Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7967175 | Backpack suspension system with hub A backpack suspension system is provided that provides a more natural feel as it is able to match a hiker's twisting and bending motions. A backpack suspension system comprises a frame having an upper and a lower portion, and a hub connecting the upper and lower por... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7524527 | Electrostatic coating of a device The present invention concerns bio-compatible medical devices and process for preparation thereof. The process includes electrostatically forming a first layer on a structure. The first layer can include a combination of at least one active substance and at least on... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7516298 | Sparse table compaction method A method and system of sparse table compaction is disclosed. A repeating data pattern may be detected in a large data structure, identifying the large data structure as a sparse table. The large data structure is stored in a virtual memory as a series of virtual dat... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7451272 | Queue or stack based cache entry reclaim method A method and system of organizing a cache memory system based on a temporal-access pattern is disclosed. One or more data entries may be stored in a memory. One or more cache entries of the one or more data entries may be stored in a temporal cache. The one or more ... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7233460 | Ultra-low flying height slider design A subambient pressure air bearing slider for disk drives and the like is presented where features of the slider are modular, in that certain parameters of the slider can be modified independently of one another. In one example, lateral dimensions and placement of si... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7217517 | Nucleic acids, polypeptides, and methods for modulating apoptosis The present invention provides methods of identifying an incidence of ischemia in mammalian tissue, particularly mammalian heart tissue. Further, a method of reducing apoptosis in mammalian tissue, preferably heart tissue, is provided. These methods involve measurin... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7214231 | Distal end for ligating band dispenser A supporting structure for a ligating band dispensing device adapted to be coupled to a distal end of an endoscope comprises a rigid substantially cylindrical, transparent outer support surface adapted to receive a plurality of ligating bands thereon, wherein the su... | 05/08/2007 |
| RE39592 | Extended release growth promoting two component composition An extended release composition comprising a first composition comprising growth promoters and a second composition comprising growth promoters and a biodegradable polymer is described. A method of increasing weight gain in food animals utilizing the composition, a ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7197457 | Method for statistical language modeling in speech recognition A system for generating language modeling data for a speech recognition system includes an expression extractor to extract expression from domain-specific data of an existing domain using a base of linguistic knowledge, a concept structure mapper to map extracted ex... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7191640 | Gas sensor Electrical connecting lines of a sensor element are anchored by friction locking, specifically using an annularly closed spring element which clamps the connecting lines against contact surfaces on the sensor element using pressure bodies. ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7177094 | Zoom lens, and electronic imaging system using the same The invention relates to a zoom lens that has high optical performance specifications such as high zoom ratios, wide angles of view, reduced F-numbers and limited aberrations, and enables an optical path to be easily bent. The zoom lens comprises a moving lens group... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7154935 | Method for receiving radio signals in a mobile station and a mobile station A method for receiving radio signals in a mobile station, and a mobile station for sending and receiving radio signals are proposed. The method and the mobile station have the aim of correcting predistorted code-spread and phase-modulated radio signals with respect ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7149880 | Method and apparatus for instruction pointer storage element configuration in a simultaneous multithreaded processor A system and method for a simultaneous multithreaded processor that reduces the number of hardware components necessary as well as the complexity of design over current systems is disclosed. As opposed to requiring individual storage elements for saving instruction ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7143726 | Method and device for controlling the opening of an intake valve of an internal combustion engine A method for controlling the opening of at least one intake valve of a combustion chamber in a periodically working piston engine, at least one intake valve of the combustion chamber being opened during a first partial period of a working period of the piston engine... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7140562 | Fuel injection valve A fuel injector for the direct injection of fuel into the combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine includes a valve needle situated in a nozzle body, the valve needle being actuable by an actuator and acted upon by a restoring spring in such a manner that... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7143013 | Reliable symbols as a means of improving the performance of information transmission systems All practical communication channels impose some type of corruption on received data through inter-symbol interference (ISI). ISI corruption is particularly acute in high-order constellation transmission. Although ISI effects of high-order constellation transmission... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7138507 | Method of determining a chemotherapeutic regimen based on glutathione-s transferase pi expression The present invention relates to prognostic methods which are useful in medicine, particularly cancer chemotherapy. The object of the invention to provide a method for assessing GST-pi expression levels in fixed or fixed and paraffin embedded tissues and prognostica... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7133692 | Interface module in a vehicle An interface module in a vehicle that provides for the vehicle a connection to a communication network, for example the Internet, and executes the function of a watchdog for the components in the vehicle connected to it. For this purpose, a processor of the interfac... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7133764 | Method for determining the angle-of-rotation position of a shaft A method for determining the angle-of-rotation position of a shaft of an internal combustion engine, particularly of a crankshaft, information regarding at least incremental angles of rotation of the shaft and run times for each incremental angle of rotation being r... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7128065 | Method and device for controlling an internal combustion engine A method and a device are described for controlling an internal combustion engine. On the basis of the comparison of a setpoint value with an actual value for a variable that characterizes the supplied oxygen quantity, an actuating variable is predefined for control... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7123764 | Image processing method for use in analyzing data of a chemotaxis or haptotaxis assay An image processing method for use in analyzing image data of a cellular migration assay. The method includes defining a major axis within the image data that is perpendicular to an orientation of channels in the image data, determining an aggregate light intensity ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7122764 | Sheathed element glow plug A sheathed-element glow plug for self-igniting internal combustion engines has an electrical heating element which projects into a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine, and a current feed-through for providing a heating current for the heating elemen... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7120037 | POWER OUTPUTTING DEVICE AND VEHICLE MOUNTING IT, CONTROL METHOD, STORING MEDIUM AND PROGRAM FOR THE POWER OUTPUTTING DEVICE, DRIVE DEVICE AND VEHICLE MOUNTING IT, AND, CONTROL METHOD, STORING MEDIUM AND PROGRAM FOR THE DRIVE DEVICE A power plant outputs motive power by driving a motor (22) using electric power from a direct-current power source (32). When the direct-current power source (32) has a low temperature, the direct-current power source is rapidly heated, whereby ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7114782 | Flexible chair with stiffener inserts and method for forming a chair A chair includes: a hollow frame including, on each lateral side of the chair, a front, a back, a bottom, a front bend arranged between the front and the bottom, and a back bend arranged between the back and the bottom; a seat attached to the front of the frame; a s... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7107964 | Control of auto-ignition timing for homogeneous combustion jet ignition engines A method and system of controlling auto-ignition timing in an internal combustion engine cylinder in which the timing of auto-ignition in prechambers that are coupled to the cylinder is precisely controlled. The auto-ignition in the prechambers produces hot gas jets... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7110882 | Method for improving GPS integrity and detecting multipath interference using inertial navigation sensors and a network of mobile receivers A method for checking the integrity of GPS measurements for a moving vehicle includes determining a first inter-vehicle distance between a first vehicle and a second vehicle based on GPS measurements obtained at both vehicles, independently determining a second inte... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7110923 | Fast, blind equalization techniques using reliable symbols A fast equalization technique is disclosed for systems using high-order constellations where symbols have been corrupted by data correlated noise (ISI). The technique permits ISI estimation to begin immediately upon receipt of captured samples. Training symbols are ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7104806 | Connector carrier and method for connecting the connector carrier to an injection molded part A connection carrier, e.g., a connection carrier for the bobbins of solenoids, includes a positioning section for positioning the connection carrier in a recess of an injection-molded part surrounding the connection carrier and includes a locking section projecting ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7105557 | Polymorphs of valsartan Provided are crystalline and amorphous form of valsartan, and processes for their preparation. ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7100998 | Method and device for controlling wheel brakes of a motor vehicle A method and a device for controlling wheel brakes of a vehicle, in which braking force is maintained and/or built up in at least one operating state at at least one wheel of the vehicle irrespective of the extent of pedal actuation. Such an operating state is prese... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7099795 | System for changing and/or evaluating a speed signal A system for a transmission of several additional pieces of information by a single modification of a speed signal. In addition to the modification of the speed signal in the area near the wheel (modified speed sensor), the system provides the special evaluation of ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7094245 | Device and method for through the scope endoscopic hemostatic clipping Medical device used to cause hemostasis of blood vessels using a clip arrangement delivered to a target region through an endoscope. Method for using the device to cause hemostasis of a blood vessel through an endoscope. Medical device including a reversibly closeab... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7086206 | Window lights and frames for foam core doors In a door constructed of spaced apart skins mounted on a rectangular frame and reinforced with the core between the skins filled with a plastic foam, a window or door light frame system consists of a two part frame system with a window light permanently installed in... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7088448 | Ellipsometer measurement apparatus An ellipsometer measurement apparatus for determining the thickness of a film applied on a substrate, is described. The apparatus includes a light source emitting an incoming beam, a transmitting optical system conveying the polarized incoming beam to an incidence p... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7086114 | Wet floor wiping device A wet floor wiping device includes a mop made of absorbent material and a mop frame exhibiting a center carrier piece (4) attached to a handle (3). Mounted pivotably at each hinge edge (5) at the center carrier piece (4) are two mop carri... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7085071 | Zoom lens A zoom lens includes a first lens unit fixed when the magnification of the zoom lens is changed and at least two positive lens units arranged on the image side of the first lens unit so that relative spacings between individual lens units are varied when the magnifi... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7082752 | Method and device for monitoring an exhaust gas treatment system A method and a device for monitoring an exhaust gas aftertreatment system, in particular an oxidation catalytic converter, are described. An error is recognized if an operating parameter does not change as expected, when a particular operating state is present. ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7086054 | Method and device for reconstructing the process sequence of a control program A method and a device for reconstructing the sequence of processes of a control program executed by a computing device, in particular a microprocessor, from the contents of a first table and a second table. The control program is subdivided into a plurality of tasks... | 08/01/2006 |
| RE39200 | Apparatus for treating a blood vessel Method of employing a balloon tube for creating a thrombosis of vessels located directly under the surface of a body cavity which is difficult to reach, through the initiation of an electric current between the balloon which is deflated as introduced into the body c... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7075827 | Function reconfigurable semiconductor device and integrated circuit configuring the semiconductor device A function reconfigurable semiconductor device is provided. The function reconfigurable semiconductor device includes a plurality of function cells, each of the function cells being a basic unit which realizes a function; each of the function cells including a plura... | 07/11/2006 |
