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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7780544 | System and method for indicating a golf swing region A system is provided for indicating a region of a golf swing. The system includes a strip configured to encircle the feet of a golfer preparing to conduct the golf swing of a golf club. The strip is marked with one or more markings for a respective golf swing region... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7549972 | Tool for extracting vitreous samples from an eye A unitary mechanical injector-vitrector hand tool for use in extracting vitreous material from an eye and injecting another fluid into the eye includes a housing body having a proximal end, a distal end and a variable volume cavity in the housing body for establishi... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7087830 | System for converting turntable motion to MIDI data A computerized method and apparatus for creating a scratch effect through a MIDI interface. In one form, timing signals are derived from a turntable whose direction and speed of rotation are manually controlled by a disk jockey. The timing signals are processed by a... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7486280 | Contoured capacitive touch control panel A method of manufacturing a contoured capacitive touch screen control panel includes printing control indicia on at least one of a front surface and a back surface of a flexible film and printing conductive ink pads on a back surface of the film in alignment with th... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7485218 | Storm water filtration system A storm water filtering system located in a storm water catch basin, the basin having a storm water inlet spaced from at least one storm water outlet and defining a chamber for storm water collection between the inlet and the outlet. The filtering system comprises a... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7464043 | Computerized method and system for obtaining, storing and accessing medical records Computerized method and system for managing respective health records of a plurality of patients are provided. The method allows for uploading a progress note of a respective patient. The progress note includes data relative to an encounter between a respective phys... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7357112 | Method for reorienting a horizontal shaft diesel engine to vertical operation A method for modifying a small diesel engine from a horizontal drive or crankshaft orientation into a vertical crankshaft orientation incorporates blocking of existing oil flow paths to rocker arms of the engine and replacement with pressurized low volume oil flow. ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7327472 | High temperature, minimally invasive optical sensing modules A remote temperature sensing system includes a light source selectively producing light at two different wavelengths and a sensor device having an optical path length that varies as a function of temperature. The sensor receives light emitted by the light source and... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7324221 | Method for printing multiple jobs A system and method for merging and printing multiple postal presorted print jobs into a single print run for discounted rate mailing. The method includes merging mail recipient address lists from several print job orders into a merged recipient address list. The me... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7315770 | Railway controller with improved application programming A multi-use wayside railway control system for installation and use in operating wayside railway equipment in a railway wayside application selected from among a plurality of differing railway wayside applications usable in the control system. The system includes de... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7302767 | Water illusion column A water flow simulation system for audio and visual illusion has an inner conduit and an outer conduit spaced apart to define a flow channel therebetween. A blower directs a flow of air through the inner conduit from one end to an opposite end where at least some of... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7267618 | Golf swing training apparatus A system for teaching proper takeaway of a golf club during a golf swing uses an apparatus having a sliding element for engaging a back of the golf club when the club is in a set-up position. The sliding element moves in a defined track in response to movement of th... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7262762 | Apparatus and method for generating data signals An ergonomic apparatus for generating data signals that may be indicative of alphanumeric characters for use with an electronic device or system such as a computer or electric typewriter, for example. The apparatus may be configured in accordance with ergonomic prin... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7222581 | Transition device for coupled metal frames A transition device for providing a smooth corner of a pair of angular oriented interconnected windshields on a boat, the boat having a forward facing or front windshield and a side facing windshield, both the windshields being mounted in a formed aluminum molding. ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7215364 | Digital imaging system using overlapping images to formulate a seamless composite image and implemented using either a digital imaging sensor array An imaging system for obtaining a wide field of view comprises a plurality of imaging devices each having a defined field of view and each of the imaging devices having a mechanism for capturing an image at a selected time instant. The imaging devices are positioned... | 05/08/2007 |
| D541685 | Automotive accessory instrument case | 05/01/2007 |
