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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8054191 | Optical signaling device for electrical monitoring devices A signaling device for electrical monitoring devices, in particular for short circuit and/or ground fault indicators, and for optical, visually perceptible signaling with at least one luminous element is provided. The signaling device has a housing having a housing ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8007555 | Filter with multiple sections of different media A panel air filter assembly, for use in heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, which has a single filter element with multiple portions. The single filter element is sectioned into substantially equally-dimensioned and separate filter portions. Ea... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7956763 | Faulted circuit indicator device having an improved clamping mechanism A faulted circuit indicator device for mounting on an overhead conductor cable for electrical power distribution systems to detect an abnormally high electric current therein includes a housing having an enclosure formed therein and current sensing circuitry for det... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7878585 | Foldable chair with forced air cooling system A foldable chair, which includes a forced air cooling system. The foldable chair includes a frame member. A flexible seat, which includes a meshed back rest suspends from the frame member. A fan bag, which has a pocket, is attached to the meshed back rest of the fle... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7835772 | FM output portable music player with RDS capability A FM output portable audio player is provided for digitally coupling audio signals generated therein to be broadcast through a radio receiver system, such as an automobile radio. The audio player includes an audio signal source for generating digital audio output si... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7818824 | Portable baby sanitizer with air pump A portable baby sanitizer with air pump device is provided which allows a user to activate a pressurizable chamber, that will dispense a multiplicity of liquid streams onto, and in order to cleanse, a baby's bottom. The sanitizer device includes the pressurizable ch... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7789654 | Soap holding device having design imprinter A soap holding device includes a base member having a first grid pattern with a plurality of apertures and a co-mating cover member having the capability of being lowered telescopically downwardly into the base member as a soap bar becomes smaller with use. The cove... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7711974 | SCLK auto-detection and generation in various serial port modes An apparatus and a method for clock mode determination utilizing SCLK auto-detection and generation circuitry at a serial port which has a reduced number of pin-count by eliminating the need for inputting a master input clock signal MCLK and/or a serial input clock ... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7643573 | Power management in a data acquisition system A data acquisition system includes a programmable gain amplifier, an analog-to-digital converter, a filter, and control circuitry. The programmable gain amplifier is operatively connected to receive an analog input signal on its input and generates an amplified sign... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7579783 | Microprocessor-controlled insertable flashlight adapter device An insertable flashlight adapter device for use in an ordinary flashlight having a lamp includes a disc-like shaped housing unit. Electronic circuitry is disposed within the housing unit for selectively operating the flashlight in at least three different modes. The... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7517148 | Dental device having a sensor film holder with tooth clamp A dental device includes a housing unit for removably holding sensor film and a tooth clamp disposed on the housing unit. The tooth clamp consists of first and second resilient arcuate bridges. Each of the first and second bridge has a first and second end. The firs... | 04/14/2009 |
| D578478 | Fiber optic cable | 10/14/2008 |
| 7365669 | Low-delay signal processing based on highly oversampled digital processing A low-delay signal processing system and method are provided which includes a delta-sigma analog-to-digital converter, an oversampling processor, and a delta-sigma digital-to-analog converter. The delta-sigma analog-to-digital converter receives an input or audio si... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7324025 | Non-integer interpolation using cascaded integrator-comb filter A non-integer CIC interpolation filter is provided for use in sigma-delta digital-to-analog systems, which realizes non-integer interpolation but eliminates the need for coupling of the integrators in the output domain. The present non-integer interpolation filter p... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320637 | Filter window adapter unit A filter window adapter unit adapted for use with a main split-sash window of school buses is provided. The adapter unit includes a mounting frame adapted to be installed over the main split-sash window of the school buses. An inner sash is disposed fixedly in a low... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7283076 | Digital non-integer sample/hold implemented using virtual filtering A method and apparatus for implementing non-integer sample hold operations in a sigma-delta digital-to-analog converter system includes an interpolation filter, a polyphase filter circuit, and a modulator. The polyphase filter circuit is used to virtual upsample a d... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7282816 | Manual switch remote controller A manual switch remote controller is adapted for use with a power switch machine to electrically and selectively move switch points of a track switch between a normal position and a reverse position from a remote location in the field. In one preferred embodiment, t... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7229346 | Finger-mounted tool device A finger-mounted tool device includes a finger-gripping sleeve formed of a hollow body tube and an abrading member. The hollow body tube is formed of a spirally wrapped progression of a spring material to provide an expanding and gripping nature and is bi-directiona... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7215267 | Analog-to-digital converter with dither control An analog-to-digital converter system comprises an analog-to-digital converter and a dither generator. The analog-to-digital converter receives an analog input signal and generates a digital signal that is proportional to the analog input signal. The output of the a... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7196648 | Non-integer decimation using cascaded intergrator-comb filter A non-integer decimation filter for decimating an input value includes a first integrator for integrating the input value in an input sample domain at an input sample rate and for generating a first integral of the input value at its output and a second integrator f... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7182076 | Spark-based igniting system for internal combustion engines A spark-based igniting system for internal combustion engines includes a cylinder, at least one piston, a combustion chamber, a spark insert, and a RF energy source. The piston is disposed within the cylinder for moving slidably between a top dead center position an... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7089692 | Slip hitch for a snow plow A slip hitch connection to a drive vehicle for a snow plow comprises an elongated flat planar member that can be hooked on to a connecting lug of the drive vehicle, the flat planar member being mounted on the snow plow frame for reciprocal movement in each of a pair... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7040980 | Combine harvester having double unloading auger system A combine harvester for harvesting grain and seed crops includes a double unloading auger system for unloading in both directions of travel harvested feed grains produced in one round or two lengths of a field to storage area of transport vehicle. The double unloadi... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6990879 | Drain line re-perforator device A drain line re-perforator device for punching holes in clogged drain pipe sections in a sewage disposal system is provided. The re-perforator device includes an outer cylindrically-shaped housing member and a dual-actuating ram assembly disposed concentrically with... | 01/31/2006 |
| D512345 | Motorcycle frame | 12/06/2005 |
| 6948637 | Apparatus for discharging pressurized liquids at elevated positions An apparatus for discharging pressurized liquids at elevated positions includes a holding adapter, an actuating assembly, and an extension pole. The holding adapter includes first body member for holding a canister of pressurized liquid. The canister has an actuatin... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6901295 | Method and apparatus for electrical stimulation of the lower esophageal sphincter A method and apparatus for electrical stimulation of the lower esophageal sphincter (LES) is provided. Electrode sets are placed in the esophagus in an arrangement that induce contractions of the LES by electrical stimulation of the surrounding tissue and nerves. Th... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6883268 | Bucket tackle system A bucket tackle system for organizing, transporting and storing of fishing rods and reels is provided which includes a bucket, a fishing rod and reel holder insert assembly, and a cover. The bucket has a closed bottom base and a cylindrical side wall extending upwar... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6874346 | Multi-form die base with rotatable anvils having alternative forming surfaces An improved apparatus used in press brakes having a lower press member and an upper press member which are movable relative toward and away from each other for bending and forming sheet materials is provided. The apparatus includes a die base, first and second mobil... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6796361 | Hurricane I-post A garage door reinforcement arrangement for supporting and anchoring a garage door to a garage door opening includes an I-post beam assembly, a top mounting bracket, a floor plate, and a plurality of cable assemblies. The top mounting bracket is used to secure the t... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6680257 | Alternative related to SAS in flash EEPROM A method of eliminating contamination of tunnel oxide in stacked gates due to SAS photoresist process and preventing of n+ implantation caused by resist residue from the SAS photoresist process in fabricating of semiconductor memory devices is disclosed. ... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6622274 | Method of micro-architectural implementation on bist fronted state machine utilizing `death logic` state transition for area minimization There is provided an improve BIST frontend state machine and a method for micro-architectural implementation of the same which is achieved with a minimal amount of test logic circuitry. The state frontend machine includes a state controller responsive to ... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6594776 | Mechanism to clear MAC address from Ethernet switch address table to enable network link fail-over across two network segments There is provided a communication network and method for enhancing server availability to client PCS which includes two Ethernet switches. Each one of the two Ethernet switches is connected to a corresponding one of the primary and secondary network inter... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6587982 | Method of micro-architectural implementation of interface between bist state machine and tester interface to enable bist cycling There is provided a tester interface circuit for use with a BIST state machine and a method for micro-architectural implementation of the same so as to enable cycling through a BIST test. The tester interface circuit includes a storage device, a logic dec... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6534363 | High voltage oxidation method for highly reliable flash memory devices A method for forming a high voltage gate oxide having a high quality and reliability for use with non-volatile memory devices is provided. Field oxide isolation regions are formed in the top surface of a semiconductor substrate so as to define a first act... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6504906 | Telephone micro-tester and transport system A telephone micro-tester and transport system for testing smaller remote SLC customer's lines and terminal equipment is provided. A micro-tester is located at a remote terminal for measuring and storing signatures of test performed on the SLC customer's l... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6490203 | Sensing scheme of flash EEPROM There is provided a reading circuit and method for performing program verify, erase verify, and over-erase-correction verify modes of operations on a selected memory core cell in an array of Flash EEPROM memory core cells. A fixed control gate bias voltag... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6472992 | Alarm filter circuit An alarm filter circuit used in telecommunication systems for interconnecting between incoming telephone lines and alarm unit located at a subscriber's premises so as to block DSL data signals to and from the alarm unit for preventing interference is prov... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6452234 | How to improve the ESD on SOI devices A protection circuit structure for use with silicon-on-insulator integrated circuits is provided so as to improve electrostatic discharge protection capability. The protection circuit structure includes a P/N junction defining a protection diode. The prot... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6424003 | EEPROM cell with self-aligned tunneling window An improved EEPROM cell with a self-aligned tunneling window is provided which is fabricated by a standard STI process so as to produce a smaller layout size and a reduced cell height. The EEPROM cell includes a floating gate, a programmable junction regi... | 07/23/2002 |
