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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8145995 | Scalable display of internet content on mobile devices Mobile devices enabled to support resolution-independent scalable display of Internet (Web) content to allow Web pages to be scaled (zoomed) and panned for better viewing on smaller screen sizes. The mobile devices employ software-based processing of original Web co... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8143143 | Process for fabricating nanowire arrays A process is provided for etching a silicon-containing substrate to form nanowire arrays. In this process, one deposits nanoparticles and a metal film onto the substrate in such a way that the metal is present and touches silicon where etching is desired and is bloc... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8138837 | Efficient power amplifier A dynamic power supply for N amplifiers includes first and second power boost circuits which temporarily boost the positive or negative power supply rail, respectively. A control circuit monitors amplifier output signal levels and provides power boost control signal... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8135158 | Loudspeaker line array configurations and related sound processing A sound reproduction system includes one or more arrays of drive units, coupled with sound processing allowing improved steerability, directional control, width control, and/or beam overlay. A speaker column may comprise two arrays facing one another, the drive unit... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8116759 | System and method for facilitating diagnosis and maintenance of a mobile conveyance A system for facilitating diagnosis and maintenance of a control networks on a mobile conveyance comprises one or more wireless ground stations configured to communicate over a wireless communication channel with the control network. A local area computer network re... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8027500 | Narrow profile speaker configurations and systems A narrow profile speaker unit comprises at least one speaker outputting sound towards an internal surface and through a duct with an output terminus, such as a slot, having a narrow dimension, effectively changing the cross-section of the speaker's audio output wave... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8025417 | Camera-mounted dimmable lighting apparatus A lighting apparatus comprises a light panel having a panel frame, and a plurality of LEDs or other light elements secured to the panel frame. A self-contained battery unit securably attaches to the outside of the panel frame. The light panel may have a dimmer switc... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8016819 | Protective cover for a surgical tool A cover that protects a tip of a surgical instrument. The tip can be placed within a housing of the cover. The housing has openings on each end that allow sterilization fluid to flow across the tip during an autoclave procedure. The tip can be placed on a handle of ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8004355 | Low dissipation amplifier A low dissipation, low distortion amplifier includes a driver amplifier stage and a main output stage, with a plurality of impedance networks providing, among other things, feedback paths from outputs of the driver and main output stages to the input of the driver s... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7981108 | Protective cover for a surgical tool A cover that protects a tip of a surgical instrument. The tip can be placed within a housing of the cover. The housing has openings on each end that allow sterilization fluid to flow across the tip during an autoclave procedure. The tip can be placed on a handle of ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7974425 | Sound system and method of sound reproduction A sound reproduction system comprises a left and right speakers located in close proximity, and a sound processor which provides audio signals to the pair of speakers. The sound processor preferably derives a cancellation signal from the difference between the left ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7973995 | Designing the host of nano-structured optoelectronic devices to improve performance A nanostructured optoelectronic device is provided which comprises a nanostructured material and a host material intermingled with the nanostructured material. The host material may have a higher index of refraction than the nanostructured material. The host materia... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7972022 | Stand-mounted light panel for natural illumination in film, television or video A lighting apparatus comprises a light panel having a panel frame, and a plurality of LEDs or other light elements secured to the panel frame. A self-contained battery unit securably attaches to the outside of the panel frame. The light panel may have a dimmer switc... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7963673 | Versatile illumination system A lightweight, modular expandable multiple par lamp fixture configurable to form various sizes and intensities of high output area lighting or projected soft light. A high efficiency par lamp includes a high output globe and lightweight reflector, optional collar, a... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7961073 | Controllable electronic switch A controllable electronic switch for, e.g., controlling power distribution comprises a deformable member such as a bimetal arm that can be deformed to break an electrical path. The deformable member may be anchored at one end and in controllable contact with an elec... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7960920 | Omni voltage direct current power supply A battery operated LED lighting apparatus including: a battery outputting a battery voltage; a light emitting diode or array of light emitting diodes; and a power supply including a boost regulating circuit. The power supply being in communication with the battery a... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7204617 | Foldable modular light diffusion box A lighting box has a housing with an open front and open rear and a bar such as a standard schedule 40 pipe or 1½″ or 1⅝″ pipe extending horizontally across the housing. Multiple lights are mounted on the bar and positioned to send light out the front of the ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7476854 | High speed, multiple mass spectrometry for ion sequencing A detector system for detecting trace molecules. The detector includes an ion trap that is coupled to an ionizer and a detector. The system also includes a controller that can generate voltage potentials within the ion trap. The controller can generate a voltage wav... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7457425 | Vehicle sound system A vehicle sound system encompasses a combination of speaker configuration, speaker placement, and sound processing to improve sound quality. A pair of speakers (or rows of speakers) are placed close together and located in the front of the console or dashboard with ... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7453040 | Active bridge for stringed musical instruments A musical instrument may include a musical instrument body, a vibrating element associated with the musical instrument body for producing musical sounds, a transducer coupled to a portion of the vibrating element to apply forces to the vibrating element, a sensor re... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7448022 | Dynamic software composition in a component-based software system A resource catalog system comprises a catalog organized as a set of metadata structures representing distributed system resources, language for resource invocation, and a query interpreter and optimizer. Query optimization includes dynamic functional composition by ... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7442974 | Image sensor with inter-pixel isolation An image sensor with a plurality of photodiodes that each have a first region constructed from a first type of material and a second region constructed from a second type of material. Located adjacent to the first region and between second regions of adjacent photod... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7440223 | Written-in repeatable run-out correction for hard disk drives A hard disk drive with a circuit that provides a control signal to a voice coil motor to move a head across a disk. The circuit includes a repeatable run-out estimator in a feed forward control loop to control the movement of the head. The repeatable run-out estimat... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7441108 | Portable memory drive with portable applications and cross-computer system management application A system and method for transporting the look, feel, and function of one's personalized computer preferences across multiple host computers, including the appearance, settings, programs, and user data. This system and method uses a portable memory device and a data ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7434966 | Soft projected lighting device using multiple par lamps A lighting box has a housing with an open front and open rear and a bar such as a standard schedule 40 pipe or 1½″ or 1⅝″ pipe extending horizontally across the housing. Multiple lights are mounted on the bar and positioned to send light out the front of the ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7433483 | Narrow profile speaker configurations and systems A narrow profile speaker unit comprises at least one speaker outputting sound towards an internal surface and through a duct with an output terminus, such as a slot, having a narrow dimension, effectively changing the cross-section of the speaker's audio output wave... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7429117 | Camera-mounted dimmable lighting apparatus A lighting apparatus comprises a light panel having a panel frame, and a plurality of LEDs or other light elements secured to the panel frame. A self-contained battery unit securably attaches to the outside of the panel frame. The light panel may have a dimmer switc... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7423829 | Circuit for flying height on demand A hard disk drive with a control circuit that controls a heating element in a head of the drive. The heating element is driven by a voltage. The control circuit varies the voltage during read and write operations of the drive. The voltages are varied to minimize flu... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7423831 | Utilization of the acceleration zone in ammonite servo writing A method for writing servo information onto a disk of a hard disk drive with a servo writer. The method includes accelerating a head to a constant velocity across a disk. The disk being defined as having an acceleration zone and a constant velocity zone. The head is... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7411761 | Seek adaptation system in hard disk drives A hard disk drive with a voice coil motor circuit that provides a current to a voice coil motor to perform a seek routine in a seek time. The disk drive includes a temperature sensor to sense a temperature of the disk drive and a voltage sensor to sense the voltage ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7401498 | Multiple trace portal detection systems A detector system that can analyze multiple samples with a single detector. The detector may contain a portal with a first opening and a second opening. A first sample is obtained from the first opening and a second sample is obtained from the second opening. The op... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7399392 | Electrochemical reformer and fuel cell system An electrochemical reformer 1 using reactant feed structures having both hydrophilic and hydrophobic regions to provide mechanisms for the wicking of liquid reactants into reformer 1 and for the separation and removal of gaseous products from reformer 1. The electri... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7400468 | Vibration detector for hard disk drives A hard disk drive with a circuit that provides a control signal to a voice coil motor to move a head across a disk. The disk drive includes a circuit that provides a control signal to the voice coil motor to move the head. The circuit also has a state predictor and ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7398083 | Method and system for monitoring, controlling, and locating portable devices performing remote diagnostic analysis of control network A system for monitoring, controlling, and locating portable computerized devices performing remote diagnostic analysis of control networks. The portable, wireless equipment includes computerized display device connected to a wireless intermediary device for allowing... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7398299 | Control network with matrix architecture A multi-tier, master-slave control network has a matrix architecture for facilitating monitoring, command and control of the mid- and lower-tiers of the control network. A supervisory network is connected to a hierarchical master-slave control network, and includes ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7394612 | Third order curve fit for head skew in a hard disk drive A hard disk drive that utilizes a third order curve fit equation to generate a skew table for a head of a hard disk drive. The skew table is used to compensate for offset between a write element and a read element of the head at different radial positions of a disk.... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7394614 | Control method to reduce settle TMR in hard disk drives A hard disk drive with a circuit that provides a control signal to a voice coil motor to move a head across a disk of a drive. The circuit includes a state estimator that provides a plurality of state estimates and a disturbance estimator that provides a disturbance... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7386026 | Method and system for synchronizing and selectively addressing multiple receivers in a wireless, spread spectrum communication system A system and method for synchronizing and selectively addressing multiple receivers in a wireless communication system includes a spread spectrum transmitter and one or more spread spectrum receivers. The transmitter transmits a signal having an observable parameter... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7385780 | Online identification of secondary actuator transfer function via system decoupling in multiple-stage actuator servo systems in disk drives A hard disk drive that includes a voice coil motor and a micro-actuator. The micro-actuator is controlled by a servo that utilizes a micro-actuator controller and a corresponding micro-actuator transfer function. The servo enters a mode to self-determine at least on... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7382565 | Method to avoid contact between the head and disk protrusions A hard disk drive with a controller that controls a movement of a head relative to a disk. The controller causes the head to avoid a defect on the disk during a seek routine. The location of the defect is previously identified and stored in the drive. The drive may ... | 06/03/2008 |
