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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8141796 | Laser nozzle and iodine injection for coil An improved nozzle and iodine injector system for use in a COIL are disclosed. The improved nozzle is a two-dimensional, minimum length nozzle with a curved sonic line. The iodine injection system utilizes a series of slender struts for iodine injection into the oxy... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8137092 | Support assembly for an extruder A modular base is provided. A plurality of motor support members are secured to one another by a first linking member. Each motor support member has a mounting surface that is adapted to be secured to a motor, and the first linking member has a central axis and is d... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8134715 | Adjustable interferometer for laser ultrasonic measurement An interferometer includes a cavity including a pair of mirrors defining a cavity length. An input beam and a counter-propagating reference beam are directed into the cavity. The interferometer generates a feedback control signal and an ultrasound signal for optimal... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8132771 | Portable spacing member During shipping, it is not uncommon to have loads shift in transit. To help alleviate this problem, a portable bulkhead or spacing system is provided. The system is nestable for easy storage, lightweight, durable, and cost effective. The combination of these factors... | 03/13/2012 |
| RE42974 | CMOS active pixel sensor type imaging system on a chip A single chip camera which includes an intergrated integrated image acquisition portion and control portion and which has double sampling/noise reduction capabilities thereon. Part of the intergrated integrated structure reduces the noise that is picked up during im... | 11/29/2011 |
| RE42918 | Single substrate camera device with CMOS image sensor Single substrate device is formed to have an image acquisition device and a controller. The controller on the substrate controls the system operation. ... | 11/15/2011 |
| D646282 | Hand-held data collector with removable scanner | 10/04/2011 |
| D645694 | Personal draught appliance | 09/27/2011 |
| D645288 | Personal draught appliance | 09/20/2011 |
| D645287 | Personal draught appliance | 09/20/2011 |
| 7990422 | Automatically expanding the zoom capability of a wide-angle video camera A system for automatically expanding the zoom capability of a wide-angle video camera using images from multiple camera locations. One preferred embodiment achieves this using images from the wide-angle video camera that are analyzed to identify regions of interest ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7989293 | Trench device structure and fabrication A vertical-current-flow device includes a trench which includes an insulated gate and which extends down into first-conductivity-type semiconductor material. A phosphosilicate glass layer is positioned above the insulated gate and a polysilicon layer is positioned a... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7976261 | Apparatus for moving and securing a substrate An apparatus for transferring and securing a substrate is shown. A pressure source is provided that is adapted to provide positive and negative pressure. A vacuum chuck is provided having a top side with a plurality of vacuum chuck portals formed therein. Each vacuu... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7964913 | Power MOS transistor incorporating fixed charges that balance the charge in the drift region A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type and a semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type formed thereon. The semiconductor layer of the second conductivity type is characterized by a first thickness. The semiconducto... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7960783 | Devices containing permanent charge An edge termination structure includes a final dielectric trench containing permanent charge. The final dielectric trench is surrounded by first conductivity type semiconductor material (doped by lateral outdiffusion from the trenches), which in turn is laterally su... | 06/14/2011 |
| D639536 | Soccer ball sandal | 06/14/2011 |
| D639036 | Sports sandal | 06/07/2011 |
| D639035 | Sports sandal | 06/07/2011 |
| 7941187 | Apparatus for using a wireless communication base station in common In the wireless communication base station sharing apparatus, a first signal combiner/distributor is connected to a main system duplexer through a first port, distributes a signal received through the first port to second and third ports, combines the signals receiv... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7936236 | Switchable combiner/divider with multiple inputs/outputs A switchable combiner/divider with multiple inputs/outputs is provided. The switchable combiner/divider with multiple inputs/outputs includes multiple input ports for receiving multiple incoming signals, multiple output ports, a switching part for alternately connec... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7926196 | Pipe guide adapter A pipe guide adapter adds marking slots and marking edges to a pipe guide. The pipe guide adapter includes two body sections joined by a hinge enabling the pipe guide adapter to be in open and closed positions. The body sections each include a gripping end and a mar... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7924115 | DPDT RF switch and TMA using the same Disclosed is a DPDT RF switch. The DPDT RF switch includes: first to fourth transmission lines for forming first to fourth ports, respectively; and first to fourth slot line pattern sections. The first slot line pattern section includes: a first slot line; and a fir... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7923804 | Edge termination with improved breakdown voltage A MOSFET switch which has a low surface electric field at an edge termination area, and also has increased breakdown voltage. The MOSFET switch has a new edge termination structure employing an N-P-N sandwich structure. The MOSFET switch also has a polysilicon field... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7922470 | Apparatus for automatic control of cage size in an extruded film production line A system and controller for positioning an adjustable sizing cage for use with a blown film extrusion apparatus. A cage sizing subsystem is used to position the cage relative to the film tube. At least two non-contact sensors arranged on the sizing cage to provide s... | 04/12/2011 |
| D633501 | Hand-held data collector with removable scanner | 03/01/2011 |
| 7845293 | Apparatus and method for forming holes and for placing materials into sub-surface An apparatus for forming holes in ground and for placing hygroscopic particles into the holes is disclosed. The apparatus includes a first chamber configured to hold a liquid and a second chamber configured to hold the hygroscopic particles. A first pressure mechani... | 12/07/2010 |
| D631593 | Street lamp | 01/25/2011 |
| 7855616 | Radio frequency switch An RF switch includes first, second and third transmission lines for forming ports, respectively, and first, second and third slot line pattern portions connected to one another, for transferring signals to the first, second and third transmission lines, respectivel... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7834878 | Method of displaying product and service performance data An entertaining and informative method of displaying competitive product performance data is disclosed. The various embodiments include a method for displaying product performance data by use of animated contests between animated representatives of competing product... | 11/16/2010 |
| RE41933 | Optical connector assembly with a low profile An optical connector assembly (2) has two optical connectors (3) and a combiner (5). Each optical connector has a connector body (30) with an angled latching arm (4) formed on the connector body. The latching arm has a fixed end ( | 11/16/2010 |
| D626177 | Writing instrument | 10/26/2010 |
| D624687 | Street lamp | 09/28/2010 |
| D624591 | Writing instrument | 09/28/2010 |
| D623887 | Personal draught appliance | 09/21/2010 |
| 7793691 | Thermal insulating device for concrete mixing trucks An insulator for a drum of a concrete truck is provided. Because temperature is a factor in the time in which concrete cures, thermal conditions during transport are of paramount concern. There have been efforts to alleviate this problem by providing insulating blan... | 09/14/2010 |
| D623471 | Personal draught appliance | 09/14/2010 |
| D623464 | Personal draught appliance | 09/14/2010 |
| 7740148 | Container bottom The invention includes a novel profile for a container bottom. The bottom structure includes a domed central panel attached at its outside edge to a downwardly projecting substantially cylindrical inner leg portion. The inner leg portion is attached to a generally s... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7726929 | Pipe handling boom pretensioning apparatus A pre-loading system for a pipe handling apparatus in which a boom is pivotally mounted at one end to a skid and in which an arm is interconnected to an opposite end of the boom. The pre-loading system has a tensioning system with one end affixed to the arm and an o... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7726415 | Fixed cutter drill bit The fixed cutter drill bit disclosed utilizes a unique piloting section and reaming section carefully designed to impart several specific operational advantages. In the piloting section, cutting structures have been arranged so as to create offsetting cutting forces... | 06/01/2010 |
