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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8182870 | Method for generating small and ultra small apertures, slits, nozzles and orifices A method and device for one or more small apertures, slits, nozzles and orifices, preferably having a high aspect ratio. In one embodiment, one or more alternating layers of sacrificial layers and blocking layers are deposited onto a substrate. Each sacrificial laye... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8161877 | Electronic firing systems and methods for firing a device An electronic firing system comprising a control system, a charging system, an electrical energy storage device, a shock tube firing circuit, a shock tube connector, a blasting cap firing circuit, and a blasting cap connector. The control system controls the chargin... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8149128 | Ground potential rise monitor A device and method for detecting ground potential rise (GPR) comprising positioning a first electrode and a second electrode at a distance from each other into the earth. The voltage of the first electrode and second electrode is attenuated by an attenuation factor... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8130569 | Nanoparticle shuttle memory A device for storing data using nanoparticle shuttle memory having a nanotube. The nanotube has a first end and a second end. A first electrode is electrically connected to the first end of the nanotube. A second electrode is electrically connected to the second end... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8128735 | Process for COcapture using zeolites from high pressure and moderate temperature gas streams A method for separating CO2 from a gas stream comprised of CO2 and other gaseous constituents using a zeolite sorbent in a swing-adsorption process, producing a high temperature CO2 stream at a higher CO2 pressure than the... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8124009 | Method of aeration disinfecting and drying grain in bulk and pretreating seeds and a transverse blow silo grain dryer therefor Aeration drying and disinfecting grain crops in bulk and pretreating seeds includes passing through a bulk of grain crops and seeds disinfecting and drying agents including an ozone and air mixture and surrounding air, subdividing the disinfecting and drying agents ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8122780 | Explosion proof vehicle for tank inspection An Explosion Proof Vehicle (EPV) having an interior substantially filled with an inert fluid creating an interior pressure greater than the exterior pressure. One or more flexible tubes provide the inert fluid and one or more electrical conductors from a control sys... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8117537 | Platform-independent method for computer aided schematic drawings A CAD/CAM method is disclosed for a computer system to capture and interchange schematic drawing and associated design information. The schematic drawing and design information are stored in an extensible, platform-independent format. ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8116992 | Apparatus and method for determining solids circulation rate The invention relates to a method of determining bed velocity and solids circulation rate in a standpipe experiencing a moving packed bed flow, such as the in the standpipe section of a circulating bed fluidized reactor The method utilizes in-situ measurement of dif... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8114510 | Mesoporous carbon materials The invention is directed to a method for fabricating a mesoporous carbon material, the method comprising subjecting a precursor composition to a curing step followed by a carbonization step, the precursor composition comprising: (i) a templating component comprised... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8111059 | Electric current locator The disclosure herein provides an apparatus for location of a quantity of current vectors in an electrical device, where the current vector has a known direction and a known relative magnitude to an input current supplied to the electrical device. Mathematical const... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8081624 | Communication devices for network-hopping communications and methods of network-hopping communications Wireless communication devices include a software-defined radio coupled to processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to execute computer programming code. Storage media is coupled to the processing circuitry and includes computer programming code ... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8071500 | Thief carbon catalyst for oxidation of mercury in effluent stream A catalyst for the oxidation of heavy metal contaminants, especially mercury (Hg), in an effluent stream is presented. The catalyst facilitates removal of mercury through the oxidation of elemental Hg into mercury (II) moieties. The active component of the catalyst ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8069703 | Semi-continuous detection of mercury in gases A new method for the semi-continuous detection of heavy metals and metalloids including mercury in gaseous streams. The method entails mass measurement of heavy metal oxides and metalloid oxides with a surface acoustic wave (SAW) sensor having an uncoated substrate.... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8034245 | Method of driving liquid flow at or near the free surface using magnetic microparticles The present invention provides a method of driving liquid flow at or near a free surface using self-assembled structures composed of magnetic particles subjected to an external AC magnetic field. A plurality of magnetic particles are supported at or near a free surf... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8033140 | Method for the production of mineral wool and iron from serpentine ore Magnesium silicate mineral wools having a relatively high liquidus temperature of at least about 1400° C. and to methods for the production thereof are provided. The methods of the present invention comprise melting a magnesium silicate feedstock (e.g., comprising ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7999233 | System for inspection of stacked cargo containers The present invention relates to a system for inspection of stacked cargo containers. One embodiment of the invention generally comprises a plurality of stacked cargo containers arranged in rows or tiers, each container having a top, a bottom a first side, a second ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7998309 | One-step method for the production of nanofluids A one step method and system for producing nanofluids by a nanoparticle-source evaporation and deposition of the evaporant into a base fluid. The base fluid such oil or ethylene glycol is placed in a rotating cylindrical drum having an adjustable heater-boat-evapora... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7992718 | Method for enhancing selectivity and recovery in the fractional flotation of particles in a flotation column The method relates to particle separation from a feed stream. The feed stream is injected directly into the froth zone of a vertical flotation column in the presence of a counter-current reflux stream. A froth breaker generates a reflux stream and a concentrate stre... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7985467 | Radiation-transparent windows, method for imaging fluid transfers A thin, x-ray-transparent window system for environmental chambers involving pneumatic pressures above 40 bar is presented. The window allows for x-ray access to such phenomena as fuel sprays injected into a pressurized chamber that mimics realistic internal combust... