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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D659486 | Cutlery set | 05/15/2012 |
| D659485 | Cutlery set | 05/15/2012 |
| 7976094 | Folding locator pin for glass panels A locator pin aligns a glass panel during installation on a vehicle. The locator pin includes a base for affixing to the glass panel in a predetermined position prior to transporting it from a site where the glass panel is formed. A pin body has an elongated portion... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7957609 | System for extended high frame rate imaging with limited-diffraction beams The present invention provides a method and a system for producing an image using an imaging system by weighting: i) the signals transmitted from at least one element of a transducer array to form limited diffraction transmitted beams or the transmitted beams are st... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7630811 | Automated manual transmission launch control The present invention relates to launch control of a vehicle having an automated manual transmission and an automated clutch selectively engaging an output of an engine to an input of the transmission. When a request for vehicle launch is detected, an output speed o... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7589490 | Motor control system for the PWM control of an electric motor The subject of the present invention is a motor control system having a monitoring circuit for monitoring PWM control for a DC electric motor, the PWM control comprising a power end stage having at least one field effect transistor, which controls the current at the... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7574797 | Throttle body and method of assembly A throttle body for an automobile includes a throttle shaft defining a rotational axis. The throttle shaft includes deformable members integrally formed about an exterior surface of the throttle shaft. A housing includes a bore. The throttle shaft extends through th... | 08/18/2009 |
| D589166 | Concrete block simulating natural stone | 03/24/2009 |
| D589162 | Concrete block simulating natural stone | 03/24/2009 |
| D589161 | Concrete block simulating natural stone | 03/24/2009 |
| D574769 | Electrical charger | 08/12/2008 |
| D572982 | Knife block | 07/15/2008 |
| D571699 | Mounting pod | 06/24/2008 |
| 7302938 | Mechanical returnless fuel system A mechanical returnless fuel system comprises a fuel pump having an output for supplying fuel to fuel injectors of an automotive engine. The fuel system includes a pressure regulating valve that returns a portion of the pump output in excess of engine fuel usage to ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7243584 | Mask for a wheel lathe chuck that prevents whip chip A protective cover that is shaped as a mirror image of a portion of a wheel surface is attached to a support plate of a wheel lathe chuck assembly to protect the portion of the vehicle wheel surface during machining. ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7145507 | Vehicle locating system using GPS A vehicle locating system for directing a user to a remotely-located vehicle comprises a vehicle-mounted location unit and a personal fob. The vehicle-mounted location unit includes a first global positioning receiver for receiving satellite location signals which o... | 12/05/2006 |
| D526684 | DNA model | 08/15/2006 |
| 7092809 | Method and system for controlling braking equipment The present invention provides a method and a system for controlling braking equipment with a function for the driveaway assistance of a motor vehicle. After setting an initial operating state of the braking equipment in which the function for the driveaway assistan... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7035328 | Method of slewing a digital filter providing filter sections with matched gain A method is provided of slewing a bandwidth characteristic of a digital filter within a range between a first bandwidth characteristic and a second bandwidth characteristic. The digital filter includes a plurality of cascaded filter sections, each filter section bei... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7032885 | Throttle body and method of assembly A throttle body for an automobile and a method of assembly of a throttle body are provided. The throttle body includes a throttle shaft defining a rotational axis, a housing having a bore, a deformable member located on the throttle shaft and at least partially-loca... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6980769 | Method for determining the validity of a radio station lookup table The continuing validity of a lookup table in a radio receiver for tuning to digital audio stations is monitored. The radio receiver is tuned to a first designated frequency. A determination is made whether a station identification code is identified in a digital bro... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6978117 | RF AGC amplifier system for satellite/terrestrial radio receiver Saturation of an RF front end in a radio receiver is prevented when receiving a desired radio broadcast signal via an antenna in the presence of a strong, undesired radio broadcast signal within a passband of the RF front end. An antenna signal from the antenna is c... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6968164 | Method of controlling filter bandwidth in a radio receiver for a duplicative broadcast signal A radio receiver performs a tune to a target frequency channel to recover a main audio program signal from a duplicative signal wherein the duplicative signal includes a primary signal and a backup signal both containing the main program audio signal. The backup sig... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6963728 | Low power, high speed data communications in vehicles Cavities within structural members of a motor vehicle or other structure are used for propagation of wireless RF communication signals. The system is particularly adapted for use in structures wherein permanent, fixed transmission guides can be easily provided, and ... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6928281 | Active antenna system with fault detection An active antenna power interface circuit couples a supply voltage from a radio receiver to an antenna feed. The circuit comprises a DC power input and a power switching element connected in series between the DC power input and the antenna feed. The power switching... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6904771 | Method of forming and transporting curved glass A glass forming assembly and method for forming complex shaped glass, with the glass forming assembly having a hood assembly including a hood lift superstructure movable horizontally back and forth over a cold ring and a cooling shuttle and movable vertically relati... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6904795 | Sealed mounting of tire monitoring assembly A tire monitoring assembly is advantageously employed with a wheel and tire assembly having a wheel rim, with the wheel rim including a mounting hole having an anti-rotation feature. The tire monitoring assembly may include a mounting stud having a head and a shank ... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6889792 | Electrically assisted power steering system with anti-theft capability An electrically assisted power steering system includes an anti-theft feature. Upon detection of an event that is indicative of a vehicle theft situation, the drive circuit for the electric assist motor is selectively actuated to excite the motor windings to either ... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6877717 | Control valve for a vehicular brake system A control valve for controlling fluid flow in a hydraulic control unit of a vehicular brake system includes a valve seat. A sleeve is mounted on the valve seat. An armature core is slidably received in the sleeve. The sleeve includes a first ferromagnetic portion ad... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6873082 | Stator assembly including a core slot insert member A stator assembly for a dynamoelectric machine in accordance with the present invention includes a stator core having a plurality of core slots in a surface thereof. Each of the core slots define a plurality of tooth members therebetween. A plurality of insert membe... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6869107 | Air conditioning block fitting with two surface sealing A block fitting for coupling tubing segments having a pair of seals, one of the seals being a radial seal and the other seal being an axial seal, wherein the fitting militates against leakage during operation of an air conditioning system upon failure of one of the ... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6870934 | Audio loudspeaker detection using back-EMF sensing The presence or absence of a speaker connected to an output terminal of an audio system is determined based on the electro-generator properties of the speaker. The audio system includes an output amplifier coupled to the output terminal. The method includes driving ... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6860188 | Variable displacement compressor hinge mechanism A hinge mechanism for a variable displacement swash plate type compressor including an arm extending from a rotor and a pair of arms extending from a swash plate hub, wherein a pair of shoes are interposed between the arm of the rotor and each of the arms of the swa... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6860543 | Mechanism for moving a door A mechanism for moving a door relative to an access opening in a door frame includes three links pivotally connected between the door and the door frame permitting outward and lateral movement of the door. A structural member or pillar releasably secured to the door... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6858963 | Stator winding having cascaded end loops A dynamoelectric machine stator winding having cascaded end loops is adapted to be placed in a plurality of circumferentially spaced axially-extending core slots in a surface of a generally disk-shaped stator core. The core slots extend between a first and a second ... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6838981 | Stopped object filtering for side object detection system An object-presence alert is given to a driver by a vehicular side-object detection system in response to a remote sensor for sensing objects in a predetermined zone of interest along side a vehicle. The zone of interest includes a front region and a rear region, and... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6825624 | Hill hold for electric vehicle A hill hold apparatus and operating strategy for an electric or hybrid electric vehicle is disclosed. The apparatus includes a three-phase machine that is coupled to drive wheels. The machine is powered by a pulse width modulated inverter having at least a first hal... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6820238 | Rotary control for quick playlist navigation in a vehicular multimedia player A multimedia player having a limited user interface achieves quick and easy navigation within a large playlist of stored digital audio files by employing the rotary volume control knob in a separate mode to advance or rollback sequentially through the playlist. Thus... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6812602 | Apparatus and method for retaining a cooling fan A method is performed for attaching a fan to a rotor assembly for a dynamounted electric machine. A shaft is mounted within a housing of the dynamo-electric machine. The shaft includes an integral shoulder portion for creating an abutment surface. A fan which includ... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6792907 | Helmholtz resonator A continuously variable Helmholtz resonator for a vehicle air intake system having a vibratory input to the resonator wall to dynamically adjust the cancellation frequency for time-varying acoustical signals, and at least one of mean resonator volume control, mean r... | 09/21/2004 |
