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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6499861 | Illuminated patch cord connector ports for use in a telecommunications patch closet having patch cord tracing capabilities A device, system and method for locating a specific patch cord connection port contained within a telecommunications closet having line tracing capabilities. An LED is provided at each of the connector ports present within the telecommunications closet th... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6464180 | Pipe attaching apparatus A pipe attaching apparatus is used to attach pipe, electrical conduit and the like to a channel support without the use of tools. With one hand, an installer holds the apparatus containing a pipe between two clamp halves, squeezes a pair of base plates to... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6456241 | Wide band planar radiator The present radiator pertains to a planar array antenna for sending or receiving linear polarized waves, with two radiator levels each comprising radiator elements mounted in lines and columns, while the elements of each radiator level are coupled on a ce... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6438359 | Dual transmitter arrangement with back-up switching Reliable transmission of signals in a multi-channel system is achieved by transferring signal inputs from a defectively operating or inoperative transmitter to another transmitter which continues to transmit other channels. At least two transmitters are o... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434788 | Door closer The invention describes a door closer with an energy storage that includes a resisting spring (3), with a closer shaft (1) driven by the resisting spring (3) and with an hydraulic fluid damped damping device (12, 13), whereby the energy storage and the da... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434204 | Method and system for DC offset correction of a quadrature modulated RF signal The DC offset error of a quadrature modulated RF signal is corrected by introducing a specific trial offset correction value, D, into the DC offset correction circuits 3, 4 or 5 times, by measuring the carrier power resulting from each trial introduction,... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6415493 | Method and apparatus for precise positioning of a circuit board to a mounting plate A printed circuit board is aligned to its mounting plate by using cutouts already cut for electronic components. A top plate with a notched location block and two edge locators is placed on top of both the printed circuit board and the mounting plate so t... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6397417 | Self-inflatable apparatus A self-inflatable mattress is formed from an open pore foam core and one or more layers of dual melt film. Initially, a layer of dual melt film is placed on top of the open pore foam block such that the side with the lower melting temperature contacts the... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6345682 | Valve arrangement for power-assisted steering systems The invention relates to a hydraulically assisted steering system for a motor vehicle. Because there is associated with the hydraulic system an electromechanical valve 12 which, in the open state, hydraulically indirectly or directly connects the working ... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6343229 | Device for measurement and analysis of brain activity of both cerebral hemispheres in a patient The invention relates to a method and device for measuring cerebral electrical activity in a patient. Cerebral electrical activity is measured in the form of electrical signals. Said signals are amplified and converted to signals which are then stored. Th... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6342855 | Mobile radiotelephony planar antenna The invention relates to a planar antenna (1), in particular for mobile radio, the planar antenna (1) having two conductive layers arranged at a predefined distance from one another, the conductive layers being plates (2, 12, 20, 20'; 3, 13, 30, 30') or s... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6324564 | Optimized wireless communication system An optimized wireless communication system includes an enhanced communications transport protocol to reduce the overhead required by the system and intelligent protocol agents (IPAs) that process and optimize standard applications before passing them on t... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6318232 | Pressure-cutoff arrangement for an auxiliary power steering system in the end positions of the steering lock The invention relates to a pressure-cutoff arrangement for an auxiliary power steering system in the end positions of the steering lock, having at least one working poston 2 which is displaceable in the axial direction in a steering housing 1 and delimits... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6318217 | Through-bolt gripping pliers with adjustable opening width The invention relates to gripping pliers with an upper extended handle 2 and a lower extended handle 1 which comprise a handle section 9, 7 and a jaw 8, 6 positioned opposite the handle section 9, 7, with the upper extended handle 2 and the lower extended... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6317644 | Monitor and malfunction predictor for textile machines A monitor and malfunction detector for the thread feed of a textile machine. The monitor combines electronic information and mathematical analysis of the movement of the thread, including speed, tension and fiber and consistency, thereby permitting the de... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6312275 | Electromagnetically locking latch to prevent circuit pack removal An electronically controlled locking apparatus uses a latch, a latch locking clip and a solenoid to lock a circuit pack face plate to an equipment chassis based on activity in the circuit pack. The latch is pivoted so that one end engages the chassis whil... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6307727 | ESD footwear grounding system This invention relates to a footwear grounding device to reduce static charge buildup on personnel handling electronic components and products that are sensitive to electrostatic discharge (ESD) events. The device incorporates a conductive strap having re... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6304219 | Resonant antenna An antenna for receiving and transmitting electromagnetic microwaves having λ wavelengths consisting of a substrate layer (10) made of a low dielectric material which bears on one side a conductive ground plane (1) and whose opposite side is conductively... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6303087 | UV-irradiation device for the treatment of wastewater Applicant has disclosed a UV-irradiation device for treating wastewater. A number of lamp units are provided having a radiation source and an encasing tube surrounding the radiation source. The lamp units are of a general, cylindrical design. A cleaning d... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6299344 | Flexible band reciprocating shaker A reciprocating laboratory shaker (10) includes a platform (12) driven by a motor (62) which is constrained to move in a reciprocating fashion by a pair of flexible bands (30, 32) located on opposite sides of the platform (12). A frame (24), which prefera... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6297736 | Locating concealed conductors A method of locating a concealed conductor is performed by generating a magnetic field with a direction in which the field is a maximum. The magnetic field is rotated until that direction is directed towards the conductor. In this way, a signal is induced... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6274412 | Material and method for printing high conductivity electrical conductors and other components on thin film transistor arrays A process sequence is disclosed for fabricating arrays of Thin Film Transistors by printing metallic conductors for the gate and data lines and possibly the Indium Tin Oxide Pixel electrode as well. The process eliminates conventional step-and-repeat phot... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6268731 | Locator of electrically conductive objects In order to locate an electrically conductive object, the electromagnetic field generated by a current in the object is detected by a detector having a plurality of spaced apart antennas. In order for the location of the object to be determined, two or mo... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6262498 | Electromagnetic drive mechanism An electromagnetic drive is described that exhibits two electromagnets (2, 3) situated opposite one another and an armature (10) between them that can be moved back and forth. The armature (10) is held in an intermediate position by elastic forces and bro... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6257115 | Magazine and feed mechanism for firearms A magazine and compact feed mechanism for firearms includes an end cap on the magazine to keep cartridges from falling out and a stop mechanism for preventing a rotating cartridge transfer disk from traveling beyond 90°. The magazine is placed in a horiz... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6256143 | Stereoscopic, long-distance microscope A stereoscopic, long-distance microscope is capable of stereoscopically viewing targets within the range of 100 mm to 300 mm from the front lens element. The system preferably comprises: a front lens element having a diameter Dfl for receiving ... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6236217 | Cable fault monitoring system A method of detecting faults on a cable (1) is provided, such a cable (1) having a conductive path, there being a number of sensors (5a, 5b, 5c, 5d, 5e) along the length of the cable (1), each of the sensors shaving a resistance measurement device for det... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6234653 | Brooder lamp fixture with power cord suspended enclosure The present invention shows an improved brooder for use in providing heating in brooder operations by infrared radiation, such as in swine and poultry breeding. The brooder has an integral electrical plug, cord and bulb socket, holding an infrared bulb. A... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6231820 | UV disinfecting device advantageous for fluids flows A UV disinfecting device for flowing fluids, having a frame (1) and a certain number of lamp units (3) with UV lamps, whereby the lamp units each have at least one electrical connection and are held by the frame (1) substantially parallel and spaced from ... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6230888 | Instrument count stand The disclosure relates to an instrument count stand for supporting scissors or scissor-like instruments having a pair of blades and a pair of handles. The stand includes a base having a plurality of slots for receiving portions of the instruments. A pair ... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6224243 | Brooder lamp fixture with power cord suspended in enclosure An improved brooder lamp fixture for use in providing heating in brooder operations by infrared radiation, such as in swine and poultry breeding. The brooder lamp fixture has an integral electrical plug, cord and bulb socket, which holds an infrared bulb.... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6204814 | Planar emitter A planar emitter equipped with planar resonators that is simple, small in construction and consists of few, easily manufactural components, while at the same time having high frequency dependent system quality with the widest possible spectral range, has ... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6190405 | Flexible expandable vascular support The invention relates to an expandable insert for use as a vessel support in blood vessels, the insert being able to deform plastically from a nonexpanded state to an expanded state by application of a radial force directed from the inside outward, with a... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6184937 | Audio enhanced electronic insertion of indicia into video A system and method (40) of altering the audio portion of a live television broadcast signal substantially in real time. The system is used to enhance the effects of live video insertion systems. The broadcast signal is received and separated into a patte... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6175238 | Binary electrostatic discharge locator This invention relates to a system and method for economically locating an ESD event with a reasonable degree of accuracy. It performs this function using a binary approach in which one or more binary ESD locator boxes are used. Each of these binary ESD l... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6168599 | Long bone reamer A long bone reamer apparatus is assembled from a plurality of blades that interlink with each other. According to a first embodiment, six long cutting blades are held in position by a plurality of disks, each having six blade receiving slots spaced at 60 ... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6163733 | Monitor and malfunction predictor for textile machines A monitor and malfunction detector for the thread feed of a textile machine. The monitor combines electronic information and mathematical analysis of the movement of the thread, including speed, tension and fiber and consistency, thereby permitting the de... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6149453 | IDC socket strain relief cap rework tool A tool to remove an insulation displacement contact (IDC) strain relief cap that interconnects a wire with an electrical contact. The electrical contact has a bifurcated end to engage and retain a wire and is engageable with the strain relief cap to secur... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6127827 | Method of identifying a buried cable by applying a low frequency signal to the cable and detecting the resultant field In order to identify a cable buried underground, a very low frequency voltage signal is applied to the cable and an electric field sensor is brought into proximity with the cable. The sensor thus detects the voltage signal on the cable and so identifies t... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6107801 | Locating an inaccessible object by detecting horizontal and vertical components of a magnetic field If a solenoid is mounted on an underground object, such as a boring tool, magnetic fields generated by an electric current flowing through that solenoid can be detected by a suitable detector at or above the surface. If the axis of the solenoid is tilted,... | 08/22/2000 |
