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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D555957 | Shower organizer | 11/27/2007 |
| D555404 | Shower organizer | 11/20/2007 |
| D554904 | Display case | 11/13/2007 |
| 7285000 | Electro-fluidic interconnect attachment An electro-fluidic interconnection. The interconnection includes a body (200) formed of a ceramic material. The body (200) is provided with an aperture (206) having a profile suitable for receiving an interconnecting conduit (400). The in... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7269306 | Actuator arrangement for excitation of flexural waves on an optical fiber A system for exciting flexural waves on an optical fiber (102) is provided. The system includes a substrate (114, 118), an actuator (106), and a mechanical optical fiber coupling (104). The actuator is formed of an electromechanical trans... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7253711 | Embedded toroidal inductors A method for making an embedded toroidal inductor (118) includes forming in a ceramic substrate (100) a first plurality of conductive vias (102) radially spaced a first distance from a central axis (101) so as to define an inner circumfer... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7248228 | Flexure elastomer antenna isolation system A vibration isolation system (100) for a payload (102). The vibration isolation system provides a level of vibration isolation for all vibration translational and rotational components, while minimizing the moment of the payload mass relative to the is... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7228316 | Three-dimensional volumetric geo-spatial querying A three-dimensional (3D) volumetric geo-spatial querying system. The system can include a 3D GIS. The 3D GIS can include a database of geo-spatial data configured to store geo-spatial data using, not two-dimensional, but three-dimensional coordinates. The GIS furthe... | 06/05/2007 |
| D541832 | Graticule for golf scope | 05/01/2007 |
| 7206409 | Motion picture anti-piracy coding Method and apparatus for uniquely identifying a copy of a motion picture disposed on a media. The method includes the steps of selecting two or more motion picture scenes. Each of the motion picture scenes is an identifiable portion of the motion picture distinct fr... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7199437 | Fabrication process for embedding optical band gap structures in a low temperature co-fired ceramic substrate A method for embedding optical band gap (OBG) devices in a ceramic substrate (100). The method includes the step (320) of pre-forming an OBG structure (105). The OBG structure can be a micro optical electromechanical systems (MOEMS) device. Furt... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7195511 | Cable strain relief Cable strain relief device (100) for electronic equipment (400) that can be attached at any position on a cable (200). The device (100) can secure the cable (200) to any fixed point (402). The device can protect the cable co... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7196607 | Embedded toroidal transformers in ceramic substrates Method for forming a transformer (118) in a ceramic substrate. The method can include the steps of forming at least one conductive coil (119a, 119b) comprising a plurality of turns about an unfired ceramic toroidal core region (... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7187340 | Simultaneous multi-band ring focus reflector antenna-broadband feed Compact multi-band antenna system (500) includes a main reflector (502) having a shaped surface of revolution about a boresight axis of the antenna operable at a plurality of frequency bands spectrally offset from each other. A multi band feed system (... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7181834 | Method of fabricating an RF substrate with selected electrical properties Method for fabricating a textured dielectric substrate (400) for an RF circuit. The method can include the step (104) of selecting a plurality of dielectric substrate materials, each having a distinct combination or set of electrical properties that is... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7174681 | Concrete from stake system with self-sealing plug Method and apparatus for securing a building foundation form disposed on a moisture barrier membrane. The method includes the steps of positioning one end of a concrete form stake in a mating structure of a plug, penetrating the moisture barrier membrane with a tip ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7172232 | Console for vehicle A console for vehicle, which has an improved usefulness with respect to the accommodation of goods or the like, is disclosed. The console comprises: a first concave portion arranged to accommodate goods, the first concave portion having a first opening on a top side... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7173577 | Frequency selective surfaces and phased array antennas using fluidic dielectrics A phased array antenna (100) having a frequency selective surface comprises a substrate (125) and an array of antenna elements (140) thereon. Each antenna element comprises a medial feed portion (42) and a pair of legs (49) extendi... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7168680 | Embedded control valve using electroactive material A microfluidic control valve (100) comprising a dielectric structure (105) defining at least one cavity (260) therein. An electroactive material (305), such as an electroactive polymer, is disposed in a portion of the cavity. The electroa... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7159498 | Miter box for guiding a circular saw The invention relates to an improved miter box for guiding a handheld portable circular saw. The miter box facilitates several conventional workpiece trim cuts using a handheld portable circular saw, including 45 degree and 90 degree straightcuts, as well as 45 and ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7158005 | Embedded toroidal inductor A toroidal inductor, including a substrate (100), a toroidal core region (434) defined within the substrate, and a toroidal coil including a first plurality of turns formed about the toroidal core region and a second plurality of turns formed about the... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7154139 | Embedded capacitors using conductor filled vias Embedded capacitors and a method for manufacturing the embedded capacitors. The method can include the steps of forming at least one bore (115) in a dielectric substrate (100). The dielectric substrate can be mechanically punched or laser cut to form t... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7152231 | High speed interprocess communication A method for high speed interprocess communications comprises four steps. Initially, first and second processes can be attached to a message buffer in a shared region of user memory. In addition, each process can have a corresponding message queue. In a preferred em... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7126470 | Wireless ad-hoc RFID tracking system A method of tracking an entity (130) through a plurality of tracking stations (205, 210, 215, 220) in a wireless ad-hoc network. A unique identifier (250) can be assigned to the entity at a first (205) of the plurality of tracking station... | 10/24/2006 |
| D529731 | Curved display case | 10/10/2006 |
| 7104515 | Flexure elastomer antenna isolation system A vibration isolation system (100) for a payload (102). The vibration isolation system provides a level of vibration isolation for all vibration translational and rotational components, while minimizing the moment of the payload mass relative to the is... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7097460 | Coaxial connector A coaxial connector (100) which includes first and second contact pins (104, 106), an outer contact member (102) and an inner alignment member (320). The inner alignment member can be electrically conductive and coaxially positioned withi... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7093818 | Embedded control valve using homopolar motor A method for controlling fluid flow. A fluid (560) can be communicated to a first fluid flow port (105) disposed adjacent to a first surface (196) of a rotatable disk (115) of a homopolar motor. The fluid can flow through at least one ori... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7088308 | Feedback and control system for radomes Method for dynamically optimizing radome (110) performance. The method can include the steps of sensing (405) at least one parameter defining a performance characteristic of the radome (110). At least one electrical characteristic of the radome ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7079081 | Slotted cylinder antenna An antenna (100) for RF communications. The antenna includes a radiating member (102) which is substantially tubular so as to define a cavity (104) therein. The radiating member (102) is made of a conductive material having a non-conducti... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7053861 | Taper control of reflectors and sub-reflectors using fluidic dielectrics A reflector antenna (100) includes a reflector unit (191) having at least one cavity (192) disposed in the reflector unit, at least one fluidic dielectric (180) having a permittivity and a permeability, and at least one composition proces... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7046104 | Controlling a time delay line by adding and removing a fluidic dielectric A variable true time delay line (100) includes an RF transmission line (110) and at least one fluidic delay unit (108). The fluidic delay unit includes a fluidic dielectric contained in a cavity (109) and coupled to the RF transmission li... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7047042 | Method and apparatus for equalization in transmit and receive levels in a broadband transceiver system A method (100) for amplitude equalization in transmit and receive levels in a base station wideband transceiver (50) includes the step of assigning (102) a plurality of transmit and receive carrier frequencies to the base station wideband transc... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7036642 | Laptop computer carrying case Laptop computer carrying case of a generally parallelepiped form for transporting laptop computers of small and oversized dimensions. The carrying/case includes a front panel, a rear panel spaced apart and opposed from the front panel and a pair of side panels attac... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7032608 | Microfluidic check-valve embedded in LCP Embedded check-valve assembly (100, 600) for integration in a micro-fluidic system. The assembly can include a check-valve chamber (104, 604), an inlet port (106, 606) and an outlet port (108, 608) formed from at least one layer of liquid... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7030834 | Active magnetic radome A method for dynamically modifying electrical characteristics of a radome (110). The method can interpose a radome (110) in the path of a radio frequency signal (140). At least one electrical characteristic of the radome (110) can be sele... | 04/18/2006 |
| D518932 | Nozzle for electric vacuum cleaner | 04/11/2006 |
| 7021436 | Adjustable foot for luggage case with wheels The invention is directed to an article of upright rolling luggage including a luggage case having a bottom wall, a top wall opposed from the bottom wall, and a rear wall extending between a rear edge of the bottom wall and a rear edge of the top wall. The invention... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7023392 | Fluid dielectric reflectarray An antenna can comprise a conductive reflecting surface (204) and a plurality of cells (202) disposed over the conductive reflecting surface. The plurality of cells can be formed from a solid dielectric material such as a low temperature cofired cerami... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7023384 | Beam steering with a periodic resonance structure Method and apparatus for steering an antenna beam using a periodic resonance structure (300). The method can include the step of electrically and magnetically coupling a first fluid dielectric (114) to a plurality of transmission line stubs (104... | 04/04/2006 |
