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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7941696 | Flash-based memory system with static or variable length page stripes including data protection information and auxiliary protection stripes Methods and apparatuses for enhanced protection of data stored in a FLASH memory system involve a controller capable of protecting data using page stripes and auxiliary protection stripes. The controller stores the data in a manner such that the pages making up each... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7935789 | Centromeric protein shugoshin The present invention is to provide meiosis-specific novel kinetochore protein Sgo1 (shugoshin) derived from fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe, and a homologue or paralogue thereof having a regulatory activity of chromosome segregation; and DNAs encodin... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7932635 | Transfer switch system with neutral current management An electrical power transfer system for selectively connecting a load to a first power source or a second power source includes a first switch having an input selectively connected to the first power source and an output connected to the load. A second switch includ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7931995 | Solid electrolyte composite for electrochemical reaction apparatus A solid polymer electrolyte composite for an electrochemical reaction apparatus that possesses satisfactory ion conduction properties and has excellent mechanical strength and heat resistance, is provided. the solid polymer electrolyte composite is characterized in ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7931452 | Suction throttle valve of a compressor A compressor has a suction throttle valve, which includes a suction passage, a suction port, a valve body, an urging member, a valve chamber, a first communication hole, a closing valve and a valve seat. The closing valve closes the hole of the valve body by pressur... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7928791 | Method and apparatus for clock calibration in a clocked digital device Methods and apparatuses provide a clocked digital device having dynamically adjustable operating characteristics. The digital device comprises a digital clock management (“DCM”) circuit in which the amount of delay between receipt of an active edge of a clock si... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7927577 | Sulfur collection systems and processes with integrated degassing Systems and methods for the collection of liquid sulfur with integrated degassing are described, wherein the system and methods include the use of one or more liquid jet pumps or eductors employing a pumped liquid sulfur recycle stream as motive fluid to boost sulfu... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7927566 | Extraction of radionuclides by crown ether-containing extractants The present invention relates to a treatment of high-level waste of radiochemical production containing radionuclides and macro-admixtures including sodium. The method of extraction of radionuclides by processing acidic aqueous waste solutions by extractants contain... | 04/19/2011 |
| D636327 | Truck mounted tray | 04/19/2011 |
| 7923883 | Stator The present invention provides a stator coiled in a spiral, capable of mechanically inserting a wound coil in the slot of a stator core. In a stator in which coils are overlapped in a spiral when viewed from the end surface of the stator core after each of one sides... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7923833 | Semiconductor module A semiconductor module 10 includes a ceramic substrate having a front surface on which a semiconductor element 12 is mounted and a rear surface on the opposite side of the front surface, a front metal plate 15 joined to the front surface, a rear... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7922980 | EB/SM splitter heat recovery Improved methods and related apparatus are disclosed for efficiently recovering the heat of condensation from overhead vapor produced during separation of various components of dehydrogenation reaction effluent, particularly in ethylbenzene-to-styrene operations, by... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7921662 | Hydrogen tank cooling device and cooling method in hydrogen fuel automobile, and hydrogen fuel automobile A hydrogen fuel automobile has a heat medium passage through which a heat medium which can exchange heat with a drive portion and can be supplied to a heat medium pipe for a hydrogen tank flows. An air cooling apparatus has a compressor for compressing a refrigerant... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7921545 | Method for setting a plurality of stator coils on a stator core Stator coils are retained by an inserting blade and a setting blade. The setting blade is rotated in this state. Then, after rotation, the stator coils are set on the inserting blade. At this time, the stator coils are arranged in the inserting blade in a state wher... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7918656 | Suction throttle valve of a compressor A suction throttle valve of a compressor has a compressor housing having a suction chamber and a crank chamber. The suction throttle valve includes a suction passage formed in the housing, a suction port provided at an inlet of the suction passage, a valve body mova... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7918174 | Anti-sloshing device in moon-pool An anti-sloshing moon pool structure is disclosed. The anti-sloshing moon pool structure of the present invention includes moon pool plates (112, 114 and 116), which are provided on a bow-side wall (401), a stern-side wall (403) and oppos... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7912649 | Geophysical surveying Joint processing of seismic and controlled source electromagnetic (CSEM) surface data is performed by using a common rock physics model which relates reservoir properties (such as porosity, lithology, saturation, and shaliness) to surface seismic AVO (or AVA) data. ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7911758 | Low power solenoid control system and method A low power solenoid control circuit including a power source in series with a sensing element and a first diode, an inductor to actuate a valve, an energy storage device to store and discharge energy into the inductor, diodes to control current flow, and switches a... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7908893 | Device and method for sensing temperature of a rotating electromagnetic machine A system and method of determining the temperature of a rotating electromagnetic machine, such as an electric motor or generator. A temperature calibration parameter is calculated based on the temperature of an object situated close to the motor, such as a motor dri... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7906703 | Mass-production method for seedling of seed potato Disclosed is a method of mass producing potato seedlings, comprising collecting growing points of seed potatoes and culturing the growing points in a liquid or solid medium; introducing in vitro plantlets obtained from the culture of the growing points to solid cult... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7905947 | Method and apparatus for removing contaminates from air A filter assembly comprising a housing having an air inlet and an air outlet and a filter chamber disposed between the inlet and the outlet, the housing having an air flow path there through. A filter element having a first surface area maybe located within the filt... | 03/15/2011 |
