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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8004364 | High power RF solid state power amplifier system A high power, high frequency, solid state power amplifier system includes a plurality of input multiple port splitters for receiving a high-frequency input and for dividing the input into a plurality of outputs and a plurality of solid state amplifier units. Each am... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7980449 | Thermal stir welding apparatus A welding method and apparatus are provided for forming a weld joint between first and second elements of a workpiece. The method includes heating the first and second elements to form an interface of material in a plasticized or melted state interface between the e... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7867589 | Hybrid cryogenic tank construction and method of manufacture therefor A lightweight, high-pressure cryogenic tank construction includes an inner layer comprising a matrix of fiber and resin suitable for cryogenic use. An outer layer in intimate contact with the inner layer provides support of the inner layer, and is made of resin comp... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7802799 | Method of joining metallic and composite components A method is provided for joining a metallic member to a structure made of a composite matrix material. One or more surfaces of a portion of the metallic member that is to be joined to the composite matrix structure is provided with a plurality of outwardly projectin... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7798971 | Motorized ultrasonic scanhead A motorized scanhead device is capable of rotating an array transducer through 360 degrees of angular rotation in a manner such as to provide acquisition of images in successive scanning planes arranged around the principal axis of the device. The device can be inco... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7770279 | Electrostatic membranes for sensors, ultrasonic transducers incorporating such membranes, and manufacturing methods therefor A micro-machined ultrasonic transducer substrate for immersion operation is formed by a particular arrangement of a plurality of micro-machined membranes that are supported on a silicon substrate. The membranes, together with the substrate, form surface microcavitie... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7758378 | Connector and circuit-board-mounting case having connector assembly A connector assembly includes a metal terminal, a lead wire, a connector housing and a sealing member. The metal terminal defines a longitudinal direction. The metal terminal comprises: a lead-wire connection portion located on a front end side; a counterpart connec... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7750786 | Electromagnetic coil The electromagnetic coil according to the invention has a coil core, a winding of coil wire and two contact pins, the contact pins being secured to at least one resilient holding member and being movable relative to the coil core. The holding member is formed in a u... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7743784 | Bursting disc assembly A bursting disc assembly has a bursting disc and an outlet side support ring. In order to provide a safety warning, when the bursting disc assembly is incorrectly installed in a reversed orientation, the outlet side ring has a passage through it from its radial inte... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7738084 | Fiber optic liquid mass flow sensor and method A method and apparatus are provided for sensing the mass flow rate of a fluid flowing through a pipe. A light beam containing plural individual wavelengths is projected from one side of the pipe across the width of the pipe so as to pass through the fluid under test... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7718046 | Micellar gradient focusing A method and device are provided for affinity gradient focusing for directing at least one analyte in a solution containing a pseudostationary phase and located in a channel such as a capillary or a microchannel. The method includes establishing a steady-state spati... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7709082 | Electrodes, printing plate precursors and other articles including multi-strata porous coatings, and method for their manufacture The invention relates to an article of manufacture which includes a substrate, and on at least one surface thereof, a porous coating which has a total thickness in the range of up to about 50 microns and which consists of a plurality of discrete adjacent strata, whe... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7693584 | Camera based video games and related methods for exercise motivation Disclosed are methods and apparatus for motivating persons to undertake exercise, employing camera based computer monitoring of persons and/or exercise apparatus, and displays of video data, which may be derived from such monitored information. ... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7692103 | Wiring substrate and manufacturing process of the same A wiring substrate includes a lower insulating resin layer; wiring pattern layers provided on surfaces of the lower insulating resin layer; upper insulating resin layers; and via holes and via conductors connected electrically with at least one of the wiring pattern... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7685728 | Method and apparatus for determining comfortable footbed shapes A method and apparatus for determining the comfortable footbed shape for a person. The apparatus comprises a rear platform for supporting the rear of a foot, a front platform for supporting a forefoot, the height of at least one of said front and rear platforms bein... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7671851 | Reconfigurable tactile controls and displays New methods and apparatus are provided for efficiently and safely providing controls and displays therefore, particularly, but necessarily to be used within the center stack region of a vehicle instrument panel. The apparatus utilizes, in most embodiments, a rear pr... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7651271 | Reclosable plastic bags A reclosable plastic bag (10) having two panels (15) of plastics sheet or film joined to each other along their opposite side edges (12) to define a bag with an opening (13). An extruded closure/sealing means (14) of one or more in... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7647718 | Multi-panel fold out device, blank, and method of making the device A multi-panel fold-out device made from a blank includes at least first, second, and third panels which are joined together in sequence, and formed by separation lines between the first, second, and third panels. The first and second panels each have an internal pan... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7637570 | Chair The chair according to the invention has a seat and a seat mechanism, wherein the seat and the seat mechanism are formed so that, during the sideways pivoting movement of the seat, the one side of the seat is movable independently of the other side of the seat, wher... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7637148 | Liquid state detecting sensor A liquid state detecting sensor includes: a state detecting element including a heating resistor; an energization unit; a first output acquiring unit; a reference acquiring unit; a first calculating unit; a state detecting unit; a second output acquiring unit; a sec... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7612676 | RFID tag and antenna The present invention relates to an RFID Tag and Antenna for use with an RFID tag and a method of radio frequency identification (RFID). The RFID Tag comprises a RFID chip 5 for storing data, an antenna 6 and an electromagnetic band gap substrate 12... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7607449 | Mixer tap A mixer tap assembly is shown which has a mixing chamber for mixing fluids from two inputs, and a mix controller to control the ratio of fluid flow into the mixing chamber from the inputs. The mix controller includes a mix actuator which operates a mix control appar... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7589474 | Ion source with upstream inner magnetic pole piece A closed drift ion source is disclosed. The ion source has an open end 1 and a central axis 150 around which are arranged outer magnetic pole piece 3, inner magnetic pole piece 5, anode 2, shield 6 and back magnetic shunt | 09/15/2009 |
| 7588540 | Ultrasonic probe for scanning a volume An ultrasonic imaging probe is provided which is capable of capturing “on-the-fly” scanning planes in successive positions of the probe so as to form a volumetric image representation at a real time frame rate. The probe includes a flexible sealing membrane for ... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7573567 | Egg counter for counting eggs which are conveyed on an egg collection conveyer An egg counter for counting eggs conveyed on an egg collection conveyor, includes first and second light emitting element arrays, a light receiving element array between the first and second light emitting element arrays, and a controller for processing light reflec... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7572357 | Chiral temperature gradient focusing A method and device are provided for concentrating and separating materials in fluids within a fluidic device having a fluid conduit such as a channel or capillary. The concentration is achieved by balancing the electrophoretic velocity of a material against the bul... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7570002 | Temperature tripping device The invention relates to a temperature tripping device for reliably shutting down a load, especially a motor, having at least one input for receiving at least one temperature-dependent sensor signal as an input signal, a first evaluation circuit for generating a fir... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7563054 | Marking tape with passive resonant circuits and methods of use A marking tape comprising at least one resonant circuit, each resonant circuit comprising an inductive coil and a capacitor, forming a resonant circuit of a selected frequency, comprises inductive coils and capacitors formed by conductive material layers (2, 3, 4... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7557440 | Wiring board and ceramic chip to be embedded A wiring board includes a substrate core and a ceramic chip to be embedded therein. The substrate core has a housing opening portion opening at a core main surface. The ceramic chip is accommodated in the housing opening portion so that the core main surface and a c... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7553155 | Apparatus and method for the production of cement clinker Apparatus and method for the production of cement clinker, wherein raw meal is preheated in a heat exchanger and is burnt in a kiln to form cement clinker and the exhaust gases from the kiln flow in succession through the heat exchanger and a catalytic converter, wh... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7539793 | Synchronized multichannel universal serial bus The invention provides a method and apparatus for providing a synchronized multichannel universal serial bus, the method in one aspect comprising supplementing the signal channels in the USB specification to provide synchronization information from an external sourc... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7537680 | Mixing reactions by temperature gradient focusing A method is provided for observing mixing interactions and reactions of two materials in a fluid. The method in one form provides for concentrating by balancing electrophoretic velocities of a material against the bulk flow of fluid in the presence of a temperature ... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7532453 | Built-in capacitor type wiring board and method for manufacturing the same In order to provide a built-in capacitor type wiring board capable of preventing misalignment of the capacitor, a capacitor built-in type wiring board is provided which includes a core board; a multilayer portion disposed on at least one side of the core board and f... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7525814 | Wiring board and method for manufacturing the same A wiring board includes a plurality of via pads disposed on a ceramic sub-core accommodated in a core board. A Cu-plated layer is formed on the surface of a conductor pad and serves as a processed face, i.e., a face to which Cu surface chemical processing is applied... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7513095 | Five-section rotary mower A rotary mower apparatus includes a center section with a center blade, inner wings with inner and middle blades, and outer wings with outer blades. Rear wheels support rear ends of the decks, and gauge wheels support front portions of the outer wings. A transport m... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7510135 | Grinding roll The invention relates to a grinding roll with a basic roll body as well as a plurality of wear protection elements made from hard metal which form at least a part of the roll surface. The basic roll body has recesses extending in the circumferential direction, a plu... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7507940 | Laser underwater camera image enhancer An apparatus to obtain images of a target by an underwater video camera in a waterproof container wherein the target is illuminated by a laser beam. The shutter of the video camera is kept closed until a laser pulse has covered the distance to the target and nearly ... | 03/24/2009 |
| RE40672 | Cathodic protection of concrete An existing concrete structure is restored by embedding sacrificial anodes into the concrete layer at spaced positions over the layer and connecting the anodes to the reinforcing members to provide a cathodic protection against corrosion. Each anode is inserted into... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7489115 | Method in an electric net data transmission system for keeping the signal level constant in a coupling furnished with supply cable Method in low voltage net data transmission system for keeping the signal level of transmission constant on the net voltage rail or on wall outlet. In the method the feedback signals are taken wired or wirelessly from one or some locations of the actual apparatus or... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7489303 | Reconfigurable instrument panels Disclosed are what I call “Reconfigurable Tactile Control Displays” particularly suited for applications such as automobile instrument panels where large displays and controls are desirable to provide a wide range of information, with minimal driver distraction ... | 02/10/2009 |
