Did You Know...
...that the inventor of the electric motor was a blacksmith named Thomas Davenport? Described as "a brilliantly unsuccessful inventor", Davenport invented the first rotary electric motor. In 1836 he headed out -- on foot -- from his Vermont home to file a patent application at the Patent Office in Washington, D.C. By the time he got there, he had squandered away his money and couldn't afford the $30 filing fee so he turned around and went home. When he later mailed in his application with money he'd raised, the Patent office was destroyed in a fire. He did finally get credit for his invention on Feb. 5, 1837.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6647589 | Furniture leg pad The device is a shaped piece of impact absorbing material adapted to be wrapped around a furniture or equipment leg, and secured on the leg by the elasticity of the material, or by securing means like straps or adhesive, and optionally including a light a... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647590 | Fixing device for a rail The fixing device which serves for retaining a rail (1), in particular a running or guide rail, has a strip (2) which is provided with an angular profile and can be connected with little outlay on one side to a wall (9) and on the other side to a rail (1)... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647591 | Low profile, partial door overlay hinge This invention relates to hinges for mounting a door on a furniture article frame. The hinges include at least a hinge cup member adapted to be affixed to the furniture door and a top hinge arm segment pivotably connected to the hinge cup member and havin... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647592 | Four bar hinge A hinge mechanism for mounting a vehicle door structure to a vehicle body having first, second, third and fourth hinge members and a plurality of pin members. The first and fourth hinge members are coupled to the vehicle body and the vehicle door, respect... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647593 | Hinge unit of mounting strap A hinge assembly has a tubular member having a longitudinal axis, a peripheral surface, and a slot formed in the peripheral surface. A button member extends into the tubular member to undergo sliding movement in an axial direction along the longitudinal a... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647594 | Grab handle assembly A grab handle assembly for an interior of a motor vehicle includes a headliner disposed in the interior of the vehicle for mounting to a vehicle body of the motor vehicle. The headliner has a recess. The grab handle assembly also includes a grab handle di... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647595 | Device on a cleaner, a carding machine or the like for cleaning and opening textile material In order to detect and remove interfering particles, particularly trash particles, husk naps, seed remnants and the like, from textile fiber goods, a device on a carding machine, a cleaner or the like is provided across the width of the carding machine, c... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647596 | Ball lock cable tie having a strap aperture A metal cable tie is disclosed. The cable tie includes an elongate metallic strap, a metallic locking head, and metallic roller means. The strap has a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The head is secured to the first end of the strap for... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647597 | Adjustable magnetic snap fastener An adjustable magnetic snap fastener for releasably connecting two pieces of material at any one of a number of possible positions. There are a number of stems attached to one plate and a number of magnets attached to another plate. Any one of the stems f... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647598 | Needle locking structure of a zipper slide A needle locking structure of a zipper slide for engaging or disengaging two lengths of teeth on two opposite teeth tapes is provided. A monolithic main body has two joint portions formed thereon. An engagement part is formed on each side of the main body... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647599 | Positioning mechanism of a zipper slide A positioning mechanism of a zipper slide for engaging or disengaging two lengths of teeth on two opposite teeth tapes is disclosed. The positioning mechanism includes: a main body having a buckling portion, a plane surface, a recess, and a support portio... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647600 | Hook and loop fastener for flat materials A hook and loop fastener for flat structures, particularly for textile products, having a hook part and an interlocking part, the interlocking part being made of a nonwoven composite having worked-in, textured, polymeric threads, the nonwoven composite be... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647601 | Method for making a blanket having a high pile density and a blanket made therefrom A method for making a blanket is provided. The blanket is made from a fabric that has a ground having wefts and warps, and piles inserted in spaces between the wefts and warps of the ground. The method comprises the steps of weaving the fabric from the we... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647602 | Fixation device for blading of a turbo-machine Described is a fixation device for blading of a turbo-machine, in which, longitudinally to a mounting groove (1), a plurality of blades (31, 32) is positioned, and in which, between at least two blades (31, 32) positioned adjacent to each other inside the... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647603 | Process for manufacturing electronic device packages A process for manufacturing electronic device packages includes a step of forming a metal sheet into a runner part and a plurality of spaced apart terminal parts. The runner part extends in a longitudinal direction. The terminal parts are connected to the... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647604 | Continuous casting and rolling of multiple rods A rolling system has a die having a row of separate throughgoing passages for producing a plurality of continuously advancing and parallel hot metal strands and a plurality of pinch rollers for pulling the strands out of the die and moving them in a direc... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647605 | Machine tool and its pallet changing device The present relates to a machine tool for machining a workpiece by moving a tool and the workpiece relative to each other and to a pallet changer thereof. The machine tool is provided with a spindle for mounting the tool thereon, a table for a pallet (P) ... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647606 | Jig and method for assembling toroidal continuously variable transmission In an assembly of a toroidal continuously variable transmission, a sheath member (41) is temporarily fitted on a male screw (3A) so that a step between a spline part (21A) and a male screw (3A) of a CVT shaft (3) does not catch on an output disk (18, 20) ... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647607 | Auxiliary tool for assembling a scrubber The present invention relates to an auxiliary tool for assembling a scrubber which includes a motor, a shaft rotatably coupled to and extending through the motor, a shaft pin detachably connected to the shaft, and a disk coupled to the shaft and having a ... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647608 | Method of installing a fastener A stud for installation in a host panel and for fastening a component to the host panel includes at least one shaft having a longitudinal axis. An annular flange extends radially from the shaft at a substantially right angle with respect to the longitudin... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647609 | Seat and guide installation method An apparatus for press fitting inserts into corresponding receptacles in workpieces includes a press comprising a ram and a backup tool spaced from the ram. An insertion tool is alignable between the ram and the backup tool. An insert magazine feeds inser... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647610 | Method for making an upholstery tack strip An upholstery tack strip includes a metal ribbon and a thermoplastic sleeve covering at least a portion of the ribbon. The sleeve includes at least one, and possibly a pair of, lengthwise removed strip section(s) so as to expose a corresponding lengthwise... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647611 | Holding apparatus and method utilizing magnetorheological material A fixturing or workpiece holding and clamping apparatus or device, as well as method, utilizing the viscosity increase or solidification of a magnetorheological liquid or rigidity increase of a malleable semi-solid or clayish magnetorheological material t... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647612 | Method for constructing an ultra-low-flying-height slider A method is disclosed for constructing an ultra-low-flying-height slider for carrying a transducing head in a disc drive system including a rotatable disc. The method comprises removing material from an air bearing surface of the slider to create a channe... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647613 | Method of making a magnetic write head and in-process head structures A batch fabrication technique is described that increases the manufacturing efficiency of servo write heads and also improves servo pattern definition for fine features, while reducing tape and head wear. Multiple heads are fabricated as a batch from one ... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647614 | Method for changing an electrical resistance of a resistor A method for changing an electrical resistance of a resistor. Initially, the resistor is provided, wherein the resistor has a length L and an electrical resistance R1. A portion of the resistor is exposed to a laser radiation, wherein the porti... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647615 | Parts mounting system A parts mounting system includes a plurality of mounting units and a parts distributor unit for distributing parts to the mounting units. The parts distributor unit includes a specifying section for specifying types of parts that can be mounted by each of... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647616 | Bump bonding unit with tray storage and transport apparatuses A bump bonding unit is disclosed including a novel storage, transport, and feed system for allocating trays that hold IC chips to various operations of the bump bonding unit. The bump bonding unit includes fist and second tray storage and feed apparatuses... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647617 | Method of construction an endocardial mapping catheter A method of constructing a mapping catheter is described where the catheter has numerous electrodes each associated with a single connection in a plug. The method consists of first arranging a plurality of wires in the desired relationship, with each of t... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647618 | Method of assembling a circuit board into a housing A method of assembling a circuit board into a housing to form an assembly is disclosed. The method includes inserting a first end of the circuit board into a first slot of the housing, flexing the circuit board over a deflection/retention feature, inserti... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647619 | Positioning arrangement and method The arrangement includes first and second patterns such as photolithographic patterns of electrically conductive indicia provided on respective first and second surfaces of the components to be positioned. The patterns are adapted for relative movement in... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647620 | Method of making center bond flip chip semiconductor carrier A center bond flip chip device carrier and a method for making and using it are described. The method includes forming a seat with a cut out portion in at least one trace on a substrate and providing an elastomeric material over the substrate. The seat is... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647621 | Electrical resistance reduction method for thermosetting conductive epoxy contacts in integrated lead suspensions A method for efficiently producing low resistance electrical contacts between stainless steel and conductive layers in integrated lead suspensions and components. The method includes applying an amount of current for a period of time which is effective to... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647622 | Repairing an engine cooling system A method of repairing a coolant system associated with an engine for a vehicle, including disconnecting a gooseneck connected to the engine and removing from the engine its thermostat; disconnecting a bottom radiator hose connected to the engine and flush... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647624 | Method of fitting an impingement plate A method of fitting an impingement plate to a platform of a guide blade of a gas turbine. The impingement plate is first fastened at individual spots by spot welds to at least one supporting surface of the platform and is then brazed at the supporting sur... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647625 | Method for fabricating a heat pipe structure in a radiating plate A method for fabricating a heat pipe structure in a radiating plate is provided. A tunneling means is used to form a plurality of radiating channels in the radiating plate. Each of the plurality of radiating channels has only one opening. Then, only one o... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647626 | Electric rotary shaver In an electric rotary shaver in which outer cutters are provided in outer cutter holes formed in a cutter frame so that the outer cutters can move in the axial direction and tilt in any desired direction with inner cutters disposed between the outer cutte... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647627 | Severing implement with cutting capturing feature An improvement to a severing implement (10) having a pair of relatively movable blade elements (22) (33) that are pivotally connected together as at (52) wherein the improvement comprises a pair of cooperating gripping units (13) (14) for captively engagi... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647628 | Tuft-parting carpet cutters A carpet cutters includes a blade-supporting structure and a tuft-parting structure. The blade-supporting structure includes a longitudinally extending guide with a forward portion and a carpet-contacting edge that extends along a first axis toward the fo... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647629 | Hand tool handle A handle tool handle has two interlocking first and second hollow molded plastic parts. The first part is formed with a peripheral lip. The second part is formed with transversely disposed peripheral surfaces inwardly disposed of the peripheral lip. Each ... | 11/18/2003 |
