| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| RE39947 |
Toy water gun |
December 25, 2007 |
| A water gun (10) is provided having a storage tank (18), a expandable pressure tank (19) having an elastic bladder (30) encased within an outer shell (29), and a pump (32) for conveying liquid from the storage tank to the expandable pressure tank. The conveyance of liquid into the ex |
| RE35412 |
Double tank pinch trigger pump water gun |
December 31, 1996 |
| The present invention is directed toward a toy water gun which is operated by selectively releasing water from a water reservoir pressurized with air. The present invention has a manually operated pump incorporated into the design. As the pump is cycled, water and air is drawn from a wat |
| D342551 |
Combined aerodynamic glider and launcher |
December 21, 1993 |
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| 7943250 |
Electrochemical conversion system for energy management |
May 17, 2011 |
| There is disclosed an electrochemical conversion system (40) for energy management which includes multi-electrochemical cells. The system 40 includes a conduit system (41), an electrical system (42), first electrochemical cell (43), a second electrochemical cell (44), a third electro |
| 7901730 |
Thin film ceramic proton conducting electrolyte |
March 8, 2011 |
| A thin film ceramic proton conducting electrolyte assembly (10) is provided having a includes a nanoporous, copper supporting substrate (11), a temporary substrate pore filler material (12), and a ceramic electrolyte layer (13) positioned upon the substrate (11). The ceramic electrol |
| 7867903 |
Passivated thin film and method of producing same |
January 11, 2011 |
| A method of producing a passivated thin film material is disclosed wherein an insulating thin film layer (10), having pinholes (12) therein, is positioned upon an underlying electrically conductive substrate (11). The thin film layer is then electroplated so that the pinholes are filled |
| 7731765 |
Air battery and manufacturing method |
June 8, 2010 |
| A battery (10) is disclosed having a lithium foil anode (11) embedded within a liquid electrolyte (12) which is positioned between two similarly constructed battery cathode halves (13) and (14). Each cathode half has a first glass barrier (16) coupled to a first porous metal substrat |
| 7696089 |
Passivated thin film and method of producing same |
April 13, 2010 |
| A method of producing a passivated thin film material is disclosed wherein an insulating thin film layer (10), having pinholes (12) therein, is positioned upon an underlying electrically conductive substrate (11). The thin film layer is then electroplated so that the pinholes are filled |
| 7691536 |
Lithium oxygen batteries and method of producing same |
April 6, 2010 |
| An air lithium battery (10) is provided having two equal halves (11) that are joined together along a centerline (12). Each half includes a substrate (13), a carbon based cathode (14), a solid electrolyte (15), an anode (16), an anode current collector (17), and end seals (19). The s |
| 7540886 |
Method of manufacturing lithium battery |
June 2, 2009 |
| A thin-film battery (10) is disclosed which includes a cathode current collector (11), a cathode (12), an electrolyte (13), an anode (14), and an anode current collector (15). The cathode is produced by grinding lithium cobalt oxide or other suitable cathode material to a powder havi |
| 7320520 |
Portable multimedia projection system |
January 22, 2008 |
| A portable multimedia projection system includes a portable housing, a DVD player, a channel tuner, an image projection device, a controller and a remote control receiver. The image projection device externally projects images. The controller is electrically coupled to the channel tuner |
| 7160639 |
Johnson reversible engine |
January 9, 2007 |
| An reversible engine (10) is disclosed having a conduit system (11), a first electrochemical cells (12), and a second electrochemical cell (13). The conduit system (11) includes a first conduit (15) extending from the first electrochemical cell (12) to the second electrochemical cell (13 |
| 7052136 |
Portable multimedia projection system |
May 30, 2006 |
| A portable multimedia projection system includes a portable housing, a channel tuner, an image projection device and a controller. The image projection device externally projects images. The controller is electrically coupled to the channel tuner and the image projection device. The |
