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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20090144324 | MILITARY DATA LINK INTEGRATION APPARATUS AND METHOD The military data link integration solution provides a common and reusable approach to interface tactical data link radios with legacy subsystems on each unique military platform. The solution implements the full Link 16 J-Series message set. Enhancements are provided t... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090144014 | SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING AMBIENT TEMPERATURE A mechanism for indicating ambient temperature of an enclosure from temperatures determined within the enclosure. The temperatures may be obtained from two or more sensors at each of two or more locations within the enclosure. The enclosure may include an apparatus insi... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090143924 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ARBITRATING SENSOR AND ACTUATOR SIGNALS IN A MULTI-CHANNEL CONTROL SYSTEM Systems and methods are provided for arbitrating sensor and actuator signals in various devices. One system includes input/output (I/O) circuitry, redundant computation circuits coupled to the I/O circuitry, and an arbitration circuit coupled between the I/O circuitry a... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090143918 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONFIGURING AN HVAC CONTROLLER An HVAC controller is described that is configured to be more intuitive and user friendly to program and operate than convention HVAC controllers. In some instances, the HVAC controller may include a touch screen interface that provides greater flexibility in displaying... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090143916 | HVAC CONTROLLER HAVING A PARAMETER ADJUSTMENT ELEMENT WITH A QUALITATIVE INDICATOR An HVAC controller is described that is configured to be more intuitive and user friendly to program and operate than convention HVAC controllers. In some instances, the HVAC controller may include a touch screen interface that provides greater flexibility in displaying... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090143880 | HVAC CONTROLLER WITH CONTEXT SENSITIVE HELP SCREENS An HVAC controller is described that is configured to be more intuitive and user friendly to program and operate than convention HVAC controllers. In some instances, the HVAC controller may include a touch screen interface that provides greater flexibility in displaying... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090143879 | HVAC CONTROLLER WITH PARAMETER CLUSTERING An HVAC controller is described that is configured to be more intuitive and user friendly to program and operate than convention HVAC controllers. In some instances, the HVAC controller may include a touch screen interface that provides greater flexibility in displaying... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090143873 | BATCH PROCESS MONITORING USING LOCAL MULTIVARIATE TRAJECTORIES A system and method include determining a state of a batch process. Historical segments are retrieved from a historical database of trajectories of the batch process as a function of the state of the batch process. A model is created as a function of the retrieved histo... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090142857 | Package design of small diameter sensor A small sensor assembly is produced by encapsulating an inner package within an outer package. The inner assembly can have electrical components and sensors attached to a lead frame. The electrical components can be protected within inner packages that have alignment in... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090142579 | HIGH SECURITY WINDOW FILM WITH SENSING CAPABILITY The present disclosure is directed to an electrical circuit-forming film composition applied to a window in order to provide security and heat sensing capabilities. The composition is comprised of a plurality of layers, at least one of which is provided with a piezoelec... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090142221 | ENGINE COMPONENTS AND METHODS OF FORMING ENGINE COMPONENTS Engine components that include a compacted powder material comprising a nickel-based superalloy having less than five parts per million sulfur, by weight and methods of forming the components are provided. In an embodiment, by way of example only, a method includes flow... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090141993 | SYSTEM FOR FINDING ARCHIVED OBJECTS IN VIDEO DATA A system includes a motion detection processor, a motion tracking processor, a people detection processor, a controller, a fusion processor, an appearance model generator processor, a database, a fast search processor, and a matching processor. The motion detection proc... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090141961 | AUTHENTICATABLE MARK, SYSTEMS FOR PREPARING AND AUTHENTICATING THE MARK Systems for preparation of a mark and authentication of a mark vis-a-vis a counterfeit mark. Emission spectra comprising intensity versus wavelength distributions are collected from a series of taggants. One or more taggants is selected from the collected emission data ... