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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7040358 | Nozzle with safe functioning and filling installation incorporating such a nozzle A pressurized fluid filling nozzle provided with a ring for fastening on an adaptor connected to a container and with a controlled valve adapted to selectively control flow of fluid through a conduit. A sensor detects the fastening of the nozzle on the adaptor and m... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040359 | Beverage dispensing apparatus A removable nozzle for attachment to a conventional faucet of a beverage dispensing device to permit the dispensing of a pressurized beverages at a high flow rate without producing excessive foaming comprising a streamlined valve assembly and a downward extending no... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040360 | Anti-siphon fuel filler assembly and method of manufacturing the same One embodiment of an anti-siphon fuel filler assembly includes a tube having a first end region adapted to be positioned in a fuel tank for allowing fuel to flow therethrough into said tank, the first end region including a first crimp and a second crimp, and a rest... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040361 | Dispensing nozzle engagement device A dispensing nozzle activation lever lock for use with a dispensing nozzle such as a fuel dispensing nozzle having a handle portion, a trigger guard, and a pump activation lever allows an operator to dispense fuel without having to continuously hold the pump activat... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040362 | Log splitter A log splitter comprising: a base; a lever having one end portion hingably attached to the base; a wedge slidably attached to a hinged end portion of the lever, to slidably reciprocate along the lever when the lever is swung; a log support for a cut log; and, an upp... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040363 | Kit to form a wood splitting apparatus A kit to form a wood splitting apparatus. The kit includes a guide track (14,16) capable of assembly and disassembly. The guide track is adapted for mounting (40) to a vertical support. A splitting wedge (22) is provided which is adapted to enga... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040364 | Pneumatic tire A pneumatic tire, comprising adhesive sealant applied onto the inner surface thereof, wherein an air barrier membrane is disposed on the inner surface of the tire at least at a tread part, a space part is formed between the air barrier membrane and the inner surface... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040365 | Band device for a wheel rim An assembly (10) for location around a wheel rim (32) includes an annular support band (12) being formed of a relatively inextensible material. The support band (12) is split at at least one circumferential location to define a pair of op... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040366 | Tubeless pneumatic tire with carcass having butyl-based inner topping rubber layer A tubeless pneumatic tire is provided including a carcass having a carcass cord web and topping rubber layers covering the opposite sides of the carcass cord web, the carcass extending from a tread portion through a sidewall portion to a bead portion and turned up a... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040367 | Lubricants for run-flat tire systems A lubricant for a run-flat tire system includes a water soluble, or water-miscible carrier, a thickener, and a surfactant. The thickener hereof retains its rheological properties and is not subject to permanent thinning shear. The base fluid is, preferably, a water-... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040368 | Heavy duty tire A heavy duty tire comprises a carcass ply turned up around a bead core in each bead portion to form a pair of turnup portions and a main portion, and a bead reinforcing layer disposed in the bead portion and comprising an axially outer part and an axially inner part... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040369 | Pneumatic radial tire The present invention provides a pneumatic radial tire, in which rolling resistance is reduced and durability is improved without losing toe-chip resistance when assembling the rim. More specifically, the present invention relates to a pneumatic radial tire having a... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040370 | Hand tool for holding a tape spool Spools of tape are carried on a hand tool that facilitates wrapping of the tape about the threaded end of a pipe while maintaining proper tension on the tape. The tool is designed to carry a spool that has a tubular core with a core longitudinal axis and opposed edg... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040371 | Tire buffing apparatus A tire buffer for buffing a tire casing as part of a retread operation can include a rasp pedestal having a rasp head and a texturing device. A moving assembly can be connected to the rasp pedestal for selectively moving the rasp pedestal along a pair of perpendicul... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040372 | Information presentation device An information presentation device and methods for mounting a display sheet to the device. The device includes an elongate housing having a first opening through which the display sheet passes. The display sheet is wound onto a drum within the housing. A releasable ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040373 | Extruded door panel members A door panel comprises several interlocking panel members. The panel members can be extrusions that are readily cut to length to create assembled door panels that match doorways of various widths. The ability to readily provide a door panel in various widths and len... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040374 | Electromagnetic clutch-controlled electric blind An electromagnetic clutch-controlled electric blind is constructed to include a blind body formed of a headrail defining a receiving chamber, a set of slats, and a bottom rail, a power drive, the power drive including a reversible motor and electromagnetic clutch ap... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040375 | Diecasting machine and plunger lubricating method A diecasting machine comprising a movable and a stationary die half which, when closed, define a die cavity. The diecasting machine further comprises a filling chamber for receiving liquid metal, plunger, a slidingly displaceable inside the filling chamber and mount... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040376 | Method for envelopment casting A cast-bonding process includes a magnesium coating step and a magnesium nitride-forming step. The magnesium-coating step is carried out by supplying gasified magnesium into a mold in which a cast-in insert formed from an aluminum alloy, or an aluminum-based composi... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040377 | Injection system and casting method of die casting machine An injection system of a die casting machine giving the necessary casting pressure without adjusting the accumulator side, provided with an injection cylinder including an injection piston linked with the injection plunger and a booster piston arranged behind the in... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040378 | Manifold with film heater The present invention provides improved heated manifolds, heaters and nozzles for injection molding, having a high strength metal skeleton infiltrated with a second phase metal having higher thermal conductivity. Also disclosed is method of forming a manifold, heate... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040379 | Method and apparatus for the regulation of strip temperature in a continuous metallic strip casting plant A method, and the related implementation device, for the regulation of strip temperature in a continuous metallic strip casting plant, wherein such temperature regulation begins on the strip whilst under the casting equipment and at a certain distance from it, and t... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040380 | Bracket for motor vehicle air conditioner heat exchanger A motor vehicle air conditioner heat exchanger has two spaced apart parallel headers joined by two spaced apart parallel channel members. Flow tubes extend between the headers. A nonmetallic bracket is mounted at each of the corners. Each of the brackets has a socke... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040381 | Cooling device A cooling device comprising a heat-conducting cooling plate on the side of the electronic power components to be cooled and a platelike cooling fluid distributing device. The distributing device has cooling fluid outlets on the side facing the cooling plate, said ou... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040382 | End surface capillary structure of heat pipe A heat pipe includes a pipe member, a bottom lid and a wick structure. The pipe member includes a plurality of longitudinal grooves radially arranged on an inner sidewall thereof. The bottom lid covers a bottom end of the pipe member. The wick structure includes the... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040383 | Telecommunication device including a housing having improved heat conductivity A telecommunication device includes a housing formed by gas-assist injection molding and having an inner wall, outer wall and a hollow space formed therebetween and receiving therein gas refrigerant. The hollow space has a plurality of vertical channels wherein the ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040384 | Heat dissipation device A heat dissipation device includes a heat sink, a fan adapter and a fan. The fan adapter has two opposing sidewalls straight arranged thereof, a top wall disposed horizontally and connecting the two sidewalls, an inlet formed in a front thereof, an oblique reduced c... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040385 | Evaporator and vehicle provided with refrigeration cycle having the same An evaporator having front and rear heat exchange assemblies arranged at air inlet and outlet sides, respectively, and adjacent to each other. Each heat exchange assembly includes a pair of upper and lower headers, and multiple refrigerant channels each having upper... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040386 | Heat exchanger Fins such as corrugated fins or plate fins are formed with meandering projections. A fluid such as air strikes bent parts of the meandering projections or grooves at the back sides while flowing along the fins and becomes turbulent and therefore flows while meanderi... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040387 | Heat transfer device An apparatus for transferring heat from a first fluid to a second fluid, which is separated from the first fluid, having a stack-like or saucer-like structure comprising at least two plies (1, 2, 3), in particular plates (1, 2, 3), whereby each ply ( | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040388 | Heat sink, method of manufacturing the same and cooling apparatus using the same A heatsink of the present invention has a column having a heat conducting plate with a heat receiving face contacting a heat producing element. On the side faces of the column are a plurality of first slits disposed parallel to the heat receiving face and a pluralit... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040389 | Integrated heat dissipation apparatus An integrated heat dissipation apparatus includes a thermal conductor base and a heat sink interlocked with each other. The thermal conductor base has a channel formed in an upper portion thereof and a pair of grooves formed on two opposing elongate sidewalls thereo... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040390 | Wellbores utilizing fiber optic-based sensors and operating devices This invention provides a method for controlling production operations using fiber optic devices. An optical fiber carrying fiber-optic sensors is deployed downhole to provide information about downhole conditions. Parameters related to the chemicals being used for ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040391 | Low harmonic diode clamped converter/inverter First and second networks of switching devices, each of which are an insulated gate bipolar transistor with an intrinsic reverse-biased clamping diode, are controlled to selectively connect a sinusoidal input voltage and an output to different nodes within a series ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040392 | Bearing assembly for a progressive cavity pump and system for liquid lower zone disposal A progressive cavity pump pumps liquid downhole to a lower formation past a packer set in a casing of a wellbore. The rotor of the pump is axially restrained by a bearing assembly spaced below the pump for controlling uphole reactive loading on the rotor. Preferably... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040393 | Choke and kill line systems for blowout preventers The invention is directed to pressure lines for use with equipment associated with drilling and production risers, and in particular, pressure lines having breechblock connections with the equipment and with choke and kill lines for use in connection with different ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040394 | Active/passive seal rotating control head The present invention generally relates to an apparatus and method for sealing a tubular string. In one aspect, a drilling system is provided. The drilling system includes a rotating control head for sealing the tubular string while permitting axial movement of the ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040395 | Apparatus and method for debris in a well bore A downhole tool is provided for use within a casing. The tool includes a collector tool that has a cylindrical body having an external diameter smaller than the casing diameter so as to form an annular gap between the body and the casing. A first downhole fluid pass... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040396 | Apparatus for releasably coupling two elements An apparatus for coupling two elements including an outer tubular member defining one or more outer tubular member slots, an inner tubular member defining one or more inner tubular member slots positioned within the outer tubular member, and a coupling assembly for ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040397 | Thermal processing of an oil shale formation to increase permeability of the formation An oil shale formation may be treated using an in situ thermal process. A mixture of hydrocarbons, H2, and/or other formation fluids may be produced from the formation. Heat may be applied to the formation to raise a temperature of a portion of the format... | 05/09/2006 |
