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A microwave oven adapted for use within a motor vehicle dashboard area. The microwave oven has a removable storage cassette, and slidable platforms for securing and serving containers of beverages and foods.
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110046253 | POLYMERS CONTAINING BORANE OR CARBORANE CAGE COMPOUNDS AND RELATED APPLICATIONS Polymers comprising residues of borane and/or carborane cage compound monomers having at least one polyalkoxy silyl substituent. Such polymers can further comprise one or more reactive matrices and/or co-monomers covalently bound with the cage compound monomer residues.... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110045153 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCTION OF ELONGATED MEAT PRODUCTS WITHOUT CASINGS A system (50) is provided for the production of elongated comestible products such as hot dogs, without the use of traditional casings. The system (50) includes a circular pattern of arrays (92) of elongated, open-ended, extruded synthetic resin coo... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110039954 | CATALYST AND METHOD FOR SINGLE-STEP CONVERSION OF SYNGAS TO HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS Multi-functional catalyst and processes utilizing the catalyst in single-stage conversion of syngas into hydrocarbon compounds are provided. The multi-functional catalyst, which comprises two or more catalytic materials situated within molecular distances of each other,... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110038395 | ONE-TIME SENSOR DEVICE One-time, single-use sensor elements (22, 46) are provided for detecting the occurrence of predetermined conditions such as temperature and elapsed time-temperature. The sensor elements (22, 46) preferably comprise elongated, glass-coated, metal alloy, amo... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110036364 | PROCESS OF MANUFACTURING SMOKELESS TOBACCO ARTICLES AND SMOKELESS TOBACCO ARTICLE FOR ORAL CONSUMPTION In a process of manufacturing smokeless tobacco articles on a rod-making device, an endless tobacco web (1a), the filler web, is shaped into an endless rod (1b), preferably by use of a funnel-like formatting device (4). Another endless... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110036045 | LAYERED STONE TRIM STRIP An inlaid stone composite broadly includes a stone body and a stone inlay secured to the stone body. The inlaid stone composite is constructed by forming a groove in the stone body, securing the stone inlay to the stone body by inserting the stone inlay within a groove ... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110036044 | STONE ARTICLE WITH PATTERNED TRIM An inlaid stone composite broadly includes a stone body and a stone inlay assembly secured to the stone body. The inlaid stone composite is constructed by forming a groove in the stone body, with the groove extending inwardly from an edge surface of the stone body, secu... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110035995 | BIOFUEL COMPOSITION AND MANUFACTURING PROCESS A process for producing a fuel, which comprises the step of performing electrolysis on an alcoholic solution or a melt of a fatty acid or salt thereof or fatty acid ester or other derivative or precursor thereof, to decarboxylate said fatty acid or derivative, and produ... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110035598 | COMPUTER PROGRAM AND METHOD FOR GRANTING MULTIPLE USERS ACCESS TO A SECURE REPOSITORY A computer program, system, and method for granting multiple users access to a secure repository. Embodiments of the present invention provide for authenticating either of first or second users desiring access to the secure repository. In embodiments of the present inve... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110031356 | FASTENER A fastener is provided for attaching elongated members such as wire, conduit, tubing and the like to a supporting surface such as a post. The fastener includes a body having a bottom or engagement surface, the body including a head with a greater length and a toe with a... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110025182 | GLIDE MECHANISM FOR ROLL OUT DRAWERS AND OTHER ITEMS A slide frame mechanism for a rollout accessory such as a wire drawer has two or more ball-bearing glides in a vertical orientation. Each of the glides includes a glide mount with a threaded aperture and cross-bars attached to extend between the glides. The accessory ha... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110024334 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELIMINATING EMISSIONS FROM AN AIR CLASSIFICATION DEVICE An air classification device for separation of solids comprising an input system, a first solid separator system, an output system, and an emission containing system. The emission containing system employs supplemental air lines, a supplemental air source, and high-velo... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110023620 | STRAIN SENSOR Improved microwire strain sensor elements (20, 40, 52, 62) and corresponding methods are provided, which permit accurate, wireless strain monitoring of a variety of structures, including composite structures, through use of a remote detector (28). The sens... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110017481 | CHAIN REEL FOR TILLAGE IMPLEMENT AND METHOD In lieu of rigid bars, a tillage reel utilizes a number of elongated flexible elements such as lengths of link chain that are spaced circumferentially around the reel and extend axially thereof. The flexible elements bow outwardly by centrifugal force as the reel rolls ... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110016808 | FIRE BARRIER A fire barrier operable to be placed within a gap formed between two surfaces. The fire barrier may generally include a first intumescent section, a first foam section coupled with the first intumescent section, and a second intumescent section coupled with the first fo... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110016782 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GROWING PLANTS A plant growing assembly is configured to grow a plurality of plants in multiple directions above a ground surface. The assembly includes a growing container and a support structure for elevating the container above the ground surface. The container presents a generally... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110015615 | ANTIMICROBIAL PLASTICS PRODUCT AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF The invention relates to antimicrobial plastics products which comprise, as the antimicrobially active component, silver orthophosphate or particles of partly reduced silver orthophosphate. The plastics products have a very good antimicrobial efficacy. The production pr... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110014125 | PROTEASE ASSAY The present invention provides a diagnostic reagent or assay for assessing the activity of a protease in vivo or in vitro and methods of detecting the presence of a cancerous or precancerous cell. The assays are comprised of two particles linked via an oligopeptide link... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110012490 | STORAGE SYSTEM AND METHOD HAVING A SELECTIVELY RECONFIGURABLE SELF-STORAGE UNIT AND FOLD-UP STORAGE APPARATUS FOR USE THEREWITH A storage system and method provides a storage apparatus which is particularly suitable for use in an enclosed in a self-storage unit to be rented. The storage apparatus includes a plurality of shelves that are selectively movable to and from an in-use position in which... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110012290 | METHOD FOR SEPTUMIZING INJECTION MOLDED THERMOPLASTIC CORE A method of fabricating and using a honeycomb core structure for aircrafts. The honeycomb core structure may comprise a septum positioned within and integral to a honeycomb core. The method may comprise sandwiching the septum between two sections of a die. Each section ... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110011665 | AGRICULTURAL VEHICLE EMISSION AFTERTREATMENT DEVICE UTILIZING HEAT EXCHANGER VENTILATION A self-propelled low-emission off-road vehicle has an internal combustion engine supported in an engine compartment and also includes a vehicle cooling assembly and an engine exhaust treatment device positioned in the compartment. The vehicle cooling assembly includes a... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110011488 | LOCKING FUNNEL SYSTEM A funnel including a receiving chamber for receiving a fluid, a spout depending from a bottom portion of the receiving chamber and adapted to be placed at least partially in an opening of a receiving container for transferring the fluid from the receiving chamber to the... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110010509 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SORTING AND CALCULATING STATISTICS ON LARGE DATA SETS WITH A KNOWN VALUE RANGE A system for sorting data and calculating statistics on large data sets with a known value range includes a memory element and a processing element configured to execute steps of the methods. Methods for sorting data include establishing an array of counters such that e... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110010410 | SYSTEM FOR CONVERGENCE EVALUATION FOR STATIONARY METHOD ITERATIVE LINEAR SOLVERS A system for evaluating the convergence to a solution for a matrix equation comprises at least one reconfigurable computing device such as a field programmable gate array (FPGA), an update storage element, a conversion element, a summation unit, and a comparator. The FP... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110010409 | SYSTEM FOR CONJUGATE GRADIENT LINEAR ITERATIVE SOLVERS A system for a conjugate gradient iterative linear solver that calculates the solution to a matrix equation comprises a plurality of gamma processing elements, a plurality of direction vector processing elements, a plurality of x-vector processing elements, an alpha pro... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110008530 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO FORM AND HEAT-TREAT A METAL PART A system and method for direct manufacturing and stress relieving a metal part without removing the metal part from a vacuumed chamber. The system may comprise the chamber, a wire feeder for depositing a metal wire onto a metal plate, an electron beam (EB) source for pr... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110008104 | GRATING SYSTEM A drainage system grate assembly for covering and allowing fluid passage into a watercourse includes: a crossbar having a plurality of spaced-apart upstanding knuckles defining a plurality of spaced-apart channels therebetween, each of the knuckles having a pin-receivin... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110007795 | COMPRESSED SENSING CHARACTERIZATION SYSTEM AND METHOD A system for characterizing a compressed sensing apparatus is described which broadly includes a random vector generator for generating an input vector, a waveform generator in communication with the random vector generator for converting the input vector into an analog... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110007300 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COVERTLY MARKING TARGETS An apparatus for covertly marking a target includes a housing sized and configured to simulate a portable electronic device; a reservoir positioned in the housing for holding a quantity of miniature markers; and a dispersing mechanism positioned in or on the housing for... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110006642 | FERROELECTRIC ENERGY GENERATOR WITH VOLTAGE-CONTROLLED SWITCH A ferroelectric energy generator system comprises an explosive unit, a ferroelectric element, a first and a second output terminal, and a voltage-controlled switch. The explosive unit may include an explosive charge and a detonator which in combination may supply a shoc... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110006614 | ENERGY GENERATOR SYSTEMS WITH A VOLTAGE-CONTROLLED SWITCH A first energy generating system comprises a ferromagnetic generator coupled to a voltage controlled switch. The ferromagnetic generator includes a ferromagnetic element generating a magnetic field and positioned within a pulse generating coil and near an explosive char... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110005439 | Planter with Depth Adjustment Mechanism A planter row unit has a pair of ground-engaging gauge wheels located in close proximity to opposite sides of a furrow opener of the unit. The depth of penetration of the furrow opener depends upon the vertical position of the gauge wheels relative to the furrow opener.... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110002480 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND DEVICE FOR INTELLIGENCE GATHERING AND POSITION TRACKING A mobile communication device that may be used by an investigator to secretly record a suspect and track the investigator's location includes a microphone for detecting sounds, a communication component for transmitting signals or data representative of the sounds to on... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20100330174 | BETAINE COMPOSITIONS The invention refers to the pharmaceutical combination including at least: a first compound selected among the group consisting of acetylsalicylic acid, salicylic acid, pharmaceutical derivatives thereof, and a second compound selected from the group consisting of lipid... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100329898 | COMPRESSOR INLET GUIDE VANE CONTROL A compressor airflow control assembly is operable to control airflow through a centrifugal compressor. The control assembly includes an air valve mounted in the airflow path to control airflow through the compressor. The control assembly also includes a controller opera... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100329824 | SWINGABLE SPACING DOCK A swingable spacing dock is configured to berth a ship spaced from the shoreline and includes a support positioned on shore, a swingable dock arm pivotally mounted on the support, and a powered drive. The dock arm is driven by the powered drive to swing between a ship d... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100328463 | REAR VIEW MIRROR WITH INTEGRATED VIDEO SYSTEM A vehicle-mounted system (1010) for recording video and audio. The system (1010) uses distributed processing, including encoding the video and audio at their source(s), and a high-speed, e.g., Ethernet, bus (1148) connecting the various system compo... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100327999 | SECURITY SWITCH ASSEMBLIES FOR SHIPPING CONTAINERS AND THE LIKE Switch-controlled security assemblies (20, 76) are provided which are especially designed for use with cargo enclosures (40), in order to detect any unauthorized opening of the cargo doors (38). The assemblies (20, 76) include one or more swi... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100327241 | JACKING COLUMN FOR CONCRETE DRILLING AND CUTTING An adjustable length jacking column for supporting a cutting or drilling tool between spaced apart surfaces is disclosed. A speed drive serves to quickly adjust the column sections to an intermediate position closely corresponding to the distance between the spaced apar... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100326863 | SYSTEM FOR RAPID IDENTIFICATION AND USE OF PROPER SPILL REMEDIATION MATERIALS Material spill remediation packages (16, 40) designed to counteract particular, different types of material releases or spills are provided having spill control assemblies (18, 41) within vacuumized casings (20) and including respective color-coordi... | 12/30/2010 |
