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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8182234 | Spaceframe wind turbine energy converter structure A wind turbine that includes a spaceframe mounted atop a support structure is provided. The spaceframe houses and is integrated with a wind turbine drivetrain. The spaceframe transfers primary rotor loads and drivetrain torque to the support structure. ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182227 | Wind turbine blade with lightning receptor A wind turbine blade having two shell portions bonded together to form a wind turbine blade having an interior space having an axial length. A web disposed between the shell portions in the interior space and extending substantially the axial length thereof. Lightni... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181930 | Variable angle formliner A formliner and master mold are disclosed. The master mold corresponds with the formliner, which includes a plurality of courses, each course having a plurality of pockets, each pocket sized and configured to receive a decorative brick, and a plurality of ridges arr... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181767 | Product inverting mechanism The invention is directed to an inverting device which takes one or more articles from a first device, inverts the article(s), and discharges the article(s) onto a second device that may be at essentially the same relative height as the first device. The inverting d... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180498 | System and method for monitoring and controlling a wind turbine farm A system and method for operating a plurality of wind turbines includes a supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system and a display for depicting a graphical output of information from the SCADA system. The SCADA system analyzes the information and trans... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177417 | Apparatus for continuous blending The present invention provides a continuous blender having a drive unit assembly with a shell assembly mounting assembly and a shell assembly structured to be removably coupled to the shell assembly mounting assembly by one or more clamps. The drive unit assembly ma... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8174853 | Variable speed drive Systems and methods for improved VSDs are provided. One embodiment relates to an apparatus for common mode and differential mode filtering for motor or compressor bearing protection when operating with VSDs, including conducted EMI/RFI input power mains mitigation. ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8166776 | Multichannel heat exchanger A heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration (HVAC&R) system having a compressor, a heat exchanger, an expansion valve, and a multichannel heat exchanger connected in a closed refrigerant loop. The multichannel heat exchanger has at least two fluid flo... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8162035 | High conductivity ceramic foam cold plate A cold plate and method for cooling using the cold plate are disclosed. The cold plate includes a housing having hyperporous, microchannel ceramic foam strips disposed therewithin. A plurality of plugs formed from a high thermal conductivity material are disposed in... | 04/24/2012 |
| D657959 | Floor tile | 04/24/2012 |
| 8149579 | Cooling member A cooling member for a variable speed drive. The variable speed drive has a component that generates heat during operation of the drive and a base. The base has a surface that receives the component, a channel formed in the surface of the base and a passageway forme... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8148877 | Micromachined piezoelectric ultrasound transducer arrays A piezoelectric composite micromachined ultrasound transducer including single and multilayer 1-D and 2-D arrays having through-wafer-vias (TWVs) that significantly decreased electrical impedance per element, and hence the improved electrical impedance matching to T... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146733 | Idler roll seal A contact seal to prevent contamination from fouling a conveyor idler roll, the roll generally comprising a rotatable cylinder, at least one internal bearing assembly, and a fixed axle. A disc of thermoplastic polymer or similarly resilient material is adhesively at... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8136460 | Portable locking support and platform system A portable support system having a portable support having a first end and a second end. The first end includes a tapered portion, and the second end includes a footing structure. The system also includes a receiving member having a support cone configured to receiv... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8134064 | Method of improving sound quality of a musical instrument An apparatus and method are disclosed for artificially aging a musical instrument is provided. The apparatus and method include oscillating the sound board of the instrument by an energy source at specific frequencies over the playing frequency range of the instrume... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8132430 | Glass fibers having improved strength A glass fiber and a method of manufacturing a glass fiber for reinforcing a transparent composite matrix are disclosed. The glass fiber includes a first glass material having a first set of mechanical properties including a first modulus and a first coefficient of t... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8127915 | System and method for separating a cluster of interconnected food products A system for separating a cluster of interconnected food products is disclosed. The system includes a first conveyor, a second conveyor, a suction subsystem, and a sensor. The first conveyor includes a discharge end and a first permeable conveyor belt. The second co... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8122680 | Concrete conduit members An end connector for use in forming a conduit in a poured concrete member is provided. The end connector is adapted to be secured to a wall of a concrete member pouring form, the end connector having a surface feature to achieve a substantially fluid tight seal upon... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8114799 | Functionally gradient SiC/SiC ceramic matrix composites with tailored properties for turbine engine applications A ceramic matrix composite with a ceramic matrix and a gradient layering of coating on ceramic fibers. The coating typically improves the performance of the composite in one direction while degrading it in another direction. For a SiC-SiC ceramic matrix composite, a... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8109104 | System and method for detecting decreased performance in a refrigeration system Systems and methods are provided for detecting performance degradation in a refrigeration system. Specifically, the present invention provides systems and methods for detecting, at a very early stage, a low refrigerant charge and degradation in condenser performance... | 02/07/2012 |
