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Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) received Patent No. 121,992 for "An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments." He later received two more patents: one for a self-pasting scrapbook and one for a game to help players remember important historical dates.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7932780 | Method for implementation and parameter settings of a voltage enhancement circuit for amplifiers as an integrated circuit (IC) Voltage Enhancement Circuitry (VEC) for amplifiers, suitable of being implemented as an Integrated Circuit (IC), that comprises a VEC driver with a low output resistance (Rdson) while being in its inactive mode and a linearly increasing resistance that is changing l... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7899417 | Method and apparatus for increasing the efficiency of low power amplifiers The present invention is directed to a method for reducing the current consumption and increasing the efficiency of an RF power amplifier (PA), while maintaining the output power. The desired output power of the PA is determined and for each level of the desired out... | 03/01/2011 |
| D632117 | Small fold down wall mount laptop desk | 02/08/2011 |
| D632116 | Wall mount bistro dining table | 02/08/2011 |
| D632115 | Wall mount crafter's desk | 02/08/2011 |
| 7868700 | Method and apparatus for reducing current consumption of MIMO systems Apparatus and method for reducing the current consumption and increasing the efficiency of a MIMO system, consisting of one or more RF power amplifiers (PAs) and that is required to provide a desired total output power level. An individual output power level which i... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7863964 | Level shifting switch driver on GaAs pHEMT A radio frequency semiconductor switching device (S) is formed on an MMIC structure (C) including a switching circuit element (12) having four semiconductor switching units (68, 70) with each adapted for receiving a gate control signal. A level shift c... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7863647 | SiC avalanche photodiode with improved edge termination An avalanche photodiode semiconductor device (20) for converting an impinging photon (22) includes a base n+ doped material layer (52) formed having a window section (72) for passing the photon (22). An nā doped material layer ( | 01/04/2011 |
| 7816914 | Built-in testing and transient avoidance for magnetic sensors A magnetic sensor assembly (100) uses printed circuit boards (PCB) (102) having a first surface (130) and an opposite, complementary second surface (132) to fabricate the sensor devices (104) and their associated processing circuit... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7809324 | Method and apparatus for determining the efficiency of radio publicity and/or broadcasted programs Method and apparatus for determining the efficiency of publicity and/or broadcasted programs, according to which, when a TV converter or FM radio is operated, the frequency of the broadcast channel received at the moment is determined either directly from the TV con... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7782132 | Method and apparatus for improving the performance of MIMO wireless systems Method and apparatus for efficiently providing DC power enhancement to power amplifiers each of which being arranged in a MIMO system, by suing an enhancement circuitry with a plurality of inputs and outputs. Each input has a corresponding DC enhancement output that... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7755352 | Built-in testing and transient avoidance for magnetic sensors A magnetic sensor assembly (S) of the type having at least one capacitor (44) electrically connecting an output signal (70) from a magnetic sensor unit (24) to an output signal source (30) includes switch (14) for controllably elec... | 07/13/2010 |
| D618939 | Convertible foldout wall mount desk | 07/06/2010 |
| 7738890 | Dynamic spectrum utilization techniques and methods A remote communications node unit (86) determines radio frequency (RF) dynamic spectrum utilization for use in a RF communications network (154) and includes a measuring module (46) for measuring radio frequency (RF) interference at a location o... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7726888 | Mobile device suitable for supporting apparatus for site imaging while in transit A mobile device which supports apparatus for site imaging while in transit is disclosed. The mobile device comprises a plurality of wheels, an imaging unit having at least one camera and supported above the head of an operator, a control unit for monitoring and cont... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7710203 | Transformer-capacitor enhancement circuitry for power amplifiers Circuitry for providing improved pulse-type enhancement of the voltage supplied to a power amplifier (101) that is fed by a power supply that is connected to the power amplifier (101) at a feeding point through a main supply path that is connected via ... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7694674 | Oxygen generator with storage and conservation modes An electronic controller (16) controls the operation of an electrochemical oxygen generating system (14) producing a desired gas. The product gas is fed to a storage unit (12) or a regulator (28) and pulsing valve (28) controlling ... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7645365 | IMAT modules with serial conductive stripes An ionically conductive ceramic element (20) comprises a plurality of tubes (30) each having interior (24) and exterior (38) surfaces and closed (48) and open (50) ends. A tube support (14) receives open tube ends ( | 01/12/2010 |
