| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 6142793 |
PC card saddle connection |
November 7, 2000 |
| A molded plastic saddle (19) lies at the front of a PC card (10), the saddle connecting to the front connector (18), the front of the circuit board (16), and the front of the lower cover part (12) in connections that are easily performed by the PC card maker who assembles the components. |
| 6142736 |
Pump impeller |
November 7, 2000 |
| A pump impeller of a centrifugal- or a half axial type meant to pump liquids, mainly sewage water, the pump impeller including a hub provided with one or several vanes, the leading edges of which being strongly swept backwards. The size of the sweep angle (.alpha.) varies between 40 and |
| 6142271 |
Servo friction brake |
November 7, 2000 |
| A servo friction brake which includes a carrier, and at least one friction lining which is supported on the carrier and interacts with at least one friction surface, and at least one device for actuating the friction lining. In order to considerably reduce the sensitivity of the friction |
| 6140785 |
Windshield wiper device |
October 31, 2000 |
| A windshield wiper device is described for a vehicle windshield, having a wiper motor that has a reversible direction of rotation. The wiper motor is controlled by an electronic unit with control signals. The electronic unit uses an operating mode and a learning mode, with which a revers |
| 6140578 |
Drive housing cover |
October 31, 2000 |
| A lid for a gear box of a windscreen wiper is described, which includes a metallic base plate in a plastic envelope. The plastic envelope includes printed circuit conductors connected to contact lugs provided at the bottom side of the lid. The plastic layer extends substantially across t |
| 6140574 |
Method and apparatus for plated EMI housing with integrated positive contact |
October 31, 2000 |
| A monlithic housing assembly for an electronic device for providing electromagnetic interference (EMI) protection and positive and negative contact areas. The housing includes a hollow substantially cylindrical tube of uniform diameter for receiving the electronic device. The tube in |
| 6139345 |
Clip for coupling component to connector contacts |
October 31, 2000 |
| A component unit (40) is provided for connecting a circuit component (42) such as a chip resistor to a pair of contacts (22A, 22B) of a connector, in a simple, robust, and low-cost manner. The component unit includes a chip component in the form of a block with opposite end portions form |
| 6139304 |
Mold for injection molding encapsulation over small device on substrate |
October 31, 2000 |
| A method and apparatus for encapsulating one or more small electronic devices, including for example light-emitting diodes, mounted directly on a substrate by providing a three-dimensional formation on the substrate adjacent to the device and injection molding a thermoplastic encapsulati |
| 6139260 |
Pump having a pump housing with one or more feeding grooves |
October 31, 2000 |
| A pump of a centrifugal- or a half axial type meant for pumping liquids, mainly sewage water, the pump having a pump housing and a pump impeller. The pump impeller includes a hub provided with one or several vanes, the leading edges of which being strongly swept backwards. Feeding groove |
| 6138066 |
Method of determining quantities describing vehicle driving behavior |
October 24, 2000 |
| A method of ensuring stability and good quality of yaw torque control even in the case of road surface transversal inclination and/or a rolling motion of the vehicle requires a transversal inclination identification. This is done by calculating the transversal inclination angle .alph |
| 6137828 |
Radio remote interface for modulating/demodulating data in a digital communication system |
October 24, 2000 |
| There is disclosed in a digital communications system for communicating between two radios by transceiving a signal comprising a first type control signal, a second type data traffic signal and a third type voice signal, a remote communication interface for providing transmission the |
| 6137224 |
Electronic device encapsulated directly on a substrate |
October 24, 2000 |
| A method and apparatus for encapsulating one or more small electronic devices, including for example light-emitting diodes, mounted directly on a substrate by providing a three-dimensional formation on the substrate adjacent to the device and injection molding a thermoplastic encapsulati |
| 6135576 |
Control behavior of an anti-locking brake system |
October 24, 2000 |
