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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7662128 | Steerable needle The invention relates to a needle guidance system provided by a needle with a steerable tip. The needle has a cannula and a stylet. The stylet adjacent to its tip has a naturally curved portion. The stylet is movable in two degrees of freedom with respect to the can... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7304403 | Power signaling based technique for detecting islanding conditions in electric power distribution systems A signaling system for detecting power line discontinuity in a power distribution system having a local power generator in a feeder line employs a signal generator that provides a local generator control signal with a preset protocol continuously and is located in t... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7249988 | Life preserver A personal flotation device is formed with a neck opening defined by a plurality of discrete lobes projecting in toward the inside of said neck opening and including a chin lobe that is positioned to engage the underside of the chin of a user when device is in opera... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7204168 | Hand controller and wrist device A compact four degrees of freedom parallel mechanism suitable for use as a hand control or wrist is provided that has backdrivability, is singularity free and has a large workspace and a large force reflecting capability. The structure is light but rigid, and the el... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7169001 | Life jacket A buoyancy device has a rear buoyancy area interconnected to a pair of lateral under arm buoyancy areas by a pair of front buoyancy areas, and combining to form a simulated W-shape when viewed in a plan view. The provision of the lateral or underarm buoyancy areas f... | 01/30/2007 |
| 6883669 | Multi-element airfoil for pulp screens A the operation of pulp screening apparatus may be improved by employing a multi element foil having a leading foil section and a trailing foil section spaced from and trailing leading section so that adjacent surfaces of the sections one formed by a portion of a pr... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6852668 | Catalyst for hydrocarbon reforming reaction A Nickel (Ni) catalyst for facilitating a hydrocarbon reforming process, and an improved process based on the catalyst. The catalyst comprising discrete Ni crystallites having a size in the range of between 150 and 250 Å and a distribution on said support element ... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6767490 | Low density oriented strand boards A method of producing a strand board having an average density of between 450 and 550 Km/m3 by providing a first set of strands having a moisture content of between 25 and 45% based on the dry weight of said strands and a second set of strand having a moi... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6767465 | Process for treating fine coal particles A process for recovering fine coals and clarifying water for recycling features with three distinct mechanisms: hydrophobic extraction, electrolyte coagulation, and macromolecular flocculation, which if desired may be integrated into a single stage. The hydrophobic ... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6757916 | Pressure applying garment A pressure-applying garment particularly suited for locating and applying pressure to transmitters is formed by a main inflatable bladder inflated to first pressure to press its inner wall toward a wearer and conform the inner wall to contours of said wearer and to ... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6726613 | Method and apparatus for setting up a carton A method and apparatus for squaring knocked down slotted boxes employs an L-shaped support and forming platform onto which a partially opened box is applied so that the junction of the two legs of the L-shape is received within the box and a leading flap (and its fo... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6716344 | Liquid-solids circulating fluidized bed A continuous Liquid-Solids Circulating Fluidized Bed (LSCFB) preferably for use as an ion exchanger consists of two fluidized bed columns, a fluidized bed adsorber (downer) operating in conventional fluidized bed mode for adsorption of ions of interest and a fluidiz... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6695762 | Fluid cooled pressure garment An anti-G pressure garment system incorporates an inflatable pressure bladder covering portions of the wearer's body. The bladder is provided with an area made of a first material formed by a flexible air and liquid impermeable, vapor permeable, micro-por... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6668386 | Adjustable neck seal A sealing system for sealing a garment around an appendage formed by an annular tube surrounding a passage (cuff) through which appendage is intended to protrude and a pull cord extending through said tube for a length to completely encircle said passage ... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6582612 | Plankton mitigation system A method of mitigating plankton from fish pens moves denser cleaning water from a selected depth into the pen and discharges it to flow horizontally across the pen, but with a downward component and at a sufficient velocity so that the cleaning water swee... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6582676 | Hydrogen generation from water split reaction A method of producing Hydrogen by reacting a metal selected from the group consisting of Aluminum (Al), Magnesium (Mg), Silicon (Si) and Zinc (Zn) with water in the presence of an effective amount of a catalyst at a pH of between 4 and 10 to produce Hydro... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6571645 | Differential pressure velocimeter with probe body having disk shape A disk probe velocimeter is formed by multiple orthogonal disks fitted with pressure transducers positioned to measure dynamic pressure differences between the center of one disk face and the center of the other face of each disk. The velocimeter can meas... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6453840 | Damage tolerant inflatable An inflatable device having a safety system provided by having at least two separate and distinct independently inflatable bladders contained within the outer shell of the device. Each of the bladders is designed when fully inflated to fully inflate the s... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6449582 | Vehicle weight and cargo load determination using tire pressure A method for measuring the weight of a vehicle and/or of its load comprising measuring the temperature and pressure of at least a significant number of tires of said vehicle, a temperature standardized pressure based on a selected standardization temperat... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6443100 | Debris separating system for fish pens A debris separating system for separating debris in a fish tank is formed by a standpipe extending up through the bottom of tank at the center of tank and terminating in an open end. A cover covers the opening and is spaced therefrom to provide an inlet o... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6423955 | High frequency dielectric heating system A method and apparatus for dielectric drying is disclosed wherein a load to be heated positioned on a carrier the bottom of which provides a secondary electrode is moved with the carrier a dielectric heating chamber having a primary electrode positioned a... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6417499 | Dielectric heating using inductive coupling A method and apparatus for heating or drying material by applying radio frequency (RF) power to a material in a resonant cavity; wherein an RF power source is inductively coupled to a resonant cavity formed by distributed inductance in resonance with the ... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6378254 | Non-leaking window frame structure A window frame structure formed from hollow members is formed with access holes through the outer walls through which fasteners are inserted and tightened to bear against an inner wall of the member (opposite the outer wall) and then the access hole is se... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6380725 | Voltage sensor A voltage sensor for measuring the voltage on high voltage lines is formed by an electrically isolating-section of material with resistive shielding (RS) that structures the electric field generated by a voltage difference between the two ends of the isol... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6373466 | Active joystick with optical position sensor A joystick composed of a stator formed by an outer cage forming an inner cubic compartment containing an inner cube oriented with its wall spaced from and substantially parallel corresponding wall of the compartment. Opposed magnets are position in cooper... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6368332 | Motion tracking platform for relative motion cancellation for surgery A system for performing coronary artery bypass grafting surgery on the beating heart senses the movement of the surgical area of the heart to be worked on and moves a support with a controlled motion follows the motion of the surgical area on the heart su... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6357186 | Self-venting window frame A hollow window frame structure is provided with a one way valve to permit flow from the exterior of the building to the interior of the building through the hollow frame when the air pressure is higher outside than in the interior of the building and imp... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6339969 | Three-degree-of-freedom parallel planar manipulator A pair of five-bar mechanisms having their pivotal axes parallel are each mounted at one end to a base and are interconnected at their other ends by a crankshaft to obtain a manipulator generating three degrees of freedom planar motion of an end-effector.... | 01/22/2002 |
| 6317997 | Vacuum port positioning for vacuum drying systems A vacuum drying system wherein the drying chamber is provided with at least two vacuum draw headers positioned one above and one below a median plane through a load being dried to draw gases substantially symmetrically from opposite sides of the load as i... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6316060 | Metering coatings The amount of coating dispensed by a metering rod type applicator such as used on size press coater for applying coating onto the size press rolls can be reduced by vibrating the metering rod. Such vibration of the metering rod has been found to reduce th... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6312745 | Process for dehydration of berries A process for drying antioxidant-rich berries (such as blueberries) to preserve their antioxidant action and their antioxidant compounds is disclosed. The process may conventionally dry the antioxidant-rich berries to remove 0 to 90% of the initial mass o... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6252388 | Method and apparatus for measuring voltage using electric field sensors A voltage sensor for measuring the voltage on high voltage lines is formed by an electrically isolating section of dielectric material that structures the electric field generated by a voltage difference between the two ends of the isolating section and p... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6245208 | Codepositing of gold-tin alloys A relatively stable, weakly acidic, non-cyanide electroplating solution for deposition of Au--Sn alloys over a range of compositions. The solution consists of Au and Sn chloride salts, as well as ammonium citrate as a buffering agent and sodium sulphite a... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6226965 | Inline case sealing system A case sealer for overlap flap type boxes wherein the major flaps extend greater than 1/2 the width of the carton. The case sealer uses a folding shoe for folding the inner major flap and then holding the inner major flap and a trailing minor flap in fold... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6225612 | Electrode structure for dielectric heating A dielectric heating or drying system incorporating an electrode structure, which is provided with wings that projects toward the opposite electrode along each side of a planar central portion of the electrode and function to improve electric field unifor... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6219841 | Immersion suit entry system An easy access immersion suit, in which the zippered opening starts at the crotch, runs diagonally up across and around the hip, diagonally across the back and ending at the underarm opposite the previous referred to hip.... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6214088 | Immobilized bioreactor method for sulphidic minerals and other particulate solids A method and apparatus for bioprocessing particles wherein particles are entrapped a porous material and have biologically active microorganisms on their surfaces. A liquid (carrying oxygen and/or nutrients for said microorganisms) is passed through the e... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6201224 | Method of making a composite wood product from wood elements A method of producing a consolidated composite wood product composed of discrete wood elements and a binder by forming a layup and preheating only a central longitudinal portion of the layup by application of microwave energy across the longitudinal axis ... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6195083 | Active joystick with optical positions sensor A joystick composed of a stator formed by an outer cage forming an inner cubic compartment containing an inner cube oriented with its wall spaced from and substantially parallel corresponding wall of the compartment. Opposed magnets are position in cooper... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6187208 | Tank cleaning system Tank cleaning system is formed by an upper deck having a spout potion and a deck portion, injectors and a separation chamber having a conical bottom wall and a top formed by a waste baffle. The injectors connect the deck portion with the separation chambe... | 02/13/2001 |
