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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7331357 | Leak diverter A leak diverter for positioning above a suspended ceiling is disclosed. The leak diverter can comprise a liquid collection tray comprising a flexible or substantially rigid sheet of material. The leak diverter can have a drain in flow communication with the liquid c... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7329532 | Remediation of sulfur-containing pollutants with hydrocarbon-utilizing bacteria Methods and apparatus are disclosed for remediating sulfur-containing pollutants with a hydrocarbon that is used to stimulate the growth of hydrocarbon-utilizing bacteria. The hydrocarbon is preferably an alkane such as butane. The sulfur-containing pollutant may co... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7329082 | Electrically actuated attachment system for tractor front end loaders Electrically actuated quick attach systems for tractor front end loaders are disclosed. An electric actuator with extendable rods is connected to rotatable handles mounted on attachment mounting plates. Extension of the electric actuator rods rotates the handles and... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7330404 | Near-field optical transducers for thermal assisted magnetic and optical data storage An optical transducer comprises an optical element for directing an electromagnetic wave to a focal region and a metallic nano-structure having a longitudinal axis substantially parallel to an electric field of the electromagnetic wave, the metallic nano-structure b... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7322958 | Apparatus for thromboembolic protection A catheter apparatus captures thromboembolic material in the arterial and venous circulation. The apparatus includes an inner hollow tube and an outer hollow tube in sliding engagement with the inner hollow tube. A radially expandable segment, such as an inflatable ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7314548 | Bioventing remediation system Bioventing systems create a bacterial treatment zone at a contaminated site by supplying a hydrocarbon food source to the treatment zone, and recirculating the hydrocarbon to the treatment zone. The bioventing systems may inject, circulate, extract and reinject hydr... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7305056 | Coherent tracking for FM in-band on-channel receivers A method for coherently tracking a radio signal including at least one digitally modulated reference carrier is provided, wherein the method comprises the steps of demodulating the reference carrier to produce complex coherent reference gains, detecting a transient ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7305043 | Method and apparatus for formatting signals for digital audio broadcasting transmission and reception A method for digital audio broadcasting comprising the steps of receiving a plurality of data bits to be transmitted, formatting the plurality of data bits into a plurality of protocol data units, inserting header bits at spaced locations within the protocol data un... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7293920 | Self-aligning bearing assembly capable of reacting radial and axial loads A self-aligning bearing assembly is disclosed which is capable of reacting both radial and axial loads. An inner bearing race is connected to a rotatable shaft that is subjected to such loads. An outer bearing race is installed within a housing and is capable of mov... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7283095 | Antenna assembly including z-pinning for electrical continuity An antenna assembly comprises a composite support structure including an electrically conductive outer layer, an inner layer and a core layer between the outer layer and the inner layer; a cavity structure positioned adjacent to the inner layer of the composite supp... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7282000 | Articulated lacrosse stick An articulated lacrosse stick having a head portion, a handle portion and an articulation mechanism capable of moving a first portion of the stick from a first position to a second different position with respect to a second portion of the stick is disclosed. The he... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7278609 | Movable nose cap and control strut assembly for supersonic aircraft A nose cap and control strut assembly for supersonic aircraft is disclosed. In one embodiment, the nose cap extends forward from the nose of the aircraft to deflect shock waves and decrease draft during supersonic flight. In another embodiment, control struts extend... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7278353 | Reactive shaped charges and thermal spray methods of making same Shaped charge liners are made of reactive materials formed by thermal spray techniques. The thermally sprayed reactive shaped charge materials have low porosity and high structural integrity. Upon detonation, the reactive materials of the shaped charge liner undergo... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7278354 | Shock initiation devices including reactive multilayer structures The invention provides shock initiation devices comprising multilayer structures with constituent layers that undergo an exothermic self-propagating reaction once initiated by shock. The multilayer structures may be used as components in shaped charges, EFP devices,... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7272102 | Ridge waveguide with recess A ridge waveguide having a recessed ridge forming an isolated tip at a terminal end of the waveguide's aperture efficiently couples light into a spot adjacent to the tip in a medium below the terminal end of the waveguide which is significantly smaller than the ligh... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7272079 | Transducer for heat assisted magnetic recording An apparatus for concentrating electromagnetic energy comprises a metallic transducer including a first section and a second section, wherein the first section is wider than the second section and has a width to length aspect ratio greater than or equal to a width t... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7271981 | Ultrafast pulse field source utilizing optically induced magnetic transformation A magnetic field transducer includes a phase transition material exhibiting a change from an antiferromagnetic phase to a ferromagnetic phase when heated above a critical temperature, means for applying a magnetic bias field to the phase transition material, and mea... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7266268 | Diffraction grating Diffraction gratings for coupling an electromagnetic wave into a planar waveguide are disclosed. The diffraction grating may include a first diffraction grating and a second diffraction grating slanted relative to one another. Alternatively, the diffraction grating ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7265710 | Multipath height finding method A method for determining the height HT of a target above a surface, the method comprising the steps of determining a distance R from a source to a target, determining a distance L representative of a distance traveled by a signal from the target that is r... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7249585 | Swirl system intake manifold for an internal combustion engine An intake manifold with a swirl system for an internal combustion engine having a number of cylinders; the intake manifold has, for each cylinder, an intake conduit connecting the intake manifold to the cylinder and in turn having two parallel channels; the swirl sy... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7238497 | Synthetic DNA encoding an orange seapen-derived green fluorescent protein with codon preference of mammalian expression systems and biosensors Synthetic versions of a full length and termini truncated humanized green fluorescent protein based on Ptilosarcus gurneyi are disclosed which have been modified to the favored or most favored codons for mammalian expression systems. The disclosed encoded pro... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7222015 | Methods and apparatus for operation of multiple fuel engines Methods and apparatus are disclosed for operation of a multiple fuel engine, which runs on a combination of two or more fuels. An electronic control unit (ECU) may be connected to the existing components of an engine system in order to control operation of the multi... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7221917 | Adjacent channel interference mitigation for FM digital audio broadcasting receivers A method of receiving an FM digital audio broadcasting signal including a first plurality of subcarriers in an upper sideband of a radio channel and a second plurality of subcarriers in a lower sideband of the radio channel comprises the steps of mixing the digital ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7221308 | Joint stars embedded data link A system comprises a radar for producing a radar interrogation signal, a transponder for receiving the radar interrogation signal and producing a transponder signal including a first linear frequency modulated pulse having an increasing frequency and a second linear... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7212367 | Ampere wire write head with confined magnetic fields A magnetic recording head comprises a write pole having a tip adjacent to an air bearing surface of the recording head, a return pole magnetically coupled to the write pole, a conductor positioned adjacent to an edge of the write pole at the air bearing surface, a f... | 05/01/2007 |
