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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8175544 | System and method providing variable-frequency if conversion in a multimode communication device A system and method providing variable-frequency IF conversion in a multimode communication device. Various aspects of the present invention provide a multimode communication device comprising at least one RF signal receiver adapted to receive at least a first RF si... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8154269 | Control apparatus and control method for a power factor correction power converter A control apparatus and a control method for a power factor correction power converter are provided. The control apparatus is configured to reduce the variation rate of a reference signal with a rising portion and a falling portion. When the primary winding almost c... | 04/10/2012 |
| 7634983 | Fuel inducted and injected inlet runners for combustion engine with flow modifiers for subdividing fuel droplets A fuel delivery system for an internal combustion engine includes induction conduits of effectively equal flow resistance for guiding separate air and fuel streams to each of the cylinders of the engine. Each induction conduit includes at its entrance a sleeve ventu... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7496135 | System and method for selectable mask for LDSL The present invention overcomes various problems by defining two upstream masks (U1, U2) and two downstream masks (D1, D2) and using a mask selectable system for the long reach digital subscriber line (LDSL), in which a unique modem featu... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7393482 | Process for applying sleeve to pole and sleeved pole A plastic sleeve is applied to a pole of varying cross-sectional area. A series of poles are advanced along their lengths through the opening of an extruder die, plastic is extruded onto the pole to form a cylindrical sleeve, and the rate of advancement of the pole ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7272153 | System and method for distributed processing of packet data containing audio information The present invention pertains to a system and corresponding method for distributed processing of packet data containing audio information. The system includes a host processing module for exchanging packet data containing audio information with a data packet networ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7095142 | Pneumatic tool with integrated electricity generator A rotor for a pneumatic tool having electricity-generating capabilities includes a shaft and an integral rotor body. The rotor body includes recesses dimensioned to receive an insulated subassembly having a magnet received within a nonmagnetic insulator to allow flu... | 08/22/2006 |
| 6934079 | Confocal microscope comprising two microlens arrays and a pinhole diaphragm array A confocal microscope comprises a microlens array having a plurality of microlenses for splitting a ray bundle of illumination light into a plurality of convergent partial ray bundles which illuminate a sample simultaneously at several measuring points; a beam split... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6912575 | System and method for automatically determining recommended committed information rate in a frame relay network A system and method are disclosed for using tolerances obtained from a user together with historical information about a communication network to analyze the network's performance and to calculate and recommend a specific change to the committed information rate (CI... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6875474 | Electroless copper plating solutions and methods of use thereof Electroless copper plating solutions and methods of use thereof are disclosed. A representative electroless copper plating solution includes a reducing agent that is a source of hypophosphite ions and at least one accelerator compound that accelerates the rate of co... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6858522 | Electrical contact for compound semiconductor device and method for forming same A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device having an improved ohmic contact system to epitaxially grown, low bandgap compound semiconductors. In an exemplary embodiment, the improved ohmic contact system comprises a thin reactive layer of nickel deposited on a... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6669355 | Housing rotation lock for a track lighting fixture A track lighting fixture includes a first housing half and a second housing half. The first housing half includes a surface, an inner perimeter, a recess in the surface, and mating ramps extending from the inner perimeter. The second housing half includes... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6276926 | Injector for water free of external torch An injector for water free of external torch external torch gas injector comprising an outer tube, a first inner tube and a second inner tube. The outer tube has a side tube and a plurality of outer tube emission holes. The outer wall of the outer tube jo... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6103607 | Manufacture of MOSFET devices The specification describes a process for making gate electrodes for silicon MOS transistor devices. The gate electrode is a composite of a first layer of tungsten suicide, a second layer of tungsten silicide nitride, and a third layer of tungsten silicid... | 08/15/2000 |
