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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7926566 | Method of making a downhole cutting tool, using a single piece tubular with a radially displaceable portion Disclosed herein relates to a single piece tubular member. The tubular member having a non-radially displaceable portion and a radially displaceable portion, the radially displaceable portion being movable to a position of similar radial displacement as that of the ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7926294 | Hybrid thermoelectric-vapor compression system A heating and cooling system to maintain an area at a desired temperature including a thermoelectric device (102), a vapor compression system (106), and a control system (104) operably connected to the thermoelectric device (102) and the ... | 04/19/2011 |
| D636474 | Wall-mounted air conditioner | 04/19/2011 |
| D636277 | Clock | 04/19/2011 |
| D636276 | Clock | 04/19/2011 |
| D636162 | Lug for footwear sole | 04/19/2011 |
| D636161 | Lug for footwear | 04/19/2011 |
| 7925991 | Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture for displaying user-selection controls associated with clusters on a GUI Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture for displaying user-selection controls associated with clusters on a GUI are provided. One exemplary method includes automatically generating a first table having URLs associated with websites accessed by at least one us... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925471 | Compiling method, apparatus, and program Brings the response time of a Web server and the like closer to a targeted value. A controller controlling the average response time elapsed between reception by information processing apparatus of a processing request and response of information processing apparatu... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925040 | Speaker A speaker may include a center pole and a voice coil bobbin having a bobbin that may include nonmagnetic and electric conductor layers and insulator layers disposed between the electric conductor layers. An electrostatic capacity, which is formed between the center ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7924588 | Content addressable memory with concurrent two-dimensional search capability in both row and column directions A content addressable memory (CAM) device includes an array of memory cells arranged in rows and columns; compare circuitry configured to indicate match results of search data presented to each row of the array; and compare circuitry configured to indicate match res... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7924540 | Over-voltage protection circuit A main transistor and a reverse current prevention transistor are provided in series between an input terminal and an output terminal. An input diode is provided between a connection point of the reverse current prevention transistor and the main transistor and a re... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7924411 | 3-D imaging system A 3-D imaging system is described. The 3-D imaging system comprises an illumination unit for emitting light onto a target scene, an imaging sensor for imaging the target scene by detecting scattered/reflected light, an evaluation unit for determining distance inform... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7924262 | Light source driving apparatus, display device having the same and method of driving a light source A light source driving apparatus according to the present invention includes a controller, a first driver and a second driver. The controller outputs a first control signal to drive the light source in a normal-luminance mode and outputs a second control signal to d... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7924099 | Method of establishing an oscillator clock signal A hybrid numeric-analog clock synchronizer, for establishing a clock or carrier locked to a timing reference. The clock may include a framing component. The reference may have a low update rate. The synchronizer achieves high jitter rejection, low phase noise and wi... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7924041 | Liquid crystal display including sensing unit for compensation driving A liquid crystal display includes; a plurality of pixels, each of which comprises a switching element having a control terminal and an input terminal connected to a corresponding gate line of a plurality of gate lines and a corresponding data line of a plurality of ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7923874 | Nested torsional damper for an electric machine A damper for an electric machine (10) includes a shaft (20) and at least one shaft segment (26) concentric about the shaft (20) and operably connected to the shaft (20). The at least one shaft segment (26) includes a plurali... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7923650 | Ganged auxiliary switch configuration for use in a molded case circuit breaker A ganged auxiliary switch for a circuit breaker comprises at least two auxiliary switches attached to each other in a side-by-side relationship so that they may be inserted into said circuit breaker as a single unit. ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7923629 | Method for fabricating flexible semiconductor electrode, semiconductor electrode fabricated thereby, and solar cell using the semiconductor electrode Disclosed herein is a method for fabricating a flexible semiconductor electrode including preparing a first substrate having a semiconductor layer disposed on a release layer, forming a second substrate having an adhesive layer disposed on a conductive material-coat... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7923508 | Flame retardant styrene-based resin composition with high impact property The present invention relates to a flame retardant styrene-based resin composition with high impact property. The styrene-based resin composition of the present invention comprises 1-30 parts by weight of a flame retardant, 0.5-15 parts by weight of a flame retardan... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7923506 | Molding compositions containing modified polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) random copolymers derived from polyethylene terephthalate (PET) A molding composition comprising: (a) from 40 to 99.99 wt % of a modified polybutylene terephthalate random copolymer that (1) is derived from polyethylene terephthalate component selected from the group consisting of polyethylene ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7923100 | Multilayer articles and methods for making multilayer articles In one embodiment, the sheet, comprises: a cap layer comprising an acrylic polymer; and a base layer, wherein the sheet is thermoformable. The base layer comprises a cycloaliphatic polyester copolymer and an optionally, an aromatic polycarbonate. The cycloaliphatic ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7923084 | Intermediate transfer member, method for producing the same and image forming method An intermediate transfer member for use in an image forming apparatus in which a toner image is formed on a photoreceptor, firstly transferred from the photoreceptor to the intermediate transfer member, and further secondly transferred from the intermediate transfer... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7922356 | Illumination apparatus for conducting and dissipating heat from a light source An illumination apparatus comprising an optics module wherein a driving circuit may be disposed within the proximal base portion of the optics module. The proximal base portion may further be releasably secured within an independent heat dissipating element. Such an... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7922152 | Valve element opening/closing device A valve element opening/closing device may include a main body formed with a space, an inflow pipe and an outflow pipe which are connected to the main body, a valve element for opening and closing a flow passage, and a drive part for driving the valve element to ope... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7921921 | Downhole backup system and method A downhole backup system includes, a tubular positionable within a downhole structure such that an annular space exists between the tubular and the downhole structure. The downhole backup system also includes, a plurality of wedges that are radially movably position... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7921776 | Detonating cord with protective jacket This invention relates to a detonating cord (10) having a core (12) of reactive material and a composite jacket around the core, and the method of its manufacture. The composite jacket includes an interior jacket (14) in contact with the core an... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7921533 | Refractory protected replaceable insert The refractory protected, replaceable insert for a gasifier includes a replaceable floor edge insert that is formed with a predetermined mating profile that is complementary to a finished mating profile of the gasifier floor. The geometry of the mating profiles of t... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7921445 | Audio/video speedup system and method in a server-client streaming architecture A system and a corresponding method for temporal modification of audio signals, to increase or reduce the playback rates of an audio and/or a video file in a client-server environment. The system and method improve the efficiency of serving streaming media to a clie... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7921324 | Providing file system availability during local path failure of a non-server node File system availability during local path failure of a non-server node is provided by generating a server database of one or more server nodes having access to a storage device of the file system. The storage device is accessed by a non-server node over a local pat... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7921279 | Operand and result forwarding between differently sized operands in a superscalar processor Result and operand forwarding is provided between differently sized operands in a superscalar processor by grouping a first set of instructions for operand forwarding, and grouping a second set of instructions for result forwarding, the first set of instructions com... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7921177 | Method and computer system for providing remote direct memory access A method for providing remote direct memory access (RDMA) between two computers, preferably between central processing units (CPUs) and a functional subsystem of a computer system as part of their network communication, e.g. using TCP/IP. Tasks of analyzing network ... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7921122 | Method, system, and storage medium for providing web-based electronic research and presentation functions via a document creation application An exemplary embodiment of the invention relates to a method, system, and storage medium for providing web-based electronic research and presentation functions via a document creation application. The method comprises scanning an active document on a computer device... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7920946 | Methods and systems for end of travel harshness reduction A control system for controlling a steering system is provided. The control system includes a first module that estimates a command adjust value based on a current position of a hand wheel of the steering system relative to an end of travel region. A second module g... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7920945 | Method and apparatus for communication within control systems A drive-by-communication-signal vehicle includes a driver interface subsystem having a sensor responsive to an operational characteristic of the driver interface subsystem, a controller responsive to the sensor, a vehicle subsystem responsive to the controller, and ... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7920910 | System, method and apparatus for surgical patient table A patient table includes a cradle for slidably receiving a board carrying a patient, a cradle supporting member for slidably receiving the cradle, a locker for preventing the board from sliding off the cradle, and a stopper for preventing the cradle from sliding off... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7920882 | Human interface device and wireless communication method thereof Provided are a human interface device and a wireless communication method thereof. The wireless communication method of the human interface includes the steps of: setting up an occupancy channel of the host digital terminal and the wireless input unit by communicati... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7920761 | Multimodal identification and tracking of speakers in video A computer program product includes machine readable instructions for providing enhanced video output by: receiving footage including likeness information in a plurality of modalities; demultiplexing the plurality of modalities to provide information for each modali... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7920686 | Method and system for providing calling name identification requery A method for determining the name of a calling party where the calling party's name and corresponding telephone number are found in a remote database. The method first identifies whether the calling party's telephone number is contained within the local database. Wh... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7920406 | Increasing effective transistor width in memory arrays with dual bitlines A method for forming a memory structure, includes: forming an array of individual memory cells arranged in a network of bit lines and word lines, each individual memory cell further comprising a resistive memory device that is capable of being programmed to a plural... | 04/05/2011 |
