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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6816205 | System and method for camera selection tallying for multiple camera video production A method and system for visually signaling the selection of a specific television or video camera source during the live editing of multiple camera sources is disclosed. The system includes an adapter and a power console in combination for receiving a plurality of t... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6523022 | Method and apparatus for selectively augmenting retrieved information from a network resource An apparatus and corresponding method for selecting multimedia information, such as video, audio, graphics and text residing on a plurality of Data Warehouses, relational database management systems (RDMS) or object-oriented database systems (ODBA) connec... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6347035 | Low profile EMI shield with heat spreading plate A combined electromagnetic interference (EMI) shield and heat dissipation is comprised of a five-sided receptacle coupled to a heat spreading plate. The receptacle is composed of a shield material having an insulated interior coating. A compact, low profi... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6337657 | Methods and apparatuses for reducing errors in the measurement of the coordinates and time offset in satellite positioning system receivers Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for generating the estimates of receiver's coordinates and/or time offset for a moment of time tn without large errors caused by short-term shading of a part of the observable global positioning satellites ... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6333861 | Low loss snubber and transformer reset circuit for forward converters A forward converter incorporating a low loss snubber and transformer reset circuit is disclosed. The transformer core of the forward converter is reset by the exchange of magnetizing energy between the transformer secondary winding and an appropriately si... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6331768 | High-resolution, high-precision solid-state potentiometer Disclosed are solid-state potentiometers having high resolution and high accuracy. An exemplary potentiometer has a first main terminal, a second main terminal, a wiper terminal, and a resistor stack having a plurality M of resistors coupled in series to ... | 12/18/2001 |
| 6330177 | CAM/RAM memory device with a scalable structure The present invention relates to a CAM/RAM memory device with scalable structure with a CAM (Content Addressable Memory) mode and a RAM (Random Access Memory) mode, where selectable parts of the memory cells can be masked off for the CAM mode and reading ... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6328790 | Tapered gas inlet for gas treatment system A compact inlet system for redirecting the flow of gas to a gas treatment apparatus is shown. The inlet system is used to redirect a high volume flow of gas, such as the effluent from an industrial process, by as much as 180° while introducing the gas fl... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6326555 | Method and structure of z-connected laminated substrate for high density electronic packaging Structures, methods and materials for making multilayer circuit substrates are disclosed. The structures include bumped structures or microencapsulated conductive particles suitable for use in a lamination process to make a multilayer printed circuit subs... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6324436 | Method for optimizing cost of manufacturing memory arrays A method of determining the most cost effective manner in which to provide a given number of memory or logic gates for a particular application. The method takes into consideration both the cost per memory bit of fabricating memory cells on a semiconducto... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6324251 | Fluorescent x-ray analyzer including detection signal correction based on position variation A fluorescent x-ray analyzer has a sample table with a movable part such as a turret which can be moved such that a sample which is placed at a specified sample position thereon can be moved to a specified position for analysis, an x-ray source for emitti... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6323687 | Output drivers for integrated-circuit chips with VCCQ supply compensation Disclosed are output drivers for integrated circuit chips which receive a second supply voltage VCCQ for driving signals off the chips. The output drivers according to the present invention can accept a wide range of voltage values for the second supply v... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6321174 | Apparatus and method for testing add-on device of a computer system An apparatus is provided to test a device, i.e. an interface card to a computer system or an IC chip. The apparatus communicates with the computer system via a first bus and communicates with the device via a second bus. The first and second buses are sta... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6319705 | Microchip device for electrophoresis A microchip device for electrophoresis includes not only a microchip having a separation flow route for separating a sample electrophoretically and an electrical power source for applying a migration potential difference along the separation flow route bu... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6317813 | Method for arbitrating multiple memory access requests in a unified memory architecture via a non unified memory controller In a memory controller system, a method for granting a system memory by a memory request arbitrator to a request among a plurality of pending memory access requests is provided. The plurality of the memory access requests includes Rfrsh_Hreq, Crt_Hreq, Gr... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6317639 | Automatic wireless data reporting system and method Instrumentation systems and methods for monitoring an environmental condition at a location are disclosed. Embodiments of the invention include wireless communication elements which can transmit pictorial image data from a location being monitored to a se... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6315638 | Method of chemical mechanical texturing Minute and uniform line marks can be formed on the surface of a glass substrate for a magnetic disk by pressing a tape planted with hairs against the substrate surface and causing it to run thereover while supplying suspension containing abrading particle... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6315580 | PCB connector module for plug-in circuit breakers and fuses A connector module for overcurrent protection devices uses a printed circuit board substrate as a support surface for line and load busbar members and auxiliary signal clip connectors disposed on one side of the substrate. Passageways in the substrate ena... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6314158 | Data processor for fluorescent x-ray spectroscopy A data processor for fluorescent x-ray spectroscopy calculates theoretical x-ray intensity which is theoretically expected to be obtained by a fluorescent x-ray spectroscopy measurement of a standard sample with known composition by taking into account th... