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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6209374 | Roll-forming machine with adjustable compression A roll-forming machine is provided with a base structure, a plurality of first roll-forming stations that form a first component having a Z-shaped cross section, and a plurality of second roll-forming stations that form a second component having a C-shape... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209375 | Panel assembly and panel forming apparatus The sheet panel of the present invention is formed by a panel forming apparatus comprising a first forming mechanism for forming a center projection at a central portion of a sheet panel, a second forming mechanism for forming S-shaped curve faces on both... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209376 | Adjustable single/double shaft driven metal press mill A metal rolling mill having four rolls arranged in the shape of a cross for the purpose of rolling bar, wire, tube and other specially shaped metal rolling stocks. The roll system forms the core component and includes four rolls mounted on shafts placed a... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209377 | Housingless roll stand A roll stand for a rolling mill, comprising: a support structure adapted to be fixed at a selected location along a mill center line. First and second work rolls are configured and arranged to roll products directed therebetween. The first work roll has r... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209378 | Adjustable monitoring guide A roller guide assembly is disclosed for guiding a workpiece into a roll pass of a rolling mill. The guide assembly comprises: a rigid housing structure; a pair of roller holders extending lengthwise of the housing structure on opposite sides of the inten... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209379 | Large deformation apparatus, the deformation method and the deformed metallic materials The present invention relates to a large deformation apparatus for metal-based materials that comprises a mold (A), a support mechanism (B) for supporting the mold (A), and a rotary mechanism (C) for rotating the mold (A), wherein the mold (A) comprises a... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209380 | Pin tip assembly in tooling apparatus for forming honeycomb cores Tooling apparatus for three-dimensionally forming a honeycomb core article includes a die having an array of elongated mutually parallel translating pins, each having a pin tube terminating at a tip end and arranged in a matrix for longitudinal movement b... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209381 | Method and system for chamfering and press therefor In a vertical press that simultaneously forms chamfers at edges on both sides of a punched sheet material by using an upper chamfering punch and a lower chamfering punch, the lower chamfering punch is supported by conical disc springs piled on a support b... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209382 | Method of constituting data base for correcting load cell output, and weighting container A weight vessel adapted for constructing a database for correcting outputs of load measurement sensing devices, in which the weight of the weight vessel can be changed in a desired arbitrary pitch without requiring any superfluous labor, any equipment suc... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209383 | Arrangement for calibrating several gyro systems Apparatus for simultaneous calibration of several multi-axis gyro systems, particularly fiber-optical gyro systems, in all measuring axes, uses a single-axle rotary table. A rotary frame is connected with the axis of rotation of the single-axis rotary tab... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209384 | Solenoid operated molten metal probe Apparatus for determining gas content in a liquid metal. The apparatus includes a hollow tubular probe having one end for disposal in the liquid metal, and the other end connected to a housing containing a gas sensing element. A hollow piston is located i... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209385 | Method and system for determining air/fuel ratio of an engine's combustion process from its exhaust emissions A computerized method and system are provided for determining air/fuel ratio of an engine's combustion process from its exhaust emissions wherein alternative methods for calculating the amount of water in the exhaust emissions are available according to t... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209386 | Electrically insulated gas chromatograph assembly and method of fabricating same An electrically insulated gas chromatograph assembly suitable for high temperature operation in a miniaturized, low power, low thermal mass gas chromatograph instrument is provided. The gas chromatograph (GC) assembly includes a metal capillary GC column ... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209387 | System and method for determining thermodynamic properties Disclosed is a system and method for determining the thermodynamic properties and percentage of each component of a multi-component gas medium by using speed of sound in conjunction with other data. The present system comprises a computer system with mean... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209388 | Ultrasonic 2-phase flow apparatus and method An apparatus and related method for measuring the properties and individual flow rates of a two-phase flow comprising a gas and a liquid is disclosed. This apparatus and related method also can determine whether the liquid is travelling in primarily a mis... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209389 | Rolling bearing unit with rotating speed detector A rolling bearing unit with rotating speed detector comprises a stationary outer ring member, a rotating inner ring assembly, a rolling elements between the outer ring member and inner ring assembly, a sensor mounted to the outer ring member and a tone wh... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209390 | Turbocharger fatigue life monitor Turbocharger fatigue life monitors comprise at least one sensor that measures an actual operating condition of the turbocharger, e.g., turbine rotational speed or turbine inlet temperature. The device comprises a central processing unit for receiving info... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209391 | Free fall survey instrument This disclosure describes a blended buoyancy oil well survey instrument capable of performing MWD measurements (measuring while drilling), where the well survey instrument is mounted. An oil well survey instrument in a closed cylindrical housing having a ... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209392 | Fuel level sensor with miniaturized ceramic resistor card A fuel level sensor is provided having a contact arm pivotally mounted to a frame adjacent a cam that translates the pivotal motion of the arm into a linear motion so that a contact arm may move linearly across a miniaturized resistor card.... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209393 | Vibration gyroscope A piezoelectric unit is composed of a plurality of piezoelectric elements. In one embodiment, a first driving electrode is provided over the whole surface of the lower surface of the piezoelectric element. A second driving electrode is provided over the w... