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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7974158 | Optical disk and optical recording/reproducing device A small-sized, large-capacity optical disk is provided which is superior in portability. The optical disk has a diameter less than 64 mm and a thickness less than 0.8 mm. Tracks are formed with a pitch less than 0.6 μm, and the record area is divided into a plurali... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7463567 | Optical disc recording/reproducing apparatus capable of rapidly determining unrecorded disc An optical disc recording/reproducing apparatus according to the present invention determines the state of recording of an optical disc on the basis of the detection period of longest pits recorded on the optical disc wherein the period is changed with the accelerat... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7461814 | Dual action inlet door and method for use thereof An inlet door assembly and method for reducing noise from an auxiliary power unit (APU) contained within an aircraft housing is provided. The inlet assembly includes an inlet duct, an actuator, and a door. The inlet duct is configured to extend from the auxiliary po... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7460451 | Information-reproducing apparatus equipped with PLL circuit The present invention provides highly reliable PLL without influence of variations in amplitude of a reproduced signal or variations in inclination of an edge. An information-reproducing apparatus according to the present invention includes a unit for detecting a ph... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7460453 | Recording medium, method of recording and/or reproducing speed information on a recording medium, and apparatus thereof A method for recording/reproducing data on/from a recording medium. The method provides for reading/recording speed information from a specific area of the recording medium, where the recording speed information includes a first information indicating a maximum reco... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7460455 | Method for determining relationship between difference of object lens location and driving control effort in optical storage device and apparatus thereof A method used in an optical storage device having a pickup head. The pickup head includes an object lens, a first and a second light source. The object lens focuses the laser light generated by the first or the second light source onto a first or a second focal poin... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7458542 | Landing gear door assembly An aircraft landing gear door assembly (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) includes a door (1), which is moveable to an open position, in which an aperture (6) is exposed, the landing gear (10) being able to be deployed through said aperture (6), and ... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7460029 | Systems and methods for presenting and obtaining flight control information Systems and methods for presenting and obtaining flight control information are disclosed. In one embodiment, information corresponding to a vertical motion of the aircraft can be displayed between information corresponding to a lateral motion of the aircraft and in... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7459638 | Absorbing boundary for a multi-layer circuit board structure The invention comprises an improved PCB board design having particular utility for high frequency application, and especially useful to alleviate the problem of electromagnetic disturbance of signals switching through power and ground planes. In one embodiment, the ... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7455264 | Reconfiguration control system for an aircraft wing Independently deflectable control surfaces are located on the trailing edge of the wing of a blended wing-body aircraft. The reconfiguration control system of the present invention controls the deflection of each control surface to optimize the spanwise lift distrib... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7457223 | Objective lens for optical recording media and optical pickup device using it An objective lens consists of two lens elements of different materials that are cemented. The lens surfaces that are cemented includes a phase function so that the cemented surface forms a optical diffractive surface that enables the objective lens to focus incident... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7455263 | Airplane interior systems Interior architectural structures and lighting for aircraft, particularly commercial passenger airplanes. Light diffusers and ceiling panels in a “wing-shape” and other secondary panels are utilized to create different interior designs and structures. A permeabl... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7453773 | Method of eliminating home-in noise in optical disc drive by using variable step counter A method of eliminating home-in noise of an optical disc drive without a home limit switch and using a variable step counter, includes: resetting the variable step counter, which counts steps of a stepping motor of an optical pickup, to zero regardless of a position... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7453791 | Optical recording medium having a plurality of guide tracks transfer regions A recording medium has a recording layer capable of be performed in recording or reproducing of information with light irradiation and carried with a substrate. The recording medium includes a guide layer having guide tracks each followed by a light beam spot focuse... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7451951 | Miniature airplane apparatus and method An apparatus is described comprising: an aircraft having one or more control surfaces; and one or more micro-electro mechanical systems (“MEM S”) actuators to control the movement of the one or more control surfaces. ... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7453701 | Computer system with movable card guide A computer system includes a chassis, a first printed circuit board having a surface facing the cavity and at least one component extending from the surface. The printed circuit board linearly moves between a first position in which the at least one component is at ... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7450398 | Printed circuit board An improved printed circuit board (PCB) includes first and second substrates, which are disposed being distanced or spaced mutually and in which at least one or more semiconductor chips are mounted, and a signal transmission part for providing a signal transmission ... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7450397 | Wiring board and circuit apparatus A wiring board in which a line can be made narrower and/or a transmission loss can be reduced is developed. The wiring board includes a first conductor and a second conductor maintained at the same potential, a dielectric material layer provided between the first an... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7450394 | PCB contact arrangement A printer circuit board for mounting electrical components such as LEDs has outward edge protrusion on which an electrically conductive material is deposited such that the board itself can be used to make electrical contact in a pre-existing, commercially available ... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7448909 | Preferential via exit structures with triad configuration for printed circuit boards A circuit board design is disclosed that is useful in high-speed differential signal applications uses either a via arrangement or a circuit trace exit structure. A pair of differential signal vias in a circuit board are surrounded by an opening that is formed withi... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7448574 | Aircraft archway architecture An architectural archway for an aircraft. The archways can be positioned individually, or in pairs or other sets along the length of an aircraft fuselage. The archways are used to run or connect various transport elements, such as electrical wiring, water lines, and... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7447137 | Method and apparatus for controlling power during recording of a visible image in an optical storage medium A controlling unit 130 of an optical disc recording apparatus judges a failure of a focus servo in accordance with an output signal of a servo circuit 107. When a failure of the focus servo is detected, a laser light irradiating position at the time of... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7447040 | Flexible printed circuit board for electronic equipment Provided is a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) including a circuit connector connected to a circuit board connector of a printed circuit board (PCB) for electronic equipment. A first compression part and a second compression part are included in the circuit con... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7445183 | Apparatus with axis-parallel tension cables for ejecting a spin-stabilized body from a spacecraft An apparatus for ejecting a flying body (e.g. payload recovery container) from a spacecraft includes a first ring to be secured to the spacecraft, a cable winding device that is arranged on a second ring and that is releasably engageable with the flying body, and te... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7445182 | Apparatus with helical tension cables for ejecting a spin-stabilized body from a spacecraft An apparatus for ejecting a flying body such as a payload recovery container from a spacecraft includes a first ring to be releasably engaged with the flying body, a second ring to be secured to the spacecraft, and tension cables extending between and interconnectin... | 11/04/2008 |
| RE40552 | Dynamic random access memory using imperfect isolating transistors Apparatus and methods for controlling the sensing of bit lines which facilitates the distribution of bit line charging current to be distributed any time, and facilitates the fast raising of the sense modes to full logic levels. An embodiment is comprised of a plura... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7443692 | Power converter architecture employing at least one capacitor across a DC bus A power converter utilizes a high frequency capacitor and a bulk capacitor coupled across the DC terminals to reduce high frequency effect and voltage overshoot, leading to space and cost savings in power converter design. Each capacitor may be physically coupled ad... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7441726 | Flight deck security pocket door system A security pocket door traverses within a security bulkhead wall that defines a pocket, within which the pocket door traverses, and a through passage to permit people, carts and luggage to pass. The pocket door has an upper door track mechanism and a lower door trac... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7439451 | Tape carrier Only individual piece-like flexible wiring boards produced separately and judged to be non-defective products in an inspection step in advance are mounted at regular intervals on a carrying support film to thereby obtain a TAB tape carrier. According to this method,... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7438260 | Vertical take-off aircraft—C A vertical take-off aircraft is disclosed. Looking at the aircraft it can be seen that the aircraft consists of a main rotor assembly 1 at the top of the aircraft which consists of an assembly of blades 2, 3 and a rotor 4. Rotation of the main r... | 10/21/2008 |
| RE40545 | Servo control appartaus and method using absolute value input signals A servo control apparatus and method controls systems at least partially on the basis of an observable variable that has an absolute value functional relationship with the controlled variable and does not change sign for positive and negative variations from a nomin... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440291 | Method of reducing noise induced from reference plane currents A method of reducing noise induced from reference plane currents is disclosed. The method includes routing a first path for an electrical trace on a circuit board such that the first path references a voltage plane. The method further includes routing a second path ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440290 | Control systems The present invention provides systems, devices and methods for controlling a desired output of an output device. These systems, devices and methods include connecting an electrical resistance element having a selected one of a plurality of resistance values with an... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440384 | Magnetic recording device for heat assisted magnetic recording A magnetic recording device is provided according to the present invention for magnetic recording on a recording medium. The magnetic recording device includes a planar waveguide having a propagation axis. The planar waveguide allows light received thereby to propag... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7436675 | Constant current class 3 lighting system A flexible cable is provided for a lighting system having a power supply that includes a power supply input to receive a first signal having a first frequency and a circuit for converting the first signal to a second signal, and at least one luminaire coupled to a l... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7434763 | Rotor/wing dual mode hub fairing system A hub fairing system (12) for a stopped-rotor aircraft (10) having a fuselage (14) including a hub (16). The hub (16) is mechanically coupled to the fuselage (14) and to multiple blades (40) and is rotated by an engin... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7436681 | Wiring board with built-in capacitor The invention provides a wiring board with built-in capacitors, that has a multilayer wiring structure and capable of mounting an IC chip thereon. The wiring board with built-in capacitors includes: a first capacitor that is built into the multilayer wiring structur... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7435910 | Multilayer printed circuit board A multilayer printed circuit board has an IC chip 20 included in a core substrate 30 in advance and a transition layer 38 provided on a pad 24 of the IC chip 20. Due to this, it is possible to electrically connect the IC chip to th... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7436679 | Radio-frequency module for communication A communication radio-frequency module is provided that has a semiconductor device to which an antenna element is connected. This communication radio-frequency module includes: a supporting body that has a waveguide formed therein; a wiring board that is fixed onto ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7431242 | Re-entry vehicle shape for enhanced performance A convex shell structure for enhanced aerodynamic performance and/or reduced heat transfer requirements for a space vehicle that re-enters an atmosphere. The structure has a fore-body, an aft-body, a longitudinal axis and a transverse cross sectional shape, projecte... | 10/07/2008 |
