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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8167317 | Wheelchair attachments Attachments for a manual wheelchair are provided for navigating a wheelchair over obstacles and uneven terrain, such as a typical curb on a street. The attachments provide for regulating the movement of the wheelchair as the wheelchair descends the curb and to preve... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8143717 | Surface mount package with ceramic sidewalls A package for use in encapsulating an electronic device is disclosed. The package includes a dielectric frame having first and second sides with a pair of apertures extending through the dielectric frame. These apertures are separated by a raised shelf span extendin... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8096243 | High velocity ammunition round A sub-caliber bullet with an aerodynamic shape has long-range accuracy due to a high muzzle velocity and reduced time of flight to a target. The bullet has a forward portion, a mid-portion and an aft portion. The forward portion has a density in excess of 10/cm... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8087281 | Method to continuously form surface mount flanged pins A method to make a flanged pin is described. The method includes feeding wire through a forming die whereby the wire is deformed to create a straight pin. The straight pin is then fed from the forming die to a heading die having a pre-formed cavity where a first por... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8080872 | Surface mount package with high thermal conductivity A package for use in encapsulating an electronic device is disclosed. In some embodiments, the package includes the following: a dielectric frame having first and second sides, an aperture, a raised shelf portion defined along an internal perimeter of the dielectric... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8056319 | Combined cycle missile engine system An insensitive combined cycle missile propulsion system includes a solid fuel contained within a first section of the missile, a liquid oxidizer contained within a second section of the missile and a solid oxidizer contained within a third section of said missile. A... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8035357 | Fault clearing for permanent magnet machines A permanent magnet machine (PMM) has a kinetic portion electrically coupled to a power conversion portion. Motive power is provided to the kinetic portion by a torque applied to a motive shaft coupled to a prime mover, such as an aircraft engine or an automobile eng... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8002565 | Waterproof connector kit useful for airfield lighting applications A waterproof electrical connector for airfield lighting applications has a connector body with a first end and an opposing second end. The first end terminates at a first end cap that has a strain/bend relief feature and a first bore for receiving a cable that exten... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7921778 | Single phase tungsten alloy for shaped charge liner A single phase metal alloy usually for forming a shaped charge liner for a penetrating jet or explosively formed penetrator forming warhead consists essentially of from a trace to 90%, by weight, of cobalt, from 10% to 50% by weight, of tungsten, and the balance nic... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7915741 | Solder bump UBM structure Disclosed is an under bump metallization structure including a plurality of metal or metal alloy layers formed on chip bond pads. The disclosed UBM structure has a stress improvement on the semiconductor device because the thickness of the copper-base layer is reduc... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7886516 | Combined cycle integrated combustor and nozzle system An engine that operates and produces the entire required vehicle thrust below Mach 4 is useful for a Hypersonic combined cycle vehicle by saving vehicle and engine development costs. One such engine is a combined cycle engine having both a booster and a dual mode ra... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7880448 | Fault clearing method for permanent magnet machines A permanent magnet machine (PMM) has a kinetic portion electrically coupled to a power conversion portion. Motive power is provided to the kinetic portion by a torque applied to a motive shaft coupled to a prime mover, such as an aircraft engine or an automobile eng... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7872839 | Systems, methods, and devices for controlling a serial arc fault in an electrical circuit Methods, systems, and devices for controlling a serial arc fault in an electrical circuit are disclosed. In some embodiments, the methods include the following: a. measuring a current in the circuit; b. determining whether the current is below a predetermined value;... | 01/18/2011 |
| D627449 | Reversible sink facade | 11/16/2010 |
| D624636 | Reversible sink façades | 09/28/2010 |
| D624635 | Reversible sink façades | 09/28/2010 |
| 7797943 | Core burning for scramjet engines A pilot for a scramjet provides a flame front whose arrival at the wall of the scramjet combustor is delayed thereby reducing combustor heat load. By combining in-stream injection of fuel with an interior pilot and a lean (fuel-poor) outer annulus, the bulk of combu... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7766342 | Wheelchair attachments Attachments for a manual wheelchair are provided for navigating a wheelchair over obstacles and uneven terrain, such as a typical curb on a street. The attachments provide for regulating the movement of the wheelchair as the wheelchair descends the curb and to preve... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7762195 | Slow cook off rocket igniter A gas generating propulsion system includes an igniter containing an igniter propellant and an auto igniter. A rocket motor is coupled to the igniter and has a housing containing a main propellant, a rocket motor throat and a nozzle. A release port extends through a... | 07/27/2010 |
