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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5467641 | Method of and apparatus for detecting fuel system leak The existence of an unacceptable vapor leak can be determined by monitoring the pressure within a fuel system of an internal combustion engine. Once the engine is switched off, a period is timed to allow pressure variations due to movement of the fuel to ... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467642 | Scanning probe microscope and method of control error correction A scanning probe microscope in which the deflection of a cantilever caused by the proximity between a stylus and a sample is detected, the relative distance between the sample and a probe at which the level of the deflection detection signal coincides wit... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467643 | Method and apparatus for monitoring water flow in a marine engine cooling water system and a bilge water pumping system A new method and apparatus for monitoring cooling water flow in a marine engine cooling water system to determine the functional status, and efficiency, of a marine engine cooling system and also monitoring bilge water flow in a bilge water pumping system... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467644 | Universal transmission tester A device for selectively controlling the solenoids in a computer controlled transmission for testing the transmission. Circuitry for providing electrical power to the device may be adapted to be plugged into the cigarette lighter in the automobile. A pin ... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467645 | Remote brake performance testing system/method A remote system (10)/method for testing vehicle brake or brake system performance of vehicles (30) driving past a testing module (36) adjacent a test roadway (28A) is provided. Preferably, the system/method is associated with a typical highway weight stat... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467646 | Process and device for controlling the braking of four-wheel drive vehicles Process and device for controlling the braking of a brake bench of a wheeled vehicle having plural interconnected drive shafts, each shaft having a differential. One wheel on a shaft is driven in the forward direction and the other wheel on the same shaft... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467647 | Clamp assembly for testing and/or measuring unit activated upon inflation of a pneumatic tire An apparatus for mounting a pneumatic tire in a testing and/or measuring apparatus comprises first and second mounting rim portions for holding a pneumatic tire between them in an inflated condition, on a rotatable spindle. The mounting rim portions are c... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467648 | Air flow rate measuring device An air flow rate measuring device for measuring intake air flow rate in an automotive engine, improved to reduce any error attributable to variation in the configurations of air cleaner and/or duct forming air passage upstream of the flow rate measuring d... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467649 | Mass flow sensor having a measuring element arranged on a membrane retained on a monocrystalline silicon wafer A mass flow sensor includes a measuring element arranged on a membrane that is clamped in a frame. The sensor is formed by introducing a recess into a silicon wafer. Through the application of a recess having perpendicular walls, the thickness of the fram... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467650 | Open channel flowmeter A flowmeter for measuring the volumetric discharge in an open channel makes two measurements: (1) velocity at a fixed point, and (2) fluid level. A level-discharge function which is a function of level alone is then generated in response to the measured l... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467651 | Drive control apparatus for microsensor In the drive control apparatus for microsensor according to the present invention, power is constantly supplied to the microsensor. Also the peripheral humidity is detected, and control is switched between pulse drive control and constantly energized driv... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467652 | Apparatus and method for determining response parameters of a runner to a start signal A runners' training apparatus and method are disclosed, the apparatus for measuring pressures exerted on starting blocks by a runner's feet responsive to a start signal and measuring time intervals between the start signal and selected pressure levels dev... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467653 | Apparatus for unbalance compensation of a grinding wheel An apparatus for unbalanced compensation of a grinding wheel which is rotatable about an axis of rotation, with compensating weights which are guided rotatably about the axis of rotation of the grinding wheel with symmetrical mass distribution relative to... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467654 | Method and apparatus for determining the operating speed of a rail vehicle The present invention provides a generally contactless method and apparatus for producing a speed reference for a rail vehicle which amenable to retrofit applications. The invention utilizes a laser source to direct a laser beam on a portion of the wheel ... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467655 | Method for measuring properties of cold rolled thin steel sheet and apparatus therefor A method for measuring properties of a cold rolled thin steel sheet, comprising the determination, by using a resonant electromagnetic ultrasonic wave sensor for a standing wave, of the ratio of a thickness resonant frequency of a transverse ultrasonic wa... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467656 | Measurement system for hand tools A measurement system for measuring hand tools includes a number of instrumented tools and a data collector. The data collector has a processor which can operate in a task analysis mode in which data is received, stored, and processed over a user-determine... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467657 | Method and device for core sampling steel A method and apparatus for extracting a test sample from a metal object. An annular portion of metal is removed from the metal object, such that an annular cavity surrounds a cylindrical sample of metal. A tool having a rigid elongated shaft is provided. ... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467658 | Escalator defective roller detector A portable testing and recording system for detecting defective escalator rollers. The system incorporates a level sensitive detector which actuates an audible, visual and/or marking indicator to alert a repair person to properly identify a defective roll... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467659 | Powder tester It is known that the properties of powders affect the ease or difficulty of handling in many industrial processes. In may cases, the only way to test the suitability of a particular powder for a given system is to pass a sample of that powder through the ... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467660 | Variable-speed gear mechanism A variable-speed gear mechanism comprises a pinion with spring-biased radial pins and a face gear with an operative face that meshes with the pinion at various meshing radii. The gear has a central part which defines a radially innermost set of part-cylin... