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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8087165 | Lightweight audio system for automotive applications and method A lightweight radio/CD player for vehicular application is virtually “fastenerless” and includes a case and frontal interface formed of polymer based material that is molded to provide details to accept audio devices such as playback mechanisms (if desired) and ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8050312 | System and method for multi-source communications A system and method of multi-source communications, including a source provider, a transmitter, a receiver, a summing device, a plurality of delay devices, and a switch. The source provider provides a signal including a first and second signal. The transmitter is in... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8049174 | Chemical vapor sensor system and method thereof A chemical vapor sensor system and method are provided, wherein the system includes an air input device, a light source, a detector, a sample chamber, and a processor. The air input device includes at least a sample input port, a reference input port, and an output ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8039139 | Prismatic-cell battery pack with integral coolant passages A prismatic-cell battery pack is provided with integral coolant passages including an intake plenum, an exhaust plenum, and a distributed array of coolant channels coupled between the intake plenum and the exhaust plenum. Coolant medium forced into the intake plenum... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8037672 | Method and apparatus for detecting a non-operational status of a catalyst in an engine exhaust conduit A quantity of unburned fuel is provided through a combustion chamber of an engine and an exhaust conduit to a catalytic converter. The catalyst in the converter is determined to be non-operational if a post-catalyst temperature sensor does not indicate a sufficient ... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8035976 | Lightweight audio system for automotive applications and method A lightweight radio/CD player for vehicular application is virtually “fastenerless” and includes a case and frontal interface formed of polymer based material that is molded to provide details to accept audio devices such as playback mechanisms (if desired) and ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8035503 | Vehicle location reminder system and method A vehicle location reminder system having a vehicle positioning system operable to provide an approximate location of a vehicle and record the approximate location of the vehicle. A status check system monitors use of the vehicle and sends a signal to the vehicle po... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8032100 | System and method of communicating multiple carrier waves A system and method for communicating a plurality of carrier waves that are received by a single receiver system is provided. The receiver system includes at least one antenna, at least one splitter, a plurality of tuners, and at least one combiner. The antenna rece... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8026597 | Fluid cooled encapsulated microelectronic package An encapsulated microelectronic package includes a fluid conducting cooling tube directly coupled to one or more semiconductor chips, with the encapsulant being molded over the semiconductor chips and portions of the cooling tube in proximity to the semiconductor ch... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8022834 | Occupant detection system An occupant detection system for a vehicle includes an antenna arrangement of a capacitance-based occupant detection device in particular provided beneath the seat surface of a vehicle seat for the generation of a first occupation signal in the event of occupation o... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8022346 | Automatic fault detection and laser shut-down method for a laser-generated windshield display The laser of a laser-generated windshield display is controlled to initially deflect the laser beam in the direction of a reflective target disposed outside a display region of the windshield, and a sensor disposed in a reflection path of the target is sampled to de... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8014479 | Method and system for communicating sub-synchronization signals using a phase rotator A system and method of communicating sub-synchronization information into a transmitted digital audio stream and extracting sub-synchronization information from a received digital audio stream is provided. The method includes the steps of having a transmitter introd... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8013539 | Low-cost drive system for an LED triad A drive system for powering LED triads includes a controller for supplying power to one or more LED triad modules with integral encoding of the desired hue and intensity information. The LED triad modules each include an LED triad and decoding circuitry for activati... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8005418 | Vehicle oriented switched antenna system An antenna system is provided having switched directional antennas. The antenna system includes a first antenna for receiving signals within a first directional coverage zone, and a second antenna for receiving signals within a second directional coverage zone. Acco... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8004400 | Communication method for locating a parked vehicle A method of locating a parked vehicle that is equipped with a RKE system including a vehicle-installed RF communication module and a driver-borne wireless RF nomadic device such as a key fob involves installing a RFID tag in the nomadic device and a RFID interrogato... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8004212 | Drive apparatus for a vacuum fluorescent display A VFD drive apparatus in which the filament of a VFD is coupled at a first terminal to an input voltage derived from a voltage source, and at a second terminal to a shunt voltage regulator that establishes a regulated filament current and a regulated cutoff voltage ... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7983046 | Electronic control module and enclosed power module Power electronic devices of an electronic control module are mounted in a power module disposed between the control module circuit board and an interior face of the control module case, with a prescribed separation distance between the circuit board and a housing of... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7977887 | Low leakage current LED drive apparatus with fault protection and diagnostics An LED drive apparatus includes a microprocessor having a configurable input/output port, a FET current control transistor, and a diagnostic interface circuit. The diagnostic interface circuit includes a transistor having an input coupled to a junction between the F... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7960817 | Semiconductor power module with flexible circuit leadframe A semiconductor power module includes a semiconductor chip thermally interfaced to a ceramic substrate and a leadframe defined by a flexible circuit disposed intermediate the chip and the ceramic substrate. The flexible circuit includes a conductor layer that is sel... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7957333 | Receiver system and method for switching among a plurality of antenna elements to receive a signal A receiver system and method for switching among a plurality of antenna elements to receive a signal. At least a portion of plurality of antenna elements receive a transmitted signal, such that the transmitted signal includes a plurality of sub-channels that are tra... