Did You Know...
...that the x-ray was discovered purely by accident? When German physicist Wilhelm Konrad von Roentgen was experimenting with cathode rays in 1895, he put an activated Crookes tube in a book and went out to lunch. When he returned, he discovered that a key that had also been placed in the book showed up as an image on the developed film!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8145771 | Name system in communication network, and naming method A name system and method in a communication network, includes a technique for implementing naming in which security is ensured in an Internet environment and a personal network in which a user can access his own device or data. ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8135762 | System and method for determining true computer file type identity A system and method for providing a cost-effective, metadata independent mechanism for the determination of file types. When a user makes a request to store data, the storage device communicates with a storage management software function. The storage management sof... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8131621 | Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing risk management information and tools to traders in fund shares A system, method and computer product for providing risk information and cost estimation tools to traders in exchange-traded fund shares. The disclosed processes develop, calculate, and publish supplemental information using confidential fund data to support trading... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8042411 | Small line size vortex flowmeter A vortex flowmeter and method includes a conduit for process fluid flow and a shedder disposed within the central bore of the conduit. First and second diaphragms are mounted in inner wall portions of the conduit, on opposite sides of the shedder. A sensor is dispos... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8023808 | Heat transfer device A device for transferring heat to a fluid with a heat generator comprising an electric resistance inserted in a first pipe integrally connected to a second pipe in which the fluid flows. The second pipe may comprise a steel tube coaxially inserted inside. First and ... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7980921 | Tile cutting tool and methods A tool and method for marking dimensions for cutting a tile include a platform with a front wall defining an x axis, a side wall defining a y axis, with the y axis being perpendicular to the x axis, and a front guideline defining an x′ axis parallel to the x axis.... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7972863 | System and method for alkylation process analysis A method and apparatus is provided for determining concentration of components in a liquid hydrocarbon mixture including hydrocarbons and water flowing through an alkylation process. A fluid flow path conveys the liquid continuously from the alkylation process throu... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7961224 | Photon counting imaging system An imaging device includes first and second photon sensors respectively capture arrival times and locations of individual photons on first and second image planes, while optionally capturing photon colors. A stereoptic distance finder identifies source distance of i... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7959442 | Multi-sensory teaching kit and method A multi-sensory teaching kit includes one or more edible items in symbolic shapes, a handbook including a glossary of meanings for the shapes, and a spiritual lesson. In some embodiments, a souvenir such as a jewelry bead is provided, with an optional text explainin... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7942664 | Injection nozzle plugging rod An injection nozzle plugging rod (4) of machines for molding plastic material containers, provided with a locking system suitable for preventing the separation of the parts forming the actuating pneumatic piston of the same rod, said piston being subjected to... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7901574 | Quick disconnect liquid chromatograph columns A chromatography column comprising a chromatography tube, a piston tube with a porous obstruction that inhibits the movement of particle solids therethrough, and a quick connect/disconnect clamp for use in coupling the chromatography tube to the piston tube. This co... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7900336 | Precise hand-assembly of microfabricated components A hand assembled MEMS apparatus includes meso-scale microfabricated components adapted for being moved by hand relative to one another from a loose-fit preliminary alignment orientation to a relatively tight-fit assembled orientation. A microfabricated spring member... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7884525 | Carbon nanotube based compliant mechanism A nano-scale compliant mechanism includes a coupler and a plurality of nanotubes disposed for nano-scale motion relative to a grounded component. The nanotubes are fastened at one end to the coupler and at the other end to ground, to guide motion of the coupler rela... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7882701 | Microfabricated mechanical frequency multiplier A high-bandwidth MEMS actuation system includes actuator pairs coupled in parallel to a stage, each actuator energizable in a drive direction against a bias to an energized position, and movable upon deenergization, to the rest position to define an actuation cycle.... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7877625 | Efficient architecture for interfacing redundant devices to a distributed control system A system and method for interfacing redundant devices to a distributed control system, includes a first and second redundant field bus modules communicably coupled to the distributed control system and to one another via Ethernet switches. A pair of redundant field ... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7851956 | Electric motor with a low number of revolutions, in particular to drive lifting devices An electric motor (10) with a low number of revolutions comprises a rotor (17) powered by three-phase alternating voltage, a series of magnets (21, 22) and a coil forming a stator (24), in which the rotor (17) and the stator (24... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7849723 | Rolling mill with stands with three adjustable rolls The invention relates to a rolling mill for tubes, in which a series of roll-holder containers (10) is housed in an external structure (2) extended along a rolling axis (L); the containers can slide inside the structure to be extracted therefrom and ea... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7827028 | Method and system of machine translation A system and method is provided for generating a translingual parsing model and for using the model to machine translate a source language to a destination language. The system and method includes receiving a sentence in the source language, and with the translingua... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7818240 | Tax managed buy-write fund A system and method is provided for administering a tax-managed, buy-write investment fund having a plurality of units available for sale to the public. An index representing a first portfolio of assets having desired performance characteristics is identified. A sec... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7809620 | Tax managed buy-write fund A system and method is provided for administering a tax-managed, buy-write investment fund having a plurality of units available for sale to the public. An index representing a first portfolio of assets having desired performance characteristics is identified. A sec... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7787122 | Optical waveform measurement device and measurement method thereof, complex refractive index measurement device and measurement method thereof, and computer program recording medium containing the program A light-waveform measuring device and method include a complex-refractive-index measuring device and a computer-program recording medium An electric field of an electromagnetic wave, in a light region having wavelengths smaller than those of electromagnetic waves in... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7741730 | Method of determination of a distribution of energy to a plurality of electrical loads and corresponding system This method of determination of a distribution of energy to a plurality of electrical loads (121, 122, . . . , 12n) during a modulation period (T), the energy coming from at least one generator (14), the s... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7729899 | Data cleansing system and method An automated system and method is provided for debugging training data used to train an automated language identifier. The system and method collects texts written in a particular language, generates an occurrence count for words in each text by counting the number ... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7725592 | Communication system having service hand-off function, user terminal device, transmission destination terminal device, and proxy server device It is an object of the present invention to provide a communication system to provide a communication system which requires no special application for a correspondent node and has a service handoff function enabling a transfer destination terminal device to be freel... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7685029 | System and method for real-time activity-based accounting An accounting method and system is disclosed that provides for real time financial accounting of plant performance at a sub-plant level. A multiplicity of process variable transmitters is utilized to sense, in real time, the current state of the processes and proces... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7670546 | Control device of a stopper-rod Control device for a stopper-rod to regulate the outflow of liquid metal through a calibrated hole of a pouring receptacle comprising motor means, suitable to operate lifting and lowering means (2) of the stopper (4) by means of first driving means ( | 03/02/2010 |
| 7596418 | Fluvial geomorphic landscape design computer software A method and system is provided for producing erosionally stable fluvial geomorphic landscape designs in a computer aided design environment. A topography input module is configured to access a three-dimensional model of existing topography of a site, while a data i... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7188045 | Three-dimensional position and motion telemetry input A three-dimensional position and motion telemetry computer input apparatus includes a wireless transmitter configured to repeatedly transmit encoded signals in at least three mutually distinct directions. A set of at least three unidimensional signal detectors are d... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7080985 | Quick release connector assembly A quick release connector is provided. In one embodiment the connector includes an electrical connector including a first component having a first plurality of teeth and a second component having a second plurality of teeth. The first and second pluralities of teeth... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7025616 | Quick release connector assembly A quick release connector is provided. In one embodiment the connector includes an electrical connector including a first component having a first plurality of teeth and a second component having a second plurality of teeth. The first and second pluralities of teeth... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7451779 | Universal mounting bracket for pressure transmitters emulators A universal mounting bracket is provided for coplanar and bi-planar differential pressure (DP) transmitters, and gauge pressure transmitters. The bracket includes a support defining a plurality of planes, with at least two sets of bracket mounts disposed on mutually... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7451596 | Multiple degree of freedom micro electro-mechanical system positioner and actuator A micro electro-mechanical system (MEMS) positioner, including an actuator and method for making the same, includes a stage formed within a first layer of semiconductor material, along with a series of beams, flexure hinges and controlled input thermal actuators. Th... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7419467 | Medical inspection device A dental/medical instrument is provided for use in diagnostic and related patient inspection/examination. The device includes a body having an integral speculum with a video image capture device, a power supply and a display. These components, and user actuatable co... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7405572 | Non-metallic flow-through electrodeless conductivity sensor and leak detector A non metallic flow through electrodeless conductivity sensor is provided with a conduit having primary and secondary process fluid flowpaths to form a fluid loop. At least one drive and one sense toroid surround the conduit on the fluid loop. Voltage supplied to th... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7384329 | Coolant delivery system for grinding tools An abrasive grinding wheel having an annular grinding face depending from a substantially circular body includes a tubular inner wall which defines an axial bore configured to convey coolant in a downstream direction therethrough. The inner wall is coupled to a conc... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7344573 | Impregnation of grinding wheels using supercritical fluids An additive impregnated abrasive article and method for fabricating the same is provided. The method includes providing an abrasive article having a pore structure, dissolving an additive in a supercritical fluid, and exposing the abrasive article to the additive-la... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7318456 | Modular weaving system with individual yarn control A modular weaving machine includes a loom chassis and a plurality of modular warp units. The warp units are each configured for supporting a plurality of removable bobbins thereon, the bobbins being pre-loadable with a plurality of warp threads. The loom chassis is ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7316337 | Device for discharging molten metal from a container A device for discharging molten metal from a container to another, comprising an outlet sleeve which penetrates into the lower container pushed by springs against a nozzle of refractory material which connects the inside of the upper container with the outside, so a... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7316338 | Device for discharging molten metal from a container An discharging device for molten metal between an upper ladle (1) and a tundish (3) comprising a slide valve nozzle fixed to the base of the ladle, comprising an upper fixed nozzle (42) and a mobile one below (43), inserted into an openin... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7279903 | Non-metallic flow-through electrodeless conductivity sensor with leak and temperature detection A non metallic flow through electrodeless conductivity sensor is provided with a conduit having primary and secondary process fluid flow paths to form a fluid loop. At least one drive and one sense toroid surround the conduit on the fluid loop. Voltage supplied to t... | 10/09/2007 |