| D634494 | Combined wet/dry vacuum cleaner | 03/15/2011 |
| 7901938 | Method for mass production of seedling of seed potato A method of mass producing potato seedlings, involves collecting growing points of seed potatoes and culturing the growing points in a liquid or solid medium; introducing in vitro plantlets obtained from the culture of the growing points to solid culture; and removi... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7900468 | Method and apparatus for equalizing a pumped refrigerant system A cooling system is provided that comprises: a refrigerant loop having a pump; an evaporator heat exchanger thermally coupled to a heat source, the evaporator plumbed in the loop; a condensing heat exchanger and a receiver plumbed in the loop; and an equalizing cond... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7897544 | Compounded hydrocarbon oil and oil base drilling fluids prepared therefrom The invention discloses a compounded hydrocarbon oil which comprises a base hydrocarbon oil, preferably a mixture of paraffinic hydrocarbons, propylene carbonate, and a liquid fatty acid containing at least 12 carbon atoms per molecule, preferably tall oil fatty aci... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7896622 | Electric pump A rotary shaft is rotatable relative to a motor rotor. A first end face of the motor rotor is exposed to the outside of a stator. A hammer portion is provided at the first end face. The hammer portion is configured to be movable as the motor rotor rotates. A collisi... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7893870 | GPS device A satellite positioning device comprising: a timing synchronisation circuit arranged to provide timing data for location estimation. The circuit being arranged to, in a first mode, provide the timing data in dependence on at least one received satellite positioning ... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7888816 | Method and apparatus for maintaining uninterruptible power supplies A system and method of isolating an uninterruptible power supply system is disclosed that comprises bypassing an inverter section of the power supply to couple primary power to a load bus; and, thereafter, isolating the power supply by simultaneously uncoupling the ... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7886983 | Condensation prevention system and methods of use A method of preventing condensation on equipment inside a temperature-controlled enclosure comprises measuring the temperature in at least one location inside the enclosure. The temperature inside the enclosure is compared with a safe temperature, at which the risk ... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7882777 | Hydraulic pressure control apparatus and hydraulic circuit A supply passage, a discharge passage, an actuator passage, and a spool bore are defined in a housing. The spool bore accommodates a spool and communicates with the supply passage, the discharge passage, and the actuator passage. Load pressure detection circuit sect... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7882619 | Method for setting stator coil Stator coils are inclined with respect to the axial direction of annularly arranged coil holding portions and such that at least parts of the stator coils overlap one another. In setting the stator coils on the coil holder, the stator coils are sequentially set on t... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7848279 | User equipment The invention describes user equipment for communicating data in a communications system comprising a set of user equipment; comprising a transceiver arranged to receive a first data packet over a communications data channel and an associated second data packet over... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7845713 | Pillar structure of automobile The pillar structure includes a pillar (11), a front outer garnish (21), a triangular window (30), and a shielding portion (22). The pillar includes an outer panel (13) and an inner panel (14). A flange portion (136) ... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7845435 | Hybrid drill bit and method of drilling A hybrid drill bit having both roller cones and fixed blades is disclosed, and a method of drilling. The cutting elements on the fixed blades form a continuous cutting profile from the perimeter of the bit body to the axial center. The roller cone cutting elements o... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7878909 | Products and processes for operations management of casino, leisure and hospitality industry In various embodiments of this invention, a suite of customized computer software applications, a linked or wireless computer network and accessory components cooperate to enhance and extend customer and employee resource management in the casino/gaming environment.... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7877928 | Apparatus for use with a method for mass production of seedling of seed potato A method of mass producing potato seedlings, involves collecting growing points of seed potatoes and culturing the growing points in a liquid or solid medium; introducing in vitro plantlets obtained from the culture of the growing points to solid culture; and removi... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7874280 | Homogeneous charge compression ignition engine An HCCI engine provides a negative overlap period in an operation during HCCI combustion. During the negative overlap period, an intake valve and an exhaust valve are both closed when a piston is in the vicinity of the top dead center in an exhaust stroke, so that b... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7869767 | Method and apparatus for adaptively controlling signals A signal processing system according to various aspects of the present invention includes an excursion signal generator, a scaling system and a filter system. The excursion signal generator identifies a peak portion of a signal that exceeds a threshold and generates... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7867041 | System and method for a terminal assembly The present disclosure provides a mounting base, a buss bar with slots and a slotted extension therebetween, and a terminal lug coupled to the buss bar, the terminal lug being adapted to couple directly a conductor to the buss bar at the slotted extension without in... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7861006 | Apparatus, method and system for a tunneling client access point The disclosure details the implementation of a tunneling client access point (TCAP) that is a highly secure, portable, power efficient storage and data processing mechanism. The TCAP “tunnels” data through an access terminal's (AT) input/output facilities. In on... | 12/28/2010 |
