Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8117711 | High efficiency intake hood system for mobile sweeper vehicles An improved pickup or intake hood for use in regenerative air flow road and pavement sweeper vehicles includes at least one side auxiliary plenums and/or at least one side-to-side plenum adjacent the primary air flow compartment. The auxiliary plenums are attached b... | 02/21/2012 |
| D648210 | Fastener | 11/08/2011 |
| 8035221 | Clip mount for integrated circuit leadframes A leadframe having a die thereon connects a high current conductive area on the die to a leadframe contact using a copper clip that include a structural portion that is received within a recess-like “tub” that is formed in the leadframe contact which tub is shap... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8035206 | Self-aligning structures and method for integrated circuits A lead frame having a die thereon connects a high current conductive area on the die to a lead frame contact using a copper clip that includes a structure portion that is received with a recess-like “tub” formed in the lead frame contact. In the preferred embodi... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8009435 | Card level enclosure system having enhanced thermal transfer and improved EMI characteristics An enclosure or containment system for expansion cards includes first and second sub-enclosures that interengage to form an enclosure assembly that substantially surrounds the major surface areas of the expansion card while providing support along some of the edges ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7954976 | Multi-use adaptor kit/system for recessed can fixtures An adaptor kit or system for use with conventional can light fixtures to adapt the can light fixture for use as a hanger assembly for auxiliary fixtures, such as a hanging lamp, a flush-mounted lamp or the like, includes an expandable/retractable shoe assembly with ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7853547 | Production rule message formatting and parsing system A message formatting system includes a rules execution engine that coacts with an expandable goal-oriented rules production set to process one or more characters of an input message to output a message formatted in accordance with one or more production rules of the... | 12/14/2010 |
| D623721 | Apertured cover | 09/14/2010 |
| D623265 | Apertured cover | 09/07/2010 |
| 7721374 | Debris/load leveling system A mechanized broom-type sweeper truck that includes a pavement engaging brush or broom and an elevator for transported debris to the inlet or entry opening of a debris container includes a slinging roller in the debris container mounted at or subjacent the inlet ope... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7714415 | Leadframe structures for semiconductor packages A semiconductor package includes a lead structure upon which a semiconductor die is mounted with at least some portion of at least some of the leads extending to, at, or across an axis or axis of the package to militate against thermally induced growth of the packag... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7699015 | Sub-ordinate vehicle recovery/launch system Sub-ordinate and host maritime vessels are connected to each other by a tow loop trailed by the host vessel through a capture frame which engages the sub-ordinate vessel. The capture frame acts to engage the sub-ordinate vessel in the transitional coordinate space s... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7650207 | Locomotive/train navigation system and method In a rail track system having transition points, a locomotive having a navigation system (such as a combined inertial/GPS location system) moves along an initially known track and enters the “halo” surrounding a track transition to begin data collection/logging ... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7621018 | Road/pavement cleaning machine having air-blast functionality A road/pavement sweeper is provided with a pickup head or debris-intake hood that operates in a conventional manner to entrain or aspirate particles and/or debris from the pavement surface. The air-inlet structure of the debris-intake hood is provided with an air-fl... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7610152 | Train navigator with integral constrained GPS solution and track database compensation The present invention provides a new set of algorithmic solutions to accommodate track inaccuracy information in track databases. Navigation and measurement aiding processes are defined by a stochastic mode relative to a moving rail frame defined so that it is align... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7546814 | Launch and recovery ramp system A launch and recovery system for use by host vessel in launching and recovering a sub-ordinate vessel includes a ramp structure that is connected to a host vessel and movable so that at least its remote or distal end can be placed in the water, preferably at the ste... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7441303 | Pavement/surface sweeper having a simplified hydraulic system A sweeper unit well-suited for use for sweeping paved areas includes a debris-retaining hopper with an associated fan assembly that includes an air outlet duct for connection to one side of a pick-up head and an inlet duct for connection between the other side of th... | 10/28/2008 |
| D558311 | Sink basin | 12/25/2007 |
| 7209810 | Locomotive location system and method A locomotive location system and method utilizes inertial measurement inputs, including orthogonal acceleration inputs and turn rate information, in combination with wheel-mounted tachometer information and GPS/DGPS position fixes to provide processed outputs indica... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7159949 | Dump door open/close system A debris container of the type used on roadway and pavement sweeper and sweeping vehicles includes a hinged door through which the interior of the debris container may be inspected and through which debris is emptied when the container is elevated and rotated to its... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7047170 | Method of determining boundary interface changes in a natural resource deposit A method of determining changes in the boundary interface in a sub-surface oil reservoir between the to-be-recovered oil and a driveout fluid, such as steam, uses time-displaced gravity gradient measurements to provide an indication of the changes in the gravity gra... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6778071 | Adaptive escape routing system An adaptive escape routing system for use in buildings and building complexes in which a plurality of detectors or detector suites are situated throughout the building or building complex and provide information to a central controller as to the release of toxic, in... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6711939 | Method and system for expelling test-sample volumes from luggage/packages A method and system for expelling test sample-volumes from luggage/packages includes, in one form, a set of superposed or otherwise cooperating belt conveyor (16, 24) and a cooperating biohazard detection system (14). Luggage articles (L) or packages t... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6658935 | Complemented absolute/relative full-tensor gravity gradiometer system A complemented absolute/relative full-tensor gravity gradiometer system utilizes an absolute gravity instrument and a relative gravity gradiometer to provide respective outputs corresponding to components of the gravity gradient tensor to verify the relat... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6641090 | Train location system and method A train location system and method of determining track occupancy utilizes inertial measurement inputs, including orthogonal acceleration inputs and turn rate information, in combination with wheel-mounted tachometer information and GPS/DGPS position fixe... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6615660 | Real-time self-compensating gravity gradiometer instrument A real-time self-compensating gravity gradiometer (GGI) of the type having an input plane (IP) includes a mass concentration (MC) that is moved along an orbital path (16) in the input plane (IP) to cause a positionally varying gravity perturbation in the ... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6576962 | CMOS SRAM cell with prescribed power-on data state A CMOS SRAM cell with prescribed power-on data state having first and second cross-coupled inverters each defined by serially connected complementary MOS transistors (T1/T2; T3/T4) serially connected between Vdd and circuit ground to form a fir... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6570227 | High-performance high-density CMOS SRAM cell A high-performance high-density CMOS SRAM cell (MC) having first and second cross-coupled inverters each defined by serially connected complementary MOS transistors (TA/TC; TB/TD) serially connected between Vdd and circuit ground to form a firs... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6464471 | High-efficiency motor/pump system for jetted bath/spas A high-efficiency motor/pump system (20) for jetted baths/spas includes a pump assembly (22) removably secured to a motor assembly (24). The motor assembly (24) includes a motor (26) having a conventional laminated stator (30), a front housing (32) at the... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6429492 | Low-power CMOS device and logic gates/circuits therewith An insulated gate field effect transistor or a CMOS pair of transistors of a family of logic circuits includable in any type of integrated circuit, including microprocessors, memories and logic macros, and any or all functional portions thereof preferably... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6412203 | Elevatable signboard system for highway vehicles An elevatable multi-function signboard system for highway vehicles, such as pavement/roadway sweepers, carries a warning/signal system that can be moved between a lowered position and an elevated position. In the lowered position, the signboard also funct... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6371565 | High-lift lateral dump system for pavement/street sweepers A high-lift lateral dump system for pavement/street sweepers (20) includes a debris container (30) positioned between laterally adjacent lift assemblies (40R, 40F), each lift assembly (40R, 40F) including a vertically extending upright (42), a lift arm (4... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6247800 | Ink jet recording apparatus with ink drop registration control An ink jet recording apparatus with ink drop registration control adjusts the timing of the ink drop or drops that form each pixel to compensate for time-of-flight differences that are a function of the number of ink drops that form a pixel and as a funct... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6199224 | Cleaning system for hydromassage baths A cleaning system for hydromassage baths of the type that includes a tub having nozzles that introduce a water/air mixture into the tub with a suction opening through which water in the tub is removed for pressurization through a pump and reintroduction i... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6070290 | High maneuverability riding turf sweeper and surface cleaning apparatus A high maneuverability riding turf sweeper (8) includes a debris-intake hood (13) that is mounted forwardly of a wheeled chassis (41) upon which the major components, including an engine (42) and a hydraulic pump (27) for powering the sweeper (8) are moun... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6052865 | Air brush vaccum-fan gutter broom A gutter broom (8) for a pavement sweeper is defined by an annular brush disc (24) having a central opening and from which a series of equi-spaced conventional bristle blocks (11) are removably secured. A downwardly depending air foil (18) is secured to t... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6011336 | Cost-efficient vibration-isolating mounting for motors A cost-efficient vibration-isolating mounting for motors including a pressed or stamped metal motor mount (12) upon with the motor is mounted and a vibration-isolation pad (14) upon which the motor mount (12) is mounted. A clamp formation (42) at each end... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5940101 | Method and apparatus for determining optimum ink drop formation-frequency in an ink jet printer The optimum excitation frequency for forming successive ink drops in an ink jet printer is determined by forming a sequence of ink drops at a plurality of different drop-formation frequencies and phases thereof and integrating a detected current represent... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5884359 | Surface cleaning apparatus A pavement sweeping apparatus includes an angled, counter-rotating transverse roller broom followed by a high pressure/high velocity and full-width blast of air to remove particles too small for the broom to sweep up. The roller shaped broom has auger wou... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5862543 | User-selectable multi-jet assembly for jetted baths/spas A user-selectable multi-jet assembly (10) for jetted baths/spas includes a faceplate assembly (12) having a first set of three user-selectable ball-type nozzles (14) and a second set of three user-selectable swirler-type nozzles (16). The faceplate assemb... | 01/26/1999 |