| 6966651 |
Portable multimedia projection system |
November 22, 2005 |
| A portable multimedia projection system includes a portable housing, a media player disposed, a sound system, an image projection device, a controller and a vibration dampening device. The sound system has at least one internally-mounted speaker. The image projection device externally |
| 6949303 |
Electromechanical conversion system |
September 27, 2005 |
| An electrochemical conversion system (10) is disclosed having a housing (11) divided by a hydrogen concentration cell (12) so as to define a first chamber (13) and a second chamber (14). A first mass of hydride material (17) is contained within the first chamber while a second mass of hy |
| 6899967 |
Electrochemical conversion system |
May 31, 2005 |
| An electrochemical conversion system (110) is disclosed having a housing (111) defining an opening (112) and an internal chamber (113). An electrochemical cell (116) is mounted within the opening (112) which is electrically coupled to a circuit (117). A mass of metal hydride material |
| 6835493 |
Thin film battery |
December 28, 2004 |
| A rechargeable, thin film lithium battery cell (10) is provided having a polyimide supporting substrate (11), a cathode current collector (13), a lithiated transition metal oxide or transition metal cathode (14), an electrolyte (15), an anode (16) and an anode current collector (17). The |
| 6737180 |
Electrochemical conversion system |
May 18, 2004 |
| An electrochemical conversion system (70) is disclosed having a tubular housing (71), a thermal inertial core (72), and a tubular hydrogen electrochemical cell (79) which in combination define a first chamber (73) and a second chamber (74). A first tubular mass of hydride material (90) |
| 6709778 |
Electrochemical conversion system |
March 23, 2004 |
| An electrochemical conversion system (70) is disclosed having a housing divided by a hydrogen electrochemical cell (79) so as to define a first chamber (73) and a second chamber (74). A first mass of hydride material (90) is contained within the first chamber while a second mass of hydri |
| 6686076 |
Electrochemical conversion system |
February 3, 2004 |
| An electrochemical conversion system (70) is disclosed having a housing divided by a hydrogen concentration cell (76) so as to define a first chamber (71) and a second chamber (72). A first mass of hydride material (84) is contained within the first chamber while a second mass of hydride |
| 6679155 |
Projectile launcher |
January 20, 2004 |
| A launcher (10) is provided having a separation unit (15) and a launch tube (16) in fluid communication with the separation unit (15). The separation unit (15) has a pressure sensing chamber (23) for sensing the pressure within the separation unit (15), a separation chamber (24) in fluid |
| 6540108 |
Toy water gun |
April 1, 2003 |
| A water gun (10) is provided having a storage tank (18), a expandable pressure tank (19) having an elastic bladder (30) encased within an outer shell (29), and a pump (32) for conveying liquid from the storage tank to the expandable pressure tank. The conveyance of liquid into the expand |
| 6525976 |
Systems and methods for reducing noise in mixed-mode integrated circuits |
February 25, 2003 |
| Systems and methods for an integrated circuit that reduces switching noise including an inverter network having at least two transistors, a micro-battery, such as a thin film battery, coupled to the inverter network and a resistor coupled at one end to the micro-battery and connected |
| 6517968 |
Thin lithium film battery |
February 11, 2003 |
| A rechargeable, thin film lithium battery cell (10) is provided having an aluminum cathode current collector (11) having a transition metal sandwiched between two crystallized cathodes (12). Each cathode has an electrolyte (13) deposited thereon which is overlaid with a lithium anode |
| 6511516 |
Method and apparatus for producing lithium based cathodes |
January 28, 2003 |
| A method of producing a layer of lithiated material is provided wherein a mixture of Li(acac) and Co (acac).sub.3 is dissolved in an aqueous solvent to produce a solution. The solution is deposited upon a substrate by atomizing the solution, passing the atomized solution into a heated ga |
| 6489049 |
