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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8171915 | Fuel management system for variable ethanol octane enhancement of gasoline engines Fuel management system for efficient operation of a spark ignition gasoline engine. Injectors inject an anti-knock agent such as ethanol directly into a cylinder of the engine. A fuel management microprocessor system controls injection of the anti-knock agent so as ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8148159 | System and methods for stretching polynucleotides Apparatus and methods are described for achieving uniform stretching of polynucleotides in hybrid electrophoretic-gel, micro-constricting microfluidic channels. Polynucleotides in normally relaxed configurations are driven by an electric field along a microfluidic c... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146568 | Fuel management system for variable ethanol octane enhancement of gasoline engines Fuel management system for efficient operation of a spark ignition gasoline engine. Injectors inject an anti-knock agent such as ethanol directly into a cylinder of the engine. A fuel management microprocessor system controls injection of the anti-knock agent so as ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8101904 | Compliant tactile sensor for generating a signal related to an applied force Tactile sensor. The sensor includes a compliant convex surface disposed above a sensor array, the sensor array adapted to respond to deformation of the convex surface to generate a signal related to an applied force vector. ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8082735 | Optimized fuel management system for direct injection ethanol enhancement of gasoline engines Fuel management system for enhanced operation of a spark ignition gasoline engine. Injectors inject an anti-knock agent such as ethanol directly into a cylinder. It is preferred that the direct injection occur after the inlet valve is closed. It is also preferred th... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8069839 | Fuel management system for variable ethanol octane enhancement of gasoline engines Fuel management system for efficient operation of a spark ignition gasoline engine. Injectors inject an anti-knock agent such as ethanol directly into a cylinder of the engine. A fuel management microprocessor system controls injection of the anti-knock agent so as ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 7971572 | Fuel management system for variable ethanol octane enhancement of gasoline engines Fuel management system for efficient operation of a spark ignition gasoline engine. Injectors inject an anti-knock agent such as ethanol directly into a cylinder of the engine. A fuel management microprocessor system controls injection of the anti-knock agent so as ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7663047 | System for generating musical sounds within a vehicle System for generating musical sounds. Structure adapted for mounting within a vehicle includes a plurality of spatially separated, touch-sensitive sensors for activation by an occupant of the vehicle. A memory module stores a plurality of musical sounds and a microc... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7641882 | Fullerenic structures and such structures tethered to carbon materials The fullerenic structures include fullerenes having molecular weights less than that of C60 with the exception of C36 and fullerenes having molecular weights greater than C60. Examples include fullerenes C50, C58 | 01/05/2010 |
| 7595031 | Plasma reformer with extended volume discharge Plasma reformer having a high voltage electrode spaced apart from a grounded electrode creating a volume therebetween. At least one electrically floating electrode is disposed between the high voltage electrode and the grounded electrode and a fuel atomizer is dispo... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7534288 | High performance electrostatic precipitator Electrostatic system is for optimal charging of aerosols and particulates. In order to improve their collection, the system uses a combination of DC field and AC fields produced by multiple AC electrodes. The system minimizes the size and power consumption of the de... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7493050 | Optical communication system having an antiresonant dispersion map suppressing four wave mixing and cross phase modulation An optical communication system transmitting a plurality of channel wavelengths is provided. The system includes a transmitter unit, a receiver unit, and an optical transmission path interconnecting the transmitter and receiver units. The transmission path has a con... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7489438 | Dielectric coating for an optical repeater pressure vessel An undersea optical repeater is provided. The repeater includes a pressure vessel for use in an undersea environment. The pressure vessel includes a pressure housing and at least two cable reeving elements disposed on opposing ends of the pressure housing for respec... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7483232 | Dynamic system control method Techniques are provided herein for reducing vibrations in various modes of a dynamic system. One such technique comprises incorporating vibration limiting and sensitivity constraints into a partial fraction expansion equation model of the system so as to reduce vibr... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7453566 | Hybrid plasma element monitor Hybrid plasma monitor. A ground electrode is spaced apart from a high voltage electrode supporting an electric discharge therebetween to generate a plasma. The ground electrode and the high voltage electrode form an annular region into which a sample is introduced f... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7446130 | Ionic colloidal crystals Ionic colloidal crystals (ordered multicomponent colloids formed by attractive electrostatic interactions) may be produced by controlling the surface potential and relative size of multiple populations of colloidal particles in suspension. Such suspensions are dried... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7436584 | Optical amplifier module housed in a factory cable joint An optical amplifier module is provided that contains at least one optical amplifier. The module includes an internal housing having an outer dimension substantially equal to an outer dimension of an internal fiber splice housing of an undersea optical fiber factory... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7381382 | Wide dynamic range multistage plasmatron reformer system A method and apparatus for a multistage plasmatron fuel reformer system having a wide dynamic operational range. In one aspect, the system includes a plasmatron configured for low flow operation followed by a reaction extension cylinder and then by a nozzle section ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7352112 | Hybrid piezoelectric-magnetostrictive actuator Hybrid actuator. The actuator includes a piezoelectric actuator spaced apart from a magnetostrictive actuator. A linkage is in contact with the piezoelectric and magnetostrictive actuator, the linkage having an end including microgrooves. A rotatable shaft includes ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7348754 | Motion control using electromagnetic forces An apparatus has (a) a first component having one or more electromagnetic elements and (b) a second component having one or more electromagnetic elements and movably coupled to the first component. The second component moves with respect to the first component in a ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7335344 | Method and apparatus for synthesizing filamentary structures Method and apparatus for producing filamentary structures. The structures include single-walled nanotubes. The method includes combusting hydrocarbon fuel and oxygen to establish a non-sooting flame and providing an unsupported catalyst to synthesize the filamentary... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7330414 | Method for reconstruction of phonograph records from physical measurement A method for reconstructing the original groove configuration of a phonograph record. The methodology comprises providing an instrument for measuring the entire groove of a phonograph with an instrument in communication with a computer. The computer reconstructs the... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7314033 | Fuel management system for variable ethanol octane enhancement of gasoline engines Fuel management system for efficient operation of a spark ignition gasoline engine. Injectors inject an anti-knock agent such as ethanol directly into a cylinder of the engine. A fuel management microprocessor system controls injection of the anti-knock agent so as ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7295872 | System for and method of power efficient electrical tissue stimulation Circuitry for and method of power efficient operation of, and energy recovery from, tissue-stimulating electrodes having high charge capacities. Post-stimulation energy is recovered from the electrodes through a variety of techniques into circuit elements such as ot... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7290522 | High compression ratio, high power density homogeneous charge compression ignition engines using hydrogen and carbon monoxide to enhance auto-ignition resistance High compression ratio, homogeneous charge compression ignition engines. In one aspect the engine is dual mode utilizing spark ignition at high load levels including the addition of hydrogen or a hydrogen/carbon monoxide mixture. In another aspect, the engine operat... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7282329 | Suspended microchannel detectors An apparatus for detecting an analyte in solution that has a suspended beam containing at least one microfluidic channel containing a capture ligand that bonds to or reacts with an analyte. The apparatus also includes at least one detector for measuring a change in ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7279143 | Plasmatron-catalyst system A plasmatron-catalyst system. The system generates hydrogen-rich gas and comprises a plasmatron and at least one catalyst for receiving an output from the plasmatron to produce hydrogen-rich gas. In a preferred embodiment, the plasmatron receives as an input air, fu... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7268504 | Stator position feedback controller Stator position feedback controller. A first position monitoring device responds to the position of a stator supported for relative motion by a machine base. A second position monitoring device responds to the position of a carriage with respect to the machine base.... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7250839 | Magnetostrictive thin film actuator Magnetostrictive actuator. The actuator includes a flexible substrate and a magnetostrictive film on the substrate. The shape of the flexible substrate is altered in the presence of a magnetic field. ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7243305 | Spelling and grammar checking system System of correcting misspelled words in input text detects a misspelled word in the input text, determines a list of alternative words for the misspelled word, and ranks the list of alternative words based on a context of the input text. In certain embodiments, fin... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7205707 | Laser machining of electroactive ceramics Laser beam machining is applied to form arbitrarily shaped electroactive ceramics for transducers (e.g., electromechanical sensors and actuators). One particularly preferred embodiment of the invention comprises machining parallel grooves in a ceramic plate to impro... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7197764 | System for and methods of administration of access control to numerous resources and objects Described are systems and methods used for the administration of access control to numerous resources and objects. An administrator may control access to resources and objects in accordance with defined rules using an “object-centric” view. A template may be use... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7179339 | Terbium-dysprosium-iron magnetostrictive materials and devices using these materials A terbium-dysprosium-iron magnetostrictive material of the type Tb1-xDyxFe2-y wherein x is less than 0.7, and y is less than or equal to 0.1, and devices using these materials. ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7141310 | Metal matrix composite structure and method Compound preforms are provided having a first region, including a porous ceramic and a second region including a porous or solid ceramic in which the two regions differ in composition. The compound preform is infiltrated with a liquid metal which is then solidified ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7120627 | Method for detecting and fulfilling an information need corresponding to simple queries Described are techniques used in fulfilling an information need not formulated as a natural language question. A query is accepted that includes one or more words not formulated as a natural language question. The query is syntactically analyzed in order to extract ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 6867306 | Process for the synthesis of atorvastatin form v and phenylboronates as intermediate compounds The present invention discusses a novel process for the synthesis of [R-(R*,R*)]-2-(4-fluorophenyl)-B,D-dihydroxy-5-(1-methylethyl)-3-phenyl-4-[(phenylamino)carbonyl]-1H-pyrrole-1-heptanoic acid hemi calcium, atorvastatin. The compound so prepared is useful as inhib... | 03/15/2005 |
| 4826808 | Preparation of superconducting oxides and oxide-metal composites A method of preparing a superconducting oxide by combining the metallic elements of the oxide to form an alloy, followed by oxidation of the alloy to form the oxide. Superconducting oxide-metal composites are prepared in which a noble metal phase intimate... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4481531 | Microchannel spatial light modulator A microchannel spatial light modulator that has a photocathode to receive incident light and to provide a spatial distribution of photoelectrons (herein called an electron image) whose spatial number density is proportional to the spatial intensity of the... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4438520 | System for regenerating a data word on a communications ring A system for regenerating an n-bit data word on a token mediated communications ring includes a decoder for receiving the data signal from the ring and deriving the n-bit data word and an associated clock signal from the received data signal. A re-transmi... | 03/20/1984 |
