| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7612312 |
Mobile hand-held laser welding support system |
November 3, 2009 |
| A mobile support system for a hand-held laser welding wand includes a movable cart, a laser source, a fluid source, and a filler medium supply source. The laser source is mounted on the movable cart and is configured to supply laser light for the hand-held laser welding wand. The fluid |
| 7611787 |
Colorant treated ion exchange resins, method of making, heat transfer systems and assemblies con |
November 3, 2009 |
| Disclosed is a colorant treated ion exchange resin comprising at least 15% of exchangeable groups comprising at least one of an ion, a Lewis acid, or a Lewis base resulting from a colorant having a pK.sub.a or pK.sub.b of greater than 5 in an aqueous solution at 25.degree. C., based on t |
| 7610946 |
Cooled turbine blade cast tip recess |
November 3, 2009 |
| A core assembly including two cores is used to manufacture a blade. The first core has an outer surface shaped to complement the tip wall bottom surface. The second core has a tip surface, a side surface, and a protrusion or a depression. The tip surface is shaped to complement at le |
| 7610904 |
Hydrocarbon adsorber for air induction systems |
November 3, 2009 |
| An inlet conduit for an engine air induction system, comprising: a plurality of openings located about the inlet conduit; a hydrocarbon vapor-adsorbent member disposed on an exterior surface of the inlet conduit, the hydrocarbon vapor-adsorbent member covering the plurality of openin |
| 7610828 |
Flight control surface actuator assembly including a free trial mechanism |
November 3, 2009 |
| A flight control surface actuator includes a mechanism that enables the actuator translation member to be selectively decoupled from the actuator rotating member. The actuator includes an actuation member, a translation member, an extension member, and a locking member. The actuation mem |
| 7610811 |
Method and system for sensing differential pressure with elastomer |
November 3, 2009 |
| A differential pressure sensor method and system includes a number of elastomer plates, which can be placed with certain distance and sealed in a small tube, wherein the tube can be connected to a number of detection areas. The surface of the elastomers can be covered with a thin film of |
| 7610803 |
Robust MEMS flow die with integrated protective flow channel |
November 3, 2009 |
| A MEMS flow sensor has a flow channel that avoids wire bond pads and ancillary circuit elements. A fluid can move from the bottom of the sensor substrate, though an inlet hole, over a sensing element on the top of the substrate, and then through an outlet hole. The inlet hole and the |
| 7610768 |
Apparatus and methods for water regeneration from waste |
November 3, 2009 |
| A rotary multi-stage distiller for recovery of water from wastewater is provided. The rotary multi-stage distiller of the present invention can recover water from a wide variety of aqueous wastewaters such as, but not limited to, urine, condensate from air conditioning systems, wash wate |
| 7610297 |
Method to automate resource management in computer applications |
October 27, 2009 |
| There is provided a computer comprising an application that generates a call having a resource name and a default value. A resource manager compares an entry in a localized resource file to the resource name. A resource manager wrapper adds said resource name to a resource file if th |
| 7610114 |
Order charting for flat sheet industries |
October 27, 2009 |
| Raw rolls and/or sheets of flat sheet stock are charted by a processing system that generates charting patterns using constraint logic programming, that matches the charting patterns and available raw rolls and/or sheets of flat sheet stock, and that selects the optimal patterns from |
| 7609874 |
System and method for prediction of pitting corrosion growth |
October 27, 2009 |
| A system and method predicts pitting corrosion growth using imaging technology. In an embodiment, a first module preprocesses images to locate seed points, and a second module models a corrosion life cycle of the seed points. In another embodiment, the seed points are identified with |
| 7609366 |
Material measurement system for obtaining coincident properties and related method |
October 27, 2009 |
| A material measurement system (500) includes a THz generator including at least one laser source (111) for emitting optical pulses, the optical pulses coupled to a THz emitter (51) operable for emitting pulsed THz radiation at a sample location on material while being processed (14) by |
| 7609204 |
System and method for dynamically estimating output variances for carrier-smoothing filters |
October 27, 2009 |
| An improved system and method is disclosed for dynamically estimating the output variances of carrier-smoothing filters used, for example, in GPS receivers. By accurately estimating the output variances of the carrier-smoothing filters as they transition from initialization to steady |
| 7608951 |
Fully redundant spacecraft power and attitude control system |
October 27, 2009 |
| An energy storage flywheel system for a spacecraft is implemented with a fully redundant rotating group and gimbal actuator. In particular, the gimbal actuator, motor/generator, primary bearings, and secondary bearing actuator are each implemented with a pair of redundant coils or motors |
| 7608574 |
Azeotropic or azeotropic-like compositions of 1,1,1-trifuoroethane and 1-chloro-2,2,2-trifluoroe |
October 27, 2009 |
| Azeotropic or azeotropic-like compositions of 1,1,1-trifluoroethane (HFC-143a) and 1-chloro-2,2,2-trifluoroethane (R-133a). |
| 7608324 |
Interface materials and methods of production and use thereof |
October 27, 2009 |
| Layered interface materials described herein comprise at least one crosslinkable thermal interface component and at least one compliant fibrous interface component coupled to the thermal interface component. A method of forming layered interface materials comprises: a) providing a cr |
| 7608198 |
Heat transfer compositions with high electrical resistance for fuel cell assemblies |
October 27, 2009 |
| The present invention relates generally to heat transfer compositions. More particularly, the present invention relates to heat transfer compositions with high electrical resistance for use in power-generating equipment or in engines. Such compositions are particularly useful in fuel |
