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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8176900 | Injector-ignition for an internal combustion engine The present invention provides a heated catalyzed fuel injector that dispenses fuel substantially exclusively during the power stroke of an internal combustion engine, wherein ignition occurs in a fast burn zone at high fuel density such that a leading surface of th... | 05/15/2012 |
| D585501 | Puzzle | 01/27/2009 |
| 7054484 | Guided color correction system The invention relates to digital image enhancement, and more precisely to a guided color correction system that produces a desirable image display and reproduction. A major objective of the invention is to determine appropriate image transformations based on the use... | 05/30/2006 |
| D520190 | Combined tool container and pet carrier | 05/02/2006 |
| 6022604 | Optical disk mastering system The invention discloses a method and an apparatus for creating an elementary optical disc master with but a single layer to be applied to a disc substrate to form pits having ideal shapes and without berm buildup. These ideally shaped pits are improvement... | 02/08/2000 |
| 6013316 | Disc master drying cover assembly A spin coater drying cover is disclosed having unique properties and construction to enable accurate control of the drying process of an optically active lamina of a Nitrocellulose Dye Polymer solution on a Polycarbonate disc substrate. The cover is confi... | 01/11/2000 |
| 6007403 | Flexible constrictor for inflatable bodies A fluid flow prevention device to be used with flexible conduits, and more particularly with toy balloons. The device is made of a resilient material and has a centrally and axially located normally closed slit through which a ring of a balloon's mouth ma... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5782323 | Caliper disc brake having a low thermal conductivity extension element An apparatus which improves a conventional hydraulic brake system by locating the hydraulic brake fluid chamber sufficiently remote from the brake pads and their associated rotating brake element to prevent overheating of the brake liquid causing subseque... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5741627 | Optical recording medium and method for eliminating berm buildup The invention discloses a method and an apparatus for creating an optical disc master by forming pits having ideal shapes and without berm buildup. These ideally shaped pits are improvements in the technology of disc mastering, due to the manufacturing an... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5701894 | Modular physiological computer-recorder An ambulatory physiological computer recorder that includes multiple selective plug and play signal input conditioners, a microprocessor system with operating and analyzing software and a removable memory module for data storage. The removable memory modu... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5671559 | Non lethal firearm device A combination lethal/nonlethal firearm device is disclosed wherein a lethal gun, pistol or rifle that conventionally fires solid projectiles in the form of bullets, is conveniently converted to a non lethal defensive weapon by means of a novel attachment ... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5607226 | Illuminated hockey stick An illuminated hockey stick having a plurality of LED's coupled along each side of the shaft of the hockey stick which enables a method for playing the game of street hockey outdoors at night or in dimly lit conditions. Other equipment used to play the ga... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5516059 | Electrical wire spool guide A wire guide to control and contain electrical wire as it is pulled off a standard spool that is rotating about a spindle. The guide has side plates that rest alongside the spool and rotate about the same spindle upon which the spool turns. An adjustable ... | 05/14/1996 |
| 4883065 | Micropotential analyzer--a Holter system with comprehensive analysis capability for very low amplitude electrocardiographic signals and method A system for detection, measurement, analysis and plotting of electrocardiographic signals with amplitudes ranging down to one microvolt (micropotentials) employing long term ambulatory (Holter) recordings. Multi-channel electrocardiograms are recorded on... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4813877 | Remote strafe scoring system A remote scoring system for an air-to-ground strafing range is disclosed which utilizes a pair of vector sensors for each target to pinpoint a target hit and/or miss by means of shell shock wave amplitude and time of arrival (TOA) differentials of the sho... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4586436 | Electronic assembly for moderate hard target penetrator fuze A microcomputer controlled electronic fuze capable of surviving a hard tat impact is disclosed comprising two epoxy potted printed circuit boards mounted back to back of which one of the boards is designed to survive impact and contains the microcomputer... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4525720 | Integrated spiral antenna and printed circuit balun A unidirection circularly polarized dual armed spiral antenna of a stripl printed circuit configuration is disclosed. The antenna is powered by a planar, edge connected, balun. The radial arms may be configured to spiral in any one of a multiplicity of d... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4478127 | Bomb saddle interface module The invention relates to an electrical mechanical interfacing device for e and arm fuze systems of different stores such that a variable electrical and mechanical connecting capability is provided for different aircraft requirements.... | 10/23/1984 |
| 4476402 | VMOS-FET IMPATT diode pulse bias circuit This invention describes a VMOS-FET, IMPATT diode pulse bias circuit desid to provide a Gallium Arsenide IMPATT diode with a specified operating voltage and current under required conditions to generate an RF pulse.... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4449939 | Safe-arm training simulator A safe-arm simulator device for use in training personnel in maintaining operating a missile rocket motor fuze safe-arm device of the type presently utilized on live missiles is disclosed. The device comprises a spring mounted on a rotatable shaft conta... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4437067 | Transient error reduction for stored charged circuits A stored charge circuit having a transient error such as a ringing or the ke in response to a step function or other transient error initiating input signal is presented. Normally open switches are connected across at least some of the resistors of the ci... | 03/13/1984 |
| 4417123 | Laser formed video tube calibration markers An apparatus for forming fiducial marks on an imaging surface of a video e comprising a laser system that outputs an alignment focused beam and a pulsed focused beam upon command, a driven jig positioner that holds and moves the video tube, a controller ... | 11/22/1983 |
| 4403478 | Expander stroke delay mechanism for split stirling cryogenic cooler This invention comprises a cryogenic cooling device operating in the manner f a split Stirling cycle engine whereby a sinusoidal pressure-wave generator distal to a regenerator displacer piston and accompanying cylinder, individually compresses in a delaye... | 09/13/1983 |
