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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5027638 | Force-resisting structure A force-resisting structure, such as a press frame, is composed of a plurality of substantially planar loops each made from a single piece of metal plate. The loops are connected together in spaced, parallel relation by bolts which perform essentially no ... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5027639 | Vehicle collision repair support rack An ovate vehicle support rack is provided and equipped with a plurality of carriages guidingly supported from the rack for movement along the outer margin thereof and with the carriages projecting outwardly of the rack outer margin. Each carriage supports... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5027640 | Speedometer/odometer/cruise control tester and related methods An electronic motor control system is taught herein which utilizes a speedometer testing circuit. The (electronic) speedometer/odometer of a vehicle is tested, with the testing device being interconnected with the (input) terminals of the speedometer, exc... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5027641 | Oscillometric non-invasive blood pressure simulator An apparatus for evaluating the performance characteristics of an oscillometric blood pressure monitor is presented. In accordance with the present invention, a novel closed-loop system is used to synthesize physiologically-correct pneumatic pulse wavefor... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5027642 | Method of detecting and or removing trace amounts of condensible vapors from compressed gas A method to detect, measure or remove trace amounts of condensible vapors in compressed gases. The concentration of droplets detected, measured or removed may be as low as part per trillion. The compressed gas comprising a carrier gas and condensible vapo... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5027643 | Method and apparatus for detecting low volatility atmospheric vapors An apparatus and method is provided for detecting terrorist bombs. The apparatus is operative to detect small amounts of low volatility atmospheric vapors which are emitted into the surrounding air from the bomb. The apparatus includes a heated inlet nozz... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5027644 | Method and apparatus for injecting acoustic signals into live gas mains A method and apparatus for generating and introducing an acoustic signal into a piping system, such as a natural gas distribution system. A first case is sealably secured to a second case to form a diaphragm case. A diaphragm is sealably positioned within... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5027645 | Measuring device for determining distance To improve the measuring sensitivity of a measuring device to determine the istance between an electrically conducting part, which can be moved in a defined chamber, and a reference point, in particular to determine the upper dead point of the piston of an... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5027646 | Method of evaluating air-fuel ratio sensor and apparatus therefor A method of evaluating properties of an oxygen sensor used for detecting air-fuel ratio of exhaust gas from internal combustion engine comprises steps of preparing a burnt gas having a predetermined excess air ratio, supplying additional oxidation gas and... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5027647 | Sensor malfunction diagnostic system for automatic automotive transmission A number of parameters representative of the vehicle operation are sampled in addition to those critical for determining the actual malfunction of the turbine sensor. In the event that the additionally sensed parameters are such as to indicate that condit... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5027648 | Method and device for measuring the angle of rotation of the steering shaft of a motor vehicle The method consists in measuring the speed, VV, of the vehicle, in comparing the current speed, VV, to a predetermined speed, VM, in order to zero a shaft turn counter when, VV, is greater than, VM. VM, is updated to the value, VV, when, VV, is greater th... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5027649 | Process and apparatus for testing the uniformity of pneumatic tires In a process and an apparatus for testing the uniformity of pneumatic tires, a fluctuation in radial force is measured and subtracted therefrom is a correction value derived from individual rotational truth profiles in respect of the testing drum, in radi... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5027650 | Method for characterization of adhesion between hard materials A microscratch-test method for measuring adhesion between a first material and a second material adhered to one another at an interface and forming an article. The method involves polishing a planar surface of the article generally normal to the interface... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5027651 | Non-reversing load detector for a reciprocating element The detector has a pair of matched strain gauges bonded to a piston rod, one gauge being fixed parallel with the axis of reciprocation and one fixed transverse thereto. The former gauge is the active one, and the other is a dummy. Circuitry is coupled to ... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5027652 | Support for sensors, and sensor provided therewith A support for sensor elements, especially temperature, throughflow or chemical sensors, comprises a supporting element composed of a ceramic material and having at least one throughgoing opening, a thin ceramic foil arranged on the supporting element so a... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5027653 | Flowmeters having rotors with grooved bores and lands A flowmeter has meshing rotors mounted on shafts. The bores of the rotors have plural longitudinally extending grooves which flow materials through the grooves and out of the bores to promote long, accurate running of the flowmeters. Radial faces of count... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5027654 | Volumetric meter for liquids and/or gases A volumetric meter for liquids and/or gases, in the radial cavities of the rotor of which there are housed rolling rollers which, by undergoing mutual repulsion by the action of magnets embedded in them, are urged radially into a sealed state against the ... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5027655 | Method and apparatus for measuring liquid level in the ground A method of detecting water level in an elongate cavity comprises emitting an alternating signal into the cavity, varying the frequency of said signal to provide a specific response from the cavity, detecting said response, and comparing said outgoing sig... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5027656 | Fuel gauge damper circuit with a return to zero gauge circuit A fuel gauge damper circuit takes a variable resistance signal from a fuel tank sending unit, develops an input voltage proportional to the variable resistance and generates a filtered average of the input voltage at the fuel gauge damper output. The circ... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5027657 | Acceleration sensor with cantilevered bending beam An acceleration sensor essentially consists of a cantilevered laterally bending beam arranged in a housing. Because of its mass inertia the bending beam is deflectable relative to the sensor housing in the plane of the acceleration to be measured. The ben... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5027658 | Three dimensional imaging method and device using ellipsoidal backprojection with arbitrarily shaped pulses A method and device for imaging three dimensions with a single pulse of energy is described. An embodiment is disclosed which uses a single monopolar transmitted pulse which radiates through a wide solid angular volume. Echoes caused by objects in this vo... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5027659 | Ultrasonic imaging device in which electroacoustic transducers are disposed on a convex probe A curved acoustic probe provided with a plurality of electroacoustic transducers delivers a beam of acoustic energy which is directed by electronic scanning. Electronic scanning is carried out by utilizing only those electroacoustic transducers which are ... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5027660 | Soil plastic limit testing device This invention is a box-like device to reproducibly roll a soil sample into a 1/8 inch thread while at the same time drying the sample and comprises a flat base with 1/8" high side rails and a slideable top plate that slides on these rails. About a 2 gram... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5027661 | Liquid flow metering A system for metering the volume of a liquid, e.g. ink, supplied by a positive displacement pump to an installation, such as a printing press, employs a device for generating a first series of signals each indicative of completion of a pumping stroke. The... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5027662 | Accuracy mass flow meter with asymmetry and viscous damping compensation An improved accuracy Coriolis mass flow meter. Signal processing embodiments provide improved accuracy by accounting for the non-linear relationship between phase angle difference of motion sensor signals and mass flow rate. Compensation is made for asymm... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5027663 | Measuring device for determining the torque of a rotating mechanical part A measuring device for determining a torque of a rotating mechanical part includes a torsion element formed as a spoke wheel with at least one radially extending bending rod, a rigid part, and at least one spoke, and a measuring pickup having a measuring ... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5027664 | Engine starter motor with a planetary speed reduction gear A starter motor with a planetary speed reduction gear in which a bolt for securing an electric motor unit to a front bracket passes at an outer circumference of an internal gear constituting a planetary speed reduction gear. The internal gear is provided ... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5027665 | Protective gaiters for joints A protective gaiter particularly for a motor vehicle steering joint is formed from a flexible tubular body. In a first embodiment, instead of relying on moulded convolutions to permit flexing in use, the tubular body is folded back over itself to form a U... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5027666 | Compact counter balanced pump jack A compact well jack is particularly suitable for reciprocating a long stroke rod pump and in situations wherein horizontal area around the well head is limited. The pump jack has a frame with elongated guides, a lifting bar slidably disposed between the g... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5027667 | Spring actuator with rollers An actuator having a body with interior helical grooves, an output shaft with exterior helical grooves, a set of rollers in rolling engagement with the body and output shaft grooves, and a piston sleeve axially movable within the body and retaining the ro... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5027668 | Loading cam mechanism for toroidal type continuously variable transmission In a toroidal type continuously variable transmission having a center shaft, input and output discs mounted on the center shaft, friction rollers confined in a toroidal cavity formed between the input and output discs, and a loading cam mechanism for appl... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5027669 | Dual toroidal cavity type continuously variable transmission A toroidal type continuously variable transmission includes first and second parallel toroidal transmission units which are both mounted on a common center transmission shaft. The center transmission shaft is axially movable, and the input cone disc of ea... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5027670 | Motor vehicle window-lifting drive In a window-lifting actuating drive where two cup-shaped housings enclose a driven worm gear coupled to a cable pulley, a flat seal is configured to seal the worm gear housing from ambient moisture both at the joint between the two housings and between th... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5027671 | Reinforced anti-backlash nut An anti-backlash nut has flexure members which are continuously biased inwardly against a lead screw by a force applying sleeve which acts on ramps on the flexure member. The spline means include means on the longitudinal flexure members and the force app... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5027672 | Gear shift fork insert An automobile transmission shift fork has its free branch ends formed with diametrically opposed notches with each notch engaging an improved plastic insert adapted to be received in an annular groove of a shift element. The insert has individual side wal... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5027673 | Self-adjusting gear shift lever assembly A self-adjusting gear shift lever assembly serving as a link in the shift cable connection between the transmission and the shift lever providing a spring preload on the shift cable and fastener means for adjusting backlash and build tolerances in the shi... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5027674 | Steering column for motor vehicles with a shaft movable in the axle direction A steering column for motor vehicles with a steering shaft that is movable in the axle direction and held by a positive connection notching. The notching is formed between a jacket barrel (1) placed so that it is fixed from turning, and a solid body thrus... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5027675 | Bicycle pedal and shoe having mating stepped surfaces A bicycle pedal is mounted on a spindle secured to a crank arm. A pedal platform has a stepped upper surface. A cycling shoe is provided with a cleat section extending under the ball area of the cyclist's foot. The cleat section is provided with a stepped... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5027676 | Hydraulic control system for automatic transmission An automatic transmission has a transmission gear mechanism and a plurality of friction coupling members which are applied or released by hydraulic pressures applied thereto under the control of a hydraulic control system. The control system includes a hy... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5027677 | Electrician's utility hammer An electrician's utility hammerhead for use in striking objects like nails, prying objects from adjacent surfaces, and puncturing objects like knock-out plugs of electrical junction and fuse boxes, comprises a forward section with a flat striking surface ... | 07/02/1991 |