| To improve the control behavior of an anti-lock control system, in a method wherein the rotational behavior of the wheels is measured and evaluated and a vehicle reference speed, wheel slip data and wheel acceleration data and other control parameters are determined, the lowest wheel spe |
| 6134514 |
Large-scale network simulation method and apparatus |
October 17, 2000 |
| A distributed discrete-event simulation system operable for processing time-stamped events in chronological order for simulating a multinode communications network, the simulation system comprising a plurality of subsystem platforms (SPs) operable for transmitting message packets to |
| 6132223 |
PC adaptor card for IC stick |
October 17, 2000 |
| A PCMCIA standard PC card is provided, that can receive an IC stick type of card and connect contact pads on the IC stick to contacts at the front connector of the PC card. The PC card has a guide (90) with a rear cap portion (92) that occupies the space (84) between the rear ends of the |
| 6130387 |
Card detecting switch |
October 10, 2000 |
| A switch (12, in FIG. 1) for mounting on a circuit board (P), has a minimum number of parts and a very small height. The switch includes an insulative support (29) for lying on the circuit board and a switch element (33) with a pedal (58) extending above the upper face (18) of the suppor |
| 6127830 |
Process and circuitry for monitoring a control circuit |
October 3, 2000 |
| In a method of monitoring an output module to which a number of inductive loads are connected and in which the current flowing through these inductive loads is regulated by clocked driving of the output stages, the current created in the blocked phases of the output stages by the ind |
| 6126249 |
Brake pressure control devices |
October 3, 2000 |
| A brake pressure control system is proposed which operates on the fluid-return principle. This system includes a low pressure accumulator which must be emptied upon termination of a braking operation with brake pressure control. In this way, the emptying period is kept as short as po |
| 6123113 |
Asymmetrical convolute tube |
September 26, 2000 |
| A tube having a cylindrical main body and a thin wall defined by an inner surface and outer surface. The tube includes a first segment having a generally constant cylindrical cross-section and another segment having a variable cross-section containing convolutions to allow for flexing of |
| 6120328 |
Thin smart card connector |
September 19, 2000 |
| A thin electrical connector for connecting to contact pads of a smart card, includes contacts (44) and a support plate (42) that holds the contacts on a circuit board (16), where the contacts and plate are thin. Each contact has a contact blade (60) that projects at an upward incline thr |
| 6120279 |
Mold insert positioning system |
September 19, 2000 |
| A mold insert (12) is held down in a mold base (16), released, and then ejected upwardly, by positioners (30, 32) that each includes a lock member (50) and an eject member (52). The mold insert has a recess (40) in each side along its front portion and has a largely downwardly-facing sho |
| 6119302 |
Wiper blade with replaceable wiper blade rubber for a vehicle windscreen wiper |
September 19, 2000 |
| A wiper squeegee is mounted in the holding claws of a support frame. The capability of the wiper squeegee to shift in the longitudinal direction is limited by a fixed first stop on a first end of the support frame and a second stop which can move between a holding position and a release |
| 6119300 |
Wiper blade for a vehicle windscreen wiper device |
September 19, 2000 |
| A windshield wiper blade for a vehicle windshield wiper device features a wiper blade rubber made of a resiliently deformable material which exhibits a backing to which two parallel wiper lips are connected by means of a flexible neck and an intensive-cleaning element attached to each of |
| 6118769 |
Method and apparatus for voice intranet repeater and range extension |
September 12, 2000 |
| In a digital communications system for transmitting and receiving digital data over a CSMA-type network having a source for transmitting a source signal comprising a synchronization interval and a data interval and at least one receiver for receiving a second signal having a second s |
| 6116933 |
Card reader |
September 12, 2000 |
| A card reader for receiving a smart card (12), has a minimum number of special molded parts, with the parts easily assembled. The card reader includes a molded main enclosure (30) with bottom and side walls (71,73,75,77), a circuit assembly (32) that includes a plate-like frame (40) |
