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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185148 | System and method for notifying users of an event using alerts An alert engine module receives an alert for an event in a generic communications format and delivers an alert for the event to a target address in a communications format that is preferred by a user based on the alert content. The generic format can be an e-mail me... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184744 | Method and receiver for estimating the channel impulse response using a constant modulus interference removal iteration A receiver and associated method estimates a channel impulse response of the communications signal. A communications signal is received as a burst of transmitted symbols, including a known training sequence. The joint estimation of timing offset and initial channel ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183904 | Control system for a phase generator and corresponding control method A control system for a phase generator including a delay block including delay units, and first and second multiplexers configured to receive output signals of each of the delay units and to respectively supply first and second output signals. The control system may... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182547 | Negative gauge pressure moisture management and secure adherence artificial limb system and associated methods The negative gauge pressure moisture management and secure adherence artificial limb system is to be attached to a residual limb of an amputee. The artificial limb system includes a negative gauge pressure airflow liner, a surface area multiplying textile layer with... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181009 | VLAN tagging over IPSec tunnels In accordance with a nonlimiting example, a network device transfers communications data along a communications channel within an Internet Protocol (IP) network. A communications module includes a signal input connected to the communications channel of the IP networ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180412 | Mobile wireless communications device having frequency selective grounding and related method A mobile wireless communications device includes a portable housing having a metallic front housing forming a peripheral sidewall as a metallic ring. A circuit board is carried by the portable housing and forms a chassis ground plane. A wireless communications circu... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180118 | Finger sensing device with spoof reduction features and associated methods A finger sensing device may include a finger sensing area, at least one processing stage coupled to the finger sensing area and having at least one adaptively determined processing parameter, and a controller for spoof reduction. More particularly, the controller ma... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178250 | Fuel cell device A fuel cell device includes a housing containing a fuel processor that generates fuel gas and a fuel cell having electrodes forming an anode and cathode, and an ion exchange electrolyte positioned between the electrodes. The housing can be formed as first and second... | 05/15/2012 |
| D659640 | Luminaire disconnect | 05/15/2012 |
| D659384 | Pouch for holding a radio | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175426 | Optical fiber switch including an index matching elastomeric solid layer providing core and cladding index of refraction matching and related methods An optical fiber switch which may include first and second angled optical fibers having respective first and second end faces. Each of the first and second angled optical fibers may include a core having a core index of refraction, and a cladding surrounding the cor... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175178 | Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) communications device and method that incorporates low PAPR preamble and variable number of OFDM subcarriers A communications device includes communications data and a training sequence corresponding to a preamble. A modulation and mapping circuit modulates the communications data and training sequence into a plurality of multiple subcarriers that are orthogonal to each ot... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174292 | Current sensing circuit for PWM applications with pulse width modulation and corresponding current process A current sensing circuit for a pulse width modulation (PWM) application may include first and second input terminals to be coupled to ends of a sensing resistance, an output terminal, and first and second internal circuit nodes. The current sensing circuit further ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174139 | Wind turbine providing reduced radio frequency interaction and related methods A wind turbine electrical generator may include a monopole tower extending upwardly from ground level. The wind turbine electrical generator may also include an electrical power generator carried by an upper end of the monopole tower and may include a horizontally e... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8173992 | Transistor or triode structure with tunneling effect and insulating nanochannel A microelectronic device is provided with at least one transistor or triode with Fowler-Nordheim tunneling current modulation, and supported on a substrate. The triode or the transistor includes at least one first block forming a cathode and at least one second bloc... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8170489 | System and methods for determining radiated radio frequency (RF) receiver sensitivity A test method is for determining RF sensitivity of an RF receiver for a plurality of channels extending over a frequency band(s) using an RF source coupled to the RF receiver by an RF communications link. The plurality of channels may include channels having a predi... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169946 | Aircraft communications system with hard handoff and associated methods A communications system for an aircraft carrying at least some personnel having personal electronic devices (PEDs) for wireless data communications outside the aircraft includes a ground-based communications network comprising spaced apart base stations, and an acce... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169317 | Hands-free door opening system and method Automatically operating a door system is controlled by an affirmative action of a patron. An occupancy status of an inside area is provided to the patron approaching the door from an outside area. The patron is directed to request the door be opened in response to a... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169277 | Radio frequency directional coupler device and related methods An electronic device may include a printed circuit board (PCB) including a ground plane and having first and second opposing surfaces. The electronic device may also include a radio frequency (RF) directional coupler carried by the first surface of the PCB and inclu... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169178 | Detection of the angular position of the rotor of a brush motor without using sensors A method of detecting an angular position of a rotor of a motor includes detecting switching ripple peaks and armature current disturbance peaks using a peak detector configured to generate a square wave having edges coinciding with detected peaks. The method furthe... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8168504 | Integrated circuit comprising a gradually doped bipolar transistor and corresponding fabrication process An integrated circuit includes a bipolar transistor comprising a substrate and a collector formed in the substrate. The collector includes a highly doped lateral zone, a very lightly doped central zone and a lightly doped intermediate zone located between the centra... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166639 | Coaxial cable connector attaching tool having connector magazine A connector attaching tool is for attaching a coaxial cable connector to a coaxial cable by longitudinal compression of the coaxial cable connector. The tool includes a tool body defining therein a connector compression chamber and a plunger receiving chamber longit... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166125 | System and method for providing configuration data such as for configuring electronic mail access A system, method and computer-readable medium provides configuration data, such as for electronic mail access. A configuration module retrieves the configuration data from a source of configuration data, such as a user system. The configuration in one aspect could b... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165636 | Integrated circuit board with wireless circuitry An IC Card comprises a first device, including a first processor and a first memory unit, to communicate with a handset, and a second device. The second device includes a second processor and a second memory unit, to communicate via a wireless communication with an ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165549 | Method for notch filtering a digital signal, and corresponding electronic device An electronic device, includes sigma-delta modulation circuit to operate with a clock signal and having output circuitry to deliver a digital data signal. First circuitry delivers a radiofrequency transposition signal. A notch filter includes radiofrequency digital-... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165232 | Low peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) preamble for orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) communications A communications device includes communications data and a training sequence corresponding to a preamble. A modulation and mapping circuit modulates the communications data and training sequence into a plurality of multiple subcarriers that are orthogonal to each ot... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165045 | Mobile wireless communications device including a power divider connecting an LNA to multiple receive signal chains A mobile wireless communications device may include an antenna, a wireless radio frequency (RF) receiver, a wireless RF transmitter, and a duplexer connecting the wireless RF receiver and the wireless RF transmitter to the antenna. More particularly, the wireless RF... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8164871 | Circuit for protecting an integrated circuit against elctrostatic discharges in CMOS technology The integrated circuit may include at least one electronic protection circuit for protecting against at least one electrostatic discharge and being able to discharge the overvoltage current generated by the electrostatic discharge. The electronic protection circuit ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8164539 | Mobile wireless communications device with reduced interfering RF energy into RF metal shield secured on circuit board A mobile wireless communications device includes a housing and circuit board carried by the housing and having RF circuitry comprising at least one RF component and plurality of other components mounted on the circuit board. An RF metal shield is secured to the circ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8164529 | Loop antenna including impedance tuning gap and associated methods A loop antenna may include first and second electrical conductors arranged to define a circular shape with first and second spaced apart gaps therein. Opposing portions of the first and second electrical conductors at the first gap may define a signal feedpoint, and... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8161327 | Process and system for the verification of correct functioning of an on-chip memory A method is for making an integrated circuit with built-in self-test. The method includes forming at least one nonvolatile read only memory (ROM) to store ROM code and forming a logic self-test circuit to verify a correct functioning of the at least one nonvolatile ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160657 | Mobile wireless communications device with elastomeric sealing membrane covering switch and related methods A mobile wireless communications device may include a housing having an opening therein and an inwardly extending housing ring adjacent the opening, and a switch carried by the housing and being aligned with the opening. The mobile wireless communications device may... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160584 | Cellular communications system providing mobile cellular device battery saving features while accommodating user access requests and related methods A cellular communications system may include at least one base station and at least one mobile cellular communications device. More particularly, the at least one mobile cellular communications device may include a controller, at least one user input device connecte... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160166 | Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) communications device and method that incorporates low PAPR preamble with circuit for measuring frequency response of the communications channel A communications device includes a demapping and demodulation circuit and processes an OFDM communications signal that includes modulated subcarriers carrying communications data forming a data payload and modulated subcarriers carrying a training sequence forming a... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160165 | Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) communications device and method that incorporates low PAPR preamble and frequency hopping A communications device includes communication data and a training sequence corresponding to a preamble. A modulation and mapping circuit modulates the communications data and training sequence into a plurality of multiple subcarriers that are orthogonal to each oth... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159541 | Image stabilization method and apparatus An image stabilization apparatus includes accelerometers, a proximity sensor and a processor. Each accelerometer determines acceleration along an axis of a plane parallel to a focal plane of an image capture device. The accelerometers output respective acceleration ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8157946 | Labeling apparatus with pay-out and take-up stepper motors and related methods A labeling apparatus is for applying labels to articles advanced along an article conveyor. The labeling apparatus may include a frame to be positioned adjacent the article conveyor, and a labeler carried by the frame. The labeler may include a housing, and a label ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8157282 | Modularized cycle frame and associated methods A cycle frame includes a back frame section and a front frame section. The back frame section has a bottom, substantially horizontal member and a top, substantially horizontal member. The back frame section also has a rear, substantially vertical member that is affi... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8157191 | Nozzle for drywall mud spray gun A drywall mud spray nozzle includes a main inlet, a main outlet, a main bore extending between the main inlet and main outlet, a plurality of air injector bores having inlets adjacent the main inlet, outlets in the main bore, and outlets adjacent the main outlet, an... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8156932 | Method and apparatus to relieve menstrual pain An apparatus to relieve menstrual cramping which includes one or more symmetrical tapered pads having an inner and outer side, each outer side being semi-rigid and each inner side being flexible and compressible. The outer side of each pad is connected to one or mor... | 04/17/2012 |
