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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7150431 | Electrical generator fluid-flow-coolant filtration A ventilating and particle-filtering airflow system, and related methodology, for managing the flow of air to the brush region of an on-board aircraft (vehicle) electrical generator. Conduit structure collects intaken air during aircraft (vehicle) engine operation, ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7139433 | Compound image compression method and apparatus A method and apparatus for compressing compound images of the type containing text, graphics and photographic imagery. This method and apparatus offer significant simplicity and computational efficiency by progressing fundamentally through a first processing phase, ... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7131240 | Bucket column base and installation support A building foundation anchoring and interface system for receiving supporting the base of an upright structural column. This system and interface includes an open-topped bucket-well structure which is embedded in a foundation, and which is sized so as to permit the ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7133166 | Scan to cluster print structure and methodology A document printing system and methodology wherein plural, potentially useable printers are reviewed in a preliminary discovery process to assess (1) which ones are currently available for use, and (2) of these, which have the best-suited operational characteristics... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7131702 | Seated occupant impact-injury minimizing method A shock-load G-force minimizing seat structure and injury-minimizing methodology wherein the seat structure responds principally in non-springy compression, rather than in spring-loading bending, to vertically directed shock loads. The seat structure features an ant... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7127863 | Column/beam interconnect nut-and-bolt socket configuration Column/I-beam interconnect structure including an attaching plate joined to an I-beam end. This plate possesses, along its lateral margins, angularly oriented upper and lower through-passages, each characterized with a reception axis, and designed to receive, along ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7111539 | Veneer clipper anvil roll jacket and related methodology Wear-replaceable resilient cover structure, or jacket, for the known-diameter cylindrical surface of an elongate, known-length anvil roll in a veneer clipper. The cover structure includes an elongate, internal, tubular, cylindrical armature having inside and outside... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7110804 | Combined electrical and audio anatomical signal sensor A combined audio and electrical anatomy-signal sensor which is designed to collect, essentially from a selected, common anatomical site, related audio and electrical anatomical signals, such as heart-produced signals. The sensor includes a unique body structure whic... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7096060 | Method and system for detection of heart sounds A method and system for automatically detecting heart sounds. The sound system receives sound data corresponding to beats of the heart. The sound system analyzes the sound data to detect the presence of a heart sound within the beats. The sound system then outputs a... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7091987 | Patterning and dot gain improvement for vector error diffusion A method for processing color-image pixel-data for outputting by a multi-bit (N) color-image output device including the steps of (a) characterizing color-image pixels into N successive, associated scan lines of pixels, which lines are bridged, effectively for proce... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7074195 | Real-time, sound-quality-competitive, single-site from plural-site, anatomical audio signal selection A method and apparatus for gathering high-quality anatomical audio signals. Practice of the invention, which is illustrated herein in the context of heart-produced signals, is based upon gathering, and competitively processing audio signals collected simultaneously ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7072708 | Differentiating acute myocardial infarction from other ECG abnormalities A method in a computer system for detecting myocardial infarction including the steps of (a) receiving ECG data, (b) analyzing that data for the presence of benign ST data, and (c), when the ST data is not benign, (1) establishing a pathological threshold, (2) norma... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7065397 | Multi-parameter acquisition of ECG and related physiologic data employing multi-parameter sensor and conventional ECG lead conductors, and enabled for remote operational management communication ECG-related adaptor/sensor structure and methodology which enables various selectable operational communication to occur both unidirectionally and bidirectionally between the adaptor/sensor structure, and remote structure which is intended to receive ECG-related phy... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7051917 | Beam end weld preparation Preparation of a weld between a structural I-beam end and a beam-to-column attaching end component wherein no beam flange material is removed to participate in the creation of a weld trough. Instead, the space for a weld trough is created in the end component, and t... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7051918 | Dual-biasing weld-attaching of end components to an elongate element A method utilizing a stabilizing jig structure for positioning and supporting the assembly of an elongate structural beam and a beam-end mounting component during weld attachment of that mounting component to an end of the beam. This method includes the steps of (a)... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6987491 | Integrated microwave transceiver tile structure Integrated microwave transceiver tile structure including (a) a first, generally planar, circuit-board layer structure possessing an array of plural, integrally formed microwave transceivers arranged in a defined row-and-column pattern, with each transceiver having ... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6966605 | Bilateral, warp-tolerant, cross-synchronized, gear-lock adjustable seat structure A seat structure with two, lateral-side latching-unlatching mechanisms for enabling smoothly operating releasable locking and unlocking actions between a seat-base and an inclinable seat-back hinged to the seat-base in the seat structure. Two interengageable arcs of... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6964066 | Stretchable, size-adaptable fabric helmet insert with shock-absorbing structure A stretchable-adjustable, cushioning helmet insert employable in the hollow, domed interior of a helmet shell. The insert includes a generally domed cap formed of a reversibly stretchable fabric, and adapted for installation within the interior such a shell, and cus... | 11/15/2005 |
