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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6715269 | Adjustable monitor mount An agricultural harvesting machine includes an operator station. The operator station provides an operator console. An adjustable mount provides a swivel and tilt adjustment for an electronic display panel connected to the console. Adjustment is provided by an elong... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715270 | Weed cutter including multi-medium weed cutting head Apparatus similar to a Weed-Eater® weed trimmer, but instead of monofilament line, it uses recycled coat hangers to cut weeds. There are two plates, the lower one having grooves within which to fit the coat-hangers after they are prepared using a special tool to be... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715271 | Mower-conditioner A mower conditioner includes upper and lower conditioner rolls with the upper roll extending between, and being rotatably mounted to, a pair of vertically swingable arms. A linkage arrangement is coupled between the frame supporting the arms and the arms, with one p... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715272 | Device and method for supporting a self-powered hedge cutter An assembly for holding a self-powered hedge cutter at a selected height and orientation so that a hedgerow can be more readily and consistently trimmed. The assembly includes a wheeled base that is filled with a weighted material. A vertical support extends upwardl... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715273 | Stalk divider A deflector of a stalk divider for a harvesting assembly can be pivoted about a pivot axis defined by a joint between an operating position and a transport position. The deflector can be held in the operating position and in the transport position. The joint is prov... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715274 | Accelerator roller for windrow merger A towable windrow merger including a pickup head for raising the crop material form the ground surface and a transverse conveyor assembly for laterally displacing the crop material. The transverse conveyor assembly includes an accelerator roller system, supported by... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715275 | Hay rake twin tooth with continuous camber and lost-motion activation and a rake wheel using the same A twin rake tooth includes a shank and working arc within each tooth which cooperate with ordinary rake wheels having rims. The shank within each tooth may have a slight camber which serves to stiffen the tooth against normal operational forces, but which allows the... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715276 | False twist yarns and production method and production device therefor A false twist yam including synthetic fiber yam having elongation, crimp rigidity, crimp appearance stretch ratio, dry heat shrinkage stress maximum value, deformation degree of single filament and entanglement number in specific ranges respectively. The yam has goo... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715277 | Fuel control system for gas turbine engines Fuel control systems for use with a gas turbine engines which accounts for real-time thermodynamic engine effects when attempting to match or track the NDOTActual rate to the NDOTDemand rate. The fuel control system includes a mechanism for mea... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715278 | Fail fixed fuel metering device for providing bumpless transfer to backup A fuel metering device (101) and method for metering fuel to an engine (129) provides bumpless transfer to a backup mode. A common cavity (125) provides pressure relief, fuel metering and bypass of fuel flow. A metering valve (120) for sc... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715279 | Apparatus for positioning an igniter within a liner port of a gas turbine engine An igniter tube for a gas turbine engine combustor has an inner surface, an outer surface, and a longitudinal axis therethrough. More specifically, the igniter tube includes: a first portion positioned within a port of a liner for the combustor, the first portion ha... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715280 | Method for low emission vehicle starting with improved fuel economy A method for rapidly heating an emission control device in an engine exhaust uses excess air added to the exhaust via an air introduction device. After an engine cold start, the engine is operated to raise exhaust manifold temperature to a first predetermined value ... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715281 | Oxygen storage management and control with three-way catalyst A method and system for controlling exhaust emissions from an engine of a motor vehicle includes sensing oxygen levels upstream and downstream of a catalytic converter, predicting an instantaneous oxygen storage amount in the catalytic converter, determining a maxim... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715282 | Actuator device, in particular for operating the stand of motorcycles, and automatically releasable hydraulic valve A valve and a device for actuating the rotation of a stand (4) of a motorcycle (2) comprising an hydraulic actuator (1) operating an actuating member (7) between a first and a second position bringing the stand (4) from a rest posi... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715283 | Axle driving system An axle driving system which houses in a housing thereof a hydrostatic transmission, axles, and a driving gear train for connecting output means of the hydraulic transmission and axles, so as to transmit power from a driving source to the hydrostatic transmission an... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715284 | Zero-turn transaxle with mounted return to neutral mechanism A speed adjusting mechanism for use in connection with a hydrostatic transaxle comprising a casing in which is mounted a rotating hydraulic pump in fluid communication with a rotating hydraulic motor, a moveable swash plate cooperable with the rotating pump for cont... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715285 | Stirling engine with high pressure fluid heat exchanger A Stirling engine includes a heat exchanger having helical and axial fins forming an orthogonal grillage on either side of a pressure resisting wall, and an outer reinforcing sleeve about the helical fins. The sleeve improves the pressure resisting ability of a thin... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715286 | Radiation apparatus A radiation apparatus is disclosed. The radiation apparatus completely adheres to a central processing unit for absorbing thermal energy generated by the central processing unit. When disassociating the radiation apparatus from the central processing unit, the radia... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715287 | Method and device for controlling an internal combustion engine that is provided with an air system A device and a method for controlling an internal combustion engine with an air system are described. At least one variable characterizing the air system is determined on the basis of at least one correcting variable and/or at least one measured variable characteriz... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715288 | Controllable exhaust gas turbocharger with a double-fluted turbine housing An exhaust gas-driven turbocharger (1) exhibits an adjustable radial turbine (2) which powers a compressor (3) by way of a common shaft (4), whereby a turbine housing (5) designed with a multiplicity of scrolls surround the turbine... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715289 | Turbo-on-demand engine with cylinder deactivation An engine control system in a vehicle including a variable displacement internal combustion engine, an intake manifold coupled to the variable displacement internal combustion engine, a first turbocharger supplying air to the intake manifold, a first waste gate regu... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715290 | Fluid mixture separation by low temperature glide heat Apparatus and process for distilling a fluid mixture using low temperature glide heat are disclosed. A substantial portion of the glide heat is at a temperature lower than the peak distillation temperature. The disclosure achieves a maximal amount of distillative ef... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715291 | Parallel mixed power unit A parallel mixed power unit includes a storage battery, an electron controlling module, an internal combustion engine with an output shaft, a planetary gear differential device having a shell, at least one planetary gear unit having two planetary gears provided insi... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715292 | Coke resistant fuel injector for a low emissions combustor A fuel injector 20 for a combustor can 18 includes a pressure atomizing core nozzle and an airblast secondary injector. The airblast portion of the injector includes inner and outer air passages 98, 138 for injecting coannular, coswirling stream... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715293 | Scram jet engine design The present invention relates to a scram jet engine for use with a hypersonic vehicle. The scram jet engine has an upper boundary wall, a lower boundary wall, and a plurality of side walls defining an inner air flowpath. The walls are formed by a plurality of tubula... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715294 | Combined open cycle system for thermal energy conversion A dual-fluid heat engine having a gas turbine and an open cycle steam turbine. The gas turbine has a compressor for compressing a first working fluid, the compressor having a compressor outlet. The gas turbine has a combustion chamber in fluid communication with the... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715295 | Gas turbine pilot burner water injection and method of operation A gas turbine engine (12) including a water injection system (56) for providing a flow of water (60) to only a pilot diffusion combustion zone (20) of a dual-mode combustor (10) and not to a pre-mixed combustion zone (18) of... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715296 | Method for starting a power plant The invention relates to a method for starting a power plant (1), in particular a gas storage power plant, with the following steps: S1: ignition of an auxiliary combustion chamber (19), S2: operation of the auxiliary combustion chamber (... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715297 | Methods and apparatus for supporting high temperature ducting A method enables a duct to be coupled to a gas turbine engine casing. The method comprises extending a first inner tube support member circumferentially around the duct, such that a radially inner side of the first inner tube support is against the duct, and wherein... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715298 | Indirect thermoelectric cooling device An indirect thermoelectric cooling device comprises a thermoelectric cooling plate, in the indirect thermoelectric cooling device, a heat dispersing member is connected to the hot end of the thermoelectric cooling plate, and a cooling transmitting member is connecte... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715299 | Refrigerator for cosmetics and method of controlling the same A refrigerator for cosmetics that has a storage chamber and a cooling unit to cool the storage chamber. The refrigerator includes an input unit, a storage unit, a temperature detecting unit and a control unit. The input unit receives one or more storage conditions f... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715300 | Pulse tube integral flow smoother Several layers of fine mesh screen are diffusion bonded together to form a rigid disc or plate that is self supporting and is a flow smoother at the ends of a pulse tube expander. Layers range from fine screens on the surface facing the pulse tube to coarser screens... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715301 | Apparatus and method for controlling driving of reciprocating compressor for refrigerator using linear motor Disclosed is an apparatus and a method for controlling a driving of a reciprocating compressor for a refrigerator using a linear motor, in which a capacitance is varied according to a variation of a driving load, thereby improving a driving efficiency of the compres... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715302 | Menu-based control system for refrigerator that predicts order and replace dates for filters A refrigerator includes a cabinet for enclosing a refrigerating compartment, the cabinet having a door for providing access to the refrigerating compartment, a user interface operatively connected to the cabinet having a display for displaying refrigerator function ... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715303 | Air conditioner for motor vehicles An air conditioner for vehicle has a refrigeration cycle with a variable displacement type compressor. A fuel cut control is carried out in response to a vehicle deceleration. In the fuel cut control, the displacement is first increased so that an evaporator perform... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715304 | Universal refrigerant controller In general the present invention provides a refrigeration system and a method of controlling the refrigeration system. The system includes a coolant circuit having in series a compressor, a metering device, an evaporator coil, and sensors for determining the coolant... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715305 | Two-evaporator refrigerator having a controlled variable throttler A refrigerator has a refrigerant circuit that is comprised of; a power-variable two-stage compressor, a variable throttler, which are computer controlled; and a first evaporator for fresh food compartments and a second evaporator for freezer compartments. Temperatur... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715306 | Concentration cooling apparatus of refrigerator A concentration cooling apparatus of a refrigerator including housings respectively installed to cold air guide path formed at the side wall of a chilling chamber; a nozzle rotatably supported by the housings and jetting cold air intensively to a high-temperature lo... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715307 | Air conditioner for vehicle A sub-condenser 4 is disposed in a within-vehicle-compartment air passage P1, so that the sub-condenser is permitted to receive heat from a heater core 21. ... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715308 | Methods and apparatus for providing a bank of freezers with enhanced viewing characteristics Techniques are described for improved line and clarity of sight for a freezer bank having multiple individual freezers. By selective angling of walls of the freezers, individual doors and the products behind those doors for two or more freezers can be more clearly s... | 04/06/2004 |
