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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7995499 | Minimizing spanning-tree protocol event processing and flooding in distribution networks In one embodiment, configuring one or more ports of an access layer entity connected to a distribution layer entity to suppress one or more network topology change information from transmitting to the distribution layer entity of a data network, detecting a state ch... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7933660 | Apparatus for detecting and treating vulnerable plaques Apparatus for detecting vulnerable plaques embedded in the wall of a patient's blood vessel includes an intravascular catheter containing a microwave antenna, an extracorporeal radiometer having a signal input, a reference input and an output, a cable for electrical... | 04/26/2011 |
| 6850518 | DLSw RIF passthru technique for providing end-to-end source route information to end stations of a data link switching network A data link switching (DLSw) routing information field (RIF) passthru technique provides end-to-end source route information to source and destination endstations coupled to respective local and remote source-route bridge (SRB) subnetworks of a DLSw network. The loc... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6836838 | Architecture for a processor complex of an arrayed pipelined processing engine A processor complex architecture facilitates accurate passing of transient data among processor complex stages of a pipelined processing engine. The processor complex comprises a central processing unit (CPU) coupled to an instruction memory and a pair of context da... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6355996 | Modular motorized electric wheel hub assembly for bicycles and the like A motorized wheel hub assembly includes a sealed motor section having first and second coaxial shafts extending from the motor section, the second shaft being a rotary shaft and a gear reduction section adjacent to the motor section, the gear reduction se... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6331708 | Examining a diamond In order to test whether a diamond has had a layer a synthetic diamond deposited thereon, the diamond is radiated with ultraviolet radiation so as to form a pattern of beams of refracted and reflected radiation, the pattern of refracted and reflected radi... | 12/18/2001 |
| 6324969 | Peeler for fruits and vegetables An apparatus for removing skin from a convex surface of a section of fruit. The apparatus includes a substantially U-shaped peeling blade and a feeder which in use contacts and grips the fruit or vegetable at a location about opposite the apex of the peel... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6317319 | Low-profile cooling assembly for the CPU chip of a computer or the like A cooling assembly for cooling a CPU on a motherboard in a low profile electronic device. The assembly comprises a channel-shaped heat sink having a flat first wall, an opposite wall, open first and second ends and internal heat exchange fins extending be... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6311287 | Variable frequency clock control for microprocessor-based computer systems A computer system including a microprocessor and a circuit to provide a clock signal for the microprocessor is described. The circuit is responsive to a control signal for selecting a minimum clock signal frequency value and a maximum clock signal frequen... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6302588 | Long-lived rotary ball bearing for reciprocating applications and method of lubricating same A rotary bearing includes concentric radially spaced-apart inner, intermediate and outer rings whose opposing surfaces define inner and outer ball tracks. An inner array of balls roll along the inner track and an outer array of balls roll along the outer ... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6301974 | Mass flowmeter A mass flowmeter is described and depicted that operates according to the Coriolis principle, with a straight Coriolis tube that conducts the flowing medium, with an oscillation driver, assigned to the Coriolis tube and which excites the Coriolis tube, wi... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6286090 | Mechanism for selectively imposing interference order between page-table fetches and corresponding data fetches A technique selectively imposes inter-reference ordering between memory reference operations issued by a processor of a multiprocessor system to addresses within a page pertaining to a page table entry (PTE) that is affected by a translation buffer (TB) m... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6285024 | Combined torque and angular position sensor A combined torque and angular position detector includes two disks rotatable about a common axis. Relative angular displacement of the disks results from torque applied thereto. Each disk has a number of regions of differing optical transmissivity and the... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6283894 | Trampoline pad assembly A trampoline pad assembly for securement to a trampoline of the type including a rebound surface suspended by springs from an elevated ring includes an annular top wall and an annular bottom wall secured together at congruent inner and outer boundaries to... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6263316 | Automated process for retailing to a vehicle occupant The invention is a method and apparatus for the automated retailing of refreshments and other basic consumer products to a vehicle occupant as the vehicle passes through a toll station having an automated payment capability. Examples of such toll stations... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6262901 | Adjustable DC-to-DC converter with synchronous rectification and digital current sharing A power conversion system configured for converting electrical power at an input voltage to an output voltage by means of synchronous rectification includes a first pulse width modulator for receiving the input voltage and a synchronization signal to prod... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6253956 | Automated product delivery apparatus for retailing products to a vehicle occupant For automated retail product delivery to drivers, a retractable apparatus linked to a retail product dispenser brings the dispensed retain products within reach of the drivers. The apparatus delivers the retail products to vehicle occupants while they are... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6253812 | Wood turning tool A wood turning tool has an elongated handle with an end and a blade mounted to that end. The blade is formed as a plow with top and bottom surfaces and a working edge extending between those surfaces and having an apex. The working edge has an undercut gr... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6244399 | Collapsible hard case A collapsible case comprises a closed loop of flexible sheet material for forming the top, bottom and sidewalls of the case, the loop having front and rear edges defining front and rear openings into the interior of the loop. A pair of similar panels form... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6217835 | Sterilization container A sterilization container for medical instruments includes a receptacle with a bottom wall and an open top, there being a multiplicity of vent openings in the bottom wall. The receptacle has a cover movable between a closed position wherein the cover clos... