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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110025334 | Locating Arrangement and Method Using Boring Tool and Cable Locating Signals An arrangement and an associated method are described in which a boring tool is moved through the ground within a given region along a path in which region a cable is buried. The boring tool and the cable transmit a boring tool locating signal and a cable locating signa... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110001633 | Measurement Device and Associated Method for use in Frequency Selection for Inground Transmission A portable device and associated method are described for use with a system in which a locating signal is transmitted from within the ground during an operational procedure. The locating signal includes a transmission frequency that is selectable from a group of discret... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20100299399 | System and Method for the Management of Message Policy A highly advantageous message policy management system and method are disclosed for managing email message flow with a sender set of policies which recommend actions to be taken by receivers based on characteristics of the email message.... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100289495 | TRACKING THE POSITIONAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A BORING TOOL AND ONE OR MORE BURIED LINES USING A COMPOSITE MAGNETIC SIGNAL A boring tool is moved through the ground in a region which includes at least one electrically conductive in-ground line and which is subject to static magnetic fields including the magnetic field of the earth. Tracking a positional relationship between the boring tool ... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100275700 | Tension Monitoring Arrangement and Method Tension monitoring is described using a sensor which may exhibit an offset for which compensation may be provided to produce a zero voltage amplified output or to increase dynamic range. An arrangement determines whether a power reset is responsive to a battery bounce s... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100271009 | TRACKING POSITIONS OF PERSONNEL, VEHICLES, AND INANIMATE OBJECTS A device rotates at least one static magnetic field about an axis, producing a rotating magnetic dipole field, and is movable in relation to the surface of the ground. The field is periodically sensed using a receiver to produce a receiver output responsive to the field... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100259265 | Flux Plane Locating in an Underground Drilling System A portable locator and method for establishing the location of the cable line in a region which includes at least one generally straight electrically conductive cable line extending across the region from which cable line a locating signal includes a first arrangement f... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100253537 | Advanced Steering Tool System, Method and Apparatus A steering tool is movable by a drill string to form an underground bore along an intended path. A sensing arrangement of the steering tool detects its pitch and yaw orientations at a series of spaced apart positions along the bore, each position is characterized by a m... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100224411 | Boring Tool Tracking Fundamentally Based on Drill String Length, Pitch and Roll A boring tool moves having a pitch orientation, a yaw orientation and a roll orientation and is steerable underground using the roll orientation. A maximum drill string curvature is established for steering. The boring tool is advanced over a path segment. An averaged r... | 09/09/2010 |
| 20100219174 | Selective Reflectivity Process Chamber with Customized Wavelength Response and Method A customizable chamber spectral response is described which can be used at least to tailor chamber performance for wafer heating, wafer cooling, temperature measurement, and stray light. In one aspect, a system is described for processing a treatment object having a giv... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100206126 | Advanced Flywheel Hub and Method An advanced composite flywheel hub and associated method are described for use in a flywheel rotor assembly that includes a shaft and a rim. The hub includes a shaft engaging portion and a rim engaging portion, and is configured for maintaining engagement with the shaft... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100201366 | Multi-Frequency Boring Tool Locating System and Method Arrangements, apparatus and associated methods are described for use in a multi-frequency boring tool locating system. The boring tool includes a transmitter for transmitting a locating signal at two or more selectable frequencies. One set of above ground procedures may... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100195169 | Arrangement for Reading from and/or Writing to Flexible Sheet Media in a Curved Configration and Method An assembly for transferring information to and/or from flexible sheet media in a highly advantageous curved configuration is disclosed. The sheet material includes a length and a width defining first and second opposing surfaces. The assembly includes support means for... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100176746 | Method and Device for Remote Sensing and Control of LED Lights A control system is disclosed for determining an actual temperature of a light emitting diode. The control system uses conductor that supply power to the light emitting diode to supply a pulse to the light emitting diode. The pulse is determined along with a reaction ca... | 07/15/2010 |
| 20100175685 | Advanced Tracking Concentrator Employing Rotating Input Arrangement and Method Solar concentrators are arranged in an array to define an input aperture such that the solar collector is positionable to face the input aperture of the concentrators skyward. An input axis of rotation extends through the aperture in the skyward direction, and a focus r... | 07/15/2010 |
| 20100170670 | Advanced Cooling Method and Device for LED Lighting A light emitting diode cooling device and method are disclosed for passively removing heat from the LED using liquid convection to cool the LED. The liquid convection cooling device operates to cool the LED by circulating a liquid cooling medium without consuming extern... | 07/08/2010 |
| 20100165611 | Replacement Illumination Device for a Miniature Flashlight Bulb Disclosed is a method and apparatus for providing a light emitting diode and driving circuitry integrated into a component module that will retrofit common incandescent lightbulb applications. The disclosed embodiments will perform with high efficiency at a wide operati... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100156219 | Advanced Flywheel and Method A flywheel levitation apparatus and associated method are described for use in a flywheel driven power storage system having a rotor and which provides for an upward vertical movement of the rotor along an axis of rotation. The rotor includes a rotor face defining a cut... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100099268 | Rapid Thermal Processing using Energy Transfer Layers A method that is performed for heat treating a semiconductor wafer in a process chamber, as an intermediate part of an overall multi-step technique for processing the wafer, includes applying an energy transfer layer to at least a portion of the wafer, and exposing the ... | 04/22/2010 |
