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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6148482 | Grip apparatus and method A grip for a tool handle or other surface intended for gripping by a user, may be provided by a durable, expanded elastomeric material. Formation of the grip, and installation thereof on a handle may be effected to provide pre-loading of a normal force ag... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148483 | Method for forming moldable hand grip A moldable hand grip and method of forming the grip using a light curable moldable material. The moldable material is wrapped around a handle of a hand held implement. Pressure is then applied with the hand of a user to mold the moldable material while th... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148484 | Clip for retaining a golf score card, and optionally providing advertisement, in passenger-carrying golf carts Clip has first and second elongate members, each with first and second opposing ends. The first ends of the members are in general registry, and the second ends of the members are in general registry. A pivoting spring connects the members under tension s... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148485 | Structure of a buckle for a belt A buckle for a belt includes a frame having two opposite sides formed with two upwardly extending lugs each having a through hole, two arms each extending outwardly from a respective one of the lugs, and a shoulder bridging another sides of the lugs, and ... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148486 | Belt mounting structure of synthetic resin buckle A belt mounting structure in a buckle which can securely fix a belt in use and allows easy adjustment of an effective belt length and removal of the belt. A belt winding rod freely reciprocates in a direction of fastening the belt and freely rotates at a ... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148487 | Laminated self-gripping tape, molded product, and method of manufacturing a molded article including a self-gripping tape A laminated tape including a self-gripping sheet with hook-fastening elements, characterized by a layer of plastic foam and a layer of metal which can be attracted by a magnet and which is inserted between the layer of plastic and the self-gripping sheet.... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148488 | Pipe clip type flexible-sheet fastening device A clip for the purpose of fastening plastic, tarpaulins, fabric or other flexible-sheet goods to any kind of structure, appurtenance to a structure or vehicle or other construct or object, where the framing of such structure, appurtenance, or object consi... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148489 | Positive lace zone isolation lock system and method A positive lace zone tension isolation device and method for use with laced footwear including a base, a opposed, pivotable cam for clamping interposed laces against the underlying base and isolating the selected lace tension against migration at that poi... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148490 | Process and device for texturing at least one endless filament yarn A texturizing device for yarn texturing includes a yarn channel having movable components for rapidly releasing the entire yarn path. The nozzle body of the texturizing device preferably includes two parts as a glide plate and a sliding nozzle plate, in w... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148491 | Method for fabricating a reinforced foil-type coating material with a low frictional coefficient A method for fabricating a self-lubricating foil-type material having a low frictional coefficient from a stack of an expanded-metal sheet and at least one polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) strip by compression and heating. The stack is first calendered and ... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148492 | Extractor for arrowheads An extractor for arrowheads including a fork in a generally C-shaped configuration having two spaced parallel prongs with forwardly extending ends and with a base coupling the prongs in spaced relationship. The base is formed with a central first aperture... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148493 | Pop rivet core punch A pop rivet core punch which includes an alignment sleeve slidable mounted to an elongated punch shaft and springingly urged to extend over a core punching end of the elongated shaft while the sleeve aligns the core punching end with a center of the pop r... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148494 | Floating fastener tolerance method A tolerancing method includes modeling positions and sizes of apertures in an assembly of parts. The parts are best-fit together. Aperture position in the parts is statistically varied. The best-fitting and statistical variations of the aperture positions... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148495 | Method for producing a fuzzed fabric liner for a disk cartridge A non-woven fabric liner comprising a plurality of bonded fibers is attached to the inner surface of one of the upper and lower shells of a disk cartridge. A main body of the fabric liner lies against the inner surface of the shell and is spaced a predete... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148496 | Method for making a seamless apertured metal belt The present invention provides a method for making a seamless apertured belt comprising the steps of: (a) providing a strip of material having two opposing ends and having a length at least equal to a finished belt length; (b) providing an aperture patter... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148497 | Method for providing a flower pot with a crimped portion A method for providing a cover for a flower pot consisting of a base and a skirt. The base has an upper end, a lower end and a pot receiving space. The skirt is connected to the upper end of the base and the skirt extends a distance outwardly from the bas... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148498 | Method of making a brake drum ring The invention is a method of manufacturing a composite drum ring and a composite brake drum having a drum ring. The invention is a method of manufacturing a brake drum ring. An annular band is provided, which is formed by any suitable known method. A cast... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148499 | Method and device to draw-in coils into slots of stator laminated cores of electric machines A method and apparatus for drawing windings into slots in laminated stators of electrical machines by producing coils on a form and transferring the coils onto an insertion tool. The insertion tool includes appropriately annularly arrayed parallel short a... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148500 | Electronic inductive device and method for manufacturing Inductive electrical components fabricated by PWB techniques of ferromagnetic core or cores are embedded in an insulating board provided with conductive layers. Conductive through-holes are provided in the board on opposite sides of a core. The conductive... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148501 | Fabrication means for in-hub spindle with separate fluid dynamic bearings A method of fabricating a spindle hub assembly (90) including precision machining critical surfaces of the hub components (60, 33) that mount onto a spindle shaft (30) and accurately locate the critical surfaces for positioning of bearing cones (35, 36) o... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148502 | Surface mount resistor and a method of making the same An improved surface mount resistor and method for making the same includes a body comprised of an elongated strip of electrically resistive material and a resistor terminal formed at each end of the resistive material. The resistive material is machined w... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148503 | Process of manufacturing porous separator for electrochemical power supply A method of forming a porous composite separator layer for an electrochemical cell comprising the steps of printing a thin layer of a separator precursor solution on the surface of one of the electrochemical cell electrodes, curing the thin layer of separ... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148504 | Operator safety device for attaching apparatus A cycle of operation of an attaching apparatus begins with determining whether an operator's extremity is in an area in which it can be struck by a downwardly moving ram during attachment of two fasteners to each other and to a material therebetween. If i... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148505 | System and method for wiring electronic components in a three-dimensional manner A system and method for wiring electronic components in a three-dimensional manner. The wiring system includes a means for temporarily placing components on a substrate, a means for directly or indirectly connecting electrodes of the components together w... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148506 | Insertion/extraction tool for printed circuit board The invention relates to an insertion/extraction tool for inserting and extracting printed circuit boards from a card cage. The invention uses fewer parts than the prior art and reduces bending stress on the printed circuit board by simultaneously applyin... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148507 | Machine for pressing a fastener through sheet metal studs A machine for pressing a fastener through sheet metal with a magazine for holding a strip of fasteners that self load semi-automatic, a clamp for loading the fastener, and holding material to be fastened, a fastener barrel guide to establish proper positi... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148508 | Method of making a capillary for electrokinetic transport of materials A method for fabricating a capillary element for electrokinetic transport of materials. The method comprises providing a first capillary element which has a first capillary channel disposed through its length. The capillary channel comprises first and sec... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148509 | Method for supporting an integrated circuit die An inventive Leads-Over-Chip (LOC) lead frame includes an assembly of interdigitated leads constructed to overlie double-sided adhesive tape on the front-side surface of an integrated circuit (IC) die. An attachment surface of each lead is adhesively atta... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148510 | Method for producing terminal wire connection An electric wire work is produced in the following manner. That is, a combination of a plurality of coaxial cables are cut to a predetermined length. External conductors are exposed in the vicinity of the ends thereof. The external conductors is fixed at ... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148511 | Electronic component mounting machine and method therefor A component mounting machine for mounting electronic components onto a plurality of circuit boards in high speed with a simple structure is disclosed. The electronic component mounting machine includes a board conveyer section which has first and second p... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148512 | Method for attaching an electronic device A method for attaching a flip chip or other microelectronic device to a circuit board or other substrate. The method entails the forming of recesses having precise volumes above and surrounding each terminal pad so as to enable the deposition on each pad ... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148513 | Method of applying a connecting element to a high-frequency cable in a moisture-proof manner A method is indicated for applying a connecting element (3) in a moisture-proof manner to a high-frequency cable (1) containing at least one tubular electric conductor (7) which is surrounded by a sheath made of an insulating material. First, the sheath (... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148514 | Method for butt-end electromechanical splicing A process and system for repairing electromechanical cables having an external armor wire layer using a butt welding technique and an arc vanishing machine. A short (break) in a cable having both an external and inner helically wrapped wire layer over an ... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148515 | Method of bonding aluminum members The method of the present invention comprises the steps of: providing a first aluminum member and a second aluminum member to be bonded to each other; forming a zinc alloy soldering layer on the surface while applying ultrasonic vibration to any one of the fir... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148516 | Metallic cylinder head gasket The invention relates to a metallic cylinder head gasket for an internal combustion engine, having a carrier plate which is arranged between cover plates. The carrier plate and cover plates are provided with passages which are commensurate with the combus... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148517 | Repair of turbine exhaust case A process is provided for repairing the horizontal mount area of a JT9D turbine exhaust case having two mounting flanges by inspecting the horizontal mount area, weld repairing any defects found in the case wall and installing a reinforcement brace onto t... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148518 | Method of assembling a rotary machine A method for assembling a rotary machine, such as a gas turbine engine, having rotor elements and associated seal lands. Various details of the method are developed for facilitating assembly of the rotary machine that are, in one embodiment, applicable to... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148519 | Apparatus for installing a packing material in a muffler assembly; and methods thereof A process for installing a fiber wrap or a packing material in a tubular construction, for example a muffler assembly, includes a step of compressing a mat of packing material by removing at least a portion of air from the mat of packing material. The mat... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148520 | Box cutter with autoretracting blade A knife has a housing and a blade slide carrying a blade and displaceable longitudinally in the housing between a rear retracted end position with the blade wholly received in the housing and a front extended end position with the blade extending forward ... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148521 | Method and apparatus for slitting optical power ground wires A tube slitter for removing the outer metallic cladding of an optical power ground wire includes a channel guide for directing the movement of the tube slitter along the length of the ground wire. The ground wire includes an inner grooved spacer that enga... | 11/21/2000 |