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6213030 | Volatile materials treatment system Apparatus for the treatment of volatile material(s) in contaminated material(s) including a retort assembly which includes a rotatable retort disposed at least partially within a combustion chamber with a heater to indirectly heat the contents of the rota... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6209065 | Mechanism for optimizing generation of commit-signals in a distributed shared-memory system A mechanism optimizes the generation of a commit-signal by control logic of the multiprocessor system in response to a memory reference operation issued by a processor to a local node of a multiprocessor system having a hierarchical switch for interconnec... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6205865 | Mass flow meter A mass flowmeter for flowing media, which operates according to the Coriolis principle, with one at least basically straight Coriolis line guiding the flowing medium, with at least one oscillation generator acting on the Coriolis line, with at least one s... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6196725 | Long-lived rotary ball bearing for reciprocating applications and method of lubricating same A rotary bearing includes concentric radially spaced-apart inner, intermediate and outer rings whose opposing surfaces define inner and outer ball tracks. An inner array of balls roll along the inner track and an outer array of balls roll along the outer ... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6189389 | Ultrasonic flowmeter An ultrasonic flowmeter for flowing media, has a measuring tube and at least one ultrasonic transducer, the ultrasonic transducer being installed in contact with the flowing medium in a transducer pocket of the measuring tube. The flowmeter eliminates the... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6188276 | Power amplifier The invention is a linear converter that operates from a single, unregulated power supply to provide voltage gain and power amplification. The circuit comprises two pulse-width modulators, two switches, and an inductive element, all of which cooperate to ... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6178978 | Children's activity and entertainment enclosure A children's activity and entertainment enclosure includes a housing a plurality of legs attached to the housing to support the housing at a selected elevation above a support surface and a flexible sheet material covering the housing and at least upper p... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6175570 | Method and an apparatus for shaping the output traffic in a fixed length cell switching network node A network node supports switching fixed length information cells between a source unit and a destination unit. The invention uses two lookup tables called the active and the standby calendars for each of said output line. Each entry in the calendars repre... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6175688 | Wearable intravenous fluid heater An intravenous fluid heater is provided that is dimensioned so as to be wearable adjacent a patient's intravenous fluid infusion situs. In one embodiment, the heater includes a heat exchanger for defining a flow path through the heater for fluid to be inf... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6173386 | Parallel processor with debug capability A parallel processor is provided that includes integrated debugging capabilities. The processor includes a pipelined processing engine, having an array of processing element complex stages, and input and output header buffers. A debug system is provided t... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6170339 | Coriolis mass flowmeter A mass flowmeter is described and depicted that operates according to the Coriolis principle, with a straight Coriolis tube that conducts the flowing medium, with an oscillation driver, assigned to the Coriolis tube and which excites the Coriolis tube, wi... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6158465 | Rotary valve assembly for engines and other applications A rotary valve assembly includes a housing for positioning on an engine of the piston and cylinder type. The housing includes an intake passage for conducting a working fluid to the cylinder and an exhaust passage for conducting the working fluid from the... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6158068 | Combined sleeping bag and activity surface A sleeping bag formed with an outer case having an exposed surface and a coextensive tensive liner having an exposed surface, the case and liner being secured together along their edges to form a pad which may be folded in half and releasably secured alon... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6157957 | Clock synchronization system and method using a continuous conversion function for a communication network A clock synchronization system and method in a communication network comprise a plurality of nodes in communication with each other by data transfer over communication links. Each of the nodes has its own local time base and exchanges timing information w... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6134690 | Computerized automation system and method Computerized system and method are provided which have particular utility in the field of automated testing. In one embodiment of the method of the present invention, an array is stored in computer-readable memory. The array has a plurality of tuples, eac... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6134642 | Direct memory access (DMA) data transfer requiring no processor DMA support A digital system has a main memory 10 with a main memory access (DMA) unit 11 through which data channels 12, 13 are coupled to the memory. A processor system (processor 14, RAM data memory 15, instruction memory 16) is also coupled to the memory through ... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6131150 | Scaled memory allocation system A memory of a computer system is partitioned into a plurality of allocable blocks. Subsets of the allocable blocks are organizing into a plurality of heaps, each heap having a different designated subset of the allocable blocks. The sizes of the allocable... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6128761 | Method and apparatus for G.706 frame alignment and CRC procedure test tool This invention describes a test tool based on a PC workstation. This test tool is used to validate any E1 framing telecommunication device. In order to comply with the CCITT G.706 recommendations, a device has to pass a series of test cases that are prede... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6115775 | Method and apparatus for performing interrupt frequency mitigation in a network node A time-based and event-based interrupt frequency mitigation scheme is provided. A holdoff event counter is programmed to count a holdoff event count corresponding to a number of interrupts. A holdoff timer is programmed to time a holdoff interval represen... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6109777 | Division with limited carry-propagation in quotient accumulation A computing system performs non-restoring division. Quotient selection logic selects quotient digits that are used to produce a final quotient. The quotient digits are selected according to a predetermined relationship among certain bits of the divisor an... | 08/29/2000 |
