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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7086189 | Removable decorative basketball backboard signboard A sign for display on a basketball backboard includes a substantially rigid sheet of material having indicia to be displayed on a front surface thereof. The sheet of material includes a notch formed in a lower edge of the sheet of material for engaging rim. When the... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7071892 | Keyed antenna adapter A keyed antenna apparatus (10, 10, 10b) for adapting a wireless access point (12, 12a, 12b) to an external antenna (52, 54) or an external antenna group (22). A plurality of notches (62, 64) in a keyed j... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7045197 | Self-measuring roll goods Self measuring roll goods includes a pliable substrate, a front surface, and a rear surface. The rear surface includes fiducial markings to facilitate the quick and easy measurement of the roll goods. The fiducial markings include an array of symbols, and at least a... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7046051 | Method and device for switching on and off power semiconductors, especially for the torque-variable operation of an asynchronous machine, for operating an ignition system for spark ignition engines, and switched-mode power supply A method and device for switching power semi-conductors on and off, especially for IGBTs and MOS-FETs with inductive loads, and how they would be employed with torque-variable asynchronous machines, in ignition systems for spark ignition engines, in switch mode powe... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7000965 | Tank lifting apparatus A tank lifting attachment (10) is disclosed for allowing a tank, such as a wine press tank (12) to be lifted by a conventional lifting device (100) such as a crane or block and tackle. A center section (16) has a pair of inside grip plate... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6980188 | Display with multiplexed pixels A multiplexed pixel display includes a plurality of pixel electrodes, a plurality of storage elements, a first voltage supply terminal, a second voltage supply terminal, a common electrode, and a plurality of multiplexers each selectively coupling an associated one ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6976871 | Connector reveal A case (12) for a computer monitor (10) having a tub (16) with a case aperture (38) therein adapted for receiving a subpanel (26). The subpanel (26) has a plurality of electrical connectors 28 which are user accessibl... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6967832 | Drive bay cover and eject bracket A novel door for an access opening in an electronic component housing includes a bracket pivotally connected to the housing, and a cover elastically mounted to the bracket. In a particular embodiment, the bracket includes a wing spring for biasing the cover to the b... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6961856 | Personal computer protection device A personal computer protection device for disconnecting a computer system from a communications channel during power down periods. The personal computer protection device includes a power sensor for sensing power drawn by the computer system, an input port for conne... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6954353 | Modular logic board chassis for a desktop computer A computer (10) having a monitor housing (12) within which is affixed a logic module (24) having thereon a processor (36), a memory module (38), an internal power connector (39), a fixed disk drive (40), an internal d... | 10/11/2005 |
| RE38783 | Reference markings on construction materials Construction materials such as 4-foot by 8-foot sheets of plywood, drywall, and similar materials have fiducial markings for quick visual reference of the user. Imprinted lines of equal spacings indicate to the user the location of wall studs at 16-inch or 24-inch s... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6933987 | Multi channel imaging engine apparatus A multi channel video engine (10) for accepting, dividing, modifying and recombining light to project an image. A housing (12) encloses an optical assembly (28) having a dichroic mirror assembly (58) and a color cube (60). A plural... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6924568 | Quiet fan speed control A novel a circuit for driving a fan includes an output terminal for supplying the fan with drive power, a pulse width modulation driver, and a limiter. A first power terminal of the fan is held at a first voltage (e.g., 0V), and a second power terminal of the fan is... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6921027 | Truck wash automatic chemical ratio proportioning A chemical ratio proportioning apparatus (100, 200) intended primarily for use in a wash bay (10) of a vehicle wash system. A gantry (14) and spray wands (18) are used for washing a vehicle (12). A quantity of solvent such as water... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6915581 | Saw guide for use with lined sheet material A novel guide is disclosed for fixing to a cutting tool for cutting a piece of sheet material having a plurality of fiducial lines marked thereon. The guide has a set of alignment marks and a plurality of measurement scales associated with the alignment marks. Each ... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6914650 | Mirror contact pattern for a display device A reflective LCD array (10) configured to minimize distortion in mirrors (14) thereof produced by attachment of a plurality of vias (16) to the mirrors (14). The vias (16) electrically connect the mirrors (14) to a metal lay... | 07/05/2005 |
| D504426 | Desktop computer | 04/26/2005 |
| 6878541 | Papilloma pseudo-virus and preparation The invention involves a papilloma pseudo-virus that can induce immune response after oral intake as well as its preparation. It is characterized in that HPV or BPV pseudo-virus are made by disrupting HPV-VLP or BPV-VLP, mixing them with plasmids (plasmids or DNA va... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6879231 | Magnetic chuck for convergence apparatus A magnetic chuck (10) for temporarily holding an LCD imager (14) to a convergence device (12) during an alignment or convergence operation. A substrate (16) of the imager (14) is made of a magnetically permeable material. A knob ( | 04/12/2005 |