| D653459 | Floor tile | 02/07/2012 |
| 8104631 | Portable crane system for wind turbine components A portable crane assembly for servicing a wind turbine. The crane assembly includes a first primary support member and a second primary support member being rotatably attached to one another. The first primary support member is configured to attach to a wind turbine... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8096761 | Blade pitch management method and system A method for operating a wind turbine. The method includes providing a wind turbine having at least one blade having adjustable pitch angle that is adjusted according to an operational parameter schedule. A blade efficiency parameter is determined in response to a w... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8093737 | Method for increasing energy capture in a wind turbine A method for operating a wind turbine. The method includes providing a wind turbine having a variable speed control system, the control system having an initial rotational speed set point. At least two operational parameters are obtained from one or more sensors. An... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8092158 | Method of positioning seals in turbomachinery utilizing electromagnetic bearings A method of positioning a shaft and associated seal in turbomachinery utilizing electromagnetic bearings. The method includes applying electrical power to the electromagnetic bearings' windings, the shaft center being in a first position and the shaft being in conta... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8088231 | Method for producing a titanium-base alloy having an oxide dispersion therein A metallic article is prepared by first furnishing at least one nonmetallic precursor compound, wherein all of the nonmetallic precursor compounds collectively containing the constituent elements of the metallic article in their respective constituent-element propor... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8087898 | Stress relief flange and method for distributing stress for wind turbine components A wind turbine including an article, article, and method of forming an article for distributing stress are disclosed. The article includes a flange for securing an upper tower section and a lower tower section of a wind turbine and includes a first arm extending in ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8081170 | Object-selecting method using a touchpad of an electronic apparatus An object-selecting method includes detecting presence of a touch spot on a touchpad of an electronic apparatus, determining a set of objects adjacent to a position associated with the touch spot detected in step A), and selecting one of the objects when it is deter... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8079227 | Reduced compressor capacity controls A method of controlling the frequency of a compressor in a chiller system is disclosed. The method includes determining a nominal minimum frequency of a compressor, and providing a control algorithm for controlling the period of time and the deviation of the actual ... | 12/20/2011 |
| D650937 | Stadium desk lamp | 12/20/2011 |
| 8058576 | Electronic switch mountable on a circuit board An electronic switch includes a housing having a base with opposite inner and outer sides, and a cover body having a main portion that cooperates with the inner side of the base to define a chamber, and an end portion cooperating with the outer side of the base to d... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8057192 | Cyclic condensate pump having a three-way valve A condensate pump includes a condensate reservoir, a liquid level float sensor operable to sense a liquid level within the condensate reservoir, and a pressure/vent valve including a pressure source, a pressure vent, and a primary piston slidably supported in a prim... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8056553 | Condensate pan with condensate trap A condensate pan for a condensing furnace includes a main chamber to receive exhaust gases, a condensate trap separate from the main chamber and internal the condensate pan and a main drain. ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8050899 | Method for wind turbine placement in a wind power plant A method for determining wind turbine location within a wind power plant based on at least one design criteria. A wind turbine layout including at least one wind turbine location is prepared and site conditions at each wind turbine location are determined. One or mo... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8044295 | Solar cell with high-temperature front electrical contact A solar cell has an active semiconductor structure and a back electrical contact overlying and contacting an active semiconductor structure back side. A front electrical contact is applied overlying and contacting the active semiconductor structure front side. The f... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8043910 | Integrated semiconductor structure including a heterojunction bipolar transistor and a Schottky diode An integrated semiconductor structure includes a heterojunction bipolar transistor and a Schottky diode. The structure has a substrate, the heterojunction bipolar transistor overlying and contacting the substrate, wherein the heterojunction bipolar transistor includ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8038910 | Low solar absorptance, high emissivity, inorganic electrostatic dissipative thermal control coating An electrostatic dissipative paint having a pigment. The pigment includes a composition according to the following formula: (Mg1−x,Znx)Ga2+yO4−δ wherein the value of x is a value from about 0 to 1,... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8038395 | Pulsed torque control of wind turbine pitch systems A wind turbine pitch control system is disclosed that provides a pulsed torque to the blade pitch actuator if continuous torque fails to adjust the blade pitch angle to a commanded pitch angle. This invention provides a cost-effective way to increase peak torque cap... | 10/18/2011 |
| D646491 | Flooring sheet | 10/11/2011 |
| 8031128 | Electrically small antenna An electrically small antenna (ESA) for resolution of subwavelength features is disclosed. The ESA is on the order of meters and has an efficient transmit/receive capability. The ESA is 1/10 of the length of the equivalent dipole length, and may be scaled down to 1/... | 10/04/2011 |
