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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7080594 | Food and vegetable processing device A food and vegetable processing device includes a body with a motor so as to drive a processing unit which is attached by a lower cap with an outlet. A top cap is mounted to the lower cap and includes a feeding passage for feeding food and vegetable to the processin... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7010126 | Method for synchronizing a plurality of chaotic systems and method for multichannel communication using synchronized chaotic systems The present invention relates to a vertical synchronizing method and a horizontal synchronizing method of a plurality of chaotic systems and also relates to a method for multichannel communication using synchronized chaotic systems wherein each chaotic system has a ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6993783 | System for searching TV program data via the internet A system for searching TV program data via the Internet, wherein TV program data is received from broadcasting stations via the Internet and recorded in a database. A program data search means enables the user to search for specific TV program data or search tabulat... | 01/31/2006 |
| 7346310 | Method for verifying anti-scrambling efficiency of a communication system A method for the verification of anti-jamming in a communications system comprises several sensors or adaptive antennas, comprising at least the following steps: estimating the mean power π;^y of the output of the commu... | 03/18/2008 |
| D562216 | Wiper blade for car | 02/19/2008 |
| D557456 | Stand for an electrical appliance | 12/11/2007 |
| D556864 | Faucet | 12/04/2007 |
| 7291843 | Solid-state X-ray detector A solid-state X-ray detector comprising a photosensitive sensor combined with a radiation converter or scintillator is described. The radiation detector includes an entry window through which the X-rays upstream of the scintillator pass, and means for applying an el... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7286443 | Fast coherent processing for codes with periodic line spectra The present invention is directed to a method of allowing a computational load caused by the implementation of conventional signal processing methods operating by multicopy correlation, by simultaneous correlation of the spectrum of the received signal to copies of ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7286365 | Electronic substrate for a three-dimensional electronic module The invention relates to an electronic substrate suitable for being included in a stack containing said electronic substrate and at least one other electronic substrate and suitable for being connected to the other electronic substrate and optionally to an input-out... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7286093 | Frequency dispersive antenna applied in particular to a meteorological radar The invention relates to a frequency dispersive antenna comprising radiating waveguides divided into three legs. The indirect angle between the first and second leg is greater than or equal to 90 degrees and less than 180 degrees, the direct angle between the second... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7285951 | Method and device for magnetic measurement of the position and orientation of a mobile object relative to a fixed structure A method and device for magnetic measurement of the position and orientation of a mobile object relative to a fixed structure. The device comprises, Integral with the structure, a magnetic fields emitter assembly having three orthogonal emission coils defining a ref... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7284429 | Micromachined double tuning-fork gyrometer with detection in the plane of the machined wafer The invention relates to a gyrometer based on a vibrating structure, produced by micromachining in a thin planar wafer. It comprises four moving assemblies placed at the vertices of a virtual rectangle, each moving assembly being coupled to two moving assemblies loc... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7281826 | Headband with magnifying lens and detachable light A headband comprises a magnifying lens and a detachable assembly comprising a battery compartment received in a well and including a top recessed member, a ridge in the recessed member, a bottom magnet magnetically connected to the well, and a bottom cover; illumina... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7277052 | Method for the multistatic detection and locating of a mobile craft through the use of digital broadcasting transmitters A method to detect and/or locate a mobile craft in a reception system making use of transmitters of opportunity, whose signal comprises elements enabling the synchronization of the receiver, wherein certain discriminating sequences are detected of the payload signal... | 10/02/2007 |
| D551312 | Rifle stock | 09/18/2007 |
| 7268560 | Wideband device modeling method A wideband device modeling method comprises using ultra-short time-domain impulse responses measurement and using a subsequent extraction of said ultra-short time-domain impulse responses measurement. The wideband device modeling method in the invention is to provid... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7262712 | Helicopter tactile exceedance warning system A helicopter tactile accedence warning system includes a control stick and a tactile warning device attached to the control stick. A computer or micro processor and a keyboard for entering a safe temperature profile are also provided as well as a thermocouple for me... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7263025 | Semiconductor memory device for stably controlling power mode at high frequency and method of controlling power mode thereof The present invention relates to a semiconductor memory device. When a device exits from power mode, after a time until an instruction/address receive control signal substantially turns on or off an address and instruction input buffer unit and a time until the addr... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7259685 | Landing light fault annunciator A helicopter of the type having an electrical system, a landing light, a master switch and a power supply of between about 18-32 V for operating the electrical system when the master switch is in an on position also includes a landing light fault detector. The landi... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7259571 | Detector of objects by microwave frequency echo analysis The field of the invention is that of devices for detecting non-metallic objects concealed on human subjects. These devices are more particularly dedicated to the surveillance and protection of reserved access areas, such as airport areas. The device according to th... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7259472 | Wind turbine generator A wind turbine generator including a nacelle having reduced size and weight is provided. The wind turbine generator includes a nacelle disposed on a tower. The nacelle includes a main shaft that is connected to a rotor head equipped with blades and that integrally r... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7258476 | Shaped optical fiber light and manufacturing method thereof A shaped optical fiber light and the manufacturing method thereof are described. The shaped optical fiber light has a shaped protection tube, at least one optical fiber, and a light source. The shaped protection tube is shaped into a predetermined shape and the opti... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7259437 | High performance spin-valve transistor The invention generally relates to the field of spintronics, a branch of electronics using the magnetic spin properties of electrons. More particularly, the invention relates to the field of spin-valve transistors which can be used in numerous fields of electronics.... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7259717 | Method and device for determining the relative position of two points The invention relates to a method for determining the relative position of a mobile in relation to the known position of a reference station. The relative position calculation comprises the steps of: -a) choosing a linear combination of satellite transmission freque... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7253769 | Method for the elimination in a receiver of incident beams resulting from multipaths, and device for implementation Method for the elimination in a receiver of an incident signal resulting from multipaths, characterized in that an array of 2n auxiliary sensors (2, 3, Ca to Cf), with n≧3, is constructed around an antenna main sensor (1), these auxiliary sensors all... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7252565 | Electrical connector The present invention may provide a two-part electrical connector having a first part being a tongue portion having a base and a tongue extending longitudinally therefrom; a second part being a socket portion havin... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7247376 | Powder containing Fe-Ni nano-particles and its manufacturing method A powder containing Fe—Ni nano-particles and a method for manufacturing the powder, wherein the powder containing Fe—Ni nano-particles includes a carrier and Fe—Ni nano-particles. The carrier is a ceramic particle with size of about micro-meter (μm). Fe and N... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7249294 | Semiconductor memory device with reduced package test time A semiconductor memory device capable of performing a package test with bandwidth other than the default bandwidth without any wiring modification with respect to package option pads reduces package test time. The present invention implements the other package optio... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7248512 | Semiconductor memory device having controller with improved current consumption A semiconductor memory device wherein, in order to control the current consumed in a column address counter and latch block in a read operation, delay units disposed in the column address counter and latch block perform a shifting operation according to a signal CAS... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7242187 | Hall effect switching circuit and apparatus and method using the same A Hall Effect switching circuit and apparatus and method using the same are disclosed. The Hall Effect switching circuit comprises a power supply device, a Hall Effect detecting device and a buffer. The power supply device provides operation power to the Hall Effect... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7241026 | High-luminance light box for displays The invention relates to light boxes comprising fluorescent tubes, which are used to illuminate display screens with optical valves, in particular liquid-crystal matrix screens. More specifically, the invention is suitable for use in the field of head-up or medium-h... | 07/10/2007 |
| D545668 | Disposable seal | 07/03/2007 |
| 7239534 | Cellular inverter with reduced switching distortion rate A cellular inverter generates an alternating output voltage by a succession of serial combinations of DC voltage electrical sources that are available to it within switchable cells and, within a serial combination currently in use, by a voltage regulation using high... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7239283 | Antenna There is disclosed an antenna having a tapered radiating element possessing a slow-wave structure along a tapered radiating edge thereof. The radiating element is combined with a ground plane conductor to form a monopole antenna. The slow-wave structure supports an ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7239001 | Tunable optical filtering component The invention relates to wavelength-selective and tunable optical filters for transmitting the light in a narrow optical spectral band, centered around an adjustable wavelength, and for blocking the transmission of wavelengths lying outside of this band. In a... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7236293 | Frequency converter using optical excitation surface plasma and its method A frequency converter having no solid-state devices having nonlinear characteristics and no complex resonator structure and operable in a wide frequency range from microwave frequencies to terahertz wave frequencies. An input section (1) inputs an input wave ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7236964 | Method of explaining a decision taken by a compensatory multi-criteria aggregation model The method in accordance with the invention is a method making it possible to explain a decision taken by a compensatory multi-criterion aggregation model, according to which a single compensatory multi-criterion aggregation model is established for the application ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7232746 | Method for forming dual damascene interconnection in semiconductor device A method for forming a dual damascene interconnection in a semiconductor device, which is capable of preventing a lower metal film from being corroded. The method includes the steps of forming an etch stop film and an intermetal insulating film sequentially on a low... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7233860 | Intelligent modular navigation information capability A navigation system for providing navigation information to a user responsive to user commands includes (1) a user device for issuing user commands and displaying a user interface to the user and (2) a navigation device for connecting to the user device and receivin... | 06/19/2007 |
