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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7918141 | Local residual stress measurement and analysis for detection and prediction of damage in thermal barrier coatings The present invention provides a method for evaluating degradation of a thermal barrier coating disposed on a turbine blade. The method includes measuring a residual stress of an outer surface portion of a thermal barrier coating on a turbine blade, the turbine blad... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7912283 | Image enhancement using object profiling The identification of a specific object in a visual image compromised by the addition of noise, too little or too much light, cluttered with other objects that confuse the user, or having other image defects and using novel techniques that make the image appear more... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7907848 | Semiconductor photonoic nano communication link method An optical signal low energy method for coupling electrical signals on-chip between component circuits of for example a CMOS circuit array. The described coupling method employs infrared signals communicated along a nano-scale resonant semiconductor waveguide betwee... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7906984 | Relocatable field programmable gate array bitstreams for fault tolerance A Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) circuit capable of operating through at least one fault. The FPGA circuit includes a configuration memory and an embedded microprocessor. The embedded microprocessor having access to the configuration memory, static modules, at... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7906738 | Shaped MEMS contact A MEMS switch fabrication process and apparatus inclusive of a bulbous rounded surface movable contact assembly that is integral with the switch movable element and achieving of long contact wear life with low contact electrical resistance. The disclosed process is ... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7905943 | Synthesis of hybrid inorganic nanoparticle structures using peptides Bimetallic hybrid nanostructures exhibit enhanced properties beyond a single composition nanoparticle, but present technical challenges for synthesis that includes the ability to process two or more materials while offering control over structural arrangement. Unlik... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7889413 | Field generating nanoparticles doped in light valves The present invention provides a method for automatically activating an optical light valve. The method includes providing a photorefractive cell having a birefringent medium which is doped with nanoparticles and transmitting light through the photorefractive cell t... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7883479 | Stability augmentation system A stability augmentation system for stabilizing human limbs from against limb tremors. The stability augmentation system includes: and arm brace; a plurality of piezoelectric sensors fixed on said arm brace for sensing angular motion about a first axis of a limb ind... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7846506 | Metal coatings for reduced friction in composites The present invention provides a method for applying a tribological coating to a carbon composite substrate. The method includes providing the carbon composite substrate, depositing a layer of carbon on the substrate, applying a layer of aluminum on the layer of car... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7871663 | Minute doping for YBCO flux pinning A method for enhancing the flux pinning of a YBCO superconductor by substituting minute quantities of rare earth elements (La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu) or other deleterious elements (Sc, etc.) for Y in YBCO thin films is described. The... | 01/18/2011 |
| D630868 | Coin display and business-card holder | 01/18/2011 |
| 7862856 | Method for making high temperature polymer dielectric compositions incorporating diamond-like hydrocarbon units for capactive energy storage applications The present invention provides a method for making a polymer dielectric composition incorporating diamondoids or diamond-like hydrocarbon units. The method includes forming a polymer solution from the cardo-diol 9,9-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)fluorene and a diacid chloride... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7820347 | Conversion of salt halides to nitrate salts Methods of preparing heterocyclic triazolium-based nitrate salts by a streamlined process are provided. Such salts offer energetic performance as well as pharmaceutical potential. ... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7820285 | Rocket motor insulation Provided is a solid rocket motor (SRM) insulation, wherein carbon nano fibers (CNF) are blended into a polyurethane matrix so as to disperse the CNF in the polymer. The so blended material is then extruded, injection molded or sprayed on or into the desired shape. S... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7808080 | Synergistcally doped potassium niobate The present invention provides a photorefractive potassium niobate (KNbO3 ) crystal including a first impurity added substitutionally to the niobium (Nb) site and a second impurity added substitutionally to the potassium (K) site, wherein the first and se... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7791355 | Near field free space anisotropic materials characterization An automated computer controlled electrical materials characterization system in which a material sample is subjected to focused near field polarization controlled microwave electrical energy radiation. Response of the material sample to either of reflected or trans... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7791183 | Universal low cost MEM package A universal micro-electro mechanical (MEM) device package is provided as having a relatively thin silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafer having a top surface and a bottom surface. At least on MEM device maybe disposed on the top surface of the SOI wafer. A support member ... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7790841 | Increasing the rate of crystallization of engineering thermoplastics Method for enhancing the crystallization rates of engineering thermoplastics through the use and incorporation of particulate additives with dimensions on the order of 10-1000 nm is described. The presence of nanoparticles at concentrations of, e.g., less than 10 we... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7790831 | Hyperbranched polybenzazoles via an A+ Bpolymerization In accordance with the present invention there are provided hyperbranched benzobisazole polymers having repeating units of the formulas: and hyperbranched bibenzazole polymers having repeating units of the formulas: | 09/07/2010 |