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7955104 | Shorting clip terminal connector assembly including protrusion shield A shorting clip terminal connector assembly electrically shorts together terminals in a first connector body dependent on connection status of a first and a second connector body. A shorting clip terminal disposed in a shorting clip terminal cavity in the first conn... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7954235 | Method of making a seal about a copper-based terminal A method of forming a seal about an electrically conductive core of a cable having an insulative outer cover and a terminal includes the steps of providing a lead of the core extending beyond an axial edge of the insulative outer cover; applying a conformal coating ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7954230 | Method for making soot sensor An ablating device is used to form a pattern into a sensing element pad of a soot sensor, with the pattern establishing two finger paths without electrical connection between them. The pattern can be formed through a protective layer on the sensing element pad befor... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7944967 | Technique for addressing frame loss in a video stream A technique for addressing frame loss in a video system includes a number of steps. Initially, a first video stream and a second video stream are received. The first and second video streams each include related video information having a plurality of video frames. ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7532010 | Sensing circuit and method for diagnosing open and short circuit conditions of a sensor A sensing circuit for detecting open and short circuit conditions in sensors is provided. The sensing circuit includes switching circuitry, a voltage supply, a test capacitor, and an operational amplifier. The switching circuitry is electrically coupled to the volta... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7528773 | Satellite beacon for faster sky-search and pointing error identification An apparatus for determining the identity of a first detected satellite and to determine a second scan position for a satellite of interest based in part on the identity of the first detected satellite is disclosed. In one example the identity of the first detected ... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7526268 | Method and system for selectively processing traffic incident information A method includes receiving current location and heading information, receiving threshold range, and bearing values, receiving an incident report corresponding to a traffic incident at a location of interest, and selectively retaining the incident report if the poin... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7524767 | Method for manufacturing a micro-electro-mechanical structure A technique for manufacturing a micro-electro-mechanical (MEM) structure includes a number of steps. Initially, a substrate is provided. Next, a plurality of trenches are etched into the substrate with a first etch. Then, a charging layer is formed at a bottom of ea... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7523237 | Method and protocol for diagnostics or arbitrarily complex networks of devices The present invention includes a network having a plurality of communication buses, at least two of the plurality of buses utilizing different communication bus protocols; a plurality of computer devices, at least one of the plurality of computer devices coupled to ... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7512516 | Collision avoidance and warning system and method A collision avoidance and warning system and method are provided. The system includes a sensor and a controller. The sensor senses an object in a field of view, wherein the sensor determines a direct range measurement between the sensor and the object and an angle m... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7512461 | Vehicle rollover sensing using angular accelerometer A vehicle rollover sensing apparatus and method are provided for predicting a future roll angle and an overturn condition of a vehicle. The apparatus includes an angular accelerometer for sensing angular acceleration of the vehicle and producing an output signal ind... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7512159 | Method for variable performance in communication systems The present invention generally relates to the transmission of digital data, and more particularly, to the transmission of digital data in a satellite digital audio radio (“SDAR”) system. In the SDAR system, there may be different types of required services. Som... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7511545 | Analog duty cycle replicating frequency converter for PWM signals An analog, duty cycle replicating frequency converter extracts duty cycle information from an input, pulse width modulated signal and generates an output pulse width modulated signal of the same duty cycle at a different frequency without regard to the frequency of ... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7510894 | Post-logic isolation of silicon regions for an integrated sensor In producing an integrated sensor, regions of silicon between compensating electronics and a sensor are electrically isolated, while the sensor is delineating and released. The described process can be performed at the end of a fabrication process after electronics ... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7510108 | Method of making an electronic assembly A method of making an electronic assembly comprising an electronic component that is attached to a circuit board by protruding solder bumps of the electronic component places the electronic component on a surface of the circuit board so that solder bumps on the bott... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7505884 | Method for automatic generation of finite element mesh from IC layout data The present invention includes a method for performing a thermal analysis, including the steps of determining size and placement of each of a plurality of drivers on an integrated circuit device. The determined size and placement of each driver is stored as layout d... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7505841 | Vision-based occupant classification method and system for controlling airbag deployment in a vehicle restraint system A vehicle restraint system has a vision-based occupant classification system for control of airbag deployment during a crash scenario. The classification system utilizes two imaging sensors which together create a stream of paired images received and stored by an oc... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7502963 | Optimization by using output drivers for discrete input interface The invention relates to design optimization of microprocessors using spare driver outputs for discrete input interfaces. An output driver or pre-FET driver is used to interface a discrete input for a microprocessor. To read the discrete interface, a fault detection... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7499696 | Method to optimize hierarchical modulation for a diversity system The present invention involves a method for transmitting data having primary and secondary data. A first transmit signal is transmitted from a first communication satellite wherein the first transmit signal is produced when the transmitter modulates the primary and ... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7499283 | Key fob for an automobile A key fob for keyless entry into an automobile includes a substantially rigid housing having an outer surface with a ridge or a recess. Signal transmission circuitry is disposed within the housing and is operable to transmit a signal to the automobile. A flexible sh... | 03/03/2009 |
