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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7800901 | Power supply cooling apparatus and configuration An improved system for cooling a power supply of a welding or plasma cutting system, and an improved configuration of a power supply. The system cools achieves the improvement in configuration and cooling by mounting electrical components to a circuit board and then... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7648242 | Hybrid spectral domain optical coherence tomography line scanning laser ophthalmoscope An apparatus for imaging an eye includes a housing and a system of optical components disposed in the housing. The apparatus is capable of operating in a line scanning laser ophthalmoscope (LSLO) mode and an optical coherence tomography (OCT) mode. The system of opt... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7622308 | Process control using process data and yield data A method for monitoring a manufacturing process features acquiring metrology data for semiconductor wafers at the conclusion of a final process step for the manufacturing process (“Step a”). Data is acquired for a plurality of process variables for a first proce... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7612677 | Method for producing a security layered construction and security layered construction and identification documents containing such a construction A method for producing a security layered construction as well as a security layered construction for an identification document (61), particularly for personal identification, having a transponder layer (20) and at least one cover layer (38, 39... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7605340 | Apparatus for cooling plasma arc torch nozzles The invention relates to a nozzle for a plasma arc torch and methods of manufacturing the nozzle. The nozzle includes a nozzle body and a nozzle liner. The nozzle body has a cylindrical portion and the nozzle liner has a cylindrical section in close thermal contact ... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7586925 | Data adaptation protocol A gateway apparatus includes multiple network server cards which are synchronized with each other to allow time slot switching of synchronous data across an asynchronous medium between source and destination server cards. The gateway includes synchronization logic a... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7579778 | Traveling-wave tube with integrated ion trap power supply A traveling-wave tube system and a method for protecting a cathode of a traveling-wave tube system. The system has an electron gun and a power supply that applies an electric potential between a cathode and an anode of the electron gun to generate a beam of electron... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7501600 | Toroidal low-field reactive gas and plasma source having a dielectric vacuum vessel Plasma ignition and cooling apparatus and methods for plasma systems are described. An apparatus can include a vessel and at least one ignition electrode adjacent to the vessel. A total length of a dimension of the at least one ignition electrode is greater than 10%... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7435982 | Laser-driven light source An apparatus for producing light includes a chamber and an ignition source that ionizes a gas within the chamber. The apparatus also includes at least one laser that provides energy to the ionized gas within the chamber to produce a high brightness light. The laser ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7378441 | Resistance-repellent retroviral protease inhibitors Resistance-repellent and multidrug resistant retroviral protease inhibitors are provided. Pharmaceutical composition comprising such compounds, and methods of using such compounds to treat HIV infections in mammals, are also provided. ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7375302 | Plasma arc torch having an electrode with internal passages An electrode for a plasma arc cutting torch which minimizes the deposition of high emissivity material on the nozzle, reduces electrode wear, and improves cut quality. The electrode has a body having a first end, a second end in a spaced relationship relative to the... | 05/20/2008 |
| D557491 | Baseball keychain | 12/18/2007 |
| 7307767 | Methods for calculating multilayer holograms, method for producing multilayer holograms and storage medium comprising a multilayer hologram A method for the calculation and storage of a computer-generated multilayer hologram with more than or equal to 2 holograms includes the following steps. Field AO of a readout beam and field AR in the reflection plane are preset as mathematical... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7296348 | Flat product of metal, in particular, in the form of a wall for heat exchangers, as well as a heat exchanger with a double layer wall of copper and titanium The invention pertains to a flat product in the form of a wall for a heat exchanger that is operated with cooling mediums in the form of corrosive liquids that contain biological organisms. In order to protect the wall of the heat exchanger against corrosion on the ... | 11/20/2007 |
| D551762 | Control handle for an endoscope device | 09/25/2007 |
| 7242275 | Variable inductor A variable inductor which avoids electrical breakdown of the insulation in the control windings when used in high power applications includes a core formed of a permeable magnetic material, the core having three legs, including a center leg and two outer legs. A mai... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7224132 | Portable range extender operable in automatic and manual modes A portable range extender is provided for an electric vehicle having a vehicle controller, and an electric traction motor powered by a battery. The portable range extender has an engine, a dynamoelectric machine coupled to the engine by a shaft and electrically conn... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7193174 | Method and apparatus for alignment of components of a plasma arc torch A coolant tube and electrode are adapted to mate with each other to align the tube relative to the electrode during operation of the torch. Improved alignment ensures an adequate flow of coolant along an interior surface of the electrode. In one aspect, an elongated... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7122965 | Methods and apparatus for calibration and metrology for an integrated RF generator system The invention features RF plasma generation systems, methods for operating the systems, methods for calibrating the systems, and calibration apparatus. One RF plasma generation system includes an impedance matching network having an input port to receive an RF signa... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7067017 | Method and system for cleaning semiconductor elements The invention relates to a method and system for cleaning semiconductor elements accommodated in a tank which uses ozonized, deionized (DI) ultrapure water. According to the invention, ozone is generated in an ozone generator (3) according to the principal of... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6961334 | Intelligence engine One aspect of the invention is an intelligence engine. The intelligence engine includes a distributor layer operable to communicate with at least one call agent in a telecommunications network. The call agent may receive state-driven information associated with a ca... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6671677 | System and method for reducing mortgage interest rate and mortgage guaranty insurance premiums associated with a mortgage loan In the present invention, a system and method is described for reducing the mortgage interest rate and mortgage guaranty insurance premium associated with a mortgage loan by financing discount points into the mortgage loan at origination. In addition, the... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6579566 | One-component epoxy resin system for trickle impregnation and hot dip rolling The present invention relates to a process for preparing resin impregnated wire windings by trickling an impregnating resin onto a heated rotating winding or by dipping the heated rotating winding in a bath filled with an impregnating resin. The impregnat... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6395590 | Capacitor plate formation in a mixed analog-nonvolatile memory device A process is provided for manufacturing a semiconductor device. A lower polycrystalline silicon layer is deposited on a substrate surface and on one or more structures that protrude from the substrate surface. A dielectric layer is formed on the lower pol... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6388292 | Distributed MOSFET structure with enclosed gate for improved transistor size/layout area ratio and uniform ESD triggering A MOSFET structure uses angled poly-gate segments positioned between drain and source diffusion regions such that the entire continuous gate element structure is within the active region in a substrate. The gate-to-source diffusion edges are continuous al... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6374387 | Viterbi decoding of punctured convolutional codes without real-time branch metric computation An apparatus is provided in a digital communications device for efficiently determining the Hamming distance for trellis based decoders, such as decoders for punctured convolutional codes. The Hamming distance is pre-determined for all codes and stored in... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6331998 | Partially matched filter for spread spectrum communication A method of acquiring a transmitted pseudo noise (PN) code c(t) from a received signal r(t) that is data modulated. The method includes, for a BPSK modulated signal, multiplying the received signal r(t) by cos(ω0 t) and sin(ω0 t), ... | 12/18/2001 |
| 6290846 | Device for filtering molten plastic A device for the filtering of a fluid stream, particularly for the filtering or a molten plastic, with at least one fluid supply duct or a first connection area for connecting with an existing fluid supply duct and at least one fluid removal duct or a sec... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6275950 | Adjustable PCI asynchronous clock device Disclosed is an adjustable PCI asychronous clock device in which by using the settings of firmware after the control line is monitored and selected by using a multiplexer via an I/O port, each of the PCI slots chooses one delay unit of the time delay mean... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6266065 | Method for rendering 3D triangle primitives A method for drawing a 3D triangle includes decomposing polygons into triangles. The triangles are then truncated into trapezoids, so that they may be drawn in the same direction, such as always top to bottom and left to right. The Z error values are dete... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6263740 | CMOS compatible integrated pressure sensor A pressure sensor fabricated onto a substrate using conventional CMOS fabrication processes. The pressure sensor is built on a substrate having a first conductivity type and has defined in it a well of an opposite conductivity type. This well defines a me... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6243786 | Apparatus and method for generating an interrupt prohibited zone in pipelined data processors In a preferred embodiment of the present invention an a method whereby a pipelined data processor with an embedded microinstruction sequencer can give special consideration to the interrupt of the microinstructions translated from a macroinstruction using... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6243457 | Apparatus and method for deploying and updating services in a telephone network The basic philosophy of Intelligent Network (IN) is the separation of service control from the telephone switches which now perform only connection control and a minimum amount of work to facilitate service control. In IN terms, Service Control Point (SCP... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6243411 | Infinitely expandable Ethernet network repeater unit An expandable repeater includes N repeater units connected to an integrator device and a bus. Each of the N repeater units has an input/output connected to the bus for exchanging clock, data, and to receive network status signals. Each repeater unit also ... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6229850 | Multiple resolution video compression An apparatus and method for compressing multiple resolution versions of a video signal are disclosed. A first resolution version of a video signal is applied to an input of a first video compressor and to an input of a video scaler. The first video compre... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6226109 | Diffractive security device on compact discs This invention relates to marking the genuine CD in an easily detectable way while difficult to counterfeit. The improved CD has within its layers a second structured surface parallel to the flat surfaces of the CD. The second structured surface acts as a... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6219380 | Pulse position modulation based transceiver architecture with fast acquisition slot-locked-loop A transceiver has a pulse position modulation (PPM) encoder, automatic gain control (AGC) circuit and timing recovery circuit. The PPM encoder illustratively has a frequency divider, slot selector, and mixer. The frequency divider divides the frequency of... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6203632 | Oxidation-resistant metal foil, its use and method for its production The invention relates to iron-chromium aluminum metal foil which is resistant to high-temperature oxidation. Said metal foil is produced by hot-dip aluminizing an iron-chromium support band with an aluminum-silicon alloy. The foil has the following compos... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6178480 | Method for operating an array of video storage units A method for increasing the storage capacity of a video server which utilizes an array of disks is disclosed. The server is operated so that the continuity of a plurality of bit streams is maintained. The inventive method has advantageous characteristics ... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6091776 | Delay balanced video encoder system A process and apparatus for encoding are provided, wherein fields of a digital signal are processed to detect repeat fields. Adjacent pairs of the non-repeated fields are organized into frames. A determination is made whether to encode each of the frames ... | 07/18/2000 |
