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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6708178 | Supporting B+tree indexes on primary B+tree structures with large primary keys A system for organizing and accessing a database. The system includes a primary B+tree index, a secondary B+tree index, a plurality of mapping table row identifiers stored in the secondary B+tree index and a plurality of database addresses for leaf blocks of the pri... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6587263 | Optical solar reflectors An method, and method of production thereof, which provides excellent performance, reduced cost, and reduced breakage due to reduced manual handling. The present invention comprises a substrate, a bond layer coating the substrate, a reflective layer coati... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6533679 | Hollow golf club A golf club head, wherein the head comprises a front striking face, a back plate, a toe wall, a heel wall, and a sole plate, configured to form an interior cavity; a hosel and a bore for receiving a shaft; at least one chamber formed inside the interior c... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6527653 | Pentagonal hexecontahedron dimple pattern on golf balls Golf balls are disclosed having novel dimple patterns determined by a pentagonal hexecontahedron. A method of packing dimples according to a pentagonal hexecontahedron is also disclosed. For each disclosed dimple pattern, a pentagonal hexecontahedron exte... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6522643 | Apparatus, method, and computer program products for cell-hopping satellite communications An apparatus, method, and computer program product for assigning communication resources in a beam-hopping cellular communication system. The satellite has a multiple beam antenna that covers a number of cells that is greater than the number of available ... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6500073 | Method and apparatus to determine golf ball trajectory and flight A launch monitor system including a support structure, a first light-reflecting element disposed on this support structure, a lighting unit and an camera unit. A computer receives signals generated by light patterns received by the camera unit and compute... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6492254 | Ball grid array (BGA) to column grid array (CGA) conversion process A method of converting ball grid array (BGA) modules to column grid array (CGA) modules comprises steps of heating a BGA module, brushing the BGA module to remove the balls, and attaching columns to the module to create a CGA module. A method of convertin... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6488591 | Method and apparatus to determine golf ball trajectory and flight A launch monitor system including a support structure, a first light-reflecting element disposed on this support structure, a lighting unit and an camera unit. A computer receives signals generated by light patterns received by the camera unit and compute... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6462303 | Laser marking of golf balls The present invention relates to a method for forming indicia on golf balls. More specifically, the present invention is directed toward the use of a low-power CO2 laser beam to machine alphanumeric characters, three-dimensional figures, machin... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6460472 | Fluidized bed material, method for its production, and method in a fluidized bed process A fluidized bed material including mineral particles of a gabbro class or darker rock type. The rock type includes several minerals and having a quartz content of 5 wt-% or less. The particles are made by comminuting a gabbro class or darker rock type. A ... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6284054 | Animal waste separator and waste water recycling system and method of recycling waste water The present invention is directed to a system and method for separating waste material from waste water for use in connection with the flushing of an animal storage pen (such as, for example, a hog barn) to remove the waste material from the animal storag... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6259420 | Antenna element with helical radiation members An antenna element for circular polarization comprising a ground plane with first to fourth radiation members in the form of helical wires symmetrically arranged around a symmetry axis. The antenna element further comprises a distribution network arranged... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6259223 | Method and apparatus for phase compensation in a vehicle control system The present invention relates to a method and a device for executing phase compensation in a control system of a motor-driven vehicle, in which the time derivative for an output signal (y) from a circuit (1) contained in the control system is limited rela... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6253058 | Interactive toy An interactive toy that can display emotional expressions in accordance with the degree of friendliness between the user and the toy, comprising a detector for detecting an external stimulation which is a stimulation by a movement and converting it into a... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6236595 | Programming method for a memory cell A method of writing and selectively erasing bits in a selected group of memory cells that significantly reduces the likelihood of disturbing data stored in other, non-selected groups of memory cells is disclosed. The method varies the bias voltages applie... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6222761 | Method for minimizing program disturb in a memory cell A method of applying voltages to a memory cell, such as a P-channel EEPROM cell, and in particular to applying voltages to the cell during an erase operation of the cell is described. The method recognizes that during an erase, memory cells sharing desele... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6220670 | Method and apparatus for remote self-propelled conveying in mineral deposits A method and apparatus for mining of aggregate material from a seam includes a mining apparatus and a self-propelled conveyor capable of advancing or retreating in the seam on its own power and advancing and steering arrangement for the mining apparatus. ... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6135455 | Disk toss and peg game The portable game apparatus includes a plurality of removable pegs, a planar game board that possesses a plurality of holes in a predetermined pattern and at least one annular plastic disk that has an inner edge, and an outer edge, a planar portion, and a... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6131022 | Transceiver and antenna system for communication with remote station In one aspect of the present invention, a transceiver includes a pair of antennas with one of the receive channels including a predetermined phase shifter for shifting one of the received signals prior to combining the received electromagnetic energy to f... | 10/10/2000 |
