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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D638983 | Lamp | 05/31/2011 |
| 7941912 | Clamp body for electrical connector clamps In order to increase the clamping effect in an electrical screw connector used in industrial applications to fix or hold an electrical conductor, the support and contact surfaces for the electrical conductor are textured. According to the invention, the texturing of... | 05/17/2011 |
| D637471 | Power cord lock box | 05/10/2011 |
| D636432 | Book binding machine | 04/19/2011 |
| D636248 | Knife | 04/19/2011 |
| D634887 | Lamp | 03/22/2011 |
| 7845714 | Hybrid-structure assembly support An assembly support with hybrid structure for front ends of passenger vehicles and light trucks includes an upper cross member (1), a lateral member (2) attached to it from below with a flange plate (3) for connection with the face ends of vehic... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7861942 | Sealed waterfall assembly A waterfall assembly features a first, substantially hermetically sealed chamber adapted to contain a quantity of liquid. The first chamber includes at least one substantially vertical and transparent side having an internal surface, preferably with a plurality of p... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7850593 | Fluid pump A pumping system 10, FIG. 1, provides a physiological pulsatile flow and includes controller 121, a pump drive head 50 coupled to a motor 12 and a fluid housing 52 having at least one port 60. The port 60 inclu... | 12/14/2010 |
| D628235 | Book binding device | 11/30/2010 |
| 7840421 | Infectious disease surveillance system An infectious disease surveillance system is disclosed, which comprises a database system for storing data relating to at least one infectious disease; input means for providing data to the database system; a complex adaptive system associated with the database syst... | 11/23/2010 |
| 6739813 | Plastic encapsulated bolt and anchor assembly A plastic encapsulated bolt includes a metallic insert having a head (e.g., a hex head, square head, or other type of deformed head) and a shank. An outer plastic layer encapsulates the metallic insert and forms a plastic encapsulated head and a plastic encapsulated... | 05/25/2004 |
| 7391355 | Single platform geolocation method and apparatus A geolocation system and method uses a single platform for determining a Doppler measurement set of a targeted aircraft or signal of interest. The electronic warfare aircraft and the ejected aircraft expendables technology device determine the Doppler measurement se... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7152835 | Bracket assembly lock A bracket assembly includes an angle bracket having a horizontal leg and a vertical leg. A lower bracket arm and a lock are coupled to the angle bracket and cooperate to mount the angle bracket onto an upright. The lock includes a pair of side members pivotally coup... | 12/26/2006 |
| D532926 | Hanging lamp arm | 11/28/2006 |
| D532546 | Hanging lamp arm | 11/21/2006 |
| 7131324 | Partial stroke valve test apparatus This invention relates to an emergency valve shutdown system having an integrated test facility. The invention provides an apparatus for testing emergency shutdown valves in a process industry comprising: a valve having a plurality of limit switches each limit switc... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7131528 | Chain guide for a continuous running transport chain A chain guide for a continuous running transport chain includes chain links with track rollers and guide rollers that correspond to a guide rail with two tracks for the track rollers at a distance from one another and in between a groove profile for the engagement o... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7090298 | Adjustment fitting for a seat back An adjustment fitting for a seat such as an automobile seat including a fixed fitting operatively attached to a fixed seat area and a fitting that is operatively attached to a moveable seat area. The adjustment fitting is adjustable via a rotatable fitting. The fixe... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7086662 | Ski binding The present invention relates to a safety ski binding for a ski or a ski board, which has central attaching means, and is capable of reacting to the friction between the boot and the binding. This is achieved by providing a pair of plates which are moveable one in r... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7077356 | Core chuck A core chuck includes “lock and key” or “key and keyhole” interfaces between the central cam and the mounting plate and the central cam and the end cap. The central cam includes central region having a multi-faceted camming surface adapted to expand and retr... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7080321 | Dynamic help option for internet customers The invention determines when an Internet browsing customer should be provided assistance by monitoring factors such as the customer profile saved at the server or in cookies, the time a customer spends on particular web pages, errors in forms submitted by the custo... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7068775 | System and method for managing a hold queue based on customer information retrieved from a customer database A system, including a method for prioritizing on hold calls connected to an automated telephone system is disclosed. The system and method utilizes customer information retrieved from a customer database as call prioritizing information for each connected call. The ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7068642 | System and method of propagating exclusion records in a networked computer telephony integration system A system and method of propagating exclusion records between a plurality of networked call centers is provided. Each call center includes a CTI system having a dynamic data record exclusion system. The system includes an exclusion record exporter and an exclusion re... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6883756 | Method and apparatus for delayed parachute deployment A hydraulic mechanism is positioned within the drogue bridle of a parachute system. The hydraulic link is slowly moved by tension on the drogue bridle to operate a release. The release operates to release the drogue chute and to deploy the main chute. The movement o... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6843477 | Rock, paper, scissors card game and methods of play A deck of rock, paper, scissors playing cards and methods of play therewith are disclosed. The deck has fifty-two cards including four wild cards identified as little sister cards and little brother cards, and forty-eight cards including fourteen paper cards, fourte... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6817622 | Mounting disk for a snowboard binding A mounting disk for holding a binding base plate through a central aperture in said base plate to the top surface of a snowboard. The binding plate may be secured in a plurality of rotational positions relative to the disk. The mounting disk may be secured in a plur... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6816880 | Browser user inter face for client workstation A web browser based client workstation receives web browser based information and displays the web browser based information in a web page browser format. The web browser based information may include operation critical application information which is interactively... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6816625 | Distortion free image capture system and method A system and method for correcting distortions that occur in image capture systems is disclosed. The present invention in some preferred embodiments includes provisions to correct or change magnification differences for all causes including position errors in zoom l... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6805323 | Pneumatic parachute riser control An automatic controlled parachute includes a parachute canopy, a flight controller and risers connecting the canopy to the flight controller. Pneumatic actuators are connected along the risers. The flight controller operates the pneumatic actuators to control the le... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6793289 | Seat back or seat base of an automobile seat A seat back or a seat base of an automobile seat with a frame includes a spring system extending between two opposing cross braces consisting of meander-shaped shaped spring wires and upholstery in a seat surface. The level determined by the supporting surface of th... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6766011 | Method and apparatus for controlling a contact center A switching apparatus for a contact center is integrated into a legacy contact center including a PBX. The switching capacity of both of the PBX and the switch are utilized efficiently by handing off controller specific desktop agents between the central processor a... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6765188 | Method and apparatus for converting the output of a photodetector to log voltage In a video receiver, a photodiode is terminated with one or more junction diodes to provide an output voltage that is a log function of the incident optical power. The termination with the diode provides a nonlinear resistance which converts the output current of th... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6766012 | System and method for allocating agent resources to a telephone call campaign based on agent productivity A method for allocating agents to telephone call campaigns by a telephony system is disclosed. The disclosed method is aimed at maximizing productivity of successful agents by prioritizing call distribution to those agents enjoying a high level of success with respe... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6760963 | Ductile material lance joiner The present invention relates to a joiner for lance joining ductile materials, such as metal sheets, and in particular to a joiner including a die assembly and a punch assembly. The die assembly includes a die anvil and an anvil surface. There are at least two die b... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6760323 | System and method for providing audio communication over a computer network using differing communication formats A system and method for providing audio communication over a computer network between sending and destination devices using differing communication formats is provided. The system identifies the format of the incoming digital encoded audio data signal, identifies th... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6754236 | System and method for dialing in a telephony system using a common channel signaling protocol in which the use of bearer channels is maximized The system and method for dialing in a telephony system using a common channel signaling protocol, such as ISDN, maximizes the use of bearer or voice channels. The telephony system includes a dialing switch connected to a central office switch that supports the comm... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6746082 | Actuation device for vehicle seats A device to actuate a drive gear of an adjustment mechanism of a vehicle seat includes a stepped switching mechanism manually operable in two directions by means of a swiveling lever that is rotationally connected with the drive gear in order to rotate it. The rotat... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6748074 | System and method for purging a call list A call list update processing system including a call list controller, responsive to a source of call records, a predictive dialer, and a call list update processing system. The call list update processing system including a call list update processor, said processo... | 06/08/2004 |
