| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 6378908 |
High pressure quick connector |
April 30, 2002 |
| A quick connector for connecting fluid lines includes a first connector having a housing for receiving a spool carrying conduit. The spool sealingly engages an endform on the conduit. At least one seal element and a retainer ring are pre-mounted in a bore in the housing and engage the |
| 6378131 |
Local upstream hub for one-way cable system data/video/services requests |
April 23, 2002 |
| Most cable television systems in the United States (over 75% as of this application) are structured for one-way only service between the cable headend and the user. With more and more services being introduced that require a two-way connection with the user (e.g. impulse-pay-per-view, |
| 6373215 |
Device for monitoring the state of a window pane |
April 16, 2002 |
| A device for monitoring the state of a window pane includes an optical emitter which emits a light beam on to the window pane. The device also contains an optical receiver which detects light of the light beam modulated by the window pane and, as a result, generates a received signal |
| 6371529 |
Quick connector with swivelable retainer housing |
April 16, 2002 |
| A quick connector includes a housing assembly and a retainer for sealingly interconnecting first and second conduits in fluid flow communication. The housing assembly is formed of first and second housings which are rotatably and non-axially displaceably interconnected. The retainer is |
| 6370544 |
System and method for integrating enterprise management application with network management oper |
April 9, 2002 |
| The invention is directed to an enterprise management integration tool for providing a centralized repository for storage and processing of information related to the execution of the enterprise management functions. This is accomplished through the use of a Relational Database Manag |
| 6370182 |
Integrated beamforming/rake/mud CDMA receiver architecture |
April 9, 2002 |
| A spread-spectrum demodulator architecture is presented which utilizes parallel processing to accomplish rapid signal acquisition with simultaneous tracking of multiple channels, while implementing an integrated multi-element adaptive beamformer, Rake combiner, and multi-user detecto |
| 6370028 |
PC card with anti-smile cover |
April 9, 2002 |
| A sheet metal cover part (30) whose front end (70) lies against a surface (50) of a front connector, behind a projecting ridge (54), is prevented from deflecting upwardly and creating a "smile" by deforming a front end of the sheet metal to form a beam of greater height than the thicknes |
| 6364570 |
Fastening device for a windscreen wiper system |
April 2, 2002 |
| An attachment device 10 for a windshield wiper arrangement for motor vehicles is described which makes possible a non-screw type mounting and thus a mounting which is to be carried out in a simple and rapid manner. For this purpose, the attachment device 10 has a support element 14 c |
| 6359524 |
Modulation pulse-top ripple compensation for a travelling wave tube pulser |
March 19, 2002 |
| A circuit for applying a compensating ripple signal at a low voltage point, such as the collector electrode of a travelling wave tube to compensate for pulse-top ripple extant on a high voltage pulse applied at the travelling wave tube cathode, to provide a substantially constant voltage |
| 6358074 |
Card detecting connector |
March 19, 2002 |
| A connector has an insulative frame (52) and has rows (34, 36) of identical contacts (70) for engaging pads on a smart card, where at least one of the contacts that otherwise could engage a pad, is used to close or open a switch to detect the presence of a smart card. |
| 6354881 |
Smart card connector with landing contacts |
March 12, 2002 |
| A connector with a slot for receiving a smart card with contact pads, includes contacts that are held away from the card slot until the card becomes fully inserted, using a mechanism with a minimum number of easily formed parts. The mechanism includes a rocker (142) with a control part |
| 6353991 |
Shaped part with a spigot |
March 12, 2002 |
| The invention relates to a shaped part with a spigot for connecting to a tube, whereby the spigot contains a number of cavities arranged in the direction of the longitudinal axis thereof. The invention can be used in joining techniques especially in the area of automobile manufacturing, |
| 6349210 |
Method and apparatus for broadcasting messages in channel reservation communication systems |
February 19, 2002 |
