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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7928735 | Battery performance monitor Improvements both in the methods whereby existing techniques for determining the condition of a battery are communicated to a user (for example, to the owner of a private vehicle, or to the service manager of a fleet of vehicles), or the vehicle's operating system, ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7926171 | Apparatus for manufacture of an insulated microwire Insulated electrically conductive continuous fibers or microwires of sizes on the order of 1 mil (25 microns) diameter, so as to be suitable for processing into yarns or multi-microwire bundles, for example, for incorporation into conformable fabric products or for ... | 04/19/2011 |
| D634952 | Rack assembly for dispensing product | 03/29/2011 |
| 7902828 | Method and apparatus for monitoring the condition of a battery by measuring its internal resistance A method for evaluating the condition of a battery comprises coupling a first power transistor as or as part of a first external load in series with the battery, coupling a second power transistor as or as part of a second external load in series with the battery, a... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7836823 | Egg breaker A tool for breaking and opening an egg comprises first and second complementary concave egg-receiving container members pivoted to one another at a first axis, and first and second concave egg-confining members each pivoted to one of the complementary concave egg-re... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7832089 | Method for making an insulated microwire Insulated electrically conductive fibers or microwires of sizes on the order of 1 mil (25 microns) diameter, so as to be suitable for processing into yarns or multi-microwire bundles, for example, for incorporation into conformable fabric products or for use as wear... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7820053 | Magnetic separation and seeding to improve ballasted clarification of water A process for removing fine particles and particulates from water. The process includes mixing a magnetic ballast, flocculant and water to form magnetic floc, and agitating the magnetic floc in a flocculation zone. A portion of the magnetic floc is collected on a ma... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7785509 | Expansible yarns and threads, and products made using them A precursor yarn or thread is made by passing a central element, e.g., a filament, a tow, or a flat member, through a bath of a binder, such as a low-temperature hot-melt adhesive, and aqueous urethane, or an acrylic material, with which is mixed a quantity of hard-... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7743872 | Air start steam engine A method and system for an external combustion engine operable using at least two different fluids to provide pressure volume work to an engine. The engine is started by providing a compressed fluid at a sufficient pressure to move internal components of the engine ... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7721518 | Yarns for cut-resistant webbing and other products Improved yarns the properties of which can be altered by heat treatment for various products are disclosed, as well as product made therewith and processes thereof. The yarns of the invention comprise a multifilamentary core of a comparatively lower melting point ma... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7691269 | Method and system for retrofitting an existing water treatment system A method and system for retrofitting an existing water treatment system having one or more biological reactor systems and one or more gravity clarifiers. To retrofit the existing water treatment system, the one or more gravity clarifiers of the existing water treatm... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7686960 | Multistage process for treating water utilizing in one stage magnetic seed to sorb dissolved contaminants, and in another stage utilizing magnetic seed to clarify the water A multi-stage process for removing dissolved contaminants and suspended solids from water employing a magnetic separation technique. The process includes two tanks and magnetic seed. In the first tank, water is clarified by magnetic technologies and in the second ta... | 03/30/2010 |
| D606291 | Boot Warmer | 12/22/2009 |
| D605383 | Boot warmer | 12/08/2009 |
| 7625490 | Use of a magnetic separator to biologically clean water A nitrification-denitrification process using magnetic seeding and magnetic separation to treat water is provided. The process includes biologically converting ammonia to nitrates with a biofilm disposed on magnetic seed. Suspended solids are removed by mixing flocc... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7617667 | Treatment of brittle, high-modulus yarns to yield improved processing characteristics Multifilamentary core yarns of brittle, high-modulus materials are partially encased in a “wrapper” of another material. The wrapped core yarn is then coated with an adhesive that remains tacky over time. The coated wrapped yarn can then be spooled and stored in... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7597164 | Hybrid vehicles A hybrid vehicle comprises an internal combustion engine, a traction motor, a starter motor, and a battery bank, all controlled by a microprocessor in accordance with the vehicle's instantaneous torque demands so that the engine is run only under conditions of high ... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7578253 | Water skimmer A small outboard motor powered boat comprises a hull undersurface that defines a generally flat central section, with two generally parallel-sided pontoons extending rearwardly from an upturned bow to a point about half the length of the hull aft. A stern rake secti... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7559388 | Hybrid vehicles A hybrid vehicle comprises an internal combustion engine, a traction motor, a starter motor, and a battery bank, all controlled by a microprocessor in accordance with the vehicle's instantaneous torque demands so that the engine is run only under conditions of high ... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7553583 | Systems and methods for constructing a battery pack Methods and systems for constructing a battery, the battery including at least two energy storage sections connected in parallel to a common module power bus, the energy storage sections including at least one battery cell and at least one section disconnect device ... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7455134 | Hybrid vehicles A hybrid vehicle comprises an internal combustion engine, a traction motor, a starter motor, and a battery bank, all controlled by a microprocessor in accordance with the vehicle's instantaneous torque demands so that the engine is run only under conditions of high ... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7413602 | Production of glass powder from waste glass, and products made using the same, especially concrete A clean dry glass powder useful as a substitute for Portland cement in concrete, in paints, and for other known uses for glass powder produced conventionally can be produced from unsorted post-consumer waste glass, including a subsatantial fraction of non-glass item... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7392871 | Hybrid vehicles A hybrid vehicle comprises an internal combustion engine, a traction motor, a starter motor, and a battery bank, all controlled by a microprocessor in accordance with the vehicle's instantaneous torque demands so that the engine is run only under conditions of high ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7304453 | Methods and systems for assembling batteries A large battery pack of specified voltage and capacity can be assembled from a plurality of identical small cells by dividing the specified capacity by a nominal battery module capacity to determine a desired number of parallel modules to be provided, dividing the n... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7255793 | Methods for removing heavy metals from water using chemical precipitation and field separation methods A two-step chemical precipitation process involving hydroxide precipitation and sulfide precipitation combined with “field separation ” technology such as magnetic separation, dissolved air flotation, vortex separation, or expanded plastics flotation, effectivel... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7237634 | Hybrid vehicles A hybrid vehicle comprises an internal combustion engine, a traction motor, a starter motor, and a battery bank, all controlled by a microprocessor in accordance with the vehicle's instantaneous torque demands so that the engine is run only under conditions of high ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7212006 | Method and apparatus for monitoring the condition of a battery by measuring its internal resistance The method comprises coupling an external load having a predetermined resistance directly in series with the battery, conducting a power transistor to supply a transient large current to the battery for sampling voltage of the battery in a set very short period of t... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7104347 | Hybrid vehicles A hybrid vehicle comprises an internal combustion engine, a traction motor, a starter motor, and a battery bank, all controlled by a microprocessor in accordance with the vehicle's instantaneous torque demands so that the engine is run only under conditions of high ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 6896815 | Methods for removing heavy metals from water using chemical precipitation and field separation methods A two-step chemical precipitation process involving hydroxide precipitation and sulfide precipitation combined with “field separation” technology such as magnetic separation, dissolved air flotation, vortex separation or expanded plastics flotation, effectively ... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6793889 | Wide-range TOC instrument using plasma oxidation Total organic carbon in an aqueous or gaseous sample is measured by admitting the sample and an oxidant gas to a cell transparent to plasma, establishing a relatively low energy plasma in the cell, and measuring the CO2 thus produced using FTIR, NDIR, or ... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6648723 | Bodyslammers toy racing vehicles Toy racing vehicles for operating on preexisting track of a particular scale comprise sub bodies including conventional chassis and larger-scale "visible cars", which are supported by the sub bodies, but are not fixed or mounted thereto. Instead, a visibl... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6626116 | Outlaw powersliders toy racing vehicles A toy racing car or other vehicle for operating on conventional track of a given scale a comprises a sub body, including a chassis, motor and gear set, pickup shoes and drive wheels, and a visible body of much larger scale, with large scale rear drive whe... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6610176 | Coreless papermaker's yarn A yarn is produced which consists substantially of twisting filaments which are wrapped sequentially upon each other helically upon the yarn in layers, wherein the helically wound filaments preferably are wound right to left and then left to right alterna... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6594026 | Software-controlled printer/perforator unit A printer/perforator unit for connection to a conventional personal computer allows documents to be conveniently perforated, both printing and perforating functions being controllable in response to a single software program. The single program can be a p... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6590963 | Modular test instrument A modular test instrument comprises a base unit and one of a selection of application modules, neither being capable of performing end-user functions without the other. When physically assembled to one another, the base unit and application module compris... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6572130 | Three-wheeled vehicle A three wheeled vehicle comprises a front subframe having a front wheel journaled thereto and a seat for a rider mounted thereon, and a rear subframe having a pair of rear wheels journaled thereto. The front subframe is journaled to the rear subframe at a... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6439950 | Inflatable toy An inflatable toy comprises a simple and durable pump, comprising a bladder or other hand-operated source of air pressure, which inflates a balloon, typically shrouded in an expansible fabric, decorated with a character or the like, so that the character ... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6338391 | Hybrid vehicles incorporating turbochargers A hybrid vehicle comprising an internal combustion engine controllably coupled to road wheels of the vehicle by a clutch, and having a turbocharger that is operated only when extra power is needed for a extended time, a traction motor coupled to road whee... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6228269 | Methods for treating wastewater containing hard-to-filter solids, in particular photoresist and paint sludges Wastewater streams containing tacky or sticky components and heavy metals, such as photoresist-containing streams from printed-circuit board manufacture and water streams from paint spraying processes, can be detackified and the metals simultaneously remo... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6208949 | Method and apparatus for dynamical system analysis A method and apparatus are provided for simultaneously characterizing the disturbance of a dynamical system and the dynamic response model of the system. The disturbance is characterized by a sum of reference signals weighted by disturbance parameters. Th... | 03/27/2001 |