| D620093 | Facades of a reversible sink | 07/20/2010 |
| D620091 | Reversible sink facades design | 07/20/2010 |
| 7731448 | Portable rumble strip A portable rumble strip that is adapted to conform to a roadway having a base portion, grips that adhere to the roadway, and a plurality of vibrators protruding away from the roadway. The vibrators are effective to cause a vibration in a tire when engaged by a movin... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7619646 | System and method to illuminate and image the inside diameter of a stent An optical system is effective to illuminate and scan an interior wall of an object having an interior bore, such as a stent. The system includes a light source, an object support having a light conducting portion, an image taking lens, and a line scan camera. The i... | 11/17/2009 |
| D603946 | Faade for a sink | 11/10/2009 |
| 7604748 | Magnetic filter A magnetic filter device capable of separating contaminant material from a working fluid. The device includes an inlet to allow fluid to flow into the device and an outlet to allow fluid to flow out of the device. The filter further includes an elongate magnetic cor... | 10/20/2009 |
| D600188 | Cover for wheel with spokes | 09/15/2009 |
| 6858994 | Traffic signal installation comprising an led-light source A traffic signal installation with an LED light source (2), comprising: an input (38, 40) for connection of a current source; furthermore, at potential levels between the upper potential (16) a... | 02/22/2005 |
| 7496536 | Systems and methods to facilitate a transfer of a refund amount from an educational institution to a student According to some embodiments, systems and methods are provided to facilitate a transfer of a refund amount from an educational institution to a student. For example, a refund controller may receive from an educational institution an indication of a refund amount as... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7474984 | Racecourse lap counter and racecourse for radio controlled vehicles A combination of a racecourse and a plurality of racing vehicles where the racecourse has a predefined path defined by at least one gate. This gate further includes a unique identifier. Each of the plurality of racing vehicles has a sensor capable of detecting the u... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7392563 | Probe pin cleaning system An improved device for cleaning probe pins of a probe head assembly is presented. The device includes a first holding plate, a second holding plate and a cleaning cartridge. The first holding plate secures the probe head assembly. The second holding plate secures th... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7389891 | Septic system tank A septic system tank vertical wall has vertically overlapping grooved rings having specific diameters for receiving existing sealing couplers for septic system pipe. One wall of the groove has portions at different angles from the wall. The grooves are at the same d... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7387468 | Orifice shield for drainage pipe An orifice shield for distributing water flowing from an orifice in a pipe and preventing blockage of the orifice. The orifice shield includes a housing including a cage, the cage being defined by a first plate joined to a second plate via fins, the fins being joine... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7388392 | Die design with integrated assembly aid An upper die portion of a die head for aligning probe pins in first array of first micro-holes formed in lower die portion of the die head, which generally includes a spacer portion and is adapted to contact lower die portion is typically positioned between second s... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7365521 | Fault tolerant architecture for permanent magnet starter generator subsystem A permanent magnet starter/generator subsystem configured in a fault tolerant architecture is described herein for small engine applications. The system allows for lighter system weight, improved system reliability, higher performance capability and reduced maintena... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7360488 | Single phase tungsten alloy A single phase metal alloy usually for forming a shaped charge liner for a penetrating jet or explosively formed penetrator forming warhead consists essentially of from a trace to 90%, by weight, of cobalt, from 10% to 50% by weight, of tungsten, and the balance nic... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7331108 | Method and device for using compressed gas as a weapon A knife includes a handle, a blade and a trigger. The handle has an internal cavity containing a compressed gas source and the blade is affixed to the handle. The blade has an internal bore running along a longitudinal axis from the handle to a point proximate a tip... | 02/19/2008 |
| D558843 | Abdominal muscle training device | 01/01/2008 |
| 7282936 | Die design with integrated assembly aid An upper die portion (36) of a die head for aligning probe pins (14) in first array of first micro-holes (18) formed in lower die portion (12) of the die head, which generally includes a spacer portion (38), a support frame (40 | 10/16/2007 |
| 7282934 | Flexible microcircuit space transformer assembly A space transformer for electrically interconnecting a probe head to a printed circuit board, which includes a flexible multilayer circuit with device under test contact pads formed on a first side and printed circuit board contact pads formed on a second side. Elec... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7279040 | Method and apparatus for zinc oxide single crystal boule growth There is provided a method for growing one or more single crystal ZnO boules within a physical vapor transport furnace system. This method includes the steps of: (a.) placing a source material at a first end of an interior crucible enclosure and placing one or more ... | 10/09/2007 |
