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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7446317 | Multipass cell for gas analysis using a coherent optical source A multi-pass gas cell that operates with reflected radiation pass through a gas, the reflected radiation transmitted and received by first and second fiber optic ports that are subject to an alignment adjustment, and a mirrored viewing window having a inner reflecti... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7441488 | Journal notebook binding machine A dual function binding machine for making journal notebooks at home includes a hole punching mechanism and a binding mechanism. A punch die includes a plurality of rectangular punch teeth in a graduated configuration to minimize the amount of force required to pene... | 10/28/2008 |
| D575326 | Recessed guitar tuners | 08/19/2008 |
| 7408752 | On-chip ESD protection circuit for compound semiconductor heterojunction bipolar transistor RF circuits A low loading capacitance on-chip electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit for compound semiconductor power amplifiers is disclosed, which does not degrade the circuit RF performance. Its principle of operation and simulation results regarding capacitance lo... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7390044 | Truck bed rail with internal light source and light transmitting apertures Disclosed is a lighted truck bed rail for use with a truck. The lighted truck bed rails is formed from a tubular member made from a straight central member having end ports and a pair of curved end members that may be connected to the end ports of the straight centr... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7384422 | Telescopic, separable introducer and method of using the same An introducer system is used for implantation of pacemaker leads into the venous system of the human heart through the coronary sinus. The system is comprised of three telescopic components, an inner telescoping core, a precurved inner telescoping sheath, and an out... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7381212 | Suturing apparatus and method A suturing apparatus comprises a pair of jaws. A bendable needle housed in one of the jaws is adapted to carry a suture. An optional suture receiver may be disposed adjacent to the opposite jaw. A transition block curves the needle and directs it in a direction gene... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7377926 | Suturing apparatus and method A suturing apparatus comprises a pair of jaws. A bendable needle housed in one of the jaws is adapted to carry a suture. An optional suture receiver may be disposed adjacent to the opposite jaw. A transition block curves the needle and directs it in a direction gene... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7363840 | Retaining device with high modulus polymer insert and socket wear indicator A retaining device to secure a socket to an anvil including an O-ring, an integral projection extending inwardly from the O-ring, and an insert secured at or near a far end of the integral projection. The insert may be made from a non-metallic high modulus material ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366252 | Wideband enhanced digital injection predistortion system and method A system for linearizing RF amplifiers employing baseband predistortion techniques provides additive or multiplicative predistortion of the quadrature (I/Q) input signal. The predistorter uses a discrete-time polynomial kernel to model the inverse transfer character... | 04/29/2008 |
| D567653 | Liquid disinfectant dispenser spout | 04/29/2008 |
| 7361386 | Functional coatings for the reduction of oxygen permeation and stress and method of forming the same The oxidation behavior of the bond coat is improved using a HVOF nanostructured NiCrAlY coating. NiCrAlY powder is mechanically cryomilled and HVOF sprayed onto Ni-based alloy to form a nanocrystalline bond coat. Oxidation is performed on the coating to form the the... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7362101 | Sense optimized MRI RF coil designed with a target field method An MRI RF coil that is optimized for SENSE imaging is used in a method where the surface current density distribution on a coil former was calculated to maximize the SNRsense within a volume of interest. An analytic relationship was formulated between the... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359062 | High speed spectral domain functional optical coherence tomography and optical doppler tomography for in vivo blood flow dynamics and tissue structure A system for tomographic imaging includes a source of at least partially coherent radiation, a frequency-swept laser source and an interferometer. The radiation in the interferometer is phase modulated at a modulation frequency for elimination of DC and autocorrelat... | 04/15/2008 |
| D565460 | Ornamental base for a sculpture | 04/01/2008 |
| D565459 | Ornamental base for a sculpture | 04/01/2008 |
| D565705 | Spring head assembly for faucet | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349490 | Additive digital predistortion system employing parallel path coordinate conversion A digital predistortion system and method employing parallel signal paths is disclosed. A first primary signal path receives a rectangular (I,Q) input signal and provides it to an additive predistortion correction circuit. A second parallel signal path includes coor... | 03/25/2008 |
| D563705 | Floor-standing liquid disinfectant dispenser | 03/11/2008 |
