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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D655723 | Electronic refrigerant manifold case | 03/13/2012 |
| 8102302 | Mode 5 detection process using phase and amplitude correlation A receiver in a mode 5 air traffic control system provides amplitude and phase signal outputs a digital data stream containing preamble and flight information from data transmitted from an aircraft. A signal splitter divides the amplitude and phase signal outputs be... | 01/24/2012 |
| 7980115 | Self-calibrating laser semiconductor accelerometer A self-calibrating laser accelerometer system that continuously removes bias errors from acceleration measurements under dynamic operating conditions has a frame with a pair of essentially identical mass modulated accelerometers positioned within the frame. Each acc... | 07/19/2011 |
| D636285 | Electrical swivel clamp measurement case | 04/19/2011 |
| 7863894 | Small optics cell for miniature nuclear magnetic resonance gyroscope A beamsplitter is arranged to split an incident laser beam into a pump beam and a detection beam. The pump beam passes through the beam splitter and then reflects from a pair of mirrors to a quarter waveplate into an NMR cell. After passing through the NMR cell, the... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7859678 | Automatic gain control for fiber optic gyroscope deterministic control loops An automatic gain control system for a fiber optic gyroscope control loop includes an adjustable gain applied to the gyro output signal. A pilot signal is injected into the fiber optic gyroscope control loop. A compensation loop receives signals output from the cont... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7675627 | Low cost fiber optic velocity sensor for sonar applications A fiber optic sensor includes a housing having first and second end plates with a sidewall extending therebetween with the sidewall having an inwardly facing groove. A flexural disk having a central passage therethrough has an outer edge portion mounted in the inwar... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7633626 | Fiber optic gyroscope deadband circumvention apparatus and method A fiber optic gyroscope signal process dither system permits application of a low amplitude dither signal for many sampling periods without increasing the noise in the sampled outputs due to residual dither signals. A dither loop and an accumulator are added to a cl... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7617853 | Golf club head protective cap The protective cap for a golf club head comprises a thin-walled shell having a convex outer surface and a concave inner surface. The thin-walled shell preferably has an opening at an end portion thereof for receiving a shaft portion of the golf club with the portion... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7574912 | Collapsible liquid level measurement device with attachment A liquid level measuring device includes an elongate handle and an elongate frame arranged in telescoping relationship. The frame is movable between a collapsed position for storage and an extended position for usage. A float is movable lengthwise along the elongate... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7571334 | Multiple-channel agile high-voltage sequencer A high-voltage sequencer system includes positive and negative high-voltage supplies. A supply regulator is connected to the positive high-voltage supply. A master sequencer and programmable logic controller is connected to the supply regulator to control operation ... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7568748 | Cargo rack for pickup truck A pickup truck cargo rack is designed for easy mounting to and removal from a truck bed. The cargo rack is adjustable such that cargo support members may be raised to carry large items such as boats, kayaks, lumber, pipe, etc. The cargo support members may also be l... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7552664 | Harmonic drive gear assembly with asymmetrical wave generator and associated flexspline A wave generator has a circular spline, a flexspline inside the circular spline and a plug inside the flex spline. The plug is asymmetrical and is preferably formed to comprise a semi-elliptical first portion and a semi-cylindrical second portion. The diameter of th... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7535575 | Plasma shunting apparatus and method for ring laser gyroscope A ring laser gyroscope includes a first plasma shunt arranged to prevent the plasma from contacting a first mirror in the gain region and a second plasma shunt arranged to prevent the plasma from contacting a second mirror in the gain region. The first and second pl... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7526147 | Sensor array for perimeter defense An intensity modulated broadband optical signal source is arranged to produce optical signals in a plurality of wavelength bands. A demultiplexer/multiplexer pair receives optical signals from the optical signal source and produces a separate optical signal for each... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7444865 | Parallelogram actuated liquid level sensor A liquid level sensor for insertion into a tank for measuring the liquid level in the tank comprises an elongate tubular frame and a float movable inside the frame to seek the liquid level. A float lock guide formed as an elongate member is mounted lengthwise inside... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7424186 | Transducer mandrel with attachment for holding fiber Bragg grating mounting collar A fiber optic acoustic transducer includes a mandrel having a first portion that preferably formed generally as a cylinder having a projection extending from one end. A grating collar also preferably formed in a generally cylindrical configuration. The grating colla... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7418861 | Mechanically self actuated liquid level sensor A liquid level sensor for measuring liquid levels in underground and above ground containers includes a frame formed to have an elongate hollow tubular configuration that encloses a cavity. A cam pivot has an end extending into the cavity from a first inner wall por... | 09/02/2008 |
| D558187 | Speaker diaphragm dome | 12/25/2007 |
