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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7108230 | Aircraft with topside only spoilers An aircraft with swept back wings and spoilers inlaid into the top surface near the tips of the wings. The aircraft also includes an elevator formed in the center back portion of the aircraft, which is also aft of the spoilers. It is aft to allow an auxiliary contro... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7043681 | Digital audio broadcasting method and apparatus using complementary pattern-mapped convolutional codes A method of transmitting digital information comprises the steps of forward error correction encoding a plurality of bits of digital information using complementary pattern-mapped convolutional codes, modulating a plurality of carrier signals with the forward error ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6982948 | Method and apparatus for transmission and reception of FM in-band on-channel digital audio broadcasting A transmitter for transmitting data in a digital audio broadcasting system includes a signal generator for providing a plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiplexed sub-carriers, with the sub-carriers including data sub-carriers and reference sub-carriers, ... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6980374 | Solid immersion mirror An apparatus for focusing electromagnetic radiation comprises a planar solid immersion mirror including edges for reflecting an electromagnetic wave toward a focal point adjacent to a truncated end of the planar solid immersion mirror, and an interface for diverting... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6963355 | Method and apparatus for eliminating unwanted mirror support images from photographic images A method for eliminating unwanted portions of an image comprising the steps of generating a panoramic image including a plurality of image pixels, identifying a first set of the image pixels that correspond to the unwanted portions of the image, determining particul... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6959483 | Method of making a recording head A recording head for use with magnetic recording media has an improved structure, made by a simplified manufacturing process. The electrically insulating materials within the recording head are inorganic. The insulating materials are vacuum deposited, with no need t... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6954331 | Magnetic recording head including spatially-pumped spin wave mode writer The present invention provides magnetic recording heads which utilize higher order excitations of dynamic magnetization to increase frequency without the necessity of biasing the write yoke. In accordance with the present invention, the size and placement of current... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6944112 | Heat assisted magnetic recording head with a planar waveguide A heat assisted magnetic recording head having a planar waveguide for heating a recording medium proximate to where a write pole of the recording head applies a magnetic write field thereto. The planar waveguide includes at least one edge, which may have a substanti... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6943684 | Method for identifying chemical, biological and nuclear attacks or hazards A surveillance system and method for identifying chemical, biological or nuclear attacks or hazards occurring within a large area which combines data derived from a modeling and simulation operation with a surveillance data input. The modeling and simulation operati... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6923914 | Remediation of metal contaminants with hydrocarbon-utilizing bacteria Methods and apparatus are disclosed for remediating metal contaminants using hydrocarbons which stimulate the growth of hydrocarbon-utilizing bacteria. The metal contaminants may include heavy metals such as arsenic, antimony, beryllium, cadmium, chromium, copper, l... | 08/02/2005 |
| D508013 | Unmanned air vehicle | 08/02/2005 |
| 6918354 | Method and apparatus for butane-enhanced aquatic plant and animal growth A method of enhancing aquatic organism growth is provided. The method comprises the step of introducing an alkane into water containing the organism. The alkane can be introduced intermittently, either alone or with another gas such as oxygen. Nutrients can be intro... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6917493 | Ampere head with perpendicular magnetic field A magnetic head for generating a magnetic field is provided in which first and second electrical contacts are electrically coupled to a thin film wire. An electrical current is passed between the contacts and through the wire to generate a magnetic field. A focus me... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6914021 | Flexible wall material for use in an inflatable structure This invention relates to airships, with a volume of 15 to 60 million cubic feet of Helium. More particularly, it relates to improved structural envelope/gas bags or outer covers for lighter-than-air and neutral buoyancy airships. In detail, the material is a multi-... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6908119 | Detachable hose coupling with an improved female and male coupling having an interlocking U-shaped staple A detachable hose coupling includes an improved female coupler piece. The female piece is generally cylindrical female sleeve piece having a pair of coaxially aligned bored open surfaces which are in opposing generally equidistant positions and displaced from a vert... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6898053 | Perpendicular recording head with trackwidth defined by plating thickness A perpendicular recording head for use with magnetic recording media includes an unusually thin main pole. The main pole is made by depositing magnetically permeable material on a nonmagnetic substrate. The main pole is then magnetically coupled with an opposing pol... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6892982 | Aircraft with forward opening inlay spoilers for yaw control An aircraft comprises first and second wings positioned on opposite sides of a longitudinal axis, a first forward opening control surface attached to an upper surface of the first wing, and a second forward opening control surface attached to an upper surface of the... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6891898 | System and method for recovering symbol timing offset and carrier frequency error in an OFDM digital audio broadcast system The system for recovering symbol timing offset and carrier frequency error from an orthogonal frequency division multiplexed (OFDM) signal includes a receiver circuit for receiving an OFDM modulated signal representing a series of OFDM symbols, and providing a recei... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6887322 | High pressure cylinders including backing steel with tool steel lining High pressure cylinders comprising backing steel cylinders and tool steel liners are disclosed. An annealed tool steel liner is inserted into the backing steel cylinder, followed by heat treating to harden the tool steel liner. The tool steel liner may be provided a... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6887199 | Brain assessment monitor A non-invasive brain assessment monitor is disclosed. An embodiment of the monitor includes a head-mounted brain sensor which passively senses acoustic signals generated from pulsing blood flow through a patient's brain. A reference sensor may be mounted at another ... | 05/03/2005 |
