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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D659767 | Mah jong rack with pusher arm | 05/15/2012 |
| 8108300 | Computer-system control related to standard application in usury-free, shared-risk financing A computer-aided system of illustrating, the system including: specifying, to a computer system, a private constant-dollar instrument, including defining a respective claim division on cash flow and an asset; entering data including actual cash flow datum and actual... | 01/31/2012 |
| 7982477 | Universal test fixture for high-power packaged transistors and diodes A universal test fixture for testing and characterization of high-power flange-packaged RF and microwave transistors and diodes includes a precision-machined heat sink having a built-in center cavity with a finger catch on either side of the cavity which uses a plur... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7853338 | Adaptive output feedback apparatuses and methods capable of controlling a non-minimum phase system The invention comprises apparatuses and methods for providing the capability to stabilize and control a non-minimum phase, nonlinear plant with unmodeled dynamics and/or parametric uncertainty through the use of adaptive output feedback. A disclosed apparatus can co... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7825726 | Digital pulse width modulation for half bridge amplifiers A switching amplifier drives a load or audio transducer. A digital integral noise shaping circuit converts a digital input such as audio content to an output digital pulse width modulated signal using an integrator. The integrator integrates the digital input, a var... | 11/02/2010 |
| D623852 | Wearable pouch with flap | 09/21/2010 |
| 7769703 | System, apparatus and methods for augmenting a filter with an adaptive element for tracking targets A system in accordance with the invention uses an adaptive element to augment a filter for tracking an observed system. The adaptive element only requires a single neural network and does not require an error observer. The adaptive element provides robustness to par... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7478545 | Spherical crocheted object A spherical crocheted object includes a portion that contains high quality embroidery and is made beginning with a fabric piece called an initial disc. By initially knitting the spherical crocheted object into a flat, round disc of specific and limited dimensions, t... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7418432 | Adaptive control system having direct output feedback and related apparatuses and methods An adaptive control system (ACS) uses direct output feedback to control a plant. The ACS uses direct adaptive output feedback control developed for highly uncertain nonlinear systems, that does not rely on state estimation. The approach is also applicable to systems... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7415311 | System and method for adaptive control of uncertain nonlinear processes A computer system for controlling a nonlinear physical process. The computer system comprises a linear controller and a neural network. The linear controller receives a command signal for control of the nonlinear physical process and a measured output signal from th... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7277764 | Adaptive output feedback apparatuses and methods capable of controlling a non-minimum phase system The invention comprises apparatuses and methods for providing the capability to stabilize and control a non-minimum phase, nonlinear plant with unmodeled dynamics and/or parametric uncertainty through the use of adaptive output feedback. A disclosed apparatus can co... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7031275 | Address management for mobile nodes A home agent assigns disjoint ranges of port numbers to mobile nodes that share a global IP address. In response to a registration request message from a mobile node, the home agent transmits to the mobile node its assigned range of port numbers, as an extension to ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6994642 | Spherical crocheted object having embroidery and the method of manufacture thereof A spherical crocheted object includes a portion that contains high quality embroidery and is made beginning with a fabric piece called an initial disc. By initially knitting the spherical crocheted object into a flat, round disc of specific and limited dimensions, t... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6721682 | Aerodynamic prediction using semiempirical prediction techniques and methods therefor An improved aeroprediction code (APC) allows aerodynamics to be predicted for Mach numbers up to 20 for configurations with flares. Moreover, the improved APC advantageously extends the static aerodynamic predictions for Mach numbers less than 1.2, improves the body... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6493766 | Method, client device, server and article of manufacture for compressing universal resource identifiers using left/right string substitution The present invention includes a method (500, 600, 700, 800), client device (900, 1000), server (1100, 1200) and article of manufacture (900, 1000, 1100, 1200) for compressing/decompressing a universal resource identifier URI. The method includes the step... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6418325 | Handheld device having an optical data reader A handheld device comprises a housing and an optical reader supported by the housing. The housing can include a corner portion at which the optical reader is accessible. Alternatively, the housing can define a major exterior surface at which the optical r... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6412695 | Optical code and delineator apparatus and method Data in the form of a machine readable optical code 10, such as a bar code, is combined with a delineator 11, which delineator is visible to the unaided human eye. The data includes at least some identifying information that identifies an information cont... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6411232 | Method and system for determining an element conversion characteristic contemporaneous with converting and input signal in a signal converter A converter continuously converts an input signal (110) to an output signal (112) even during correction and compensation. A primary converter (124) converts the signal along a forward primary path (104). A feedback converter (140) along a feedback path (... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6391762 | Method of forming a microelectronic assembly with a particulate free underfill material and a microelectronic assembly incorporation the same A microelectronic assembly (10) incorporating a particulate free underfill material (32 includes a substrate (24) having a plurality of bond pads (26) disposed on a substantially planar die attach region (24), and an integrated circuit die (12) having a d... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6327307 | Device, article of manufacture, method, memory, and computer-readable memory for removing video coding errors The present invention includes a device, article of manufacture, method, memory and computer-readable memory for removal of coding errors introduced through a compression process. The device includes an error control logic unit (404) that is coupled to re... | 12/04/2001 |
