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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8168922 | Self-shielded flux cored electrode A cored electrode to form a high manganese metal deposition that includes at least about 4 weight percent manganese and at least about 10 weight percent chromium which is useful in joining dissimilar metals and/or for depositing buffer layers on carbon steel and/or ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166892 | 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... | 05/01/2012 |
| D657719 | Roof bow | 04/17/2012 |
| 8153934 | Saw flux system for improved as-cast weld metal toughness A granular flux having controlled amounts of titanium and boron to facilitate in the formation of a weld metal having a high toughness without requiring refinement of the weld metal by reheating the weld metal, and enabling the slag to be easily removed from the wel... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8060196 | Device for determining thoracic impedance An electromedical implant includes a measuring signal generator, an impedance measuring unit to determine the impedance of human or animal tissue, a control unit which, for controlling the measuring signal generator and the impedance measuring unit, is at least indi... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8029709 | Liquid core capsules and methods of synthesis thereof through interfacial polymerization A process for the encapsulation of liquid particles within nanometer thick polymer shells utilizes an interfacial free radical alternating copolymerization process. Encapsulating a liquid material includes providing a mixture comprising the liquid material to be enc... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8020716 | Apparatus for organizing and storing sports equipment A rack for drying, storing or organizing sports equipment includes a central post having a vertical axis, a plurality of holes substantially perpendicular to the vertical axis, and a plurality of tier members adapted to be inserted into one or more of the holes. The... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8002236 | Remotely controlled lockout device A remotely controlled lockout device for an in-line gas flow control valve has a control shaft adapted to be operatively connected to a gas flow control valve and operable between a gas flow control valve open and closed position and a rotatable lock member operativ... | 08/23/2011 |
| D642452 | Enclosure edge assembly | 08/02/2011 |
| 7981480 | Hot dip coating apparatus Hot dip coating apparatus for coating a steel strip in an Al—Zn alloy bath comprises components that are made from stainless steel containing an appreciable amount of nitrogen distributed substantially uniformly through its microstructure. The nitrogen is incorpor... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7972845 | Human antibodies against LPS derived from transgenic xenomouse The invention described herein provides for human antibodies produced in non-human animals that specifically bind to Pseudomonas aeruginosa Lipopolysaccharide (LPS). The invention further provides methods for making the antibodies in a non-human animal, expre... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7967038 | Beverage filling machine lock lever and methods for use A method for installing lock levers for a beverage filling machine includes supplying a plurality of lock levers, including a plurality of regular size lock levers with a first dimension associated with the height of an engagement surface relative to the axis of rot... | 06/28/2011 |
| D640543 | Corner system | 06/28/2011 |
| D640542 | Corner system | 06/28/2011 |
| D640541 | Corner system | 06/28/2011 |
| D640540 | Corner cap assembly | 06/28/2011 |
| D640539 | Corner cap assembly | 06/28/2011 |
| 7959747 | Method of making cold rolled dual phase steel sheet A steel sheet having (a) a dual phase microstructure with a martensite phase and a ferrite phase and (b) a composition containing by percent weight: 0.01≦C≦0.2; 0.3≦Mn≦3; 0.05≦Si≦2; 0.2≦Cr+Ni≦2; 0.01≦Al≦0.10; 0.0005≦Ca≦0.01, with the balance ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7484550 | Casting steel strip A molten steel having a slag of iron, manganese, silicon and aluminum oxides is formed and passed between a pair of casting rolls to form the steel strip having MnO.SiO2.Al2O3 inclusions, the inclusions having a desired ratio of MnO/... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7484551 | Casting steel strip A method of controlling heat flux between the casting pool and the surfaces of the casting roll in a strip steel casting process includes controlling the concentration of nitrogen in the steel melt. The concentration of nitrogen may be controlled to achieve an opera... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7485196 | Steel product with a high austenite grain coarsening temperature A steel product with a high austenite grain coarsening temperature having less than 0.4% carbon, less than 0.06% aluminium, less than 0.01% titanium, less than 0.01% niobium, and less than 0.02% vanadium by weight, and having fine oxide particles containing silicon ... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7460019 | Personal locator system A communications system for locating, tracking, and messaging between people, which preferably includes a satellite, global positioning satellites, ground monitoring units, and a portable-transmitter-receiver unit to locate and track objects and people. A communicat... | 12/02/2008 |
| D577415 | Water filtration device | 09/23/2008 |
