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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7766774 | Torque limited decoupler A decoupler assembly is provided for allowing an alternator to be rotatably driven by a serpentine belt in an engine of an automotive vehicle and for allowing the speed of the belt to oscillate relative to the alternator. A hub is fixedly carried by a drive shaft fr... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7606463 | Recording medium having data structure for managing playback control and recording and reproducing methods and apparatuses The data structure on the recording medium includes a navigation area storing an information file. The information file includes a plurality of navigation segments representing one or more reproduction paths of a title. Each of the navigation segments includes at le... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7580491 | Quarter-rate clock recovery circuit and clock recovering method using the same A quarter-rate clock recovery circuit includes a clock generator, a phase interpolation unit, a phase detector, and a controller. The clock generator generates first through fourth clocks having a quarter frequency of a data-rate of input data, the second, third and... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7434380 | Magnetic attachment of a bed knife in a reel mower assembly A reel mower assembly comprises a mower reel rotatably mounted to a frame, and a drive operative to rotate the reel about a reel axis. A plurality of magnets are mounted on the frame and a bed knife is magnetically held against the magnets in an operating position s... | 10/14/2008 |
| D573844 | Sand bucket/cooler | 07/29/2008 |
| 7400238 | Brake light system A lightweight utility vehicle brake lighting system comprising a brake pedal position sensor, a controller and a brake light circuit. The brake pedal position sensor senses the position, e.g., amount of depression, of a vehicle brake pedal. The controller of interpr... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7396066 | Pivoting panel assembly In various embodiments of the present disclosure, a cargo bed pivoting panel assembly is provided. The assembly includes a panel having a pair of studs extending from corresponding opposing ends of the panel adjacent a bottom of the panel. The assembly additionally ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7392997 | Front suspension strut A golf car suspension system includes a coil-over-shock strut assembly having a shock absorber cylinder and an offset bracket including a semicircular member and bracket legs extending from the semicircular member angularly offset from the semicircular member. The s... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7394169 | Power distribution system A power distribution system and method may include a first power domain having a first plurality of power rails, a second power domain having a second plurality of power rails, where the first power domain is electrically independent of the second power domain, and ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7394667 | High density power distribution unit A power distribution unit (306) may include a power distribution unit frame (310), where the power distribution unit frame has a 2U form factor (312), and where the power distribution unit frame is coupled to mount in an embedded computer frame ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7390051 | Three-piece windshield A window assembly cooperating with a window frame on a golf car includes a first window pane selectively coupled to the window frame. A second window pane is selectively coupled to the window frame and offset from the first window pane. An intermediate window pane i... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389859 | Golf car having disk brakes and single point latching brake A golf car having a hydraulic fluid brake system. The hydraulic fluid brake system is implemented as a disk brake system which is responsive to hydraulic fluid pressure generated from a master cylinder. A brake pedal and associated linkage provides input to a master... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7388757 | Monolithic backplane having a first and second portion A subrack having a front side and a rear side, wherein the subrack is coupled to receive an Advanced Mezzanine Card module, the subrack includes a monolithic backplane having a first portion and second portion, where the first portion runs substantially along the fr... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7380814 | Air bag cover assembly including an air bag deployment concentrator and at least one integrally hinged air bag door An air bag cover assembly including an air bag deployment concentrator such as a chute and first and second integrally hinged air bag doors is provided wherein a tear seam is located both inside and outside a channel of the chute. The tear seam interconnects the air... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7381882 | Performance control apparatus and storage medium A performance control apparatus which can reflect operations carried out by a user on variations in dynamics in real time to achieve performance expressions such as crescendo and decrescendo. A keyboard generates performance timing information in response to perform... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7373278 | Method of latent fault checking a cooling module A method of latent fault checking a cooling module of an embedded computer chassis may include prior to detection of an active fault in the cooling module, performing a fan controller latent fault checking algorithm and a full-speed latent fault checking algorithm. ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367314 | Governor system for gasoline powered vehicles A governor system is provided for limiting a degree of throttle travel of a throttle as a function of rotational speed of a drive axle. The governor system includes a governor shaft rotatably supported by the drive axle and operably interconnected to internal compon... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7364916 | Microfabricated structures for facilitating fluid introduction into microfluidic devices Fluid introduction is facilitated through the use of a port which extends entirely through a microfluidic substrate. Capillary forces can be used to retain the fluid within the port, and a series of samples or other fluids may be introduced through a single port by ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364706 | Microfabricated structures for facilitating fluid introduction into microfluidic devices Fluid introduction is facilitated through the use of a port which extends entirely through a microfluidic substrate. Capillary forces can be used to retain the fluid within the port, and a series of samples or other fluids may be introduced through a single port by ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364705 | Microfabricated structures for facilitating fluid introduction into microfluidic devices Fluid introduction is facilitated through the use of a port which extends entirely through a microfluidic substrate. Capillary forces can be used to retain the fluid within the port, and a series of samples or other fluids may be introduced through a single port by ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364704 | Microfabricated structures for facilitating fluid introduction into microfluidic devices Fluid introduction is facilitated through the use of a port