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...that power steering was invented by independent inventor Francis W. Davis? As chief engineer in the 1920s of the truck division of the Pierce Arrow Motor Car Company, he saw how hard it was to steer heavy vehicles. So that he would be able to keep the profits from his future invention, Davis left his job, rented a small engineering shop in Waltham, Mass., and developed a hydraulic power steering system that led to power steering.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185743 | Systems and methods for application locking using an internal and external checksum Methods and systems for locking an application are described. A method includes receiving, over a communication network from a remote applicant, a signature for an application. The signature includes a date and time, an indication of agreement to the terms of the ap... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182125 | External safety illumination for a bus with light mounted to mirror arm A light source along the mirror mounting arm of a school bus or other passenger vehicle to reduce the risk of people or other objects being injured by the school bus. The light source may be mounted directly on the mirror mounting arm or embedded within a mirror mou... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182075 | Liquid delivery system and manufacturing method thereof The liquid delivery system is equipped with a liquid container that is installable on the liquid jetting device, a liquid supply device, and a liquid flow passage member. The liquid container is equipped with a recess portion having an opening provided on a first su... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182063 | Liquid container A multicolor-use ink cartridge has obverse surface-side ink chambers and formed on an obverse surface side of a horizontal plate portion of a rigid plastic plate and reverse surface-side ink chambers and formed on a reverse surface side thereof. Since these ink cham... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8179743 | Procedure for eliminating ghost sources from passive sonar comprising several linear antennas This invention concerns the field of passive sonar systems simultaneously processing several linear antennas. This invention includes a method to eliminate ghost sources for a passive sonar having at least two linear antennas A and B, the method including: An initia... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179316 | Set mode passive location in TOA/TDOA modes The present invention addresses the resolving of the problems associated with the passive location of targets in TOA (Time of Arrival) or TDOA (Time Difference of Arrivals) mode. The method of passively locating a target in TOA or TDOA mode implements a meshing (sub... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179307 | Method for the multipath passive radar processing of an FM opportunity signal A signal processing method performs operations of coherent processing making it possible notably to purge the useful signal of the spurious signals (in particular the reference signal and its multiple reflections), to regenerate the transmission signal and to perfor... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179302 | Apparatus for sharing an omnidirectional antenna between an IFF transponder and an IFF interrogator An apparatus for transmitting and receiving radio-frequency signals. including a cylindrical antenna array which has an omnidirectional channel; an IFF interrogator and an IFF transponder connected to the cylindrical antenna array; and a means for sharing the omnidi... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179284 | Device and method for detecting the digital origin of an analogue signal The present invention relates to an alarm management system intended to be carried onboard an aircraft. More precisely, the invention is aimed at improving the certainty level relating to the integrity of the announcements of faults or information intended for the p... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177342 | Liquid container and remanufacturing method of liquid container According to one aspect of the invention, a remanufacturing method of a liquid container forms an inlet in a downstream wall surface of a second chamber, which defines part of a bottom face of the liquid container. In the state of closing a liquid feeder and opening... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177319 | Liquid jetting apparatus, liquid delivery system, and circuit board A liquid jetting apparatus receives delivery of liquid from a liquid delivery system including a delivery system-side terminal. The liquid jetting apparatus includes a apparatus-side terminal, a contact sensing portion and a remaining level sensor portion. The appar... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176145 | System and method for providing insurance data processing services via a user interface A system architecture for providing remote access to insurance applications from a remote location is provided, including: a presentation layer located at the remote location that provides tools for navigating within one of the insurance applications and executing b... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175898 | Modular multi-coverage insurance products The invention relates to methods and systems for creating and utilizing a modular multi-coverage insurance product. The modular multi-coverage insurance product includes a set of modular state-pre-approved insurance coverages corresponding to a plurality of insurabl... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175512 | Look through mode of jamming system A system includes a generator and at least one device. The generator includes a waveform oscillator and a blanking pulse generator. Each device includes a transmit antenna, a receive antenna, an antenna unit, a mixer and a detector. The antenna unit includes a recei... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174252 | Methods and systems for transmitting and receiving data from points along voltage transmission lines A method of receiving signals transmitted through a voltage carrying power line using an antenna module including the steps of: positioning a housing of the antenna module proximate to the voltage carrying power line such that an antenna being supported in the housi... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8173945 | Apparatus and method for guidance of a projectile There is disclosed an apparatus and a method for guidance of a projectile. The method for guidance of a projectile, includes emission from the launching position of the projectile of beams pointing to the vertexes of a regular polygon, emission from the launching po... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172803 | Cannula insertion device A cannula insertion device comprises an elongate frame (4) and a hub (5) mounted to the frame and arranged to be slidably moveable from a first position forwards along a longitudinal axis to a second position relative to the frame and a needle (11 | 05/08/2012 |
