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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7421310 | Method and apparatus for controlling cooling rates during post-mold cooling of a molded article Disclosed, amongst other things, is a method, molding machine, and computer-readable product for post-mold cooling a molded article (2), comprising balancing cooling rates between portions (2′, 2″, 2′″) of the molded article (2). ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7400945 | On-die temperature monitoring in semiconductor devices to limit activity overload Thermal control for a controller in a data processing environment is described. In one embodiment, the invention includes detecting a temperature of a semiconductor device at a thermal sensor on the semiconductor device, comparing the detected temperature to a thres... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7343505 | Method and apparatus for thermal control of electronic components A method and system are provided for thermal management of a CPU. Both hardware and software data are used to periodically calculate a power consumption index. An internal database is provided to convert power consumption data to rotational speed of an associated co... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7290327 | Component mounting apparatus employing temperature maintenance of positioning accuracy A component mounting method and a component mounting apparatus for picking up an electronic component, positioning the electronic component on a circuit substrate and mounting the electronic component to the circuit substrate are adapted to perform an idling operati... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7272467 | Systems and methods for filtering potentially unreliable visual data for visual simultaneous localization and mapping Apparatus and methods that use a visual sensor and dead reckoning sensors to process Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM). These techniques can be used in robot navigation. Advantageously, such visual techniques can be used to autonomously generate and updat... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7245985 | Process and apparatus for improving and controlling the vulcanization of natural and synthetic rubber compounds A process for curing a natural or synthetic rubber compound under a plurality of curing conditions by: (1) obtaining time dependent data streams of dielectric or impedance values from a non-bridged impedance sensing circuit and a capacitor having the rubber compound... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7228508 | Fail-safe thermal sensor apparatus and method A fail-safe thermal sensor is implemented in an integrated circuit such as a microprocessor. The fail-safe thermal sensor monitors the temperature of the integrated circuit and halt logic halts operation of the integrated circuit in response to the fail-safe thermal... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7196509 | Thermopile temperature sensing with color contouring A color contour of an object is displayed from information that is obtained using an array of thermopile sensors. A color contour of an object is generated by pre-establishing a relationship between IR radiation power and color, measuring the power of incident IR ra... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7167773 | Process and apparatus for improving and controlling the curing of natural and synthetic moldable compounds A process for curing a moldable compound under a plurality of curing conditions by: (1) obtaining time dependent data streams of dielectric or impedance values from a plurality of sensors distributed within a curing mold, wherein the moldable compound is a dialectri... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7076324 | Directionless rotary encoder control system for a household appliance An embodiment of the present invention uses an on-board microcontroller of a household appliance to receive signals from a directionless encoder attached to a knob for receiving user input and processing the signals from the direction encoder according to a control ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7029172 | Temperature profile determination Apparatus for determining the temperature profile of the surface being sprayed or otherwise treated, the apparatus comprising four electric arc spray guns (1) spraying molten steel. The guns (1) are connected to a six-axis industrial robot (2) w... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7020540 | Temperature control A method and apparatus are disclosed for controlling temperature of a plant comprising plural temperature control zones, wherein an effective control parameter for a first zone for which a signal representing measured temperature is available is produced according t... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6691209 | Topological data categorization and formatting for a mass storage system A method and apparatus for storing data in a mass storage system implementing striped RAID technology by topological categorization and ordering of the data according to the topology of the storage areas. A mass storage system includes a mass storage spac... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6505099 | Radiant energy control system In a radiant energy heating system having one or more types of radiant energy heating sub-systems, a control system comprising a solid state electronic control panel pre-programmed to control two or more of the types of radiant heating sub-systems, wherei... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6449534 | Method and apparatus for optimizing environmental temperature for a device under test A method and associated algorithm for controlling and optimizing the temperature of a device under test (DUT) through calculation of a moving setpoint which varies from the user-specified DUT core temperature. The method generally comprises (i) calculatin... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6323804 | Method and apparatus for GPS time determination A system for rapidly acquiring a time reference for the location determination of a wireless communication device. The system includes a wireless communication device (200), a GPS satellite (202) and a communication satellite (208). The method comprises t... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6144898 | Control process and device for treating the surface of a solid substrate A control device for operation of a system for treating a surface of a solid running substrate by dielectric-barrier electrical discharge in a controlled gaseous atmosphere, comprising (A) a system which includes (i) a treatment device through which a sub... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6141601 | Method and apparatus for controlling an ignition of a gas boiler A method and an apparatus for stably controlling an ignition operation of a gas boiler regardless of external conditions by means of a method and an apparatus for variably setting an ignition condition of the gas boiler is disclosed. Control section detec... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6094606 | Control process and device for treating the surface of a solid substrate A control device for operation of a system for treating a surface of a solid running substrate by dielectric-barrier electrical discharge in a controlled gaseous atmosphere, comprising (A) a system which includes (i) a treatment device through which a sub... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6000831 | Injection mold data transmission system The present invention relates to injection mold hot runner control devices and more particularly to an injection molding control device which eliminates the conventional control cables to improve the quality of feedback signals received by the controller ... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5870305 | Control method for die cast machine A control method for die cast machines, which performs multi-step injection speed control depending on a plunger position of an injection cylinder apparatus, the control method comprising the steps of; storing setting values of injection speeds of respect... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5385463 | Control system for continuous vulcanization line for manufacturing sponge rubber product A control system for automatically controlling a continuous vulcanization line for manufacturing sponge rubber products, which includes a sensor for monitoring an outside dimension of a sponge rubber product produced by the continuous vulcanization line, ... | 01/31/1995 |
| 5328348 | Control system for continuous vulcanization line for manufacturing sponge rubber product A control system for automatically controlling a continuous vulcanization line for manufacturing sponge rubber products, includes a sensor for monitoring an outside dimension of a sponge rubber product produced by the continuous vulcanization line, a disc... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5243532 | Process for the control of the quality and of the production of transmission belts Installation for the automated manufacture of transmission belts, having equipment for the preparation of a multi-belt sleeve including at least one coiling machine (SP) on toothed drum, a calendering machine (CL1) for the application of a rubber composit... | 09/07/1993 |
| 4841459 | Temperature indicating control apparatus having data storing function In an apparatus for indicating and controlling temperature at a plurality of positions, under the control of a function selecting device, set data stored in a data memory are transferred to a current memory and indicated in a plurality of indicators. A co... | 06/20/1989 |
| 4807144 | Temperature control system for glass sheet furnace A temperature monitoring and control system for a glass sheet processing system includes a temperature sensor mounted at a preselected location in the system, a display, and a computer connected to the temperture sensor for periodically receiving a series... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4737917 | Method and apparatus for generating isotherms in a forehearth temperature control system A technique for generating isotherms representing the cross-sectional temperature profiles of molten glass flowing in a forehearth channel. A plurality of temperature sensors are placed at predetermined locations within the plane of the channel cross-sect... | 04/12/1988 |
| 4654066 | Electronic system to control cooling of molds in glassware forming machines An electronic system to control the cooling of molds in glassware forming machines, wherein the articles and/or the molds in which said articles are being produced, are subjected to a suitable cooling to control the thermal relation therebetween so that t... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4589072 | Apparatus for automatically measuring and controlling chemical reaction amount This invention is directed to a reaction amount measurement apparatus capable of measuring the reaction amount and also to a reaction amount measurement and controlling apparatus capable of measuring and controlling the reaction amount with high accuracy.... | 05/13/1986 |
| 4515545 | Control system for processing composite material An automated system for controlling the curing process of structures formed of fiber-reinforced composite material and the like in an autoclave is disclosed. The system uses sensors to monitor autoclave pressure, ambient and structure surface temperature,... | 05/07/1985 |