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467661 | Ball nut and screw assembly with backdrive control A ball nut and screw assembly has a backdrive control member that travels with the ball nut and has an internal thread complementary to and engaging the helical ball receiving groove on the screw. The backdrive control member is indexable on the screw rel... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467662 | Ball nut and screw assemby with enhanced radial load capacity A ball nut and screw assembly has a conventional helical raceway and balls received therein that react load through the centerline of the assembly and an added helical raceway and balls received therein that react radial load on the ball nut to the relief... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467663 | Control cable for a vehicle system Cable assemblies are useful for controlling the engine governor of a vehicle. On some vehicles the operator must control the governor from two different locations or operating positions of the operator. The subject arrangement includes a cable assembly ha... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467664 | Noise abating vehicle transmission shift lever A noise abating gear shift mechanism for an automotive transmission. The mechanism includes a gear shift lever, an insert member disposed within the gear shift lever releasably connected to the transmission, and a homogeneous resilient member surrounding ... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467665 | Adjustable, shock-absorbing bicycle handlebar mounting hardware A bicycle handlebar mounting hardware including a coupling fixed to the stem on the head tube of a bicycle, an extension bar pivoted to the coupling to hold a handle bar and having a downward lug, and a shock absorbing device connected between the downwar... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467666 | Non-jamming self-adjust pawl and ratchet mechanism An improved non-jamming self-adjust pawl and ratchet mechanism for use in an automotive parking brake system or the like, includes cam-out and cam-in devices that are spaced to define an overlap dwell distance to insure suitable engagement between the adj... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467667 | Epicyclic change-speed gearbox casing with a spiral partition wall In a gearbox casing for an epicyclic change-speed gearbox, a region of the casing interior accommodating the rotating gearbox parts is partitioned off by a casing inner part configured as an intermediate wall from a region of the casing interior enclosed ... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467668 | Powertrain for an automotive vehicle An automobile powertrain has at least an engine placed in an engine room and oriented so that its crankshaft is directed transversely, and a transmission placed in the engine room behind the engine. The transmission has input and output shafts arranged co... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467669 | Cutting tool insert A hard metal insert for a drill bit is disclosed having an outer body and an encapsulated inner body. The particle size and the chemical composition of the outer body and the inner body are such that the outer body is harder and more wear resistant than t... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467670 | Method of manufacture for rotary cutting tool A method is disclosed for CVD wear coating of carbide rotary cutting tools without jeopardizing the sharpness and utility of the cutting edges. Initially, the tool is finish ground on all surfaces but for the cutting edges and the trailing relief surfaces... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467671 | Fluid-operated torque tool A fluid-operated torque tool for tightening and loosening threaded connectors has an engaging element having an axis and two axial ends with at least one of the ends adapted to engage a threaded connector to be tightened or loosened, and a driving element... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467672 | Open end ratchet wrench An open end reversible ratchet wrench has only two pawls, only one of which is engaged with the ratchet at any one time. In a first embodiment, two multitooth pawls are pivoted on a common pivot pin. The design and spacing of the pawl teeth and the locati... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467674 | Combined torque limiting and marking wrench An improved combined torque limiting and part marking wrench according to the present invention includes: a torque-applying handle; a housing pivotally mounted to the handle, the housing adapted to receive a releasably mounted, replaceable, part-engaging ... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467675 | Apparatus and method for forming a workpiece surface into a non-rotationally symmetric shape A turning machine includes a controller for generating both aspherical and non-symmetrical shape components defining the predetermined shape, and a controller for controlling a spindle and a positionable cutting blade to thereby form a predetermined non-r... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467676 | Automatic roll wrapper removing apparatus and method Method and apparatus for cutting a wrapper on a cylindrical roll in which a blade has a pointed tip joined to an inclined edge extending outwardly and an opposite smooth surface, the blade being moved under the outer wrap of the wrapper but outward of the... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467677 | Cutting apparatus Apparatus for trimming small booklet-like products transported by bands (16) between a position serving for front trimming and a position serving for foot and head trimming. The bands (16) include a pair of transport bands (18,20) guided about a respectiv... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467678 | Apparatus for automatically applying equalized pressure to a rotary cutting die An equalizer assembly that integrates into the die cutting station of a press and comprises two hydraulic actuators, each of which interacts with one of the jackscrews of the press to create an internal hydraulic pressure. The internal pressure of a first... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467679 | Discrete string damper for a guitar A guitar string damper device includes six discrete damper arms for selectively dampening each string individually. The device universally fits most guitars because it attaches to a standard guitar nut. Employing a staggered arrangement for the damper arm... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467680 | Snare drum stand In construction of a snare drum stand having a lower support and an upper center post, four sets of arms are mounted overhead the center post with 90 degrees center angle intervals whilst extending radially outwords. Distant positioning of the radial arms... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467681 | Cannon launched reconnaissance vehicle The invention offers a novel way to enhance the time of a surveillance paad over a target area. It provides a relatively inexpensive way to position an unmanned reconnaissance payload over a potential target area, using a cargo projectile launched from a... | 11/21/1995 |
