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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8167547 | Gas turbine engine with canted pocket and canted knife edge seal A gas turbine engine is provided with turbine sealing structures including knife edge seals which extend at an angle relative to an axial center line of the engine. Each knife edge seal is associated with a control pocket defined between a radially inner surface and... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8146746 | Stackable low depth tray A tray for storing and transporting bottles according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a base and a plurality of corner columns and side columns extending upwardly from the base, including center side columns. The center side columns and the corne... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8141921 | Dumpster Several embodiments of plastic dumpsters with improved strength and durability are disclosed. In one embodiment, gussets connect pockets to bevel walls, connecting the side walls to front and rear walls of the dumpster. The bevel walls are stronger than the side wal... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8141455 | Grab bar end cap A grab bar, which is particularly suitable for attachment to a cart, has open ends that are covered by end caps. The end caps include a retention feature that secures the end cap to the grab bar, and which prevents the grab bar from being detached from the cart. The... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8127526 | Recoatable exhaust liner cooling arrangement A gas turbine engine includes an exhaust liner having cold and hot sheets radially spaced from one another and interconnected by a band arranged in a cavity between the hot and cold sheets. In one example, the band is Z-shaped to permit thermal growth of the hot she... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8123034 | Nestable crate for containers A nestable crate for bottles includes a floor portion having a floor top surface, a floor bottom surface and a plurality of bottle support areas. A wall structure is connected to the floor portion and forms a containment area therewith. The wall structure has a peri... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8120206 | Method of detecting a sustained parallel source condition A method of detecting a parallel source condition includes calculating a reactive power, comparing the reactive power to a predetermined threshold, and determining a parallel source condition in response to the reactive power exceeding the predetermined threshold. | 02/21/2012 |
| 8109408 | Low depth crate A crate according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a base, a pair of opposed side walls extending upward from the sides of the base and a pair of end walls extending upward from ends of the base. The end walls each include a pair of spaced apart e... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8105054 | Oil return tube aligned over motor protector in scroll compressor A scroll compressor is provided with an oil return tube having an outlet for directing oil toward a motor protector for an electric motor. The oil supply tube is positioned to be at an angle relative to the drive axis of a shaft driven by the electric motor. This en... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8100273 | Rack for containers A rack for securing containers includes a plurality of bays into which one or more containers are received. An expandable, inflatable chamber is disposed adjacent each bay and selectively expands into the chamber to secure the containers within the bay. When install... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8096565 | Roll out cart A roll-out cart includes a bottom wall having front, rear and side walls extending upwardly to define an upper interior. The rear wall is taller than the front wall and each of the side walls has an upper edge angled downwardly from the rear wall to the front wall. ... | 01/17/2012 |
| D652596 | Handle | 01/17/2012 |
| 8092748 | Housing for a component of an exhaust system and method of producing such a housing A housing for a component of an exhaust system, in particular for an exhaust gas purification device, has an envelope that comprises a shrunk clamping portion for the component, a transition portion that adjoins the clamping portion in an axial direction, and a conn... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8091706 | Container A container includes a plurality of walls extending upward from a base. At least one support is movable between a retracted position and a support position. Resilient tabs are provided to prevent inadvertent movement of the support out of the support position. ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8091487 | Pallet assembly A pallet assembly includes a top deck having a top deck upper surface and a top deck lower surface and also having a first predetermined fire retardancy. A bottom deck having a bottom deck upper surface and a bottom deck lower surface, and also having a second prede... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8066147 | Crate with collapsible wall A crate, such as for transporting egg cartons or other items, includes a base, opposed side walls and a rear wall extending upward from the base. A front wall opposite the rear wall is selectably moveable between a closed position and a retracted, open position. In ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8066143 | Storage container with hinged lid A storage container includes a base having side walls and end walls extending upwardly from the base. Lid halves are hingeably connected to upper edges of the side walls. A security recess is formed in the side walls adjacent to each hinge and corresponds with a sec... | 11/29/2011 |
| D649726 | Pail | 11/29/2011 |
