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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7709263 | Lanthanide complexes preparation and uses thereof The invention relates to compounds, to the complexes they form with a lanthanide, and to the use of the complexes for fluorescence marking or NMR imaging. The complex consists of an Ln ion and a ligand R2—C(X—R1)(R3)—NR | 05/04/2010 |
| 7659008 | Composite material composed of a metal matrix and of talc The invention relates to a lubricating metal coating and to a process for its preparation. The material constituting the coating in a composite material comprising a metal matrix within which talc particles are distributed as lamellae, the metal matrix being compose... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7652034 | Enantiomer (-) of tenatoprazole and the therapeutic use thereof The invention relates to enantiomer (−) of tentoprazole. The inventive enantiomer (−) of tenatoprazole, or (−)-5-methoxy-2-[[(4-methoxy-3,5-dimethyl-2-pyridyl)methyl]sulfinyl]imidazol[4,5-b]pyridine exhibits improved pharmacokinetic properties which make it po... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7624584 | Installation and method for producing cold by a reversible sorption system The invention relates to refrigeration at TU by a reversible sorption system. The installation comprises a reactor (1) in which a reversible sorption between a gas G and a sorbent S takes place, a device (2) in which a reversible phen... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7621149 | Method for producing cold and installation therefor The invention relates to refrigeration at TU by a reversible sorption system. The method is implemented in an installation comprising an endothermic component (EC) and an exothermic component consisting of the reactors (1) and (2). Th... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7608299 | Process for the deposition by CVD of a silver film on a substrate The invention relates to the deposition of thin silver films on various substrates, particularly superconductor substrates. The method consists of CVD deposition of silver on a substrate with the aid of a silver precursor solution. The silver precursor is an RCO | 10/27/2009 |
| 7563517 | Metal coating for a kitchen utensil The invention relates to a metal coating for a utensil for cooking food products. The coating consists of an aluminum-based alloy containing more than 80% by weight of one or more quasicrystalline or approximant phases, having the composition Ala(F... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7528251 | Method for enantioselective preparation of sulphoxide derivatives The present invention concerns enantioselective preparation of sulphoxide derivatives or their salts. The method consist in performing an enantioselective oxidation of a sulphur of general formula (I) A —CH2—SB, wherein: A is a diversely substituted p... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7481334 | Device for conditioning and distributing several fluids, comprising at least two pumps The conditioning and distribution of fluid products is described. A conditioning and distribution device comprises at least two extraction pumps having parallel axes and at least two reservoirs containing the products to be distributed, or the first pump is mounted ... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7481336 | Manually-actuated metering pump The invention relates to a manually-actuated metering pump of simple design, which is intended for a rigid container. The inventive metering pump is of the dual valve type, comprising a lower inlet valve and an upper ejection valve which are disposed at the input an... | 01/27/2009 |
| RE40380 | Packing machine and method In an insulation blanket-packaging machine and method for continuously packaging insulation blanket in the form of batts there is a continuous: infeed of batts into a loading station; movement of batts from the loading station into a transfer station that also funct... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7374657 | Production of low sulfur, moderately aromatic distillate fuels by hydrocracking of combined Fischer-Tropsch and petroleum streams The present invention relates to distillate fuels or distillate fuel blend stocks comprising a blend of a Fischer-Tropsch derived product and a petroleum derived product that is hydrocracked under conditions to preserve aromatics. The resulting distillate fuel produ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7293568 | Aqueous solutions of silicon metal and methods of making and using same The present invention generally relates to a formulation created by reacting sodium hydroxide, water, and silicon metal which has unique properties and many uses. The instant invention is further directed to methods of producing and using such formulations. ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7256401 | System and method for fire detection A system and method for detecting radiation indicative of fire, such as forest fire. In one embodiment, a threshold energy level is determined based on ambient sensor conditions. A sensor unit may be setup to scan a predetermined area for electromagnetic radiation. ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7244720 | Soluble forms of amoxicillin and treatment of animals A solid mixture or aqueous solution of amoxicillin antibacterial agent with a material that aids in its dissolution in water to render it ingestive and palatable. ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7230818 | Printed circuit board and manufacturing method thereof A printed circuit board which is thin and incorporates a large-capacitance capacitor function and a manufacturing method thereof. In one embodiment, the printed circuit board manufacturing method includes forming inner layer conductor circuits on a core substrate; f... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7225027 | Cochlear implants and apparatus/methods for improving audio signals by use of frequency-amplitude-modulation-encoding (FAME) strategies A method of improving sound quality of audio signals that are digitally processed includes steps of extracting amplitude and frequency modulations from one or more narrow bands of the audio signal, and filtering and compressing those modulations to produce amplitude... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7187287 | Systems and methods for zone security Disclosed are systems and methods for utilizing a plurality of RFID readers as proximity sensors to detect one or more RFID tagged assets. In one embodiment, an array of RFID readers provides a coverage area and polls one or more tagged assets at a predetermined int... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7163512 | Method and apparatus for facilitating physiological coherence and autonomic balance Method and apparatus for determining the state of entrainment between biological systems which exhibit oscillatory behavior such as heart rhythms, respiration, blood pressure waves and low frequency brain waves based on a determination of heart rate variability (HRV... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7129493 | Method and apparatus for photovoltaic cells of solar powered radiation sensing system antenna A method and apparatus for integrating photovoltaic cells into a ground plane of satellite and terrestrial antenna systems is disclosed. The system provides an increase in available surface area for power generation without increasing the overall size. In one embodi... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7088594 | Resonant converter and control method thereof A resonant converter which can realize its easy design, eliminate the need for its adjustment, realize reliable soft switching operation, and increase an efficiency. A driver DRV of a main switching device uses a PLL circuit PLL to apply frequency tracking control i... | 08/08/2006 |
