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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8024262 | System and method for deal management of syndicated loans by multiple bookrunners Systems, and programming for improved arrangement and administration of syndicated loans using computer networks. Each of a plurality of bookrunners is authorized to invite any number of other bookrunners, as well as any number of loan participants, or underwriters ... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7973671 | Shear component breakage detection A wireless breakage indicator for a shear pin having an axial bore. The indicator (10) comprises a stem (20) having a head (22) and a foot (24) at opposite ends thereof; a sleeve (32) around a portion of the stem between a first ( | 07/05/2011 |
| 7973551 | Test fixture for printed circuit board There is provided a printed circuit board (“PCB”) test fixture comprising a support, an electrical tester, and a pusher. The support is for supporting a PCB being tested in a PCB test position, The electrical tester is positioned with respect to the PCB test pos... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7971892 | Bicycle frame construction A unitary monocoque frame is provided for a bicycle including a right half shell having a peripheral edge and a left half shell having a peripheral edge symmetrical with the peripheral edge of the right half shell. The right half shell includes an integrally formed ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7967044 | Protective guard members for cutting tooth assemblies mounted on a brush cutting head The present invention relates generally to brush cutting heads, and more specifically, to protective guard members for cutting tooth assemblies mounted on brush cutting heads. A brush cutting head includes a support body having a first end, an opposed second end and... | 06/28/2011 |
| D640547 | Container | 06/28/2011 |
| 7965052 | Motor driving system and method for starting a motor A method and system is provided for starting a motor which is useful, among other things, is useful for motors under unknown or variable load/inertia conditions. If a first attempt to start the motor using a first frequency ramp-up rate fails, a subsequent start att... | 06/21/2011 |
| D639712 | Roof structure for a passenger bus | 06/14/2011 |
| 7956717 | Power-measured pulses for thermal trimming A circuit for trimming a thermally-trimmable resistor, measuring a temperature coefficient of resistance of the thermally-trimmable resistor, and annealing a thermally-trimmable resistor post-trimming, the circuit comprising: a thermally-isolated area on a substrate... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7955280 | Leg alignment for surgical parameter measurement in hip replacement surgery A CAS system and method comprises a first reference in fixed relation with the pelvis and a registration tool. A sensor apparatus tracks the first reference and tool. A controller unit receives tracking data for the first reference and tool. A calculator tracks the ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7954348 | Peening apparatus and method A method of peening a surface which comprises the steps of providing a rotary peening tool having at least one rotating flap mounted on the drive shaft which is rotatably driven, measuring the speed of the drive shaft, and controlling the speed of the drive shaft to... | 06/07/2011 |
| D639373 | Tee marker | 06/07/2011 |
| 7953630 | Marketing systems and methods The present invention relates to real-time, automated marketing programs implementing one or more program rules matrix modules that calculate benefits to customers based on one or more customer identifier(s), one or more merchant identifier(s) and one or more custom... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7952709 | Spectrochemical plasma torch and method of manufacture The present invention describes a torch for producing a plasma for a spectrochemical analysis comprising: an alumina ceramic injector, a vitreous material inner tube concentric with the injector, and an annular joint between the injector and the inner tube. The join... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7951721 | Etching technique for creation of thermally-isolated microstructures There is described a method for creating a thermally-isolated microstructure on a slab of mono-crystalline silicon which uses a hybrid dry-then-wet etch technique that when controlled, can produce microstructures without any silicon adhering underneath, microstructu... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7950236 | Exhaust duct and tail cone attachment of aircraft engines An annular exhaust duct of a gas turbine engine includes inner and outer cases co-axially disposed, and radially spaced apart by a plurality of airfoils radially extending therebetween. The outer case includes a connection apparatus for supportably connecting the ex... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7950216 | Gas turbine engine fuel control system A fuel control system having a combustive energy value evaluator determining a combustive energy value of the fuel, and a controller calculating a desired flow rate based at least on the combustive energy value and controlling a fuel metering device such that the fu... | 05/31/2011 |
| D638729 | Rheological probe | 05/31/2011 |
| 7949440 | Aircraft cruise speed control The present invention provides an alternative to the auto-throttle integrated in an aircraft autopilot by restricting the conditions in which the system operates. The proposed system removes the auto-throttle function from the autopilot system and gives it directly ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7948139 | Magnetic control circuit separation slit An electric alternator/motor having a stator with at least two non-overlapping sectors is provided. Each sector includes a first winding, first and second magnetic circuits and a saturation control assembly. A cross-talk reduction feature, such as a peripheral slit ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7938777 | Non-invasive tracking of bones for surgery There is described a device for use with a position sensing system for tracking a bone in a reference coordinate system, the device comprising a fabric removably and non-invasively attachable to a bone and having a plurality of reference markers distributed thereon,... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7937929 | Exhaust duct with bypass channel An exhaust duct for directing a stream of exhaust gases in a gas turbine engine is provided. The exhaust duct comprises an inlet for receiving the stream of exhaust gases from a turbine section of the gas turbine engine; an outlet in fluid communication with the inl... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7937926 | Integral heater for fuel conveying member A fuel conveying member for an engine, the fuel conveying member having heating means integrated therein to permit pyrolysis of carbonaceous deposits. ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7937767 | Sports pant with outer shell and sock attachment system A garment including a pant having at least one attachment member integral with each leg portion proximal the open end thereof and forming one half of a detachable attachment system. A kit further includes a pair of socks each having at least one attachment member ex... | 05/10/2011 |
