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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7442343 | System for treating gaseous streams using metamorphosed mineral compositions having internal lattice defects Compositions formed in accordance with a method of controllably altering the mineral matter transformation of mineral compositions such as, for example, vermiculitic micas, to achieve metamorphosed mineral compositions having specifically desired monatomic lattice d... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7143659 | Pipe-inspection system A pipe-inspection system (100) is provided. The system (100) is made up of a transmission cluster (104) incorporating a transmission unit (800) between first and second wheeled guidance units (400), and a reception cluster (104 | 12/05/2006 |
| 7090199 | Base for use with a pole puller A base (108) for supporting a pole puller (110) utilized to manipulate a pole (186) includes first and second bearing arms (112, 114) configured to rest on a surface (60) with the pole (186) located between the first and sec... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7001505 | Slurry monitoring system A slurry monitoring system is provided. A filter encompasses a filter chamber containing a purge piston. During a monitor operation, the purge piston is retracted, and slurry enters the filter chamber through the filter, then passes into an outlet pipe, where a char... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6943291 | Clamp for a vibration damper and method of installing same A clamp (40) for attaching a vibration damper to an energized suspended conductor (98) includes a base (42) having a first clamp member (46) with first and second extension sections (50, 52). The clamp (40) further includes ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6927695 | Sensor loop with distributed power sources and method therefor A fail-safe electrical control system in the form of a sensor loop (24) is provided. The sensor loop (24) includes any number of sensor units (22) coupled in series. Each sensor unit (22) includes a local power source (26), a local... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6891912 | Fuel assemblies in a reactor core and method of designing and arranging same A reactor core (104) includes fuel assemblies (202) arranged in a loading pattern (1100) in response to corresponding power levels of the fuel assemblies (202). A crud deposition model (412) is used to predict crud deposition on th... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6863262 | Pole bridle A pole bridle (20) for facilitating the manipulation of a pole (22) by a hoist includes plates (24) configured for placement in spaced-relation about the pole (22). Retaining members (26) are coupled to an outer surface (28)... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6838067 | Metamorphosed mineral compositions having internal lattice defects and methods of making A method of controllably altering the mineral matter transformation of mineral compositions such as, for example, vermiculitic micas, to achieve metamorphosed mineral compositions having specifically desired monatomic lattice defects is provided. Compositions formed... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6774303 | Clamp for a vibration damper and method of installing same A clamp (40) for attaching a vibration damper to an energized suspended conductor (98) includes a base (42) having a first clamp member (46) with first and second extension sections (50, 52). The clamp (40) further includes ... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6685819 | System and method for removing a solution phase metal from process liquor A galvanic cell system (50) in fluid communication with a dewatering system (40) of an inhibited oxidation scrubber (20) removes an oxidation catalyst, i.e., solution phase iron (98), from the process liquor (42) produced by the dewatering system (40) and... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6662801 | Celestial tracking apparatus and method of controlling wind stow therefor A celestial tracking apparatus (20) has a support (26), a tracking assembly (28) coupled to the support (26) by an azimuth pivot (36), a collector assembly (30) coupled to the tracking assembly (28) by an elevation pivot (38), a wind-speed sensor (172), a... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6563040 | Structure for supporting a photovoltaic module in a solar energy collection system A tilted single-axis tracking system (20) for collecting solar energy includes a structure (22) for supporting an array (26) of photovoltaic (PV) modules (24) above a surface (28). The structure (22) includes a frame (34) having first and second legs (40,... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6559371 | High-concentration photovoltaic assembly for a utility-scale power generation system A high-concentration photovoltaic assembly (24) for use in a utility-scale solar power generation system (20) is configured to couple to a supporting tracking structure (22) of the system (20). The assembly (24) incorporates a frame (38) substantially cen... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6362540 | Expandable hybrid electric generator and method therefor An expandable hybrid electric generator (20) includes a number of power blocks (22) that may be nearly identical to one another. The power blocks (22) are controlled by a master controller (34), and an external supervisor (30) performs some master control... | 03/26/2002 |