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7957505 | X-ray radiography for container inspection Arrangements of X-ray inspection systems are described for inspecting high-z materials in voluminous objects such as containers. Inspection methods may involve generating a radiographic image based on detected attenuation corresponding to a pulsed beams of radiation... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7946342 | In situ generation of steam and alkaline surfactant for enhanced oil recovery using an exothermic water reactant (EWR) A method for oil recovery whereby an exothermic water reactant (EWR) encapsulated in a water soluble coating is placed in water and pumped into one or more oil wells in contact with an oil bearing formation. After the water carries the EWR to the bottom of the injec... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7931764 | Desensitization of metastable intermolecular composites A method to substantially desensitize a metastable intermolecular composite material to electrostatic discharge and friction comprising mixing the composite material with an organic diluent and removing enough organic diluent from the mixture to form a mixture with ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7929138 | Ambient-atmosphere glow discharge for determination of elemental concentration in solutions in a high-throughput or transient fashion An ambient atmosphere glow discharge spectrometer is disclosed having a capillary, two electrodes and a means for recording the atomic emissions. ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7928608 | For current viewing resistor loads The invention comprises a terminal unit for a flat cable comprising a BNC-PCB connector having a pin for electrically contacting one or more conducting elements of a flat cable, and a current viewing resistor having an opening through which the pin extends and havin... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7927095 | Time varying voltage combustion control and diagnostics sensor A time-varying voltage is applied to an electrode, or a pair of electrodes, of a sensor installed in a fuel nozzle disposed adjacent the combustion zone of a continuous combustion system, such as of the gas turbine engine type. The time-varying voltage induces a tim... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7915840 | RF power recovery feedback circulator A device and method for improving the efficiency of RF systems having a Reflective Load. In the preferred embodiment, Reflected Energy from a superconducting resonator of a particle accelerator is reintroduced to the resonator after the phase of the Reflected Energy... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7902517 | Semiconductor neutron detector A neutron detector has a compound of lithium in a single crystal form as a neutron sensor element. The lithium compound, containing improved charge transport properties, is either lithium niobate or lithium tantalate. The sensor element is in direct contact with a m... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7902047 | Dual chamber system providing simultaneous etch and deposition on opposing substrate sides for growing low defect density epitaxial layers A dual-chamber reactor can include a housing enclosing a volume having a divider therein, where the divider defines a first chamber and a second chamber. The divider can include a substrate holder that supports at least one substrate and exposes a first side of the ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7901830 | Aluminum oxyhydroxide based separator/electrolyte and battery system, and a method making the same The instant invention relates a solid-state electrochemical cell and a novel separator/electrolyte incorporated therein. A preferred embodiment of the invented electrochemical cell generally comprises a unique metal oxyhydroxide based (i.e. AlOOH) separator/electrol... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7900811 | Method for producing components with internal architectures, such as micro-channel reactors, via diffusion bonding sheets This invention relates to a method for producing components with internal architectures, and more particularly, this invention relates to a method for producing structures with microchannels via the use of diffusion bonding of stacked laminates. Specifically, the me... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7887970 | Aluminum oxyhydroxide based separator/electrolyte and battery system, and a method of making the same The instant invention relates a solid-state electrochemical cell and a novel separator/electrolyte incorporated therein. The invented electrochemical cell generally comprising: a unique metal oxyhydroxide based (i.e. AlOOH) separator/electrolyte membrane sandwiched ... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7873811 | Polymorphous computing fabric Fabric-based computing systems and methods are disclosed. A fabric-based computing system can include a polymorphous computing fabric that can be customized on a per application basis and a host processor in communication with said polymorphous computing fabric. The... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7871764 | Universal nucleic acids sample preparation method for cells, spores and their mixture The present invention relates to a method for extracting nucleic acids from biological samples. More specifically the invention relates to a universal method for extracting nucleic acids from unidentified biological samples. An advantage of the presently invented me... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7866201 | On-line fast response device and method for measuring dissolved gas in a fluid A method and device for the measurement of dissolved gas within a fluid. The fluid, substantially a liquid, is pumped into a pipe. The flow of the fluid is temporally restricted, creating one or more low pressure regions. A measurement indicative of trapped air is t... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7851750 | Mass independent kinetic energy reducing inlet system for vacuum environment A particle inlet system comprises a first chamber having a limiting orifice for an incoming gas stream and a micrometer controlled expansion slit. Lateral components of the momentum of the particles are substantially cancelled due to symmetry of the configuration on... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7842126 | COseparation from low-temperature flue gases Two methods are provide for the separation of carbon dioxide from the flue gases. The first method utilizes a phase-separating moiety dissolved in an aqueous solution of a basic moiety to capture carbon dioxide. The second method utilizes a phase-separating moiety a... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7839282 | Capacitance probe for detection of anomalies in non-metallic plastic pipe The disclosure relates to analysis of materials using a capacitive sensor to detect anomalies through comparison of measured capacitances. The capacitive sensor is used in conjunction with a capacitance measurement device, a location device, and a processor in order... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7804029 | Electromagnetic wrap A device and method for altering the line reactance of a transmission line having a transmission line, a first floating conductor and a grounding (shielding) conductor. The first floating conductor is positioned between and electrically insulated from the transmissi... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7799225 | Membrane contactor assisted water extraction system for separating hydrogen peroxide from a working solution, and method thereof The present invention relates to a membrane contactor assisted extraction system and method for extracting a single phase species from multi-phase working solutions. More specifically one preferred embodiment of the invention relates to a method and system for membr... | 09/21/2010 |