| A method and apparatus for broadcasting messages in accordance with the presentinvention transmits a broadcast message within a wireless communication system or network utilization of redundant Request-to-Send type or broadcast notice messages or packets BRTS). A source node repeated |
| 6349091 |
Method and apparatus for controlling communication links between network nodes to reduce communi |
February 19, 2002 |
| Link-State Advertisement (LSA) and other routing control packets are transmitted within a wireless communication system or network via selective enablement of control links for transference of the packets between network nodes. Specifically, an exemplary wireless network includes a p |
| 6348790 |
Motor rotation detector apparatus |
February 19, 2002 |
| A leadless motor rotation detector apparatus for determining the direction of shaft rotation of a motor providing a fluctuating magnetic field when rotating includes: at least two sensors separated a predetermined distance from one another. Each sensor senses the magnetic field and gener |
| 6345990 |
Combined stacking and right angle electrical connector |
February 12, 2002 |
| A combined stacking and right angle electrical connector is mounted between a pair of parallel circuit boards. Stacking contacts mounted in the connector body have sockets on their opposite ends that releasably engage pins mounted in the circuit boards. A plurality of right angle contact |
| 6345928 |
Clamping spring ring |
February 12, 2002 |
| The invention concerns a device for mutual locking of two concentric cylindrical parts such as parts to be used in a submersible pump unit. One outer part (10) and two inner parts (6) and (7) are locked mutually by help of a circumferential locking element (12) having resilient abilities |
| 6335951 |
Programmable waveform generator for a global positioning system |
January 1, 2002 |
| A method for generating a global positioning signal from a space based craft including the steps of generating a plurality of binary modulating signals using a waveform generator; separately modulating an in-phase component of a desired carrier of the global positioning signal to be |
| 6334061 |
Integrated vehicle applique unit for the position enhanced cellular system |
December 25, 2001 |
| A position enhanced cellular telephone system wherein a cellular telephone device incorporates an RF position finder facility, a data modem and controller and a car alarm device, having a system for flexibly merging the functionality of the telephone device, position finder facility, dat |
| 6330163 |
IC card with CardBus bridge |
December 11, 2001 |
| An IC card of the type having a CardBus shield is disclosed in which the dielectric CardBus bridge behind the shield is provided with an upward projection that is positioned behind a front angular part of the top cover of the sheet metal enclosure for the card to support the cover. P |
| 6330151 |
Electronic device with retractable tray |
December 11, 2001 |
| An electronic device (10) such as an IC card, has a tray (14) with a component (20) such as a fingerprint sensor, where the tray can move out beyond the rear end of the device and back into the device with a double click mechanism (34), in a simple and rugged configuration. The tray is |
| 6328615 |
Contact formed of joined pieces |
December 11, 2001 |
| A contact is formed of a terminus (12) that forms the rear termination end of the contact, and a mater (14) that forms the front contact mating end such as a socket (32) or pin, the front of the terminus being joined to the rear of the mater. The terminus front portion forms a groove (42 |
| 6326886 |
Ultrasound distance measuring system with digital measuring signals transmitted by time multiple |
December 4, 2001 |
| In a device for distance measurement having at least one electroacoustic transducer for transmitting an ultrasonic signal and subsequently receiving an ultrasonic signal reflected from an object, the transmitted power of the transducer can be varied. In the case of a low transmitted |
| 6325855 |
Gas collector for epitaxial reactors |
December 4, 2001 |
| A gas collector is disclosed for use with epitaxial reactors. The gas collector is in the form of a base and top portion that are interconnected by means of a sealing arrangement. The top portion is configured to cover the base and define a conduit therebetween. Inlets and outlets are |
| 6325669 |
Electrical connector sealing system |
December 4, 2001 |
| A connector has a rigid insulator (32) with insulator passages (70), an elastomeric seal member (34) with seal passages (72) aligned with the insulator passages, and contacts (12, 14) with front ends lying in the rigid insulator passages and rear ends connected to wires (20, 22) that |
