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...that it was melting ice cream that inspired the invention of the outboard motor? It was a lovely August day and Ole Evinrude was rowing his boat to his favorite island picnic spot. As he rowed, he watched his ice cream melt and wished he had a faster way to get to the island. At that moment the idea for the outboard motor was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7940386 | Scatterometry target employing non-periodic defect features to enhance or optimize target sensitivity to a parameter of interest Embodiments of the invention include a target having a lattice of many periodically spaced and uniformly configured metrology features arranged in an array pattern over a target region. The lattice includes at least one defect region in the lattice, the defect regio... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940140 | Self-calibrated wide range LC tank voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) system with expanded frequency tuning range and method for providing same The present invention is a self-calibrating, dual-band, wide range LC tank Voltage Controlled Oscillator (VCO) system. The system may include a first Voltage-Controlled Oscillator (VCO) and a second Voltage-Controlled Oscillator (VCO). The system may further include... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7929314 | Method and apparatus of changing PCB pad structure to increase solder volume and strength The present disclosure is directed at an apparatus for changing printed circuit board pad structure to increase solder volume and strength. The invention provides increased end row pad and lead size and utilizes a plurality of lead-to-pad and pad-to-lead conforming ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7919042 | Sterilization of consumable composition dispensers Methods and systems for programmed dispensation of consumable compositions are provided. A method for sterilizing a beverage container may comprise: (a) detecting a sterilization status of a beverage container; and (b) controlling functionality of a controlla... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7917769 | Transaction authentication card A transaction authentication card uses a biometric input and a wireless output. The biometric input may be a sensor pad on the transaction authentication card that measures blood flow patterns, temperature, and/or fingerprint patterns to identify a user to permit ac... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7916615 | Method and system for rotational control of data storage devices Embodiments of methods and systems for controlling access to information stored on memory or data storage devices are disclosed. In various embodiments, fluid-mediated modification of information or access to information is utilized. According to various embodiments... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7913023 | Specifying lanes for SAS wide port connections The optimal lanes of at least one SAS wide port for the data connection are discovered. The allowable lanes for the data connection within the SAS wide ports of each level of the SAS domain are specified. The specified allowable lanes for the data connection are che... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7893554 | Turbo compounding system A turbo compounding system may include a turbo generator having a switched reluctance machine having at least one pole-matched rotor and stator pair, a single phase inverter coupled to the turbo generator and further coupled to a direct current link, an inverter cou... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7849248 | Method and system for combining multiple serial attached small computer system interface (SAS) expanders At least one first numbered phy of a first SAS expander is grouped with at least one second numbered phy of a second SAS expander physically separate from the first SAS expander into at least one common SAS wide port. An identical SAS address is assigned to the firs... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7846781 | Deletable nanotube circuit Carbon nanotube template arrays may be edited to form connections between proximate nanotubes and/or to delete undesired nanotubes or nanotube junctions. ... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7845878 | Smoothness indicator A smoothness indicator for measuring a profile of a road surface includes two or more non-contact elevation distance sensors, such as ultrasonic sensors, laser sensors, or the like. The non-contact elevation distance sensors are arranged in pairs including a trailin... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7876233 | Method to provide intelligent lighting for locating an error condition of a computer resource The present disclosure is a system and method to control illumination within a data center, so as to efficiently light areas only when necessary. A path of low level light created between the entrance of the data center and the location of the required machine to ac... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7873204 | Method for detecting lithographically significant defects on reticles A method for identifying lithographically significant defects. A photomask is illuminated to produce images that experience different parameters of the reticle as imaged by an inspection tool. Example parameters include a transmission intensity image and a reflectio... | 01/18/2011 |
| D630838 | Baby sling | 01/18/2011 |
| 7868608 | Detecting open ground connections in surface mount connectors A device may include a current source for connecting to a printed circuit board. The device may also include a first FET switch pack and a second FET switch pack for connecting to the surface mount connector of the printed circuit board. Additionally, the device may... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7867174 | Systems and methods for obtaining analytes from a body A method may include collecting at least one analyte from within a body, ejecting the collected at least one analyte from the body through at least one dermal layer of the body, and receiving the ejected at least one analyte outside the body. A system may include a ... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7864539 | Horizontal drive drawer system and method An apparatus may include drive chassis, at least one horizontal drive drawer extending from a first side of the drive chassis to a second side of the drive chassis and/or at Least one computer drive disposed on the horizontal drive drawer. Additionally, a computer s... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7861607 | Pressurized fluid station The present invention is directed to a pressurized fluid station. In an exemplary embodiment, the pressurized fluid station includes a vessel for receiving a sample probe. The vessel includes walls contoured to form a seal around the sample probe. Further, a deliver... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7861117 | Method to recover from a boot device failure during reboot or system IPL A method of automatic recovery from a boot device failure and an initial program load (IPL) failure of an operating system (OS) comprises: receiving and complying with a user selected option of an action upon an event of a boot device failure and an IPL failure. The... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7857767 | Lumen-traveling device Lumen-traveling devices and associated methods and systems are described. Lumen-traveling devices capable of traveling within a body lumen may include a propelling mechanism to produce movement of the lumen-traveling device within the lumen, as well as additional co... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7856388 | Financial reporting and auditing agent with net knowledge for extensible business reporting language A system and method utilizes intelligent agents for searching, analyzing, and reporting business, financial, or non-financial information available through communication networks, particularly the Internet, regardless of inconsistencies in formats and granularity of... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7855969 | Selective test point for high speed SERDES cores in semiconductor design The present invention is directed to a method and system for testing systems involving high speed SERDES cores by exposing an internal nature of signals. The signals are tapped at various external test points. The present invention may take one or more test points i... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7853827 | Isotropic processor The present disclosure is directed toward a method for restoring a computer processor to a previous state. Described is a processor/memory architecture that may store successive instructions/data into a pushdown stack. As instructions are loaded and executed, the lo... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7850395 | Smoothness indicator analysis system A smoothness indicator analysis system generates a comprehensive report and a graphic user interface display useful for planning pavement projects and future maintenance of a paved road. The smoothness indicator analysis system includes an information handling syste... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7843170 | Battery backup unit (BBU) assembly The present invention is a Battery Backup Unit (BBU) Assembly. The BBU Assembly may include a Printed Circuit Board (PCB). The BBU Assembly may further include a protection circuit connected to the PCB. The BBU Assembly may further include a battery pack connected t... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7840420 | Multiple patient monitoring system for proactive health management A system and method for monitoring a group of patients having a chronic disease or ongoing health condition. The method includes the step of collecting from each patient a corresponding set of measurements of a control parameter of the health condition. Each set of ... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7836351 | System for providing an alternative communication path in a SAS cluster The present invention is a system and method for supporting an alternative peer-to-peer communication over a network in a SAS cluster when a node cannot communicate with another node through a normal I/O bus (Serial SCSI bus). At startup, driver may establish the al... | 11/16/2010 |
| D627167 | Roll-up pack | 11/16/2010 |
| D627163 | Roll-up pack | 11/16/2010 |
| 7831653 | Flexible template having embedded gate array and composable memory for integrated circuits A partially manufactured semiconductor chip comprising a slice and a number of shells is a template for a communication and networking chip. The slice has a number of I/O ports, blocks, and PHYs. The hardmac PHYs are established to correspond to a high speed data tr... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7829680 | System and method for isolation of gluten as a co-product of ethanol production The present invention is a method for protein isolation as a co-product of alcohol production. The method includes receiving grain product at a holding receptacle, the grain product being at least one of whole stillage, dried distillers grain, and wet distillers gra... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7827509 | Digitally obtaining contours of fabricated polygons The present invention provides a method for digitally obtaining contours of fabricated polygons. A GDS polygon described in a Geographic Data System (GDS) file is provided. Based on the GDS polygon, a plurality of identical polygons is fabricated with the same fabri... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7818528 | System and method for asynchronous clock regeneration The present invention is a method of asynchronous clock regeneration. The method includes synchronizing a first write pointer and a second write pointer, the first write pointer being an offline write pointer, the second write pointer being an online write pointer. ... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7817030 | Remote controller for in situ reaction device Embodiments of a system including a remotely controlled reaction device and associated controller are described. Methods of use and control of the device are also disclosed. According to various embodiments, a reaction device is placed in an environment in order to ... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7808638 | Scatterometry target and method Embodiments of the invention include a SCOL targeting groups configured to increase target to target separation and thereby increase target utility to simultaneous exposures to multiple illumination dots and associated inspection methodologies. The embodiments of th... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7806339 | Embedded identifiers A manufactured item includes an outer part including at least one outer material; and an identifier including at least one three-dimensional configuration corresponding to the identifier, the at least one three-dimensional configuration being embedded within the out... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7805633 | Optimized reconstruction and copyback methodology for a disconnected drive in the presence of a global hot spare disk The present invention is a system for optimizing the reconstruction and copyback of data contained on a failed disk in a multi-disk mass storage system. A system in accordance with the present invention may comprise the following: a processing unit requiring ... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7804419 | Programmed dispensing of consumable compositions Methods and systems for administering consumable compositions according to a programmed dosing schedule are provided. A method for administering a consumable composition may comprise one or more of the following steps: (a) dispensing a first dose of a consumable com... | 09/28/2010 |
| D624600 | Computer game accessory | 09/28/2010 |
| 7802184 | Method and apparatus for processing text and character data An apparatus and method for processing text or character data are disclosed. A text processing system receives a character input string and determines whether to apply character processing. A non-English language such as Italian can be entered into a processing syst... | 09/21/2010 |
