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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8126492 | Vehicle communications system The improved vehicle crew communication system provides an increase in the number of wireless headsets that can be used with one base station, an increase range from the vehicle for operation of said headsets, full duplex operation communication over digitally encry... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8077877 | Courtesy announcement system and method of using A courtesy announcement system and method for broadcasting messages audially and visually having a central database server connected to operator workstation computers. Announcements stored and maintained in the database server can be accessed, viewed, modified, and ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8074367 | Motion sensor for measurement in a dynamic environment of co-existing tilt and horizontal acceleration A motion-sensing device for sensing tilt and acceleration when either tilt, horizontal acceleration, or tilt and horizontal acceleration acting concurrently, influence the device, including: a substrate having a vertical surface, a first accelerometer fixed to the v... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8074366 | Sensor and method for motion measurement of co-existing tilt and horizontal acceleration A motion-sensing device for sensing tilt and acceleration when either tilt, horizontal acceleration, or tilt and horizontal acceleration acting concurrently, influence the device, including: a substrate, a first tilt sensor fixed to the top of the substrate; a pendu... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8057326 | Golf ball marker The golf ball marker has a top side contoured and textured to represent a portion of an actual golf course and a flat bottom side. The flat bottom side has an indicia-receiving surface portion. The top bottom sides are separated by a perimeter that is shaped to encl... | 11/15/2011 |
| 7967104 | Shippable speaker box A speaker enclosure, or enclosure, and kit with plural linearly aligned panels connected by flexible couplings are shipped in a parallel stack with all the coupled panels still coupled during shipment, plus additional panels, also stacked parallel. The flexible coup... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7883496 | Eye coloring systems A novel system for coloring tissues of the human eye, especially methods of coloring the iris, includes drying the tissue surface, applying colorant to the dried surface, and then drying the applied colorant. The system avoids tattooing, implanting, and corneal modi... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7786431 | Magnetically modulated, spin vector correlated beam generator for projecting electrically right, neutral, or left beams A beam generator for generating an electrically neutral dual-particle (proton and electron) beam with a uniform magnetic pole orientation imposed on the particles. The uniform orientation gives the dual-particle beam a uniform magnetic field, enabling magnetic modul... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7764807 | Speaker support systems A speaker support system, adapted to prevent destructive resonance between a speaker and a speaker cabinet, comprising a vibration damper, a vibration transferer, and a connector. The speaker support prevents primary-mode resonance from building up to damaging level... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7717263 | Support systems for portable containers Portable container support systems are disclosed which include at least one re-closable enclosure which is operable to be coupled to the exterior of a portable container, and which has an integral support coupling adapted to receive supports used for supporting the ... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7585291 | Eye coloring systems A novel system for coloring the human eye is presented, including methods of coloring the conjunctiva on its internal or external surface, coloring the sclera, coloring the iris, suspending colorant in the subconjunctival space, and combinations of two or more of th... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7566226 | Adjustable terminal block An adjustable terminal is disclosed having a plurality of electrical contacts electrically coupled between a corresponding number of pair-wise electrically-coupled input terminals and output terminals. A plurality of mechanically coupled jumpers are operable to pair... | 07/28/2009 |
| D588877 | Napkin basket with attachable condiment holders on the handle | 03/24/2009 |
| D584931 | Tape tool | 01/20/2009 |
| 7452240 | Dual-clamp fuse block A fuse block which provides for holding a plurality of fuses in parallel in order to reduce fuse block size and to maximize the surface area of electrical contact in order to reduce electrical resistance in the electrical contact. The block holds the fuse electrical... | 11/18/2008 |
| D579807 | Tape roll hook | 11/04/2008 |
| 7433485 | Shallow speaker A novel shallow speaker has a novel spidercone coaxial with and optionally having a radially inner spidercone flange suspended in a circumferential adhesive well affixed to the former. An inner rearward flange of the flat annular diaphragm is suspended in the circum... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7411308 | Renewable energy power systems Rapidly responsive energy storage means enable the creation of a multi-port DC bus in a UPS, enabling the multi-port DC bus to couple a plurality of intermittent DC sources and intermittent DC loads. The invention includes renewable energy power systems with a UPS h... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7353943 | Pool cue case systems Pool cue case systems are disclosed which include at least one re-closable enclosure which is operable to be coupled, preferably releasably coupled, to the exterior of a pool cue case or the like, and which has an integral support coupling adapted to receive support... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7275620 | Square speaker A square speaker is disclosed having a novel surround with a novel rounded corner design and with a magnet assembly and former sized, shaped, and arranged to exploit the increased excursions enabled by the novel surround. The arcuate portion of the rounded corner fe... | 10/02/2007 |
| 6843448 | Lighter-than-air twin hull hybrid airship An airship is provided including a frame and first and second hulls pivotally connected to said frame. An airship second is provided including a frame, a gondola disposed within said frame, first and second hulls pivotally connected to said frame, and a propulsion s... | 01/18/2005 |
