Did You Know...
...that when IBM conducted a market study of Chester Carlson's invention in 1959, the company concluded that it would take only 5000 units of his new product to saturate the market? IBM therefore declined to be part of the new product introduction. Too bad for IBM. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, and his new product was the beginning of the Xerox Corporation. It is estimated that every day, worldwide, 3,000,000,000 copies are made!!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7117134 | Method to optimize generation of ultrasound using mathematical modeling for laser ultrasound inspection The invention is directed to a laser ultrasound testing system with adaptive generation of sonic energy signals. The system may detect or test features of the manufactured object such as defects and layer properties. A laser generator initiates a sonic energy signal... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7041372 | Anti-ballistic nanotube structures A structure arrangement and method for the protection of a host system against an impacting ballistic element and for providing ease of mobility. The structure arrangement includes a composite. The composite includes a matrix and a multiplicity of single-walled carb... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7038790 | Method and apparatus for detecting ultrasonic surface displacements using post-collection optical amplification The present invention detects ultrasonic displacements includes a detection laser to generate a first pulsed laser beam to detect the ultrasonic surface displacements on a surface of the target. Collection optics to collect phase modulated light from the first pulse... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7035585 | System and method for interfacing satellite communications with aircraft A system for interfacing commercial satellite communications technology with military aircraft communications systems is disclosed. The system includes an off-board commercial transceiver and an onboard commercial transceiver for communicating data to a commercial s... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7013906 | System for monitoring and operating valve manifolds and method therefore A gas manifold that provides an uninterrupted supply of gas and automatically switches between at least two gas sources. This gas manifold couples to a on-line gas source and a reserve gas source. A pressure transducer at the inlet to the manifold reads the pressure... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6949216 | Rapid manufacturing of carbon nanotube composite structures A system for fabricating a free form structure of a composite material including carbon nanotubes. The system includes a discharge assembly and a composite formation device operatively linked with the discharge assembly. The discharge assembly dispenses a fusing age... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6937026 | High voltage interface module The present invention provides a voltage conditioning interface module to condition an electrical signal locally. This module receives the unsafe electrical signal at an input port. This input port is electrically coupled to an external sampling point on an electric... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6920089 | System and method for delivery of audio content correlated to the calendar date and/or time of day An apparatus and method are provided for automatically playing a recorded message, from a uniquely formatted encrypted CD, correlated to a specific date and a time of day as an option on a CD clock radio or the like. Disclosed are means for distinguishing the unique... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6882773 | Feed-through seal for a high-power laser fiber optic cable A lasing system for forming a sealed barrier between a process environment and an environment external to the process environment. The lasing system includes a wall enclosing the process environment. The lasing system also includes a laser connector coupled to the w... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6869629 | Drip pan for an infrared cooking apparatus and method therefor An apparatus, method and system is described for catching juices dripping from food being cooked in an infrared cooking apparatus, while still allowing infrared radiation to directly irradiate the food. A drip pan has base plate with an outer perimeter and an outer ... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6856918 | Method to characterize material using mathematical propagation models and ultrasonic signal The invention is directed to a system and method for detecting defects in a manufactured object. These defects may include flaws, delaminations, voids, fractures, fissures, or cracks, among others. The system utilizes an ultrasound measurement system, a signal analy... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6775644 | System load testing coordination over a network A method and system using one or more load cells coordinates load testing of one or more sites under test over a network such as the Internet in accordance with one or more load test requests. In one embodiment, such method and system facilitates an economic, effici... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6748276 | Neuromodulation therapy system A neuromodulation therapy system includes a programmer and a stimulation system. The stimulation system is capable of storing multiple data sets, each data set effecting an independent therapy. The stimulation system includes a display mechanism that can display cer... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6732587 | System and method for classification of defects in a manufactured object Ultrasonic testing techniques may involve the measurement of ultrasonic waves from the tested part. These waves may reflect from surfaces of various layers within the part. Further, these waves may reflect from faults, defects, voids, fractures, and others. As such,... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6711954 | Method and apparatus for improving the dynamic range of laser detected ultrasound in attenuative materials A system for identifying ultrasonic displacements in a material under test utilizing a time-varying output pulse of a first laser beam. The system includes a seed laser light source for providing a laser beam, a modulating assembly in the path of propagation of the ... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6684701 | System and method of determining porosity in composite materials using ultrasound The invention provides for ultrasonically measuring the porosity in a sample composite material by accessing only one side of the sample composite material and includes the steps of measuring a sample ultrasonic signal from the sample composite material, ... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6682021 | System and method for actively manipulating and controlling fluid flow over a surface The present invention provides a system and method for actively manipulating and controlling aerodynamic or hydrodynamic fluid flow over a surface. More specifically, the present invention provides a system and method to control aerodynamic or hydrodynami... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6649900 | Photoreceiver assembly for high-powered lasers A photoreceiver assembly for accurately separating at least one low level, high frequency signal carried from a large, low frequency pulse. Illustratively, in one exemplary embodiment, the photoreceiver assembly extracts a high frequency ultrasonic signal... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6633384 | Method and apparatus for ultrasonic laser testing The present invention for detecting ultrasonic displacements includes a detection laser to generate a first pulsed laser beam to generate the ultrasonic surface displacements on a surface of the target. A second pulsed laser beam to detect the ultrasonic ... | 10/14/2003 |
