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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7753284 | Buoyant straw device A drinking straw having bladders of air formed in an integral manner disposed at its lower end, separately throughout the body or encompassing the entire periphery for different levels of buoyancy to be obtained so that if submerged into a container the straw will r... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7463036 | Measurement of analog coil voltage and coil current The measurement of analog coil voltage and coil current during the energizing of the circuit breaker coil that is connected to the output contact of a protective circuit breaker relay in order to detect an incipient failure of the circuit breaker mechanism. ... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7458521 | Irrigation unit having a control system and a data storage unit An irrigation unit (20) for irrigating an area (12) with a fluid (19) from a fluid source (18) includes a housing (200), a nozzle (220), one or more electronic components (221), and a unit control system (240).... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7459916 | Electromagnetic shielding defect monitoring system and method for using the same An embodiment disclosed herein is directed to an electromagnetic shielding defect monitoring system that includes a transmit system adapted to transmit a first electromagnetic field toward a first surface of an electromagnetically shielded enclosure, thereby generat... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7459914 | Systems and methods for electrical leakage detection Systems and methods are disclosed for detecting balanced electrical leakage between a power source and a machine frame. In one embodiment, a balanced fault detection system for a machine includes a power source that is electrically insulated from a machine frame and... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7458523 | Foam-dispensing faucet A foam-dispensing faucet for dispensing a quantity of foam soap and separately dispensing a flow of water according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a faucet body having a dispensing opening, water supply means integrated into the faucet body for ... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7458527 | Revolving sprinkler A revolving sprinkler comprises a rotatable turret assembly revolving around a rotation axis and formed with mouthpiece(s) suited to sprinkle liquid under pressure. The revolving sprinkler accommodates exchangeable mouthpieces with different throughputs-nozzle to ro... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7458144 | Remote connector system An apparatus for inserting and/or removing a connector with a remote connector agent are disclosed. Embodiments may include a remote connector agent apparatus having a main body forming a connector cavity and one or more insertion snap pushers each having a lower su... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7459920 | Method of and apparatus for non-destructively measuring moisture content of dried objects Methods and apparatuses for obtaining electrical characteristics and moisture content of dried objects having different shapes and sizes through impedance and electrostatic capacity measurements are provided. Measuring the moisture content of dried objects comprises... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7459896 | Electrode configuration for LiMCA The present invention provides a method and apparatus for reducing electromagnetic noise pick up in a Liquid Metal Cleanliness Analyzer (LiMCA), used to detect and measure particles in molten metal. An first electrode inserted in the molten metal is electrically ins... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7456634 | Method and apparatus for shielding feedthrough pin insulators in an ionization gauge operating in harsh environments Shields for feedthrough pin insulators of a hot cathode ionization gauge are provided to increase the operational lifetime of the ionization gauge in harmful process environments. Various shield materials, designs, and configurations may be employed depending on the... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7454831 | Method for mounting an electronic element on a wiring board An electronic element (a semiconductor chip) is joining on a wiring board with the active surface thereof facing up (die-bonding step). A slope linked from the surface of the wiring board to the active surface of the electronic element is formed at the periphery of ... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7455120 | System and method for suppressing fires A method and apparatus for suppressing a fire utilizing non-azide solid gas propeilant generation to produce and transport a suitable gas for suppressing a fire in a normally occupied area. The nitrogen gas produced by the solid propellant gas generation is optional... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7457893 | Method for dynamically selecting software buffers for aggregation according to current system characteristics A method is disclosed for dynamically selecting software buffers for aggregation in order to optimize system performance. Data to be transferred to a device is received. The data is stored in a chain of software buffers. Current characteristics of the system are det... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7455246 | Janitorial handcart with chemical application apparatus A wheeled handcart is provided having a rechargeable, battery-powered, low pressure pump and spray apparatus for applying chemical cleaning solutions to sanitize commercial restroom facilitates and for filling hand applicators with diluted chemical solutions. ... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7455249 | Combined direct and indirect charging system for electrostatically-aided coating system An electrostatically aided coating atomizing and dispensing apparatus includes an atomizer, a voltage block, a source of electrically non-insulative coating material to be dispensed from the atomizer, an indirect charging apparatus, and at least one source of high m... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7454820 | Method of manufacturing a plurality of laminated structures A laminated structure with less breakage of an insulative layer due to stress and easy interconnection. The laminated structure includes at least a first electrode layer, a dielectric layer and a second electrode layer stacked in this order. The first electrode laye... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7457890 | Integrated multimedia system An integrated multimedia system having a multimedia processor is disposed in an integrated circuit having a first host processor system coupled to the multimedia processor and a second local processor disposed within the multimedia processor for controlling the oper... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7456638 | MEMS based conductivity-temperature-depth sensor for harsh oceanic environment A MEMS-based silicon CTD sensor for ocean environment is presented. The sensor components are a capacitive conductivity sensor, a gold doped silicon temperature sensor, and a multiple diapghram piezoresistive pressure sensor. The sensor elements have further been pa... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7454544 | Input/output interface and device abstraction An electronic Input/Output Interface and device abstraction system used in gaming machines includes: a game central processing unit (game “CPU”); an intelligent input/output controller board (“IOCB”); an Industry Standard Architecture PC bus (“ISA” bus);... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7453271 | Apparatus and method for sensing water within a fuel-water separator assembly A method of sensing water within a fuel-water separator assembly disposed within a fuel system of an internal combustion engine is provided. The method includes the steps of: A) monitoring a single selectively activatable sensor within the fuel-water separator assem... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7453269 | Magnetic MEMS sensor device A microelectromechanical system (MEMS) sensor and method for measuring the motion of an intermediate member and a method for making the MEMS sensor. The MEMS sensor includes a substrate, a lower magnetic member disposed on the substrate, a layer disposed over the su... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7453272 | Electrical open/short contact alignment structure for active region vs. gate region A method is disclosed for measuring alignment of polysilicon shapes relative to a silicon area wherein the presence of an electrical coupling is used to determine the presence of bias or misalignment. Bridging vertices on the polysilicon shapes are formed. Bridging ... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7449893 | Harmonic load pull tuner with resonant prematching module A harmonic rejection load pull tuner uses a resonant pre-matching module in order to enhance the reflection factor (tuning range) at the fundamental frequency without affecting the tuning range at the harmonic frequencies. The insertion loss of the harmonic tuner it... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7449876 | Swept-frequency measurements with improved speed using synthetic instruments A synthetic test system for swept-frequency measurements that has a clock synchronization device to enable test boxes and devices that form the synthetic test system to have a common sense of time when conducting swept-frequency tests. ... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7449896 | Current sensor using level shift circuit A circuit for sensing a current includes a first upper resistor having a first end coupled to a first end of a sense resistor, the sense resistor being configured to receive an input current. A second upper resistor has a first end coupled to a second end of the sen... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7448132 | Method of fabricating a high-layer-count backplane The disclosed board fabrication techniques and design features enable the construction of a reliable, high-layer-count, and economical backplane for routers and the like that require a large number of signaling paths across the backplane at speeds of 2.5 Gbps or gre... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7449894 | Voice coil actuator with embedded capacitive sensor for motion, position and/or acceleration detection A voice coil actuator having a capacitive sensor. A magnetic housing contains at least one magnet, and has a wall that defines a first cavity. A magnetic core is coupled to the magnetic housing and extend from an interior surface of the magnetic housing in a directi... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7447805 | Buffer chip and method for controlling one or more memory arrangements A buffer chip having a first data interface for receiving a data item which is to be written and for sending a data item which has been read, having a conversion unit for parallelizing the received data item and for serializing the data item which is to be sent, hav... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7447859 | Method of performing active data copying processing, and storage subsystem and storage control apparatus for performing active data copying processing When an active data copy process relative to a logical storage device is performed without involving a computer, an access permission/rejection of the computer to the logical storage device is checked by referring to a correspondence between WWN of the computer and ... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7446541 | Solenoid test device A solenoid test device includes a clock circuit, a control circuit, and an output port configured for coupling to two ends of a solenoid. The clock circuit generates a clock signal and sends it to the control circuit. The control circuit periodically and alternately... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7446539 | Identifying apparatus for AC power supply arrangement An identifying apparatus for an arrangement of an alternating current (AC) power supply includes a detecting circuit and a control circuit. The AC power supply includes a hot line and a neutral line. The detecting circuit is electrically coupled to the hot line and ... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7446523 | Integrated spectrum analyzer circuits and methods for providing on-chip diagnostics Spectrum analyzer circuits and methods are provided which implement “zero-IF” (direct conversion) or “near-zero IF” (or very low IF) architectures that enable implementation of integrated (on-chip) spectrum analyzers for measuring the frequency spectrum of i... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7445168 | Anti-syphon emitter A drip irrigation emitter includes a housing containing an inlet opening for receiving water from a supply tube and an outlet opening for emitting water at a pressureless drip rate. A labyrinth inside the emitter receives water from the supply tube through the inlet... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7445164 | Sprinkler A sprinkler includes a fixed unit, a rotary unit, an impeller, a connector, and a spray head. The fixed unit has a water inlet. The rotary unit is mounted rotatably on and is fluidly communicated with the fixed unit. The impeller rotates the rotary unit and is adapt... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7445162 | Garden water feature kit A packaged garden water feature kit comprises a container which, at the time of sale, holds a large decorative stone or rock with a bore formed vertically therethrough, an electric water pump, a length of tubing for connecting the pump outlet to the bore in the ston... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7444440 | Method and device for providing high data rate for a serial peripheral interface An improved high performance scheme is provided with a serial peripheral interface (SPI) to enable microcontroller-based products and other components and devices to achieve a higher serial transmit and receive data rate. ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7443175 | Surgical testing instrument and system The present disclosure describes an instrument for measuring the dielectric properties of biological tissue. The instrument includes a top electrode assembly and a bottom electrode assembly, the top electrode assembly including a top electrode and at least one shaft... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7443172 | Method and apparatus for the location and indication of cable splices and cable faults A method and apparatus for the location and indication of cable splices and cable faults is disclosed. An audio frequency generator can be coupled to a cable under test and the magnetic field generated by the cable can be monitored by a receiver. A receiver includes... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7443169 | Shield arrangement for a vacuum cell A shield arrangement for a vacuum measuring cell has a tubular shield housing encompassing a shield and an exit port for connection to a vacuum measuring cell and a connection opening for the object space to be measured. The shield is between the two openings and is... | 10/28/2008 |
