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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8009512 | Networked sonar observation of selected seabed environments A sonar transducer network for observing a seabed includes a controller. A first transducer assembly includes a first acoustic transducer to convert a first ping to a first electrical signal; and a first transducer processor to receive a first electrical signal from... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8007543 | Vacuum attachment system A vacuum socket system pertaining to the field of prosthetics wherein an enhanced suspension mechanism is provided by incorporating a vacuum source, circuitry, and a power source. A virtually air-tight seal between residual limb and prosthesis allows a vacuum fit to... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8006434 | Adjustable garden stake A stake for insertion in soil to support an item such as a plant. The stake includes primary and secondary telescoping shafts and a foot adjustably secured to the primary shaft. The primary shaft has an upper end and a lower end. The lower end is configured for inse... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8002157 | Bottle and waist pack A waist pack includes a sleeve for removably retaining a bottle or other container. In accordance with various preferred aspects of the invention, the pack includes a sleeve configured to securely retain the bottle while at the same time allowing for convenient remo... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7999698 | Anti-collision lighting systems and methods for a micro aerial vehicle Systems and methods for anti-collision lights on a UAV. A method for passive anti-collision lights on a Micro-Aerial Vehicle (“MAV”) including determining a location of the MAV using a flight management computer configured to fly the MAV on a programmed path usi... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7997136 | MEMS force balance accelerometer Microelectromechanical (MEMS) accelerometer and acceleration sensing methods. A MEMS accelerometer includes a proof mass, a planar coil on the proof mass, a magnet, a first pole piece positioned proximate a first side of the proof mass, and a second pole piece posit... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7992476 | Food chopper A food chopping or slicing device preferably includes three primary components, including a lid, a blade tray, and a food reservoir. A trimming blade secures to an edge of the device to cut overlength food items. In some embodiments, a reservoir bottom is removable ... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7990630 | Lens device Device facilitating quick and easy removal of a lens from a front side. The device includes a lens, a housing, a retention clip, an ejection block, and a fastener. The fastener passes through a hole in the housing and the ejection block. The fastener and either the ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7982658 | Systems and methods for assessing weather in proximity to an airborne aircraft Dynamic weather model systems and methods are operable to assess weather in proximity to an airborne aircraft. An exemplary embodiment receives a radar return from the weather, determines reflectivity information from the received radar return, retrieves a weather m... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7979383 | Atlas reporting A method and database for generating a report of findings of at least one abnormality evident in a medical image, the medical image including at least a portion of at least one structure of the body, the method includes retrieving a figure of the at least one struct... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7978121 | Distributed and cable reduced TCAS A direction finding antenna system for determining the relative bearing of a second aircraft from a first aircraft in conjunction with Distance Measuring Equipment (DME). The system includes a first antenna and a second antenna located on a top surface of the first ... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7976714 | Single SOI wafer accelerometer fabrication process Methods for producing a MEMS device from a single silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafer. An SOI wafer includes a silicon (Si) handle layer, a Si mechanism layer and an insulator layer located between the Si handle and Si mechanism layers. An example method includes etchi... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7974762 | Self tuning cylinder pressure based heat release computation A method for automatic, heat release computation in a piston engine, comprises the steps of: measuring a cylinder pressure as a function of crank angle (see FIGURE), based on said measurement; calculating a first polytropic exponent for a compression stroke (in M), ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7969558 | High definition lidar system A lidar-based 3-D point cloud measuring system and method. An example system includes a base, a housing, a plurality of photon transmitters and photon detectors contained within the housing, a rotary motor that rotates the housing about the base, and a communication... | 06/28/2011 |
| D639027 | Pocket for a pair of pants | 06/07/2011 |
| 7953593 | Method and system for extending keyword searching to syntactically and semantically annotated data Methods and systems for extending keyword searching techniques to syntactically and semantically annotated data are provided. Example embodiments provide a Syntactic Query Engine (“SQE”) that parses, indexes, and stores a data set as an enhanced document index w... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7952374 | Transient emission scanning microscopy An apparatus for analyzing an integrated circuit to which one or more test signals are applied. An example apparatus includes an objective lens that views reflections from the integrated circuit, a device that houses at least two optical fibers, a component that rec... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7949508 | Low vibration rectification in a closed-loop, in-plane MEMS device A method for a geometry of a lateral comb drive for an in-plane, electrostatic force feedback, closed-loop, micromachined accelerometer or closed-loop Coriolis rate gyroscope device, or closed-loop capacitive pressure or force measuring device. When vibration is app... | 05/24/2011 |
| D592015 | Container gripping device | 05/12/2009 |