| 6879304 | Row and/or column decoder optimization method and apparatus A row decoder (10) for a video display system (12) wherein row output lines (28) of a row predecoder (20) are physically arranged such that adjacent iterations of the output lines (28) will generally not be switching simultaneously... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6877036 | System and method for managing connections between a client and a server An adapter card for managing connections between clients and a network server off-loads the connection management burden from the server. The adapter card includes a memory with an embedded proxy application and a communication protocol stack, a processing unit for ... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6871615 | Free-reign walking machine for training animals along a defined training course The present invention discloses a Free-Reign Walking Machine for the purpose of training animals along a defined training course, especially for the training of horses and camels. The Free-Reign Walking Machine has a number of Moving-Guide-Components that are moveab... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6851697 | Trailer alignment system and method A guide for aligning a tow vehicle with a trailer utilizes a flexible position member having a first end, a second end, and an alignment mark near the second end, a body adapted to slidably engage the position member such that the first end extends horizontally from... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6834919 | Drive bay cover and eject bracket A novel door for an access opening in an electronic component housing includes a bracket pivotally connected to the housing, and a cover elastically mounted to the bracket. In a particular embodiment, the bracket includes a wing spring for biasing the cover to the b... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6827303 | Fine powdered sand gathering system in dry condition A dry type fine powder collecting system enables a crusher and triturator which process materials under dried condition, to efficiently collect the fine powder generated during processing. In addition, the same washing effect as is obtained in wet conditions is acqu... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6822507 | Adaptive speech filter An adaptive speech filter (10) for conditioning speech signals to increase signal to noise ratio in a relatively noisy environment. The adaptive speech filter (10) has a preamp circuit (12), a high pass adaptive filter circuit (14), an ou... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6814613 | Connector reveal A case (12) for a computer monitor (10) having a tub (16) with a case aperture (38) therein adapted for receiving a subpanel (26). The subpanel (26) has a plurality of electrical connectors (28) which are user accessi... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6804965 | Heat exchanger for high purity and corrosive fluids A heat exchange apparatus (10, 10, 10b) for selectively heating and/or cooling a process fluid (38). A process fluid tubing 14 is wrapped around a primary thermally conductive cylinder (12) having a spiral groove (24) therei... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6801927 | Network adaptor card with reverse proxy and cache and method implemented therewith An adapter card for managing connections between clients and a network server off-loads the connection management burden from the server. The adapter card includes a memory with an embedded proxy application and a communication protocol stack, a processing unit for ... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6781566 | Residual DC bias correction in a video imaging device A reflective LCD array (10) having a plurality of mirrors (40) in a mirror layer (14) of material layers (12). Underlying the mirror layer (12) are at least a second metal layer (18) and a third metal layer (20). The ... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6782195 | Heat exchanger for high purity fluid handling systems A novel heat exchanger includes a thermal reservoir and a tube, the tube having straight sections and corrugated bends, and being in thermal contact with the thermal reservoir. The thermal reservoir has a first plate and a second plate fixed to the first plate. The ... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6771337 | Combined power routing and light shielding in an LCD array A reflective LCD array (10) having a plurality of mirrors (40) in a mirror layer (14) of material layers (12). Underlying the mirror layer (12) are at least a second metal layer (18) and a third metal layer (20). The ... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6762739 | System and method for reducing the intensity output rise time in a liquid crystal display A system and method for reducing the intensity output response time of a liquid crystal display is disclosed. A display driver circuit selectively substitutes compensation data words for data words in a data stream, in order to reduce the intensity output rise time ... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6757984 | Saw guide for use with lined sheet material A novel guide is disclosed for fixing to a cutting tool for cutting a piece of sheet material having a plurality of fiducial lines marked thereon. The guide has a set of alignment marks and a plurality of measurement scales associated with the alignment marks. Each ... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6757576 | System and method for drawing and manufacturing bent pipes Novel systems and methods of using a bent-tube object in a drawing file include entering a custom bent-tube object in a drawing file, and using the bent tube object to generate bender driver data. In a particular method, the step of entering the custom bent-tube obj... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6750139 | Dummy metal pattern method and apparatus A method for creating dummy fill metal patterns (10) in a reflective LCOS array (11) in order to minimize distortion in images reflected from mirrors (14) thereof. A metal fill pattern (50) is selected from an area near a functional circu... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6731354 | Liquid crystal display mount including a frame having stress relief recess An improved imager assembly (10) having an imager subassembly (11) with an LCD device (14) mounted on a substrate (12) with a connector ribbon electrically and mechanically attached thereto. An improved mounting frame (20) has a pl... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6712668 | System and method for electropolishing nonuniform pipes A pipe electropolishing system (10, 10a) for in place polishing of a pipe (28) has provision for detecting the instant position of a cathode (14) within the pipe (28) such as cable marks (52) and cable mark sensor (50... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6712239 | System and method for accurately blending fluids A fluid delivery system includes one or more measure modules for measuring and delivering predetermined volumes of one or more different fluids. Each measure module includes a fluid inlet port, a retention vessel, an overflow aperture to allow fluid in excess of the... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6304975 | Intelligent network security device and method An intelligent network security device ("INSD") (10) operates in a local area network ("LAN") (12) according to an intelligent network security method (30). The LAN (12) has a plurality of computers (14) and connects to the internet (16) through a firewal... | 10/16/2001 |
