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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D656368 | Food container | 03/27/2012 |
| D656367 | Food container | 03/27/2012 |
| 7975434 | Locking lift plate A window regulator that resists backdrive forces directly at the lift plate and rail, rather than by the drive assembly. A locking shoe mounted within the lift plate and selectively frictionally engages the rail while the drive assembly is at rest. Thus, any backdri... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7975349 | Pivoting, translating and latching hinge The invention is a hinge for a vehicle door that is movable between a closed and a fully open position relative to a vehicle body. The hinge includes a mounting bracket, operable to be secured to the vehicle body. At least one link is pivotally mounted along a fixed... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7945618 | Peer-to-peer service designer A peer-to-peer communication system, including a service manager for managing peer-to-peer services, a zone manager for managing zones, each zone including at least one peer-to-peer service and a window display layout therefor, and a privacy manager for restricting ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7937893 | Intuitive handle switch operation for power sliding doors The invention is a sliding door assembly operable move a vehicle door between an open and a closed position. The assembly includes a motor, reversibly operable to move the door towards one of the open and the closed position. A handle is mounted to the door and a ha... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7873584 | Method and system for classifying users of a computer network A method of classifying an anonymous user communicating over a computer network, such as by age, gender, or personal interests, based on the content generated or otherwise communicated by the user. The method includes: (a) providing sets of reference attributes, whe... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7828348 | Latch striker with integral striker bar A single piece striker for a latch formed from stock, comprising a mounting plate with an integral striker bar. The striker bar extends out from the mounting plate via a neck portion. The engagement area of the striker bar has a greater diameter than the thickness o... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7827836 | Power release double-locking latch A power-release door lock system for an automotive door having a latch, including a ratchet (18) and pawl (20), and an electro-mechanical exterior latch release mechanism (220) for actuating the pawl to release the ratchet. The system includes a... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7812492 | Motor drive assembly An electronic control unit (ECU) for a motor is mounted to a drum housing or the like in a plane parallel to the plane defined by the surface of the drum housing on which the motor is mounted. The housing for the motor includes an aperture window. Power contacts fro... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7687945 | Method and system for cooling a motor or motor enclosure A method and system of cooling an enclosure or motor is disclosed. An exemplary permanent magnet electric motor is formed with an external stator and an internal rotor. The motor controller is in thermal proximity to the motor but is thermally isolated from the moto... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7635932 | Dynamoelectric machine having heat pipes embedded in stator core Thermal management of an electric machine is implemented by selecting a stator core configuration in accordance with an intended machine application and determining the minimum heat dissipation necessary to maintain the temperature of the core segment configuration ... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7622882 | Position detection device for permanent magnetic machines The invention indicates a correct one of multiple rotor positions. For example, the invention can determine, in a PM machine, which of two possible positions a rotor is in when the position is known only within ±π radians. If the actual rotor position is known to ... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7537070 | Autonomous portable range extender A portable range extender can be used to supply electrical power to an electric vehicle operable by an electric traction motor. The portable range extender includes an engine, a dynamoelectric machine coupled to the engine by a shaft, an autonomous range extender co... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7526936 | Hidden key cylinder A handle assembly for a vehicle is provided that includes a handle body that is attached to the vehicle door. A key cylinder is mounted to the handle body and is operable to manually lock and unlock the vehicle door. A cover is provided that is movable between a cov... | 05/05/2009 |
| 6089942 | Interactive toys The interactive toy includes a speech synthesizer for converting digital data representative of speech into audible synthesized speech; an infra-red transceiver for wirelessly communicating infra-red messages over a field-of-view to a second toy; a microp... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6043639 | Method and apparatus for real-time detection of airborne conductive contaminants There is provided a detector for detecting conductive contaminants entrained in an airflow. The detector comprises first and second electrically conductive meshes mounted in a spaced apart relationship to provide an operational gap. Each of the meshes is ... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5874818 | Method and apparatus for sensing load current in a motor controller The approach to measuring load current in a multi-phase bridge inverter circuit connected to a multiphase load involves placing a single current sense resistor in series with the inverter circuit and power supply. The current flow through the sense resist... | 02/23/1999 |
