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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7143973 | Avia tilting-rotor convertiplane The present invention provides a tilt rotor aircraft having a centrally mounted tiltable engine and rotor assembly. A turbine or other type of engine (or engines) is pivotally mounted on a central frame above and between the pilot and co-pilot, who occupy separate a... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7134039 | Recovery of real-time video data after power loss A number of different subroutines or algorithms are provided for locating lost video data, reconstructing navigation data, and creating new navigation files or the like so that the DVD may be made readable by an ordinary DVD player. The present invention provides al... | 11/07/2006 |
| D523674 | Toothbrush sanitizer | 06/27/2006 |
| 6993722 | User interface system methods and computer program products for multi-function consumer entertainment appliances A user interface system, method and computer program product permits selection of predetermined device application modes in a television set system and checking the activation status of other application modes. If active modes are identified which are incompatible w... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6850774 | Portable communications and data terminal operating to optimize receipt of both incoming CDPD and AMPS messages A portable radio telephone handset operates as a data transfer terminal as well as an analog cellular telephone subscriber station. Two modes of operation, an analog cellular communication mode and a Cellular Digital Packet Data (CDPD) mode, are available in the han... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6850225 | Color-coded tactile data-entry devices A data-entry device having manually operable input means arranged in zones for operation by corresponding fingers of a user. The device includes means for color coding such that each zone is assigned a color and successive zones display colors ordered according to t... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6806829 | Method and apparatus for improving the utility of a automatic dependent surveillance The surveillance system provides a means to augment Automatic Dependent Surveillance—Broadcast (ADS-B) with “look alike ADS-B” or “pseudo ADS-B” surveillance transmissions for aircraft which may not be ADS-B equipped. The system uses ground based surveilla... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6775217 | Multi-stage ring oscillator for providing stable delays on EFM data pulses for recording CD-R and CD-RW medium The invention provides a method and apparatus for generating delays to shift edges of an EFM data stream from an EFM modulator for a CD-R and CD-RW write encoder. EFM data pulse edges may be delayed in increments of about {fraction (1/32)} Tefm where Tefm is the cod... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6753807 | Combination N-way power divider/combiner and noninvasive reflected power detection An N-way RF/microwave power divider/combiner utilizes one input and N outputs, or conversely N inputs and one output to divide (or combine) RF/microwave power while simultaneously and non-invasively measuring reflected power present due to mismatched loads or other ... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6182965 | Ring-spinning games with game parts and methods of play A plurality of circular disks or rings, each disk or ring having a different color, number or other indicia affixed, printed or otherwise incorporated onto each of its two flat sides may be spun by hand to fall with one or the other of their two flat side... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6149285 | Interchangeable decorative tube device for fluorescent lighting An elongated thin wall plastic tube device, containing decorative un-printed images along its length as transparent light-transmissive openings, while also containing printed or painted opaque sections to block out unwanted light-transmission around the i... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6142746 | Pulsating valve for hydraulic rams having a liquid vessel attached thereto A pump device is disclosed, comprising a supply tube 1, for a liquid with a relatively low head, an accumulator 3 connected to supply tube 1 via a one-way valve 2, an outlet tube 4 from the accumulator for liquid with a relatively high head, and an outlet... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6115032 | CRT to FPD conversion/protection apparatus and method The present invention allows a single display controller design to be used in multiple markets by providing an additional stand-alone circuit which converts conventional analog CRT display signals to digital flat panel display or other digital display sig... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6094169 | Multilateration auto-calibration and position error correction The accuracy of multilateration systems can be greatly improved by using a correction method based on the SLS (Sideband Lobe Suppression) signal produced by a Secondary Surveillance Radar (SSR). Multilateration is a cooperative surveillance technique for ... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6073867 | Versatile mill The invention concerns a versatile mill, particularly the construction of its drive, central and clamping part with the fitting of knives, and the cooling of the milling part. The versatile mill is intended for processing food products and other organic a... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6067071 | Method and apparatus for expanding graphics images for LCD panels A display controller in a computer system controls the output of graphics display data in a computer system having a fixed resolution flat panel display. Fixed panel displays may have problems displaying non-native resolutions particularly at lower resolu... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6042052 | Retractable step fairing for amphibian airplane The invention comprises an improved seaplane having a retractable step. The term retractable step, however, is a misnomer. The step portion of the seaplane float includes a panel which may be extended once the plane is airborne to reduce aerodynamic drag ... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5680591 | Method and apparatus for monitoring a row address strobe signal in a graphics controller A method and apparatus for integrating a row address strobe signal monitoring circuit in a graphics controller is described. The present invention includes an improved graphics controller comprising a bi-directional input/output pad and a row address stro... | 10/21/1997 |
