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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5277042 | Automotive, steering wheel anti-theft device A mechanical anti-theft device of the type applied to the steering wheel of an automotive vehicle which automatically ratchets to it's applied position without necessity of key lock actuation is provided with several security enhancing features which cumu... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5277043 | Anti-theft device for vehicles An anti-theft device for vehicles has a member which is mountable above the upper surface of the seat portion of the driver's seat so that an unauthorized person cannot sit in the driver's seat when the device is mounted in the vehicle.... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5277044 | Wire drawing machine with diameter watching-system A wire drawing machine having a watching system of the wire diameter at one or more watched locations in the machine. The diameter is measured by measuring the wire speed as compared to the reference wire speed at a reference location where the diameter i... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5277045 | Superplastic forming of metals at temperatures greater than 1000 degree C A method and apparatus for effecting superplastic forming of metal workpieces at temperatures greater than 1000° C., wherein both oxidation and creep deformation of the tooling are minimized. The process is achieved by heating forming surfaces of ceramic... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5277046 | Coil winding method and apparatus for dampening vibrations Vibrations that arise during the winding of a coil of wire onto a rotating mandrel are damped by surrounding the coil with a tube such that the tube is spaced from the coil and by supplying fluid to the tube. The tube extends in the axial direction of the... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5277047 | Conversion system tooling heater The residual of an easy open can end is controlled by a band heater mounted on the anvil in conversion system tooling. The separation at closest approach of the score and anvil in the conversion tooling is altered as necessary by thermal expansion and con... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5277048 | Process and apparatus for treating the surface of an elongated, steel alloy form to facilitate cold working thereof A process for cold working an elongated form of a steel alloy includes the step of forming a matte texture on substantially all of the surface of the elongated form. The matte texture is characterized by a plurality of random, minute, shallow indentations... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5277049 | Rivet setting device A pneumatic cylinder and piston assembly is provided with a piston rod on the end of which is mounted a punch. The cylinder is provided with an extension tube through which the piston rod and punch extend. The assembly is mounted on a support frame have a... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5277051 | Terminal positioning device of crimping tool A terminal positioning device of crimping tool comprises mainly a base and an elastic member. The base is provided with a pair of clamping members mounted thereon. The elastic member is mounted on a predetermined location of the crimping tool and provided... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5277052 | Apparatus for forming a leading edge cover for jet engine blades A apparatus for moldng a stainless steel sheet into a complex airfoil-shaped cover for the leading edge of a jet engine blade wherein the sheet is positioned between a male and female mold having an airfoil-shaped protrusion and recess, respectively, on e... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5277053 | Square law controller for an electrostatic force balanced accelerometer An electrostatically force balanced accelerometer employs electrostatic, single sided square law forcing after filtering and scaling the pickoff signal to determine a restoring force required to bring the pendulous mass (10) of the accelerometer back to i... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5277054 | Apparatus for in-situ calibration of instruments that measure fluid depth The present invention provides a method and apparatus for in-situ calibration of distance measuring equipment. The method comprises obtaining a first distance measurement in a first location, then obtaining at least one other distance measurement in at le... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5277055 | Impact and impact-rotary tool testing apparatus using rotary speed and impact energy A test stand has a base supporting standards on which are mounted a crossbar and an adjustably locatable header. The header supports an actuator for raising and lowering the crossbar which holds V-blocks for engaging the handles of an impact or impact-rot... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5277056 | Process and apparatus for continuously monitoring waste gas from an incinerator plant Process for the continuous monitoring of waste gas from an incinerator plant, which contains volatile mercury halides and optionally metallic mercury in the form of vapor, with respect to the entire mercury content, of the waste gas taking a continuous te... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5277057 | Gasoline detecting device A gasoline detecting device is provided with a suction nozzle arranged adjacent to an element to be inspected, a sensor for detecting gasoline within the sucked air arranged adjacent to the suction nozzle, and a body arranged in relation spaced from the s... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5277058 | Adjustable gap rheometer An improved rheometer of the present invention includes an adjustable gap through which a flowing system is forced. The inner cavity dimension of the gap is variable so as to give a user of the rheometer an ability to vary the separation gap and the lengt... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5277059 | Method for dynamically balancing golf putters and other implements using radius of gyration as the controlling parameter A method for dynamically balancing golf putters using radius of gyration as the controlling parameter wherein the center of precussion location on the putter club face is re-located so as to coincide with that location where a golfer consistently makes co... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5277060 | Wheel centering device A wheel centering device for use in a motor vehicle test platform employs mechanically synchronized centering rolls to position the driven wheel of a vehicle to be tested at the top center of the dynamometer roll. The centering rolls may be pivotally supp... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5277061 | Method for determining the rotation speed of a drill bit A method for determining the rotation speed of the drill bit arranged at one end of a rotating drill string. According to the method, the axial acceleration at one point on the drill string is measured, this measurement is processed with a multiplying coe... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5277062 | Measuring in situ stress, induced fracture orientation, fracture distribution and spacial orientation of planar rock fabric features using computer tomography imagery of oriented core A method for measuring the azimuthal strike orientation of induced fractures in subterranean formations from which the maximum and minimum in situ stress direction can be inferred. The method utilizes an oriented core of a formation and computed tomograph... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5277063 | Single plane trim balancing A method for balancing a rotor of an alternator in a diesel-electric locomotive in which the rotor is drivingly coupled to a power output shaft of a diesel engine. A speed sensor and a vibration sensor are coupled to the rotor for providing output signals... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5277064 | Thick film accelerometer An accelerometer is provided which is suitably rugged for use in on-board automotive safety control and navigational systems. The preferred thick film accelerometer is formed from an alumina substrate having an integrally formed U-shaped flexure member wh... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5277065 | Detector with ringdown frequency matching An ultrasonic detector of the type for determining the level of a liquid within a tank or the magnitude of the flow of liquid within a conduit. The detector includes a transducer that generates bursts of ultrasonic energy and receives echoes of the energy... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5277066 | Vibration test fixture A vibration test apparatus for applying simultaneously three equal mutually-orthogonal vibration forces to each of at least two test objects so that each of said forces extends parallel to a corresponding respective one of mutually-orthogonal X, Y and Z a... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5277067 | Miniature pressure sensor and pressure sensor arrays An improved pressure sensor element and pressure sensor array is formed by a cathode layer, a cathode tip attached to the cathode layer, and an anode layer opposing the cathode layer. The magnitude of the electron current flowing between the cathode tip a... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5277068 | Capacitive pressure sensor and method of manufacturing the same In a capacitive pressure sensor and a method of manufacturing the same, first and second grooves are formed in one and the other surfaces of a substrate, respectively. A first sacrificial layer is embedded in the first groove. First insulating films are f... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5277069 | Device for testing test pieces bending in an ambient cryogenic environment A device for low temperature bend-testing of a test piece is disclosed. The device of the present invention comprises fixed and movable units. The fixed unit includes a base which includes at least one substantially vertical stanchion. A tank for holding ... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5277070 | Ultrasonic gas flow measurement method and apparatus A transit time gas flow meter comprising a pair of transducers mounted at an oblique angle to gas flow in a duct for measuring the transit time of an ultrasonic pulse in both directions between the transducers and computer determines the difference betwee... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5277071 | Hydrometric vane A hydrometric vane has a housing, an upstream casing and a downstream casing provided in the housing, an impeller rotatably supported in the housing and axially movable between the casings. The impeller has a hub which forms an annular chamber and extends... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5277072 | Device for measuring a force causing tensile stress in a thread A force that causes tensile stress in a thread must be measured, for example in the textile industry, to avoid overstretching of the thread. Thus, small thread tensions must be maintained for many threads moving at high speeds. For this purpose a device f... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5277073 | Constant pressure-loaded shaft seal An on-line gas chromatographic liquid inject valve which comprises (a) a sampling shaft having a channel defined therein which is reciprocal between a sampling position wherein a liquid stream flows across the shaft and through the channel and an inject p... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5277074 | Variable volume sampling chamber Apparatus for volumetric sampling of a particle-laden gas includes a housing defining a sample chamber, a piston movable in the sample chamber so as to vary the volume of the sample chamber and a drive assembly for moving the piston in the sample chamber.... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5277075 | Starting motor with an intermediate gear A starting motor with an intermediate gear wherein rotation of a rotating shaft of a DC motor is transmitted to a pinion in a one-way rotational direction by an overrunning clutch, and an intermediate gear supported rotatably and forward-and-backward slid... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5277076 | Reactionless scan mechanism Pivotal platform apparatus (10) includes a frame member (12), a platform member (14) being pivotally attached to the frame member and having a first rotational inertia, and a reaction member (20) being pivotally attached to the frame member and having a s... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5277077 | Modular vehicle shifter and method of manufacture A modular vehicle transmission shifter mechanism and method of manufacture in which the shifter mechanism is so constructed that it is adapted for use with different transmissions of different vehicles by providing standard components for supporting a paw... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5277078 | Vehicle shifter with roller and detent type shift lever positioner A vehicle transmission shifter mechanism having a shift lever frame including a roller detent, a shift lever shiftable to a plurality of different shift positions and a feel positioner for providing a feel to a vehicle operator for establishing each of th... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5277080 | Manually actuated furniture control A manual control for controlling the release of a latching mechanism of a piece of motion furniture including a housing to be mounted on the furniture, a lever to be pivotally mounted within the housing, a spring positioned between the lever and housing t... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5277081 | Force reversing and transmitting apparatus for a parking brake system A parking brake apparatus for use in a motor vehicle, mounted on a floor member which operatively connects a hand-operated brake actuator to a wheel brake is disclosed. The parking brake apparatus comprises a link member for reversing and transmitting an ... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5277082 | Guide shoe assembly and method of production A strip of heat activated structural adhesive film is sandwiched between two thin strips of tempered steel shim stock, and the combined strips are placed into a semi-cylindrical cavity defined by a female mold member or block. A mating male mold member or... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5277083 | Apparatus for facilitating opening of pull tab cans A tool for assisting people in opening pull tab actuated cans of two types. The tool is provided with structural features for engaging a pull tab ring to facilitate pivotal movement of a pull tab. The tool is also provided with structural features includi... | 01/11/1994 |
