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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7669593 | Thermally controlled solar reflector facet with heat recovery A high concentration central receiver system and method provides improved reflectors and a unique heat removal system. The central receiver has a plurality of interconnected reflectors coupled to a tower structure at a predetermined height above ground for reflectin... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7665960 | Turbine shroud thermal distortion control A shroud suitable for use in a gas turbine engine exhibits substantially uniform thermal growth. ... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7623974 | System and method for detecting onset of structural failure A system for detecting the onset of structural failure in a structural element subject to a mechanical load comprises a metering array, a signal processor, and an output processor. The metering array measures physical quantities associated with the structural elemen... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7609478 | Magnetic writer pole with a graded magnetic moment A magnetic writer includes a write pole configured to reduce a skew effect during writing to a magnetic medium. A trailing portion of the write pole has a magnetic moment greater than a leading portion of the write pole. ... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7604005 | Adsorbent cartridge for oxygen concentrator A removable gas separation cartridge which includes a housing containing three columns, each having an inlet port, an outlet port, and a bed of adsorbent material. The cartridge is removable from an oxygen concentrator which separates oxygen from ambient air by usin... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7604004 | Personal oxygen concentrator An oxygen separator for separating oxygen from ambient air utilizing a vacuum swing adsorption process has a mass of less than 2.3 kg. A carrier is mountable on a person to support the oxygen separator for ambulatory use. ... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7437939 | Pressure and mechanical sensors using titanium-based superelastic alloy Pressure and mechanical sensors include a sensing component formed of a titanium and tantalum alloy having an elastic (Young's) modulus of less than about 80 GPa and a tensile strength of greater than about 1,000 MPa. The high strength and low elastic modulus, toget... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440735 | Virtual wireless transmitter A distributed control system has a plurality of distributed field devices, each of which contains a transducer and a wireless transceiver. The distributed control system includes a base station transceiver, a database and a virtual transmitter application in communi... | 10/21/2008 |
| D578026 | Thermostat | 10/07/2008 |
| RE40499 | Pulsed flow for capacity control Step control in capacity modulation of a refrigeration or air conditioning circuit is achieved by rapidly cycling a solenoid valve in the suction line, economizer circuit or in a bypass with the percent of “open” time for the valve regulating the rate of flow th... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7419421 | Slider having rounded corners and edges, and method for producing the same A slider body characterized by rounded corners and edges and smooth surfaces, formed by polishing with a polymeric fiber and a free abrasive slurry of submicron particles. ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7406860 | Atomic force microscopy scanning and image processing A topographic profile of a structure is generated using atomic force microscopy. The structure is scanned such that an area of interest of the structure is scanned at a higher resolution than portions of the structure outside of the area of interest. An profile of t... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7403354 | Two layer writer heater using writer as one current lead A transducing device includes a writer having a pole tip region and a heater circuit. The heater circuit has a heating portion and a heater current return path. The heating portion has at least two branches positioned with respect to the writer so that current flowi... | 07/22/2008 |
| 6938716 | Concrete mixing truck anti-rollover system An anti-rollover system is used with a concrete mixing truck with a mixing drum, in particular during turning maneuvers, for preventing rollovers by the truck. The anti-rollover system is comprised of one or more sensors on the truck which generate an input signal r... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6930861 | Encapsulant for microactuator suspension A microactuator used for selectively altering a position of a transducing head carried by a slider in a disc drive system with respect to a track of a rotatable disc having a plurality of concentric tracks. The microactuator is of the type comprising a piezoelectric... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6912353 | Brushless DC ring motor cooling system A method of operating a cooling fan in a cooling system for a vehicle includes determining a required speed of the cooling fan. First and second signals are provided to a motor controller operatively connected to a motor having a rotatable portion connected to the c... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6826461 | Dynamic maintenance production system A dynamic maintenance production system for planning a maintenance check includes means for obtaining any routine tasks that may exist and which are required to be performed, means for obtaining any non-routine tasks that may exist and which are required to be perfo... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6713800 | Magnetoresistive sensor with reduced side-reading effect A read sensor for use in a magnetic read head includes a magnetoresistive stack having a plurality of layers, and first and second shield regions positioned adjacent to the magnetoresistive stack. Each of the shield regions includes a first soft magnetic layer for s... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6701207 | Method for integrating information relating to apparel fit, apparel sizing and body form variance A method for integrating clothing fit information includes several steps. The first step is to define a multi-dimensional array having a plurality of cells. Each dimension of the multi-dimensional array represents a different one of a plurality of body me... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6691006 | Dynamic assignment of maintenance tasks to aircraft maintenance personnel A system for assigning maintenance tasks to crew members of a maintenance crew during a dynamically-planned maintenance check for an aircraft includes means for obtaining a dynamic maintenance flow chart detailing up-to-date scheduling data for a predeter... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6684136 | Dynamic assignment of maintenance tasks to maintenance personnel A system for assigning maintenance tasks to crew members of a maintenance crew during a dynamically-planned maintenance check includes means for obtaining a dynamic maintenance flow chart detailing up-to-date scheduling data for a predetermined number of ... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6671593 | Dynamic aircraft maintenance production system A dynamic aircraft maintenance production system for planning a maintenance check of an aircraft includes means for obtaining any routine tasks that may exist and which are required to be performed on the aircraft, means for obtaining any non-routine task... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6642708 | Marker system for test fixture The present invention is a test system for testing functionality of a manufactured component. The test system has a test fixture, a control unit and a marker assembly. The test fixture transmits tests signals to, and receives tests signals from, the manuf... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6637571 | Input engaging clutch A clutch has a rotatable input, a rotatable output, a spring and a damper mechanism. The rotatable input is capable of being rotated and of being held stationary. The spring is coupled to the input such that each time the input changes modes the spring ch... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6611399 | Micro-actuated micro-suspension(MAMS) slider for both fly height and tracking position A microfabricated slider assembly used in a disc drive is disclosed. The slider assembly has a slider body having a stator and a rotor, wherein the rotor and the stator are integrally formed from a single substrate. The rotor has a head supporting portion... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6586041 | Transparent static dissipative coating compositions A method of preparing an article using an electrostatic dissipative composition prepared by combining a conductive polymer, and a crosslinking agent to form a fluidized dispersion, and providing the fluidized dispersion with a pH of about 7 to 9.... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6582536 | Process for producing steerable sheath catheters The invention is a method for manufacturing a steerable catheter having a distal end, proximal end, an outer jacket, a pull wire and a central lumen. The central lumen is maintained in a circular shape without bulges diminishing the useful inter-diameter ... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6561333 | Spring clutch utilizing torque slip clips The invention is a spring clutch mechanism including a first member and a second member coaxially disposed with respect to the first member where at least one of the first and second members is rotatable. A wrap spring assembly is in rotational engagement... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6558335 | Wrist-mounted blood pressure measurement device A device for sensing blood pressure of an underlying artery of a patient includes a housing having a sensing region and a pivot region. The sensing region is pivotable about the pivot region in response to a hold down pressure applied at the sensing regio... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6548929 | Eddy current fan drive An eddy current fan drive cooling system is operable in a vehicle having a sheave rotating at a speed related to an engine speed. A driving assembly of the cooling system is attached to the sheave. A plurality of poles are exposed around an outer perimete... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6524240 | Docking station for portable medical devices A storage device for storing a plurality of portable medical devices includes a plurality of bays for receiving and storing the plurality of portable medical devices. Each portable medical device includes an electrical connector. Each bay includes a first... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6507790 | Acoustic monitor An electronic monitor is disclosed which continuously monitors the sound emanating from rotating machinery, non-rotating equipment, or any other sound-producing process or environment, as a means of detecting abnormalities and thus determining the operati... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6408561 | Fishing alarm and lighting apparatus A fishing alarm and lighting apparatus with a portable housing containing an electrical circuit and power source is disclosed. The apparatus detects a fish strike and triggers an alarm which alerts a fisherman by either illuminating a signal light, emitti... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6393642 | Supporting device such as for instance a cushion A supporting device (1) such as, for instance, a cushion, comprising a space (3) formed by a flexible envelope (2) and filled with a plurality of elements (4). The elements (4) in the space (3) are movable relative to each other and each consist of a gas-... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6396667 | Electromagnetic disc drive microactuator and suspension A disc drive has a recording disc rotatable around an axis, a slider supporting a transducing head for transducing data with the disc, and a dual-stage actuation assembly supporting the slider to position the transducing head adjacent a selected radial tr... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6392842 | Enhanced durability ultra-low-flying-height sliders An air bearing slider designed for operation at ultra-low flying heights. The air bearing slider has an air bearing surface having portions which are constructed from a low-friction, high-wear-resistance material.... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6387778 | Breakable tethers for microelectromechanical system devices utilizing reactive ion etching lag Utilizing reactive ion etching (RIE) lag, tethers are fabricated that reliably hold devices in place during processing and storage, yet are easily broken to remove the parts from the wafer as desired, without requiring excessive force that could damage th... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6342069 | Surgical instruments utilized to assemble a stentless autologous tissue heart valve A valve assembly kit consisting of a plurality of specialized surgical instruments used for a reproducible, standardized technique to rapidly assemble a heart valve in the operating room from autologous tissue. The specialized surgical instruments of the ... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6317862 | Modular preamplifier head circuit layout A preamplifier chip for a disk drive is modular in layout. Twelve head cells for the preamplifier chip are not lined along the periphery of the chip, but rather are disposed in an array including four rows of three head cells each. The rows are all direct... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6308834 | Flotation tank impeller An impeller for use with apparatus to enhance mixing of a gas and a liquid, as used for example in froth flotation apparatus, having a substantially upright portion (11) substantially parallel to the axis of rotation (17), and a plurality of vanes (12) ex... | 10/30/2001 |
