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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D514269 | Mobile tray rack | 01/31/2006 |
| 6788634 | Playback apparatus A playback apparatus includes a data source (1) that provides a data stream signal (d0), and a device (2) responsive to the data stream signal. The device forms a first data stream (d1) in a first data format (F1), wherein the firs... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6719256 | Furniture leg glide The present invention refers to a resilient glide for a chair's leg for minimizing the noise that normally occurs when a chair is moved along a floor. The glide comprises a flexible element with a small contact area against the floor in order to minimize friction. T... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6717995 | Method for correcting DC offsets in a receiver A method for reducing DC offset from a receiver signal. The method includes jointly (i.e., simultaneously) estimating such DC offset and channel impulse response, and reducing the DC offset in accordance with the estimated DC offset and the estimate of the channel i... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6704646 | Navigational device A navigation unit, especially for vehicles, with a data bus, a data memory on which a plurality of map information items and navigation data are stored, with a navigation computer, connected to the data bus, for route planning, with a data processing unit... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6697551 | Mode transformer between low index difference waveguide and high index difference waveguide A mode transformer that enables low-loss coupling between optical modes of two waveguides with different index difference. The mode size and the effective index are gradually changed between two waveguides to gradually transform the mode shape, size, and ... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6690871 | Graded index waveguide A planar waveguide that has a graded index layer at the core/cladding interface to reduce scattering losses due to core/cladding interface roughness. The refractive index at the core/cladding interface is changed from that of the core to that of cladding ... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6686993 | Probe card for testing optical micro electromechanical system devices at wafer level A probe card characterizes optical structures formed on a MEMS wafer. The probe includes a substrate having a circuit thereon. The substrate has an opening wherein a plurality of metal probes, electrically coupled to the circuit, pass through the opening.... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6684003 | All optical switch for optical integrated circuits An optical switch operating with an optical pumping source. The switch includes a microcavity structure that is resonant with both the pumping source and the input optical signal. The microcavity structure includes a cavity in between two reflectors. The ... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6681020 | Microphone circuit with mute and keep alive function A microphone system including a microphone for inputting voice data, an output for transmitting the voice data to a device connectable thereto; and a circuit which operates to mute the voice data and provide a signal to the device in order to maintain a s... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6677775 | Circuit testing device using a driver to perform electronics testing A circuit testing apparatus includes a controlling processor for controlling stimulus signals to be applied to a circuit under test and for processing and storing response signals generated by the circuit under test in response to the stimulus signals. Th... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6676104 | Device for controlling the flow of liquid using a tube The present invention relates to a device containing a tube for a varied flow, comprising a tube being fixed in both its ends, whereby the tube is arranged to be stretched or shortened by longing or shortening of the distance between said attachment point... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6669969 | Pesticidal use of a parasitic flagellate for eliminating or suppressing harmful algae blooms The present invention related to Parvilucifera infectans, a new parasitic organism described by Noren and Moestrup (in prep. "Parvilucifera infectans, gen. et. spec.nov. A parasitic dinoflagellate infecting thecate dinoflagellates.") capable of infecting ... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6670861 | Method of modulation gain calibration and system thereof A wideband impedance attenuator includes a phase-locked loop filter, a voltage-controlled oscillator connected to the phase-locked loop filter during transmit, and an impedance circuit connected to the phase-locked loop filter and the voltage controlled o... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6664840 | Offset calibration system and method for a high gain signal channel A direct current offset correction system is disclosed for use in an analog signal processing system. The offset correction system includes a comparator unit for comparing the polarity of signals from an analog signal channel and producing a binary output... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6661938 | Optical micro-cavity sensors An integrated optical sensor using optical waveguide micro-cavity resonators. Using a laser and a detector it is possible to detect changes in the position of the resonance position, in wavelength or frequency, of one or more modes of the resonator. The c... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6653959 | High dynamic range analog-to-digital converter having parallel equalizers An analog-to-digital converting includes a fanned out module for receiving an input signal and producing a plurality of new signals. A plurality of analog to digital converter modules receive the new signals from the fanned out module. Each of the new sig... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6647327 | System and method for data exchange in a vehicle multimedia system In a multimedia system for a vehicle, a plurality of multimedia units are connected to one another by an optical bus laid as a ring line. An interface unit, situated at an arbitrary point in the ring line or integrated into one of the multimedia units est... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6646525 | Microelectro-mechanical system actuator device and reconfigurable circuits utilizing same A microelectro-mechanical device which includes a fixed electrode formed on a substrate, the fixed electrode including a transparent, high resistance layer, and a moveable electrode formed with an anisotropic stress in a predetermined direction and dispos... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6643111 | Electronic transducer device To detect a fault state due to a line break in power supply lines on the receiving side during the operation of a transducer device, the transducer output voltage is forced to an extreme voltage range by a co-integrated p-channel-depletion-transistor. As ... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6640478 | Firing mechanism at firearms A firing mechanism for firearms, in particular a firing mechanism for automatic firearms, without preadjustmnent with regard to the choice of firing single rounds or bursts of fire, whereby a firing link provided with firing edge and arranged around a rot... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6643779 | Security system with embedded HTTP server A security system includes a network adapter that links the security system to a computer network infrastructure to establish a connection to the network. An embedded HTTP server receives and responses to the requests sent from any HTTP client having acce... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6639167 | Device and method for pellet sorting The invention relates to an arrangement for sorting pellets (2), that includes a transportation device (3) for feeding the pellet (2), a first container (8) for faultless pellets (2a) fed over the end portion of the transportation device (3), a second con... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6639537 | Highly linear analog-to-digital conversion system and method thereof A highly linear analog-to-digital (ADC) conversion system has an analog front-end device in cascade with a standard ADC converter, and a tunable digital non-linear equalizer. The equalizer corrects the quantization distortion, deviations from ideal respon... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6635181 | Continuous, hybrid field-gradient device for magnetic colloid based separations A continuous, hybrid magnetic field gradient device for colloidal magnetic affinity separation having an axially-rotating horizontal glass tube, and a plurality of axially located repeating magnetic units. Each magnetic units consists of an alternating cu... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6630355 | Magnetic focusing immunosensor for the detection of pathogens A magnetic focusing immunosensor for the detection of pathogens comprising a laser, an exciting fiber and a collecting fiber, a fiber optic magnetic probe in communication with the collecting and exciting fibers and means for detecting, collecting and mea... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6631225 | Mode coupler between low index difference waveguide and high index difference waveguide A mode coupler that enables low-loss coupling between optical modes of two waveguides with different index difference. The mode size and the effective index are gradually changed between two waveguides to gradually transform the mode shape, size, and spee... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6628170 | Low noise amplifier An integrated circuit (IC) includes a variable gain high frequency low noise amplifier (LNA) that receives a high frequency input signal and comprises a variable gain amplifier and a filter. The variable gain amplifier receives gain control signals that s... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6627430 | Cultivation of zygomycetes from spent sulfite liquor The present invention relates to a process for the cultivation of chitin/chirosanrich, filamentous fungi with capacity to assimilate mannose as well as xylose, galactose, and glucose, wherein the cultivation of the filamentous fungi in a liquid medium ext... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6628788 | Apparatus and method for noise-dependent adaptation of an acoustic useful signal The method and the apparatus specify that the acoustic useful signal is generated from a electrical useful signal, that an electrical listening signal determined by the acoustic useful signal and by an acoustic noise signal at the listening location be re... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6628844 | High definition imaging apparatus and method A high definition radar imaging system receives SAR image data and adaptively processes the image the data to provide a high resolution SAR image. The imaging technique employs an adaptive filter whose tap weights are computed based upon a constrained Max... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6624783 | Digital array stretch processor employing two delays A pulse-type beamforming apparatus, such as a radar array system, is used for receiving, detecting, localizing, and/or imaging desired signals. The apparatus is used to receive wideband chirp signals. The apparatus contains a receive aperture that is part... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6624682 | Method and an apparatus to actively sink current in an integrated circuit with a floating I/O supply voltage Described is an apparatus and a method for pulling an integrated circuit I/O pad to a known state and providing a current path between the pad and a source of potential during periods when an I/O voltage is likely to be floating. At least one I/O transist... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6624678 | Schmitt trigger device with disable Described is a Schmitt trigger cell that can be disabled under conditions of unknown gate voltages (e.g., floating or toggling input) such that the core is isolated from the Schmitt trigger input. This is accomplished by circuitry that disables current fl... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6624945 | Thin film filters using omnidirectional reflectors An electromagnetic wavelength filter that allows the transmission of electromagnetic energy within a narrow range of wavelengths while reflecting incident electromagnetic energy at other wavelengths. The filter includes at least one cavity region; and at ... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6621972 | Optical waveguides with trench structures Arrangements using air trench cladding enables minimization of the evanescent tail to suppress light coupling to radiation modes, resulting in low-loss bends and splitters. Structures including sharp bends and T-splitters without transmission loss, crossi... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6621633 | System and method for increasing the diffraction efficiency of holograms A resonator system is disclosed for use in illuminating an input to a diffractive element. The system includes a source of an electromagnetic field having a wavelength of λ, and first and second optical elements, each of which is at least partially refle... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6615530 | Sight The present invention relates to a sight for firearms, which sight comprises a sight house being applicable onto the upper side of a weapon and in this house a diopter provided unit turnably arranged around a horizontal axis, whereby a cylindrical sight u... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6616018 | Fluid dispensing apparatus Fluid dispensing apparatus (10) for selectively dispensing desired quantities of a fluid under pressure. The apparatus includes a base plate (14) having a dispensing passage (16) extending about a first axis (18); a valve arrangement (20) associated with ... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6611168 | Differential parametric amplifier with physically-coupled electrically-isolated micromachined structures A micromachined variable capacitor structure is used as a modulation mechanism for a differential parametric amplifier. The capacitance of the capacitor structure is modulated by a control signal while a differential signal is applied to the capacitor str... | 08/26/2003 |