| 7422096 | Extension for conveyor A conveyor for transporting materials or people from a first location to a second location has an elongated boom having a first end, a second end, a top surface, and a bottom surface; a conveyor mechanism such as an endless belt, chain, or ladder that is operably at... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7422555 | Systems and methods for therapeutically treating neuro-psychiatric disorders and other illnesses Systems and methods for treating neuro-psychiatric disorders, such as depression or schizophrenia, and/or other illnesses are disclosed. A patient is diagnosed with a particular neuro-psychiatric disorder or other illness. An electric nerve stimulation (ENS) techniq... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7412286 | Biatrial triple-chamber cardiac pacemaker with multi-conditional inhibition of second atrial stimulation A biatrial triple-chamber cardiac pacemaker has at least one sensing unit for sense events of a first atrium and a ventricle of a heart and at least one stimulation unit which is adapted to produce stimulation pulses to a second atrium and the ventricle, and a contr... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7410111 | Guide ring for coiled wire A payoff ring constructed from high density polyethylene includes a beveled inner circumference that guides ductile wire, such as aluminum welding wire, from a coil packaged in a box-like container. The body of the payoff ring is fashioned with holes or cavities tha... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7407815 | Liquid crystal cassette A functional cassette for the detection of ligands comprises a first inner housing, a second middle housing and a third outer housing and each housing is at least partially rotatable relative to an adjoining housing. The first inner housing contains a central well a... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7394937 | Vision system and method for process monitoring A method and system to monitor randomly oriented objects on a process line are disclosed. A color camera is used initially to collect a set of reference images of at least one reference object. The reference images represent various spatial orientations of the refer... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7395114 | Intracardial impedance measuring arrangement Certain embodiments of the present invention disclose an implant with electrode line connections for the connection of intracardial and/or epicardial electrode lines, wherein the electrode line connections have together at least three electrical contacts of which at... | 07/01/2008 |
| D571147 | Spring-actuated water bottle lid | 06/17/2008 |
| 7338431 | Method and apparatus to stimulate the immune system of a biological entity A system and method for stimulating the immune systems of biological entities in an environment are disclosed. Pulsed electrical currents are generated using an electric current generator. The pulsed electrical currents are fed through an arrangement of electrically... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7330759 | Biventricular cardiac pacemaker for cardiac resynchronisation therapy The invention concerns a cardiac pacemaker comprising a stimulation pulse generator (RVP; LVP) for biventricular stimulation of a heart, which is to be connected to at least one right-ventricular electrode for the stimulation of a right ventricle of the heart and to... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7325335 | Method and apparatus used to communicate a message to be worn in footwear The present invention relates to a message-bearing apparatus or method of communicating a message for footwear and, in particular, to a color/pattern/picture coordinated message bearing method for wear inside footwear that carries a preprinted inspirational message ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7321367 | Arrangement and method for spatial visualization An apparatus for image data computation and for synchronous data output. An arrangement for producing and reproducing two partial light images which together can be perceived as a light image having a three-dimensional effect. A method of synchronous reproduction of... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7314406 | Tree hoist system A tree hoist system is provided utilizing a mast having a plurality of steps to allow the upper portion of the mast to be secured to a tree without requiring a ladder. The tree hoist system includes a cable and brake winch to lock or raise/lower an attached game fee... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7313270 | Vision system and method for process monitoring A method and system to monitor randomly oriented objects on a process line are disclosed. A color camera is used initially to collect a set of training images from a set of training objects on a process line. The training images represent various random spatial orie... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7306408 | Rotary cutting tool A rotary cutting tool or end mill is provided, the tool comprising a plurality of pairs of diametrically-opposed, symmetrical, helical flutes formed in a cutting portion of the tool body, wherein the pitch between at least one pair of adjacent helical flutes is less... | 12/11/2007 |
| D557444 | Light fixture | 12/11/2007 |
| 7308142 | System and methods for rogue can detection A vision system and methods to detect rogue objects on a product processing line are disclosed. The vision system includes a camera, a source of illumination, a user interface, and a computer-based platform including a memory. The vision system captures images from ... | 12/11/2007 |
