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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184159 | Forward looking sensor system Systems and methods are provided for controlling a plurality of vehicle systems. A forward looking sensor (12) is configured to obtain a two-dimensional image of a space in front of the vehicle. A region identification element (14) divides the two-dime... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183342 | Method of treating chemotherapy-induced thrombocytopenia A method of treating chemotherapy-induced thrombocytopenia includes administering to a subject undergoing chemotherapy a therapeutically effective amount of a Bax-inhibiting peptide. ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182522 | Apparatus and method for delivering lined intraluminal prostheses An apparatus for delivering an intraluminal prosthesis within a patient's body includes an inner sheath having longitudinally spaced proximal and distal inner sheath ends, and a nose cone connected to the distal inner sheath end. An intraluminal prosthesis sheath ha... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180114 | Gesture recognition interface system with vertical display One embodiment of the invention includes a gesture recognition interface system. The system may comprise a substantially vertical surface configured to define a gesture recognition environment based on physical space in a foreground of the substantially vertical sur... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177703 | Blood pump A blood pump (26) includes a stator assembly including a fluid inlet (24) and a fluid outlet (26). A rotor assembly (120) includes an impeller (40) rotatable about an axis (44) to move fluid from the inlet (24) to the... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8172261 | Air bag module with actuatable vent part An apparatus (10b) includes an inflatable vehicle occupant protection device (14b). An inflation fluid source provides inflation fluid for inflating the protection device (14b). A structure (320) for supporting the pr... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172260 | Bi-lobular air bag An inflatable vehicle occupant protection device (14) includes a vertically extending central recess (200) and first and second lobes (202 and 204) positioned on opposite sides of the central recess. The central recess (200) and th... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171981 | Method of casting metal articles During casting of metal articles, a mold is moved into a body or bath of molten metal. The mold is moved into a container which contains a portion of the body of molten metal. Heat is transferred at a first rate from the mold to a first portion of the body of molten... | 05/08/2012 |
| D659127 | Antenna | 05/08/2012 |
| 8170967 | Knowledge base comprising executable stories Systems and methods are provided for assisted decision-making. A knowledge base comprises a plurality of executable stories. A given story comprises a belief network containing at least one associated hypothesis and evidence associated with the at least one hypothes... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170011 | System and method for allocating packet identifiers in a transport stream in a subscriber network An apparatus in a digital network includes the logic for allocating and assigning packet identifiers (PIDs) to digital packets, such as MPEG packets. The logic can reside in a device that transmits a transport stream or a device that controls a transport stream tran... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167952 | Arthroplastic implant with shield for basilar joint and related methods An arthroplastic implant for a basilar joint of a hand of a patient includes a body having a distal surface and a proximal surface opposite therefrom. The distal surface is to be positioned adjacent a first metacarpal bone at the basilar joint of the hand of the pat... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167247 | Space-based occulter A space-based occulter is selectively movable between stowed and deployed configurations. A base hub has a longitudinally oriented center axis. A plurality of petals are provided, each petal extending radially outward from, and spaced radially apart from, the base h... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8159220 | Nuclear magnetic resonance gyroscope mechanization One embodiment of the invention includes a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) gyroscope system. The system includes a gyro cell that is sealed to enclose an alkali metal vapor, a first gyromagnetic isotope, a second gyromagnetic isotope, and a third gyromagnetic isoto... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8158373 | Method of detecting cancer and evaluating cancer prognosis A method of detecting cancer in a subject is provided. One step of the method includes obtaining a bodily sample from the subject. Next, the level of pro-prion protein (pro-PrP) in the bodily sample is detected. The level of pro-PrP in the bodily sample is then comp... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8157323 | Seat occupancy detection unit A seat occupancy detection unit (10) has at least one sensor (12) which has a reed switch (14) and a magnet (22) movable relative thereto in a switching direction (z). The seat occupancy detection unit (10) can be inserted in the s... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8157187 | Vehicle windshield cleaning system Apparatus for providing a heated cleaning fluid to a vehicle surface having an inlet port for receiving an amount of fluid; a housing bounding a reservoir in fluid communication with the inlet port; and an outlet port in fluid communication with the reservoir for di... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8156797 | Method and apparatus for overmolding a tire pressure monitor sensor A tire pressure monitoring apparatus includes a valve assembly mountable in a vehicle wheel and a housing securable to the end of the valve assembly. A pressure sensor assembly is securable in the housing for monitoring tire pressure and providing an electrical sign... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8156688 | Clip and frame assembly and components thereof The invention is directed to a clip and frame assembly for a louvre window, including a frame with a frame channel and a clip rotatably coupled to the frame, the clip having at least one channel on its back surface adapted to direct water along a flow path to an ape... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8155744 | Neuromodulatory methods for treating pulmonary disorders A method for treating a pulmonary disorder in a subject includes inserting a therapy delivery device into a vessel of the subject, advancing the therapy delivery device to a point adjacent an intraluminal target site of the autonomic nervous system, and activating t... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155735 | Prediction and prevention of postoperative atrial fibrillation in cardiac surgery patients Systems and methods are provided for predicting the onset of postoperative atrial fibrillation (AF) from electrocardiogram (ECG) data representing a patient. A signal processing component determines parameters representing the activity of the heart of the patient fr... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155211 | Digital stream transcoder A run-level domain transcoder receives a stream of compressed frames carried in a bit stream. The run-level domain transcoder decodes the bit stream into run-level pairs and selectively processes the compressed frames so as to, among other things, reduce the number ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155151 | Secure combined interoperable multiplexing Systems and methods for combining a plurality of transport streams into a single transport stream for transmission to, e.g., a single frequency network via a satellite. Embodiments provide receiving a plurality of original, e.g., MPEG-compliant, data streams, where ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8150624 | System and method for tracking a moving person Systems and methods are provided for tracking a moving person. The system comprises a controller configured to receive acceleration data that characterizes an acceleration of the moving person in three dimensions. The controller comprises a step rate component that ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8147481 | Vascular guidewire control apparatus A controller for use with a guidewire, such as a vascular guidewire, provides a mechanism for gripping and applying a torque to the guidewire without the need to thread the guidewire axially through the controller and at a location close to a point of access of the ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146852 | Rotation damper A rotation damper, particularly for damping the rotary movement of a belt retractor shaft of a vehicle safety belt, has a housing which delimits a working space filled with a damping medium, and an element which is rotatable relative to the housing. Several pins ser... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8145215 | Scanning for a wireless device A system and method are disclosed to achieve improvements in scanning that can be implemented by a wireless device. A method to control scanning performed by a mobile unit includes detecting the presence or absence of audio for transmission from the mobile unit. A p... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144744 | Co-extruded multilayer polymers films for all-polymer lasers A polymer film laser is provided that comprises a plurality of extruded polymer layers. The plurality of extruded polymer layers comprises a plurality of alternating dielectric layers of a first polymer material having a first refractive index and a second polymer m... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8141794 | Vehicle windshield cleaning system Apparatus and method for providing a heated cleaning fluid to a vehicle surface. The apparatus has an inlet port for receiving an amount of fluid; an outlet port for dispensing an amount of heated fluid; a heating element that heats up fluid passing from the inlet t... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8140170 | Method and apparatus for renal neuromodulation An apparatus for renal neuromodulation includes an expandable support member having a main body portion for engaging a wall of a blood vessel proximate a renal vasculature and at least one electrode connected with the main body portion. The at least one electrode is... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8140079 | System and method to facilitate handover A method to facilitate handover includes detecting that a mobile unit resides within at least one predetermined zone where a handover event from a first radio technology to a second radio technology may need to occur, the second radio technology being different from... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139704 | Phase compensated renormalizable dynamic phase locked loop A variable bandwidth phase locked loop (PLL) includes renormalizable circuitry configured to allow a gain of the PLL to be changed without causing a disturbance, and a phase compensation circuit configured to adjust a final output phase of the PLL based on parameter... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139110 | Calibration of a gesture recognition interface system One embodiment of the invention includes a gesture recognition interface system that determines input gestures based on changes in relative locations of an input object to initiate device inputs associated with the input gestures. The system comprises at least one l... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8138784 | Method and apparatus for controlling qubits with single flux quantum logic In one embodiment, the disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for controlling the energy state of a qubit by bringing the qubit into and out of resonance by coupling the qubit to a flux quantum logic gate. The qubit can be in resonance with a pump signal, with... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8138760 | Temperature system with magnetic field suppression A temperature system is provided with magnetic field suppression. In one embodiment, the temperature system comprises a plurality of conductors patterned to conduct current in directions that generate 2N multipole magnetic moments that interact to suppres... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8136772 | Device for receiving oblong objects The device for receiving oblong objects comprises a bottom wall (2) and a receiving element (1) having two bordering walls (3, 4) facing each other. A cover element (16) is mounted on the receiving element (1) so as to be pivoted b... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8136691 | Method and apparatus for stabilizing a mixing bucket A mixing bucket has a cylindrical sidewall with longitudinally separated lower and upper bucket rims defining a bucket interior volume. A laterally oriented bucket bottom spans the sidewall and separates the bucket interior volume into upper and lower bucket volumes... | 03/20/2012 |
| D656043 | Alarm clock | 03/20/2012 |
| 8132828 | Apparatus and method for connecting a control module to a steering column An apparatus for connecting a steering column control module to a steering column of a vehicle comprises a bracket for mounting the steering column control module and a collet for interconnecting the bracket and the steering column. The collet snaps into engagement ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8132664 | Product holding puck with noise reducing bumpers A product holding puck having a base including an outer wall and a radially spaced apart inner wall defining a cavity between the outer and inner walls, the outer and inner walls extending axially about a central vertical axis. The outer wall of the puck defining fi... | 03/13/2012 |
