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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7078905 | Bore location system A system and method for locating a horizontal bore below a ground surface includes a transmitting source configured to radiate from the bore a dipole magnetic field aligned with the bore. A receiver is located remote from the transmitting source and has a first coil... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7045746 | Shadow-free shutter arrangement and method As part of a system for processing a workpiece by applying a controlled heat to the workpiece, a heating arrangement includes an array of spaced apart heating elements for use in a confronting relationship with the workpiece to subject the workpiece to a direct radi... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7028779 | Auto-extending/retracting electrically isolated conductors in a segmented drill string A system includes a drill string made up of a plurality of connectable pipe sections. An assembly is provided for use with each pipe section including contact arrangement for forming an isolated electrical connection between attached pipe sections at each end of eac... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7021403 | Method of establishing positions of locating field detectors and path mapping in underground boring tool applications Specific apparatus and associated methods are described for use in establishing the positions of locating field detectors and for path mapping within a region for the purpose of tracking and/or guiding the movement of an underground boring tool. In one aspect, an im... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7019704 | Planar antenna with supplemental antenna current configuration arranged between dominant current paths An antenna arrangement is described in which a pair of at least generally planar opposing antenna arms each support a first high frequency antenna current responsive to an input. Each arm includes a peripheral outline for confining the first high frequency current t... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7015697 | Multi-frequency boring tool locating system and method Arrangements, apparatus and associated methods are described for use in a multi-frequency boring tool locating system. The boring tool includes a transmitter for transmitting a locating signal at two or more selectable frequencies. One set of above ground procedures... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7008838 | Configuring a capacitor with enhanced pulse reliability A modified capacitor for replacing an unmodified capacitor includes two unmodified metallized strips, each supported by an unmodified dielectric film arrangement that is made up of two dielectric films. Each unmodified metallized strip has an elongated length and in... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7010183 | Surface plasmon devices A device including an input port configured to receive an input signal is described. The device also includes an output port and a structure, which structure includes a tunneling junction connected with the input port and the output port. The tunneling junction is c... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6993981 | Tension monitoring arrangement and method Tension monitoring is described using a sensor which may exhibit an offset for which compensation may be provided to produce a zero voltage amplified output or to increase dynamic range. An arrangement determines whether a power reset is responsive to a battery boun... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6975119 | Boring tool tracking/guiding system and method with unconstrained target location geometry Tracking a boring tool is performed within an underground region using a locating signal. The boring tool is moved through the ground during a series of distance movements such that potential movement of the boring tool during any one of the distance movements is le... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6973535 | Digital device configuration and method An electromechanical data storage arrangement is interfaced with a host. The interface may include a conductor that carries read and write gate signals. Another conductor carries both a servo sync mark and an error signal. The storage arrangement includes an externa... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6963201 | Flux plane locating in an underground drilling system A portable locator and method for establishing the location of the cable line in a region which includes at least one generally straight electrically conductive cable line extending across the region from which cable line a locating signal includes a first arrangeme... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6956738 | Digital storage element mechanical shock isolation arrangement in a host device and method A digital storage arrangement is interfaceable with a host device which defines a cavity. The digital storage arrangement includes a housing receivable in the cavity, with a movement margin between the housing and host device, while a resilient support arrangement i... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6954073 | Determination of actual path of inground device based on information corresponding to reference point measurements An inground device and a portable locator are provided as well as an information generating arrangement for generating a set of positional information characterizing an inground position of the inground device relative to the portable locator. A transmitter transmit... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6951996 | Pulsed processing semiconductor heating methods using combinations of heating sources Pulsed processing methods and systems for heating objects such as semiconductor substrates feature process control for multi-pulse processing of a single substrate, or single or multi-pulse processing of different substrates having different physical properties. Hea... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6935439 | Boring tool control using remote locator A drilling system performs underground boring using a drill rig and a boring tool which is configured for moving through the ground under control of the drill rig to form an underground bore. A monitoring arrangement, forming part of the system, includes a detection... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6927741 | Locating technique and apparatus using an approximated dipole signal Location determination is performed using a transmitter including an elongated generally planar loop antenna defining an elongation axis. The elongation axis is positioned along at least a portion of a path. A magnetic field is then generated which approximates a di... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6924645 | Position and orientation locator/monitor The present invention provides a locator/monitor capable of locating a boring tool and monitoring the progress of the tool for control purposes. The locator/monitor may be used in expedited locating methodology and straightforward calibration techniques of the prese... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6920943 | Mapping tool for tracking and/or guiding an underground boring tool A portable mapping tool for use in a horizontal drilling system and associated methods use a boring tool configured for transmitting a locating signal. The mapping tool also includes at least one electromagnetic field detector which is configured for measuring the l... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6922056 | Bore location system A system and method for locating a horizontal bore below a ground surface includes a transmitting source configured to radiate from the bore a dipole magnetic field aligned with the bore. A receiver is located remote from the transmitting source and has a first coil... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6917202 | Boring tool tracking/guiding system and method with unconstrained target location geometry Tracking a boring tool is performed within an underground region using a locating signal. The boring tool is moved through the ground during a series of distance movements such that potential movement of the boring tool during any one of the distance movements is le... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6903560 | Orientation sensor especially suitable for use in an underground boring device An orientation sensor especially suitable for use in an underground device is disclosed herein. This orientation sensor includes a sensor housing defining a closed internal chamber, an arrangement of electrically conductive members in a predetermined positional rela... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6896111 | One-way drive device with reduced engagement impact A one-way drive device includes a first, drive member rotatable about an axis in both a drive direction and an opposite, overrun direction. The one-way drive device also includes a second, driven member rotatable about the axis in at least a driven direction. The on... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6882154 | Tracking the positional relationship between a boring tool and one or more buried lines using a composite magnetic signal A boring tool is moved through the ground in a region which includes at least one electrically conductive in-ground line and which is subject to static magnetic fields including tie magnetic field of the earth. Tracking a positional relationship between the boring t... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6868921 | Boring tool tracking fundamentally based on drill string length, pitch and roll A boring tool moves having a pitch orientation, a yaw orientation and a roll orientation and is steerable underground using the roll orientation. A maximum drill string curvature is established for steering. The boring tool is advanced over a path segment. An averag... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6858241 | Farinaceous surface product that is toaster reheatable and method A protective coating or film is applied to at least a portion of the outermost surfaces of the outermost layers of a farinaceous product including a high solid fat index lipid or hard butter to form an outer high solid fat index layer. Reheating the product in a toa... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6856135 | Boring tool tracking/guiding system and method with unconstrained target location geometry An assembly and method for use in a system for tracking a boring tool that is moved by a drill string within an underground region where movement of the boring tool is characterized by certain orientation parameters including pitch and yaw includes a first arrangeme... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6854535 | Bore location system and method of calibration A method for calibrating a pitch measurement of a horizontal underground bore location system includes providing a probe having a pitch sensor that measures deviation between a predetermined orientation and a measurement axis. A receiver has an antenna that detects ... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6850678 | Reduced four-wave mixing optical fiber for wavelength-division multiplexing An optical fiber includes a core for guiding light of a specified range of wavelengths therethrough, each wavelength in the specified range of wavelengths traveling through the core at a particular group velocity and the light potentially producing a nonlinear optic... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6849831 | Pulsed processing semiconductor heating methods using combinations of heating sources Pulsed processing methods and systems for heating objects such as semiconductor substrates feature process control for multi-pulse processing of a single substrate, or single or multi-pulse processing of different substrates having different physical properties. Hea... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6845822 | Auto-extending/retracting electrically isolated conductors in a segmented drill string A system includes a drill string made up of a plurality of connectable pipe sections. An assembly is provided for use with each pipe section including contact arrangement for forming an isolated electrical connection between attached pipe sections at each end of eac... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6838881 | Flux orientation locating in a drilling system An above ground locator includes an apparatus for determining the strength of the locating signal at a selected point relative to the boring tool. The apparatus includes an antenna arrangement configured for measuring the strength of the locating signal at the selec... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6831830 | Digital storage element in a host device and method A digital storage arrangement is interfaceable with a host device which defines a cavity. The digital storage arrangement includes a housing receivable in the cavity, with a movement margin between the housing and host device, while a resilient support arrangement i... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6791799 | Digital device configuration and method A digital data storage apparatus includes a housing defining a housing interior. A rotatable magnetic media and head arrangement for accessing the media are supported in the housing interior. A flexible circuit stiffener defines a stiffener plane and is directly att... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6768307 | Flux plane locating in an underground drilling system A system includes a boring tool that is moved through the ground while transmitting a dipole locating signal such that the locating signal exhibits a pair of locate points at the surface of the ground. A local flux intensity of the locating signal is measured for at... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6756784 | Orientation sensor arrangement and method for use in a system for monitoring the orientation of an underground boring tool The present invention provides a locator/monitor capable of locating a boring tool and monitoring the progress of the tool for control purposes. The locator/monitor may be used in expedited locating methodology and straightforward calibration techniques of the prese... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6756783 | Multi-frequency boring tool locating system and method Arrangements, apparatus and associated methods are described for use in a multi-frequency boring tool locating system. The boring tool includes a transmitter for transmitting a locating signal at two or more selectable frequencies. One set of above ground procedures... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6744509 | Retardance sweep polarimeter and method In a polarimeter for analyzing a state of polarization of a light beam incident thereon, the polarimeter including first and second variable retarders configured to exhibit first and second retardance values, respectively, variable over an overall retardance range, ... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6737867 | Locating arrangement and method using boring tool and cable locating signals An arrangement and an associated method are described in which a boring tool is moved through the ground within a given region along a path in which region a cable is buried. The boring tool and the cable transmit a boring tool locating signal and a cable locating s... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6727704 | Boring tool tracking/guiding system and method with unconstrained target location geometry Tracking a boring tool is performed within an underground region using a locating signal. The boring tool is moved through the ground during a series of distance movements such that potential movement of the boring tool during any one of the distance movements is le... | 04/27/2004 |
