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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6044533 | Method of making an acoustic probe An acoustic probe and a method for making the same. The probe includes a novel interconnection network consisting of two portions, i.e., a first portion in which M×N conductive paths have a section contacting M×N piezoelectric transducers and are arrang... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6044534 | Semiconductor device manufacturing machine and method for manufacturing a semiconductor device by using the same manufacturing machine A semiconductor device manufacturing machine comprises a mechanism provided in a processing chamber, for lifting up a ring-like peripheral member, and a holder provided at a tip end of a feeding mechanism located in a feeding chamber, and capable of holdi... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6044535 | Brake spring maintenance tool and method A tool for brake spring maintenance provides the ability both to release brake springs and then hold them out of the way for removal and replacement of brake shoes or for other maintenance operations related to drum brake arrangements. A main support bar ... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6044536 | Method for making an assembly unit In a method for making an assembly unit from an assembly bolt (3) that has a bolt head (9) and a shaft (6) and from a sleeve that has an axially movable annular collar (11) toward the head that surrounds a partial axial region of the shaft, first the shaf... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6044537 | Method of making a metal gasket A metal gasket is composed of a plurality of metal sheets superimposed one above the other and including a plurality of joints. Each of the joints includes a plurality of cut lines defining inner side edges of the metal sheets, and a bent portion located ... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6044538 | Passive microwave structures and methods having reduced passive intermodulation A simple joining process for members of passive microwave structures is described which reduces passive intermodulation. The process forms an aperture in a first member and forms a second member to have dimension which exceeds the aperture dimension by a ... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6044539 | Pipe gasket and method of installation A method is shown for installing a pipe gasket within the bell end of a pipe section. The bell end is oriented along a horizontal work axis. The annular gasket is inserted within the mouth opening of the bell end of the pipe. The gasket is oriented at an ... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6044540 | Electronics chassis and methods of manufacturing and operating thereof A chassis for containing electromagnetic interference ("EMI") generating equipment and methods of operation and manufacturing thereof. The chassis includes: (1) a cabinet having a base wall, the base wall having hinge race slots located along a forward ed... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6044541 | Method of making bimetallic coins or blanks A bimetallic coin or blank is produced from a disc-shaped core and an annular outer component. The metal alloy material of the core is relatively harder than the metal alloy material of the outer member. The two components are bonded to each other by pres... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6044542 | Razor cartridge with metal clip retaining blades A razor cartridge including a housing, blades mounted on said housing, and a metallic retaining clip that wraps around the housing and retains the blades on the housing, the housing including fulcrum portions extending outward beyond adjacent surface port... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6044543 | Method of manufacturing a joint housing The invention concerns a method of manufacturing a joint housing, in particular for vehicle track rods, having an integral shaft with an internal thread designed to hold a longitudinal pin, the housing being produced from a blank with a ball-like enlargem... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6044544 | Retaining parallels A method and apparatus are provided for retaining parallels against vise jaws during the entire cycle of performing a machining operation. The subject method and apparatus apply sufficient forces at the places and angles necessary to avoid any flutter or ... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6044545 | Stator winding method and stator winding structure In a stator winding method and a stator winding structure, the ends (4a) of windings (4) are caused to become entangled with terminals (6) through a longitudinal rod member (10) and form slack portions (4aA) when the longitudinal rod member is removed, wh... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6044546 | Apparatus for clipping a sheet member A clipping apparatus is provided which comprises a cartridge (100) for containing a plurality of substantially flat clipping members arranged in a pile, a delivery mechanism (30) for taking out one of the clipping members contained in the cartridge (100) ... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6044547 | Integrated crimp bias apparatus The reliability of a gas pressure regulator is ensured through the use of the disclosed integrated crimp bias apparatus and method for biasing and crimping components of a diaphragm subassembly for the regulator. Omission of crimping of the components aft... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6044548 | Methods of making connections to a microelectronic unit A method of making connections to a microelectronic unit includes the steps of providing a connection component having a flexible dielectric top sheet, a plurality of terminals on the top sheet and a plurality of electrically conductive, elongated flexibl... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6044549 | Assembly of electronic components onto substrates In a method of assembling an electronic component onto a substrate, a fiducial is defined by a solder mask positioned upon the substrate. A fiducial-defining window in the mask has a base of the window completely provided with a material of different ligh... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6044550 | Process for the manufacture of printed circuit boards The present invention relates to a process for the manufacture of printed circuit boards. The method contemplates a novel processing sequence for this manufacturing process which method is particularly versatile in reducing the number of steps and variety... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6044551 | Locking power cable interface guard A power supply includes a power cable interface. The power supply also includes an interface guard. The interface guard has an unlocked position and a locked position. When the interface guard is in the unlocked position, the power supply can be attached ... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6044552 | Tappet made of light metal and a method of manufacturing the same A tappet made of light metal comprises a ceiled cylindrical tappet body made of light metal, and a cam receiving plate made of hard metal which has the same outer diameter as that of the tappet body, and which is provided at its outer peripheral edge with... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6044553 | Method and apparatus for reducing the weight critical flexural amplitude of a rotor having anisotropic flexural stiffness A method and apparatus quickly and reliably reduce the weight critical flexural amplitude of a flexible rotor having an anisotropic flexural stiffness. Rotor data including the midpoint deflection of a vibration at twice the rotational frequency are measu... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6044554 | Method of assembly of a heat exchanger with oval or oblong tubes A heat exchanger, especially a heating or cooling radiator for a motor vehicle, has a tube bundle consisting of oval or oblong tubes which extend through a matrix of cooling fins. End portions of the tubes are introduced into holes in a header plate, with... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6044555 | Method for producing fully dense powdered metal helical gear A method for producing a fully dense powdered metal helical gear can include the steps of placing powdered metal in a preform die wherein it can be compacted axially by rotating punches to create a helical gear preform. Next the preform can be sintered. T... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6044556 | Method of producing rollers for agricultural machines A method of producing a roller casing of a roller has providing a plane casing blank, forming an outer helical raised structure on the plane casing blank, bending the plane casing blank with the raised structure to form a cylindrical roller casing, and co... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6044557 | Method of making stamped driver inflator base A driver side inflator base for a vehicle safety system which is stamped from a thin sheet of aluminum. The base includes a central axis, a plurality of stamped concentric rings extending upwardly from a bottom of the base and spaced from the central axis... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6044558 | Combination of hair combing trimmer, shaver, and head side profile cutter A combination of hair combing trimmer, shaver, and head side profile cutter includes a main body and a cutting head. The main body has a power supply and transmission unit mounted therein and defines a reservoir therein for receiving hair clippings. The c... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6044559 | Cutting blade and stabilizing handle attachments for a power drill Attachments of the present invention are generally attached to a power drill that has a chuck with an axis of rotation. The attachments include a circular cutting blade attached perpendicularly to a shaft that is removably interconnected with the chuck an... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6044560 | Knife A knife is provided with a built-in battery box therein and a bulb mounted on the outlet of the blade. Batteries are received in the battery box and are selectively and electrically connected between the bulb and a button which is movably mounted on side ... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6044561 | Combination pocket knife and locket A combination pocket knife handle and locket is provided. The pocket knife includes a handle defining a longitudinal axis and includes a pair of handle members, a locket and a hatch for the locket. The handle members define a channel extending along the l... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6044562 | Safety interlocking blade release mechanism for hand held cutting tools An improved safety knife which has a hollow body and a blade which is normally retracted within the knife, but can be extended by urging the operating lever (26) down and forward. The lever is connected to the blade carriage near the aft end of a leaf bia... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6044563 | Ice scraper with retractable cord A device for scraping ice from the windows of a vehicle where the device includes a scraping blade, a handle, a holder and a cord. The cord attaches the scraper to the holder. The cord is attached to the interior bottom surface of the holder and is attach... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6044564 | Branch cutter tool A branch cutter tool (1) having two blades (11,12) that are movable in relation to each other, of which one blade (11) is rigidly connected with a housing (2) and the other blade (12) can be moved by an electric motor (5) via a threaded spindle (8), a thr... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6044565 | Physiologically appropriate hand-held cutter for fabric and sheet goods A physiologically appropriate hand-held cutter for fabric and sheet goods comprising a rotary cutter blade encased within a handle that includes a recessed depression within the handle surface essentially proximate the area of the handle enclosing the bla... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6044566 | Plastic knife Knives molded from a plastics material for cutting lettuce and for cutting baked goods in a non-stick pan respectively are described. The blade portions of the knives include a cutting edge comprised of arcuate, convex segments. The thickness of the blade... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6044567 | Geodetic device A geodetic device is described, especially on a theodolite or a tachymeter which is provided with an arrangement for adjustment over a ground point or base point. It comprises a leveling base in which a bushing provided with a continuous center bore hole ... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6044568 | Chalk line dispenser holder system A chalk line dispenser holder system is provided including at least one chalk line dispenser for selectively dispensing a chalk line from a periphery of the dispenser. Also included is a structure connected to an end of the chalk line for resting on a rec... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6044569 | Measuring method and measuring instrument In a measuring method with a probe (a touch trigger probe 70), a velocity V1 and a coordinate value P1 of the prove trigger probe 70 are detected when a contact-detection signal is generated from the probe 70, and then a coordinate value P0 at the moment ... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6044570 | Tile marking apparatus A tile marking apparatus including an elongated member and a guide for maintaining the elongated member in a predetermined disposition relative to the surface being traced onto a tile. The elongated member of the tile marking apparatus is configured to ac... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6044571 | Bore measurement apparatus and method A bore measurement apparatus and method is provided for measuring with a single apparatus the inner diameter of a bore and the outer diameter of a cutting tool mounted on a boring bar. The apparatus comprises a set of clamping jaws secured to an elongate ... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6044572 | Pipe ruler An apparatus is provided for determining a type of insulation for a first pipe and a second pipe having a first predetermined cross-sectional wall thickness a second predetermined cross-sectional wall thickness, respectively. The apparatus includes a rule... | 04/04/2000 |