| 8165901 | Method and system for developing or tracking a program for medical treatment This invention relates generally to a system and method for providing to patients a medical treatment program, such as a program for physical therapy, and for tracking whether the patient has performed the program correctly. In one aspect, the system and method dete... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8164541 | Array antenna comprising means to suppress the coupling effect in the dielectric gaps between its radiator elements without establishing galvanic contacts A plurality of three-dimensional radiator elements, each radiator element transmitting or receiving electromagnetic waves by a radiating top side. The radiator elements are arranged so that their radiating top sides are substantially parallel and so that at least on... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8159388 | Method for filtering sea clutter in a radar echo using a hydrographic model There is disclosed a method for filtering sea clutter in a radar echo using a hydrographic model. The method comprises the steps of determining parameter values of the hydrographic model using the radar echo, estimating the sea clutter corresponding to the sea surfa... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8154457 | Array antenna comprising means to establish galvanic contacts between its radiator elements while allowing for their thermal expansion There is disclosed an apparatus comprising a plurality of three-dimensional radiator elements, each radiator element transmitting or receiving electromagnetic waves. The radiator elements are arranged so that at least one pair of adjacent radiator elements are separ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8151733 | Filter top assembly A filter top assembly for a cage, wherein the assembly includes a bonnet having a perforated top wall to protect filter paper placed above the top wall. The perforations may be small enough to prevent an animal from getting a purchase position and spaced apart suffi... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8150577 | Modular device for turning on the power supply of an electronic item of equipment in a secure manner The present invention relates to a device making it possible to turn on a sub-assembly of an electrical item of equipment hosted in a bigger system, which, if turned on unchecked, may impair the operation of the other items of equipment of the system. An embodiment ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8149504 | Optical indicator for microscopic laser beam manipulation An objective assembly for use with a microscope is provided. The objective has an optical axis that permits an image beam to be emitted through the objective toward the eyepiece of a microscope. A mirror is positioned at an angle to the optical axis of the objective... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8149174 | Antenna system An antenna system includes plural antennas. Each antenna is different than every other antenna. Each antenna is characterized by a principal plane. A principal plane of a first antenna is oblique to a principal plane of a second antenna. The first antenna includes a... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8142000 | Liquid container and remanufacturing method of liquid container One aspect of the invention is directed to a remanufacturing method of a liquid container constructed to store a liquid, which is to be supplied to a liquid ejection device. The remanufacturing method provides the liquid container structured to include: a liquid res... | 03/27/2012 |
| D656298 | Garment | 03/27/2012 |
| 8141140 | Methods and systems for single sign on with dynamic authentication levels Method and systems for single sign on with dynamic authentication levels is described. The method include receiving a data request for access to a second application, where the user is already authenticated to the first application at a first authentication level. A... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8136931 | Ink-jet recording device and ink supply unit suitable for it Ink maintained at a negative pressure state is supplied to an ink-jet recording head via an ink supply mechanism constructed as a differential pressure valve having a coil spring and a movable membrane normally contacted elastically with a valve seat by the coil spr... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8136332 | Automated prescription filling system/method with automated labeling and packaging system/method and automated order consolidation system/method Computer assisted systems, methods and mediums for filling one or more orders. One embodiment of the present invention is a system that includes an order consolidation station configured to receive at least one bottle containing pills individually counted and/or at ... | 03/20/2012 |
| D655937 | Bench | 03/20/2012 |
| D655928 | Bench | 03/20/2012 |
| 8131311 | Just-in-time training of deployed skill support personnel via cell phone multimedia A content delivery system, such as a Just in Time Training (JITT) system which allows the broadcast of multimedia messages to recipients or users. The JITT system identifies the multimedia capabilities as well as the capabilities of the service provider and recipien... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8129618 | Cable joint A cable joint assembly may include a base and a plurality of removable legs connected to the base, each leg preferably including a limiter. A securing assembly preferably maintains the leg connected to the base. The securing assembly preferably includes an indicator... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8125213 | System for extraction and analysis of significant radioelectric signals Embodiments of the invention relate to a system for extracting and analyzing radioelectric signals of interest. It includes an integer number N of channels. Each channel Vi includes a receiver linked to an analog signals digital acquisition device deliver... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8123343 | Printing apparatus and ink cartridge therefor To enable a coupling terminal member of an ink cartridge and a coupling terminal of a printing apparatus to be in certain and increase a degree of freedom on installation position of a coupling terminal member of the cartridge, a cartridge installed in a printing ap... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8122829 | Safety lighter for pyrotechnic device Embodiments of the invention relate to a safety lighter intended to initiate the combustion of a pyrotechnic device, the lighter including a lighter body (10) having a cylindrical void (12) of axis XX′, and a pyrotechnic slide-in module (14) i... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8122684 | Transport system for handling multi-width flexible pouches A flexible bag transport system for transporting flexible filling and sealing station which includes a pair of holding clamp assemblies opposed to each other for holding the top end of a bag. The first clamp assembly is supported by a first elongated carrier and a s... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8120523 | Method of eliminating ground echoes for a meteorological radar The present invention relates to a method of eliminating ground echoes for a meteorological radar. The ground echoes being received from a predetermined area by a radar, the radar illuminating, for a predetermined number R of transmission recurrences, the area over ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8117809 | System for emptying pharmaceutical containers An automated system and method for emptying the contents of pharmaceutical containers. In an embodiment, a gripper unit receives and holds a pharmaceutical container. A cutter cuts the pharmaceutical container, and a rotating unit, operable with the gripper, rotates... | 02/21/2012 |
