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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7554289 | Apparatus and method for the power management of operatively connected batteries respectively on a handheld electronic device and a holder for the handheld electronic device A handheld electronic device in conjunction with a holder for the handheld electronic device that together form an electronic device. The handheld electronic device includes a first battery and the holder includes a second battery and a charging apparatus. When the ... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7537683 | Hydrogen based energy storage apparatus and method Utility power is wheeled to distributed hydrogen energy storage systems during off peak periods where it is used in an electrolyzer to disassociate water into hydrogen and oxygen. The hydrogen at least is stored for use in a fuel cell or combustion engine driven gen... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7446064 | Impact resistant building panels A composite building panel that includes a fabric reinforcing sheet between one of the metal skins and the core of the panel. The fabric reinforcing sheet, which is preferably made from aramid fibers improves the impact resistance and penetration resistance of the b... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7403188 | Handheld electronic device with text disambiquation employing advanced word frequency learning feature A handheld electronic device includes a reduced QWERTY keyboard and is enabled with disambiguation software. An enhanced word frequency learning feature is provided. The device provides output in the form of a default output and a number of variants. The output is b... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7389669 | Mechanical stress improvement process A process for reducing residual tensile stresses in high nickel-chromium alloy nozzle safe-end welds of pressurized water reactor nuclear pressure vessels such as are found at the reactor vessel inlet and outlet nozzles and the pressurizes surge, spray, safety and r... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7358866 | Handheld electronic device with text disambiguation A handheld electronic device includes a reduced QWERTY keyboard and is enabled with disambiguation software. The device provides output in the form of a default output and a number of variants. The output is based largely upon the frequency, i.e., the likelihood tha... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7352296 | Handheld electronic device with text disambiguation A handheld electronic device includes a reduced QWERTY keyboard and is enabled with disambiguation software. The device provides output in the form of a default output and a number of variants. The output is based largely upon the frequency, i.e., the likelihood tha... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7312726 | Handheld electronic device with text disambiguation A handheld electronic device includes a reduced QWERTY keyboard and is enabled with disambiguation software. The device provides output in the form of a default output and a number of variants. The output is based largely upon the frequency, i.e., the likelihood tha... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7312611 | Apparatus and method for trapping bead based reagents within microfluidic analysis systems The present invention provides an on-chip packed reactor bed design that allows for an effective exchange of packing materials such as beads at a miniaturized level. In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a method of concentrating an analyte wit... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7045797 | Axial ejection with improved geometry for generating a two-dimensional substantially quadrupole field A mass spectrometer having an elongated rod set, and a method of operating same. The rod set has an entrance end, an exit end and a longitudinal axis. Ions are admitted into the entrance end of the rod set. At least some of the ions are trapped in the rod set by pro... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7000193 | Display to facilitate the monitoring of a complex process A display organized with the various components of a complex process represented by the rows, and selected parameters to be monitored listed in columns. The fields of the display which represent a particular “vital sign” for a particular component present two ty... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6915837 | Continuous pressure molten metal supply system and method for forming continuous metal articles A molten metal supply system (90) includes a plurality of injectors (100) each having an injector housing (102) and a reciprocating piston (104). A molten metal supply source (132) is in fluid communication with the housing (102... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6897438 | Geometry for generating a two-dimensional substantially quadrupole field A method and apparatus for manipulating ions using a two-dimensional substantially quadrupole field, and a method of manufacturing an apparatus for manipulating ions using a two-dimensional substantially quadrupole field are described. The field has a quadrupole har... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6833544 | Method and apparatus for multiple stages of mass spectrometry A method of and apparatus for analyzing a stream of ions first subjects astream of ions to a first mass analysis step, to select ions having a mass-to-charge ratio in a first desired range; this enables a mass analyzer with highresolution to be used. The selected io... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6712126 | Continuous pressure molten metal supply system and method A molten metal supply system (90) includes a plurality of injectors (100) each having an injector housing (102) and a reciprocating piston (104). A molten metal supply source (132) is in fluid communication with the housing (102... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6708752 | Injector for molten metal supply system An injector (100) for a molten metal supply system includes an injector housing (102) configured to contain molten metal. A molten metal supply source (132) is in fluid communication with the housing (102). A piston (104) extends i... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6558608 | Method for molding fiber reinforced composite container A method of constructing large, unitary, fiber-reinforced Polymer composite containers using a vacuum assisted resin transfer molding process. The method allows for the construction of container systems with only two separately molded parts--an open box c... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6534765 | Atmospheric pressure photoionization (APPI): a new ionization method for liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry There is provided a method of, and apparatus for, analyzing a sample of an analyte provided as a sample solution comprising a solvent and an analyte. A dopant is provided, either separately or as the solvent of the sample solution. The sample solution is ... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6372019 | Method of and apparatus for the separation of components of gas mixtures and liquefaction of a gas An apparatus for liquefying a gas has a nozzle having a convergent nozzle portion and a nozzle throat, and a divergent nozzle portion (in the case of supersonic flow), and a working section. Vanes or another mechanism for creating a swirl velocity are con... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6365013 | Coating method and device The invention relates to a coating process, particularly for coating a gas turbine blade (1) having cooling passageways (4) opening out onto the surface (2). During the coating operation, a fluid (6) is directed out of the cooling passageways (4) to preve... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6211880 | Display apparatus A display for presenting trends in financial commodities such as stocks. The display is made up of an array of rectangular boxes each representing an individual stock. Each display is dedicated to a different sector of the market. The color of the individ... | 04/03/2001 |