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090141744 | AUTOCRATIC LOW COMPLEXITY GATEWAY/ GUARDIAN STRATEGY AND/OR SIMPLE LOCAL GUARDIAN STRATEGY FOR FlexRay OR OTHER DISTRIBUTED TIME-TRIGGERED PROTOCOL A special node is used in a distributed time-triggered cluster. The special node comprises protocol functionality to establish a time base to use in communicating with a plurality of end nodes and to source timing-related frames to the plurality of end nodes in accordan... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090141669 | TRAVEL CHARACTERISTICS-BASED AD-HOC COMMUNICATION NETWORK ALGORITHM SELECTION A method of operating an ad-hoc communication system is provided. The method comprises determining a pattern type relating to mobile node travel characteristics over a defined traveling region. Based on the pattern type, selecting a neighbor discovery and route determin... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090141526 | HARMONICS RELATED SYNCHRONIZATION FOR SWITCHING REGULATORS Disclosed is a system and method for synchronizing switching regulators in an electronic system so that switching interference from the regulators may be kept from a given spectral region of interest. The system does this by selecting a master clock frequency such that ... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090141284 | OCTUPOLE WINDING PATTERN FOR A FIBER OPTIC COIL An octupole winding pattern for winding a fiber optic coil includes at least two layers of an eight-layer winding pattern having an end fiber optic coil diameter formed in an opposite direction as a substantial portion of a remaining portion of the respective layer. The... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090141007 | DYNAMIC CALIBRATION OF PHYSIOLOGICALLY DRIVEN IMAGE TRIAGE SYSTEMS A system and method of dynamically calibrating an image triage system. An image that may include one or more target entities is into a plurality of individual non-calibration image chips. Each non-calibration image chip is successively displayed to a user for a presenta... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090140884 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ALIGNING AN AIRCRAFT An apparatus for aligning an aircraft with an area on the ground is provided. The apparatus includes an aircraft having an on-board landing system, the on-board landing system configured to record an image of an area on the ground. The apparatus also includes a location... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090140679 | TERTIARY LOCK SYSTEM POWER UNIT A system for moving an aircraft thrust reverser component includes a power drive unit, a thrust reverser actuator assembly, and a tertiary lock system. The power drive unit is operable to rotate and supply a rotational drive force. The thrust reverser actuator assembly ... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090140065 | HVAC CONTROLLER WITH SAVE A WIRE TERMINAL A HVAC controller for controlling the comfort level of at least a portion of a building is described. In one illustrative embodiment, an HVAC controller for controlling the comfort level of at least a portion of a building by activating and deactivating one or more HVAC... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090140064 | USER SETUP FOR AN HVAC REMOTE CONTROL UNIT An HVAC remote controller for use in an HVAC system is described. In some instances, the HVAC remote controller may include a wirelessly interface for communicating with one or more HVAC controllers and/or other HVAC devices. The HVAC remote controller may be configured... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090140063 | HVAC REMOTE CONTROL UNIT An HVAC remote control unit for use in an HVAC system is described. In some instances, an HVAC remote control unit may be provided that wirelessly communicates with two or more HVAC controllers and/or other HVAC devices in a zoned HVAC system. When so provided, the remo... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090140062 | HVAC CONTROLLER THAT SELECTIVELY REPLACES OPERATING INFORMATION ON A DISPLAY WITH SYSTEM STATUS INFORMATION An HVAC controller is described that is configured to be more intuitive and user friendly to program and operate than convention HVAC controllers. In some instances, the HVAC controller may include a touch screen interface that provides greater flexibility in displaying... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090140061 | THERMOSTATIC CONTROL SYSTEM HAVING A CONFIGURABLE LOCK A thermostatic control system having a configurable lock mechanism. The mechanism may be for preventing unauthorized or unintended operation of the thermostatic control system. The system may have a manual or an automatic lock out. If the manual or automatic lock out is... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090140060 | BUILDING CONTROL SYSTEM WITH REMOTE CONTROL UNIT AND METHODS OF OPERATION A building controller for controlling the comfort level in a building is described. The building controller may include a thermostat and wireless remote controller for communicating with the thermostat from a remote location. The thermostat may have access to a first te... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090140059 | HVAC REMOTE CONTROL UNIT AND METHODS OF OPERATION A comfort control system for controlling the comfort level in a building includes a comfort control unit and a remote control unit. The remote control unit communicates with the comfort control unit from a remote location. In one illustrative embodiment, the remote cont... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090140058 | REMOTE CONTROL FOR USE IN ZONED AND NON-ZONED HVAC SYSTEMS An HVAC remote controller for use in an HVAC system is described. In some instances, the HVAC remote controller may include a wirelessly interface for communicating with one or more HVAC controllers and/or other HVAC devices. The HVAC remote controller may be configured... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090140057 | DISPLAY FOR HVAC SYSTEMS IN REMOTE CONTROL UNITS An HVAC remote controller for use in an HVAC system is described. In some instances, the HVAC remote controller may include a wireless interface for communicating with one or more HVAC controllers and/or other HVAC devices. The HVAC remote control unit may be configured... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090140056 | HVAC CONTROLLER WITH QUICK SELECT FEATURE An HVAC controller is described that is configured to be more intuitive and user friendly to program and operate than convention HVAC controllers. In some instances, the HVAC controller may include a touch screen interface that provides greater flexibility in displaying... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090139967 | MOBILE HAND-HELD LASER WELDING SUPPORT SYSTEM A mobile support system for a hand-held laser welding wand includes a movable cart, a laser source, a fluid source, and a filler medium supply source. The laser source is mounted on the movable cart and is configured to supply laser light for the hand-held laser welding... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090139807 | Brake assembly having multi-piece core and replaceable friction surfaces A brake disk (10) includes an annular core (12, 60, 82) formed from a plurality of non-annular pieces (40, 66, 68, 84), a first friction disk (14) mounted on a first side of the annular core (12, 60, 82), a second friction disk (14<... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090139403 | WATER REMOVAL DOWNSTREAM OF A TURBINE A rigid or semi-rigid demister pad is positioned between an air turbine and an inertial water removal device such as extractor in an air conditioning system for an aircraft. The demister pad comprises packed fibers or strands whose diameter typically ranges from approxi... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090139398 | INLET PARTICLE SEPARATOR SYSTEMS AND METHODS An inertial inlet particle separator system for a vehicle engine includes an inertial inlet particle separator and an adjustment mechanism. The separator includes a fluid inlet coupled to a scavenge channel and to a clean channel such that a first amount of fluid passin... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090139348 | AIRFLOW SENSOR WITH PITOT TUBE FOR PRESSURE DROP REDUCTION An airflow sensor apparatus for measuring flow rate includes a pitot tube with a bypass channel wherein the pitot tube extends halfway into a flow channel in order to reduce a pressure drop. One or more upstream taps can be spaced along the pitot tube facing into a dire... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090139347 | VENTURI FLOW SENSOR A venturi flow sensing method, system, and apparatus. A tube or chamber may be tapered from a larger to smaller diameter to create a venturi region within the tube or chamber. The venturi region causes a local increase in flow velocity. The change in velocity creates a ... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090139330 | INTEGRATED MEMS 3D MULTI-SENSOR Apparatus, methods, and systems for sensing acceleration and magnetic fields in all three axes from a first capacitive bridge sensor having a first proof mass; and a second capacitive bridge sensor having a second proof mass located within the first proof mass. The seco... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090139239 | QUENCH JET ARRANGEMENT FOR ANNULAR RICH-QUENCH-LEAN GAS TURBINE COMBUSTORS An outer liner of a combustor of a gas turbine engine includes a plurality of liner regions arranged adjacent one another and separated by boundary lines; and a plurality of air admission holes formed in the liner regions. The air admission holes within each liner regio... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090139191 | SYSTEMS FOR FILTERING PARTICLES FROM AN AIRFLOW Systems for filtering particles from an airflow are provided. In an embodiment, by way of example only, the system includes a chamber, an airflow and particle inlet, a concentrator, a first outlet, and a second outlet. The airflow and particle inlet is adapted to direct... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090139091 | FIELD INSTALLATION OF A VEHICLE PROTECTION SYSTEM A method for armoring a vehicle by placing ballistic material inside a part of the vehicle and adding a foam material on the ballistic material that adheres to, and stabilizes, the ballistic material to form a lightweight armor, where the ballistic material and the foam... | 06/04/2009 |