| 7525474 | Integrated distance measuring equipment and transponder system and method A combined transponder and DME system for use in an aircraft. An L Band transmitter is shared between transponder and DME. ... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7523661 | Methods and systems for liquid volumetric measurement An apparatus for measuring a volume of liquid within a vessel is described. The apparatus includes a plurality of devices each having electrical properties that are dependent on a temperature of the device, a constant current source coupled to the plurality of devic... | 04/28/2009 |
| D591196 | Memorial picture plaque | 04/28/2009 |
| 7523456 | System and method for adding local resources for use by a mobile agent object System and method for importing service objects to a host computing environment. In one embodiment, a method includes the steps of executing a mobile agent object, (called a delivery-mobile agent object) in a mobile-agent runtime environment in a host computing envi... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7522897 | Adaptable DC offset correction Methods and systems for adaptable DC offset correction are provided. An exemplary adaptable DC offset correction system evaluates an incoming baseband signal to determine an appropriate DC offset removal scheme; removes a DC offset from the incoming baseband signal ... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7522284 | Optical resonator gyro and method for reducing resonance asymmetry errors Methods and apparatus are provided for attenuating rotation rate errors in a resonator gyro. The gyro includes a ring resonator having a hollow core optical fiber coil and optical elements that are selected and/or oriented to reduce stray light that may be present i... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7518133 | Integrated searchlight lighthead A lighthead for a dual-mode searchlight including a generally concave housing with an attached infrared (IR) light source assembly, an insulating barrier and air gap between the visible and IR portions of the assembly, and a reflector integral to the housing. ... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7516661 | Z offset MEMS device A microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device with a mechanism layer having a first part and a second part, and at least one cover for sealing the mechanism layer. The inner surface of at least one of the covers is structured such that a protruding structure is pres... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7516039 | Mapping systems and methods Improved systems and methods for mapping are provided. In one embodiment, a system for mapping is provided. The system comprises a rangefinder adapted to output range measurements; an inertial sensor adapted to capture inertial measurements including inertial forces... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7515715 | Information security for aeronautical surveillance systems A method and apparatus for encrypting a Mode-S extended squitter exploiting a provided key. The key includes a control key segment, an address key segment, a first message key segment, and a first parity/identity key segment. Adding modulo two the control segment to... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7515272 | Digital feedback systems and methods for optical gyroscopes A digital feedback system for an optical gyroscope include a fiber optic sensing coil, an optical phase modulator, a photo detector and a processor. The sensing coil induces a phase differential between light waves traveling though the coil. The optical phase modula... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7515271 | Wavelength calibration in a fiber optic gyroscope Methods and apparatus are provided for calibrating a fiber optic gyroscope (FOG) to compensate for wavelength fluctuations. The wavelength of the light propagating in the gyroscope is accurately determined by obtaining wavelength indicia for light originally produce... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7513638 | Solar-powered collapsible lighting apparatus A solar-powered collapsible lighting apparatus includes a lighting element assembly having a lighting element, a solar cell, a battery unit, and a collapsible shade. The battery unit is electrically coupled to the solar cell and to the lighting element assembly. The... | 04/07/2009 |
| D590073 | Window component extrusion | 04/07/2009 |
| 7512500 | Method for sensor initialization in a structural health management system A method for initializing a chain of non-initialized data collectors is disclosed. The chain of non-initialized data collectors are coupled to a controller. In a first step communication between the controller and each data collector in the chain of non-initialized ... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7512493 | High speed gyrocompass alignment via multiple Kalman filter based hypothesis testing A method of aligning a gyro-compass comprising operating at least two Kalman filters in a set of Kalman filters to generate an error correction to at least a single navigation solution in a set of navigation solutions in order to provide coarse alignment azimuth con... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7510722 | Apparatus for dispensing a bird haze product from a can An aerosol tiny mist hazer apparatus. The apparatus has an aerosol can that contains about 10% by weight Methyl Anthranilate oil and about 90% by weight of an isobutane and propane propellant mixture. The apparatus has an aerosol valve with a vapor tap at the top an... | 03/31/2009 |
| D588283 | Window component extrusion | 03/10/2009 |
| D587818 | Window component extrusion | 03/03/2009 |
| 7494598 | Miniature optically transparent window Miniature optically transparent windows are disclosed that extend vertically from a plane, which may be used to transmit light traveling in a direction substantially parallel with the plane. In one illustrative embodiment, a method for forming such miniature optical... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7491581 | Dicing technique for flip-chip USP wafers A method and a fused compound wafer including at least one first MEMS sensor and at least second MEMS sensor includes a first wafer. The first wafer includes at least one first MEMS sensor first subassembly and at least one second MEMS sensor first subassembly. A se... | 02/17/2009 |
