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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7454013 | Multiuse telecommunications power system A power system apparatus replaces outdated and presently unobtainable power systems originally deployed in a variety of RT communication cabinets, incorporating a plug-in programmable control module used to generate alarms in response to the detection of specified e... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7239968 | Method and apparatus for predicting fan failure A method and apparatus are provided for monitoring and adjusting angular speed or rotational frequency of a fan as well as wear. As a result of being able to monitor the angular speed or rotational frequency of a fan, a prediction of both wear and failure can be mad... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7021365 | Component to heat sink spring clip method and apparatus Disclosed is a spring clip apparatus for holding one or more heat generating components, such as field effect transistors (FETs) and diodes, firmly against a heat receiving side of a finned heat radiating device having slots within or between the fins. In a finned h... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6879199 | PWM control signal generation method and apparatus Disclosed is an apparatus for generating two constant width and symmetrical drive signals from two separate, but complementary, pulse width modulated control signals while also generating two pulse width modulated drive signals corresponding to said pulse width modu... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6690589 | Interleaved converter power factor correction method and apparatus Disclosed is an apparatus that equally distributes current from a rectifier circuit to a plurality of power factor correction circuit units by equal current magnitudes and lower component count advantages of peak current sensing with the lower harmonic di... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6680851 | Positive latching combination handle and insertion/removal tool method and apparatus Disclosed is a leveraged handle apparatus which may alternatively be used as an ordinary latching and locking device for a hinged door to an enclosed area or as an insertion/extraction device for easily inserting or extracting an electronic module or othe... | 01/20/2004 |