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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6631645 | Semiconductor pressure sensor utilizing capacitance change An S/N ratio of an output of a semiconductor pressure sensor is improved, the sensor being of an electrostatic capacitance type pressure sensor for generating an output based upon a ratio between capacitances of a pressure sensitive capacitance element an... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631646 | Electrically insulated strain gage An insulated strain gage including a layer of semiconductive material and a layer of insulating material, where a side of the first insulating layer is disposed adjacent to a side of the semiconductive layer. A method of manufacturing the insulated strain... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631647 | System and method for quantifying material properties A materials characterization method models dynamic, non-linear, temperature-dependent stress, strain, hysteresis, creep, and loss of elasticity at high strain, both in test samples and in Finite Element Analysis (FEA). Incorporating universal properties o... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631648 | Microfluidic flow sensing method and apparatus Sensing of microfluidic flow is carried out by confining and directing a fluid along a surface in a primary direction of flow past a cantilever beam which is mounted at one end of the beam to the surface. The cantilever beam has opposite beam surfaces tha... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631649 | System for membrane removal and transfer A filter removal apparatus for removal of microporous filter membranes from multi-well filtration plate comprises a removal device and a pusher having defined therein a plurality of vertical pushpins. The pusher has a leading pushing surface to which elon... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631650 | Thief sampling probe A sample thief comprising: an outer hollow rod with an open end; a piston with a plunger end inserted within the outer hollow rod; and the outer hollow rod having an adjustable means. The thief operates by inserting the thief into a blend to be sampled ju... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631651 | Hydraulic circuit for an automated twin clutch transmission for motor vehicles A hydraulic circuit, particularly any for an automated twin clutch transmission for motor vehicles, including a countershaft with two parallel power transmission branches, two clutches, a high pressure circuit having at least one actuator for the counters... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631652 | Monolever operation apparatus for working vehicle and operation method of the same A monolever operation apparatus for a working vehicle, which improves operability with excellent fine operability of a monolever. For this purpose, the monolever operation apparatus for the working vehicle includes an arm rest provided at a console placed... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631653 | System for definable single lever control shift pattern joint A single lever control assembly that limits motion due to the inherent design of the assembly. In other words, no additional components are required to limit the motion of the single lever control assembly. The assembly includes two U-shaped members each ... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631654 | Driving position selector with an emergency release for a parking position A driving position selector for selecting at least the driving steps of the automatic transmission, "D", "N", "R", "P", which are selected by the driver over a control device and engaged by electro-hydraulic setting elements is provided. It is possible to... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631655 | Shifter for actuating the gear mechanism of a bicycle The invention relates to a shifter for actuating at least one gear mechanism of a bicycle including a housing, a gripping element for actuating the shifter, and a movable element for exerting tension on and/or for releasing a gear transfer means. The mova... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631656 | Handlebar switch mounting structure A handlebar switch mounting structure capable of firmly attaching a handlebar switch unit on a handlebar pipe and to improve the outward appearance of the handlebar switch. The handlebar switch mounting structure includes a first bracket having a circular... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631657 | Control cam for a valve-controlled internal combustion engine For a peripheral cam for a valve-controlled internal-combustion engine, having a cam contour which generates at least one positive acceleration course in the valve opening area, the gas dynamics, are advantageously influenced in that the peripheral cam ha... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631658 | Saw sharpening machine with pitch pre-measurement and feedback control for saw blade indexing A band saw profiling machine includes an indexing mechanism having a feed finger mechanically linked to a caliper finger for reciprocating movement therewith. The caliper finger is urged toward the feed finger during an indexing movement of the indexing m... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631659 | Vibrating nutrunner The vibration nut wrench containing the body (1) with the control handle (2), the located into it drive (3) with the output shaft (4), the connected to it exciter of rotational oscillations designed in the form of two fly-wheels (5) and (6), connected to ... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631660 | Self-aligning arbor system A self-aligning arbor nut system is disclosed. The self-aligning arbor nut system, according to the present invention, includes a body formed with a duct substantially coincident with the longitudinal axis of the body. A substantially circular ring known ... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631661 | Bevel locking system for a sliding compound miter saw A power tool includes a table. A shaft is fixedly secured to the table. The power tool also has a support housing supporting a motor and a working tool driven by the motor. The support housing is disposed on the shaft adjacent to the table and is axially ... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631662 | Apparatus for sawing wafers employing multiple indexing techniques for multiple die dimensions A semiconductor wafer saw and method of using the same for dicing semiconductor wafers are disclosed comprising a wafer saw including variable lateral indexing capabilities and multiple blades. The wafer saw, because of its variable indexing capabilities,... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631663 | Longitudinal cutting device for a winding machine Known winding machines for winding up continuous strips of material, especially plastic strips, use longitudinal cutting devices comprising a series of upper blades (1) embodied as disk-shaped circular blades, and a series of lower blades (2) embodied as ... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631664 | Slitting shears Slitting shears comprising two knife shafts which are adjustable in relation to one another and are equipped with at least one knife each are described. Some of the knives are adjustable by means of compression springs and with compressed air in the oppos... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631665 | Perforating tools having plural blades The invention relates to a method of manufacturing perforating tools, as well as perforating tools manufactured according to the method. The tool is manufactured in that a number of blades (2) are placed densely packed together in a bracket. The blades (2... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631666 | Device for constructing a braided tubular structure A machine, for the construction of a braid (11), that includes a set of identical multiindented wheels (2), which are mounted on a fixed support (1) and driven in rotation to cause the circulation of spindles (6) carrying spools (7) of braiding threads (8... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631667 | Explosive-bolt-activated spring-loaded actuation device A pin pulling device moves a member such as a pin or shaft by a non-pyrotechnic actuation force, such as a spring(s). The actuation member or spring(s) is (are) held in the compressed and loaded position by a release mechanism, such as an explosive bolt c... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631668 | Recoilless impact device An apparatus for generating an impact against a target object comprises a driver reciprocally disposed in a housing. The driver includes a hollow tube having a closed end and a nozzle sealing the other end. A piston is slidably positioned in the tube. Pro... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631669 | Closing spring assembly for a handgun A spring closing assembly is disclosed which is adapted to be selectively installed and removed from a firearm. The illustrated spring closing assembly includes a rod having a free forward end which defines a slot dividing the free forward end into fork p... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631670 | Device and a unit for locking the sliding of the rod of a linear actuator The locking device comprises a plurality of rolling wedging members consisting of diablo-shaped rollers with two cylindrical end portions and an intermediate portion which is concave according to a generatrix in the form of an arc of circle whose radius c... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631671 | Piston-type machine with conrod-free mechanism The present invention pertains to the field of piston machines, mainly those that include a mechanism without any connecting rod for converting the reciprocating movement of the pistons into a rotating movement of the output shaft. This invention essentia... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631672 | Method and apparatus for processing large square hay bales into smaller recompressed bales An apparatus is provided for processing large hay bales of approximately 750 kg to produce smaller recompacted manageable units to facilitate shipping in containers. The apparatus provides means for cutting the bales into at least two slabs, preferably th... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631673 | Transfer device for hollow bodies printed or to be printed in a printing machine A transfer device with which the hollow bodies to be printed in a printing machine may be transferred from a supply conveyor means to a capstan plate associated with the printing device. Since the hollow bodies are supplied by the supply conveyor means wi... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631674 | Stencil printing machine and control method thereof On each of plural printing drums (25, 26) in a stencil printing machine (1), a stencil sheet (11) made corresponding to printing data is rolled. The machine (1) for a stencil printing process, in which a printing paper is pressed on each printing drum and... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631675 | Screening method for double pass screening A screening mask for screening an article, the screening mask including a screening mask body having a screening side and a nonscreening side, an one opening through the mask for screening at least one feature from the screening side to the nonscreening s... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631676 | Process and apparatus for gravure A process and apparatus for gravure printing of an image using an erasable and reusable gravure form including a gravure blank form having a base screen which is designed for accommodating a maximum amount of ink to be transferred. The depressions of the ... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631677 | Printing machine with an imaging device A printing machine that has a plurality of form cylinders and in which an imaging device images at least two of the form cylinders. The imaging device is arranged in stationary fashion. Laser pulses are deflected onto the form cylinders by light diversion... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631678 | Web infeed device with decentrally arranged connection stations A device for infeeding a material web into a rotary printing machine includes an infeed element for receiving a material web start, the infeed element being introducible onto an introduction path extending at least approximately parallel to a path of the ... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631679 | Printing plate material with electrocoated layer A process for making printing plate material suitable for imaging by laser radiation. A metal substrate is electrocoated in a bath containing a polymeric resin and laser-sensitive particles, thereby depositing a laser ablatable layer on a principal surfac... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631680 | Printing unit for a printing machine A printing unit (1) for a printing machine, having an image cylinder (2), an image generating device (3) for setting an image on the peripheral surface (4) of the image cylinder (2), and an image transfer cylinder (5) which transfers the image from the im... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631681 | Printing machine with observation window and with control and/or display elements disposed in the vicinity thereof A printing machine includes an observation window, and at least one element selected from the groups consisting of control elements and display elements disposed in the vicinity of the observation window, the at least one of the control and display elemen... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631682 | Non-aqueous cleaning system and method for a printing press recirculation system A non-aqueous composition cleaning system and method for a printing press recirculation system. The cleaning system comprises two powdered compositions, each composition being applied individually to the recirculation system in a two-step process. The fir... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631683 | Method of preparing customized wallpaper panels The invention discloses a method for customizing wallpaper designs that do not include repeating patterns, typical of prior art wallpaper. The method includes displaying copies of basic designs for wallpaper to customers for review and selection of design... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631684 | Rock blasting method using air bladders embedded in loading layers Disclosed herein is a rock blasting method using air bladders embedded in explosives. The rock blasting method includes the step of drilling a plurality of loading holes into a rock to predetermined depths in a predetermined arrangement. Thereafter, the l... | 10/14/2003 |