Electrochemical conversion system |
December 3, 2002 |
| An electrochemical conversion system 10 is disclosed having a housing (11) which includes boiling chamber (12), a cell holding block (13), and a condensing chamber (14) coupled by conduits. The system also includes an electrochemical cell (23) mounted within the cell holding block, a hea |
| 6439216 |
Automatic pressurized fluid gun |
August 27, 2002 |
| A fluid gun (700) is disclosed having an electric pump (704) for conveying air to a pressure chamber (701) having a release valve (702) for controlling the release of fluid. The activation of the electric pump is controlled by a pressure sensitive actuation switch (713) which senses the |
| 6408837 |
Toy gun with magazine |
June 25, 2002 |
| An air compressed gun (10) is provided having a stock (11), a launch tube (12), a magazine (18), a manual air pump (14) and a loading tube (29). The magazine has an outer shell (25) and an indexing wheel mounted (26) mounted within the outer shell. The indexing wheel has a central hub (3 |
| 6402796 |
Method of producing a thin film battery |
June 11, 2002 |
| A method of producing a battery (10) having a cathode current collector (18), a cathode (12), an electrolyte (13), an anode (14), and an anode current collector (16) is disclosed. The method commences with a substrate (11) upon which the layers of battery components are built upon. The |
| 6398824 |
Method for manufacturing a thin-film lithium battery by direct deposition of battery components |
June 4, 2002 |
| A method of manufacturing a thin film battery cell (10) is disclosed wherein a cathode current collector (11) is passed through a cathode chamber wherein two oppositely disposed cathode layers (12) are deposited upon opposite faces of the cathode current collector (11). Two oppositely |
| 6364162 |
Automatic pressurized fluid gun |
April 2, 2002 |
| A fluid gun (700) is disclosed having an electric pump (704) for conveying air to a pressure chamber (701) having a release valve (702) for controlling the release of fluid. The activation of the electric pump is controlled by a pressure sensitive actuation switch (713) which senses the |
| 6321737 |
Toy rocket launcher |
November 27, 2001 |
| A rocket launcher (10) is provided having a manual air pump (11) coupled to a base unit (12) through an elongated pressure tube (13) having a pressure release valve or trigger (20). The base unit has a pressure chamber (24), a launch tube (25), and an orientation sensitive safety mechani |
| 6242129 |
Thin lithium film battery |
June 5, 2001 |
| A rechargeable, thin film lithium battery cell (10) is provided having an aluminum cathode current collector (11) having a cobalt coating sandwiched between two crystallized cathodes (12). Each cathode has an electrolyte (13) deposited thereon which is overlaid with a lithium anode (14). |
| 6223449 |
Apparatus for extracting plasticizer |
May 1, 2001 |
| An apparatus for extracting plasticizer from polymer structures includes, in one embodiment, a evacuation chamber, a heat source and a cooling chamber are all coupled to a conduit having a motorized fan for cycling gases through the components. The plasticizer is evaporated within the |
| 6220237 |
Compressed air toy gun |
April 24, 2001 |
| An air compressed gun (10) is provided having a stock (11), a launch tube (12), a magazine (18) and a manual air pump (14). A loading tube (29) extends from the magazine to an opening (50) in the launch tube. A pressure chamber (15) is mounted within the launch tube in a stationary p |
| 6180281 |
Composite separator and electrode |
January 30, 2001 |
| An electrode and separator composite comprises a separator and an electrode embedded in a polymer matrix. Application of an electrode slurry to a polymer coated separator and subsequent drying in a solvent enriched atmosphere forms a secondary battery structure characterized by a seamles |
| 6099266 |
Air pump |
August 8, 2000 |
| An air pump (10) having a separation chamber (15) defined by a top wall (11), a bottom wall (12) and generally annular side walls (13). A liquid entry tube (24) configured to draw air into a stream of liquid passing through the liquid entry tube is coupled to the separation chamber so th |
| 6003503 |
Toy gun with fluid pulsator |
December 21, 1999 |
