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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 |
| 8180073 | System for creating and manipulating digital media A system for creating and manipulating digital media integrates a graphics tablet, a touchpad, and a synthesizer chipset. The graphics tablet includes a tablet surface, a grid of wires located under the tablet surface, and a graphics tablet chipset. The graphics tab... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177427 | Temperature sensor and method of producing the same A temperature sensor is provided. The temperature sensor includes: a temperature sensitive element having a temperature sensitive body and an element electrode wire; a sheath member having an external cylinder, the sheath member encompassing a sheath core wire to be... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8153926 | Etching method and system An etching method and an etching system are adapted to produce a high etch selectivity for a mask, an excellent anisotropic profile and a large etching depth. An etching system according to the invention comprises a floating electrode arranged vis-à-vis a substrate... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8153909 | Multilayer wiring board and method of manufacturing the same A coreless wiring board has no core board but a laminated structure in which a conductor layer and resin insulating layers are alternately laminated into a multilayer. Each of the resin insulating layers is formed to contain a glass cloth in an epoxy resin. A plural... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8148664 | Glow plug and manufacturing method of the same A sheath heater for a glow plug comprises a sheath tube having a closed front end portion, and an open rear end portion. An insulating powder is charged into a gap between the sheath tube and a heat-generating resistor disposed within the sheath tube. A seal member ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8143534 | Wiring board having solder bump and method for manufacturing the same A wiring board has a wiring board main body, a solder resist and solder bumps. The solder resist is formed on a top surface of the wiring board main body, and includes first openings, and second openings that have a diameter larger than that of the first openings. T... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8137625 | Urea sensor A urea sensor includes a detecting portion which, in use, is immersed in a liquid accommodated in a urea solution tank for detecting the thermal conductivity of the liquid to detect whether the liquid accommodated in the urea solution tank is an aqueous urea solutio... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8130507 | Component built-in wiring board A component built-in wiring board is provided. The component built-in wiring board 10 includes a core substrate 11, a first component 61, a first built-up layer 31 and a capacitor 101. The core substrate 11 has a housing hol... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8129828 | Wiring substrate with reinforcement A wiring substrate assembly includes a resin wiring substrate and a reinforcement member. The resin wiring substrate does not have a core substrate, and includes a substrate main surface, a substrate back surface, a laminate structure comprised of resin insulation l... | 03/06/2012 |
| D654323 | Napkin dispenser | 02/21/2012 |
| 8110754 | Multi-layer wiring board and method of manufacturing the same A multi-layer wiring board without a core substrate includes: a multi-layer laminated structure; first terminals provided on a front surface of the multi-layer laminated structure; second terminals provided on a rear surface of the multi-layer laminated structure; t... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8093503 | Multilayer wiring board A coreless wiring board has no core board but a laminated structure in which a conductor layer and resin insulating layers are alternately laminated into a multilayer. Each of the resin insulating layers is formed to contain a glass cloth in an epoxy resin. A plural... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8092086 | Temperature sensor A temperature sensor includes: a temperature-sensing element comprising a temperature-sensing portion and an element electrode wire connected to the temperature-sensing portion; a sheath member comprising a sheath tube and a sheath core wire extending from the sheat... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8088264 | Gas sensor element and gas sensor A gas sensor element for detecting a specific gas component contained in a gas to be measured includes: a solid electrolyte layer; a first electrode disposed on the solid electrolyte layer; a second electrode disposed on the solid electrolyte layer; and a porous lay... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8078692 | Method of loading files from a client to a target server and device for implementing the method A method is provided for loading files from a client to at least one target server. The method involves transmitting, from the client to the target server, a set of data obtained from the files to be loaded, at least some of the data of the set being encoded; reques... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8072732 | Capacitor and wiring board including the capacitor A capacitor is provided having a tough surface portion which prevents cracking that tends to occur when the capacitor is built-in or surface-mounted on a wiring board. A ceramic sintered body of the capacitor includes a capacitor forming layer portion, a cover layer... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8048260 | Magnetic neutral line discharge plasma processing system The present invention provides a magnetic neutral line discharge plasma processing system that can apply a plurality of linear magnetic neutral line discharge plasmas simultaneously so as to uniformly process all the surface area of a large rectangular substrate for... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8035035 | Multi-layer wiring board and method of manufacturing the same A multi-layer wiring board without a core substrate includes: a multi-layer laminated structure; first terminals provided on a front surface of the multi-layer laminated structure; second terminals provided on a rear surface of the multi-layer laminated structure; a... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7980048 | Mechanism for harvesting tobacco plants in slotted rails A mechanism for harvesting tobacco plants includes a magazine of rails. Each rail is elongated and hollow, with a slot along a bottom portion of each rail. Two opposing dispensing conveyors each engage opposing ends of each rails for advancing an empty rail to a fil... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7978065 | Device, system and method for tracking mobile assets A device attached to an outside surface of a shipping container for tracking the shipping container includes a solar panel, a battery, a GPS receiver module, a cellular data transceiver module, and a microcontroller for controlling the GPS receiver module and the ce... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7977580 | Intermediate multilayer wiring board product, and method for manufacturing multilayer wiring board An intermediate multilayer wiring board product includes: a stack of a plurality of resin insulating layers, a first conductor layer, and a second conductor layer. The stack includes: a product forming region comprising a plurality of product portions arranged along... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7973245 | Wiring board and capacitor to be built into wiring board An intermediate board has a board core formed by a main core body and a sub-core portion. The main core body has a plate-like shape and includes an open sub-core housing portion in which the sub-core portion is housed. A first terminal array of the board core has an... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7956454 | Wiring board and ceramic chip to be embedded A wiring board includes a substrate core and a ceramic chip to be embedded therein. The substrate core has a housing opening portion opening at a core main surface. The ceramic chip is accommodated in the housing opening portion so that the core main surface and a c... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7938706 | Deflection inspecting device for spark plug insulator, deflection inspecting method for spark plug insulator, and manufacturing method for spark plug insulator A device for inspecting a spark plug insulator for bending, the spark plug insulator including a cylindrical body having a radially enlarged flange at an axially intermediate portion thereof, and a through hole formed in the body along an axial direction of the body... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7924116 | Diplexer and multiplexer using the same A diplexer provides a high degree of design freedom for satisfying the requirements of electric characteristics so as to realize desired characteristics and at the same time can be downsized and a multiplexer is realized by using such a diplexer. The diplexer includ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7921692 | Sensor A sensor of the present invention includes a sensor element; a metallic shell; an outer tube member fixed to a rear end portion of the metallic shell; and a protective outer tube member covering an outer surface of the outer tube member. The outer tube member has a ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7913190 | Method, system and software for visualizing 3D models A combined viewer-spreadsheet application provides display of (i) a spreadsheet including a tree window for an extendable tree structure of an object and (ii) a three dimensional (3D) model of the object. A user of the application is able to add one or more columns ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7902941 | Laminate type band pass filter and diplexer using the same It is possible to generate an additionally attenuation pole in a laminate type band pass filter without adding an attenuation circuit and improve the attenuation characteristics of the laminate type band pass filter by independently controlling the frequencies of th... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7897919 | Method and system for thermal imaging having a selective temperature imaging mode The present invention is a method for operating a thermal imaging camera for selective temperature imaging, and a thermal imaging system having a selective temperature imaging mode. When first entering the selective temperature imaging mode of operation, the system ... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7896720 | Method of producing spark plug, and spark plug A method of producing a spark plug includes reducing the diameter of a center electrode while maintaining the heat dissipation property of the center electrode. A columnar member in which an outer skin member and a core member having a high thermal conductivity are ... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7895638 | Protocol for entering, disabling and/or erasing scrambled data access rights and the corresponding access control module The invention relates to a protocol for disabling/erasing access rights to scrambled data. According to the invention, the access rights entered in an access control module comprise the following variables: right identification variable (R ID), action date variable ... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7880324 | Transmitter with a remote unit in an electric net data transmission system A transmitter for sending a data transmission signal to an f electric net, whereby the apparatus comprises signal-shaping and adjustment devices (3) and connecting devices (50) including necessary accessories for connection to the electric net, signal ... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7873237 | Degrading 3D information A method is provided for degrading 3D information such as a 3D image file from its original form so that that the subject matter of the 3D image is altered in a way which prevents one from reverse engineering or manufacturing the subject matter of the 3D image while... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7872480 | Gas sensor control apparatus A gas sensor control apparatus for controlling a gas sensor includes a resistance detection unit and a heater control unit. The resistance detection unit detects a resistance of an object cell of the gas sensor. When the resistance of the object cell is lower than a... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7870865 | Safety pressure relief device A pressure relief bursting disc has a flange portion, a sloping portion interior of the flange portion and a dished portion interior of the sloping portion. The sloping portion has its wider end joined to the flange portion and slopes up from the flange portion in a... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7859177 | Spark plug for internal-combustion engines A spark plug for an internal-combustion engine is provided wherein the central and ground electrodes exhibit a long service life and wherein the fatigue strength at high temperatures is improved. The ground electrode is made from an alloy comprised of nickel (Ni) as... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7849848 | Erectable and stowable decorative firebowl and stand assembly A firebowl assembly is provided which includes a firebowl and a stand for the firebowl. The stand has a first, erected mode wherein the stand supports the firebowl and a second, folded mode wherein the stand is adapted to be received within the firebowl for storage ... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7843348 | System and method for tracking personnel and equipment A system for tracking personnel and equipment in hazardous environments in pre or post-accident situations includes an intrinsically safe tracking tag and an intrinsically safe reader system. The intrinsically safe tracking tag transmits identification and status in... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7821186 | Spark plug having specific configuration of center electrode with respect to outer electrode A spark plug includes an outer electrode including an outer electrode tip of which a distal end surface is spaced from an outer peripheral surface of a leading end portion of a center electrode to define a spark discharge gap. A protruding insulator portion of a cyl... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7798971 | Motorized ultrasonic scanhead A motorized scanhead device is capable of rotating an array transducer through 360 degrees of angular rotation in a manner such as to provide acquisition of images in successive scanning planes arranged around the principal axis of the device. The device can be inco... | 09/21/2010 |
