for a variety of activities comprises an endless inflatable tube for supporting a person on a body of water, the tube having a circumference that defines an interior space extending from a ster... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5467970 | Vehicle suspension system with jounce bumper A motor vehicle suspension system with a jounce bumper comprising a rigid support having a rigid cylindrical wall, an outer bumper member having an open end and a substantially closed end, the outer bumper member defining a cylindrical passage bordered by... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5465944 | Buffer A buffer comprising a plunger slidable in a ported tube. A metal tubular member circumferentially surrounds that part of the ported tube in which all the flow resisting ports are formed and is the radially inner wall of an annular space filled with compre... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5464196 | Vibration isolator A shock and vibration isolator having a diaphragm and a bumper attached to the diaphragm. The bumper is also provided with a damper attached to the bumper. The isolator has an internal chamber in which an incompressible fluid and a compressible fluid with... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5461987 | Side arm structure of a steering arm assembly having an undercut radius A steering arm assembly for a railway truck has an undercut compound radius between the body portion and the longitudinal segment on of each side arm in order to decrease the stress intensity at this location, which resultantly provides increased flexural... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5460355 | Adjustable shock absorber An adjustable shock absorber is provided having means for adjusting the damping curves and breakover characteristics of the shock absorber while the shock absorber is installed in a vehicle. The shock absorber has a generally elongated cylindrical body de... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5460247 | Vehicle brake hose system with whip dampener A hose system for brakes of vehicles adapted to replace the flexible hose of a vehicle that extends from the pre-existing brake caliper of a vehicle through a bracket and to the pre-existing brake master cylinder of the vehicle. The system includes a flex... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5456453 | Floating section support mechanism A guide plate having an arcuate groove (70) is fixed to the chassis. The guide groove (70) has a first bend (71) at one end, a second bend (72) at the other end, and a third bend (73) at an intermediate position therein. A slide member (8) is provided in ... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5456201 | Air bubble lubricated boat hull Frictional resistance to motion of a boat is reduced by generating an unconfined layer of intermixed air bubbles and water adjacent at least a portion of the hull of the boat including at upcurving side surfaces of the hull. In the preferred form of the i... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5453572 | Docking watercraft A berthing type of watercraft having a main hull that is devoid of any propulsion unit and which defines a passenger compartment to receive a plurality of passengers and a berthing area to receive a smaller watercraft having a propulsion device for poweri... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5452884 | Active elastic mount An active elastic mount for the insulated mounting of an assembly affected by vibration, in particular an internal combustion engine in a motor vehicle, includes an active decoupling system disposed on an insulated side of the mount. The active decoupling... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5450933 | Locking device for securing objects which are movable relatively to one another A locking device for selectively securing two movable objects in desired positions relative to each other includes a cylinder and a piston movable within the cylinder and defining first and second working chambers of variable volumes. A fluid exchange con... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5449153 | Isolation mounting plate for blower motor A mounting plate assembly for use in isolating vibration between a motor and a support member is disclosed. A motor is securely mounted to the mounting plate. The mounting plate has a plurality of openings in the outer portion of the plate to receive fast... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5443026 | Boat hull with aft planing members A hull for a boat comprising a main hull bottom having a pair of hull bottom sides, each side having a first longitudinal inner edge and a second outer edge, with the hull bottom sides connected along the first inner edges and extending transversely upwar... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5443141 | Pressure-controlled readjusting device for a vehicle brake A readjusting device wherein the readjusting process is pressure-controlled and is readjusted upon a decreasing brake pressure. The frictional cone is placed in the piston and the sealant is provided between the rotatable readjusting member and the interior w... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5441130 | Magnetic apparatus for preventing backlash of transmission for a vehicle A backlash preventing magnetic apparatus for a transmission for a vehicle having a fixed outer race, and an inner race connected to a driving shaft. A plurality of projections are formed on a circumferential surface of the inner race or outer race. A plur... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5439077 | Brake disk for wheel disk brakes A brake disk includes a ring body in a ring groove on a side of a friction ring which is not acted upon for connecting the mutually opposite ends of friction ring segments with one another. The ring bodies prevent an expanding of the juncture caused by ce... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5435421 | Hydraulic, adjustable vibration damper and a valve system for a hydraulic, adjustable vibration damper Hydraulic, adjustable vibration damper with a piston fastened to a piston rod, which piston divides a work cylinder into two work chambers filled with damping fluid, whereby at least partly to control the damping force, there is a valve system with at lea... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5433636 | Water skiboard with rotatable binding A skiboard system comprising a skiboard having a channel extending along a portion of the length thereof and two bindings secured, via the channel, to the skiboard. The bindings are design to be rotated between a locked starting position, where the long a... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5421756 | Exhaust system for the marine propulsion machine The present invention provides an exhaust gas discharge system for a watercraft. The system has a first discharge path, including a first outlet, primarily for use during high speed vessel operation and a second discharge path, including a second outlet, ... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5417177 | Amphibian motor vehicle An amphibian motor vehicle comprises a watertight engine room formed in a lower part of a vehicle body, an air intake opening formed at a front part of the vehicle body such that the air intake opening is positioned above water level when the amphibian mo... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5408949 | Boat seat The present invention involves an ergonomic stern seat for a utility boat. The seat extends rearwardly at an oblique angle from the sides of the boat towards the center to form a generally V-shaped seat. The point of intersection of the V-shaped seat is t... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5409409 | Marine apparatus Marine apparatus comprising a boat hull including opposed walls extending generally in the fore and aft direction, and a mounting bracket connected to the walls for supporting a propulsion unit for pivotal movement relative to the boat about a generally h... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5407032 | Braking system for a rail vehicle using materials based on carbon The invention relates to a braking system for a rail vehicle, the braking system having at least one braking assembly mounted on an axle of the vehicle, and a friction disk and pads, at least the friction disk being made of a composite material based on c... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5404974 | Impact-absorbing transverse support arrangement A transverse support arrangement, consisting of two support sections extending parallel to one another, both of which have closed cross-sections and a common wall, is made in one piece as an extruded member and, in addition, is designed so that, upon impa... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5404831 | Collapsible anchor assembly There is disclosed an anchor assembly comprised of a shank member on which are disposed cooperating fluke members which are rotably positioned on the shank member wherein each fluke member is formed with stabilizer portions capable of assuming a nestling ... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5404971 | Adjuster releasing apparatus in drum brake An adjuster releasing apparatus for a drum brake in which an adjuster lever is pushed up by a pin-shaped member inserted from an opening of a backing plate, a stopper for limiting the movement amount of push-up of the adjuster lever in the state where the... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5404830 | Finned boat hull The invention is a displacement boat hull having the outboard surfaces of its wetted portion designed with a deep-V shape, and having at least one pair of retractable hydrofoil fins positioned in respective pockets along those outboard surfaces at a prede... | 04/11/1995 |