| D504654 | Aircraft | 05/03/2005 |
| 6884328 | Selective annealing of magnetic recording films Magnetic films are annealed by radio frequency (RF) radiation. During the RF annealing process, the layers may be subjected to a magnetic field in order to control their anisotropy axes. The RF annealed layers are useful for applications such as longitudinal and per... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6876519 | Magnetic recording head including background magnetic field generator A perpendicular recording head (10) for use with magnetic recording media (30) includes a main pole (14) and a magnetic field source which is positioned sufficiently close to the main pole tip to generate a background magnetic field in the recor... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6875356 | Method and apparatus for recovery of metals with hydrocarbon-utilizing bacteria Methods and apparatus are disclosed for recovering metals from metal-containing support materials such as mineral ores. In one embodiment, the metal may be separated from crushed support material or ore in a bioleaching lagoon by the action of hydrocarbon-utilizing ... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6869473 | Cementicious materials including stainless steel slag and geopolymer Cementicious materials including stainless steel slag and geopolymer can be added to conventional cement compositions, such as Portland cement, as a partial or total replacement for conventional cement materials. The stainless steel slag may comprise silicates and/o... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6865057 | Gapless longitudinal magnetic recording head with flux cavity A longitudinal recording head for use with magnetic recording media includes a gapless yoke with a cavity that expels magnetic flux onto a small area of the magnetic recording medium. Longitudinal recording heads incorporating the gapless yoke and flux cavity are ca... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6865109 | Magnetic random access memory having flux closure for the free layer and spin transfer write mechanism A magnetic random access memory comprises a plurality of memory elements each comprising a magnetic pinned layer; a synthetic antiferromagnetic free layer including a first ferromagnetic layer, a second ferromagnetic layer, and a first nonmagnetic layer positioned b... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6865056 | Longitudinal magnetic recording heads with variable-length gaps A longitudinal recording head (50, 56, 60) for use with magnetic recording media includes a non-uniform gap (54, 59, 64) between first (51, 57, 61) and second magnetic (52, 58, 62) poles which focuses magnetic flux onto a small area of th... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6849349 | Magnetic films having magnetic and non-magnetic regions and method of producing such films by ion irradiation Magnetic films having magnetic regions and non-magnetic regions are disclosed. The film is subjected to ion irradiation in order to produce chemically disordered regions in the film. The irradiated disordered regions may correspond to the non-magnetic regions of the... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6845890 | Bulk granular solids gravity flow curing vessel A bulk granular solids gravity flow curing vessel comprises an upper curing unit having a top opening for receiving particulate solids, a lower curing unit coupled to receive particulate solids from the upper curing unit, and at least one of the upper and lower curi... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6835464 | Thin film device with perpendicular exchange bias A perpendicular exchange biased device comprises a layer of buffer material on a surface of a substrate, a layer of ferromagnetic material on a surface of the buffer layer, wherein the magnetization of the ferromagnetic layer lies in a direction perpendicular to the... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6835312 | Method and apparatus for treatment of septic systems with alkane-utilizing bacteria Septic systems are treated with alkane-utilizing bacteria. Alkanes such as butane are injected into septic system wastewater in order to enhance growth of alkane-utilizing bacteria which degrade wastes. Aerobic processes may be achieved by injecting an oxygen-contai... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6834896 | Locking apparatus for trailer doors A locking apparatus for locking the doors of a cargo container, such as the rear doors of a trailer, is disclosed. The locking assembly may include a second tubular member that telescopes and slides within a first tubular member and an L-shaped assembly mounted on o... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6822829 | Perpendicular magnetic recording head with a multilayered main write pole A perpendicular magnetic recording head includes a multilayered main write pole. The main write pole includes a first layer of material, a second layer of material, and an interlayer positioned between the first layer of material and the second layer of material. Th... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6818330 | Perpendicular recording medium with antiferromagnetic exchange coupling in soft magnetic underlayers A perpendicular magnetic recording medium with antiferromagnetic coupling in a soft magnetic underlayer. The soft magnetic underlayer includes a first magnetic soft layer, a first interface layer on the first magnetic soft layer, a second magnetic soft layer, a seco... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6816339 | Perpendicular magnetic recording head with longitudinal magnetic field generator to facilitate magnetization switching A perpendicular magnetic recording head includes a perpendicular writing pole and a longitudinal field generator which rotates the magnetization of the perpendicular recording media prior to writing, thereby facilitating magnetization switching. The longitudinal mag... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6809901 | Low moment material for magnetic recording head write pole A write pole for a magnetic recording head, such as a perpendicular magnetic recording head, includes a first layer of material adjacent a second layer of material. In one embodiment, the first layer of material has a saturation magnetic moment less than about 1.0 T... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6809900 | Write head with magnetization controlled by spin-polarized electron current A write head for a disk drive includes a first layer of magnetic material having a fixed magnetization aligned in a first direction, a second layer of magnetic material having a changeable magnetization aligned in a quiescent state in a second direction orthogonal t... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6807032 | Magnetic read head wherein the shields are used as electrical leads and have a minimized anisotropic magneto-resistance effect A ferromagnetic shield material having a minimized anisotropic magneto-resistance effect permits the use of a combined shield/electrical lead for magneto-resistive read elements. The shields/electrical leads may therefore be placed closer together, maximizing the re... | 10/19/2004 |
| D497131 | Golf ball wheel cover | 10/12/2004 |