| 5912648 | Compact patch antenna A compact patch antenna having a housing (110) for holding a patch antenna hinged by hinge (130) to a planar member (120) by a clip (140). The planar member (120) is capable of hinging to an open position for use and to a closed position for storage. The ... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5880646 | Compact balun network of doubled-back sections A balun network is provided having first and second conductor portions symmetric along a center line therebetween. A connecting conductor portion 130 couples ends of the first and second conductor portions with a spacing therebetween. The first and second... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5861853 | Current balanced balun network with selectable port impedances A half-wave balun network balanced for at least current is provided by a conductor section having contiguous conductor portions 130 and 140. A balanced port 110 is provided between ends of the conductor section. An unbalanced port 120 is provided between ... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5808586 | Side-by-side coil-fed antenna for a portable radio Multiple helical coils (110, 120, 130) are placed side-by-side and coupled to a conductive straight portion (140) of an antenna to provide a multi-band antenna structure. The helical coils (110, 120, 130) are distanced from one another to sufficiently eli... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5726983 | Communication device with variable frame processing time A TDMA signal of frames of a nominal duration and having time slots is demodulated (120, 150, 160). A time slot assignment circuit (170) assigns and re-assigns time slots in a present and next frame based on TDMA control information. A real-time timing co... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5711001 | Method and circuit for acquisition by a radio receiver A method and associated circuitry for acquiring a channel of a set of frequency channels by a radio receiver. The radio receiver scans selected control channels and measures the power levels of signals generated upon the respective ones of the control cha... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5706019 | Integral antenna assembly for a radio and method of manufacturing Strips (220) of thin metallic material forming pairs of arms on an elongated dielectric tube (110) form a radiator portion of an antenna assembly. A first radiator plate (310) and a second radiator plate (320) are capacitively coupled to respective hot ca... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5706313 | Soft decision digital communication method and apparatus A decoding apparatus (200) decodes a coherent, differentially encoded multi-level phase shift keying (DEPSK) modulated signal. A coherent receiver (101) receives and, subsequently, outputs the coherent DEPSK modulated signal to a metric computer (201). Th... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5701130 | Self phased antenna element with dielectric and associated method A self phased antenna element with two pairs of arms (110, 120, 130, 140) in a crossed relationship transceives a signal at a resonant frequency. A dielectric (150, 160) is disposed adjacent an arm (130, 140) to obtain a self phased relationship in the ar... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5692046 | Foldable telephone handset having transformable hinge A transformable hinge (130) foldably connects two substrates (110, 120) at curved mating edges (140, 150). The transformable hinge (130) is capable of folding between a closed position for storage and an open position for use. In the open position, the tr... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5678201 | Antenna assembly with balun and tuning element for a portable radio Arms (310, 320, 330, 340) of an antenna element are connected to a balanced-unbalanced conversion network (510) at a feed point of excitation to provide an antenna assembly. Characteristics such as size of the antenna assembly are improved by providing a ... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5640690 | Hinge assembly having cam follower A hinge assembly for hingedly connecting a cover and a housing theretogether, such as a keypad cover and a housing of a portable radiotelephone. A generally tubular hinge arm is formed at an end portion of the cover, and two hinge pins, each having identi... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5633484 | Method and apparatus for personal attribute selection and management using a preference memory An application device (401) is connectable with a donor device (541) such as a portable memory card (560) or widely accessible central database (550). The donor device (541) stores and provides preferences to the application device (401). The donor device... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5630210 | Method and apparatus for determining signal transmission quality levels of a transmitted signal An apparatus, and associated method, for determining signal transmission quality levels of a discretely-encoded information signal received by a receiver. The signal strength of the received signal is calculated, and the levels of interference introduced ... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5630159 | Method and apparatus for personal attribute selection having delay management method and apparatus for preference establishment when preferences in a donor device are unavailable An application device (401) is connectable with a donor device (541) such as a portable memory card (560) or widely accessible central database (550). The donor device (541) stores and provides preferences to the application device (401). The donor device... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5628057 | Multi-port radio frequency signal transformation network A transformation network is provided capable of interfacing between an unbalanced port (110) and a plurality of differently phased balanced ports (120, 130). A balun (165) has a choke (140) and connects the unbalanced port (110) to a balanced pair of node... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5621766 | Method and apparatus for burst detecting A burst detector (140) detects the occurrence of a burst in a signal receiver. A filter (220) having an impulse response characteristic of an expected burst filters a received signal. A subtractor (230) subtracts a filtered version of the received signal ... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5606332 | Dual function antenna structure and a portable radio having same A dual function antenna structure transceives in first and second modes. A first feed (120) feeds a primary antenna element (110) for operation in the first mode. A second feed (240) connects to the first feed (120). An upper choke (150) and a metal layer... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5600341 | Dual function antenna structure and a portable radio having same A dual function antenna structure transceives in first and second modes. A first feed (120) feeds a primary antenna element (110) for operation in the first mode. A second feed (140) couples via a coupling element (130) to a portion of the first feed (120... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5583520 | Matched input antenna for a portable radio Two coils (10, 20) couple energy to and from an antenna element (30). The lengths of the hot arm coil (10) and the ground arm coil (20) are different to cause a matched input for coupling to the resulting antenna structure. In a portable radio the two coi... | 12/10/1996 |