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6313789 | Joint tracking of the carrier phases of the signals received from different satellites Disclosed are methods for increasing the fail-safety characteristics of tracking systems for navigation receivers which receive signals from many satellites. In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an individual PLL circuit is used to track t... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6311390 | Method of producing thermistor chips Thermistor chips are produced by first obtaining elongated strips made of a sintered ceramic plate having a specified resistance-temperature characteristic and having thereon a plurality of mutually parallel grooves extending perpendicularly to its direct... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6310935 | Fluorescent x-ray analyzer A fluorescent x-ray analyzer has a light-dispersing crystal and a detector which are rotatable while maintaining a specified angular relationship between them such that fluorescent x-rays from a sample are scanned. A first-order profile and a higher-order... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6310779 | System for attaching cartridge-type CPU to a board The system provided attaches a cartridge-type central processor unit (CPU) to a motherboard and includes a first device, a second device and a third device. The first device has a slot for receiving the cartridge-type CPU. The second device is disposed be... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6308596 | Hand wrench torque enhancing device An extension device for wrenches includes an extension member with a wedge brace comprised of two counterpoised wedge couplers. The wedge couplers comprise wedge fingers defining offset opposed wedge slots such that the wedge couplers engage opposite side... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6308465 | Systems and utility modules for buildings Utility modules used to form a utility distribution system, where the utility modules are disposed on a foundation with the construction of a building, and where the utility modules may be covered with panels. The utility modules include coupling elements... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6307490 | Digital to analog converter trim apparatus and method A digital to analog converter has a decoder configured to select weighted decoding elements in a decoding network. The decoded outputs increase in steps by a mathematical progression as a function of the value of the input to the decoder. A calibration ci... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6306013 | Method of producing polishing cloth for a texturing process A polishing cloth having a base material of a woven cloth formed by weaving in woven bundles of plastic fibers and its surface layer formed by portions of these woven bundles which are cut and raised from a surface is produced by preparing a woven cloth a... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6305596 | Apparatus and method for soldering through-hole components on circuit board A method for breaking off solder bridges between pins of a through-hole component on a printed circuit board, comprises the following steps: (1) providing a soldering apparatus, the apparatus having an opening corresponding to the through-hole component, ... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6304076 | Angular position sensor with inductive attenuating coupler A non-contact angular position sensor has juxtaposed transmit and receive disks with a coupler disk, carrying a conductive attenuating pattern interposed therebetween. A pattern of inductive coils, which completely encircle both the transmit and receive d... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6301948 | Rivet setting device The present invention relates to a rivet setting device comprising a rivet setting means and a drive which actuates the rivet setting means, as well as a magazine-strip pulling means which comprises a roll in operative communication with the drive. Accord... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6301278 | Semiconductor laser devices A semiconductor laser device has a semiconductor laser element placed inside a package on an electrically conductive submount such that one of the electrodes with one conduction type sandwiching its p-n junction is electrically connected to it. The submou... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6301133 | Power supply system with ORing element and control circuit In a redundant power supply system, N+1 power supply modules are operated in parallel to provide power to a single load which may be connected via a DC bus and may employ a remote voltage sensing circuit. Each power supply module includes an ORing element... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6300861 | Organic thermistor device and method of producing same An organic thermistor device has a pair of outer electrodes formed facing each other on end parts of a thermistor body made of an organic thermistor material. Metallic wires extend inside and through the thermistor body transversely to the direction in wh... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6298617 | High rise building system using steel wall panels A prefabricated structural system uses wall panels having a combination of cold rolled light gauge sheet metal and hot rolled tubular steel. Panels are stacked one on top of each other to form vertical wall assemblies and may be welded directly with their... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6295213 | Circuit for efficiently clamping a power converter's reset voltage and for providing auxiliary power In a power converter whose power is supplied by an input power source, a circuit is disclosed for efficiently clamping the peak reset voltage across a primary switch of the power converter and for recycling the energy stored in the clamp during the OFF pe... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6292146 | Multi-position PC card antenna assembly A multi-position antenna assembly for use in portable wireless communication devices is disclosed. The assembly includes an antenna, a printed circuit board operative to electrically couple the antenna to a host device, a disk joint assembly, coupled to t... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6291000 | Method of concentrating tomato juice by reverse osmosis Tomato juice is concentrated by reverse osmosis to over 20% in Brix scale by causing low-concentration tomato juice to flow down under a high-pressure condition in a straight flow to a one-stage unit having a plurality of tubular membrane modules connecte... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6287449 | Method of electrolytic texturing and electrolytic liquid slurry An electrolytic liquid slurry containing pure water, abrading particles and nitric acid, boric acid, alkanol amine, sodium sulfite, sodium chloride, ammonium chloride, sodium phosphate, potassium phosphate, sodium silicate, aluminum phosphate, ammonium ph... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6286962 | Beamsplitter optical projection system An optical projection system is disclosed. The optical projection system comprises a projection screen and a plurality of viewing stations. Each viewing station includes a beamsplitter, a projector including a lens, wherein the projector is directed at th... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6287175 | Method of mirror-finishing a glass substrate A mirror-finishing method embodying this invention, with which the above and other objects can be accomplished, may be characterized as comprising the step of supplying a solution containing hydroxyl groups on a target surface to be polished of a glass su... | 09/11/2001 |
