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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8163238 | Automated micro-well plate handling device An automated micro-well plate handling device for removing a micro-well plate from within a vertically stacked plurality of micro-well plates and transferring the removable micro-well plate to a receiving area. A vertical storage device for storing the vertically st... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8098764 | Millimeter wave radio with phase modulation Millimeter wave radio with phase modulation. In preferred embodiments each of the two radios in a link uses a single aperture to transmit radiation in one of the two bands, and receive radiation in the other of the bands. The counterpart radio used to form a link pr... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8090411 | Wireless millimeter wave communication system A lens-based millimeter wave transceiver for use in wireless communication systems operating in the E-band spectrum consistent with the FCC rules regulating the 71-76 GHz and 81-86 GHz bands. The transceiver includes a single lens adapted for transmission of millime... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8090379 | Cellular systems with distributed antennas A communication system providing wireless communication among wireless users through a number of cellular base stations, each including at least transport management equipment and broadband equipment, at least one of which supports at least remote cellular station i... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8061789 | Storage device with pivot arm A storage device. The storage device has at least one pivot arm that is pivotally mounted to a support frame. A storage rod is attached to the pivot arm(s). The pivot arm(s) control the movement of the storage rod between a conveniently accessible lower use position... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8058598 | Fourier telescopic imaging system and method A system and method for imaging far away fast moving objects such as satellites in low earth orbit. The object to be imaged is illuminated simultaneously with a composite beam comprised of a large number of separate laser beams from a large number of laser sources e... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8038940 | Automated machine for transferring solution from a source microwell plate to a destination microwell plate An automated machine for transferring solution from a source microwell plate to a destination microwell plate. A plurality of pins is used for transferring the solution. The pins are attached to pin assemblies. The pin assemblies are attached to the circumference of... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8029553 | Portable laser and process for pain research A process and laser system for in vitro and in vivo pain research, pain clinical testing and pain management. In preferred embodiments of the present invention a diode laser operating at a 980 nm wavelength is used to produce warmth, tickling, itching, touch, burnin... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8025425 | Beaconless adaptive optics system An improved beaconless adaptive optics system and process. A target is illuminated with a high energy laser beam of a directed energy laser. Wave front measurements are made of high energy laser beam reflections from the target. These wave front measurements are ana... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8022379 | Beam position sensor for optical switch modules A beam direction sensor for determining the direction of each beam in an array of light beams. The invention basically consists of a screen positioned to intersect the array of beams and a video camera to record the position of the images of the intersections. The s... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7948428 | Millimeter wave imaging system with frequency scanning antenna A millimeter wave imaging system. The system includes one or more millimeter wave frequency scanning antenna for collecting frequency dependent beams of millimeter wave radiation from a narrow one-dimensional field of view and millimeter wave amplifier components fo... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7942720 | Animated “peek-a-boo” stuffed toy creature A child's stuffed teddy bear embodiment is made with arms that are animated by an internal electronically-controlled electric motor. The paws at the ends of arms are normally located initially so as to cover the bear's eyes, with the head inclined slightly and the e... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7935882 | Self powered electric generating food heater A self-powered food heater. The food heater includes a burner with an electric fuel pump and an electric blower, a fire box, a water tank and electronic controls. The food heater also includes a set of thermoelectric modules compressed against a heat transfer surfac... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7912506 | Wireless millimeter wave communication system with mobile base station A communication system providing wireless communication among wireless users through a number of cellular base stations. At least one of the base stations is a mobile base station in which low and high speed wireless transceivers are mounted on a temporarily station... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7906826 | Many million pixel image sensor A CMOS image sensor with a many million pixel count. Applicants have developed techniques for combining its continuous layer photodiode CMOS sensor technology with CMOS integrated circuit lithography stitching techniques to provide digital cameras with an almost unl... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7900943 | Constant velocity joint rear wheel suspension system for all-terrain vehicle A rear suspension system for an all-terrain vehicle having a chassis and at least three wheels. Two trailing arms are pivotally connected to a chassis. Each of the trailing arms includes a drive shaft bearing. A CV joint pivot arm is pivotally connected to the chass... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7898212 | Portable solar generator A portable PV modular solar generator. A plurality of wheels are attached to the bottom of a rechargeable battery container. At least one rechargeable battery is contained inside the rechargeable battery container. A power conditioning panel is connected to the rech... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7872394 | MEMS device with two axes comb drive actuators In certain embodiments, a MEMS actuator is provided comprising a frame and a movable structure coupled to the frame. A vertical comb drive is provided between the frame and the movable structure to actuate the movable structure. ... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7853355 | Pharmaceutical dispensing system for medicament and pre-packaged medication This invention focuses on resolving outstanding problems of pharmaceutical dispensing systems. A need for dispensing of both medicaments and pre-packed medications has been addressed. This invention comprises an accurate counting system for multiple concurrently dis... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7821624 | Tracking system with excited state atomic line filter A tracking system utilizing an excited state atomic line filter. The filter includes a metal vapor cell having an optical entrance port and an optical exit port and containing a metal vapor having a first excited energy state with a resonant frequency, and a second ... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7820525 | Method for manufacturing hybrid image sensors A method for wafer-to-wafer bonding of a sensor readout circuitry separately fabricated with a silicon substrate to a photodiode device made of non-silicon materials grown from a separate substrate. In preferred embodiments the non-silicon materials are epitaxially ... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7815865 | Liquid dispensing device A liquid dispensing device. The liquid dispensing device has a tray for holding a liquid at a relatively constant level. A syringe is used for drawing fluid from the tray. A liquid container containing a liquid is positioned upside-down in the tray. Atmospheric pres... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7801493 | Quasi-circulator for antenna multi-coupler system A multi-coupler system for isolating radio signals in a transceiver, that includes a transmitter and a receiver, to permit simultaneous transmit by the transmitter and receive by the receiver through a single antenna in the exact same or nearby frequency ranges. Thi... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7786543 | CDS capable sensor with photon sensing layer on active pixel circuit A MOS or CMOS based active pixel sensor with special sampling features to substantially eliminate clock noise. The sensor includes an array of pixels fabricated in or on a substrate, each pixel defining a charge collection node on which charges generated inside a ph... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7782251 | Mobile millimeter wave imaging radar system A short range millimeter wave imaging radar system. The system includes electronics adapted to produce millimeter wave radiation scanned over a frequency range of a few gigahertz. The scanned millimeter wave radiation is broadcast through a frequency scanned transmi... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7777961 | Optical switch with co-axial alignment beam A method and system for creating and co-aligning a first array of optical beams with a second array of optical beams. In a preferred application the invention is used in a cross connect optical switch. A first set of alignment beams are created and added to and alig... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7769347 | Wireless communication system A communication system providing wireless communication among wireless users through a number of cellular base stations. The system includes a connecting station with a millimeter wave wireless transceiver in communication with a fiber optic or high-speed cable comm... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7734127 | Optical switch module The present invention provides an all optical cross connect switch utilizing two-axis MEMS mirrors for cross connecting optical fibers in a first set of optical fibers to optical fibers in a second set of optical fibers. The optical fibers in the first and second se... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7692571 | Millimeter wave imager with visible or infrared overlay for brownout assist An imaging system for a rotary aircraft having a millimeter wave imager with visible or infrared overlay. The system includes an active millimeter wave imaging system comprising a millimeter wave transmitter and a millimeter wave phased array receiver for producing ... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7680650 | Very low bit rate speech transmission system A very low bit rate communication system. In preferred embodiments, an off-the-shelf module is adapted to convert a speaker's voice to text. A processor is provided to separate the text into individual words. The processor is programmed with a dictionary which provi... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7649138 | Thermoelectric device with surface conforming heat conductor A quickly attachable electric generator device for producing electric power from surfaces of hot or cold pipes. The invention provides a thermoelectric unit which includes a pedestal comprised of a material with high thermal conductivity on which a thermoelectric mo... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7645228 | Sexual enhancement device A sexual enhancement device for improving a user's sexual experience. A prostate pad is positioned adjacent to a male user's perineum below his prostate gland. A first prostate strap is connected to the prostate pad and is looped behind the user's neck. When the pro... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7548682 | Optical fiber array alignment unit An optical fiber alignment unit for the easy precise alignment of optical fibers in and array. In a preferred embodiment the positioning array is incorporated twice in an all optical cross connect switch utilizing MEMS mirrors for cross connecting optical fibers in ... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7530553 | Water misting gun A high-velocity water misting gun with a very high-speed radial inflow hydraulic turbine mounted on the same shaft with an axial flow air compressor wheel compressing air discharged at high velocities through an exhaust air nozzle. A preferred embodiment utilizes a ... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7525168 | CMOS sensor with electrodes across photodetectors at approximately equal potential A MOS or CMOS based active pixel sensor designed for operation with zero or close to zero potential across the pixel photodiodes to minimize or eliminate dark current. In preferred embodiments the pixel photodiodes are produced with a continuous pin or nip photodiod... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7506598 | Fitted deck for boat, yacht or ship A fitted deck and a method for installing the fitted deck above an as-built deck of a boat, ship or yacht (sometime referred to hereafter collectively as a vessel). Threaded stud elements are stud welded or glued to the surface of the as-built deck of the vessel to ... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7505133 | Optical metrology systems and methods Metrology systems and methods that measure thin film thickness and or index of refraction of semiconductor wafers with at least one deposited or grown thin film layer. The present invention measures near normal incidence and grazing angle of incidence reflection (us... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7503567 | Automated wheelchair An automated wheelchair for moving over a contact surface. The automated wheelchair includes an operator chair for seating the wheelchair operator, a control computer, an operator input device for transmitting operator inputs to the control computer, and two wheelch... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7492120 | Mobile solar generator A portable PV modular solar generator for providing electricity to a stationary electrically powered device. A plurality of wheels is attached to a rechargeable battery container. The plurality of wheels allow for movement of the PV modular solar generator so that t... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7491298 | Plant for producing low deuterium water from sea water A plant and process for efficient production of low deuterium water from seawater. The plant includes a solar still with a black pan for collecting solar heat, that vaporizes portions of the seawater and a porous sloped membrane positioned over the black pan to coll... | 02/17/2009 |
