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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110042543 | SEAT TUBE OF A BICYCLE A seat tube of a bicycle has a tubular body and a tightening block. The tubular body has an insertion hole and a stationary block. The insertion hole is defined in the tubular body and has an inner surface and a tightening recess. The inner surface is formed in the tubu... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110041346 | CHISEL WITH INTERCHANGEABLE BLADE A chisel with interchangeable blade has a handle, a holding device and a blade. The handle has two ends and a device hole. The device hole is defined in one end of the handle. The holding device is securely mounted in the device hole and has a body. The body is securely... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110037968 | LASER RANGEFINDER WITH A VOICE CONTROL FUNCTION A laser rangefinder with a voice control function has a housing, a voice sensor module, a measure module, a circuit board and a display module. The housing has a voice-receiving hole and a screen. The voice sensor module receives voice commands through the voice-receivi... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110029506 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BOUNDING LARGE QUERY OPERATIONS Bounding of large queries is provided in a network analysis environment by receiving a user query of a data set of network transactions, submitting a meta data query to the data set to determine whether the query would require an unreasonable amount of time to complete,... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110025075 | WINDOW TILT LATCH A window tilt latch has a casing, a latching bolt and a safety device. The latching bolt is mounted slidably in the casing and has a latching end, an inner end and a sliding element. The latching end extends out of the casing. The sliding element is mounted on the latch... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110022701 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF FILTERING STATISTIC, FLOW AND TRANSACTION DATA ON CLIENT/SERVER Network traffic filtering is provided to enable gathering of data and statistics related to client/server traffic corresponding to valid and desired client to server/server to client traffic.... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110021081 | LIGHT BULB SOCKET ADAPTER A light bulb socket adapter includes an adapter base and at least one lamp holder. The adapter base includes a base having a ring contact and a tip contact. The at least one lamp holder is oscillatingly mounted to the adapter base through an oscillating connection assem... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110019523 | INTEGRATED STANDALONE OPTICAL DISC DUPLICATION AND LABELING SYSTEM An integrated standalone optical disc duplication and labeling system has an optical disc drive, a main controller and a command module. The optical disc drive is capable of containing an optical disc and performing either a duplication capability or a labeling capabili... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110010407 | SIGNAL APPROXIMATION SYSTEM FOR MINIMIZING THE MEASURE OF WORST-CASE ERROR The purpose of this invention is that the optimum approximation formula can be derived even if an analysis filter has non-linear characteristic in a discrete signal approximation system. The norm of source signal 1 is bounded. Analysis filters 2 of FIR fil... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110009786 | LIMITING CONNECTOR FOR KNEE BRACE A limiting connector for a knee brace has a first arm, a second arm and an angle adjusting assembly The second arm is connected pivotally to the first arm. The angle adjusting assembly is mounted between the first arm and the second arm, and has a positioning gear, a ge... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110008115 | BORING BIT A boring bit has a head, a blade assembly and a blade. The head has a mounting recess and two holding protrusions. The mounting recess is formed in the head and has a restricting surface and a threaded hole. The holding protrusions are formed on the restricting surface ... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110001468 | FREQUENCY CHARACTERISTICS MEASURING DEVICE It is possible to provide a frequency characteristics measuring device which can simplify the configuration for performing a measurement and reduce the undue effort required for the measurement. A spectrum analyzer (10) includes: two... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20110000661 | WELL JET DEVICE For extracting oil from wells, pipe string, packer with axial through hole and support with axial channel with seat for jet pump mounting. Bypass channel with return valve is in support wall. Pump has cylindrical body with annular shoulder, for support seat mounting. Bo... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20100326661 | WELL JET DEVICE AND THE OPERATION METHOD THEREOF Well jet enables forming, via jet pump, range of different depressions in well tail area at specified differential pressure value. Logging instrument enables recording well and pumped out medium physical parameters. Well operating modes are adjusted by spring-loaded ste... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100326463 | DENTAL FLOSS PICK The present invention relates to a dental floss pick, which is mainly a rigid grip having two ends. A pointed end is formed on one end of the grip and is sheathed by a soft elastomer. Two support arms are formed by extending outwardly from the other end of the grip, and... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100326245 | UNIDIRECTIONAL RATCHET WRENCH A unidirectional ratchet wrench has a head and a ratcheting assembly. The head has a stationary jaw and a ratchet jaw. The stationary jaw is formed on and protrudes from the head and has an undulating surface. The ratchet jaw is formed on and protrudes from the head and... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100319274 | SHOCK-ABSORBING TIE BRACE A shock-absorbing tie brace has a central member and an outer frame. The central member has two ends and multiple neck portions. The neck portions are formed between the ends to form at least one enlarged portion between the neck portions. Each neck portion has a height... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100319153 | BACK SCRUBBER A back scrubber has a base and a cleaning plate. The base has a front basal surface, a rear basal surface and a slot. The slot is formed in the front basal surface and has a slot opening, an inner wall and an engaging structure. The cleaning plate has a front plate surf... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100314270 | TOP FRAME FOR A GOLF BAG A top frame is mounted on a golf bag to hold heads of golf clubs and has a base, a support and transverse rows of multiple dividing spaces. The support is formed on the base and has multiple crossbeams transversely formed on the support at different levels. The transver... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100308709 | BRIGHTNESS IMPROVING STRUCTURE OF LIGHT-EMITTING MODULE WITH AN OPTICAL FILM SURFACE LAYER A brightness improving structure of a light-emitting module with an optical film surface layer 12, wherein a light-emitting part 20 is provided inside a transparent envelop 10 and may emit ultraviolet or blue light, the said transparent envelop 1... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100303609 | SUBSTANCE TRANSFER DEVICE A material delivery apparatus is provided which is capable of delivering a material in a large amount per unit area per unit time without damaging the material, and capable of discharging the delivered material powerfully from the outlet port. A rotary body 30 rotates o... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100299683 | BURNER SYSTEM CAPABLE OF INVERTING AN OPTICAL DISC AND INVERTER THEREOF A burner system capable of inverting an optical disc has a control module, a burning module, a mechanical arm and an inverter. The control module controls the mechanical arm to grab the optical disc from a burner in the burning module and release the optical disc into t... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100295318 | WIND-POWERED ELECTRICITY GENERATOR A wind-powered electricity generator has a supporting tube, a rotating device, a drive device, a mounting frame, a guiding board and two fan bodies. The rotating device is rotatably mounted on the supporting tube and has a mounting tube, a top cover and a transmitting s... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100294620 | MICROPIPETTE SORTING AND PACKAGING SYSTEM A micropipette sorting and packaging system includes a base, a XY platform, a carrying platform, a vibration tray, an automatic discharge mechanism and a control unit. With the installation of the automatic discharge mechanism, a conventional sorting and packaging desig... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100294579 | AUTO-CHARGING POWER DEVICE AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE WITH AUTO-CHARGING POWER DEVICE An auto-charging power device is mounted in an electric vehicle and has a generator and a motor connected to two opposite ends of a driving shaft and a battery connected to the generator and the motor. The driving shaft of the auto-charging power device may be coaxially... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100293243 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING DIRECTIONALLY DIFFERENTIATED (ONE-WAY) NETWORK LATENCY Determining directionally differentiated latency in a network by use of master and slave test instruments to record latency measurements in their native time bases, and retrieving test instrument latency frame transmit/receive timestamps from the master and slave and co... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100288631 | CERAMIC SPUTTERING TARGET ASSEMBLY AND A METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME A method for producing a ceramic sputtering target assembly has steps of providing a backing plate and forming a solder layer on a surface of the backing plate; providing a ceramic target and forming an interface layer on a surface of the ceramic target; annealing the c... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100288083 | MODULAR WRENCH A modular wrench has a shaft, a connecting protrusion and a socket mount. The shaft has two ends and two sides. The connecting protrusion is formed on and protrudes from one side at one of the ends. The socket mount is attached to the other end of the shaft, may be moun... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100285350 | ELECTROLYTIC CELL An electrolytic cell has an insulating body, at least one metal plate, at least one carbon plate, an anode terminal connected electrically to one of at least one carbon plate and a cathode terminal connected electrically to one of at least one metal plate. The insulatin... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100278497 | OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTOR ADAPTER An optical fiber connector adapter has a housing, a front sleeve holder, a rear sleeve holder, a sleeve and detachable positioning member. The housing has a cavity, two limiting protrusions and two positioning slots. The cavity and positioning slots are defined in the h... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100276331 | SPRING TYPE PAPER CUSHION A spring type paper cushion having a columnar body, at least four cushioning recesses, at least four projections and a receiving portion. The columnar body has a columnar wall and an axis. The cushioning recesses and the projections are formed on the columnar wall. The ... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100275410 | AUTOMATIC POSITIONING HINGE A positioning hinge has a body, a pivotal shaft, a securing base and an automatic closing device. The pivotal shaft is mounted in the body and has at least one positioning face defined in the pivotal shaft. The securing base is connected pivotally to the body with the p... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100259245 | FREQUENCY CHARACTERISTICS MEASURING DEVICE It is possible to provide a frequency characteristics measuring device which can simplify the configuration for performing a measurement and reduce the undue effort required for the measurement. A spectrum analyzer (10) includes: two... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100259152 | DISCHARGE LAMP The object of this invention is to prevent surface discharge even when a high voltage is applied in a dielectric-barrier discharge lamp or a capacitively coupled high frequency discharge lamp with no electrodes in a discharge space. Ribbon foil electrodes 3 are e... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100256591 | MIXING DEVICE A mixing device having a body, a pusher, an abutter and a mixer is provided. The body is tubular and has a fore end, a rear end and multiple chambers. Each chamber has a fore opening, a rear opening and a cap sealing the fore opening. The cap protrudes forwardly and has... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100255151 | METHOD OF MAKING BREAD AND BREAD MADE BY THE METHOD A bread making method including: a cold sponge process where strong flour, dried yeast, yeast food, salt, an improver, and water are mixed, stirred at low speed, stirred at high speed, and then fermented at a temperature and relative humidity; a dough process in which t... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100255150 | METHOD OF MAKING BREAD AND BREAD MADE BY THE METHOD Provided is a method of making bread that can increase taste appeal and slow aging by fermenting dough at a low temperature for a long time to improve its texture and flavor, and bread made by the method. The method includes a cold sponge p... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100255149 | METHOD OF MAKING BREAD A method of making bread is provided. The method includes a warm dough making process in which a warm dough is formed by heating a mixture of milk and salt, adding wheat flour to the heated mixture, aerating the resulting mixture, and ripening the resulting mixture at l... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100255148 | METHOD OF MAKING BREAD A method of making bread is provided. The method includes a warm dough making process in which a warm dough is formed by heating a mixture of milk and salt, adding wheat flour to the heated mixture, aerating the resulting mixture, and ripening the resulting mixture at l... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100253780 | VEHICLE AUXILIARY DEVICE A vehicle auxiliary device has multiple front video cameras, multiple rear video cameras, at least one roadway video camera, multiple front ultrasonic transducers, multiple rear ultrasonic transducers, a controller and at least one display. The controller is electronica... | 10/07/2010 |
