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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6631524 | Height-adjustable footrest for toilets A height-adjustable footrest for toilets for preferably using while a user is seated upon a toilet stool. The height-adjustable footrest for toilets includes a base being adapted to rest upon a floor; and also includes upright adjustable support assemblie... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631525 | Washing platform A washing platform has a generally flat upper work surface. A spout is located adjacent the washing platform and provides a stream of fluid which impinges the work surface. The bowl can be removably placed on the washing platform to receive water from the... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631526 | Vehicle sleeper system with improved suspension control A bed assembly is disclosed for use within a moving vehicle which vehicle includes a base support floor and a plurality of side wall members. The bed assembly includes a frame adapted to support a mattress and which has a generally rectangular perimeter. ... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631527 | Kit of beach products A kit of various beach products consisting of a ground covering such as a blanket, spread, mat or towel and the like with a plurality of loops or buttonholes at multiple locations on the top and bottom of the hem which can be optionally rolled into a shea... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631528 | Crib safety sheet/blanket A crib safety sheet/blanket with a fitted sheet portion having a front surface and a back surface two opposing ends defining pockets for snugly fitting the sheet to a mattress. A blanket is sewn along its midline to the center of the fitted sheet, definin... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631529 | Cover assembly for mattresses of the type used in medical facilities A cover assembly designed and structured to protectively enclose a mattress of the type used in medical facilities such as on hospital beds, stretchers, gurneys, etc. A casing is formed from a flexible, high strength, water impermeable material which is r... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631530 | Modular bridge apparatus A modular bridge apparatus includes a self-supporting truss section that can be lifted and transported as a structural unit. The modular bridge has left and right longitudinally extending trusses. Each truss section is made of an upper longitudinal chord ... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631531 | Quick load air gun A quick load air gun for cleaning conduits by propelling a foam projectile through the conduit by means of a compressed air charge. The air gun includes a quick load port for inserting projectiles into the gun chamber, and a compressed air circuit includi... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631532 | Engine block cylinder groove cleaner An engine block cylinder groove cleaner for cleaning the grooves in the cylinder of a diesel engine. The engine block cylinder groove cleaner includes a main housing comprising a lower portion. A plurality of groove cleaning members each being outwardly e... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631533 | Swimming pool cleaner component The invention concerns a surface contacting disc for location around the inlet of a suction operated pool cleaner wherein at least one concentric groove is provided in the surface engaging face of the disc which provides flexibility for the outer part of ... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631535 | Dual on/off switch actuation for a power head of an upright vacuum cleaner A vacuum cleaner system having an electric powerhead with a first switch actuator component which can be actuated with a user's thumb, to turn on and off the powerhead, and a second switch actuator component which can be actuated with the user's foot, to ... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631536 | Device handle A handle for removing, carrying or otherwise manipulating a device is disclosed. The handle includes features that allow it to engage the mounting rails on other mounting features associated with the device. The handle is constructed such that when proper... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631537 | Buckle device A buckle device includes a body, a fastening element and a latch assembly. A first strap is secured to the body. The fastening element includes a rod formed thereon. The fastening element is mounted on the body so that it can be pivoted between a first po... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631538 | Self-closing clasp assembly The present invention provides a Self-Closing Clasp Assembly designed to allow a loose object to be easily attached to an object that is already being conveniently handled or carried by a person. The Self-Closing Clasp Assembly is comprised of three eleme... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631539 | Hook device A hook device has a main body having a pair of arm portions, a connection portion and a hook portion, a block mount disposed on the main body, a fastener seat disposed on the block mount, and a torsion spring. The block mount has a generally U-shaped midd... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631540 | Method of forming a low inductance high capacitance capacitor A method of forming a capacitor with low inductance connection terminals, comprising a first surface including a first electrode of porous metal, forming a dielectric layer on the first electrode, forming a second electrode on the dielectric layer, attach... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631541 | Hammer piston handling apparatus A frame is supported on adjustable jacks for aligning with a pile driver hammer body for removal or installation of the hammer piston. A terminal tube on the frame clamps to the hammer and a powered ram moves the piston.... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631542 | Method of manufacturing laminated ring and heat treatment apparatus for use in such method A cylindrical drum, which comprises a sheet of maraging steel with welded opposite ends, is severed into a plurality of rings of predetermined width, and the rings are rolled to a predetermined length, after which circumferential lengths of the rings are ... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631543 | Method for removably connecting two members and connection system for realizing same A method for creating a releasable joint between two components wherein one of the components is elastically deformed by radial compressive forces in such a way that one effective circumferential contour corresponds to the corresponding effective circumfe... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631544 | Method for installing end member to hollow shaft member To develop a method for installing an end member to a hollow shaft member for an office equipment in which a high degree of coaxiality and a high degree of vertical state can be attained, its manufacturing stages are simple and they can be realized under ... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631545 | Method for producing a lamination ceramic chi A lamination ceramic chip inductor includes at least one pair of insulation layers; and at least one conductive pattern which is interposed between the at least one pair of insulation layers and forming a conductive coil. At least one conductive pattern i... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631546 | Self-aligned void filling for mushroomed plating A method of manufacturing includes 2 mushroom plating process starts with an overplated component which includes an enlarged mushroom head having outer portions which overhang a resist layer. The next step in the first process embodiment is a heating step... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631547 | Manufacturing method for thin film magnetic heads To measure positions of a plurality of thin film magnetic head elements formed in a line on a bar, the quantity of positions of samples in the bar is estimated from the magnetic head elements the amount of deviation in position of the next element, and th... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631548 | Simultaneous slider crown and camber adjust by scribe line control Methods for adjusting the curvature of a slider may include providing a first slider including an air bearing surface and a back surface opposite the air bearing surface. The camber and crown of the first slider are measured, and a plurality of scribes ar... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631549 | Method of making a seed layer for a nickel oxide pinning layer for increasing the magnetoresistance of a spin valve sensor A bottom spin valve sensor employs a seed layer for a nickel oxide (NiO) antiferromagnetic pinning layer for the purpose of increasing magnetoresistance of the sensor (dR/R). The spin valve sensor can be a simple spin valve or an antiparallel (AP) spin va... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631550 | Method of manufacturing a thin-film magnetic head A method of manufacturing a thin-film magnetic head includes the steps of: forming a first shield layer and a first portion of a second shield layer to be placed in one plane and insulated from each other; forming at least part of a thin-film coil on the ... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631551 | Method of forming integral passive electrical components on organic circuit board substrates A process for forming stable integrated resistors (14) and capacitors (28) on organic substrates (12). The resistors (14) and capacitors (28) are capable of a wide range of resistance and capacitance values, yet can be processed in a manner that does not ... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631552 | Apparatus for and method of correcting component holding position An electronic component mounting apparatus uses sensors and a controller to correct the position at which a component holder, generally a suction nozzle, captures a component, thus avoiding component capture errors and failures. More specifically, sensors... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631553 | Method for press-in attachment of suspension assembly in hard disk drive A method of and apparatus for assembling a disk drive. The method comprises steps of clamping a number of head suspension assemblies in an actuator body such that base plate hubs in the suspensions are in alignment with corresponding boss holes in actuato... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631554 | Method of manufacturing a worked-wire product A method of manufacturing a worked-wire product from a wire (10) including, all coaxially arranged, a core conductor (11), an insulator (12), an outer conductor (13), a metal-evaporated film (14) and a sheath (15) is provided. The method comprises the ste... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631555 | Method of thin film deposition as an active conductor A method includes populating components in a cavity of a substrate, disposing a polymer over the components and within the cavity. The polymer is cured and a thin film is formed on the polymer. In addition, a method includes forming an EMI shield within a... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631556 | Fixture to couple an integrated circuit to a circuit board A fixture to couple an integrated circuit to a circuit board is disclosed and claimed. The fixture includes a base member and a holder to retain the circuit board in a selected position relative to the base member. A clamp assembly is included to hold a p... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631557 | Method and apparatus for mounting electronic device A part mounting apparatus mounts a part, such as a film electronic part, accurately and efficiently on a substrate, such as a glass substrate. A measuring device (21) moves along the edges of a glass substrate (31) and measures the distance between the me... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631558 | Blind via laser drilling system A method for laser drilling blind vias at multiple depths in a multilayer panel comprising forming a panel having a plurality of conductive layers and a plurality of dielectric layers interposed therebetween, a first relief in the first conductive layer, ... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631559 | Process for producing a cable including a plurality of flat cables A process for forming a cable by intermittently feeding flat cables in a common direction and transporting the cables in parallel in a common direction to a heat bonding device. The side edges of the flat cables are heat bonded in a heat bonding device ov... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631560 | Method of forming connector press-connecting terminal In a method of forming a connector press-connecting terminal 10 including a pair of opposed press-connecting blades 22R and 22L (24R and 24L) formed respectively on opposite right and left side wall plates 20R and 20L thereof formed by a metal sheet, the ... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631561 | Turbine blade and method for producing a turbine blade A method is for producing a turbine blade, in particular, a gas turbine blade, comprising a head, a foot, and a blade section, in addition to an internal canalization system, including individual channels through which coolant gas can pass along a flow pa... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631562 | Method for coating radiator support assembly A method is provided for coating a radiator support assembly for a motor vehicle including the steps of providing magnesium components for the radiator support assembly and coating the magnesium components. The method also includes the steps of assembling... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631563 | Survey apparatus and methods for directional wellbore surveying Wellbore survey methods and apparatus for wireline and measurement-while-drilling operations are disclosed which include a gyroscope, wherein the gyroscope has a spin axis, aligned with the instrument axis, and further having two sensitive axis orthogonal... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631564 | Electricians leveling device A device for leveling a plug receiving receptacle in an electric outlet box is disclosed which comprises a surface having spaced apart opposing male bar prongs arranged along generally parallel axes extending about perpendicular from the surface, arranged... | 10/14/2003 |
