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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7825554 | Stabilizing power source for a vehicle A power source for a vehicle includes at least one toroidal ring positioned in a housing. The toroidal ring includes magnetic material such as permanent magnets. The toroidal ring is magnetically levitated in the housing. A propulsion winding is coupled with the hou... | 11/02/2010 |
| D619505 | Skylight | 07/13/2010 |
| D617077 | Food product | 06/08/2010 |
| D616247 | Appliance grate | 05/25/2010 |
| 7711601 | Audio/video automated payment facility A central monitoring station is linked to a plurality of remote terminals, such as payment terminals at a plurality of parking facilities. The central monitoring station and each remote terminal includes a two-way communication system in the form of a video camera a... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7673940 | Height-adjustment mechanism for juvenile seat A juvenile seat includes a seat base mounted for up-and-down movement on an underlying foundation. A lock is provided to set the elevation of the seat base relative to the foundation. ... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7631584 | Tool adaptor for use with a reciprocating saw A tool adaptor for use with a reciprocating saw includes a first end configured to be coupled with the reciprocating saw and a second end configured to be coupled with a tool. The tool adaptor also includes an elongated portion defined between the first end and the ... | 12/15/2009 |
| D604404 | Hood control | 11/17/2009 |
| 7600791 | Exhaust system An exhaust system comprises first and second pipes and a sealing ring. The first pipe comprises a first pipe. The second pipe comprises a second pipe extending into the first pipe. The sealing ring is positioned between the first and second pipes so as to establish ... | 10/13/2009 |
| D601557 | Tablet computer | 10/06/2009 |
| 6969132 | Food dispensing chest A chest (1) for distributing food, the chest being provided with a vertical mast (4) on which supports (2) are fixed. The chest has lifting means for moving said mast in vertical translation, and in addition at least some of the supports are mov... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6966781 | Electromechanical connector The electromechanical connector proposed has a switch and an actuator. The switch can be connected by means of contacts to a power supply and has switching magnets with encoded magnetic elements mounted on a carriage. It is fitted in a housing as an enclosed unit. T... | 11/22/2005 |
| 7389337 | Management of network elements using a proxy agent A proxy agent for communicating data components between a Network Management System (NMS) which supports a first network management protocol, for example Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), and one or more network elements which support a second protocol, for... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7389055 | DQPSK receiver phase control An optical receiver for receiving an optical differential phase shift keyed signal has an optical component sensitive to the optical phase of the signal, such as an interferometer, a device arranged to generate a control signal by non linear limiting of an output of... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7380017 | Route protection in a communication network A communications network comprises a lower transport layer and an upper overlay incorporating a plurality of routers. Adjacencies are defined between respective pairs of routers. Path protection is provided by defining a software model of the overlay of the network ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7346421 | Production of made to order clothing An arrangement for the production of made to order clothing (18), comprising a controller (14) operatively connected (12) to an input means (10), said input means (10) being adapted to provide to said controller (14) input v... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7317350 | Transresistance amplifier for a charged particle detector Disclosed is a transresistance amplifier for a charged particle detector, comprising a variable input resistance, which may be a phototransistor (IC3), a voltage amplification stage (IC1) and control means (IC3), operable to vary the variable in... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7272136 | Dual tone multi frequency signal detection A signalling tone detector for use in a communications network for the detection of dual frequency multi-tone (DTMF) pairs of signal tones in a time division multiplex (TDM) signal. The detector comprises first and second arrays of adaptive notch filters correspondi... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7268408 | Wiring board, method for manufacturing wiring board and electronic component using wiring board A wiring board which can realize a small and thin passive component such as solid condenser, resistor, coil, transistor or so on is provided. A wiring board which forms an electronic component by mounting a passive element, comprising an insulating board provided wi... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7262119 | Method for incorporating germanium into a semiconductor wafer A method of fabricating a semiconductor wafer includes fabricating a gate electrode on a silicon substrate of the semiconductor device and incorporating germanium into the silicon substrate thereafter. ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7212540 | Time slot scheduling for shared-medium communications networks A method and apparatus for allocating time slots in a communications network, comprising a headend, a plurality of outstations, and a shared medium connecting each outstation to the headend. The method involves scheduling timeslots for each outstation responsive to ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7207197 | Washing and drying machines and dry-cleaning machines A machine for washing and/or cleaning articles comprises a sealable enclosure for containing the articles to which cleaning liquid is to be supplied. The cleaning liquid is heated to a high temperature and forced into the enclosure under high pressure as finely disp... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7198646 | Device for fastening and anchoring cardiac valve prostheses This invention relates to a device for fastening and anchoring heart valve prostheses which is essentially formed of wire-shaped interconnected elements. The aim of the invention is to be able to be implant, in a minimally invasive manner, a device of this type via ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7200407 | Multiple reuse patterns for channels of wireless networks A base station for a wireless network has multiple channels for communicating with user equipments, and has multiple channel reuse patterns. The patterns are complementary such that areas of low carrier to interference ratio C/I of one pattern are not coincident wit... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7193986 | Wireless network medium access control protocol A device for use in a packet-oriented transmission network comprises a transmitter arranged to transmit a sequence comprising at least one data packet and a receiver arranged to receive a sequence comprising at least one data packet. At least one data packet in one ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7148131 | Method for implanting ions in a semiconductor A method for implanting ions in a semiconductor is disclosed. The method includes implanting indium ions into a substrate of a semiconductor material of the semiconductor device for a first time period. The method also includes implanting boron ions into the substra... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7134189 | Coaxial cable connector and tool and method for connecting a coaxial cable A connector for coaxial cable, and a tool and method for connecting coaxial cable. The connector may have a projection configured to extend into a channel defined by an inner conductor of the coaxial cable and to engage an inner surface of the inner conductor; and a... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7121060 | Moulding element for motor vehicle bodies and method for realization thereof A moulding element for motor vehicle bodies has been realized wherein a main section bar (2) of elongated conformation is engaged to attachment projections (9) presented by a correspondent securing area (5a) of a body (5) of a moto... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7089954 | Fuel tank vent system with variable-height fuel level shut-off port An apparatus is provided for controlling discharge of fuel vapor from an interior region in a fuel tank and preventing unsatisfactory liquid fuel levels within the interior region of the fuel tank. The apparatus includes a buoyant fill-limit valve movable to open an... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7077944 | Instrument for separating ions in time as functions of preselected ion mobility and ion mass An ion separation instrument includes an ion source coupled to at least a first ion mobility spectrometer having an ion outlet coupled to a mass spectrometer. Instrumentation is further included to provide for passage to the mass spectrometer only ions defining a pr... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7071373 | Transgenic ungulate compositions and methods Transgenic ungulates and compositions and methods for making and using same, are provided. Central to the invention are porcine, bovine, ovine and caprine embryonic stem cell lines and methods for establishing them. Cells of such lines are transformed with exogenous... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7056952 | Isoflavone metabolites There are disclosed compounds of formulae (I) or (II) in which A is selected from the group consisting of (1), (2), (3) and (4); OH, and one of R1 and R2 is selected from H, OH and OCH3, and the other of R1 and R2 | 06/06/2006 |
| 7033839 | Quick acting toxic ammonia test for aqueous samples A method, test reagent and device usable as a test strip for detecting toxic ammonia levels in water samples such as aquarium water. The volume of the water to be tested contacted with a soda lime reagent to raise the pH to at least 10, and simultaneously contacted ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7029327 | Watertight device for connecting a transmission line connector to a signal source connector A device for connecting and sealing between a transmission line connector and a signal source connector includes a hollow outer conductor with an inner conductor disposed therein, and an electrical insulator disposed therebetween. One end of the outer conductor and ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7029276 | Use of cyclic forces to expedite remodeling of craniofacial bones Methods of treating malocclusion and inducing osteogenesis as well as an apparatus for treating malocclusion are described. The methods and apparatus utilize cyclic forces as compared to static forces to achieve their results. ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7022279 | Method and installation for applying a relief decoration to elongate members The present invention relates to a method and installation for integrally applying a relief decoration to the surface of solid elongate members. The installation comprises a pre-heater (43) with pre-heater control means (69), a press (51), and a... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7016375 | Integrated connection admission control and bandwidth on demand for a access asynchronous network An integrated connection admission control (CAC) and bandwidth on demand control (BoD) system for allocating the resource of a common medium uplink of a multiple access (MA) asynchronous network segment, wherein the CAC allocates static resource to all virtual conne... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7014019 | Brake actuator comprising an energy accumulator and an inertia weight The invention relates to a brake actuator, especially for a rail vehicle brake, comprising an accumulation brake unit having an energy accumulator for storing and supplying energy for applying the brake, preferably in the event of safety braking and/or park braking,... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7010417 | System and method for determining maximum available engine torque In one embodiment, a system for determining maximum available engine output torque includes an engine speed sensor and a control computer produce a fueling command for fueling an internal combustion engine. The computer is configured to produce a maximum available e... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7006912 | Cylinder misfire diagnostic system A system is disclosed for diagnosing cylinder misfiring in an internal combustion engine. A control computer is configured to periodically diagnose whether each cylinder of the engine is firing or misfiring, and to log information relating to such cylinder firing or... | 02/28/2006 |