| 5873237 | Atomizing dual fuel nozzle for a combustion turbine A dual fuel nozzle for a combustion turbine having a swirl cap that is adapted to securely mount with an atomizing cylinder proximate its discharge end. A nozzle tip that is adapted to removably mount with a liquid fuel pipe is provided. The atomizing cyl... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5861698 | Generator rotor with ring key that reduces tooth top stress A generator rotor that reduces friction force transmitted to rotor teeth by a retaining ring is disclosed. The friction force is caused by end windings pushing longitudinally outward against the retaining ring when the windings heat up during operation of... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5857320 | Combustor with flashback arresting system A combustor with a flashback arresting system for producing a hot gas by burning premixed fuel and compressed air having fuel/air premixing passages, each of the passages having an inlet end and a discharge end. Disposed immediately upstream of the inlet ... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5845481 | Combustion turbine with fuel heating system The combustion turbine system comprises a fuel line connected to the combustor with a portion of the fuel line being disposed in heat transfer relationship with the exhaust gas from the combustion turbine so that the fuel may be heated by the exhaust gas ... | 12/08/1998 |
| 4756877 | Core barrel support system for nuclear reactors A core support system for a core barrel of a nuclear reactor, which core barrel has a bottom core support plate wherein the core support plate has apertures therethrough about the periphery thereof which communicate with recesses in engagement means for t... | 07/12/1988 |
| 4752869 | Auxiliary reactor protection system Redundant trip logic microprocessors produce partial trip signals which are voted on by a pair of voters at the power interface to the actuated devices. The logic implemented by each trip logic processor is straight-forward and can be designed for each in... | 06/21/1988 |
| 4723448 | Method for remotely inspecting solid structures for discontinuities utilizing laser techniques A method for remotely inspecting solid structures for discontinuities other than surface imperfections is disclosed. The method comprises vibrating a solid structure to be inspected while utilizing a laser radar doppler receiver to generate a doppler shif... | 02/09/1988 |
| 4718450 | Pressure relief valve A valve head of the pressure relief valve is urged into the closed (seated) position by a spring, assisted by a force derived from pressurized fluid which is situated in a chamber behind the valve head and which is admitted thereto from the upstream side ... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4717531 | Fuel transfer system upender using translation drive A fuel transfer system for a fuel container (26) within a nuclear reactor facility includes a transport car (10) for transporting the fuel container (26) through a transfer tube between a reactor containment handling pool and a spent fuel storage pool. Th... | 01/05/1988 |
| 4717529 | Thimble guide assembly A thimble guide assembly for use in a nuclear reactor includes a lower element which can be screwed into a bore in a core plate and an upper element which can be screwed to the lower element. One of the screw-connections is right-handed while the other is... | 01/05/1988 |
| 4717527 | Fuel assembly A fuel assembly for a pressurized water nuclear reactor incorporating fluid moderator spectral shift control means. During the first part of the fuel cycle when there is excess reactivity, neutron moderation may be decreased by replacing a portion of the ... | 01/05/1988 |
| 4717873 | Magnetic displacement transducer system having a magnet that is movable in a tube whose interior is exposed to a fluid and having at least one magnetometer outside the tube A magnetic displacement transducer system for measuring the movement of a member includes an elongated permanent magnet which is mechanically coupled to the member so that the magnet moves parallel to its axis. A magnet-position sensor assembly, which inc... | 01/05/1988 |
| 4717532 | Pressure control system for a pressurized water nuclear reactor plant An improved pressure control system for a pressurized water nuclear reactor plant contains a novel, two stage sparger in the pressurizer relief tank. The two stage sparger has a primary conduit and secondary conduit, both of which have orifices through th... | 01/05/1988 |
| 4716004 | Thimble guide extender A thimble guide extender for use in a nuclear power plant provides a shielded passage beteewn the guide and the bottom nozzle of a fuel assembly to protect the thimble from turbulence. The extender includes a hollow element having an upper portion which c... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4716005 | Forming a seal between planar sealing surfaces A pressure tight seal is formed between the confronting planar sealing surfaces on the flanges of a nuclear reactor pressure vessel and its hemispherical head, by a toroidal, crushable tubular seal member which is locked into a flat annular spacer member ... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4716009 | Dropped rod protection insensitive to large load loss A protection system such for a nuclear power plant shuts down the reactor in response to the detection of a negative flux rate characteristic of a dropped rod, but inhibits the trip if the specified negative flux rate is preceded within a selected time in... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4716012 | Reactor internals loose parts strainer An upwardly convex resilient annular strainer, fixed to the secondary core support base plate in a PWR, bends to remain in contact with the lower hemispherical head section of the pressure vessel as the gap between the internals and the lower hemispherica... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4716014 | Moisture separator for steam generator level measurement system A steam generator level measurement system of the type having a reference leg which is kept full of water by a condensation pot, has a separator pot in the connecting line between the condensation pot and the steam phase in the steam generator to remove e... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4714926 | Rod position indication system with temperature compensation A position indication system for detecting the position of an elongated, metallic member which is linearly movable between first and second positions along an axis corresponding to its longitudinal dimension. A sensor is operatively associated with the me... | 12/22/1987 |
