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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7046199 | Monolithic low profile omni-directional surface-mount antenna A monolithic surface mountable monopole antenna. The antenna comprises a top plate having a plurality of conductive regions and a like plurality of legs extending away from a plane of the top plate in a direction of a ground plane. Each leg is disposed between two a... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7044302 | Patient controlled timed oral medication dispenser The oral medication delivery device provides patient access to medications prescribed to be available on an as-needed basis, but with a minimum time intervals between doses. The required time interval between drug accessibility is programmed into the device when the... | 05/16/2006 |
| D520440 | Mounting unit for vehicle accessories | 05/09/2006 |
| 7027900 | Enhanced locomotive adhesion control A method of dynamically controlling traction of a locomotive (V) having a plurality of axles (A1–A6) on each of which are mounted wheels (W) for moving the locomotive over a set of rails (R). A creep control signal (creep_n) is provided to a controll... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7021344 | Removable fuel tank for diesel engines A method for preventing use of an unapproved fuel in a diesel engine uses a fuel tank that does not have a conventional fueling opening and has a puncturable fitting for connection to fuel lines of the engine. The engine fuel lines terminate in a mount that has fang... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7024493 | Bootable CD for transferring files independently of computer operating systems A method of transferring CD ROM formatted files independently of operating systems. The method includes booting a computer with an operating system kernel loaded from a bootable CD ROM, and loading a file transfer application. The application can recognize CD ROM fo... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7013239 | Apparatus and method for performance and fault data analysis An analysis scheduler for scheduling the automatic processing of performance data through a plurality of analysis tools is disclosed. Performance data provided to some of the tools by the analysis scheduler may be specified to be within a predetermined (but variable... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7011041 | Self cleaning birdbath A self cleaning birdbath with a bowl (10) which is shaped for easy cleaning and fixed to a support pole (14) that has a water supply pipe (13) inside it, connected to a gear driven lawn sprinkler (12) with a converter nozzle (11), ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7000598 | Bumpless crankshift position sensing Disclosed herein are methods of generating an active crank series of signals that is derived from at least two series of signals, wherein one or both of the series of signals have been modulated to produce two series of signals that resemble each other. Also disclos... | 02/21/2006 |
| 7002829 | Apparatus and method for programming a one-time programmable memory device A method and apparatus for opening a fuse formed on a semiconductor substrate. The apparatus comprises a thyristor formed from CMOS device regions and having a one or two control terminals for permitting current to flow through the thyristor into the fuse, for openi... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6995686 | Weather information dissemination system for mobile vehicles A method and apparatus for disseminating weather products, based on raw weather data provided by various weather condition sensors, to a mobile vehicle. The weather products are formed as web pages and transmitted to the mobile vehicle during the vertical blanking i... | 02/07/2006 |
| RE38950 | Waterproof decking method and apparatus A waterproof deck includes a deck subflooring supported on joists adjacent a building, a flashing adjacent a building, and a drip edge attached along the edge of a subflooring where the water runs off the deck. An elastomeric waterproofing material covers the subflo... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6990322 | Method and apparatus for locomotive radio communications, with expansion capability An apparatus and method for equipping a locomotive with a modular radio communication system capable of being expanded to incorporate future improvements in radio and data communication electronics. The modular radio communication system provides for the installatio... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6985803 | System and method for monitoring the condition of a vehicle A system for monitoring the condition of a vehicle has at least one wireless transmitter in on the vehicle, and in communication with the vehicle computer system. Data representative of operating parameters generated during the operation of the vehicle is downloaded... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6982818 | Electronically tunable optical filtering modules Electronically agile optical filtering modules for equalizing light propagation differences in at least two spaced optical beam pathways in the modules. The modules use optical polarization rotation devices that may include acousto-optic tunable filter (AOTF) device... | 01/03/2006 |
| D511691 | Timer and clock in imitation cigarette housing | 11/22/2005 |
| 6965348 | Broadband antenna structures There is disclosed an antenna exhibiting resonance over a broad frequency band or over a plurality of closely-spaced frequency bands, comprising a ground plane, a non-driven element affixed substantially perpendicular to the ground plane, a driven element affixed su... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6959235 | Diagnosis and repair system and method A diagnosis and repair recommendation system for a railroad locomotive is disclosed. The system uses generalized repair recommendations and instantiates them to a specific repair process for a unique road number locomotive. In addition to repair steps to be executed... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6950066 | Apparatus and method for forming a monolithic surface-mountable antenna An monolithic surface mountable antenna. The antenna comprises a ground plane, two dielectric layers separated by a conductive intermediate layer and a plurality of conductive regions on a top surface. Ground vias pass through the dielectric layers and connect one o... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6947797 | Method and system for diagnosing machine malfunctions A system (830) and method (800) for diagnosing a malfunctioning machine. A fault event is selected (806) together with sequential operating parameter data (808) from a selectively focused time interval about the fault event for evaluation... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6943675 | Locomotive hand brake alarm A hand brake system (40) for a rail vehicle providing a hand brake position alarm (76) before a train is moved with a hand brake not fully released. A switch (56) detects the position of a hand brake drive chain (18) to provide a brake en... | 09/13/2005 |
