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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6553729 | Self-adhesive photovoltaic module A photovoltaic building material comprises a substrate having one or more photovoltaic generating devices encapsulated thereupon. The substrate includes a body of contact adhesive material, preferably protected by a release layer. The material is readily ... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6553730 | Utility hub for post and beam furniture systems A utility hub for post and beam furniture systems includes a housing defining an interior space, having a radially disposed notch adapted to laterally receive a vertically extending post therein, and including at least first aperture adapted to allow acce... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6553731 | Combination partition screen and hanging structure for use in a combination partition screen A combination partition screen includes at least two upright supports, each upright support having a plurality of longitudinal coupling portions in corners thereof and a plurality of spacers respectively mounted between each two adjacent upright supports ... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6553732 | Ornamented corner post A corner piece for covering a corner of a structure defined by two mating walls of the structure and for use in conjunction with siding panels attached to the mating walls includes an ornamented central portion having a first and second lateral edges and ... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6553733 | Glass block with internal capsule Blocks with internal capsules having superior thermal resistance, solar control qualities, projectile-resistant properties and/or sound-dampening properties are described. The blocks are comprised of a structural exterior that encompasses a capsule. The c... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6553734 | Composite structural panel with undulated body An uncured, thermoset resin sheet is reinforced with oriented fibers and is slit to define a desired length for the fibers. A series of the sheets are cut and stacked to form integrated layers of the composite material for a structural panel. The panel ha... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6553735 | Joint structure as reinforcing rib to injected frame of door leaf with glass An improved assembly structure of a door leaf with glass, with a halving structure of two halving injected frames having the same structure with glass, includes, at the reverse side of the halving injected frames with glass having a male tenon reinforcing... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6553736 | Interlocking truss system There is provided a metal chord member for use in a building system which chord member is formed of two or more interlocked generally U-shaped chord tubes. The chord tubes are interlocked by means of the provision of a plurality of equisized, equispaced, ... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6553737 | Method and apparatus to achieve consistent spacing between layers of modular construction material A spacer is provided that includes at least one rail of plastic, steel, rebar, or the like that runs along a top surface of a modular construction material such as a brick or block. At least one transverse rail is connected to the length-running rail. The... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6553738 | Hollow profile bar A hollow profile bar, preferably of extruded metal, comprises a tubular wall that is equally thick all around and is provided with salient outer webs evenly distributed about the outer circumference, which in pairs form undercut casing grooves with side w... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6553739 | Roof beams In a roof beam for a conservatory roof, an upper capping has two sides and has gasket material attached to inwards edges of inwards returns of the sides so as to be substantially hidden by those returns, for sealing on glazing panels supported on glazing ... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6553740 | Transverse direction zipper applicator and method An apparatus for attaching discrete lengths of zipper at spaced intervals across a web of bag making film has an endless belt supported between a pair of pulleys for moving zipper segments into position on the web. The zipper segments are cut from a zippe... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6553741 | Method of wrapping a bouquet A method and apparatus for automatically wrapping a sheet about a bouquet of flowers. The sheet having spaced apart defined first and second portions is placed against a support member, such as a prepared table top, and the bouquet is positioned on the sh... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6553742 | Method and machine for wrapping cigars A method and machine for wrapping cigars provides for feeding the cigars continuously along a given path, along which a sheet of wrapping material is folded about each cigar, the sheet of wrapping material is closed about the cigar and at the opposite end... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6553743 | Rotary knife and transfer apparatus A pouch knife and transfer apparatus has two discharge points where severed pouches are discharged onto separate conveyors with one of the conveyors being a direct drop conveyor. Such direct drop conveyor operates initially in a direction perpendicular to... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6553744 | Packaging machine A packaging machine for making a variety of types and styles of bags and seals, durable, substantially air-tight bags at high speed, different size and make of bags, and different amounts and types of product in the bags. The machine includes a film drive... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6553745 | Harness accommodating device The harness accommodating device (1) of the present invention is equipped with a transfer section (10) which is installed on the discharge side of the harness discharge groove (67) of the harness manufacturing apparatus (60) and which temporarily holds th... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6553746 | Device for automatically changing reels of film A device for changing reels of film on machines for wrapping products comprises a unit for substituting a finished reel with a new reel, the unit being mobile between a non-operating position in which it is distanced from an operating zone of a ring-shape... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6553747 | Combined hackamore bridle and bit assembly for a horse A combined hackamore bridle and bit assembly for a horse has an improved arrangement of straps and pivoting hinge connections between various elements of the hackamore. Pivot pins are provided for pivotally securing the nose band to the rein levers. In ad... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6553748 | Pick-up support wheel mounting arrangement A baler pick-up includes a pair of support wheels, each of which is connected to the pick-up by a mounting arrangement permitting the wheel to be selectively moved from a working position outboard of the pick-up to an inboard, elevated transport or non-wo... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6553749 | Fire resistant corespun yarn and fabric comprising same Provided is a fire resistant corespun yarn. The yarn includes a core of high temperature resistant continuous inorganic filaments; a first sheath of staple fibers surrounding the core, wherein the staple fibers comprise fibers of at least one fire resista... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6553750 | Process and device for the production of a yarn in an open-end spinning device A spinning rotor of an open-end spinning device is slowed down for piecing to a low rotational piecing speed and is then accelerated to the operating speed. For this purpose, the spinning rotor or an element in driving connection with it is presented a dr... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6553751 | Exterior shaped link and method A chain link for intertwining with other chain links to form a jewelry chain is machine formed by contouring the outer periphery of the link without any reduction in material volume while the link thickness is being compressed and reduced. The outer perip... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6553752 | High pressure gas cycle and power plant Provided is a combustion chamber for producing a pressurized gas containing: a wall structure defining an interior chamber; a first reflecting surface for reflecting a pressure wave within said interior chamber; a second reflecting surface for reflecting said ... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6553753 | Control systems and methods for water injection in a turbine engine Control systems and methods for controlling injection of water into a turbine engine are described. In an exemplary embodiment, the water injection system includes a plurality of nozzles for injecting water into a gas flow through the engine, a water sour... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6553754 | Method and system for controlling an emission control device based on depletion of device storage capacity A method of optimizing vehicle emissions during lean engine operation is disclosed wherein an emission control device receiving engine exhaust gases is filled with one or more constituent gases of the exhaust gas to a predetermined fraction of the device ... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6553755 | Expanded grid static mixer A static mixer in the exhaust emission control system of an excess-air-operated combustion engine is formed of an expanded grid with a plurality of openings formed between crossbars. Using an expanded grid achieves both good mixing of the exhaust gas with... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6553756 | Method for selecting a cylinder group when changing an engine operational parameter A method for selecting one of first and second cylinder groups of an internal combustion engine is provided. The first and second cylinder groups are coupled with first and second catalytic converters, respectively. The method includes identifying one of ... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6553757 | NOx purge air/fuel ratio selection A method for improving a purge conversion efficiency of a Lean NOx Trap coupled downstream of a lean-burn internal combustion engine is presented. This method proposes adjusting the purge air-fuel ratio of the device based on its temperature. According to... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6553758 | Freewheel unit, especially for the stator of a hydrodynamic torque converter A freewheel unit intended especially for the stator of a hydrodynamic torque converter, allows first and second elements to rotate relative to each other around a rotational axis essentially in only one direction. A locking element carrier extends in the ... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6553759 | Transmission for a working vehicle The present invention is so designed that a housing of a transmission which can drive front wheels and rear wheels and a power take-off shaft is constructed having a first chamber and a second chamber. A hydrostatic transmission is housed in the first cha... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6553760 | Control devices of a hydrostatic transmission The invention refers to control devices applied in a hydrostatic transmission, which includes a motor pump MP, a hydrostatic circuit HC 1 and HC 2 and an impelling pump IP, which is formed by a rotor 1, a stator 2 and a body 3; the fluid debit is infinite... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6553761 | Suspension system for motor vehicles A suspension system for motor vehicles includes level regulation for adjusting a predetermined height of the vehicle body. At least one piston-cylinder unit of the suspension system includes a work cylinder, a piston rod and a damping piston having dampin... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6553762 | Exhaust gas turbocharger for an internal combustion engine In an exhaust gas turbocharger for an internal combustion engine including an exhaust gas turbine and a compressor connected to the turbine so as to be operated thereby, the turbine includes a housing consisting of an inner and an outer shell formed from ... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6553763 | Turbocharger including a disk to reduce scalloping inefficiencies A turbocharger for an internal combustion engine is provided with a compressor having an inlet receiving combustion gas and an outlet; and a turbine drivingly coupled to the compressor. The turbine has a shaft and a turbine wheel disposed on the shaft. Th... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6553764 | Enhanced response turbocharger using flywheel storage A turbocharger system for use in an internal combustion engine, and particularly suitable for use in an on-road vehicle, is provided with a turbocharger including a turbine, a compressor and a turboshaft coupling the turbine and the compressor together; m... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6553765 | Turbojet engine The present invention deals with a turboreactor comprising at least a precombustion chamber, a combustion chamber, means for directing combustion gases from the precombustion chamber into the combustion chamber, an air compressor, and means for dividing t... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6553766 | Cooling structure of a combustor tail tube A cooling structure of a combustor tail tube is capable of avoiding the formation of cracks in the tail tube by lessening thermal stress and preventing thermal deformation, thus extending the service life. A multiplicity of cooling jackets (5) extend in t... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6553767 | Gas turbine combustor liner with asymmetric dilution holes machined from a single piece form An annular gas turbine engine combustor liner has a single piece annular shell circumscribed about a first axis of revolution. The shell has a hot side and a cold side, an annular dilution hole section, and a plurality of asymmetrical cylindrical dilution... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6553768 | Combined water-wash and wet-compression system for a gas turbine compressor and related method A combined water-wash and wet-compression system for a gas turbine includes a compressor having an inlet defining a flow direction; and a plurality of manifolds arranged in proximity to the inlet and arranged transversely of the flow direction; a pluralit... | 04/29/2003 |
