Did You Know...
...that it was melting ice cream that inspired the invention of the outboard motor? It was a lovely August day and Ole Evinrude was rowing his boat to his favorite island picnic spot. As he rowed, he watched his ice cream melt and wished he had a faster way to get to the island. At that moment the idea for the outboard motor was born!
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110041992 | ROLLS FOR ROLL FED LABELLING OF TEXTILE PRODUCTS The present invention discloses a roll comprises a plurality of ribbons, each ribbon comprising a series of labels attached to a transparent support, whereby each ribbon is connected to an adjacent ribbon by means of a seal. The present invention further discloses a met... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110036531 | System and Method for Integrally Casting Multilayer Metallic Structures A process of making a multilayer metallic casting includes steps of simultaneously forming a first layer of a first metallic material and a second layer of a second metallic material using a high speed continuous casting process, and continuously bonding the first and s... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110036530 | System and Method for Integrally Casting Multilayer Metallic Structures A process of making a multilayer metallic casting includes steps of simultaneously forming a first layer of a first metallic material and a second layer of a second metallic material using a continuous casting process, and continuously bonding the first and second layer... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110028828 | T1 RHO MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING FOR STAGING OF HEPATIC FIBROSIS Methods for diagnosis of fibrotic diseases, staging of fibrotic diseases and monitoring treatment of fibrosis. The presence of fibrotic tissue is detected. First, a T1ρ relaxation time of tissue is determined using magnetic resonance imaging. The determined ... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110026019 | METHOD FOR THE FORMATION OF SERS SUBSTRATES A method for the formation of surface enhanced Raman scattering substrates. The method produces thin substrates that have a nanoparticle ink deposited thereon. The nanoparticle ink may be any suitable nanoparticle ink such as silver, gold or copper nanoparticle ink whic... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110024385 | Plastic Container Having Tapered Vacuum Panels A plastic container that is adapted for adjustment to internal volumetric changes includes a container body defining an internal space and having a main body portion that defines a longitudinal axis and an outer diameter. The main body portion is substantially cylindric... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110023655 | ROTATION-RESISTANCE DEVICE FOR MAIN SHAFT DRIVE OF MACHINE TOOL When a finishing operation is performed while rotating a workpiece at a main shaft drive of a machine tool, pulsation occurring in a rotation of the main shaft drive is restricted and the rigidity of a main shaft is increased without increasing the size of a bearing. A ... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110023654 | INDEX TABLE In an unbalance torque compensating device, control of urging force for compensation is not particularly required, and a space for rotating a balance weight is not required. An index table in which a rotating shaft 3 that supports a table 2 and that extend... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110020972 | System And Method For Making A Photovoltaic Unit A process of making a photovoltaic unit includes steps of simultaneously forming a first layer of n-type material and a second layer of p-type material using a continuous casting process, and continuously bonding the first and second layers to form a p-n junction. The p... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110020313 | METHOD OF USING AND ESTABLISHING AN ABSORPTION RATE LEVEL AND A NEURON FIRING LEVEL A method for modulating the homeostatic relationship between various amino acid neurotransmitters in the body. The method includes modulating the rate of neuron firing using GABA, glutamate that is converted to GABA by GAD or GAD.... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110018177 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING STRETCH BLOW MOLDED CONTAINERS The present invention relates to a base assembly (100) for forming a base portion of a plastic container. The base assembly comprises a base pedestal (104), a base mold attached to the base pedestal, a push rod (102) movable between a first position... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110018157 | METHOD OF ADJUSTING MOLD THICKNESS OF TOGGLE-TYPE MOLD CLAMPING DEVICE There are provided a first process T1 in which a mold clamping motor 4 is driven-controlled so as to move a cross head 5h of a toggle link mechanism 5 to a preliminary position Xr set in advance so as to become a position on the mold o... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110017753 | Hot-fillable and Retortable Plastic Container A container made of plastic material, such as PET, that is adapted to be hot-fillable, retortable and/or pasteurizable. The container is shaped and formed to appear aesthetically like a metallic can used typically for storing the types of food found within the container... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110016841 | ALTERNATE TWIST PLY YARN WITH LOW RESIDUAL TWIST ATP yarns having high twist efficiency (low residual twist) as well as methods for increasing the self plying action that occurs in ATP yarn processing. The self plying action and the ATP yarn structure may be improved by increasing the convergence angle of the singles ... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110011825 | Container Having Compound Flexible Panels A plastic container that is adapted for adjustment to internal volumetric changes such as those that occur as a result of internal pressure and temperature changes during the hot-fill process includes a container body defining an internal space. The container body has a... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110011801 | DESALINATION SYSTEM AND PROCESS The present invention pertains to an effective system and method for reducing or eliminating the formation of scale in desalination systems. The system utilizes at least one pair of electrodes in direct contact with a liquid to induce an oscillating electric field direc... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110002519 | MAMMOGRAPHY APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD A mammography apparatus has a determination unit, a setting unit, a generating unit and a display unit. The determination unit determines whether a radiographic image of a breast contains an implant part based on a pixel value distribution in a predetermined region conc... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20110001092 | WATER SOLUBLE NANOCRYSTALLINE QUANTUM DOTS An economic, direct synthetic method for producing water soluble QDs that are ready for bioconjugation is provided. The method can produce aqueous QDs with emission wavelengths varying from 400 nm to 700 nm. Highly luminescent metal sulfide (MS) QDs are produced via an ... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20110000331 | BALL-TYPE SPEED REDUCER AND ROTARY TABLE DEVICE USING THE SAME Provided are a ball-type speed reducer and a rotary table device that are capable of performing high-speed rotation and high-rigidity rotation and suitable for reduction in size and weight. An index table 10 includes a ball-type speed reducer 20 and a tabl... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20100331702 | ULTRASONIC PROBE AND ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS According to one embodiment, an ultrasonic probe includes a probe unit and cooling unit. The probe unit is obtained by arranging, in a housing, a transducer unit which transmits and receives ultrasonic waves with an object to be examined, an electronic circuit unit whic... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100330000 | ENZYMES FOR TREATMENT OF GINGIVITIS The invention relates to a method for treating, controlling and/or preventing diseases of the oral cavity, particularly diseases and disorders induced accumulation of plaque, by administering a chewing gum composition comprising at least one krill enzyme. Specifically, ... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100328313 | ADVANCED CLUSTERING METHOD FOR MATERIAL SEPARATION IN DUAL ENERGY CT Three or more materials are advantageously separated from dual energy data by using a material separation technique. To effectively separate material clusters, a density plot is introduced to automatically render cluster separations. Initially, the projection data optio... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100325862 | METHOD OF USING STEP FLANGE CATCH BASIN ADAPTOR A method of mounting a grate adapter unit beneath a stormwater collection grate includes steps of providing a grate adapter unit having a plurality of outwardly extending mounting flanges, each mounting flange being adapted to fit a different size commercially common st... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100325513 | INTEGRATED CONTROL ELECTRONICS (ICE) FOR A HOLOGRAPHIC STORAGE SYSTEM Integrated control electronics for a holographic storage system that is adapted for controlling read/write logic in a holographic storage device. The control electronics may control beam steering devices, SLM devices, shutters, optical sensor arrays and lasers.... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100324953 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING ENTITLEMENTS TO RESOURCES OF AN ORGANIZATION The invention relates to a method and system for determining one or more valid entitlements for one or more persons or roles to one or more resources of an organization. Person classification data, role classification data, role constraint data and/or entitlement constr... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100322734 | SPINDLE HEAD FOR MACHINE TOOL A support shaft of a spindle unit having a through hole in which wires are laid has a structure that can obtain much spatial room so as to prevent a break in cables and to be compatible with a high-output spindle motor. A machine-tool spind... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100322553 | OPTICAL SENSOR ARRAY A switching array is disclosed that has a plurality of vertical cavity surface emitting lasers having phase shifting mirrors. The switching array may be used for providing a device and system that has optical signal processing of sensing, a serialization and protocol in... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100322058 | HOLOGRAPHIC STORAGE SYSTEM USING ANGLE-MULTIPLEXING A holographic memory storage device that uses a photorefractive crystal for storing data is disclosed. The device uses angle-multiplexing in order to store and retrieve page data and sub page data. MEMS devices are used in order to provide individual sector addressing.... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100321769 | OPTICAL SWITCH USING A MICHELSON INTERFEROMETER An optical switch using a Michelson interferometer and differential onset of optical nonlinearity. Modulation of optical signals can occur at speeds that exceed that of electronic devices.... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100321759 | DIRECTLY MODULATED SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATOR A directly modulated spatial light modulator (DM-SLM) may be formed using a semiconductor optical amplifier. The directly modulated spatial light modulator may also be formed with a vertical cavity surface emitting laser having an output side; and an anti-reflection coa... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100321749 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BULK ERASURE IN A HOLOGRAPHIC STORAGE SYSTEM A method and system for bulk erasing in a holographic storage system is disclosed. The method may involve illuminating the entire volume storage region of a photorefractive crystal with a laser to achieve bulk erasure, or may involve selective erasure of a portion of a ... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100321748 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RE-WRITING WITH A HOLOGRAPHIC STORAGE MEDIUM A method and device for re-writing data on a holographic storage device is disclosed. First and second electro-optic modulators may phase shift the reference and data beams used to store data on the photorefractive crystal. When the reference beam is shifted 180° out o... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100320154 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEPARATION OF MULTIPHASE FLUIDS, AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF A method for pre-separation of multi phase fluids of liquid-liquid phase and/or liquid-gas phases and/or gas-liquid phases, is disclosed, wherein one or more of the phases is suspended in water with bubble /drop/particle sizes in the sub micron and micron area and/or fi... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100318066 | MEDICAL GUIDEWIRE Provided is a guidewire including a core shaft, an outer flexible tube, a stranded wire that is disposed parallel to a distal end portion of the core shaft, and an inner flexible tube that surrounds a distal end portion of the core shaft and the stranded wire. The inner... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100318065 | MEDICAL GUIDEWIRE Provided is a guidewire including a core shaft, an outer flexible tube, a stranded wire that extends parallel to the core shaft, and a hollow stranded-wire coil disposed in the outer flexible tube. The hollow stranded-wire coil is formed of multiple strands and surround... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100318001 | MEDICAL GUIDEWIRE Provided is a guidewire including a core shaft, an outer flexible tube, and an inner flexible tube that surrounds a distal end portion of the core shaft. The inner flexible tube is disposed in the outer flexible tube so that a distal end thereof is positioned between th... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100314389 | Dual Container With Interlocking Features An interlocking container assembly includes a first container having a first longitudinal axis and a second container having a second longitudinal axis. The first container has a male dovetail element, and the second container has a female dovetail recess that is adapte... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100305450 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS An apparatus has: an ultrasound probe that transmits and receives ultrasound waves to and from a subject and has an ultrasound transmission/reception surface; an acoustic coupler that has a different shape for each type and is attachable and detachable so as to cover th... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100303196 | VOLTAGE MODULATION IN DUAL ENERGY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY To prevent patients from being overexposed or underexposed, it has been attempted to modulate either voltage or current in conventional single energy CT systems. The voltage modulation causes incompatibility in projection data among the views while the current modulatio... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100301003 | Multi-Panel Plastic Container A plastic container that particularly adapted for hot-fill applications includes a bottom portion; and a sidewall portion that is unitary with the bottom portion. The sidewall portion has a maximum outer diameter, and includes first and second pairs of opposing first an... | 12/02/2010 |
