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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6276198 | Device for measuring the mass of a flowing medium A device for measuring the mass of a flowing medium having a measurement element accommodated in a measurement support, and a flow rectifier with a grid provided upstream of the measurement element. For simple production and accurate alignment of the grid... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276199 | Method for producing filling level measuring device operating with microwaves A filling level measuring device operating with microwaves and to be fastened on a container (3) is provided, the device having a housing (11) and a rod-shaped antenna (7) pointing into the container (3) and the device being designed such that the antenna... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276200 | Liquid level controller A liquid level control system utilizes a sensor that is attached to a fixed support relative to a liquid container and transmits radio-frequency signals to a remotely located liquid supply system depending upon fluctuations in the liquid level. In the con... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276201 | Fuel tank for a motor vehicle In a fuel tank (1) for a motor vehicle, a carrier (12) of a fuel level sensor (8) is manufactured in one piece with a wall of the baffle (4). As a result, the fuel tank (1) is composed of a very small number of components and can be mounted in a particula... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276202 | Device and method for detecting snow and ice A device for detecting snow and ice which has a humidity sensor and an ambient temperature sensor. An evaluator switch is controlled according to a humidity sensor-measured variable, producing a control signal at set humidity values for defrosting a surfa... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276203 | Axis alignment method An apparatus and method for determining the rate of angular rotation of a moving body and, in particular, for alignment of the dither motion and the Coriolis acceleration sensing direction in a sensor adapted to be formed, i.e. micromachined, from a silic... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276204 | Digital control system for a vibrating structure gyroscope A digital control system for a vibrating structure gyroscope having a vibrating structure (3), at least a primary drive (4) for putting and maintaining the vibrating structure (3) in vibratory resonance, and at least a primary pickoff (2) for detecting vi... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276205 | Micro-machining A method of fabricating a micro-mechanical sensor (101) comprising the steps for forming an insulating layer (6) onto the surface of a first wafer (4) bonding a second wafer (2) to the insulating layer (6), patterning and subsequently etching either the f... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276206 | Acceleration sensor for detecting inertia forces The invention relates to an acceleration sensor for detecting inertia forces, in which several separable and non-miscible media are stored in a receptacle and from at least one interphase between the media. Differentiation agents are provided to distingui... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276207 | Semiconductor physical quantity sensor having movable portion and fixed portion confronted each other and method of manufacturing the same A semiconductor acceleration sensor, which prevents an adhesion of a movable portion to a fixed portion due to an electrostatic force generated during being handled. The acceleration sensor has a sensor portion and a handling portion. The sensor portion h... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276208 | Components made of ductile metallic material and method for determining deformations and/or strains by means of sound emission analysis The invention relates to components made from ductile metallic materials, and to a method with which deformation or the load acting on these materials is to be determined by means of acoustic emissions analysis. For this purpose, a particulate substance w... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276209 | System and method of assessing the structural properties of wooden members using ultrasound A system and method of detecting anomalies and/or grain variations in a wooden member. At least one ultrasonic transmitter applies an ultrasound waveform into a surface of a wooden member so as to generate a multiplicity of ultrasonic waves including, e.g... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276210 | Rolling bearing In view of the fact that, when backup roll bearings which have been found satisfactory in the purity thereof in the sample evaluation through observations using a microscope are checked many times for the top surface layer portions of the raceway surfaces... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276211 | Methods and systems for selective processing of transmit ultrasound beams to display views of selected slices of a volume A configuration of slices of a volume, such as B slices, I slices, and/or C slices, is selected. Subsequently, the volume is scanned based on the selected configuration of slices. For example, transmit ultrasound beams are transmitted from an ultrasound t... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276212 | Ultrasonic transducer An ultrasonic transducer (10) comprises a housing (12) having an axis (52) and a diaphragm (60) centered on the axis (52) at one end (62) of the housing (12). A cylindrical vibratable mass (74) is disposed in the housing (12) and centered on the axis (52)... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276213 | Signal conditioner for a vibration sensor A device for conditioning the electrical signal generated by a vibration sensor for use of the conditioned signal by a computer-based data acquisition system utilizes a support body and circuitry for performing a series of operations upon the sensor-gener... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276214 | Strain sensor functioned with conductive particle-polymer composites When conductive particles are dispersed beyond the percolation threshold, electric conductive paths are formed between the electrode by chains of particles contacting with each other between the electrodes. Elongation of this composite results in an incre... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276215 | Sensor for measuring strain A tension sensor including an optical fibre having a Bragg grating is disclosed, the sensor including a housing and a support member shorter that the housing coaxially disposed therein and connected to the housing at one end. The fiber runs along the long... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276216 | Pneumatic lifting device with integrated apparatus for measuring a tensile force A force gage for measuring a tensile force in a pneumatically-operated device, includes a parallelogram linkage having a pair of longitudinal arms in spaced-apart parallel disposition, and a pair of transverse arms in spaced-apart parallel disposition and... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276217 | Method of measuring fluid flow by analyzing the fluorescent emissions of tracer particles in the fluid In the method for measuring the velocity of fluid or visualizing the distribution of fluid by feeding tracer particles to the fluid, irradiating the fluid with light and observing return light from the tracer particles, tracer particles containing a fluor... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276218 | Analog signal processing method for vortex detector A vortex detector for low flow rates comprises a vane that is located downstream from a vortex generator and is connected at only one end in a canthever manner to a cylindrical housing, which defines a flow passage. The end of the vane connected to the ho... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276219 | Motion controller for a motor-driven, pole-conducted transportation truck or trolley A motion controller for a motor-driven transportation truck or trolley with a steering pole that can be swivelled about a horizontal axis attached to a steering shaft or a steering frame and is provided with means for setting the direction of motion and t... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276220 | Multipurpose groundwater sampler Embodiments of a multipurpose groundwater sampler device are shown and described, each having a sample tube part of which forms a sample chamber, a top portion having a handle, a novel inlet portion, a sediment trap, novel valve means and a means to join ... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276221 | Apparatus and method for detecting labels The inventive label sensing device includes a label detector within a housing. The label detector includes a bearing assembly serving as a piston, the bearing assembly having a roller bearing for riding over label material. The roller bearing moves the be... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276223 | Motor-operated cylinder A motor-operated cylinder is provided, wherein the rotational movement of the output shaft of a motor is converted into a linear movement by a thread mechanism 3, with the least possible load applied to the thread mechanism 3 when an object starts to be m... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276224 | Shift control apparatus for transmission The present invention intends to provide a shift control apparatus for transmission which can reduce or prevent the speed-change shock and/or noise at the balk point where the sleeve engages with the ring in the shift push-in process. In order to achieve ... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276225 | Ball screw assembly A ball screw assembly includes a screw shaft with a spiral groove, balls along the groove, a nut with the screw shaft relatively rotatable with the balls, and a seal device. A portion of each seal member is radially divided into blocks by plural slits so ... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276226 | Cycloidal gear with small number of teeth A cycloidal gear with a small number of teeth includes a tooth of cycloid tooth. In the above construction, the number of teeth is four or five; and the cycloidal gear with a small number of teeth meshes with a large gear with cycloid tooth to constitute ... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276227 | Bicycle shift control device A clamping apparatus for a shifting control device includes a clamping unit and a housing attached to the clamping unit. The clamping unit includes a clamp member structured to mount to a handlebar around a first axis coaxial with the handlebar, a clamp a... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276228 | Pedal mounting apparatus for mounting pedals in motor vehicles In a bearing bracket for pedals in motor vehicles comprising a supporting bracket (8) having its base fixed to a substantially vertical region (2) of the bulkhead/cowl panel assembly (1) and a bearing bracket (9) having its base fixed to a substantially h... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276229 | Gas-pedal module A gas-pedal module has a gas pedal (12) which is mounted pivotably in a housing and can be actuated, counter to a restoring spring, with pedal-force-dependent hysteresis, a pedal-position sensor producing an electric signal corresponding to the pedal posi... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276230 | Handle bar throttle controller A throttle controller includes an electrical position sensor having a movable element and being mounted on a steering mechanism, such as a handlebar, and a mechanical interface from the position sensor to a throttle handle. The movement of the throttle ha... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276231 | Grip for a bicycle shift control device A rotatable handgrip for a twist-grip shift control device includes a rotatable member and a flexible grip disposed over the rotatable member. One or more spaces are defined between an inner peripheral surface of the grip and an outer peripheral surface o... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276232 | Stroke length regulator A stroke length regulator of small dimensions and simple construction, provided with a cam for converting an eccentric movement into a reciprocating movement, a cylindrical body around which this cam is fitted, and a crank member fitted slidably in this c... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276233 | Connecting rod and a method for making the same A connecting rod 10 having a generally elongated body portion 15 which includes a piston-connecting end portion 12 and a crankshaft-receiving end portion 13. The connecting rod 10 is selectively fractured, thereby separating cap portion 14 from the body 1... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276234 | Bicycle crank system A bicycle crank assembly includes a spindle connection arrangement for connecting a first and second crank arm to a bicycle frame. The first crank arm includes a first portion of the spindle and the second crank arm includes a second portion of the spindl... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276235 | Clipless bicycle pedal This is a clipless pedal system for bicycles. It includes a pedal platform and two cleat retainers. The cleat retainers have hooked ends and are held against opposite sides of the pedal platform. A resilient loop encircles the pedal platform, holding the ... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276236 | Clamp apparatus The present invention is regarding to a structural improvement of a clamp which includes a flex attached to a handle set, an actuator cable extends through the slider and is linked to gripper device, of which the openings and open notch are built in, it o... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276237 | Coaxial socket A coaxial socket tool that includes an outer socket having a hollow body with a first end, a second end, and an inner diameter, the first end of the outer socket being adapted for engaging the surface of a nut of a size, the second end of the outer socket... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276238 | Open top rotating vise An open top rotating vise for use in breaking joints in a drillstring has a cradle with two side plates and two end plates secured to one another and semi-circular bearing surfaces carried by and extending outboard from the side plates. A stand with side ... | 08/21/2001 |
