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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7462977 | High temperature pressure transducer having a shaped ceramic face A high temperature pressure transducer includes an extended tubular member having an opening from a front to a back surface. The tubular member is preferably fabricated from a metal. At the front end of the tubular member is a ceramic sensor face or tip which basica... | 12/09/2008 |
| 6532191 | System and method for target tracking and motion anyalysis A method for improving the determination of tracking and motion analysis information obtained from a set of received data points is presented. The method comprises selecting a determined number of data points for processing, determining at least one cost ... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6417524 | Light emitting semiconductor device Light emitting diodes each comprising a body of semiconductor material having a first side surface, a second side surface, and a top surface; and a stripe of conductive material over the top surface of the body. The stripe has a first segment and a second... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6374525 | Firearm having an electrically switched ignition system A firearm including a barrel having a combustion chamber for receiving propellant and at least one projectile, includes an electrically switched propellant igniting element disposed within the chamber for igniting propellant dispensed into the combustion ... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6370960 | Capacitive sensor A capacitive sensor including a first electrode and a second electrode which are disposed opposite each other in spaced-apart relationship to form a capacitor, the first electrode being disposed on a first substrate and the second electrode on a second su... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6363792 | Ultra high temperature transducer structure A hermetically sealed high temperature pressure transducer assembly including: a sensor wafer that includes a plurality of sensor structures and contact areas selectively interconnected and formed on a surface thereof is provided. A first header assembly ... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363188 | Mode expander with co-directional grating An apparatus comprises a first waveguide, a second waveguide and a transitional coupler. The first waveguide is defined by a first material and a second material. The first waveguide has a core and a cladding. The first material is the core of the first w... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6346081 | Angle-independent continuous wave doppler device An apparatus for determining the velocity of a fluid flowing through a lumen comprises a first diffraction grating transducer (DGT) responsive to a continuous wave (CW) input and operable in a first mode for producing a first signal beam at a first freque... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6333692 | Security tag deactivation system A method for tracking deactivation of security devices being associated with items to be sold, each of the items being associated with a tracking identifier. The method includes determining a number of security tag deactivations which should occur using s... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6329748 | Aerogel-based phase transition flat panel display A display device utilizes a plurality of pixels arranged in a predetermined configuration for recording and displaying information. Each pixel includes a substrate and a light modulating material for selectively modulating a predetermined wave length of l... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6326682 | Hermetically sealed transducer and methods for producing the same A reduced size, hermetically sealed semiconductor transducer and methods for fabricating the same. In a preferred embodiment, the transducer comprises a transducer wafer including a diaphragm which deflects upon the application of a force thereto. At leas... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6313512 | Low source inductance compact FET topology for power amplifiers A field effect transistor (FET) comprising a plurality of drain finger electrodes, source finger electrodes and gate finger electrodes disposed in an active region of a semiconductor substrate; a drain bus disposed outside the active region and electrical... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6311001 | Microchannel plate having microchannels with funneled openings and method for manufacturing same A process for forming improved microchannel plates ("MCP") for use in image intensifier tubes, the MCPs providing improved signal to noise, and reduced image distortion. The improved MCPs are first conventionally formed from the fusion of a plurality of g... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6293154 | Vibration compensated pressure sensing assembly A pressure sensing device for producing an output proportional to an applied pressure irrespective of vibration and acceleration of the device, the device including: a first deflecting diaphragm formed in a first wafer and including a first plurality of p... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6292690 | Apparatus and method for measuring bioelectric impedance A circuit for measuring body impedance comprising a voltage source having a predetermined frequency and a current source; a first pair of electrodes adapted to receive one portion of the body for applying said current source to said body; a second pair of... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6288694 | Suppression of the moire effect on a flat display screen The present invention relates to a flat display screen including a light-emitting source organized in a first array of strips generally parallel in a first direction, and at least one second opaque array, interposed between the light-emitting source and a... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6272929 | High pressure piezoresistive transducer suitable for use in hostile environments A pressure transducer including: a silicon substrate including: a first surface adapted for receiving a pressure applied thereto, an oppositely disposed second surface, and a flexing portion adapted to deflect when pressure is applied to the first surface... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6272928 | Hermetically sealed absolute and differential pressure transducer A single chip dielectrically isolated leadless pressure sensor adapted to substantially simultaneously measure a first pressure and a differential between the first pressure and a second pressure including: a wafer including first and second recessed port... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6266633 | Noise suppression and channel equalization preprocessor for speech and speaker recognizers: method and apparatus A method for performing noise suppression and channel equalization of a noisy voice signal comprising the steps of sampling the noisy voice signal at a predetermined sampling rate fs ; segmenting the sampled voice signal into a plurality of fra... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6245958 | Methods for non-incendiary disposal of rockets, projectiles, missiles and parts thereof There is disclosed a method and apparatus for non-incendiary disposal of rockets, projectiles, missiles and similar devices and parts thereof. The method and apparatus employs a series of steps whereby a rocket is sheared into sections where the sections ... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6239535 | Omni-directional ultrasonic transducer apparatus having controlled frequency response A transducer apparatus is disclosed including a spool member having a body portion and first and second elevated regions formed on the body portion. A piezoelectric film such as a PVDF film surrounds the spool member and is spaced apart from the body port... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6238307 | Batting tee for maximizing bat to ball contact A batting tee device for training a batter to contact a pitched baseball only along an optimal line of contact, the batting tee including a tee member for holding a ball to batted above a ground surface and a base member for supporting the tee member in a... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6238739 | Non-plasma CVD method and apparatus of forming Ti1-xA1xN coatings A method for forming a Ti1-x Alx N coating on a part without plasma enhancement, wherein a chemical vapor deposition chamber is heated to 250-500° C.; the part to be coated is heated to 550-650° C. and placed in said chamber; and a... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6235611 | Method for making silicon-on-sapphire transducers An improved method for making silicon-on-sapphire transducers including the steps of: forming a first silicon layer on a first side of a first sapphire wafer; bonding a second sapphire wafer to the first side of the first sapphire wafer such that the firs... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6229427 | Covered sealed pressure transducers and method for making same A method for sealing a transducer of a type having a diaphragm with an active region and an inactive region, a stress sensing network associated with the active region of the diaphragm, contacts associated with the inactive region of the diaphragm, and le... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6225647 | Passivation of porous semiconductors for improved optoelectronic device performance and light-emitting diode based on same A method for substantially improving the photoluminescent performance of a porous semiconductor, involving the steps of providing a bulk semiconductor substrate wafer of a given conductivity, wherein the substrate wafer has a porous semiconductor layer of... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6221089 | Skin incision device with compression spring assembly A device for making an incision in skin, having a housing with a slotted opening, and a triggering mechanism disposed within the housing for propelling a blade coupled thereto, through the slotted opening of the housing to make an incision in the skin. Th... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6219250 | Night vision binoculars A night vision binocular assembly (10) capable of converting low light and infrared energy into a visible image. The night vision binocular assembly (10) includes at least one objective lens assembly (62), image intensifier tube (64), collimator lens asse... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6216358 | Gas-quenching cell A cell for gas-quenching a load is provided, including guiding plates and a stirring element driven by an engine to cause a gas flow between the load and an exchanger. The stirring element is an adjustable pitch blade propeller.... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6215544 | Moving picture film camera and film reel housing device A housing device for coaxial reels of motion picture film, intended to be associated with an optical block of a film camera is provided, including: a stage housing the reels and defining a space for guiding rollers for guiding the film in a loop between t... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6215830 | Carrier control loop for a receiver of digitally transmitted signals A carrier control loop (1) for a receiver of digitally transmitted signals is disclosed comprising, in the direction of signal flow, a quadrature demodulator (3), a symbol recognition device (4), a detector (9) for forming a phase deviation value ($c;d... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6213313 | Paint chip display system A paint chip display system including: a plurality of paint chip display containers each including: a plurality of walls forming a cavity, an open front face, at least one tab partially obstructing the open front face; and, at least one mounting protrusio... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6210987 | Vertical cavity-emitting porous silicon carbide light-emitting diode device and preparation thereof A multilayered LED structure which has an active light-emitting layer of porous silicon carbide and a sequence of layers of porous silicon carbide underneath which serves as a quarter-wavelength multilayer mirror. The result is the electroluminescent emis... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6212636 | Method for establishing trust in a computer network via association A method is disclosed for establishing trusted communications with associations for communications between users on an Internet Protocol based computer network. The method entails the first user's SNIU determining the Internet Protocol (IP) address of a s... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6204549 | Overvoltage protection device The invention relates to an overvoltage protection device and to a method for fabricating such a device. A substrate (1) is provided with a first electrode layer (2), above which extends a second electrode layer (3) which is separated from the first elect... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6200055 | Dispenser device for dispensing metered doses of viscous material A dispensing device including a pump assembly for pumping out the viscous liquid material stored in the device. The pump has a cylinder and a piston disposed within the cylinder, wherein the cylinder includes a cylinder inlet valve and the piston includes... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6198351 | Power sensing apparatus for power amplifiers In a power amplifier comprising a plurality of cascaded field effect transistors (FETs), a power sensing circuit for sensing the output power of the power amplifier comprising a FET device operative in a first linear mode and second saturated mode of oper... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6198809 | Multi-functional personal telecommunications apparatus The present apparatus integrates a user interactive display with multiple functional telecommunications capabilities such as scanning, facsimile and telephonic capabilities. The display includes a touch sensitive screen overlay on an electrophoretic displ... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6194488 | Method for making polymer-coated pigment particles using initiator-treated pigments A method of making polymer-coated pigment particles, involving the steps of providing a plurality of pigment particles, each of which has an outer surface coated with a layer of material that operates as a nucleus for initiating polymerization on the oute... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6194097 | Battery compartment cap having an improved contact A removable cap for an associated battery compartment housing at least one battery, whereby battery compartment forms a portion of a night vision device which is powered by the battery. The cap includes a one-piece contact that can be attached to the cap ... | 02/27/2001 |