| 20100097064 | Flux Plane Locating in an Underground Drilling System A portable locator and method for establishing the location of the cable line in a region which includes at least one generally straight electrically conductive cable line extending across the region from which cable line a locating signal includes a first arrangement f... | 04/22/2010 |
| 20100049812 | E-Mail Messaging System and Method for Enhanced Rich Media Delivery A multi-user e-mail messaging system is described that is interfaced through the Internet and includes a first user group sharing a first server, which first server is interfaced to the Internet. In this system, after an e-mail message has been originated by an originat... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100045294 | Locating Arrangement and Method using Boring Tool and Cable Locating Signals An arrangement and an associated method are described in which a boring tool is moved through the ground within a given region along a path in which region a cable is buried. The boring tool and the cable transmit a boring tool locating signal and a cable locating signa... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100027085 | Adjustable Beam Portable Light A lighting device is disclosed which provides for an adjustable beam. The adjustable beam involves the use of a hologram diffuser with areas that have different diffusing properties. The different diffusing areas are selectively positionable in a light beam created by t... | 02/04/2010 |
| 20100018344 | Composite Hub for High Energy-Density Flywheel A flywheel energy storage system emphasizing enhancements developed for space applications including development of a flywheel rotor system capable of achieving maximum energy density, while being capable of repeated high peak-power demands. Illustrated is a rotor syste... | 01/28/2010 |
| 20100006088 | Tracking Concentrator Employing Inverted Off-Axis Optics and Method Solar concentrators are arranged in an array to define an input aperture such that the solar collector is positionable to face the input aperture of the concentrators skyward. An input axis of rotation extends through the aperture in the skyward direction, and a focus r... | 01/14/2010 |
| 20090309501 | Light Emitting Diode Replacement Lamp The invention is a replacement for a conventional incandescent or halogen light bulb. Besides providing regular illumination, it has advantages over a conventional bulb while maintaining the bulb's decorative function, such as visual effects associated with the bulb's e... | 12/17/2009 |
| 20090289634 | Distinguishing False Signals in Cable Locating Discriminating between a cable locating signal and a false cable locating signal is described. A reference signal, which contains a locating signal frequency impressed on it, is transmitted in a way which provides for detection of a phase shift between the locating sign... | 11/26/2009 |
| 20090277277 | Tension Monitoring Arrangement and Method Tension monitoring is described using a sensor which may exhibit an offset for which compensation may be provided to produce a zero voltage amplified output or to increase dynamic range. An arrangement determines whether a power reset is responsive to a battery bounce s... | 11/12/2009 |
| 20090256751 | Tracking Positions of Personnel, Vehicles, and Inanimate Objects A device rotates at least one static magnetic field about an axis, producing a rotating magnetic dipole field, and is movable in relation to the surface of the ground. The field is periodically sensed using a receiver to produce a receiver output responsive to the field... | 10/15/2009 |
| 20090255730 | Establishing Positions of Locating Field Detectors and Path Mapping in Underground Boring Tool Applications Specific apparatus and associated methods are described for use in establishing the positions of locating field detectors and for path mapping within a region for the purpose of tracking and/or guiding the movement of an underground boring tool. In one aspect, an improv... | 10/15/2009 |
| 20090253526 | Advanced Golf Monitoring System, Method and Components Monitoring of a golf ball and apparatus for doing so is described using differential time locating. Launch parameters of a golf ball can be characterized independent of any specific positional measurement on the basis of a ball signal that is transmitted from the ball. ... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090241006 | Bitwise Operations and Apparatus in a Multi-Level System A system uses multi-level encoding where each symbol of a plurality of symbols represents more than one bit of information in a user data symbol stream for transfer using a multilevel transmission channel. The user data symbols are represented in a digital bitwise form ... | 09/24/2009 |
| 20090240780 | High Performance Electronic Message Delivery Engine In a messaging system interfaced through the Internet, a method for processing a message from a sender and intended for delivery to at least one recipient, which sender is interfaced to the Internet through a sender server and which recipient is interfaced to the Intern... | 09/24/2009 |
| 20090212777 | Multi-Frequency Boring Tool Locating System and Method Arrangements, apparatus and associated methods are described for use in a multi-frequency boring tool locating system. The boring tool includes a transmitter for transmitting a locating signal at two or more selectable frequencies. One set of above ground procedures may... | 08/27/2009 |
| 20090206056 | Method and Apparatus for Plasma Process Performance Matching in Multiple Wafer Chambers A multi-station workpiece processing system provides a targeted equal share of a regulated input process gas flow to each active processing station of a plurality of active processing stations using a single gas flow regulator for each gas and irrespective of the number... | 08/20/2009 |
| 20090205462 | Bicycle Shoe A pedal connection arrangement includes a pedal having a spherical portion with an outer spherical surface. The pedal connection arrangement also includes a bicycle shoe that has a pedal gripping cavity that directly engages at least portions of the outer spherical surf... | 08/20/2009 |
| 20090153141 | Flux Orientation Locating in a Drilling System An above ground locator includes an apparatus for determining the strength of the locating signal at a selected point relative to the boring tool. The apparatus includes an antenna arrangement configured for measuring the strength of the locating signal at the selected ... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20080246481 | Locating Arrangement and Method Using Boring Tool and Cable Locating Signals An arrangement and an associated method are described in which a boring tool is moved through the ground within a given region along a path in which region a cable is buried. The boring tool and the cable transmit a boring tool locating signal and a cable locating signa... | 10/09/2008 |
| 20080246483 | TRACKING THE POSITIONAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A BORING TOOL AND ONE OR MORE BURIED LINES USING A COMPOSITE MAGNETIC SIGNAL A boring tool is moved through the ground in a region which includes at least one electrically conductive in-ground line and which is subject to static magnetic fields including the magnetic field of the earth. Tracking a positional relationship between the boring tool ... | 10/09/2008 |
| 20080246482 | Distinguishing False Signals in Cable Locating Discriminating between a cable locating signal and a false cable locating signal is described. A reference signal, which contains a locating signal frequency impressed on it, is transmitted in a way which provides for detection of a phase shift between the locating sign... | 10/09/2008 |
