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Attorney: Suominen; Edwin A.


Number of patents: 28
Last date: October 26, 2010

NumberTitleIssue Date
7819839Reclining breast pumping system
A disclosed reclining breast pumping system includes a breast shield that forms a passageway. Material of the breast shield adjacent to a first end of the passageway is shaped to fit over an area surrounding the areola and nipple of a woman's breast. Material of the...
10/26/2010
6764377Hands-free breast milk expression system
A disclosed breast milk expression system supports a pair of breast milk collection devices at the breasts of a nursing mother, allowing her to express breast milk while keeping her hands free. No special bra or other garment is required to provide support. The syst...
07/20/2004
7458479Decorative electrical outlet cover
A disclosed apparatus mounts to a wall over a standard electrical outlet and decoratively conceals electrical receptacles of the outlet with a cover that can hingedly connect to the base. The base has a number of holes that conform to the outlines of a standard elec...
12/02/2008
7225135Signal-predictive audio transmission system
Various methods and systems disclosed compand audio signals using signal prediction, followed by expansion and reconstruction. The methods and systems compress and expand an error signal that represents deviations between samples of the original signal and predicted...
05/29/2007
7215247Spatial position determination system
A system is disclosed that determines a spatial position of a tracker device relative to an object sending a return signal to the tracker. Such a system advantageously maintains phase accuracy between a forward signal from the tracker device and the return signal fr...
05/08/2007
7194618Encryption and authentication systems and methods
In a disclosed method for authenticating a digital signature key, a record is prepared that includes an integrated combination of indicia uniquely corresponding to the key, and indicia of a covenant not to repudiate any digital signature made with the key except und...
03/20/2007
7156714Surfer lift system
A rider is suspended a distance beneath a lift cable and moved over a region of water with incoming waves. The distance that the rider is suspended beneath the lift cable is controllably increased and, thereafter, the rider enters the water, such as to surf the wave...
01/02/2007
7125823Methods of making dual-action decontamination media
Hydrophobic polymer particles (e.g., granules or fragments) employed as filter media, e.g., for filtering runoff water, include an antimicrobial compound on exterior surfaces and can reduce proliferation of microbial organisms as well as sorb chemical contaminants f...
10/24/2006
7094338Method of making and using a filter in the form of a block of agglomerated copolymer fragments
One of the exemplary filter systems described includes a bracket and a filter module that can be suspended from the bracket by a plurality of flexible supports. The bracket can support the filter system beneath the grate of a storm drain without the need for the fil...
08/22/2006
7088765Vector calibration system
An exemplary signal processing system determines vector mismatch between a plurality of signal paths. Advantageously, the system can determine mismatch across a range of frequencies. A signal generator of the system can provide a periodic calibration signal having a...
08/08/2006
7070145Tailboom-stabilized VTOL aircraft
A disclosed flying craft includes a suspension structure having a first end and a second end, a lift unit, and a payload unit. The lift unit includes a nacelle and a tailboom, and pivotally couples to the first end of the suspension structure, and a payload unit cou...
07/04/2006
7066023Distributed sensor array for fluid contaminant monitoring
A disclosed fluid purity monitoring system employs a network of preferably information-transmissive cables fixed in place within a body of fluid. Sensors sensitive to fluid impurities are supported at various places on the network. Data representative of impurity le...
06/27/2006
7059562Vertical lift flying craft
A disclosed vertical lift flying craft includes a lift unit that, during operation, develops a force including an upward component. A payload unit suspends from the lift unit. The payload unit suspends from the lift unit in such a way as to impart lateral stability ...
06/13/2006
7013868Accelerator signal offset system
A disclosed accelerator pedal offset system includes a first connector that can be coupled to an accelerator pedal of a motor vehicle and a second connector that can be coupled, in place of the accelerator pedal, to an engine control module of the vehicle. The secon...
03/21/2006
6988930Hands-free breast milk expression system
A disclosed breast milk expression system supports a pair of breast milk collection devices at the breasts of a nursing mother, allowing her to express breast milk while keeping her hands free. No special bra or other garment is required to provide support. The syst...
01/24/2006
6904405Message recognition using shared language model
Certain disclosed methods and systems perform multiple different types of message recognition using a shared language model. Message recognition of a first type is performed responsive to a first type of message input (e.g., speech), to provide text data in accordan...
06/07/2005
6898484Robotic manufacturing and assembly with relative radio positioning using radio based location determination
Global positioning system inputs are used in a manufacturing process where location of a work piece relative to a robotic manipulator is input into a control system. The manipulator is located and tracked by using “GPS” signals, as is an associated work piece. R...
05/24/2005
6867693Spatial position determination system
A system is disclosed that determines a spatial position of a tracker device relative to an object sending a return signal to the tracker. Such a system advantageously maintains phase accuracy between a forward signal from the tracker device and the return signal ge...
03/15/2005
6847336Selectively controllable heads-up display system
Systems and methods are disclosed for displaying data on a head's-up display screen. Multiple forms of data can be selectively displayed on a semi-transparent screen mounted in the user's normal field of view. The screen can either be mounted on the user's head, or ...
01/25/2005
6816679Play and record audio system embedded inside a photograph
An audio photograph or picture 2 made of a photograph or picture material 6 having an image area 12 for providing at least one photographic or picture image and further having an audio system 4 embedded within the photograph or picture ma...
11/09/2004
6816158Three-dimensional display system
A system and method for generating and displaying three-dimensional images of a scene 6 on a screen 12 that provides multiple viewing positions for one or more viewers 16. A stereoscopic video capture system 2 and 4 picks up video ...
11/09/2004
6783096Vertical lift flying craft
A disclosed vertical lift flying craft includes a lift unit that, during operation, develops a force including an upward component. A payload unit suspends from the lift unit. The payload unit suspends from the lift unit in such a way as to impart lateral stability ...
08/31/2004
6746279Power distribution system
An exemplary system includes a power distribution block and a set of connectors that are configured to be removably coupled to the power distribution block. The exemplary system is useful for distributing power (pneumatic, hydraulic, electrical, etc.). The set of co...
06/08/2004
6712976Dual-action decontamination system
Hydrophobic polymer particles (e.g., granules or fragments) employed as filter media, e.g., for filtering runoff water, include an antimicrobial compound on exterior surfaces and can reduce proliferation of microbial organisms as well as sorb chemical contaminants f...
03/30/2004
6662086Fuzzy logic based emergency flight control with thrust vectoring capability
A fuzzy logic based emergency flight control system for an aircraft. The system has a thrust vectoring flight control system, an aerodynamic flight control system, and a fuzzy logic controller. The thrust vectoring flight control system provides thrust to...
12/09/2003
6109002Apparatus and method for supporting and protecting a bag during compacting of waste
An apparatus protects a bag so that waste may be compacted into the bag. The apparatus includes a shield having an upper shield opening and a lower shield opening, and a base that is constructed so that it may be secured, in a releasable fashion, to the l...
08/29/2000
6052748Analog reconstruction of asynchronously sampled signals from a digital signal processor
A sample reconstruction device and method extracts digital values from a DSP that are digital samples of a signal of interest and reconstructs the digital samples into an equivalent analog signal. A context detector monitors the context of the DSP's opera...
04/18/2000
 
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