| 7191385 | Error correction in a locating method and system A method of detecting and correcting bit errors in a digitally encoded data stream includes correlating a received bit transition in the data stream with a multitude of possible bit transitions to generate corresponding correlated bit transition values. A bit transi... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7180602 | Agile spectral interferometric microscopy An agile optical sensor based on spectrally agile heterodyne optical interferometric confocal microscopy implemented via an ultra-stable in-line acousto-optic tunable filter (AOTF) based interferometer using double anisotropic acousto-optic Bragg diffraction. One em... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7162909 | Crimp tool for crimping pin and socket contacts A compound indenter for a wire connector pin, the pin having an axial length and an opening at an end thereof for receiving a wire having an exposed portion and an insulation covered portion, the opening being sized to receive both the exposed portion and a length o... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7151525 | Apparatus and method for generating data signals An ergonomic apparatus for generating data signals that may be indicative of alphanumeric characters for use with an electronic device or system such as a computer or electric typewriter, for example. The apparatus may be configured in accordance with ergonomic prin... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7131403 | Integrated engine control and cooling system for diesel engines A locomotive includes an engine (12), an intercooler (16), and an oil cooler (28), each having respective cooling passages formed therein. The locomotive also includes a cooling system (10) in selective communication with the respective c... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7126293 | Wheel slip correction system A wheel slip correction system for an electric traction motor propelled vehicle having a plurality of DC electric traction motors with series connected armature and field windings incorporates an apparatus connected in circuit with each motor for reducing motor arma... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7092079 | Digital optical beam profiler An agile optical beam profiler using a two-dimensional small tilt digital micromirror device/chip, a translation stage, and single photodetector or pair of photodetectors. A method of profiling an optical beam includes positioning a programmable spatial light modula... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7077266 | Travel enclosure for a golf bag and method of assembling such A travel enclosure for a golf bag has a support for the golf bag and a set of nested members arranged for telescopic movement with respect to each other and the support between remotely spaced positions disassociated from the support and at least partially enclosing... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7073228 | Handle construction for golf ball retriever A telescoping handle having a plurality of telescoping hollow tubes characterized by relative sliding stiffness between each of the tubes and having a similar resistance to rotation, the handle comprising a plurality of stiffeners having an outside diameter sized to... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7070519 | Divot tool A golf accessory apparatus having a divot tool and a removable ball marker includes an elongate body having a pair of prongs on one end forming a divot tool. A ball marker support is incorporated into the body and has a window for viewing a face of the marker. The m... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7060028 | Endoilluminator A fiber optic endoilluminator surgical instrument for projecting illuminating light into an interior of an eyeball includes a finger grip member and an elongated passageway through the finger grip member. A hollow rigid needle, adapted to penetrate into the interior... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7062604 | Method and system for five-disk fault tolerance in a disk array A two-dimensional parity method and system that provides five-disk fault tolerance in an array of disks, such as a RAID system. In an N×M logical representation of data in an array of disks, the method includes arranging strips containing data into two groups of st... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7059362 | Adaptable hand operated safety cable tool An adaptable hand operated tool for tensioning safety cable to a predetermined tension limit, crimping a ferrule onto the cable, and cutting the cable. The tool comprises a body for adapting the tool to a hand operated hydraulic tool, a cable tensioner, and an elong... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7050817 | Locating method and system A method for determining a location of a digital radio transmitter includes detecting, by at least three spatially separated receivers, a digitally encoded radio signal, having a known pattern of bit transitions, radiated from the transmitter. Once detected, a time ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7048640 | Golf club weight training device A weighting device for removably attaching to a golf club. The device has a mass with a bore formed therethrough and an access slot in open communication with the bore. The slot provides an entrance opening in the mass that is transverse to the bore for attaching th... | 05/23/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7015458 | High density fiber optic output interface and system A fiber optic control system for controlling remotely located devices. The control system includes an illumination source for producing a light beam and a plurality of optical fibers. Each fiber is arranged to receive a respective portion of a light beam at a coupli... | 03/21/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| D509102 | Princess sipper cup lid | 09/06/2005 |
| 6922233 | Digital optical beam profiler An optical beam profiler using a spatial light modulator and photodetector. In an embodiment, the spatial light modulator is a two-dimensional (2-D) small tilt digital micromirror device. The profiler features fast speed, digital controls, low polarization sensitivi... | 07/26/2005 |
| 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 |
