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...that it was melting ice cream that inspired the invention of the outboard motor? It was a lovely August day and Ole Evinrude was rowing his boat to his favorite island picnic spot. As he rowed, he watched his ice cream melt and wished he had a faster way to get to the island. At that moment the idea for the outboard motor was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7826910 | Systems and methods for control over unreliable networks A method and system may operate to receive a first data from a sensor of a controlled device via a wireless network at a first time, transmit the first data to a controller system, receive a second data from the sensor of the controlled device via the wireless netwo... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7580760 | Sampling messages from a data feed Disclosed is a method, apparatus and computer program for sampling a data feed of messages at regular time intervals. A current sample point is identified. A time interval is also identified which is defined by the current sample point and at least one of the previo... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7372063 | Optical detector for the presence of gas bubbles in a liquid The invention concerns a method for detecting gas bubbles in a liquid adapted to a device comprising a light source, a light detector and a data controlling and processing unit connected to a client system comprising the following steps: emitting light from the ligh... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369675 | Data processing apparatus and method A system for watermarking and distributing material includes a data processing apparatus, which operates as a watermark encoder. The data processing apparatus is operable to process an original material item to form a reduced-bandwidth-version of the material item, ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7367018 | System and method for organizing and sharing of process plant design and operations data Computer method and apparatus for managing process and plant engineering data for chemical or other engineering processes across applications. The method and apparatus include a respective class view for each of multiple software applications, a composite class view... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363195 | Methods of configuring a sensor network A sensor network collects time-series data from a process tool and supplies the data to an analysis system where pattern analysis techniques are used to identify structures and to monitor subsequent data based on analysis instructions or a composite model. Time-seri... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7346404 | Data sharing in a process plant A process plant uses an asset utilization expert to collect data or information pertaining to the assets of the process plant from various sources or functional areas of the plant including, for example, the process control functional areas, the maintenance function... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7342958 | System and method for enhancing throughput in an additive gaussian noise channel with a predetermined rate set and unknown interference A system for, and method of, determining channel throughput achievable under superposition coding given a finite, predetermined set of allowed transmission rates and a related system for, and method of, maximizing channel throughput. In one embodiment, the system in... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7340324 | Mixing and pouring apparatus and vessel therefor A mixing and pouring apparatus for computer controlled processing of mixing and pouring operations includes a rotatable arm capable of holding vessels therein, the arm rotatable at programmable speeds and time lengths to perform automated moving and pouring processe... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7319941 | Translating mates in geometric models into joint blocks in block diagram models Methods and systems for translating models generated in one modeling environment into models that can be used in other modeling environments. In particular, information regarding a relationship between components of models in one modeling environment is translated i... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7315593 | Hyperfine oversampler method and apparatus A plurality of digital samplers operating on a common signal under test (SUT) sample the SUT at a sample rate beyond that which guarantees monotonic sampling and non-overlapping setup and hold windows for adjacent samplers. Subsequent processing of the sample stream... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7313454 | Method and apparatus for classifying manufacturing outputs A method for process monitoring involves acquiring data samples associated with a plurality of manufacturing related variables for a plurality of outputs of a manufacturing process. The distance of each data sample relative to every other data sample is then calcula... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7302304 | Systems and methods for production planning A system for production planning. A MES provides production information corresponding to a preset time period of a production line, monitors processing of work-in-process (WIP), and provides processing status information of the WIP. A processor determines a move tar... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7293205 | Electronic control unit In an electronic control unit, a control constant stored in a program memory is transmitted to a data memory via a serial communication circuit. First control circuit section (master station) and second control circuit section (substation) mutually communicate throu... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7263630 | Fault tolerant computer controlled system An error tolerant computer controlled system comprises several computers working redundantly and controlling actuators based on signals from sensors and input devices. Each data item emitted by each computer is simultaneously sent through differing communication pat... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7247277 | Automatic synthesis machine An automatic synthesis machine is used for synthesis of compounds using a plurality of vessels, allowing reagents to chemically react with each other. The automatic synthesis machine comprises a selection means for selecting a specific vessel among a plurality of ve... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7248977 | Phasor transducer apparatus and system for protection, control, and management of electricity distribution systems A system for measuring the delivery of electrical energy from an energy supplier to a consumer through an electric circuit is disclosed. The system includes devices coupled with the network. Each device comprises a sensor, an analog to digital converter, a processor... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7240101 | Method and apparatus for efficiently reflecting complex systems of objects in XML documents The invention provides an efficient method and apparatus for exchanging data between two entities, such as two application programs or a resource library and an application program. The invention provides a mechanism for populating a complex object model implementat... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7218974 | Industrial process data acquisition and analysis A method for optimizing an industrial process data is disclosed. The method includes collecting data from a plurality of sensor elements, wherein each sensor element collects data from a portion of the industrial process and verifying the data collected. The method ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7209793 | Automated closed loop step testing of process units A multivariable process controller controls a chemical, polymer or other physical process. Slow tuning and over-conservative controlled variable values are employed during step testing. While all controlled process variables are within safe limits, only one manipula... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7206180 | Method for regulating the current through an electromagnetic actuator A method for regulating the current through an electromagnetic actuator. The actuator, a first switch and a current-measuring circuit form a series circuit. A free-wheeling diode is parallel-connected to the actuator. The first switch is closed and opened by a contr... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7199784 | One-handed operation of a handheld field maintenance tool A handheld field maintenance tool is provided with features that improve one-handed operation. In one aspect, the tool includes a side strap to allow a technician to exert additional leverage on the tool during one-handed operation. Another aspect includes providing... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7174258 | Apparatus and system for protection, control, and management of electricity distribution systems using time synchronization A device for measuring electrical energy in an electric circuit is disclosed. The device includes at least one sensor coupled with the electric circuit and operative to sense at least one electrical parameter in the electric circuit and generate at least one analog ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7126979 | System and method to autonomously and selectively jam frequency hopping signals in near real-time The system and method autonomously and selectively jams frequency-hopping signals in near real-time by incorporating a fundamental change in the detection and reaction technology, to provide a reaction time that is short enough, within milliseconds or less, to captu... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7103426 | Anticipatory high frequency noise compensation in a distributed process control system A control system includes a measurement device capable of gathering high frequency process parameter data, a modeling routine which uses the high frequency parameter data to develop a model of the high frequency noise and a compensation routine that employs the deve... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7099369 | Method and apparatus for surgical high speed follower jamming based on selectable target direction A Method and Apparatus for Surgical High-speed Follower Jamming Based on Selectable Target Direction is disclosed. The system and method of the present invention automatically detects and jams sudden, short duration communications signals in near real time, in a com... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7099721 | Method and apparatus for producing a biomaterial product A development tool (2) includes a plurality of measuring tools (71) to (76) and an industrial process simulation device (60). The simulation device (60) simulates a whole industrial scale bioprocess in order to obtain acceptable op... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7095779 | Method and apparatus for automatic jammer frequency control of surgical reactive jammers A Method and Apparatus for Automatic Jammer Frequency Control of Surgical Reactive Jammers is disclosed. The system and method to autonomously and selectively jam frequency-hopping signals in near real-time. The system has the ability to automatically detect short d... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7067941 | Linear solenoid control apparatus and method having increased responsiveness features A control system and method for controlling operation of a group of linear solenoids, which in turn control operation of an electrical load such as a solenoid or actuator, that exhibits increased responsiveness to a change in the target linear solenoid load current.... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7058524 | Electrical power metering system A wireless electrical power metering system is provided. A processor having a multichannel power line transceiver, a wireless transceiver, and a power meter attached thereto measures power consumption information on a power line inductively coupled with the power me... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7053571 | Electric motor control circuit having reduced electromagnetic interference emissions An electric motor control having reduced electromagnetic interference (EMI) emissions includes a motor controller, a switch, and a power converter. The motor controller upon receipt of a control signal causes the switch to toggle between two or more states. In one s... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7054695 | Field maintenance tool with enhanced scripts Improved script generation and usage for handheld field maintenance tools is provided. In one aspect, the handheld field maintenance tool actually generates scripts for later playback. Preferably script generation and/or playback or features are provided to field ma... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7047097 | High performance controller for shifting resonance in micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) devices Devices being controlled electronically via physical manipulation often display a resonance. In many circumstances, the frequency range of operation is not close to the resonance frequency. In these cases, the resonance can be removed through the use of simple compe... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7043963 | Apparatus and method for determining evaporative emissions A sealed housing evaporative determination (SHED) apparatus and method for practically zero emission vehicles (PZEV) provides periodic sampling of ambient air within a substantially air-tight testing structure enclosing a vehicle under test. Pressure drops within th... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7039251 | Quantization and compression of information in a direct acyclic graph A technique wherein the number and position of a quantization parameter node is determined in response to the quantization parameters and a preselected error. The size of scene graph and the corresponding amount of memory required to store the scene graph can be red... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7036386 | Multipurpose utility mounting assembly for handheld field maintenance tool A multipurpose utility mounting assembly for a handheld field maintenance tool is disclosed. The assembly includes a number of features that allow effective use of the handheld field maintenance tool for a wide variety of mounting techniques that may be encountered ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7039744 | Movable lead access member for handheld field maintenance tool A handheld communication and diagnostic tool is provided. The tool is usable with process industry standard protocols having varying physical layers. Each physical layer includes at least one distinct lead. To facilitate proper loop connections, the tool includes a ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7035768 | Method for collecting remote maintenance and diagnostic data from subject equipment, other device and manufacturing execution system Upon performing a remote maintenance/diagnosis of a manufacturing equipment, data deriving from the manufacturing equipment that is a subject of the remote maintenance/diagnosis, data deriving from a manufacture related equipment other than the manufacturing equipme... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7027952 | Data transmission method for a multi-protocol handheld field maintenance tool A method for preventing unsafe transmission on an incompatible network with a multi-protocol intrinsically safe handheld field maintenance tool as provided. The method preferably includes checking voltage levels on two sets of network connections when a network conn... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7024254 | Method for controlling a discrete system A system and method for controlling a controlled parameter that affects a target parameter of a target zone is disclosed. The method comprises providing a feedback control loop having a switching controller, a controlled device, and an averaging device. The controll... | 04/04/2006 |