| 6955887 | Use of T1R hetero-oligomeric taste receptor to screen for compounds that modulate taste signaling Newly identified mammalian taste-cell-specific G protein-coupled receptors which function as hetero-oligomeric complexes in the sweet taste transduction pathway, and the genes and cDNA encoding said receptors are described. Specifically, T1R G protein-coupled recept... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6818747 | Gαq protein variants and their use in the analysis and discovery of agonists and antagonists of chemosensory receptors The invention provides a series of Gαq protein variants that functionally couple to sensory cell receptors such as taste GPCRs (TRs) and olfactory GPCRs (ORs) in an overly promiscuous manner. According to the invention, the functional coupling can be det... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6733789 | Multiparticulate bisoprolol formulation A multiparticulate bisoprolol formulation for once-daily oral administration, each particle of which comprises a core of bisoprolol or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof surrounded by a polymeric coating, the polymeric coating being effective to achieve an i... | 05/11/2004 |
| 5940109 | Thermal printhead, substrate for the same and method for making the substrate A thermal printhead according to the present invention includes a substrate (2) of an insulating material having a substantially flat surface, a heating resistor (3) formed on the substrate (2) to form a plurality of heating dots, a conductor pattern (5, ... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5638454 | Noise reduction system A system for reducing periodic noise, which includes a plurality of harmonically related noise signals, comprises an actuator for producing a canceling acoustic signal, a sensor for detecting a residual noise signal, a synchronizing signal generator and p... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5619020 | Muffler A muffler for muffling noise in a fluid flow, such as exhaust gases from an internal combustion engine comprises a chamber, loudspeakers for injecting anti-noise into the chamber under the control of processing circuitry in dependence upon residual noise ... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5617479 | Global quieting system for stationary induction apparatus The present invention relates generally to global noise or sound control and, more particularly, to the control or sound radiated from stationary induction apparatus such as power transformers and shunt reactors by use of active enclosures and active pane... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5606806 | Self-ventilating footwear Ventilated footwear has in a sole thereof a pumping chamber formed in a heel portion of the sole and bounded by two parallel top and bottom walls and a peripheral wall which is resilient to bias the pumping chamber and has converging upper and lower wall ... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5600106 | Actively sound reduced muffler having a venturi effect configuration In an actively sound dampened muffler, the improvement of a venturi effect area producing means adjacent an aperture in said muffler near which is mounted a loudspeaker in an enclosure, the venturi effect area preventing hot exhaust gases from impinging o... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5588138 | Dynamic partitioning of memory into central and peripheral subregions A distributed memory management system which provides a novel usage of computer resources. Unlike memory management in conventional computers, memory management in the present invention is distributed, to avoid having data transfer requests wait in line f... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5586615 | Vacuum packaged escape slide The present invention is an environmentally sealed storage and deployment system for inflatable aircraft escape slides which is comprised of an environmentally sealed vacuum bag and an inflatable escape slide. Environmentally sealing the slide protects th... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5568557 | Active vibration control system for aircraft An active noise and vibration reduction system for canceling noise in aircraft or other passenger carrying transportation systems which utilizes a series of seat mounted microphones and trim mounted speakers in conjunction with a digital controller with a... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5563817 | Adaptive canceller filter module An adaptive canceller filter module having signal sensors and signal filters in a circuit for use with filtered-x algorithms to adapt the coefficients of one of said filters to minimize the measure of the error.... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5554432 | Press polymerization of lenticular images The present invention is a lenticular sheet having lenticles over only a portion of the sheet. The lenticular sheet is formed by bonding a base substrate to a thermosetting polymer sheet having a lenticular array on its top surface. In one embodiment of t... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5550334 | Actively sound reduced muffler having a venturi effect configuration In an actively sound dampened muffler, the improvement of a venturi effect area producing means adjacent an aperture in said muffler near which is mounted a loudspeaker in an enclosure, the venturi effect area preventing hot exhaust gases from impinging o... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5548418 | Holographic structured light generator The present invention is a holographic structured light generator (HSLG) for generating an array of an arbitrary number of laser beamlets from a single laser beam using a point laser light source and a hologram. In a first preferred embodiment of the pres... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5519794 | Computer-generated autostereography method and apparatus A method and apparatus for making autostereographic images wherein a computer is provided with a number of planar images in digital form, in a two-dimensional array of columns and rows of digital data. The columns are interleaved and rotated to form an in... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5515550 | Reversible apparel belt A reversible apparel belt having a plurality of interconnected links is disclosed. Each link is formed from two pieces of flexible sheet material which are fastened together. The outside surface of the first piece of flexible sheet material differs in app... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5509733 | Infrared heated differential thermal analyzer The present invention is an infrared-heated differential thermal analyzing instrument. The instrument uses an actively cooled heat sink, and a heat flow restricting element connecting the heat sink to a differential thermal analysis sensor. An IR heater d... | 04/23/1996 |