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209394 | Integrated angular speed sensor device and production method thereof An angular speed sensor comprises a pair of mobile masses which are formed in an epitaxial layer and are anchored to one another and to the remainder of the device by anchorage elements. The mobile masses are symmetrical with one another, and have first m... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209395 | Accelerometer Accelerometers frequently use piezoelectric elements which are subjected to compression or displacement, however rarely to bending, because asymmetries usually appear, which create signals from undesired influences as well. According to the invention this... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209396 | Method and apparatus for two-dimensional vibration analysis A method and an apparatus are provided for contact-free optical displacement and/or vibration measurement of an object, in which the object to be measured is scanned in the form of a grid. The position of the measurement points and the contour of the grid... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209397 | Pressure sensor membrane having stepped annular peripheral surfaces and pressure sensor employing same The invention concerns a membrane for a pressure sensor. The membrane has, on a flat central face (26), an annular attachment face (12), which is disposed concentric to the central face (26), and a non-flat connecting face (54), which links the central fa... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209398 | Fluid pressure transducer apparatus and method for assembling A fluid pressure transducer assembly (10) includes an exemplary silicon or ceramic capacitive transducer (22) having a relatively flexible diaphragm portion (22e) mounted on a ceramic substrate or circuit board (18) over a bore (18a) so that the diaphragm... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209399 | Pressure sensor unit, especially for automotive engineering applications A pressure sensor suitable for use in automotive applications is provided to sense the pressure of a pressurized fluid medium and generate an electrical signal representative of the sensed pressure on a set of electrical contact members. A main housing bo... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209400 | Portable press vibration severity monitoring system and method The invention is directed to a hand held device attachable to a mechanical press to measure press conditions. The device includes signal processing circuitry for processing a corresponding signal developed from an accelerometer. The signal processing circ... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209401 | Tension force meter Device for measuring tension force in web and wire without giving any permanent affect on the measured object. In goods transportation it is common to use webs to tie down the load to the load carrier, and it is important that the right pretension force i... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209402 | Measuring element, mass air flow meter therewith and compensating method for accurately measuring air flow An improved measuring element for a mass air flow meter is provided with a temperature sensor for detecting a typical temperature indicative of the impact of heat on a heating resistor. The element is formed on a heat transfer pass from a configuration me... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209403 | Apparatus for measuring positively-sensed force of an electrical connector (2) Disclosed in an apparatus for measuring positively-sensed force of an electrical connector, comprising: a base plate; at least one L-shaped pads, the two L-shaped pads being each affixed to the base plate at an upper end thereof in such an arrangement tha... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209404 | Intermittent geneva actuated mechanism An apparatus (10) includes a manually rotatable input member (15), an input gear (20), an output gear (40), a drive link (60), a first planar link (80), and a second planar link (90). The input gear (20) is operatively connected to the input member (15) t... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209405 | Apparatus for transferring a carrier for shelves, cupboards, tables or the like along a path A device for moving a support (2) for shelves (19), cupboards, tables or similar along a path, which support (2) is suspended in arm (1) that is pivotally connected to a base (9) about an axis of rotation (6) at one end of the arm (1), comprising: a load ... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209406 | Toothed gear transmission having two partial transmissions disposed parallel to each other in the power flow The invention is based on a toothed gear transmission in which an input shaft is connected to an output shaft by a first and a second partial transmission, which are disposed parallel to each other in the power flow and which both have a frictionally enga... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209407 | Toothed gear transmission having two partial transmissions disposed parallel to each other in the power flow A toothed gear transmission is described, in which an input shaft is connected to a differential by a first and a second partial transmission, which are disposed parallel to each other in the power flow and which both have a frictionally engaged load shif... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209408 | Electrical sensing system for a vehicle shifter A shifter system for shifting a transmission on a vehicle includes a shifter having a manually-operated shift lever movable between various gear positions, an electrical sensing device on the shifter for sensing positions of the shift lever, and a control... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209409 | Housing structure for power steering system For prevention of direct contact of a pinion housing formed of magnesium alloy with a metal of a different type, there is provided an insulating portion formed by a chromate treatment and a painting coating.... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209410 | Shift lever apparatus for automatic transmission with manual transmission mode A shift lever apparatus of an automatic transmission with M/T mode includes a shift lever supported to a supporting shaft so that the shift lever is swingable in a right and left direction and a front and rear direction of a vehicle. A cable link lever co... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209411 | Rotary bearing and drive mechanisms A rotary bearing has a pair (32,40) of bearing members, one of which has convex (34) and planar (36) surface portions, and the other of which has concave (42) and planar (44) surface portions. The convex and concave surface portions and the planar surface... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209412 | Operation-control lever unit for engine-powered working machine An operation-control lever unit for regulating engine power of an engine-powered working machine to control operation of a working tool includes a throttle-lever holding mechanism operative in response to pivotal movement of a lock lever in a locking dire... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6209413 | Shifter for operating derailleur cable of a bicycle derailleur mechanism A shifter on a handlebar for operating a derailleur cable of a bicycle derailleur mechanism includes an actuating ring connected to an end of the derailleur cable and received in a frame on the handlebar. A resilient plate extends tangentially from the ac... | 04/03/2001 |