| 7342788 | RF power amplifier assembly with heat pipe enhanced pallet An RF amplifier assembly employing a finned heat sink and a heat pipe enhanced aluminum pallet is disclosed. The hybrid heat pipe enhanced aluminum pallet reduces the spreading thermal conduction resistance associated with the conduction of localized energy from RF ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7339426 | High efficiency linear amplifier employing dynamically controlled back off A high efficiency radio frequency (RF) power amplifier having dynamically controlled back off is disclosed. The RF input voltage is sampled by an adaptive analog signal processing circuit. The adaptive analog signal processing circuit controls the supply voltage to ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7337777 | Airway stabilizer for resuscitation A simple and compact device permits a single rescuer to quickly place a prone patient's airway in an optimal, open configuration. The device consists of a reversibly collapsed neck support that can rapidly be placed underneath the neck of an unconscious patient lyin... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7337794 | Method and apparatus for the delivery of compressed gas in the field The invention is a method and apparatus for delivering large volumes of nitrogen gas, air, or other gas at high pressures from banks of high pressure cylinders and releasing that gas at the rate required by the operation. Not only can higher flow rates be achieved, ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7336725 | Digital predistortion system and method for high efficiency transmitters A system for digitally linearizing the nonlinear behaviour of RF high efficiency amplifiers employing baseband predistortion techniques is disclosed. The system provides additive or multiplicative predistortion of the digital quadrature (I/Q) input signal in order t... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7336412 | PZT unimorph based, high stroke mems deformable mirror with continuous membrane and method of making the same A PZT unimorph actuated, continuous transferred membrane comprises a controllably deformable mirror. The actuators with a 12 μm stroke at 20V are fabricated as an array, which is designed to meet the unique needs of adaptive optics systems for vision science. What ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7330517 | Amplifier linearization using non-linear predistortion Apparatus for amplifying an input signal having an input signal power includes a power amplifier, which is adapted to amplify an intermediate signal so as to generate an output signal, and which is characterized by a non-linearity. A non-linear filter is coupled to ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7326667 | Microwave dielectric ceramic A dielectric ceramic material consisting essentially of a composition of Formula 1 xATiO3(1−x)NdzRe(1−z)AlO3 (1) doped with 0.005% to 5% of a dopant selected from the group consi... | 02/05/2008 |
| D558650 | Truck grille | 01/01/2008 |
| 7313511 | Method and apparatus for computer simulation of flight test beds Virtual Real Time (VRT) provides high fidelity timing for software simulator environment running in a workstation. VRT is scalable and controllable. VRT provides flight and simulation software synchronization mechanism. This feature guarantees that the causality eff... | 12/25/2007 |
| D557962 | Bamboo towel bar | 12/25/2007 |
| 7308915 | Packaging system for storing and mixing separate ingredient components A packaging system is provided for storing and mixing separate ingredient components. The system includes a first bottle used for storing a first ingredient component which includes a dispensing port disposed on a top end, a mixing port disposed on a bottom end, and... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7301397 | Enhanced efficiency feed forward power amplifier with delay mismatched error cancellation loop A delay mismatched feed forward power amplifier is disclosed. Loop 1 includes a main amplifier and is used to derive a carrier cancelled sample of the main amplifier output. Loop 2 includes an error amplifier used to amplify the carrier cancelled signa... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7288987 | RF amplifier employing active load linearization A power amplifier system for high efficiency signal amplification of digitally modulated carrier signal or multi-carrier signals is disclosed. The linearity of the amplifier is improved by providing dynamic load line adjustments through implementation of suitably de... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7289773 | Digital transmitter system employing self-generating predistortion parameter lists and adaptive controller A method and apparatus for digital predistortion of power amplifiers are disclosed. Successful digital predistortion parameter settings are correlated with the operating conditions that affect the distortion of an amplifier. These operating conditions may include in... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7288988 | Adaptive predistortion linearized amplifier system employing selective sampling An adaptive predistortion linearized amplifier system employing selective sampling is disclosed. Two selective sampling methods of identifying valid measurements using information from the input signal are disclosed. The selective sampling process improves the conve... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7284625 | Quick connect assembly for ATV implements A quick connect power take-off assembly adapted for an all-terrain vehicle (ATV). The quick connect power take-off assembly includes a housing, a driving assembly that is fixedly mounted to the ATV, a driven assembly that is releasably connected to the driving assem... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7284430 | Robust micromachined gyroscopes with two degrees of freedom sense-mode oscillator A three-degrees of freedom (DOF) MEMS inertial micromachined gyroscope with nonresonant actuation with a drive direction, sense direction and a direction perpendicular to the drive and sense directions comprises a planar substrate, a 2-DOF sense-mode oscillator coup... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7283022 | Dual mode ceramic filter A dual mode ceramic filter has an enclosure with two cavities separated by a wall, and two TM dual-mode resonators, each TM dual-mode resonator positioned in a corresponding cavity. Each TM dual-mode resonator has first and second modes, and a body having a central ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7280332 | On-chip ESD protection circuit for compound semiconductor heterojunction bipolar transistor RF circuits A low loading capacitance on-chip electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit for compound semiconductor power amplifiers is disclosed, which does not degrade the circuit RF performance. Its principle of operation and simulation results regarding capacitance lo... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7279761 | Post-release capacitance enhancement in micromachined devices and a method of performing the same A MEMS device which utilizes a capacitive sensor or actuator is enhancement by initially fabricating the capacitive assembly which comprises the sensor or actuator as two sets of interdigitated fingers in a noninterdigitated configuration. One of the two sets of fin... | 10/09/2007 |