| 6325390 |
Vacuum flange O-ring center ring |
December 4, 2001 |
| A fixture for centering and holding an elastomeric O-ring in position between vacuum sealing flanges during assembly and use thereof, having an annular body defining an outer surface and O-ring holding flange disposed on the outer surface for holding an elastomeric O-ring. The outer surf |
| 6323449 |
Touch sensitive multiple electrical switch |
November 27, 2001 |
| An electrical switch is provided, which is of low height and which uses a single snap dome tripper (36) to close a plurality of switch devices and provide tactile feedback to the person who has depressed the tripper. The switch includes a support (12), a plurality of contacts (26) mounte |
| 6323430 |
S-shaped cable holding clamp with grounding |
November 27, 2001 |
| A clip (30) grips the shields (24) of each of a plurality of cables to hold the front ends of the cables relative to connector contacts (12) and to ground the shields to a shell (16) of the connector. The clip includes a main part (40) that has been bent into a plurality of loops of abou |
| 6319076 |
Socket contact element |
November 20, 2001 |
| A socket contact (1) for receiving a pin contact (4) of small diameter, especially a contact pin of a PCMCIA plug. The socket contact is formed of sheet metal and has a substantially flat base (5), a spacing part (6) extending upward from the front end of the base, and a top contact part |
| 6317674 |
Acquisition and evaluation of measured variables which are critical for safety |
November 13, 2001 |
| For the acquisition and evaluation of safety-critical measured quantities, for example, of yaw rates (GR) as an input quantity of an automotive vehicle control system, the measured quantities are produced by way of two measuring channels (M1, M2) which are independent of each other. One |
| 6315370 |
Electronically controllable brake operating system |
November 13, 2001 |
| An electronically controllable brake actuation system for automotive vehicles includes a simulator interacting with the master brake cylinder, a pressure source drivable by an electronic control unit and by which wheel brakes of the vehicle are pressurizable, the wheel brakes being c |
| 6315205 |
Adaptor for smart card |
November 13, 2001 |
| An adaptor (10) can be inserted into a PC passage (12) of a computer device (14) and which can receive and connect to a smart card (30). The adaptor has top and bottom frame halves (60, 62) that form at least opposite side portions of a smart card-receiving slot (20) between them, with e |
| 6313400 |
Data card easily assembled housing |
November 6, 2001 |
| A PC or CF (Compact Flash) card housing has housing halves (32, 34) that each includes a sheet metal shield (50, 70) with a main wall lying in a horizontal plane and with primarily vertical side walls (56, 58, 72, 74), with the side walls of the housing halves overlapping when the housin |
| 6312066 |
Method for improving the regulation behavior of an ABS system in off-the-road driving |
November 6, 2001 |
| To improve the control behavior of an ABS system in an off-road travel situation, a special control mode is activated as soon as such an off-road travel situation is identified. To this end, braking pressure reduction on the wheel of a vehicle axle which is the first to exceed the normal |
| 6311401 |
Steering angle sensor with evaluation of the incremental track for absolute value determination |
November 6, 2001 |
| This invention relates to a steering angle sensor wherein the angle values are determined by the position of a code disk provided with an incremental track and a code track. So as to be able to express the 8-step-code-word-defined precision by means of six-step code words on the code |
| 6310428 |
Piezoelectric switch with audible feedback |
October 30, 2001 |
| A piezoelectric switch comprising an end surface which when pressure is applied, causes a piezoelectric element to switch and generate an electrical signal. In addition, the piezoelectric element provides audible feedback to an operator activating the switch. The piezoelectric switch |
| 6309250 |
Coaxial connector termination |
October 30, 2001 |
| Inner and outer coaxial contacts (40, 50) of a connector are connected to first and second conductors (30, 32) of a cable by first crimping the conductors to the rear ends (90, 92) of a pair of terminals (84, 86) that have pin-shaped front ends (80, 82). Then, the pin-shaped front ends o |
| 6308595 |
Ratcheting spring wrench |
October 30, 2001 |
