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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5832862 | Amphibious vehicle An amphibious vehicle with a watertight body and including a deck extending rearwardly from the occupant compartment to a rear end. The vehicle is characterized by the occupant compartment including an L-shaped hatch having a top leg forming a portion of ... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832863 | True track trim blades A trim tab which is attached to the transom of a boat and which has a hydraulic ram which can adjust the angle that the trim tab assumes with respect to the surface of the water. In addition, the body of the tab is hydrodynamically shaped to provide very ... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832864 | Diver's door for inflatable boat A diver's door which provides easy access to and from an inflatable boat for a diver and which can be replaced to minimize water leakage into the deck of the boat, is described. The diver's door is a removable tube element provided with a flexible flange ... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832865 | Mechanical vehicle positioning device A mechanical vehicle positioning device provides a visible guide to the operator of a vehicle while that vehicle is being positioned. An indicator suspended at a desired vehicle locating position while a vehicle is being positioned can be retracted when n... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832866 | Sign support with captive flags A signing system in the form of a support staff, a flexible sign and a plurality of flag poles. One end of the respective poles being pivotally secured to the staff and an elongate, resilient foldable retaining member connected to the flag poles intermedi... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832867 | Ground position indicator and signaling device This invention provides a combination of ground position indicator and aircraft signaling devices for airborne personnel. The disclosed position indicator and signaling devices include a substantially pliable mesh web for deployment upon the ground, the w... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832868 | Method and a device for surveying animal functions A method and a device for surveying animal functions by means of an animal manipulating apparatus such as a milking device, in particular a milking robot, provided with animal guiding members, animal contacting elements and/or animal nursing elements, whe... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832869 | Pre-filled disposable cardboard pet litter container A disposable pet litter container having litter material therein and formed from a cardboard blank including: a rectangular bottom wall having integrally attached opposing side panels and end panels; a pair of opposing inner and outer folding side walls b... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832870 | Manifold for aerating and circulating aquarium water A manifold for use in aerating and circulating the aquarium water is composed of a main tube, at least one bypass tube extending from the main tube, and at least one aerating tube extending from the bypass tube such that the aerating tube is parallel to t... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832871 | Vivarium with simplified cover cover retention A vivarium is provided with simplified retention of a top cover. The vivarium has four sidewalls with an upper border frame that extends along the top of the sidewalls. A flange extends laterally from the upper border frame towards the interior, to provid... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832872 | Animal feeding bowl A self attaching, rugged animal feeding bowl for use in cages, kennels, compounds, and/or animal transportation containers. The bowl is constructed of a rigid hard surfaced polymer. The material used is molded with a heavy wall thickness which greatly red... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832873 | Device for separating and dehydrating droppings A device for separating and dehydrating droppings includes a body having two walls and a bottom which includes a meshed portion and a plain portion connected to one of two ends of the meshed portion. A first shaft and a second shaft are respectively and t... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832874 | Pet carrier A pet carrier is provided which is adapted for use with tandem wheeled vehicles such as bicycles and motorcycles and has an open box like construction with a connecting means located in the back wall for securing a fastening device to a harness on the pet... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832875 | Pig raising apparatus with heated cuddle and comfort surfaces Apparatus (10) for use in enticing baby pigs (42) to rest and sleep at a safe distance from a sow (38) includes an elongated partition (12) with first and second elongated cuddle surfaces (16) that are disposed on opposite sides of the partition (12), fir... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832876 | Pet animal living structures The invention is concerned with a pet animal structure for insertion into a transparent tank. The structure is in a single piece with upper and lower body parts. The lower body part has floors for movement of the animal and the upper body part has a shoul... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832877 | Pet toy product with integral treat receiving receptacles An elongated elastomeric pet toy includes a longitudinal panel with first and second lips formed along opposite respective longitudinal edges of the panel. These edges are folded over to form respective bights which serve as deformable hollow shape-retain... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832878 | Apparatus permitting tethered laboratory animals to move freely A multichannel, multipurpose sample collection and drug delivery system for freely-moving laboratory animals includes several sampling and/or infusion devices mounted on a powered turntable above the cage but out of the animal's sight. Rotation of the tet... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832879 | Apparatus to reduce blood alkalinity in prefreshened cows Apparatus to reduce alkalinity in the blood stream of a prefreshened cow. A flexible magnetic flux transparent housing one or more magnets is provided to be fastened about the neck of the cow to position the magnets adjacent the sides of the neck of the c... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832880 | Apparatus and method for controlling homogeneous charge compression ignition combustion in diesel engines A closed-loop control system controls the timing and amount of water injected into a combustion chamber of a homogeneous charge compression ignition diesel engine to regulate the start of combustion during the compression stroke or early in the expansion ... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832881 | Supplementary port for two stroke engine A two stroke internal combustion engine having at least one cylinder (1) with exhaust port means (5), the engine further including at least one supplementary passage (9) in addition to the exhaust port means (5) for allowing gas flow from the cylinder (1)... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832882 | Fuel pressure control valve for engines of models Fuel to which a predetermined pressure is applied is supplied to an electronically controlled fuel injection system of a engine for models in order to improve the rotation stability during low speed operation and the response to rapid acceleration or dece... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832883 | Electromagnetically actuated intake or exhaust valve for an internal combustion engine An intake or exhaust valve for an internal combustion engine includes a valve member having a head and a stem extending from the head, the head of the valve member being capable of forming a seal with a valve seat of the internal combustion engine, an ele... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832884 | Device and method for operating a valve drive of an internal combustion engine A switchable supporting component (30) is to be designed in such a way that a pull-rod engaging at one end (35) of it can be fully operatively separated from the control cam. The invention effects this in that in the housing (31) there runs at least one f... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832885 | Hybrid internal combustion engine A method and apparatus for improving efficiency and reducing emissions of an internal combustion engine coupled to an inertial load. Means are provided for controlling the energy exchange between engine and load so that the maximum conversion efficiency i... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832886 | Apparatus for adjusting a camshaft of an internal combustion engine An apparatus for adjusting a camshaft of an internal combustion engine, having first and second shafts, of which the first shaft is driven to rotate at least indirectly by the engine and of which at least the second shaft is embodied as a camshaft for act... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832887 | Rotational phase adjusting apparatus having stopper piston In a rotational phase adjusting apparatus which may be used for adjusting valve timing of an engine, a stopper piston is set engageably into and disengageably from a tapered hole of a shoe housing so that relative pivotal motion between the shoe housing a... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832888 | Thermostatic override switch for an automatic choke in an internal combustion engine An electrically powered automatic choke system for a turnkey outboard motor has a thermostatic override switch. The automatic choke feature is often not necessary, and sometimes not even desirable, when restarting the engine. The thermostatic override swi... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832889 | Valve driving apparatus A valve driving apparatus includes a cam, a force transfer member transferring force of the cam to a valve, and a shim interposed between the cam and the force transfer member and movable on the force transfer member. The shim has a first portion, a part ... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832890 | Air intake device for outboard boat engine An air intake device for a vertically oriented multi-cylinder outboard boat engine having vertically spaced fuel intake ports. The air intake device includes a surge tank, a plurality of vertically spaced air intake pipes extending from the surge tank to ... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832891 | Valve gear mechanism for a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine In a valve gear-mechanism for a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine, the inlet valves (E1, E2) are actuated optionally by first cams on a camshaft via first finger levers (7) or by second cams via second finger levers (9), the first and second finge... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832892 | Spark ignition internal combustion engine A spark ignition internal combustion engine with improved anti-knocking function. The engine comprises: a cylinder; a cylinder head attached to an end of the cylinder; a piston slidably mounted in the cylinder, a center line of a piston pin of the piston ... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832893 | Control system for internal combustion engine In an intra-cylinder injection type engine, a first fuel cut-off starting rotational speed, a first return rotational speed and a first target idling speed in a compression stroke injection mode, which is superior in both combustion and responsivity, are ... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832894 | Variable air intake device A variable air intake device for an internal combustion engine includes a first manifold, air intake pipes for connecting the first manifold to individual cylinders of the internal combustion engine to supply intake air, and a second manifold connected to... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832895 | Control system for internal combustion engine A control system for an internal combustion engine having an intake air amount regulating device and a fuel supply device. The control system comprises a device for detecting an engine operating condition of the engine, and a control unit. The control uni... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832896 | Governor and control system for internal combustion engines A speed governing system for an internal combustion engine includes an internal combustion engine having an inlet manifold, an exhaust manifold, and at least one variable volume combustion chamber disposed therebetween. The apparatus also includes a fuel ... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832897 | Method and arrangement for controlling an internal combustion engine The invention is directed to a method for controlling an internal combustion engine having a control unit for detecting various operating variables of the engine including engine rpm (Nmot) and engine load (TL) and for generating control variables. The en... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832898 | Fuel injection system with pressure decay metering method A fuel injection system for an engine having exhaust valve train drive means includes a compression spring connected to the exhaust valve train drive member for compression and expansion movement with the drive member. A diaphragm fuel pump includes a pum... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832899 | Injector A fuel injector for use in conjunction with a common rail supply system comprises a nozzle within which a valve element is slidable. The valve element includes a thrust surface to which fuel is supplied from a source of fuel at high pressure through a sup... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832900 | Fuel recirculation arrangement and method for direct fuel injection system An arrangement and method for recirculating highly pressurized fuel from a fuel rail back to a high pressure pump inlet in which a fuel outflow is controllably allowed from the fuel rail into a nozzle to form a high pressure stream of fuel directed into a... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832901 | Fuel injection control apparatus and method for an internal combustion engine A fuel injection control apparatus for an internal combustion engine includes an electronic control unit (23) which has a fuel injection information calculating section for periodically calculating fuel injection information according to the operation sta... | 11/10/1998 |