| 7790084 | Method of manufacture of separation devices Provided are methods for fabricating fluid separation devices with precisely-sized, shaped microscopic capillaries that can separate one immiscible fluid from another on the basis of different separation characteristics. In particular, the method comprises the steps... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7784583 | Deep insertion vented earpiece system A deep insertion vented earpiece system is described including resilient earpieces shaped to a wearer's ear canal for a conformal fit. A receptacle is provided within the outer surface of each earpiece for releasably receiving an audio plug. The audio plugs include ... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7777667 | Radar target identification apparatus A radar target identification apparatus utilizing a pseudo-random digital code to modulate a target's return signal to include a two-dimensional range and cross range Doppler-coded return with a target's skin return and thereby identify friendly targets to the inter... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7773219 | Process and apparatus for measurements of Mueller matrix parameters of polarized light scattering A method and apparatus for measuring Mueller matrix parameters from scattered light. The apparatus is advantageous for use in countering bioterrorism by detecting information concerning airborne pathogens, particularly microorganism in aerosol form. The system provi... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7771549 | Energetic ionic liquids Provided are energetic materials of low vapor pressure in the form of ionic liquids having fuel and oxidizer ions including, substituted pyridinium or imidazolium cations paired with nitrato-, perchlorato-, or nitramido-based anions, to form such ionic liquids or sa... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7769108 | Digital receiver instantaneous dynamic range enhancement A moderate cost and complexity digital radio receiver system having enhanced instantaneous dynamic range response to the receipt of simultaneous signals and also providing large single signal dynamic range. Multiple signal instantaneous dynamic range improvement is ... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7768366 | Nanoparticles and corona enhanced MEMS switch apparatus A life and electrical properties enhanced microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) switch apparatus in which a combined nanoparticle and ionic fluid lubricant is used to prolong switch elements operating lifetime and desirable electrical characteristics during this lif... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7756557 | AC-tolerant HTS coated conductor with transposed filaments An AC-tolerant high temperature superconductor tape with transposed filaments having two layers of high temperature superconducting material with striations and corresponding filaments and an insulating layer positioned therebetween. ... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7746264 | Low reflectance infrared camouflage system An infrared camouflage coating system for application to the strategic surfaces of jet engine components comprised of a metal alloy substrate having an oxidized surface and a ferrous sulfide containing silicate glass bonded thereto. ... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7745635 | Energetic ionic salts The invention provides a) a method for making improved ionic halide salts, e.g., 1-methyl-4-amino-1,2,4-triazolium iodide and b) a method for making energetic ionic salts, e.g., 1-methyl-4-amino-1,2,4-triazolium nitrate, in high yield and purity from triazolium prec... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7734406 | Integrated control of brake and steer by wire system using optimal control allocation methods A method, computer usable medium including a program, and a system for braking a vehicle during brake failure. The method and computer usable medium include the steps of determining a brake force lost corresponding to a failed brake, and determining a brake force re... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7733263 | Infrared camouflage coating system A camouflage coating system for application to the surfaces of jet engine components in order to reduce their level of emitted energy there by rendering them undetectable by infrared detection systems. The camouflage coating comprises a multilayer system having a fi... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7732642 | Arylcarbonylated detonation nanodiamonds Functionalized detonation nanodiamond particulates of the formula: wherein Ar is selected from the group consisting of: wherein R is selected from the group consisting of H, H | 06/08/2010 |
| 7728576 | Programmable multi-channel amplitude and phase shifting circuit The traveling wave excitation system phase shifter chassis method and device of the invention is compact, inexpensive, and versatile when compared to customary methods for generating traveling wave excitation signals that would require using an equivalent number of ... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7701078 | Common bus aircraft retrofit load control A retrofit energization arrangement especially suitable for an aircraft wherein original factory-placed wiring can be reused in common bus form for plural new loads in order to avoid the expense and hazard of disassembling original wiring bundles for new conductor i... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7700419 | Insulated gate silicon nanowire transistor and method of manufacture An insulated gate silicon nanowire transistor amplifier structure is provided and includes a substrate formed of dielectric material. A patterned silicon material may be disposed on the substrate and includes at least first, second and third electrodes uniformly spa... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7689054 | Computationally enhanced image recognition device A device is described in which a visual image can be enhanced to better recognize different objects that appear in a picture. Means are provided for an operator to manipulate a visual image by adjusting darkness levels within each primary color to embellish the reco... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7682933 | Wafer alignment and bonding Provided is a method and apparatus for close alignment of two or more electrically conductive wafers which are positioned face-to-face in closely spaced opposition, the wafers having position marks on corresponding portions thereof, the wafers being aligned as to th... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7682832 | Controlling the flow of hydrogen and ammonia from a hydrogen generator during a breakthrough with hydrated copper (II) chloride expansion Gas flow is controlled to a feed gas consuming device depending on whether a contaminant gas is present. In one embodiment, hydrogen gas flow from a hydrogen gas generator to a hydrogen consuming device, such as a fuel cell, gas chromatograph or a flame ionization d... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7682539 | Regeneration of silk and silk-like fibers from ionic liquid spin dopes The present invention relates to a process of forming fibers of silk and silk-like proteins in a solution with a solvent consisting of a pure ionic liquid, an ionic liquid mixture, an ionic liquid mixed with one or more cosolvents, or an ionic liquid mixture mixed w... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7678873 | Acetylene-terminated hyperbranched poly(arylene-ether-ketone-imides) Novel ether-ketone-imide hyperbranched polymers with thermally reactive ethynyl endgroups were prepared from the corresponding AB2 monomer and the respective benzophenone-based endcapping agents in one-pot fashion. The resulting polymer has repeating unit... | 03/16/2010 |
