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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7401483 | Residual magnetic devices and methods for an ignition actuation blockage device Residual magnetic locks, brakes, rotation inhibitors, clutches, actuators, and latches. The residual magnetic devices can include a core housing and an armature. The residual magnetic devices can include a coil that receives a magnetization current to create an irre... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401484 | Low profile, lockable handle, housing and cover assembly A handle, housing and cover assembly includes an relatively thick oval handle sandwiched between a relatively thin oval housing base and a relatively thin oval cover. The oval exteriors of these three relatively movable components are of substantially the same size ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401485 | Apparatus for inspecting steel strip during rolling Steel strip issues continuously from a downstream end of a rolling line and can be wound up there on a coiler. An inspection table downstream of the rolling line has a surface aligned with the downstream end and the strip emerging therefrom. The coiler is below a pl... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401486 | Die, method of manufacturing stepped metal pipe or tube, and stepped metal pipe or tube A die through hole has an inside surface including a bell portion, an approach portion, and a bearing portion from the entrance side. The diameter of the approach portion is D1 on its entrance side and D2 on its exit side and gradually decreases from t... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401487 | Apparatus and methods for material fabrication Apparatus and methods for fabricating materials by die-forming that may be implemented to form a joggle in a bendable workpiece by securing the workpiece to each of at least two respective adjacent working areas, and then by displacing at least one of the at least t... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401488 | Die cushion apparatus A cylinder is formed in the lower portion of a cushion pad, and a piston coupled to an upper end of a rod is slidably contained in the cylinder. The rod is coupled to a rotary shaft of a servomotor. An oil pressure chamber is formed of an inner wall surface of the c... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401489 | Method of forming a one-piece frame for a cantilevered refrigerator shelf A one-piece frame for a refrigerator shelf is produced from a planar blank having first and second side members that extend at an angle from a central cross member. The side members are folded along bend zones located between each of the first and second side member... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401490 | Raised-center axle and process for forming A cold-formed, raised-center axle for a heavy-duty vehicle includes a central tube having a pair of ends, a pair of spindles attached to the central tube ends, and a wall thickness of from about 0.500 to about 0.625 inches. A hump is formed in the center portion of ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401491 | Brake die inserts A tool system for brake forming having a punch or a die and at least one insert. In one embodiment, two inserts are removably attached to a die. The die has a defined shape running along a longitudinal axis. Each insert has a protrusion with a particular cross-secti... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401492 | Control device for a die cushion mechanism A control device (10) for a die cushion mechanism that produces a force for a slide (24) in a press machine, comprising slide velocity command-forming means (61) for forming a velocity command for the slide (24), die cushion velocity comm... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401493 | Gas sensor calibration method An apparatus is described for calibrating at least one sensor within a gas detector which detector has a gas inlet in fluid communication with the or each sensor, the apparatus comprising a housing that contains: a) a surface for abutting against the detector; b) a ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401494 | Valve test apparatus and methods for testing a solenoid valve or a venturi valve A valve test apparatus, a solenoid valve test method and a venturi valve test method are provided. The valve test apparatus may include a gas supply unit, a solenoid valve holding unit, a first measurement unit, a venturi valve holding unit, a second measurement uni... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401495 | Activity monitoring An activity monitor is provided that corrects for the effects of motion external to the entity being monitored. For example, the activity monitor can overcome the effects of vehicular travel. ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401496 | Cotton module builder calibration A system and method for calibrating a cotton module builder having a compactor frame, the system including an electronic controller configured to move the compactor frame to a plurality of positions, to read a compactor frame position sensor or sensors in the first ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401497 | Microdischarge detector method and apparatus A differential microdischarge detector system. The system comprises two microdischarge detectors (MDDs). One of the MDDs is connected to receive sample analytes to be measured, while the other MDD is connected to receive a reference sample that contains interfering ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401498 | Multiple trace portal detection systems A detector system that can analyze multiple samples with a single detector. The detector may contain a portal with a first opening and a second opening. A first sample is obtained from the first opening and a second sample is obtained from the second opening. The op... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401499 | Apparatus for permeability analysis An apparatus for permeability analysis which transmits a testing fluid to the tubular specimen and measures the volume of the testing fluid permeating through the tubular specimen. The apparatus for permeability analysis has a tubular specimen, a cylindrical frame, ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401500 | Positive displacement pump monitor A positive displacement pump monitor. The monitor includes a sensor coupled to a housing of a pump for obtaining acoustic data therefrom. A proximity switch may be simultaneously used to keep real time timing information relative to the cycling of the pump. A data p... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401501 | Method and apparatus for determining liquid absorption of aggregate A method of determining liquid absorption of an aggregate comprises providing a shaker apparatus, a vacuum source and a container; placing a sample of the aggregate in the container; adding liquid to the container sufficient to reach a calibration mark on the contai... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401502 | Nano position sensing and surface estimation in scanning probe microscopes using reference estimation A substitute reference signal input is incorporated into a state space controller for a scanning probe microscope to improve tracking efficiency. ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401503 | Method for analysis through layer-by-layer sample removal using a cantilever probe A method and apparatus for analysis of a sample. The method includes an accessing operation for accessing a region of the sample via a tip of at least one probe mounted on a cantilever. A removing operation removes a sample material from the region that is accessed ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401504 | Method of detecting start of combustion in diesel engines using in-cylinder pressure Disclosed herein is a method of estimating the start of combustion (SOC) in a diesel engine using a difference between an in-cylinder combustion pressure and a motoring pressure so as to effectively control the combustion in a combustion chamber. The method of the p... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401505 | Low cost wind tunnel for supersonic and hypersonic aerothermal testing The invention disclosed herein provides a subsonic wind tunnel capable for accurately maintaining a desired Mach number, pressure and temperature for use in aerothermal testing of materials. The invention allows the Mach number to be precisely controlled in the test... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401506 | Measurement method and device for the measurement of a path covered With a measurement method and a measurement device for the measurement of a path covered by a first object (1) in relation to a second object (2), a measurement body (3) is deformed by a relative movement of the objects and at least a first defo... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401507 | Rotary joint for a moving-vane multifunction pressure probe The present invention relates to pressure probes for measuring the aerodynamic flight parameters of an aircraft and more particularly those in which the orifices for measuring the static pressure and total pressure are located on a moving angle-of-attack or angle-of... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401508 | Illuminated rain gauge An illuminated rain gauge comprising an elongated, transparent collection vessel or tube having upper and lower ends with the lower end thereof being closed by a plug and which has a funnel-shaped collector at the upper end thereof. The plug has a battery compartmen... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401509 | Device for determining air mass in a line and including a separation outlet having a wind shield structure In a device for determining at least one parameter of a medium flowing in a main direction of flow in a line, which device has a part that can be inserted into the line with a predeterminable orientation in relation to the main direction of flow in such a manner tha... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401510 | Heating resistor type airflow meter The time it takes for a hot-wire airflow meter to begin to operate normally upon startup of an automobile is reduced. A heat-generating resistor Rh for measuring airflow rate, a temperature-compensating resistor Rc, and a resistor R1 for detecting the current... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401511 | Coaxial gapless guide-through assembly for a filing level sensor The present invention relates to a guide-through assembly (4) for a filling level sensor working according to the principle of delay measurement of guided electromagnetic waves or for a capacitive filling level sensor, which for sealing the interior of the ve... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401512 | Solid state illuminator for bi-color ported water level gauges A solid state illuminator and display are provided for bi-colored ported water level gauges suitable for use in high pressure steam drums or similar water/steam devices to facilitate making an accurate determination of water level in such devices. The illuminator in... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401513 | Electronic method and system for detection of conducting or dielectric medium with dielectric constant higher than that of air The method of detecting the presence of a conducting or dielectric environment with dielectric constant higher than that of air, of this invention, consists in counting the number of control signals (No), resulting from the relationship No=f(Qp, Qod, Ucc, Up, T), se... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401514 | Asymmetric torsion balance gravimeter The invention relates to a gravity measurement apparatus comprising a torsion balance bearing a test mass. The torsion balance has a predetermined center of mass and is rotatable around a predetermined rotation axis, wherein the torsion balance is asymmetric in such... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401515 | Adaptive circuits and methods for reducing vibration or shock induced errors in inertial sensors Adaptive circuits and methods for reducing vibration-induced bias errors in inertial sensors. An adaptive circuit for reducing vibration or shock induced errors in an inertial sensor having a proof mass and sense electrode may include a sense bias voltage source, a ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401516 | Vibration gyro sensor element with cantilever vibrator extending from substrate and positioned within opening in substrate A drive electrode to which a voltage for allowing a vibrator to vibrate is applied and first and second detection electrodes extending in the longitudinal direction of the vibrator in parallel to each other are formed as the upper electrode such that the drive elect... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401517 | Dual-axis yaw rate sensing unit having a tuning fork gyroscope arrangement A dual-axis tuning fork gyroscope includes four open-ended tuning forks arranged coplanarly in two opposite pairs, a first pair of open-ended tuning forks being arranged opposite one another along a first axis, a second pair of open-ended tuning forks being arranged... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401518 | Method for inspection of metal tubular goods A method for inspection of tubular goods includes using ultrasonic detection means to obtain wall thickness measurement of discrete sections of a tubular good and recording each measurement in association with both the longitudinal and circumferential position at wh... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401519 | System for monitoring exposure to impulse noise In one embodiment, a system for monitoring exposure to impulse noise includes a sound-sensing device, such as a microphone or other type of pressure transducer, operable to sense impulse noise, and a storage module operable to store the waveform of the impulse noise... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401520 | Vehicle testing apparatus for applying vertical force to a wheel A vehicle testing system includes a wheel plate constructed and arranged to support a vehicle wheel. A linear electromagnetic actuator has a moving magnet mechanically coupled to the wheel plate constructed and arranged to impart a controlled substantially vertical ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401521 | Pressure sensor with integrated structure Pressure sensor with an integrated structure comprising a support (33, 133, 233) and a silicon die (11), which lies substantially on the same plane as the upper surface (37, 137, 237) of the support and is integrated in a seat (34, 134, 234 | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401522 | Pressure sensor using compressible sensor body A pressure sensor including a deformable sensor body formed of a compressible material. A deformation sensor is embedded in the deformable sensor body and has an electrical property which changes in response to deformation of the deformable sensor body. Electrical c... | 07/22/2008 |