| A fluid pulsator for a compressed gun (10) or water gun (30) is provided having a housing (404) with a fluid inlet (409) and a fluid outlet (410), an internal tube (405) reciprocally mounted within the housing, and a sealing member (406) reciprocally mounted to the internal tube. The |
| 6000386 |
Toy gun with fluid pulsator |
December 14, 1999 |
| A fluid pulsator for a compressed gun (10) or water gun (30) is provided having a housing (604) with a fluid inlet (607) and a fluid outlet (608), an internal tube (605) reciprocally coupled to the housing, and a sealing member (606) reciprocally mounted to the internal tube. The housing |
| 5982144 |
Rechargeable battery power supply overcharge protection circuit |
November 9, 1999 |
| A rechargeable power supply overcharge protection circuit is provided with shunt circuits that shunt current about a battery or battery cell (15, 16 and 17) of a string of battery cells when it is charged to a maximum charge limit. The shunt circuit includes shunt regulators (20) connect |
| 5974977 |
Magnetic propulsion toy system |
November 2, 1999 |
| A magnetic propulsion toy system is provided having a track (11), a boost station (12) and a car (14) made of magnetic material. The boost station has control circuit (18) with a battery (19), a wire coil (21), a capacitor (22), a manual triggering switch (24), an automatic triggering |
| 5957745 |
Gyroscopic figurine |
September 28, 1999 |
| A gyroscopic figurine (10) is disclosed having a body (11) and a gyroscope (12) mounted within the body. The gyroscope (12) has a rotatable wheel (15) coupled with the shaft (23) of an electric motor (16). The shaft is oriented at an angle to the axis of rotation (21) of the gyroscope wh |
| 5951354 |
Toy rocket |
September 14, 1999 |
| A rocket (100) is disclosed having a body (101) with a bay (102) therein and a latchable hatch (109) which is movable between a bay opened position and a bay closed position by a spring biased hinge (110). A parachute (117) is mounted to the hatch. Upon unlatching the hatch, the drag upo |
| 5941751 |
Fluid-launchable sound-generating article |
August 24, 1999 |
| A sound-generating unit (30) is encased within the body (20) of an article (10) which is to be launched by a burst of compressed and/or pressurized fluid (15) from a fluid launching device (11). The sound-generating unit (30) has the three main elements of a piezoelectric electromechanic |
| 5924413 |
Rapid fire compressed air toy gun |
July 20, 1999 |
| An air compressed gun (10) is provided having a stock (11), a barrel (12), a trigger (13) and a manual air pump (14). The gun also has a control valve (200) which controls the flow of compressed air into a magazine (202). The control valve includes an external tube (204), an internal tub |
| 5913304 |
Compressed air gun with temporary seal |
June 22, 1999 |
| An air compressed gun (10) is provided having a pressure chamber (35), a moveable magazine (18) and a conduit conveying pressurized air from the pressure chamber to the magazine. The conduit has a resilient sealing gasket (42) which is reconfigurable between a relaxed configuration and a |
| 5878914 |
Toy water gun |
March 9, 1999 |
| A water gun (10) is provided having a storage tank (18), a expandable pressure tank (19) having an elastic bladder (30) encased within an outer shell (29), and a pump (32) for conveying liquid from the storage tank to the expandable pressure tank. The conveyance of liquid into the expand |
| 5878735 |
Compressed air toy gun |
March 9, 1999 |
| An air compressed gun (10) is provided having a stock (11), a barrel (12), a trigger (13) and a manual air pump (14). The gun also has a mounting tube (201) configured to be received within the tail bore (203) of a projectile (P) and a barrel (200) in which the projectile is positioned |
| 5878734 |
Multiple barrel compressed air gun |
March 9, 1999 |
| An air compressed gun (210) is provided having a stock (211), multiple barrels (212), a trigger (213) and a manual air pump (214). A pressure chamber (216) and release valve (217) is coupled to each barrel which is controlled by the trigger. |
| 5850941 |
Toy water gun with air siphoning valve |
December 22, 1998 |
| A water gun (10) is provided having a pressure tank (19) in fluid communication with a coupler (20) adapted to be received upon a conventional water faucet, and a pump (42) for conveying additional air to the pressure tank. The flow of water from the water faucet draws ambient air wh |
