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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7482853 | Method and apparatus for switching audio and data signals through a single terminal A MOSFET-based, multi signal-switching circuit controllably passes analog/audio signals and digital signals through a common terminal to a single connector. Analog/audio signals are coupled through a single N-channel MOSFET analog signal switch which, when turned-ON... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7457619 | Method for optimizing wireless data link capacity between mobile vehicles Wireless data links between mobile vehicles are optimized by positioning the mobile vehicles in default locations, creating a wireless data link between the vehicles, and measuring the initial capacity of the wireless data link. An extremum-seeking algorithm is then... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7450382 | Apparatus for enclosing electronic components An apparatus for enclosing electronic components comprises a chassis enclosure defining an internal chamber and having an upper portion and a lower portion. The upper portion comprises a first front wall having a length dimension greater than a width dimension, and ... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7429947 | Radar apparatus for detecting distance or velocity with respect to an object A radar apparatus includes a plurality of receiver circuit systems to correspond with a plurality of receiving antennas. Channel signals having the same characteristics are generated by the switching operation of a second switch from a received channel signal receiv... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7425097 | Inertial measurement unit with wireless power transfer gap control An inertial measurement unit comprises an outer case assembly including an upper gas plenum and a lower gas plenum, with upper and lower support shells surrounded by the upper and lower gas plenums. A sensor assembly includes a sensor shell, with the sensor assembly... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7421343 | Systems and methods for reducing vibration-induced errors in inertial sensors Systems and methods for reducing vibration-induced bias errors in inertial sensors are disclosed. A system for reducing bias errors in an inertial sensor operating within an environment may include a vibration detector for sensing vibration changes within the enviro... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7414328 | Light control apparatus for vehicle Disclosed is a light control apparatus for a vehicle, in which a control function is activated when an ignition switch or an accessory switch is turned on, and which, when the switch is turned off with headlights and/or sidemarker lights kept ON, keeps the headlight... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7412775 | Gyroscope north seeker system and method A sensor system and method for determining a relative direction to true north is provided. The system comprises at least one angular rate sensor, such as a MEMS sensor, which has an input axis and a rotation axis. The sensor comprises a motor drive structure, a moto... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7392426 | Redundant processing architecture for single fault tolerance An electronic module is provided. The module includes a first logic device having at least two processors and a first comparator and a second logic device having at least one processor and a second comparator. Each of the at least two processors are coupled to each ... | 06/24/2008 |
| D568841 | Enclosure for electronic components | 05/13/2008 |
| 7349221 | Device for increased thermal conductivity between a printed wiring assembly and a chassis A floating guide device provides increased thermal conductivity between a printed wiring assembly and a heat sink chassis. The guide device includes an elongated thermally conductive rod and a wedgelock used in conjunction with the rod that can be attached to the ro... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7304602 | Axial deviation determining method for on-vehicle radar An on-vehicle radar and a method of determining an axial deviation of the radar using stationary objects free of erroneous determination are disclosed. The amount of axial deviation of the radar is determined from the calculated stationary object line based on the d... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7292181 | Memory check unit for radar systems and radar system including memory check unit Provided is a RAM check unit capable of checking a RAM included in a radar system even when the radar system is in operation. An LSI instructs a high-frequency unit to output a radar-transmitted signal. When a radar-received signal is received from the high-frequenc... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7258010 | MEMS device with thinned comb fingers Methods of fabricating thinned comb MEMS devices are disclosed. A comb drive device in accordance with an illustrative embodiment of the present invention can include a number of interdigitated comb fingers some of which have a reduced thickness along at least a por... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7251719 | Recording medium playback apparatus In one aspect of the invention, text data recorded on a CD conforming to the CD-TEXT format is displayed using a minimum amount of memory. Storage capacity to be used per data item is calculated by dividing the available storage capacity by the number of text data i... | 07/31/2007 |