| 7231821 | Vertical liquid level measuring device A system for actuating an indicator in response to a depth change in a liquid that is confined to a container comprises a housing, a float constrained to vertical movement in response to changes in liquid depth in the container, a drive rod arranged to rotate in res... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7188521 | Horizontal liquid level measuring system A liquid level measuring system includes a housing mounted to a container and a flexible coupling connected between the housing and a tubular frame suspended in a container holding a liquid. The flexible coupling maintains the tubular frame in a vertical orientation... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7184567 | Thin speaker and method of manufacturing the speaker A thin speaker having a magnetic circuit (2) disposed at the front of a cone-like diaphragm, wherein an internal magnetic type magnetic circuit (2) and a vibration system are supported by a sufficiently strong frame formed of two pieces having an outli... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7181041 | Flat speaker of full-face driving Ring magnets (5) are concentrically placed with certain spacings (6) on a magnetic frame (4). The magnetic members on the magnets (5) are removed, and the magnets are arranged so that the polarities of adjacent magnets (5)are alter... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7167069 | Coil bobbin and transformer A coil bobbin for preventing coil lead wires to terminal pins from being loosened, and a transformer employing such coil bobbin. The coil bobbin made of a thermosetting resin is provided with a secondary side terminal base including a first surface to which lead wir... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7137299 | Fiber optic accelerometer A proof mass is suspended in a cavity in a housing. The proof mass moves along a sensing axis in response to linear acceleration. Elastic support members are connected between the proof mass and the housing and are arranged to exert a reaction force on the proof mas... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7133776 | Attitude alignment of a slave inertial measurement system A method for attitude alignment of a slave inertial measurement system connected to a rotationally mobile platform supported by a vehicle that is stationary relative to a reference navigation frame comprises the steps of mounting a master reference inertial measurem... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7118436 | Personal watercraft fuel tank assembly A fuel tank assembly is formed to fit within a personal watercraft hull that includes a cavity therein having curved sidewalls. A main fuel tank is formed as an elongate container that has a front section, a rear section and a central section. The central section is... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7095963 | Multi-channel optical receiver for processing tri-cell polarization diversity detector outputs An optical receiver system for processing signals output from a polarization diversity detector that includes a plurality of photodetector cells. Each cell provides an signal that includes a phase generated carrier signal having a modulation frequency ω and a senso... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7043983 | Horizontal liquid level measuring device A system for actuating an indicator in response to a depth change in a liquid that is confined to a container comprises a housing, a float constrained to vertical movement in response to changes in liquid depth in the container and a drive rod arranged to move in re... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7043984 | Automatically actuated liquid level sensor A float is arranged in a tubular frame to be unlocked to float in a liquid when the lower end of the frame contacts a bottom surface of a container containing the liquid. A float lock guide and a float lock actuator are mounted in the passage to move the float later... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7001232 | Personal watercraft air intake assembly An air intake assembly for a personal watercraft provides air to an internal combustion engine located within a hull cavity includes a housing having a generally horn-shaped configuration that includes a base and an outer end. The housing has an air passage that ext... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6989903 | Polarization diversity detector mask selection algorithm A method for selecting a cell from each member of a tri-cell photodetector array used to detect optical signals output from a multichannel sensor array to indicate interference between two optical signals of unknown polarization incident upon the tri-cell photodetec... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6955083 | Vertical liquid level measuring device A system for actuating an indicator in response to a depth change in a liquid that is confined to a container comprises a housing, a float constrained to vertical movement in response to changes in liquid depth in the container, an actuator connected to the housing ... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6940991 | Damper for loudspeaker and method for manufacturing same A damper for loudspeaker is constituted by mounting tubular knitted tinsel cords through an adhesive agent of acrylic emulsions having a tackiness onto one surface of a corrugated damper body. The damper is thereby rendered easily manufacturable and highly flexible ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6886404 | Fiber optic accelerometer An acceleration transducer for use in an accelerometer includes a proof mass that comprises a transmissive optics device arranged to receive an optical signal such that the optical signal propagates through the transmissive optics device along a first optical path h... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6832106 | Electroacoustic transducer A diaphragm for electroacoustic transducers including loudspeakers as formed substantially in a dome shape having an outer periphery of a circular shape and made excellent in tone quality is provided. The dome shape of the diaphragm has an irregular section with a c... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6825714 | Multichannel interferometer with phase generated carrier demodulation and quadrature error correction Apparatus for eliminating sign uncertainty in a coherent phase generated carrier demodulator in a multi-channel sensor system has a downconverter array arranged to separate the in-phase component I and the quadrature phase component of the sensor output for each cha... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6771792 | Track-shaped loudspeaker An elongated oval track-shaped loudspeaker has a diaphragm of a track-shape having major and minor axes, and a pole piece of an elongated oval shape and disposed to conform its major axis to that of the diaphragm, whereby a sufficient space is secured for a width si... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6671949 | Multilayer printed wiring board and method for manufacturing same A multilayer printed wiring board is formed with a plurality of conductor layers laminated as a whole with insulating layers interposed, a non-penetrating via hole provided in the insulating layer as bottomed by the conductor layer exposed, a plated layer... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6650418 | High performance fiber optic accelerometer A pair of fiber optic coils are mounted on opposite sides of a flexural disk and are arranged to form an interferometer that produces an output signal in response to acceleration of the flexural disk. The flexural disk is mounted in a housing having first... | 11/18/2003 |