| D637520 | Passenger bus | 05/10/2011 |
| 7935349 | CRMP4b inhibitory peptide The present invention relates to the identification of the cytosolic phosphoprotein CRMP4b as a protein that physically and functionally interacts with RhoA to mediate neurite outgrowth inhibition. siRNA-mediated knockdown of CRMP4 promotes neurite outgrowth on myel... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7931512 | Manually operated watercraft A personal watercraft (10) comprises a floatation platform (12) and a separate module (14) including a water propulsor driving crank mechanism (22) and a keel (38) mounting the water propulsor. The separate module (14), when... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7926287 | Method of operating a gas turbine engine A method of operating a gas turbine engine having a rotatable turbine shaft with an electric machine mounted to the shaft. The method includes providing supplemental acceleration and/or deceleration of the turbine shaft of the gas turbine engine through the use of t... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7926286 | Heat shield for a fuel manifold A fuel injection system for a gas turbine engine having a manifold ring, a plurality of spray tip assemblies and a heat shield including at least two heat shield segments cooperating to at least substantially surround a cross-section of the manifold ring around a ci... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7926280 | Interface between a combustor and fuel nozzle A floating collar assembly is provided comprising a substantially flat floating collar trapped between a heat shield and a dome panel of the combustor. Axial engagement between the floating collar and the fuel nozzle is maintained via a nozzle cap mounted over the f... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7925727 | Method and apparatus for efficient communication of management data in a telecommunications network A mediator for efficiently exchanging management data in a hierarchical management network for managing network elements of a data transport network partitions resources of the network elements among a plurality of management representations of the network elements ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925252 | Container-level transaction management system and method therefor An application container-level transaction management system for managing transactions of an application on a wireless device. The system comprises a transaction manager for providing an interface to the application container for accessing methods for creation and e... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7920901 | System and method for providing visual indicators in a media application A method is provided for providing a visual indicator of content existing in a play list while displaying available media items for adding to the play list. The method comprises the steps of: retrieving information related to the available media items; retrieving in... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7919894 | Architecture for electric machine The invention includes an electric machine having a rotor, stator and at least one winding in the stator adapted to conduct a current, and a secondary winding, electrically isolated from the first winding and inductively coupled to the first winding, which may be us... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7919465 | Peptide mimotopes that inhibits interaction between a platelet receptor and a platelet receptor ligand It is provided mimotope receptors and inhibitors that employ peptide mimics that mimic the shape and function of natural receptors and ligands, thus providing synthetic binding sites for ligands and receptors. Receptor mimics can be attached to carriers, such as lip... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7919034 | System and methods of manufacturing hook plates A system and method for manufacturing a substrate having a bed of hooks located therein, in particular a system or manufacturing a hook plate having hooks with enlarged shaped heads. The system can include the use of a heated generally flat coining plate, a resilien... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7913432 | Cutting tooth assembly with reversible tooth A cutting tooth assembly for a rotary cutting machine is described. The assembly includes a tooth holder adapted for mounting about the periphery of a rotating element of the rotary cutting machine, and a reversible cutting tooth, removably mounted to said tooth hol... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7912984 | System and method for generating a wireless application from a web service definition System and method for creating a wireless application from a web service definition language employs an algorithm that analyzes each message of the web service definition an maps the message to a wireless application message and a wireless application data structure... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7910554 | Treatment of macular degeneration with ADP-ribosyl transferase fusion protein therapeutic compositions The Rho family of GTPases regulates axon growth and regeneration. Inactivation of Rho with C3, a toxin from Clostridium botulinum, can stimulate regeneration and sprouting of injured axons. The present invention provides novel chimeric C3-like Rho antagonists... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7909569 | Turbine support case and method of manufacturing The turbine support case comprises a first annular portion, a second annular portion, and a third annular portion connected between the first and the second portion. The third portion has an average wall thickness smaller than an average wall thickness of the first ... | 03/22/2011 |