| 7541592 | Coded aperture compton telescope imaging sensor A combined format gamma-ray detector (D) for measuring impinging gamma-rays (10) includes an active upper level coded aperture detector plane member (12) that is suitable for detecting an impinging gamma-ray (10). An active lower level gamma ray... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7517226 | Helical contact connector system A connector system (C) for forming an electrical connection between two electronic or electrical assemblies includes a conductive tubular female member (40) and a compatible flexible male member (44). The male member (44) preferably comprises a ... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7449976 | Power efficient PIN attenuator drive circuit An attenuator circuit (10) having two or more branch circuits (12a to 12e) has inputs (14a to 14e) for the branch circuits (12a to 12e) being connected essentially in parallel... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7445660 | Method for operating gas generators in tandem A gas generating system (S) has a plurality of product gas generating modules (18) each of which comprises a plurality of molecular sieve beds (bed 1, bed 2) generating a product gas acting in a repetitive cycle with each cycle having a period o... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7444878 | Resonant frequency pressure sensor A pressure sensor (S) includes an antenna member (10) that is adapted to be resonantly responsive to a desired frequency of electromagnetic radiation (12). An inductance changing body formed from a compressible dielectric material (14) is positi... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7421168 | Integrated optical channelizer A signal channelizer (10) includes an input waveguide (14) carrying an inputted signal (20) having a plurality of wavelengths. The input waveguide (14) has an input port (22) for receiving the inputted signal (20). A plurali... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7396442 | Electrochemical oxygen generator module assembly An ionically conductive ceramic element includes a central unit (703). The central unit (703) is composed of a plurality of integrated manifold and tube modules (IMAT) (22) joined end to end along a central axis (A). Each IMAT module (22)... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7359114 | Clip-on night vision device A night viewer (10) is adaptable to generate an enhanced image suitable for viewing through an optical scope (16). An input end (18) of the viewer (10) receives the image to be enhanced through an objective lens (20). An image enha... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7309847 | Ceramic oxygen generating oven An over (10) for a gas generating system (C) of the type that includes an interior chamber (22), heating elements (12), at least one gas generating module (14) mounted within the interior chamber (22), an air inlet (26) prov... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7306000 | Large scale tubular line cleaning system A large scale cleaning plug (L) adaptable to be placed within an interior passageway (10) of a tubular system (14) includes a frame structure (208) with a first and second end (202 and 204) supporting an outer skin member (200 | 12/11/2007 |
| 7308342 | Airborne reconnaissance system A airborne reconnaissance system comprising: (1) Gimbals having at least two degrees of freedom; (2) At least one array of light sensors positioned on the gimbals, for being directed by the same within at least two degrees of freedom; (3) Map storage means for stori... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7274830 | System for multi-sensor image fusion A method and system for fusing image data includes an electronic circuit (L) for synchronizing image frames. An adaptive lookup table unit (302a, 302b) receives the image frame data sets and applies correction factors to individual pixels... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7267133 | Large scale tubular line kiting system A large scale cleaning plug (L) adaptable to be placed within an interior passageway (10) of a tubular system (14) includes a generally conically shaped element (C) having a first end (18) and an opposite second end (20). The width of the... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7257384 | Methods and apparatus for detecting the envelope of RF power signals Apparatus for detecting the envelope of an RF signal that comprises an RF transistor operating essentially at a non-linear operating point at the RF frequency range; a DC power supply for feeding the RF transistor; a dummy load for terminating the output of the RF t... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7225013 | Adaptive prediction of changes of physiological/pathological states using processing of biomedical signals A method and system predicts changes of physiological/pathological states in a patient, based on sampling, processing and analyzing a plurality of aggregated noisy biomedical signals. A reference database of raw data streams or features is generated by aggregating o... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7136726 | Airborne reconnaissance system An airborne reconnaissance system comprising: (1) Gimbals having at least two degrees of freedom; (2) At least one array of light sensors positioned on the gimbals, for being directed by the same within at least two degrees of freedom; (3) Map s... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7129462 | Digitally enhanced image intensification camera An image intensification camera system (C) for gathering image data includes an image intensifier (310) for amplifying received light (312). A relay optic assembly (316) is coupled between the image intensifier (310) and a digital image s... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7092013 | InGaAs image intensifier camera An InGaAs Image Intensifier (āI2ā) Camera (C) detects and forms an image (310) to be viewed. An InGaAs photocathode Image Intensifier (312) is used to pass an amplified signal (316) from a screen (320). The InGaAs image intensificatio... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7091930 | Centerline mounted sensor fusion device A sensor unit (F) has at least a first and second sensor (10, 12) arranged along a sensor axis (14). A head adapter (16) provides support to mount at least one selected device about a user's cranium (18). A securing module (20) is ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7075048 | Omni-directional radiation source and object locator A method for determining azimuth and elevation angles of a radiation source or other physical objects located anywhere within an cylindrical field of view makes use of an omni-directional imaging system comprising of reflective surfaces, an image sensor and an optio... | 07/11/2006 |
| D524339 | Digitally enhanced night vision device | 07/04/2006 |
| 7046090 | Method and apparatus for dynamically regulating the supply voltage of a power amplifier A method for regulating the power supplied to an amplifier by providing the power supply input of the amplifier with a current via a coil or a diode connected to a constant voltage power supply, and with additional current diverted from a controlled current source, ... | 05/16/2006 |