| 6116146 |
Radial piston machine |
September 12, 2000 |
| The present invention relates to a radial piston machine including radial pistons which are guided in the direction of the piston axis in a housing, a driver which is coupled to the radial pistons, and an eccentric drive which is arranged inside the driver following the motion sequence o |
| 6115832 |
Process and circuitry for monitoring a data processing circuit |
September 5, 2000 |
| To monitor a data processing circuit which includes two (or a plurality of) microprocessors or other data processing systems which are mounted on a joint chip and connected by data lines, the microprocessors jointly produce data words which form a data word sequence and are transmitted t |
| 6115256 |
Card with retractable RJ jack |
September 5, 2000 |
| A thin electronic card (10) can securely receive and connect to contacts of an RJ or telephone type plug (40). The card has a vertical hole (52) through which the RJ plug can be inserted. The front wall (84) of the hole has downwardly-facing card shoulders (80,82) for abutting the up |
| 6113151 |
High pressure quick connect and production process therefor |
September 5, 2000 |
| A high pressure quick connector is disclosed for use in connecting brake lines of a vehicle, particularly to a brake junction for an anti-lock brake system. The connector includes a housing for receiving a tube retainer. The tube retainer has a lower cylindrical portion that is posit |
| 6113006 |
Snap together window washer nozzle |
September 5, 2000 |
| A nozzle for a vehicle window washing system includes a stem releasibly attachable through an aperture in a vehicle panel. A through bore extends through the stem and receives a spring biased check ball. Ribs project inward into the bore for supporting the spring and for forming fluid fl |
| 6112616 |
Brake pedal mechanism for automotive vehicles |
September 5, 2000 |
| A brake pedal assembly for automotive vehicles has a pedal mounting support which is attached to a brake force booster or a vehicle body wall. A brake pedal used to actuate the brake force booster is pivotally mounted in the pedal mounting support. To eliminate the risk of foot injury in |
| 6112341 |
Rotary pulsing valve |
September 5, 2000 |
| A pulsing valve for routing water flow from an inlet line to outlet lines connected to water jets arranged in an array to massage an occupant of a whirlpool spa or bathtub is provided. The pulsing valve includes a water turbine driving a selector disk through a reduction gear drive. The |
| 6111860 |
Communication interface system for half duplex digital radios |
August 29, 2000 |
| There is disclosed a voice/data protocol for use with half duplex digital radios. The protocol modifies the X.21 HDLC protocol which is widely employed in the transmission of data for digital radios. The X.21 protocol utilizes a control "C" and an indicate "I" signal. In the steady state |
| 6111208 |
Modular electrical switch |
August 29, 2000 |
| A rotary switch includes a housing (14) with a pair of fixed select terminals (44a, 44b) and a fixed common terminal (44c). A rotor (28) that can pivot about an axis (A1), carries a connector (48) with a contact pad (60) for engaging one of the select contacts at a time and a common |
| 6109704 |
Method of improving the control behavior of a braking system |
August 29, 2000 |
| A method of improving the control behavior of a controlled brake system, wherein the rotational behavior of the individual vehicle wheels is measured and evaluated for determining control quantities, and wherein slip threshold values for the commencement of the control are predetermi |
| 6109401 |
Light-weight disc brake |
August 29, 2000 |
| The brake shoes of a disc brake having a light-metal housing are supported in a circumferential direction and are axially slidable on supports which are fixed to the housing and made of a high-strength material. The supports are cast into the housing and supporting surfaces for the brake |
| 6104617 |
Extended PC card with extension connection |
August 15, 2000 |
| A PC card has a sheet metal forward housing part (13) whose rear edge (36) is connected to a plastic molded rear extension part (14) before a sheet metal lower housing element (11) is connected to them, which enables simple coupling of the forward and rearward parts so the two of them ca |
| 6102494 |
Hydraulic assembly |
August 15, 2000 |