which extends entirely through a microfluidic substrate. Capillary forces can be used to retain the fluid within the port, and a series of samples or other fluids may be introduced through a single port by ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364703 | Microfabricated structures for facilitating fluid introduction into microfluidic devices Fluid introduction is facilitated through the use of a port which extends entirely through a microfluidic substrate. Capillary forces can be used to retain the fluid within the port, and a series of samples or other fluids may be introduced through a single port by ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364915 | Microfabricated structures for facilitating fluid introduction into microfluidic devices Fluid introduction is facilitated through the use of a port which extends entirely through a microfluidic substrate. Capillary forces can be used to retain the fluid within the port, and a series of samples or other fluids may be introduced through a single port by ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7328154 | Bubble splitting for compact acoustic modeling An improved method is provided for constructing compact acoustic models for use in a speech recognizer. The method includes: partitioning speech data from a plurality of training speakers according to at least one speech related criteria (i.e., vocal tract length); ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7324943 | Voice tagging, voice annotation, and speech recognition for portable devices with optional post processing A media capture device has an audio input receptive of user speech relating to a media capture activity in close temporal relation to the media capture activity. A plurality of focused speech recognition lexica respectively relating to media capture activities are s... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7233698 | Apparatus and methods for converting raster illustrated parts images into intelligent vector-layered files Apparatus and methods for converting raster illustrated parts images into intelligent vector-layered files. The method involves recognizing and removing reference labels from the raster illustrated parts image to produce a reference label scrubbed file. Reference li... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7216477 | Method and apparatus for a rocket engine power cycle A system for cooling a portion of a rocket engine with an inert compound and transferring the thermal energy from the inert compound to the propellants. The energy absorbed by the coolant is used also to power the turbines which powers the pumps that pump the fuel, ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7188417 | Advanced L-channel welded nozzle design A fluid flow nozzle is formed by a plurality of adjacent L-shaped channels forming successive channel pairs. Each channel has a linking member joined to a radial member. Each linking member is welded to an adjacent linking member forming a contiguous surface of link... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7187342 | Antenna apparatus and method A phased array antenna module for use in the gigahertz bandwidth. The module includes a metallic core with a pair of chip carrier assemblies secured to opposite sides of the core. The core has an internal waveguide with a signal splitter for directing electromagneti... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7172223 | Magnetically reactive pivot latch system A latching system for removably securing a first structure to a second structure. The system includes at least one magnetically permeable latch bar pivotally coupled to the first structure, and a biasing spring that pivots the latch bar to a latched position within ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7173775 | Light mixing homogenizer apparatus and method A light mixing apparatus and method for mixing two Gaussian profile input light beams of different frequencies to form a third, homogenized output light beam having a top hat profile. The apparatus includes a first homogenizer tube having interfaced to it a second h... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7172155 | Seat interface for powered seat track cover A power supply system operable to supply power and/or data to aircraft passenger seats that eliminates the need to extend individual cables to each seat and eliminates the need to rewire the passenger cabin when the seats are moved. The system includes a first conne... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7171197 | Mobile wireless local area network and related methods A wireless local area network adapted for use by users traveling on a mobile platform such as an aircraft. The network includes a network server located on the mobile platform, and at least one network access point connected to the server and accessible wirelessly b... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7171028 | Method and apparatus for covertly determining the rate of relative motion between two objects Apparatus and methods for covertly determining the rate of motion between a pixel-based imaging device and a target being viewed by the pixel-based imaging device. The method involves using the pixel-based imaging device to acquire a first and a second digital image... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7165637 | Robotic all terrain surveyor A vehicle including a body and three legs. Each leg includes a proximal end coupled to the body, a distal end opposite the proximal end, and an actuator. Each actuator imparts enough acceleration to the vehicle along an axis of the leg to cause the distal end of the... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7159398 | Concentric tube shape memory alloy actuator apparatus and method A rotary SMA actuator includes an SMA assembly having a plurality of grooves formed therein to form a plurality of concentrically arranged SMA tubes. A heater element is disposed against an input end of the SMA tubes and generates heat when electrical current is app... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7155958 | Hole diameter measurement Methods of measuring the amount of wear at a hole. In a first embodiment, the method includes measuring a first diameter of the hole at a portion of the hole wall that is subject to wear and measuring a second diameter of the hole at a portion of the wall not subjec... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7155106 | High efficiency multi-spectral optical splitter An optical wave guide. The guide includes a body with a cross section that defines a polygon, preferably a hexagon. The proximal end of the body optically couples to an optical source (e.g. an optical fiber or light source) with an initial distribution. The wave tra... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7154859 | Method for improving bandwidth performance of a mobile computer network A method for improving data throughput across a local area network (LAN) that is adapted for use onboard an aircraft (mobile LAN) and that may also be connected to at least one wide area network (WAN). To improve data throughput across the computer network, the mobi... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7154591 | Laser range finding apparatus The laser range finding apparatus includes an optical relaxation oscillator assembly, outcoupling optics, a photodetector and a controller. The optical relaxation oscillator assembly produces relaxation oscillations. The relaxation oscillations are a series of optic... | 12/26/2006 |
