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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7478679 | Field assembled packer A field assembled packer or plug features a sleeve of a swelling material, preferably rubber, which is slipped over the tubular. A pair of molds is assembled over the tubular. The molds can accommodate variation in the size and out of roundness of standard API tubul... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7478680 | Fire extinguishing by explosive pulverisation of projectile based frozen gases and compacted solid extinguishing agents This invention relates to a forest, terrain and urban fire fighting device and method, and more particularly, to a fire extinguishing system and method offering reduced risk of fire spread and safety of firemen. This extinguishing device consists of an encapsulated ... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7478681 | Lawn mower roller attachment The lawn mower attachment provides a combination of lawn roller accessories and a spreader, the combination being attached to the rear of a self-propelled lawn mower. A frame that includes a pivotally connected roller suspension member is attached to the rear of a s... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7478682 | Scarifying rake drag A soil working implement for being dragged behind a towing vehicle. The implement includes a hitch part and a soil working part. The soil working part may be pivoted about the hitch part by extending or retracting a longitudinal linkage member interposed between the... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7478683 | Cylinder synchronization for an implement lift system A lift system includes parallel connected cylinder circuits with cylinders mechanically tied together on a first lift wheel arm. The base end of a third cylinder connected to a second lift wheel arm is connected in parallel with the pair of cylinders. The rod end of... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7478684 | Soil conditioning device A soil conditioning device having a series of peripheral ridge members having a leading and trailing prow shaped surface circumscribing a disc, wheel or drum and a method of use. Optionally the prow shaped peripheral ridge members are joined by sub-ridge members for... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7478685 | Hydraulic drilling machine for working in a small space A hydraulic drilling machine has a metal chassis shaped as a rectangular parallelepiped, drilling resources located at the front of the chassis, a rotary motor to drive drilling rods, and a hydraulic circuit. An electrical circuit powers the various components of th... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7478686 | One trip well drilling to total depth Drilling a well to total depth without tripping the bit out of the hole despite encountering a troublesome zone is made possible by using a memory based composite material delivered with the drill pipe or advanced over it, as needed. The material can be activated as... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7478687 | Coiled tubing conveyed milling Milling in casing that is over 4½ inches is done with coiled tubing that is anchored against torque reaction. An improved debris catcher is part of the bottom hole assembly to capture cuttings from the milling. A thruster can be used to maintain weight on the mill ... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7478688 | Anti-dive/squat suspension system A suspension system is provided for a vehicle track assembly having a lower front idler wheel, a lower rear idler wheel, an upper drive wheel, a support link, a plurality of lower support wheels arranged between the idler wheels and mounted on the support link, and ... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7478689 | Vehicle steering and speed control A control system for a lawnmower includes a handlebar connected to the lawmnower for controlling direction and speed of travel of the lawmower based on a position of the handlebar relative to the lawnmower. The control system is connected to a drive system of the la... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7478690 | Power train for hybrid electric vehicle A power train prevents the decrease in the power efficiency accompanied by the converting process between the kinetic energy and the electrical energy due to the large energy flow through the electrical path when the motor generator serves as a transmission and thus... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7478691 | Hybrid vehicle and control method of same A delay time for delaying starting of an internal combustion engine in a hybrid vehicle is set to a predetermined time based on an engine coolant temperature and a state of an air conditioner switch. Starting of the engine is delayed for the predetermined time if it... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7478692 | Electric vehicle In an electric vehicle driven by a drive motor with electric power generated by an engine-driven generator and with electric power from a battery, the electric vehicle includes a residual battery power detecting module for detecting a residual power capacity of the ... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7478693 | Big wheel motive power source A big wheel motive power source is provided. The big wheel motive power source comprises a large mass wheel capable of rotation and having a mass comprising at least one-third the weight of a vehicle in which it is located, or at least twice the weight of a conventi... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7478694 | Snowmobile A snowmobile provided with skis and being steerable by a steering shaft, and being provided with a silencer on the front side of an engine. The steering shaft passes between the engine and the silencer and overlaps the silencer in side view. Flat step floors for a r... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7478695 | Starter assembly for a motorcycle engine A motorcycle power transmission assembly including an engine, a transmission, a drive assembly, and a starter assembly. The engine includes a crankcase, and the transmission includes a transmission case coupled to the crankcase to define an engine-transmission assem... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7478696 | Motorcycle with lowered center of gravity A motorcycle has a frame and a power unit. The frame comprises a main frame member extending rearward from a steering head pipe. The power unit comprises a drive source, power transmission devices attached to the output end of the drive source, and a casing that hou... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7478697 | Straddle type vehicle A scooter type motorcycle capable of improving cooling efficiency of brake calipers includes a vehicle body cover, covering a rear wheel brake device, is formed with a drive-induced airflow introducing port. A drive-induced airflow guiding duct, supported with vehic... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7478698 | Arrangement of intake and exhaust system components in a fuel cell powered vehicle An arrangement of intake and exhaust system components in a fuel cell powered vehicle makes it easier to install those components on a vehicle body. The arrangement also improves power generating efficiency, and eases maintenance. The arrangement, which includes a f... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7478699 | Vehicle passenger detecting device A vehicle passenger detecting device includes a judging circuit (6), which judges whether a passenger seated on a seat (1) is a child or not based on a load acting on each of areas of a seat portion (1a) of the seat for a vehicle, and the... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7478700 | Retention linkage for vehicle exhaust systems One embodiment of an exhaust system support assembly formed in accordance with the present disclosure includes a wishbone link (10) that couples an exhaust member (26) to a vehicle (56) The wishbone link includes a leg (12) branching into... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7478701 | Manufacturing method of supporting structure for vehicle A manufacturing method of a supporting structure for vehicle has steps of preparing a casting mold having: a first and a second casting mold, which are matched to each other at casting, and has forming faces which form at least sides of first and second fixing porti... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7478702 | Customized hearing protection earplug and method for manufacturing the same The invention relates to a hearing protection earplug (10) to be worn at least in part in a user's ear canal, comprising a shell (12) having a outer surface individually shaped according to the measured inner shape of the user's outer ear and ear canal... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7478703 | Speaker cabinet and speaker device A speaker cabinet includes a cabinet having a side board to which a speaker driver can be fixed, a substantially cylindrical tube which is inserted into the cabinet such that a vertical line passing through the center of gravity of a horizontal plane of the cabinet ... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7478704 | Lift cart A wheeled cart includes a lift platform mounted for vertical movement on a frame, an actuating system for effecting movement of the platform, a brake system acting against a wheel to prevent movement of the cart, a tank containing compressed air and an air conduit s... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7478705 | Elevator An elevator has deflecting rollers integrated in the car floor. The supporting and driving means is guided in the car floor through a floor channel. A cover serving as protection covers the supporting and driving means running in and running out at the deflecting ro... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7478706 | Method and apparatus of operating a drive with linear motor A drive, a method of operating the drive and an elevator operated by the drive for the movement of persons or goods by at least one car utilize a linear motor. The drive includes at least one linear motor with a secondary part positioned between a first primary part... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7478707 | Bicycle disc brake device A bicycle disc brake device includes a fixed member, an actuation unit and an adjustment structure. The fixed member includes a caliper housing. The actuation unit is coupled to the fixed member. The actuation unit is configured and arranged to move a friction membe... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7478708 | Shock absorber A shock absorber comprises first and second axially aligned cylinders (11, 21) each having a liquid filled prison chamber (12, 22), an axially displaceable piston (13, 23), received in the piston chamber (12, 22), and dampeners (14, 24... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7478709 | Vibration damping apparatus A vibration damper apparatus has two substantially freely rotatable inertia members disposed within a rotatable hub. Each of the members has a wide semi-cylindrical portion and a narrow semi-cylindrical portion with the wide portion of the first damper member being ... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7478710 | Vacuum pump vibration isolator A damper mechanism for isolating vibrations from a vacuum pump constructed and adapted for coupling to a vacuum chamber, the damper mechanism including an elastomeric material, preferably an elastomer diaphragm, coupled between the pump and the vacuum chamber so as ... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7478711 | Ergonomic wheeled baggage An ergonomic wheeled baggage case includes top and bottom sides, and front, rear, and left and right panels. A first distance between the front and rear panels is shorter than a second distance between the left and right panels. A set of front wheels and a set of re... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7478712 | Energy collection An energy collection system may collect and use the energy generated by an electric field. Collection fibers are suspended from a support wire system supported by poles. The support wire system is electrically connected to a load by a connecting wire. The collection... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7478713 | Hydrodynamic clutch device A hydrodynamic clutch device has at least one pump wheel, connected to a drive by way of a clutch housing, and a turbine wheel, connected to a takeoff, to form a hydrodynamic circuit. The device also has a bridging clutch with at least one piston, which can shift be... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7478714 | Straddle-type vehicle having clutch engagement control device and method of using clutch engagement control device Engagement of a clutch is at least partially controlled based upon the difference in rotational speed between the drive side of the clutch and the driven side of the clutch. As the rotational speed difference varies, the approach rate of the drive side and the drive... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7478715 | Flexible and rigid bi-status coupler and application device A flexible and rigid bi-status coupler and its application device related to a mechanical kinetic energy coupler provided with an input side and an output side, wherein, the kinetic transmission feature is related to a flexible acceleration with revolution differenc... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7478716 | Shifting device for a synchronized gear change transmission A gearshift mechanism for a synchronized gear change transmission of a motor vehicle, having a gearshift sleeve which is displaceably supported on a synchronizer body and which can be brought into operative engagement with a gear wheel via at least one synchronizer ... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7478717 | Clutch control assembly for vehicle A clutch control assembly includes a clutch switches over a connected and disengaged state between an engine and a driven member. A first hydraulic pressure generating member is provided for generating hydraulic pressure for switching between a connected and disenga... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7478718 | Wet clutch, in particular DCT clutch Wet clutch (1), in particular DCT clutch, comprising: at least one clutch pack (2, 3) including: a plurality of steel plates (4, 5), and a plurality of friction plates (6, 7) being disposed between t... | 01/20/2009 |
