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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185964 | Digital video system using networked cameras A digital video system including a computer connected via a network to a number of video servers and cameras. The computer includes a program that provides a grid of display windows, each of which displays an image received from the camera associated with that windo... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185302 | Conservational vehicle routing A route-determination method includes gathering road-related data in a vehicle navigation system (VNS) for a plurality of routes between two locations. This may include weighting two or more of the possible routes in the VNS based at least on the road-related data. ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184952 | Segment boundary obfuscation A method and system for obfuscating segment boundary markers, such as but not limited to obfuscating boundary markers used to identify beginning and/or ending boundaries of a sequence of segments forming a programming event. The obfuscation may be achieved by embedd... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183818 | Switching time control multiplexer system A system for energizing an energy storage device includes an electric power source, an energy system in communication with the electric power source, and a switching time control multiplexer. The energy storage system includes at least two parallel energy storage de... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183307 | Crosslinkable substances based on organosilicon compounds Crosslinkable substances based on organosilicon compounds contain encapsulated biocides which maintain their effectiveness for extended periods. ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182921 | Self-adhesive expandable silicone compositions for the production of silicone foam composite parts Crosslinkable compositions containing a crosslinkable organosilicon compound; a silica filler; a silicate or halogen analog thereof, a non-silicate resin-forming monomer; and a solid blowing agent containing intercalated liquid or liquid of crystallization, produce ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182231 | Wind turbine with slender blade Wind turbine with a rotor blade relatively insensitive to turbulence because it is more slender than prior blades and is nevertheless able to generate sufficient lift by virtue of the fact that flow enhancing elements such as vortex generators combat flow separation... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182017 | Stowable child seat for automotive vehicles A child seat mount assembly, a seat for mounting a child seat, and a passenger vehicle having a stowable child seat are provided. A seat back is connected to the body for closing an access opening to a storage compartment and seating an occupant in an upright positi... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181901 | Fast hybrid helicopter with long range and proportional drive to the rotor and the propeller A hybrid helicopter (1) includes firstly an airframe provided with a fuselage (2) and a lift-producing surface (3), together with stabilizer surfaces (30, 35, 40), and secondly with a drive system constituted by: ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181636 | Bi-fuel engine using hydrogen A method is disclosed for making a transition from fueling an engine with hydrogen to another fuel. That other fuel may be gasoline, a gasoline and alcohol mixture, or gaseous fuels, as examples. The other fuel has the capability of providing higher BMEP than the hy... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181550 | Rotary actuator incorporating a force relationship, and a method of reducing angular slack in such a rotary actuator A rotary actuator incorporating a force relationship includes a twistably-deformable structure having a first and a second end plate and a helical spring with a first and a second terminal end secured on the first and the second end plate, respectively, and wherein ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180547 | Telematics system and method for traction reporting and control in a vehicle In one embodiment, a system and method are provided for detecting a slip condition between a vehicle tire and a road surface, processing contemporaneous vehicle data, such as torque or brake pressure applied, to determine a force of friction, and calculating a coeff... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180066 | Method and system for transmitting audio signals A system and method of transmitting audio signals. Frequency modulated carrier signals that each have an audio signal are mixed. The mixed signal is converted into a low voltage signal into which a feed voltage is coupled. The coupled signal is transmitted through a... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179274 | Child seat monitoring system A vehicle system for communicating with a child seat is provided with a receiver configured for receiving a seat sensor signal from a child seat controller. A controller is configured for communicating with the receiver for analyzing the seat sensor signal and compa... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178249 | Fuel cell humidity control system and method A control system for controlling the amount of water in at least one fluid stream that is passed through a fuel cell stack comprises a humidifier arrangement, a sensor and a controller. The humidifier arrangement is operable to humidify the fluid stream. The sensor ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177596 | Fishing trawler net resistant subsurface buoy tether system An anchoring base and a buoy that are adapted to resist entanglement with a trawler net that may be dragged over the anchor and buoy. The buoy may have a plurality of cones that are secured to the tether in a spaced relationship proximate the lower end of the buoy. ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177595 | Scoop point buoy A buoy that is adapted to resist entanglement with a trawler net that may be dragged over the anchor and buoy. The buoy may have an indentation on the body of the buoy that causes the buoy to pivot as a trawler net pulls the tether down and slides across the buoy. A... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177508 | Helicopter provided with a plurality of lift elements for controlling the angles of incidence of its blades A helicopter is fitted with a main rotor (1) having at least two blades (10, 20), each blade (10, 20) being provided with attachment elements (11, 21) for attaching it to a hub (2) of the rotor (1). The rotor is also fitted ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177277 | Vehicle having a body panel A vehicle having a vehicle body component and a body panel. The vehicle body component has a body mating feature. The body panel has a body panel mating feature that engages the body mating feature to secure the body panel to the vehicle body component. ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176893 | Engine combustion control using ion sense feedback A system and method for operating an engine having at least two spark plugs per cylinder include controlling at least one actuator to alter combustion within a selected cylinder such that the combustion burn rate determined by ion sense current signals associated wi... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176576 | Container A container comprising a body (1), a lid (5) for the body (1), and a locking arrangement for securing the lid (5) to the body (1): the locking arrangement comprising a handle (23) which fits around at least a part of the per... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176505 | Method of manipulating data storage elements A device and method for simultaneously manipulating multiple data storage cartridges or other storage elements in a storage library. The device housing includes an opening for receiving data storage cartridges. A gripping mechanism extends from the opening. The grip... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8176459 | System and method for selecting gates in a logic block For each of a plurality of interconnected gates forming one or more non-critical timing paths through a logic block, a gate size may be selected based on (i) a gate delay, (ii) a change in gate delay and gate power associated with downsizing the gate to a next avail... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8176151 | Runtime versioning of information processing systems An information processing system includes a runtime versioning facility which allows for managing its configuration so that modifications made during runtime are propagated and take affect without restarting the system or a portion thereof. This allows the potential... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175758 | Method and a device for controlling the ground clearance of an aircraft The present invention relates to a method and to a device for controlling and adjusting the ground clearance (h) of an aircraft (1) provided with at least one undercarriage (30), said undercarriage (30) being provided with a damper-actuat... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174950 | Optical tape embossing drum and optical tape embossing drum shim Disclosed herein are aspects of optical tape technology, tape manufacturing, and tape usage. Methods and systems of tape technology disclose optical tape media including: configurations, formulations, markings, and structure; optical tape manufacturing methods, syst... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174146 | Power split tailgate system and method A power, split tailgate system is provided that allows each of an upper and a lower tailgate door to be simultaneously or independently driven between open and closed positions. The tailgate system may be operated in a chauffer mode where the lower tailgate door is ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8173610 | Derivatives of epirubicin, their medicinal application and pharmaceuticaly acceptable forms of drugs The present invention relates to novel derivatives of epirubicin, pharmaceutical composition comprising these derivatives, and uses of epirubicin and its derivative for treating HCV. ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172943 | Single Crystal manufacturing method Single crystalline ingots can be stably pulled free from dislocation and with a good crystal shape by actuating a crystal driving unit so as to immerse a seed crystal in a silicon melt, and controlling the crystal driving unit and a crucible driving unit under prede... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172941 | Method and device for producing semiconductor wafers of silicon Semiconductor wafers of silicon are produced by pulling a single crystal from a melt contained in a crucible and slicing semiconductor wafers from the pulled single crystal, heat being delivered to a center of the growing single crystal at the boundary with the melt... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171641 | Vehicle framing method and frame A method is provided for assembling a vehicle frame from hydro-formed tubular metal components. Each hydro-formed component has a surface feature that is complementary to a surface feature on an adjacent component. The complementary surface features allow the hydro-... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8170728 | Rotorcraft control system A system (100) for controlling a rotorcraft (1) including a rotor (10), at least one variable-pitch propulsion propeller (6L, 6R), and a motor (5) for driving the rotor and the propeller(s), the system includes: | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167333 | Secured force concentrator in a vehicular bolster for airbag retention and deployment A vehicle seat assembly includes a frame for mounting the seat to a vehicle. The seat assembly also includes a seat pad molded from a polymeric material and located proximate the frame. A trim cover is disposed over the seat pad, and includes a seam adjacent a side ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167330 | Folding, support and security trailer tongue The invention provides space saving, locking and support features for most single pole trailer tongue, having: a support leg, which has the coupler hitch on the opposite end, pivots on the tongue into a vertical position where it acts as a support for the tongue. Th... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167214 | Method and device for visual code transaction verification A method and device for visual code transaction verification enables more secure electronic transactions. The method includes generating a window having a first pattern of elongated segments. A second pattern of elongated segments is then generated, wherein a dynami... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167099 | Vehicle damper A damper (1) is provided with a body (2) which surrounds an annular compression chamber (3), the damper (1) being furnished with at least one pneumatic compensation chamber (30, 40) and a control piston (4) that can move rel... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166997 | Toilet flush water supply device A toilet flush water supply device for supplying flush water to a flush water tank of a flush toilet is disclosed. The toilet flush water supply device comprises a water supply pipe connected to an external water supply source, a water supply valve for switching bet... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166486 | Adjusting workload to accommodate speculative thread start-up cost Methods and apparatus provide for a workload adjuster to estimate the startup cost of one or more non-main threads of loop execution and to estimate the amount of workload to be migrated between different threads. Upon deciding to parallelize the execution of a loop... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8166074 | Index data structure for a peer-to-peer network An index data structure comprises a plurality of index keys for uniquely identifying potential data object context nodes. Each index key is, in turn, associated with one or more potential context nodes. Moreover, the index key has a label that provides semantic cont... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162621 | Hydraulic machine arrangement A hydraulic machine has a plurality of pistons reciprocating within corresponding cylinders. Embodiments may operate as a pump, a motor, or both. The hydraulic machine can be configured to selectively disengage certain pistons from the cam to operate at less than fu... | 04/24/2012 |
