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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184147 | Apparatus and methods for full-mouth intraoral image acquisition Apparatus and methods for full-mouth intraoral image acquisition. An intraoral sensor configuration includes a multi-aperture digital camera and/or a conformal layered sensor structure, a bite piece, and an electronic cable for imaging inside surfaces of a mouth of ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180203 | Direct heating tube and method of heating fluid using same Provided is a direct heating tube which has a sufficient heating rate and a sufficient cooling rate, and has no cold spots therein, making it possible to ensure a uniform temperature distribution in the whole part thereof or a temperature distribution having a desir... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177157 | Castellated reel core A spool or reel for retaining continuously wound material may include a central barrel and spaced apart flange members extending from the central barrel. The central barrel has an outer face for receiving the continuously wound wire, wherein both ends of the barrel ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8174148 | Controllable electrical outlet and a method of operation thereof Controllable electrical outlets and systems and methods for controlling and disabling the electrical outlets. A controllable electrical outlet includes a current sensor, an electrical switch, and a microcontroller. When an electrical load is plugged into the electri... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8173196 | Method of coating a stent with a polysaccharide layer and associated stents The invention concerns methods of coating stents and stents produced in accordance therewith. The object of the invention is to provide methods of coating stents with a polysaccharide layer which has improved adhesion capacity on the substrate surface of the implant... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171953 | Tank pressure and vacuum relief device Particular embodiments of the present invention include devices and methods for relieving excess pressure or vacuum pressure from a tank interior. An embodiment of a pressure relief device includes a housing having an opening associated with a first end, an opening ... | 05/08/2012 |
| RE43352 | Mechanism for braking the unwinding of a bundle of metallic wire housed in a drum A circular crown shaped pressure disk (1), furnished with, on its external rim, jutting stirrup shaped, flexible elements (2) whose size makes them press on the internal surface of the drum (7) within which the disk is housed. The internal rim o... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8167910 | Bone screw and associated assembly and methods of use thereof A bone screw assembly comprises a bone screw having a shaft and a head, a stabilizer retainer, a set screw, and a housing having a proximal opening, biased to one side, and a distal opening that open on an interior cavity. The stabilizer retainer has a cylindrical c... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8162031 | High efficiency plant for making steel A method of making steel comprising assembling a steelmaking furnace, a thin strip caster, and a mold caster, inputting to a computer data on demand for production output, raw materials, furnace availability and capacity, sequence schedules and through-put, capaciti... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8154382 | Systems, methods, and kits for automatically activating a garage door opener Systems, methods, and kits for automatically activating a garage door opener. A garage door opener system is supplemented with motion sensor technology or RFID technology to allow for automatic activation of a garage door opener. An automobile that is moving near or... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8141726 | Railroad gondola car structure and mechanism therefor A railroad gondola car has a hopper carried between two trucks. The hopper has convergent end and side slope sheets that feed a bottom discharge. The bottom discharge has a pair of longitudinal doors. The car has a very short draft installation that includes a remov... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8138933 | Systems, methods, and apparatus for automatically disabling appliances in response to a smoke detector Systems, methods, and apparatus for automatically disabling an appliance. When a smoke detector/alarm is activated, a signal or message is sent to at least one safety device operatively coupled to at least one appliance. The appliance is disabled in response to rece... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8135889 | Direct connection single user-interface control of multiple computers and displays Methods, systems, and devices providing single user-interface control of multiple computers and displays. Direct communication links to multiple computers are provided to automatically transmit peripheral computer device position and peripheral computer device comma... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8132515 | Railroad gondola car structure and mechanism therefor A railroad gondola car has a hopper carried between two trucks. The hopper has convergent end and side slope sheets that feed a bottom discharge. The bottom discharge has a pair of longitudinal doors. The door closing mechanism is a mechanical transmission that incl... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8123508 | Venting valve to be used in venting bores of vulcanization molds Vent valve for venting bores of vulcanization moulds, especially for the tread profile area, consisting of a valve sleeve, in which a valve insert and a wound spring are movably located, wherein the valve insert consists of a valve shank, which is at one end equippe... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8122937 | Method of forming textured casting rolls with diamond engraving A method of forming a textured casting roll may include a step of forming a plurality of contiguous rows of gravure cells on the surface of a casting roll, removing portions of the cells to leave raised portions corresponding to raised portions of the gravure cells ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8122571 | Closure clip and process for the production thereof Closure clips and a process for the production of closure clips of strip-form or wire-form material for the closure of tubular or bag-like packagings. In the process, a substantially wave-form profile with successive first and second apex points is stamped along the... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8114020 | Surgical retractor fixing device A surgical retractor fixing device including a clamp body arranged for removably fixing the surgical retractor fixing device to a frameset that extends along a frameset longitudinal axis and that is arranged to be mounted to an operating table, a rotating body attac... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8113925 | Displacement elements for a clip machine A displacer assembly for a clip machine, in particular a sausage clip machine, including at least a first pair of displacer shears and a second pair of displacer shears arranged parallel thereto. The displacer shears are arranged pivotably about a common axis and ar... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8113126 | Rail road car truck and bolster therefor A rail road freight car truck has a truck bolster and a pair of side frames, the truck bolster being mounted transversely relative to the side frames. The mounting interface between the ends of the axles and the sideframe pedestals allows lateral rocking motion of t... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8109312 | Tire patch applicator Methods and apparatus for applying a patch to an interior surface of a tire, the apparatus comprising a patch holder having the top surface shaped to a contour of the interior surface of the tire, the patch holder comprising a patch receptacle and a plurality of ori... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8108883 | Methods of populating a third-party document with digital information content Methods of populating a document with digital information content. An information management software application is launched on a computer-based platform and a data drop window or a base format document is opened such that digital files, having digital data content... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8105415 | Low cost making of a low carbon, low sulfur, and low nitrogen steel using conventional steelmaking equipment A method of making a steel with low carbon less than 0.035% by weight including steps of preparing a heat of molten steel composition in a steelmaking furnace to a tapping temperature as desired for desulfurization at a VTD, tapping open into a ladle the molten stee... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8101035 | Composite mandrel A mandrel and method of making a mandrel for use as a substrate in the manufacture of woven or braided articles. The mandrel may have an inner core of foam; at least a first layer of carbon fiber-reinforced resin, and an outer layer of glass fiber-reinforced resin. ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8100058 | Monorail sortation system A universal cross belt sorter system (1) consisting of four major components: a monorail track (26), a drive car (20), multiple cross belt cars (24) and system controls. The drive cars (20) pull multiple cross belt cars (24)... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8098247 | Systems and methods for geometric data compression and encryption Systems, methods, and physical computer-readable storage media for performing geometric data compression and geometric data decompression and/or geometric data encryption and geometric data decryption. A virtual geometric compression object is generated within a com... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8097065 | System and method for producing metallic iron A hearth furnace 10 for producing metallic iron material has a furnace housing 11 having a drying/preheat zone 12, a conversion zone 13, a fusion zone 14, and optionally a cooling zone 15, the conversion zone 13 is be... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8096613 | Head retaining foam liner for car seat The invention described herein relates to a foam geometry which reduces the tendency of the child's head to slide forward and roll out by contouring the side foam to have its leading edge closer to the center line of the child's seat than some more rearward portion ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8087568 | Collapsible carton A carton includes scores that create pleats fashioned in the walls of the carton. As weight from subsequently stacked materials impinge on the carton, the side walls collapse in a substantially uniform manner leaving the carton top in tact and substantially level wi... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8087297 | Vibrating debris remover A system and a retrofit kit for removing debris from a surface of a material. At least one vibration subunit is provided which is either embedded within or operatively connected to a back surface of the material. The vibration subunits are capable of converting a dr... | 01/03/2012 |
| D651359 | Multi-purpose glove | 12/27/2011 |
| D651358 | Welding glove | 12/27/2011 |
| 8065964 | Rail road hopper car ridge fittings A hopper car discharge section may be wide at the top and narrow at the bottom. Outflow is controlled by movable closure members. The hopper car has a plurality of hoppers of which two hoppers share a common ridge assembly. The ridge assembly forms a common mating a... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8058317 | Nitrated extreme pressure additives and blends This Invention relates to products and processes for making extreme-pressure additives (water-dispersible and oil-based). The process includes nitrating fatty raw material sources such as animal fats, vegetable oils, the fatty acids and synthetic esters derived ther... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8056717 | Overwrap for packaged articles An overwrap provides cushioning and protection for an object, stored in a bag or other container, during transport and/or storage. The overwrap has a generally smooth exterior surface and textured interior surface that is pliable for conforming to bumps or other rai... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8054154 | Planar transformer and method of manufacturing A planar transformer includes first and second windings that may be comprised of electrically conductive traces etched onto one or more printed circuit boards. The printed circuit boards may be arranged in various orientations so as to change the turns ratio of the ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8052125 | Motor drive for a camper jack A motor drive for camper jacks or screw jacks that rapidly operates the screw jack between a retracted position and an extended no load position. A manual operator then operates the screw jack between the extended no load position and an extended loaded position. Th... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8050001 | Timed electrical outlet and a method of operation thereof A timed electrical outlet (or pluggable apparatus) and a method of operation thereof. The electrical outlet (or pluggable apparatus) includes a current sensor, a counter, and an electrical switch. When an electrical load is plugged into the electrical outlet (or plu... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8049141 | Method of rating a stick electrode A method of rating the arc maintainability of an electric arc welding stick electrode by creating an arc between the electrode and a workpiece; moving the electrode along the workpiece while maintaining the arc; decreasing either the current or the voltage until a p... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8047140 | Rail road hopper car structure A hopper car discharge section may be wide at the top and narrow at the bottom. Outflow is controlled by movable closure members. The hopper car has a plurality of hoppers of which two hoppers share a common ridge assembly. The ridge assembly forms a common mating a... | 11/01/2011 |
