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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6089075 | Hook bar tool for bumper repair A manually usable bumper repair tool formed of a steel shank with a first hook end and a second hook end, each of which hook ends curves to a thin edge adapted for prying underneath and clasping a portion of a bumper or other sheet metal structure. The st... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6089076 | System to control the power of a beam The present invention is a system for controlling the power level of a beam exiting an acousto-optic cell and/or a beam delivery device. A beam detector senses the power level of the beam and produces a power signal indicative thereof. An error detector c... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6089077 | Mass fraction burned and pressure estimation through spark plug ion sensing Mass fraction burned in a cylinder of an internal combustion engine is determined by measuring an ion signal across a gap of a spark plug and identifying an inflection point of the ion signal. The mass fraction burned is determined using an expression tha... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6089078 | Process and device for measuring particles in suspension in a liquid A process provides for measuring particles in suspension in a liquid in an particle response analyzing instrument comprising a cytometric flow cell head, wherein the suspension is injected into the head at an injection rate, the head comprises one or seve... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6089079 | Moisture sensor for ore concentrates and other perticulate materials The present invention is concerned with a moisture sensor for measuring the moisture content of particulate material like ore concentrates. The sensor comprises a body having one end to be buried within the bulk of the particulate material and the other e... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6089080 | Diagnosis apparatus for evaporation system A diagnosis apparatus for an evaporation system, and particularly, in an evaporation system having a gauge valve in the evaporation system without being affected by a change in internal pressure of the evaporation system, a residual amount of fuel in a fu... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6089081 | Automotive evaporative leak detection system and method A method and apparatus for detecting leakage from an evaporative emission space (14, 18) of a vehicle fuel system by utilizing naturally occurring vacuum that can occur under certain favorable conditions after a fuel-consuming engine (12) that powers an a... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6089082 | Air estimation system and method A system and method for estimating air entering a cylinder of an internal combustion engine uses a discrete algorithm based on a measurement of air entering a manifold. The filter parameter of the algorithm is independent of ambient operating conditions w... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6089083 | Tire inspection and preparation device A tire inspection and preparation device for automobile racing tires is a self contained unit which can be conveniently transported and used at a race track or other location for measuring the circumference, run out, and wear of an automobile tire or for ... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6089084 | Tire uniformity machine In a tire uniformity machine in which a tire is mounted between upper and lower spindles via upper and lower rims, a rim holding apparatus 10 is composed of a parallel spindle 1 which is in parallel with the axis of tire uniformity machine, a taper collet... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6089085 | Method for analyzing a separation in a deformable structure A deformable structure is subjected to a plurality of reduced pressures, causing a bulge in the surface of the deformable structure above a separation in the deformable structure. The cross sectional area of the bulge is measured for each reduced pressure... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6089086 | Liquid level gauge A float-type liquid level gauge is provided for measuring the level of a liquid such as LPG within a horizontally oriented cylindrical tank (228). The gauge includes a movable pivot arm (212) supporting a float arm assembly (225) and coupled by gears (207... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6089087 | Method for adjusting the temperature characteristic of a vibrating gyroscope A vibrating gyroscope includes a vibration member in which first and second piezoelectric substrates are joined together. On the outside main surface of the first piezoelectric substrate, a first external electrode divided into six electrode sections is f... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6089088 | Vibrating microgyrometer The invention relates to a vibrating microgyrometer incorporating a seismic mass (16) placed above a surface of a substrate (15) and attached to the surface by elastic supports arranged so as to enable the seismic mass (16) to move with respect to the sub... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6089089 | Multi-element micro gyro A micro-gyro device is disclosed combining a first element which oscillates linearly in a plane along a first direction, ad a second element which receives Coriolis force acting in the same plane along a second direction perpendicular to the first directi... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6089090 | Vibration gyro sensor A vibration gyro sensor including a support having an approximately square planar contour with a central opening having an approximately circular planar configuration, an annular section arranged in the opening of the support and having an approximately c... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6089091 | Angular velocity sensor The present invention aims to present an angular velocity sensor having a self diagnosis function. An angular velocity sensor of the present invention includes a driving part for stably vibrating a driving part of a sensor element having a driver part and... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6089092 | Vibration sensor A single vibration sensor producing multistage outputs corresponding to various vibrational acceleration values is disclosed. This vibration sensor is the type in which vibrational acceleration causes a movable gravitation element to move, and the movemen... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6089093 | Accelerometer and method for making same An accelerometer based on monocrystalline silicon. A moving mass is connected to a fixed frame by suspension arms. The sensor is produced in the stack of two silicon wafers in which stop and counter-stop functions are produced so as to limit the amplitude... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6089094 | Acoustical method and system for measuring barrier membrane thickness and the correspondent area distribution using maximum transmission or maximum reflection coefficients The invention relates a method and a system for membrane thickness and the correspondent area distribution measurement based on the dependency of the acoustic intensity transmission coefficient upon the thickness of the insertion membrane and the proporti... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6089095 | Method and apparatus for nondestructive inspection and defect detection in packaged integrated circuits A method and apparatus for nondestructive inspection of packaged integrated circuits and defect detection in the integrated circuits. In a scanning acoustic microscopy system, a packaged integrated circuit under test 31 is placed in a tank containing an a... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6089096 | Elevation focusing by beamformer channel sharing An ultrasound imaging system provides for depth-variable elevational and azimuthal focusing by combining electronic beamforming and fixed mechanical lens (or element shaping). The imaging system includes a plurality of beamformer channels that are selecti... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6089097 | Elongated pressure sensor for a pressure transmitter A transmitter in a process control system transmits a pressure over a process control loop. The transmitter includes I/O circuitry, compensation circuitry and an absolute pressure sensor. The I/O circuitry transmits information over the process control lo... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6089098 | Differential pressure switch having an isolated hall effect sensor A differential pressure switch comprising an enclosure including a peripheral wall and a solid one-piece non-perforate partition wall that is integrally attached to the peripheral wall around the entire perimeter of the partition wall. The enclosure inclu... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6089099 | Method for forming a bonded silicon-glass pressure sensor with strengthened corners A unique backside mask for the backside of a silicon wafer which is to be diced in a rectangular shape to form a silicon pressure sensor. The backside mask is shaped to extend farther towards the center from portions adjacent to corners of the rectangular... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6089100 | Real-time spatial particulate mass deposition tester The present invention is a real-time spatial particulate mass deposition tester. The tester is based on the principle that an anisotropic fill density distribution would result in an uneven particulate vertical pressure distribution on the inside face of ... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6089101 | Material testing machine including a control system for feedback-controlling the operation of a servo system A material testing machine includes a control system for feedback-controlling, during material testing, the operation of a servo system including an actuator for applying a load to a test piece. During the mounting of the test piece to the testing machine... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6089102 | Apparatus for measuring the volume of flowing media and a corresponding method An apparatus and a method of measuring the volume of flowing media, especially of fuel, by means of a screw spindle volumeter, the method comprising the following steps: detecting the revolutions of a screw spindle by means of a sensor and producing pulse... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6089103 | Method of flow measurements A system and method for measuring flow of a fluid flowing in a narrow channel. A sensor is provided, having an element sensitive to pressure, and an element sensitive to a selected chemical or physical property, both arranged at the distal end of a guide ... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6089104 | Ultrasonic flow meter using transit time across tube chords for determining the flow rates An ultrasonic multi-channel flow rate measuring system provides a single ultrasonic pulse emitting transducer mounted in a circular tube in which fluid flows at a tube cross section intermediate a short straight length of tubing extending upstream and dow... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6089105 | Tubing connector In a respiratory air flow measuring monitor, a tubing connector for connecting lumen tubing to the analyzer module includes a connector housing for attaching the tubing connector to the analyzer module, and a female socket in the connector housing for rec... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6089106 | Force sensor assembly Several force sensor assemblies are disposed within a vehicle seat to determine seat loading and assist in safety device activation. Each force sensor assembly has a sealed body filled with a liquid or a gel. A pressure transducer, together with a support... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6089107 | Process for testing a semiconductor device A method for positioning a workpiece comprises the steps of providing a pedestal having a chamfered portion and a generally circular portion having a first diameter and providing a table having a hole therein and a chamfered portion, the hole having a sec... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6089108 | Hot bottle inspection apparatus and method A bottle inspection apparatus and method are disclosed in which an improved housing contains an imaging device which is focused at a target area through an unobstructed window opening formed in a wall of the housing. The housing includes a sleeve member w... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6089109 | Angled holder for mounting part on internal combustion engine An angled holder for mounting thereon a pickup coil for detecting rotational angles of a crank shaft of an internal combustion engine is composed of a base portion, a bent portion and a reinforcing portion connecting the both of the base and bent portions... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6089110 | Temperature probe positioning system Apparatus for supporting an elongated sensor in a partition, which is defined by a pair of spaced apart parallel walls. The sensor is supported at a predetermined angle with a sensor end on one side of the partition and an output end on the other side of ... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6089111 | Sensor mounting device in fluid pressure cylinder A fixture 21 for mounting a sensor 20 on a fluid pressure cylinder is composed of a proximal end 21a that is attached to a tie rod 5 of the cylinder; and a tip portion 21b that abuts a cylinder tube to establish the position of the fixture 21. The proxima... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6089112 | Method and apparatus for starting an engine A starter assembly for starting an engine is provided incorporating a mechanical diode in the drive train between the starter motor and the engine, including two coaxial plates with facing surfaces that are linked by pivoting members. The pivoting members... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6089113 | Screw for operation at high speed and high load A corresponding pair of male and female screw members includes alternately disposed rising and falling sloped surfaces on threads of the male and female screw members along a sliding direction of the threads. Depressions and projections are disposed conti... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6089114 | Bicycle transmission with selectable automatic down shifting A multi-speed transmission for bicycles, comprising: a housing including spaced, opposing face plates, each face plate having a pedal shaft opening and a secondary shaft opening; a pedal shaft rotatably disposed within said pedal shaft openings; a seconda... | 07/18/2000 |
