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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7696656 | Motor assembly incorporating a securely positioned electromagnetic disturbance suppression device A motor assembly (20) includes a motor (22) and an end cap (26). The end cap (26) includes an electrically insulating body (28) having a peripheral edge (30) that interfaces with a conductive housing (24) of the motor... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7689807 | Mass storage device, mass storage controller and methods for use therewith A mass storage controller includes a packet filter module for receiving a packet containing an updated sector of a remote file allocation table from a host device. The packet filter module is further operable for scanning the updated sector contents to determine the... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7674646 | Three dimensional integrated passive device and method of fabrication An integrated passive device (20) includes a first wafer (22), a first integrated device (28) formed on a first surface (24) of the wafer (22), and a second integrated device (30) formed on a second surface (26) of th... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7672719 | Batteries and methods of manufacture and use An apparatus includes multiple first reservoirs and multiple second reservoirs joined with a substrate. Selected ones of the multiple first reservoirs include a reducing agent, and first reservoir surfaces of selected ones of the multiple first reservoirs are proxim... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7663196 | Integrated passive device and method of fabrication A device 20 includes substrates 22 and 24 coupled to form a volume 32 between the substrates. A surface 28 of the substrate 22 faces a surface 30 of the substrate 24. A metal-insulator-metal capacitor 34... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7650165 | Satellite based data transfer and delivery system A high speed data transfer system includes a WAU (201) which is utilized to provide high speed access to satellite transferred data. The system is configured such that a plurality of data utilization (205) may access the high speed data via wireless li... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7647924 | System for supporting energy conversion modules A structure (26) for supporting an array (22) of solar panels (24) in a solar energy collection system (20) includes a support assembly (42) formed from a rigid subassembly (44). The subassembly (44) includes a truss ... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7647202 | Method for exception-based notification of the condition of an apparatus A system (30) includes an analysis engine (34) and a notification engine (38) for selective notification of a condition (72) of an apparatus (26) monitored by a monitoring device (28). A method executed by the system (30 | 01/12/2010 |
| 7623084 | Angular diversity antenna system and feed assembly for same A feed assembly (26) for an antenna system (38) includes a first feed element (30) that propagates a first beam (32) and a second feed element (34) that propagates a second beam (36). The second feed element (34) is c... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7610809 | Differential capacitive sensor and method of making same A differential capacitive sensor (50) includes a movable element (56) pivotable about a rotational axis (60). The movable element (56) includes first and second sections (94, 96). The first section (94) has an extended porti... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7603286 | Demand-model based price image calculation method and computer program therefor A demand control process (42) includes a price-image computation subprocess (44) and an optimization subprocess (46). The price-image computation subprocess (44) tunes a demand model to both price (76) and non-price (78) dem... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7596351 | Audio system, radio record module and methods for use therewith A radio record module includes a radio data system (RDS) decoder module, that decodes a received RDS signal, that has an associated audio signal, into received RDS data. A record module produces a digital data file from the digital audio signal in response to a reco... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7595226 | Method of packaging an integrated circuit die A structure (40) for holding an integrated circuit die (38) during packaging includes a support substrate (42), a release film (44) attached to the substrate (42), and a swelling agent (60). A method (34) of packaging... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7248024 | Apparatus and method for state-variable synthesis in a switching power supply A sliding-mode switching power supply (24) having N phases (28) and a method of operating the power supply (24) are provided. N switches (30) are coupled to a bipolar power source (22), with each switch (30) effecting one ph... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7230407 | Apparatus and method for fixed-frequency control in a switching power supply A sliding-mode switching power supply (24) having N phases (28) and a method of operating the power supply (24) are provided. N switches (30) are coupled to a bipolar power source (22), with each switch (30) effecting one ph... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7188568 | Self-propelled vehicle for movement within a tubular member A self-propelled vehicle (20) for movement within a tubular member (22) includes propulsion mechanisms (28) distributed about a core element (24). Each of the propulsion mechanisms (28) includes a drive belt (28). A first pu... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7147113 | Display system and unit for merchandising eyewear A self-service display unit (100) for the merchandising of eyewear (102) is taught. The display unit (100) is made up of a horizontal bottom panel (120), a vertical left panel (150), a vertical right panel (160), and an obli... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7143659 | Pipe-inspection system A pipe-inspection system (100) is provided. The system (100) is made up of a transmission cluster (104) incorporating a transmission unit (800) between first and second wheeled guidance units (400), and a reception cluster (104 | 12/05/2006 |
