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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6192725 | Liftgate handle and latch assembly A liftgate handle assembly for actuating a remotely mounted liftgate latch comprising a liftgate handle assembly including a housing having a handle pivotally mounted therein, a key cylinder rotatably mounted therein, a main lever slidably and pivotally m... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192726 | System and method for corrugating spiral formed pipe A method and apparatus for forming corrugated pipe is disclosed. The pipe forming apparatus includes a selectively operable corrugation module having an inner corrugation roller movably mounted relative to an outer corrugation roller via a cylinder assemb... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192727 | Mold seat adjusting structure of thread rolling machine A thread rolling machine is provided with a structure for adjusting a fixed mold seat of the machine. The structure comprises a first slide plate, a second slide plate mounted slidably on the first slide plate, and a fixed mold angle adjusting mechanism m... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192728 | Pipe bending machine accurately controlling bent angles of pipes A pipe bending machine accurately controlling bent angle of material pipes includes a base, a material feeding device fixed on the base, an arm-turning shaft fixed in front of the base, a bending mold fixed on the arm-turning shaft, a turning arm rotated ... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192729 | Method and apparatus for receiving and discharging bars Disclosed is a method for receiving and discharging bars. Adjacent parallel rotating drums receive bars in longitudinal advancement and discharge them by dropping them onto an underlying cooling bed in a rolling mill plant. Each drum is provided with four... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192730 | Process for extruding a hollow section or the like from a billet and a device for that purpose A process for extruding a section or the like from a billet, in which a billet is introduced into the bore of a container and, by an extrusion stem, is fed in the direction of extrusion into a shape-forming cross-sectional opening in a die. The billet mat... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192731 | Method for forming sheet metal strip The subject of the invention is a method for forming sheet metal strip, such as roofing sheets, in which the sheet strip (1) is moved forward and formed into undulated metal sheets by means of machine tools (2). The tooling (2) used in the method accordin... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192732 | Bending method and bending apparatus for bending machine A bending method and bending apparatus directed to avoiding the risk of die breakage and damage to ram coupling parts due to an abnormal condition of a ram drive shaft and directed to achieving high-accuracy bending in which a uniform bend angle can be pr... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192733 | Two stage press A press (10) for operating a tooling unit in the performance of a manufacturing operation, such as crimping terminals onto a conductor. The press is adapted for attachment to the frame of a host machine (12), such as a lead maker, and for receiving a tool... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192734 | Disposable calibration target A combined infection shield and calibration or reference target for use with a measuring instrument includes a removable calibration/reference layer. The removable calibration/reference layer has predetermined optical characteristics that can be utilized ... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192735 | Three-dimensional position calibrator A probe 12 is correctly fixed to a calibrator body 1, and the calibrator body 1 is mounted on the base stand 22. With the surfaces thereof abutted against a block 14, and it is positioned in X-axis, Y-axis and Z-axis directions. Under this condition, imag... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192737 | Method for measuring the concentration of a dissolved gas in a fluid The invention pertains to a method for measuring the concentration of dissolved gases in a liquid [(39)], especially of CO2 in beverages, in which the liquid [(39)] is passed across the retentate side [(140)] of a membrane [(14)] that is at lea... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192738 | Method and arrangement for analyzing exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine In order to provide a method and arrangement for analytical determination of the relative amounts of exhaust gas components, except for water, but including hydrogen in the rich range or oxygen in the lean range, and for determining a λ value, in which t... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192739 | Apparatus and methods for performing acoustical measurements Apparatus and methods for performing acoustical measurements are provided having some and preferably all of the following features: (1) the system is operated under near-field conditions; (2) the piezoelement or piezoelements used in the system are (a) me... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192740 | Method and apparatus for detecting particles in a flow An apparatus for detecting particles in a flow comprises a probe 1 positioned so that it projects into the flow and is charged triboelectrically by the particles in the flow. An electric circuit is coupled to the probe 1 and includes evaluating means for ... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192741 | System for sled-track testing of explosive missiles In the improved system for sled-track testing of explosive missiles having tandem warheads and crush switches, time delay boards are placed on the sled to operate in conjunction with the crush switches to detonate the tip charge and the main warhead. The ... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192742 | More reliable leakage diagnosis for evaporated gas purge system To perform leak diagnosis, when it is determined (during engine idling) that leakage exists in the purge system air is reintroduced into a purge system. Then, determination of leakage existence is stopped. Accordingly, erroneous diagnosis caused by openin... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192743 | Self-contained leak detection module having enclosure-mounted toggle levers for pump and valve A module for an on-board evaporative emission leak detection system that detects leakage from an evaporative emission space of an automotive vehicle fuel system. A pump disposed within interior space of the module has an inlet in communication with the in... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192744 | Robust transducer for viscoelastic measurement A transducer for use in a viscoelastic analyzer of the type in which a mechanical probe member is immersed in a fluid or gel and driven to impart a desired oscillating motion to such fluid or gel whose viscoelastic properties are to be determined includin... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192745 | Method and system for simulating vehicle and roadway interaction The present invention is directed to a system and method for simulating the interaction of a simulated vehicle with one or more simulated road surfaces. A computer modelling program is used to create a computer-based road surface model and a computer-base... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192746 | Apparatus and method of providing electrical power to an active electronic device embedded within a tire A method and apparatus for connecting an electronic monitoring device to a pneumatic tire includes the steps of providing a green tire and attaching the electronic monitoring package to an anchoring patch. The anchoring patch having the electronic monitor... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192747 | Tire pressure monitoring device A device for monitoring the tire pressure on the basis of the signals provided by the individual wheel speed sensors includes an electronic evaluating circuit which determines correction factors for the wheel speeds of the individual wheels. The values of... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192748 | Dynamic orienting reference system for directional drilling A directional drilling control system allows dynamic orientation of downhole drilling equipment in unstable or corrupt natural magnetic fields without the use of gyroscopic measurement devices. The system is especially suited for sidetracking wells. The s... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192749 | Mass flow sensor with rupture detection A mass flow sensor having a thin substrate and a resistor element arranged on the thin substrate. The thin substrate is stretched on a fixed substrate. In a stretched area, at which, in response to mechanical loading of the thin substrate, the mechanical ... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192750 | Process sensor assembly and sensor mount A sensor assembly includes a sensor housing or mounting apparatus for positioning in a free flowing stream of particulate matter in order to accomplish on-line measurement of a physical property of the material such as moisture content. The housing has an... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192751 | Non-invasive low frequency elastic wave fluid level sensing system for sludge laden environments A non-invasive elastic wave fluid level sensing system for use in sludge laden environments, including transmitting and receiving transducers mounted on an outer face of a wall of a container for a fluid and along a propagation path for an elastic wave tr... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192752 | Noninvasive electromagnetic fluid level sensor A disposable sensor is disclosed for non-invasively detecting and characterizing a container's contents. By generating microwave frequency signals, electromagnetic fields are produced by a sensor and penetrate a container. The EM fields are analyzed in re... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192753 | Inductive sensor for monitoring fluid level and displacement A sensor system for measuring the level of a fluid includes a tube having a primary coil and a pair of secondary coils wound thereabout. The secondary coils have a periodically varying winding density distribution. The winding density distribution of one ... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192754 | Sensor system for measuring displacements A sensor system for measuring displacement includes a first member having a primary coil and a pair of secondary coils wound around a longitudinal axis thereof. The secondary coils have a periodically varying winding density distribution. The winding dens... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192755 | Dial gauge casing and method of manufacturing the same A dial gauge case, which has a bottom and a peripheral wall surrounding the bottom, the bottom and the peripheral wall defining a recess for accommodating a dial gauge mechanism therein. The peripheral wall is provided with a pair of bearings for slidably... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192756 | Vibrators vibratory gyroscopes a method of detecting a turning angular rate and a linear accelerometer A vibrator including a loop-shaped vibration system 2, another vibration system 3A, 5A and 5B vibrating independently from the system 2, and connecting portions 4A and 4B. Exciting means for exciting driving vibration in the vibrator is provided in one of... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192757 | Monolithic micromechanical apparatus with suspended microstructure A monolithic capacitance-type microstructure includes a semiconductor substrate, a plurality of posts extending from the surface of the substrate, a bridge suspended from the posts, and an electrically-conductive, substantially stationary element anchored... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192758 | Structure safety inspection In the method of determining the location of structure damage to a bridge structure, the steps that include providing a transient load imposing device; traveling the device onto the bridge and then along the bridge, detecting bridge vibrating response inc... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192759 | Remote self-powered structure monitor An acoustic rotor monitor that is an autonomous self-powered measurement instrument which can detect embedded and hidden fatigue cracks in remotely inaccessible devices such as helicopter rotor system components. A predictive maintenance-related problem f... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192760 | EMAT transmit/receive switch A transmitting and receiving switch assembly for an electromagnetic acoustic transducer (EMAT) and a method for selectively switching an EMAT between transmit mode and receive mode both use a particular circuit. This circuit contains an EMAT coil coupled ... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192761 | Sensor chip, laminated wafer for sensor chip and manufacturing method of sensor chip In a pressure sensor chip (10), an extension (42) is provided on a lower glass (40) and a signal receiving portion (50) of a conductive layer is formed from a surface (42A) of an extension (42) to an upper surface (30B) of an upper glass (30). Accordingly... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192762 | Pressure gauge protection arrangement of an air cylinder A pressure gauge protection arrangement installed in the body of an air cylinder, including a base having an inlet pipe, an outlet pipe, and a plurality of mounting holes, at least one pressure gauge respectively connected lo the base by a respective coup... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192763 | Method and apparatus for determining the strength path of a mortar or concrete mix A method of determining the compressive strength path of a mortar or concrete mix is presented. The method includes: (a) conducting a series of tests by directing a jet of gas at gradually increasing pressure onto a surface of a freshly mixed test batch o... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192765 | Planarity measuring roller A planarity measuring roller is constructed as a loop lifter which is adjustable relative to a rolled strip. The loop lifter includes a plurality of measuring zones located next to one another over the width of the rolled strip. Each measuring zone includ... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192766 | Apparatus, system and method for the detection of an analyte in air An apparatus, a system and a method for the detection of an analyte in air comprising an air sampling system (1) comprising a mouthpiece (10) and a fan, a first enrichment stage (11) for enrichment of the analyte comprising a thermally regulated adsorptio... | 02/27/2001 |