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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7301115 | System and method of identifying and sorting response services mail pieces in accordance with plural levels of refinement in order to enhance postal service revenue protection A method to reduce lost postal revenue by identifying and sorting a mail piece by determining whether algorithmically-resolved image data corresponding to the mail piece indicates that the mail piece is business reply mail. The method is facilitated in part by maint... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7278416 | Pneumatic projectile launcher and sonobuoy launcher adaptor A pneumatic sonobuoy launcher adapted for simultaneously storing, and sequentially and independently launching, at least two sonobuoys includes a barrel with a closed back end, an expulsion end opposite the back end and an interior sonobuoy-guiding channel extending... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7114608 | Directional transition module for use in conjunction with a roller-type conveyor A directional transition module for moving an article translating on a primary roller conveyor extending along a first axis to a secondary conveyor for translation along a second axis angularly disposed with respect to the first axis includes at least one flexible d... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7077364 | Self-storing material-receptacle hanger system A material-receptacle hanger system includes a base frame and a channeling-panel support structure depending from the base frame and being adapted for reciprocation along a reciprocation axis between a rearwardmost retracted position and a forwardmost extended posit... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7010166 | Character recognition system and method using spatial and structural feature extraction A character recognition system and method implement a classification system according to which each character of a set of characters is identifiable at least partially on the basis of a set of character feature types indicative of the identity of the character, the ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6944994 | Anchoring bracket An anchoring bracket is adapted for applying an anchoring force to a mount having a support stud depending from a force-distributing pad including a contact surface defined by a perimeter and adapted for supporting engagement with a support surface and an anchoring-... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6829369 | Coding depth file and method of postal address processing using a coding depth file The processing of mail pieces relies in part on automated address interpretation of captured address field images to generate sortation signals that control automated mail sorting machinery at outgoing and incoming mail centers. In alternative implementations, a cod... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6814210 | Self-storing material sortation deflector system A material deflector plate system adapted for mounting below the forwardly declining surface of a material-guiding discharge chute includes a base frame for mounting rearwardly of the discharge edge of the declining surface and a deflector-plate support structure re... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6816602 | System and method of deferred postal address processing The invention is characterized in certain aspects by data processing architectures and methods of processing a mail piece having a destination address field through outgoing and incoming mail centers. An illustrative method includes receiving a mail piece at an outg... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6783835 | Elastomeric damping sheets A bulk modulus elastomeric element is employed in the present invention. The material from which the invention is fabricated is formed as a sheet, which has a plurality of channels that run through, or partially through it. The holes in the sheet are angled such tha... | 08/31/2004 |
| D492676 | Video display console with dual upright displays | 07/06/2004 |
| 6749924 | Stacked sheet shock absorbing elastomeric device A stack of sheet elastomers, each having multiple holes therein, dissipates shock forces applied to it. The elastomeric sheets are formed with identical holes each of which have a periphery that is symmetrical around the centers of the holes that extend over a shock... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6742776 | Console display mounting system A shock mount to support the static weight of a housing while at the same time effectively attenuating shock or vibration imparted to the housing with the shock mount having a shock isolator for supporting the weight of the display and a bezel extending around the d... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6736547 | Expanded-beam, butt-coupled optical connector An optical connector provides the reliability of a butt-coupled connection with the mating simplicity of an expanded-beam coupling arrangement. In an example embodiment, an optical fiber connector arrangement includes a first ferrule having an expanded-beam arrangem... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6720910 | Pri-staggered post-doppler adaptive monopulse processing for detection and location of a moving target in ground clutter A method, apparatus, and processing system for radar detection and tracking of a target using monopulse ratio processing comprising the following steps. First, receiving a signal comprised of a plurality of sum azimuth beams and difference azimuth beams. Then stagge... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6719119 | Self-storing roller conveyor extension A roller conveyor extension includes a base frame having elongated parallel first and second tracks, each of the tracks having rearward and forward ends. First and second carriages reciprocate rearwardly and forwardly between the rearward and forward ends of, respec... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6714306 | Sensor for optically sensing air borne acoustic waves The present invention relates to an optical sensor of air borne acoustic waves. The sensor comprises means for producing mutually coherent optical sampling and reference beams, which may be combined to form an intermediate frequency carrier, the sampling beam being ... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6698580 | Adjustable roller conveyor module An adjustable roller conveyor module includes a first support structure comprising first and second laterally spaced, longitudinally extending frame members. A first roller set supported by the first support structure includes rollers rotatable about late... | 03/02/2004 |
| 5306884 | Impact resistant switch knob The present invention is a knob which attaches to the switch post of a push/pull switch. The knob selectively disengages from the switch post as the knob is inadvertently impacted, thereby isolating the push/pull switch from the impacting force. The knob ... | 04/26/1994 |
| 4834531 | Dead reckoning optoelectronic intelligent docking system An intelligent, optoelectronic docking system for use in manned or unmanned spacecraft for automatically docking with a target spacecraft. The system is a multifaceted, active sensor using a controlling microprocessor to integrate the operation of indepen... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4635341 | Variable center distance insertion device A variable center distance insertion device for attaching varying sized parts which have leads extending therefrom to a board, such as a printed circuit board, having holes therethrough. The device includes an inserter assembly disposed above the board an... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4492166 | Submunition having terminal trajectory correction A submunition having an infrared detector disposed in a nose portion thereof, the detector having a narrow angularly-displaced field of view, and vanes for causing the submunition to rotate at an essentially constant rate while in flight, thus to cause th... | 01/08/1985 |
| 4475794 | Aluminum, aluminum oxide, cromium, gold mirror A composite mirror and a method for making the mirror. The mirror has an aluminum reflective surface and coatings of aluminum oxide, chromium and gold deposited thereon, thus making the mirror highly reflective yet corrosion resistant. The method of makin... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4296599 | Turbine cooling air modulation apparatus The cooling air flowpath for a turbomachine includes a plurality of valves placed in mutually parallel relationship to collectively provide for the modulation of the cooling airflow. Minimum flow requirements are assured while economizing on air to increa... | 10/27/1981 |
| 4259842 | Combustor liner slot with cooled props A plurality of circumferentially spaced props are attached to the outer overlapping segments of a combustor liner to prevent the thermal outward growth of the inner segment. Placement of the props on the outer segment allows them to remain relatively cool... | 04/07/1981 |