| 7140977 | Golf club head A golf club head comprises a front striking plate that in turn comprises a front striking surface, a rear surface, and a first boss generally centrally located on and attached to the rear surface. A rear body section is fixedly coupled to the front striking plate. A... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7099399 | Distortion-managed digital RF communications transmitter and method therefor A digital communications transmitter (100) includes a digital linear-and-nonlinear predistortion section (200) to compensate for linear and nonlinear distortion introduced by transmitter-analog components (120). A direct-digital-downconversion s... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7091708 | Apparatus and method for fixed-frequency control in a switching power supply A sliding-mode switching power supply (24) having N phases (28) and a method of operating the power supply (24) are provided. N switches (30) are coupled to a bipolar power source (22), with each switch (30) effecting one ph... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7082891 | Food product flavoring apparatus A food product flavoring apparatus (20) includes a receptacle (22) having a dispensing base (30), nozzles (50) positioned above the dispensing base (30), and a vessel (80) holding a liquid flavoring (82). The liquid f... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7085333 | Constant-phase, gain-controlled amplification circuit An amplification circuit (10) is used in a radio receiver (12) to achieve both constant phase shift over the gain range and low intermodulation. A gain-controlled amplifier (16) is desirably optimized for good fidelity, even if at the expense of... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7029377 | Buffing head and method for reconditioning an optical disc A buffing head (34) includes a rotary element (36) for retaining an optical disc (20) and causing the disc (20) to rotate at a first speed. A buffing element (38) contacts a work surface (30) of the optical disc (20),... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6943291 | Clamp for a vibration damper and method of installing same A clamp (40) for attaching a vibration damper to an energized suspended conductor (98) includes a base (42) having a first clamp member (46) with first and second extension sections (50, 52). The clamp (40) further includes ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6831589 | Radar detector having a multi-period peridocity validator and method therefor A radar detector (10) includes a first period detector (76, 122), a second period detector (96, 120) and a third period detector (86, 124) within a multi-period periodicity validator 38. The first period detector (76, 122) d... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6831517 | Bias-management system and method for programmable RF power amplifier A system (100) and method (200) for adaptively managing bias of an RF power amplifier (102) is provided. The system (100) incorporates a controller (116) configured to select a radio operating mode. A current-mirror circuit (114... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6816061 | Communication system for communicating common data to a plurality of reception devices A communication system (10) uses commercial, mass market paging transmission facilities (16) to deliver messages (18′) to a population of reception devices (22). Each reception device (22) includes a display screen (48) at... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6810246 | Method and system for analyzing digital wireless network performance A system (36) provides a network designer with a mechanism for analyzing the performance of a code division multiple access wireless network (20). The system (36) includes executable code in the form of a probable server identification module ( | 10/26/2004 |
| 6805525 | Drive pin for fastening to a sheet-metal framing member A drive pin (20) for the fastening of a material (22) to a sheet-metal framing member (24) with an automatic nailer is provided. The drive pin (20) has a head (26), a substantially cylindrical shank (28) having a base diamet... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6786076 | Thin film gas sensor A gas sensor (22) for detecting the presence of a selected component in a gas (41) includes a substrate (28) exhibiting a low thermal resistance. A heater element (34) is disposed substantially over a surface area of a first surface (3... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6785577 | Electrode apparatus for stimulating penile, urethral, and anal tissue An electrode apparatus (20) includes an electrode (22), an electrical contact (24), and a non-conductive sheath (26) surrounding a portion (44) of the electrical contact (24). The electrode (22) includes an interior p... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6754819 | Method and system for providing cryptographic services in a distributed application A data security system (26) provides cryptographic services in a multiprocessor platform (20) supporting a distributed application (22). The distributed application (22) includes a cryptographic object (52) that is executable exclu... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6735734 | Multipoint TDM data distribution system A TDM data distribution system (10) includes a hub unit (12) with a multipoint transmitter (24) and any number of subscriber units (14), each of which has a multipoint receiver (28). A forward communication link (16) transmi... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6726882 | Hydrocarbon detector device A hydrocarbon detector (20) includes a gas stream delivery element (26) configured to discharge a carrier gas (70) onto a surface (24). The carrier gas (70) serves to volatilize a hydrocarbon presence (22) from the surface (... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6725602 | Automatically extendable astragal system An extendable astragal system (40) includes a housing (47), an actuating member (48) located in and slidably engaged with the housing (47), and an astragal (50) located in the housing (47) and slidably engaged with the housi... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6723086 | Remote controlled transdermal medication delivery device A transdermal medication delivery device (20) for the remote controlled administration of medications (68, 70, 72) for absorption through the skin of a patient (22) includes a tubes (62) containing the medications (68, 70, 72). Tub... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6717990 | Communication system and method for multi-rate, channel-optimized trellis-coded quantization A communication system (20) employs fixed rate channel-optimized, trellis-coded quantization (COTCQ) at a plurality of diverse encoding bit rates. COTCQ is performed through a COTCQ encoder (40) and COTCQ decoder (54). The COTCQ encoder and deco... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6714085 | Prepositioned frequency synthesizer and method therefor A PLL-type frequency synthesizer (10) in which a loop filter (24) state is recorded during an earlier hop to a given frequency then assigned back to the loop filter (24) during a subsequent hop to the same frequency is disclosed. The state is re... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6712117 | Raised panel door section for garage door A raised panel door section (22) for an overhead garage door (20) includes a sheet metal layer (32) formed from sheet metal stock (74) that is embossed to produce a raised panel design having a predetermined embossment style. The predeter... | 03/30/2004 |