| A device for manually rotating a shaft in a substantially continuous manner, the device having a coiled spring-like body having at least one and a half coils, a pair arms extending laterally from the ends of the body, each arm integral with one of the coils, and an extension handle c |
| 6307753 |
Connection assembly of printed-circuit board and connector and an electronic-equipment plug-in c |
October 23, 2001 |
| In a connection assembly (15) of printed-circuit board and connector, a printed-circuit board (16) and a connector (17) can be fixed positionally accurately in relation to one another by means of position holders (36, 37) provided on the connector (17). The position holders are constitut |
| 6306350 |
Water sampling method and apparatus with analyte integration |
October 23, 2001 |
| A method and apparatus of sampling a body of water in which discrete samples are successively withdrawn from a body of water and analyte is extracted from the respective samples while integrating the analyte which is extracted from successive samples. A filter unit in which male and |
| 6305915 |
Sealed steady bearing assembly for non-metallic vertical sump and process pumps |
October 23, 2001 |
| A bearing assembly for radially supporting a drive shaft of a pump such as a vertical sump and process pump. The bearing assembly has a bearing housing, a bearing having inner and outer surfaces, a bearing housing for holding the bearing, seals disposed in the housing for retaining a |
| 6305906 |
Device for attaching pump impeller |
October 23, 2001 |
| The invention concerns a device for attaching a pump impeller (5) onto a conical shaft end (7). A socket (8) provided with a slot is arranged on the shaft end (7), said socket having an outer diameter corresponding with the the shaft bore in the impeller (5). The socket (8) is provided w |
| 6305692 |
Seal device |
October 23, 2001 |
| A seal device for a submersible machine, such as a pump or a mixer, the seal device being designed as an easily replaceable unit having two mechanical face seals parted by a room for a barrier liquid in which a pump impeller is located. The impeller circulates the barrier liquid pass |
| 6300709 |
Microchannel plates (MCPs) having micron and submicron apertures |
October 9, 2001 |
| There is disclosed a three draw technique for drawing optical fibers into various cross-sectional shapes. The process employs a glass tube and rod which are fed into a heated furnace. The viscosity of the glass decreases and the glass flows. The glass is pulled or drawn out of the furnac |
| 6298565 |
Steering angle sensor with revolution counter |
October 9, 2001 |
| This invention relates to a steering angle sensor, particularly for yawing moment control in automotive vehicles. In order to determine the required steering angle of the steered wheels the angle of rotation of the steering wheel is measured. To this end, a code disk is used which enable |
| 6296381 |
Inside light module with a rain sensor |
October 2, 2001 |
| The invention relates to an inside light module for motor vehicles. The invention provides a rain sensor that can be easily installed inside the motor vehicle. This is achieved by connecting the rain sensor to the inside light module and by securing the inside light module and the rain |
| 6295392 |
Super resolution methods for electro-optical systems |
September 25, 2001 |
| There is disclosed in an optical system having a predetermined Numerical aperture which provides a corresponding level of spatial resolution and having detector means and processor means in which image data is obtained comprising noisy blurred scene data containing an object to be re |
| 6293596 |
Quick connector with after incident indicator clip |
September 25, 2001 |
| A temperature resistant after incident clip is engageable with a retainer and mountable along with the retainer over a male component only when the male component is fully inserted into a bore in a female component. The clip is the form of a one-piece metal body having first and second s |
| 6288839 |
Replacement assembly for an image intensifier tube utilizing an input relay lens |
September 11, 2001 |
| A Gen III retrofit package for a Gen II image intensifier which utilizes a 1:1 relay lens in front of the Gen III tube to focus an inverted image on the far side of a glass plate where the photocathode is located. |
| 6288386 |
Circuit having a flexible printed circuit board for electronically controlling a night vision de |
September 11, 2001 |
| An electronic circuit for use in a monocular night vision device for electronically controlling a plurality of components within the device, the device having an objective lens assembly for receiving low intensity light, a variable gain image intensifier tube having a user adjustable |
