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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 |
| 7451199 | Network attached storage SNMP single system image A method, system, and apparatus for a management station to manage a node cluster in a computer network. Regardless which node in the node cluster receives a management command from the management station to the master node, the management command is sent to the mas... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7451216 | Content intelligent network recognition system and method A content intelligent network recognition system and method for use in analyzing and evaluating data from a network are provided. The content intelligent network recognition system includes an input interface, a buffer, a rule/policy database, a network processing u... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7447755 | Method and apparatus for policy management in a network device A method and apparatus for policy management in a network intermediary device. One embodiment of the invention, includes establishing a session between a client and an intermediary device on a network to enable processing of a communication between the client and th... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7442217 | Integrated fuel processor for rapid start and operational control A fuel processor for rapid start and operational control. The fuel processor includes a reformer, a shift reactor, and a preferential oxidation reactor for deriving hydrogen for use in creating electricity in a plurality of H2—O2 fuel cells. ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7438733 | Fossil fuel combined cycle power generation method A method for converting fuel energy to electricity includes the steps of converting a higher molecular weight gas into at least one mixed gas stream of lower average molecular weight including at least a first lower molecular weight gas and a second gas, the first a... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7438869 | Emission control system The invention relates to an emission control system for removing environmentally harmful and/or toxic gases or vapors, comprising a reaction chamber which is connected to a plasma source, whereby plasma is formed in said reaction chamber by injecting excitation ener... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7441027 | Methods, systems, and products for creating message logs Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for creating a message log. The message log tracks non-recorded communications sent by and received by a user. One such system, for example, includes a processor communicating with memory. A communications manager is stor... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7438865 | Augmented catalytic heat exchanger system Systems, apparatus, and methods for the catalytic removal of at least one pollutant from an air stream via a catalytic precooler arranged in series with at least one augmentative catalytic device. The augmentative catalytic device may be located upstream or downstre... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7437456 | Object reference generating device, object reference generating method and computer readable recording medium for recording an object reference generating program A naming service in CORBA is provided to a client with a high degree of reliability regardless of the operating format or network format. There are provided, an ORB for receiving a request from a client connected via a network, an apportioning server, and a network ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7435394 | Treatment method for decomposing perfluorocompound, decomposing catalyst and treatment apparatus An object of the present invention is to improve the decomposition at low temperatures of perfluorocompounds containing only fluorine as a halogen, such as CF4, C2F6 and the like. In the present invention, a perfluorocompound contain... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7431896 | Vacuum-insulated exhaust treatment devices, such as catalytic converters, with passive controls A thermally-activated exhaust treatment device, such as a catalytic converter, for vehicles includes a core having an inner housing and a catalytic material. A jacket includes an outer housing enclosing the inner housing, but characteristically not contacting the in... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7431895 | Exhaust gas treatment unit for the selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxides under lean exhaust gas conditions and a process for the treatment of exhaust gases An exhaust gas treatment unit for the selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxides under lean exhaust gas conditions which contains at least one catalyst with catalytically active components for selective catalytic reduction (SCR components). The exhaust gas tre... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7430583 | Active control of collaborative devices Control of collaborative devices, including providing at least two collaborative devices, wherein each collaborative device comprises a client device and an embedded Java server, providing a registry service to which the collaborative devices are coupled for data co... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7427243 | Golf ball with multiple cover layers A golf ball having a core and two or more cover layers, wherein the multiple cover layers are formed from materials that are substantially the same composition with the same Shore hardness, but are modified in some way to alter the processing or performance characte... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7428595 | System and method for streaming TCP messages in an enterprise network A system and method are provided for sending transmission control protocol (TCP) messages in a local area network (LAN). The method comprises: selecting a TCP streaming application; transmitting message segments at a rate responsive to a congestion window parameter;... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7428587 | Generating globally unique device identification A globally unique device identification is created. Initially, for a device, polling is performed for information regarding certain hardware components, such as hard disks, network cards, sound cards, video cards, etc. A device identifier is assigned to the device, ... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7424547 | File sharing device and inter-file sharing device data migration method Data migration from an existing NAS to a new NAS and processing of access from a client are executed in parallel. A migration destination NAS inherits the host name and IP address of a migration source NAS. The network environment parameters of the migration source ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7418492 | System and a method for testing network communication devices The present invention is a system and method for efficient and flexible testing of data communication over computer networks. The system generates traffic streams and sends them to at least one server, and receives in return replying traffic streams. Traffic outgoin... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7415516 | Net lurkers A user uses a lurker to check a colleague's location electronically. If the colleague is at the location and a device is available for communicating with the colleague, a communications channel is established between a device near the lurker and the colleague's devi... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7413716 | Muffler with catalytic converter A muffler with a housing for receiving exhaust gasses from an engine is disclosed. The muffler includes a housing with an inlet and an exit, a baffle plate partitioning the housing into first and second chambers. The baffle plate includes a catalyst receptacle in th... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7410621 | Mounting arrangement for catalytic converter element According to the present invention a catalyst substrate is provided with a peripheral mantle extending thereabout and having opposite end walls between which the substrate is disposed. At least one of the end walls acts as a forward seal which is maintained in close... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7409426 | Method and system for providing easy access to an e-mail account via a mobile communication network A method and a system for providing easy access to an e-mail account, in particular a POP3/SMTP e-mail account, via a mobile communication network. The method comprises the steps of: providing a mobile terminal having a generic e-mail configuration with at least one... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7399455 | Exhaust filter system for non-road engine An exhaust filter system, adapted for removing substances entrained in an exhaust gas from a nonroad engine, includes a casing having a filter cavity for communicating with an exhaust outlet of the generator and a filter core which includes a plurality of filtering ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7401125 | System, computer program product and method for managing documents A system, method and computer program product for managing documents. The system includes a document manager that is configured to search for application services providers (ASPs) over a network and based on a user input. The document manager can search documents wi... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7396514 | Electronic controls for pollutant removal An electronic control system for regulating operational parameters in a pollution removal system. The pollution removal system may contain at least one reaction zone connected to a source of gas and a sorbent feeder containing a supply of sorbent. The system may inc... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7392288 | Information processing apparatus, information processing method, information exchanging method, recording medium, and program In an arrangement wherein a first personal computer and a second personal computer perform peer-to-peer communication, and the first personal computer has an additional function module which the second personal computer does not have, the first personal computer and... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389329 | Method of managing download in network system The invention manages the download of print resource data, which is used during print processing, to a plurality of printing apparatuses in a network system in which the plurality of printing apparatuses and a server are connected. An identifier for g the print reso... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7387766 | Exhaust-gas purifying apparatus An exhaust-gas purifying apparatus includes a mantle, a support, and a catalytic layer. The support is disposed in the mantle, and is formed as at least one shape selected from the group consisting of cylinder shapes and corrugated shapes. The catalytic layer is loa... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7381379 | Sorbent re-circulation system for mercury control A flue gas purification system comprising in the flue gas stream an electrostatic precipitator, mercury sorbent injection and a two-stage electrostatic separator, and wherein the mercury sorbent injection is positioned between the electrostatic precipitator and the ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7379973 | Computer-implemented voice application indexing web site A computer-implemented voice application indexing method and system for supplying voice applications that provide telephony services to users. The method and system include receiving voice application data over the network regarding the voice applications. The voice... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7374727 | Exhaust-gas purifying apparatus An exhaust-gas purifying apparatus includes an outer cylinder, a plurality of cylinder-shaped supports, and a catalytic layer. The cylinder-shaped supports are disposed in the outer cylinder, and have an outer peripheral surface and an inner peripheral surface. At l... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7371353 | Exhaust purification with on-board ammonia production A system of ammonia production for a selective catalytic reduction system is provided. The system includes producing an exhaust gas stream within a cylinder group, wherein the first exhaust gas stream includes NOx. The exhaust gas stream may be supplied to an exhaus... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7371352 | Catalyst element having a thermal barrier coating as the catalyst substrate A combustion catalyst coating (36) applied to the surface of a ceramic thermal barrier coating (34) which is supported by a metal substrate (32). The microstructure of the thermal barrier coating surface provides the necessary turbulent flow and... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370116 | Approach to minimize worst-case queuing delay for a switching communication system with transmission constraints An approach for minimizing queuing delay of packets is disclosed. M number of queues are configured to store packets. A memory stores a search order table that has table entries corresponding to the M queues. Specifically, the table entries store values that corresp... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7370106 | Network revision system with local system ports A revision system for a network having a plurality of data ports, pairs of the data ports being connectable by a patch cord to place the pairs of data ports into communication with each other, the revision system including a computer processor, a scanner in communic... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7361316 | Process for recovery, purification, and recycle of argon A system for the purification and recycle of impure argon is disclosed herein. The system of the present invention can produce very high purity argon, i.e., about 1 ppb or less of impurities. In one embodiment, a cryogenic separation apparatus is used to remove the ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363361 | Secure content delivery system A secure streaming content delivery system provides a plurality of content servers connected to a network that host customer content that can be cached and/or stored, e.g., images, video, text, and/or software. The content servers respond to requests for customer co... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7357900 | NOreduction system for diesel engines, using hydrogen selective catalytic reduction An emission control system for reducing NOx in the exhaust of a diesel engine. A partial oxidation system receives diesel fuel from the engine's fuel tank and partially oxidizes the diesel fuel into hydrogen. The hydrogen is then introduced into the main ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7353257 | System and method for disaster recovery and management of an email system The present invention provides an improved system and method for disaster recovery and management of an email system. The system includes a deferral monitor that detects when a failure occurs in a client's email system, and a mailbox creation process and automatical... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347978 | Electrically heated catalyst support plate and method for starting up water gas shift reactors A heated catalyst support device for a reactor including a reactor vessel containing a bed of catalyst particles. The device includes a permeable support plate having a channel extending therethrough, where the support plate is adapted to contact the bed of catalyst... | 03/25/2008 |