| The present invention relates to a hydraulic assembly for a hydraulic controlling and/or regulating device, including a plurality of hydraulic, mechanical and/or electrically operable functional elements, such as accumulator elements, valve elements, pressure-generating and drive ele |
| 6101664 |
Drive device for at least two vehicle windscreen wipers |
August 15, 2000 |
| A drive mechanism for at least two windshield wipers of a vehicle, in particular of an automotive vehicle, with a driving motor (1) which includes a gear unit accommodated in a gear casing (2) which is closed by means of a cap and where, on the end of an output shaft (3) protruding f |
| 6099264 |
Pump controller |
August 8, 2000 |
| In accordance with the present invention, there is provided an in-line fluid pump controller for activating and de-activating a fluid pump which is configured to pump fluid through a fluid line. The fluid in the fluid line is characterized by a flow rate and a pressure. The pump controll |
| 6099086 |
Setpoint generator for control of an electrically controlled brake system |
August 8, 2000 |
| The setpoint generator according to the invention utilizes the information "pedal travel s" in combination with the information "pedal force p" by weighting them in input circuits 4,5 and summing up the corresponding partial setpoints p'.sub.s and p'.sub.p to form a setpoint p'.sub.Hz. |
| 6098276 |
Contact front extraction tool |
August 8, 2000 |
| A tool (34, 144) is provided for extracting a contact (16, 112) from the front end of a connector, which not only has a sleeve (70) to release a locking clip (30) that holds the contact in position, but that also has a highly resilient grasping clip (80) that grasps the contact to pull i |
| 6094772 |
Windshield wiper arm retainer with integral nozzle bracket |
August 1, 2000 |
| A windshield wiper system for cleaning windshields and back lights of motor vehicles includes a windshield wiper arm assembly that can be attached to an oscillatory derivable wiper shaft by way of a mounting head. The wiper arm has a retainer which is essentially U-shaped in cross-sectio |
| 6094159 |
Process for measuring distance with adaptive amplification |
July 25, 2000 |
| A process for determining the distance between a distance sensor and an object, wherein an analog input signal is directed to a transmitter of the distance sensor. The transmitter emits a wave which is reflected by the object. A receiver of the distance sensor receives the reflected wave |
| 6093900 |
Actuatable switch in sealed housing |
July 25, 2000 |
| An electrical switch (26) is mounted in a rigid housing in the form of a control handle (10), where the housing has a soft flexible covering (32) with a portion (40) that can be depressed to operate the switch. The housing is in the form of a shell with first and second separately molded |
| 6093227 |
Air filter with labyrinth air flow pattern through an air filter insert |
July 25, 2000 |
| An air filter apparatus includes a filter body mountable in a support surface. A filter insert is mounted in a bore extending from one end of the body. A labyrinth air flow path is formed between a portion of the exterior surface of the filter body and an end cap mounted over an end |
| 6093043 |
Connector locking mechanism |
July 25, 2000 |
| A connector (1) including a contact (3) for connecting to a mating half and a locking element (2), the locking element (2) having a locked position preventing connection or disconnection of the contact (3) with the mating half and an unlocked position preventing connection or disconnecti |
| 6092902 |
Illuminated serrated wheel |
July 25, 2000 |
| The present invention relates to a control knurl for the rotary adjustment of a potentiometer in an automotive vehicle which minimizes light loss of the light guide in a control knurl. The light guide of the control knurl reflects the light from inside onto the peripheral surface of the |
| 6089903 |
Electrical connector with automatic conductor termination |
July 18, 2000 |
| An electrical connector includes a housing (12) and a coupling assembly (35) that has a mateable contact (32) at the front of the housing and a conductor-terminating coupling (34). The coupling has a pair of arms (38, 40) with jaws (48) that are biased toward an axis (37). A holder membe |
| 6089896 |
Connector holdown |
July 18, 2000 |
| A receptacle (12) is provided for mounting on a board (14) and for receiving a plug (16), where the receptacle is strengthened to prevent the plug from tilting about a lateral (L) axis when a cable (18) extending from the plug is pulled up or down. The receptacle has laterally opposite |