| 8061146 | Heat transfer augmentation in a compact heat exchanger pedestal array A compact heat exchanger pedestal array for augmenting heat transfer in a machine is disclosed. The compact heat exchanger pedestal array includes a wall having first and second surfaces. The first surface faces a heated flow path and the second surface partially fo... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8056753 | Bottle crate A nestable crate for bottles which includes a floor member and first and second pairs of opposed sidewalls integrally formed with the floor member. Each sidewall includes a side band member which is defined by a centrally disposed upper edge and lower edge. The lowe... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8056723 | Collapsible container A container includes a plurality of walls extending upward from a base. At least one support is movable between a retracted position and a support position. The base includes projections downwardly from each corner of the base for interlocking with a larger containe... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8056488 | Pallet assembly A pallet assembly includes an upper deck and a lower deck spaced by a plurality of columns. The weight of the pallet is reduced without significant reduction in strength by providing only a single cross beam in each of the upper and lower reinforcement members and o... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8052000 | Container A pallet includes a plurality of supports supporting a floor. The supports each include a plurality of columns integrally-molded with at least one runner and snap-fit to the floor. At least one wall is moveable between an upright position and a collapsed position on... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8050487 | Cabinet door finish replication system Cabinet doors are compared to color samples as a quality control check on the colors of the manufacture doors. The color samples are obtained by selecting doors which have acceptable color, and capturing those images into a computer readable format. These captured i... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8025302 | Trailer slider locking system A trailer slider locking system includes body rails longitudinally slidable relative to a suspension frame side rail. The body rails have holes providing multiple suspension positions. A pin locking system includes a pin moveable between retracted and locked positio... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8016567 | Separation resistant aerodynamic article An airfoil disclosed herein comprises a pressure surface 42 exposed to a stream of fluid, a suction surface 40 exposed to the stream of fluid and a passage 56 extending from a passage intake end 60 to a passage discharge end 66. Th... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8015820 | Gas turbine engine exhaust component and manufacturing method of same A gas turbine exhaust component, such as an exhaust nozzle, is provided that includes circumferential ribs arranged along a longitudinal axis. Longitudinal strakes are supported by the circumferential ribs and arranged about the longitudinal axis. Fastening elements... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8015796 | Gas turbine engine with dual fans driven about a central core axis A gas turbine engine includes a compressor section, a combustor section and a turbine section, all arranged about a central axis. A turbine rotor drives a driveshaft for rotation on the central axis. The driveshaft in turn drives at least two fan rotors on axes para... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8009393 | Thermoelectric device utilized as voltage snubber An electric circuit includes a plurality of electric circuit elements. The circuit is prone to creating voltage spikes on a pair of spaced lines. A jumper line connects the pair of spaced lines. A thermoelectric element is connected on the jumper line such that the ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7988799 | Welding repair method for full hoop structures A unique heat treat method for relieving stresses caused by a repairing weld joint in a full hoop part heat treats locally, at the location of the weld joint, and at a diametrically opposed location. By providing the diametrically opposed heat treat location, the pr... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7988009 | Litter bin with pivotal lid and automatic latching mechanism A litter bin includes a lid hingeably connected to a container. Opposite the hinge, a latch selectively secures the lid to the container. The latch includes a pivotably mounted latch member. The latch member includes a catch portion that moves between a locked posit... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7967142 | Nestable crate A nestable crate provides increased protection to the goods stored inside the crate. Panel portions connect the base to an upper band on each of the walls, while slats are oriented and positioned to provide stack/nest functionality. In an aligned orientation, a pair... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7950521 | Low depth stackable tray A tray for containers, such as beverage bottles, includes a base and a plurality of interior columns extending upwardly from the base. A plurality of columns extend upwardly along at least a portion of the periphery of the tray. Side walls extend along the sides of ... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7948417 | Digital harness with analog inputs A digital data harness, uses a signal specific conditioning circuit to interface with analog sensors. The signal specific conditioning circuits convert data signals from analog to digital and thereby allow the signals to be transmitted over a digital data harness. | 05/24/2011 |
| 7946599 | Cross-linked variable piston air suspension An air suspension includes first and second air spring assemblies that each include a piston airbag and a primary airbag. A first fluid connection connects one of a first piston airbag and a first primary airbag of the first air spring assembly to one of a second pi... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7946590 | Face seal for gas turbine engine A face seal for a gas turbine engine comprises a seal body that has a contact face to engage a rotating surface. The contact face is defined as an area extending radially between an inner diameter of the seal body and an outer diameter of the seal body at one seal e... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7946337 | Heat exchanger with vibrator to remove accumulated solids A ultrasonic transducer is associated with a heat exchanger and is operable to vibrate a tube associated with the heat exchanger to break up accumulated solids which may have formed on an outer periphery of the tube. A gas flow passes over the tube to remove the pul... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7946009 | Peening method for vehicle suspension spring A method of manufacturing a vehicle suspension component, such as a helical coil spring, includes the step of rotating a first impeller to project ceramic peening media in a first direction toward the vehicle suspension component to peen a surface section of the veh... | 05/24/2011 |
| D638521 | Valve housing | 05/24/2011 |
| 7944391 | Correction for near field radar imaging A near field radar imaging system looks at the distance between the several points under evaluation, and corrects image strength based upon varying distances such that a more accurate image of the object under evaluation is provided. ... | 05/17/2011 |
