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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8179116 | Inductor assembly having a core with magnetically isolated forms An embodiment of an inductor assembly includes a core, a first conductor, and a second conductor. The core includes first and second members, a first group of one or more forms extending between the members, a second group of one or more forms extending between the ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8164510 | Quantity smoother In an embodiment, a quantity smoother includes a first stage and a second stage. The first stage is operable to receive a sequence of raw samples of a quantity and to generate from the raw samples intermediate samples of the quantity, the intermediate samples having... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8123591 | Abrasive pump for an abrasive jet cutting machine An abrasive supply system may, for example, be used to supply abrasive particles such as garnet to a cutting nozzle of an abrasive jet cutter. According to an embodiment, the abrasive is propelled by a substantially constant flow rate gas source. According to an emb... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8076922 | Inductor assembly having a core with magnetically isolated forms An embodiment of an inductor assembly includes a core, a first conductor, and a second conductor. The core includes first and second members, a first group of one or more forms extending between the members, a second group of one or more forms extending between the ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8073836 | System for viewing databases A system and method allows for dynamic, parameterized linking of database views or tables. The database tables are related in a parent-dependent relationship, with dependent tables being linked to parent tables through a parameter. When a new record in the parent ta... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8064291 | Engine and technique for generating an acoustic signal An embodiment of device for generating an acoustic signal in a fluid includes an engine operable to repeat a thermodynamic process to vibrate a membrane of the engine to generate an acoustic signal having more than one period. The thermodynamic process includes heat... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8032106 | Method for switching a component to an operation mode for reducing power consumption in a wireless communication device An embodiment of a method for switching to an operating mode a device comprising a counter counting the pulses number of a first clock and a date synchronized with an external reference date. The embodiment comprising at least: ... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7999573 | Low-voltage-to-high-voltage level converter for digital signals and related integrated circuit, system, and method An embodiment of a low-to-high-level voltage translator is proposed. This translator translates the low voltage swing signals for the core into high voltage swing signals of the I/O blocks. This translator may be particularly useful for high-speed application where ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7984581 | Projectile accelerator and related vehicle and method An unguided projectile-accelerator system includes an enclosure, first and second charges, first and second projectiles, and a recoil-absorbing mechanism. The enclosure has an open first end and a closed second end, and the first and second charges are disposed with... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7969216 | System and method for improved timing synchronization Embodiments of a method and system for both open-loop and closed-loop timing synchronization are provided in which a master clock signal, and a plurality of signals that define greater periods of time, are distributed to a plurality of host devices. A frame-sync sig... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7944776 | Engine and technique for generating an acoustic signal An embodiment of a device for generating an acoustic signal in a fluid includes an engine operable to repeat a thermodynamic process to vibrate a membrane of the engine to generate an acoustic signal having more than one period. The thermodynamic process includes he... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7944245 | Pulse filtering module circuit, system, and method A filtering module filters out high frequency signals, primarily noise, from an input data stream. The filtering module includes an input module, a phase detecting module, and a threshold module. The input module performs either a charging or a discharging across a ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7944192 | Hysteretic power-supply controller with adjustable switching frequency, and related power supply, system, and method An embodiment of a hysteretic power-supply controller includes a signal generator, frequency adjuster, and signal combiner. The signal generator is operable to generate a switching signal having a first level in response to a control signal being greater than a firs... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7939856 | Area-efficient distributed device structure for integrated voltage regulators An area efficient distributed device for integrated voltage regulators comprising at least one filler cell connected between a pair of PADS on I/O rail of a chip and at least one additional filler cell having small size replica of said device is coupled to said I/O ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7936641 | Engine and technique for generating an acoustic signal An embodiment of a device for generating an acoustic signal in a fluid includes an engine operable to repeat a thermodynamic process to vibrate a membrane of the engine to generate an acoustic signal having more than one period. The thermodynamic process includes he... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7934945 | Electrical connecting apparatus An embodiment of an electrical connecting apparatus comprises a support board, a plate spring arranged on the support board, an attachment device attaching the plate spring to the support board, a block having an attachment surface directing downward, and a flexible... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7934944 | Electrical connecting apparatus An embodiment of an electrical connecting apparatus comprises a support board having an upper surface and a lower surface, a block having an attachment surface directing downward and attached to the support board in a state where at least the attachment surface is l... | 05/03/2011 |
| RE42250 | Delay circuit and method A reduced area delay circuit and method are disclosed. The delay circuit uses a constant current source and a constant current drain to charge and discharge a capacitor and thus control the delay time of the delay circuit. The constant current source and drain can b... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7912259 | Image registration method and apparatus for medical imaging based on multiple masks An image registration method for use in medical imaging includes the steps of: providing a sequence of images each one including a digital representation of a body-part under analysis, selecting a reference image within the sequence, the remaining images of the sequ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7905548 | Sports vehicle seat with adaptive lateral restraints An embodiment of a sports vehicle seat. The seat has lateral restraints for laterally retaining an occupant of the seat, and an actuating device for adapting the shape and/or size of the lateral restraints as a function of vehicle driving mode. Each lateral restrain... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7900956 | Interior trim for a motor vehicle integrating a lid for an airbag An embodiment of an interior trim for a motor vehicle integrating a lid for an airbag; the trim having: an inner layer, made of rigid plastic material having a behavior of a thermosetting type, which constitutes the skeleton; an intermediate layer, made of spongy pl... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7892954 | Interconnection of electronic devices with raised leads An embodiment of a process of manufacturing an interconnection element for contacting electronic devices is proposed. The process starts with the step of forming a plurality of leads on a main surface of a first substrate; each lead has a first end and a second end.... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7849255 | Pseudo-bidimensional randomly accessible memory using monodimensional sequentially-accessiblle memory structure A memory comprises at least one array of memory elements, a partition of the at least one array into a plurality of sub-arrays of the memory elements, and an array configuration circuit for selectively putting the at least one array in one of two operating configura... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7846100 | Medical imaging system based on a targeted contrast agent A medical imaging system is proposed. The system includes means for providing a plurality of echo signals indicative of a response of a body part to a plurality of ultrasound pulsed waves having different acoustic pressures, the body part including a tissue being pe... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7878226 | Machine for filling containers with at least one granular product In an embodiment of a continuously-operating machine for filling containers with at least one granular product, each container is fed along a given path in time with a relative metering device, which withdraws the product from a tank, feeds the withdrawn product int... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7864597 | Method and circuit for controlling generation of a boosted voltage in devices receiving dual supply voltages A row driver circuit receives a first supply voltage and a second supply voltage. The circuit provides the first supply voltage on an output responsive to the first supply voltage being greater than a threshold value. The circuit generates a boosted voltage that is ... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7839594 | Data-storage disk having few or no spin-up wedges and method for writing servo wedges onto the disk A data-storage disk includes a disk sector for storing data and a servo wedge located at the beginning of the sector. The servo wedge indentifies the sector in conjunction with both an initial positioning of a read-write head and a data read or write operation. By u... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7830630 | Circuit and method for detecting the phase of a servo signal A detector recovers servo data from a servo signal generated by a read-write head, and determines the head-connection polarity from the recovered servo data. Such a detector allows a servo circuit to compensate for a reversed-connected read-write head, and thus allo... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7823558 | Tumble system for the intake manifold of an internal-combustion engine provided with an actuator made with shape-memory material A tumble system for the intake manifold of an internal-combustion engine is provided with a number of cylinders. The tumble system is provided with at least one throttle valve for varying the section of passage of air through an intake pipe, which connects a cylinde... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7814696 | Projectile accelerator and related vehicle and method A projectile system includes an enclosure, first and second propellants, and first and second projectiles. The first and second propellants are disposed within the enclosure. The first projectile is disposed within the enclosure between the first propellant and a fi... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7800001 | Probe sheet and electrical connecting apparatus An embodiment of a probe sheet enabling to restrict misalignment of the posture of each contactor accurately positioned on a probe sheet main body caused by deformation of the probe sheet main body is provided. The probe sheet comprises a probe sheet main body havin... | 09/21/2010 |
| RE41670 | Sram cell fabrication with interlevel Dielectric planarization A 4-T SRAM cell in which two layers of permanent SOG (with an intermediate oxide layer) are used to provide planarization between the first and topmost poly layers. ... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7786912 | Sigma delta converter system and method A sigma delta converter system and method includes a multi bit quantizer circuit coupled to an output of the converter. A single bit analog-to-digital converter circuit is contained in a feedback path of the converter. The converter includes a feed forward path oper... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7786759 | Bidirectional signal interface and related system and method An embodiment of a bidirectional signal interface includes first and second nodes and first and second translating circuits. The first and second nodes are respectively operable to receive a first logic signal and a second logic signal. The first translating circuit... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7786711 | Auxiliary turn-on mechanisms for reducing conduction loss in body-diode of low side MOSFET of coupled-inductor DC-DC converter Conduction loss in the body-diode of a low side MOSFET of a power switching stage of one phase of a coupled-inductor, multi-phase DC-DC converter circuit, associated with current flow in the output inductor of that one phase that is induced by current flow in a mutu... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7782031 | Power supply control A method includes simultaneously driving a load via first and second magnetically coupled regulator phases for a first duration, uncoupling one of the phases from the load after the first duration, and, after uncoupling the one phase from the load, allowing a curren... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7773324 | Phase acquisition loop for a read channel and related read channel, system, and method A phase-acquisition (PA) loop for a read channel comprises an accumulator, a comparator, and a filter. The accumulator holds an acquired phase-correction value corresponding to a difference between a phase of a sample clock and a phase of data carried by a read sign... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7771220 | Electrical connecting apparatus An embodiment of an electrical connecting apparatus comprises an electrical insulating plate, an elastic plate made of an electrical insulating material arranged on the electrical insulating plate, a sheet-like conductive plate arranged on the elastic plate, and fir... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7768732 | Gain controller for a gain loop of a read channel and related gain loops, read channels, systems, and methods A gain controller for a gain loop of a read channel includes a comparator circuit, an accumulator circuit, and a function circuit. The comparator circuit determines an error between an actual sample of a read signal and a corresponding ideal sample of the read signa... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7764057 | Constant-on-time switching power supply with virtual ripple feedback and related system and method A signal regulator includes a switching circuit, a controller, and a threshold generator. The switching circuit generates a regulated output voltage, and the controller activates the switching circuit for a predetermined time when the regulated output signal has a p... | 07/27/2010 |