| D509102 | Princess sipper cup lid | 09/06/2005 |
| 6937193 | Wideband printed monopole antenna An antenna comprising two monopole elements and a ground plane disposed on a dielectric substrate. The elements are spaced apart to provide spatial diversity and have a shape to provide operation in multiple frequency bands and/or over a wide bandwidth of frequencie... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6937877 | Wireless communication with a mobile asset employing dynamic configuration of a software defined radio A system for communicating over a plurality of wireless data networks, the system comprising a software defined radio capable of being configured to operate with a plurality of wireless network services; a radio controller for reconfiguring the radio to operate over... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6918148 | Arm pillow for holding a child An arm pillow comprising a pillow having an elastic support sleeve attached to a backside of the pillow. The support sleeve fits snugly over a user's elbow so the pillow will not move on the elbow. ... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6918914 | Minimally invasive adjustable acetubular reamer An acetabular reamer including a reaming head having arcuately-shaped segments generally symmetrically distributed about a center point. The arcuately-shaped segments are extendable or retractable about the center point to create a variable dimensioned recess in an ... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6917334 | Ultra-wide band meanderline fed monopole antenna An ultra-wide bandwidth antenna. The antenna comprises a serially electrically connected top radiator, side radiator and bottom radiator. Geometrically, the top radiator, side radiator and bottom radiator form a U-shaped structure. A meanderline conductor is connect... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6914763 | Utility control and autonomous disconnection of distributed generation from a power distribution system In a utility power distribution system having at least one primary electric power source and at least one secondary electric power source, each of said primary and secondary sources being connected to the distribution system through respective controllable circuit b... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6904341 | Integrated vessel monitoring and control system A vessel monitoring and control system. Data indicative of operational conditions for vessel systems is transmitted from the vessel to one or more remote sites and commands are received from the one or more remote sites for controlling the vessel systems. Multiple t... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6897817 | Independently tunable multiband meanderline loaded antenna An antenna for transmitting and receiving radio frequency energy. The antenna comprises a conductive top plate formed in the shape of a spiral. In one embodiment a sidewall meanderline extends from an edge of the top plate in the direction of a ground plane. A short... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6892981 | Stealthy duffel bag airplane The Duffel Bag Airplane is an inflatable flying wing unmanned airborne vehicle (UAV). The fuselage will house everything but the wings. The wing can be rolled up around the fuselage into a small package when deflated for easy transportation, such as by being carried... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6892895 | Collapsible container A collapsible container configured to lay substantially flat in a collapsed position and maintain an extended or usable position by utilizing load-bearing means rigidly disposed among and affixed to various support members. The load-bearing means are adapted to rece... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6891500 | Method and apparatus for geolocating a wireless communications device The time difference of arrival for a signal received at two or more receiving sites as transmitted from a wireless communications device, is determined by a frequency domain technique. The constituent frequencies of the signals received at the two or more receiving ... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6888510 | Compact, low profile, circular polarization cubic antenna An antenna providing circular polarization for received and transmitted signals. The antenna comprises a vertical conductive surfaces oriented to form a closed structure and horizontal conductive surfaces forming a top face of the closed structure. Connection of sel... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6886689 | Apparatus for containing and displaying objects An apparatus is provided for containing and displaying a plurality of objects, such as compact discs and/or digital video discs for example, that may include a back cover and a tray front coupled with the back cover in a hinged relation so that the back cover and tr... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6885807 | High speed fiber-optic attenuation modules Unique multi-diffraction structures using electronically controlled Bragg diffraction devices such as acousto-optic (AO) devices to accomplish optical beam attenuation control functions. These variable optical attenuator (VOA) modules can be fully inertialess as the... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6873962 | Train corridor scheduling process A process for scheduling the travel of trains on a rail corridor. The rail corridor includes a plurality of siding tracks onto which trains can be sided when a meet or pass occurs with another train on the corridor. A gradient search process is used with a cost func... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6866347 | Locomotive brake pipe valve cut-out failure detection and correction In a distributed power railroad train, an apparatus for equalizing the equalizing reservoir pressure in the remote power unit and the brake pipe pressure. With these pressures equal, the remote unit cannot charge the brake pipe while the lead unit attempts to vent t... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6860775 | Anti-exposure flotation suit An anti-exposure flotation suit for children is fabricated from water impermeable fabrics, and is sealed at various openings to prevent water from leaking into the enclosed interior. Elongated sleeves and a bottom of the suit are enclosed to prevent water leakage. A... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6859578 | Fault-tolerant fiber-optical multiwavelength processor Multi-wavelength fiber-optic processors based on a fault-tolerant scheme using a macro-pixel to control an optical beam are described. The macro-pixel system uses multiple device pixels per beam to provide a robust digital technique for amplitude control and routing... | 02/22/2005 |