| 7608133 |
Lithium-exchanged faujasites for carbon dioxide removal |
October 27, 2009 |
| A process for removal of carbon dioxide from air using lithium-exchanged X-zeolites at low carbon dioxide partial pressures is provided. The process is particularly useful in applications where fresh air is not available and exhaled air needs to be recycled. An apparatus for carrying |
| 7607611 |
Flight control surface actuation system with redundantly configured and lockable actuator assemb |
October 27, 2009 |
| A flight control surface actuator assembly includes a pair of flight control surface actuators and a pivot arm. One of the flight control surface actuators is coupled to a flight control surface and a static airframe structure, the other flight control surface actuator is coupled to |
| 7607318 |
Integrated environmental control and auxiliary power system for an aircraft |
October 27, 2009 |
| An integrated environmental control system for an aircraft compartment and aircraft power system comprises first and second air compressors, an auxiliary power unit, and first and second environmental control systems. The first and second compressors receive and compress airflow from the |
| 7607285 |
Four mode thermal recirculation throttle valve |
October 27, 2009 |
| A thermal recirculation throttle valve (1) for an aircraft fuel system includes a housing (11) having a throttling valve chamber; a cover (5) operatively engaging a first side of the housing (11); a power piston (6) within a power piston sleeve (7), the power piston (6) having a first |
| 7606665 |
System and method for employing an aided-alignment mode to align an inertial reference system |
October 20, 2009 |
| A system and method for aligning an inertial reference system, which is coupled to a moveable body, is provided. The method includes obtaining unaided navigation state information from an unaided source, and obtaining aiding state information from an aiding source. The unaided naviga |
| 7606658 |
Financial decision aid for 4-D navigation |
October 20, 2009 |
| A method for facilitating a financial decision for 4-dimensional navigation of a vehicle includes receiving navigation information for the vehicle. A current location of the vehicle is determined. Data associated with at least one predetermined location of a plurality of predetermined |
| 7606635 |
Radio frequency enabled control of environmental zones |
October 20, 2009 |
| A system, apparatus and method for controlling environmental zones in a residence or other building using radio frequency enabled environmental controllers. At least one damper is associated with each of the various zones. From each environmental controller, a command is wirelessly t |
| 7606425 |
Unsupervised learning of events in a video sequence |
October 20, 2009 |
| Methods and systems for the unsupervised learning of events contained within a video sequence, including apparatus and interfaces for implementing such systems and methods, are disclosed. An illustrative method in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may i |
| 7606414 |
Fusion of color space data to extract dominant color |
October 20, 2009 |
| A system and a method to extract dominant color information using fusion of color space data. The color space data may include Red, Green, Blue (RGB) color space data and may include Hue (H), Saturation (S), and Intensity Value (V) color space data. Red, Green and Blue color space hi |
| 7606179 |
High integrity data propagation in a braided ring |
October 20, 2009 |
| In one embodiment, a node comprises an interface to communicatively couple the node to a channel. The channel communicatively couples the node to a first neighbor node and a first neighbor's neighbor node in a first direction. When the node relays relayed data along the channel, the node |
| 7605751 |
Global navigation satellite system repeater disruption monitoring |
October 20, 2009 |
| A method and systems for processing Global Positioning System (GPS) signals is provided. The method includes determining if two signals or more signals with the same pseudorandom number bit sequence (PRN) are detected by a GPS receiver. |
| 7605697 |
Wireless transceiver management system and method |
October 20, 2009 |
| A method of managing data communications in a wireless security system. A message is transmitted from a fixed location security device and received by at least two transceivers. Each transceiver analyzes the received message to generate RSSI data. A digital message including the RSSI dat |
| 7605585 |
Air-core transformer position sensor |
October 20, 2009 |
| An air-core transformer position sensor includes an excitation coil, an output coil, and a sensor coil. The excitation coil is adapted to be electrically excited with an excitation signal. The output coil is inductively coupled to the excitation coil upon electrical excitation of the |
| 7605505 |
Rotating electric machine rotor pole crossover |
October 20, 2009 |
| A rotor for use in a high speed electrical machine includes a shaft, a plurality of poles, a plurality of coils, and a rotor crossover that is relatively flexible, and that does not crack under the centrifugal forces and the mechanical and thermal cycles encountered during machine op |
| 7605336 |
Pressure switch with adjustable differental setting |
October 20, 2009 |
| A pressure switch includes a piston that is movably disposed in a sensor housing. The piston moves, in response to a media pressure being applied to a surface thereof, between at least a first piston position and a second piston position. A conical disc spring supplies a non-linear s |
| 7605117 |
Methods of replacing refrigerant |
October 20, 2009 |
| Provided are azeotrope-like compositions comprising tetrafluoropropene and pentafluoropropene and uses thereof, including use in refrigerant compositions, blowing agent compositions, foamable compositions, foams, sterilant compositions, sprayable compositions, and systems and methods |
| 7604871 |
Electrical components including abrasive powder coatings for inhibiting tin whisker growth |
October 20, 2009 |
| An electrical component includes a conductive substrate, a tin layer formed on the substrate, and a barrier coating formed on the tin layer to impede tin whisker growth. The barrier coating includes a polymer matrix, and abrasive particles that are dispersed about the matrix. |
| 7604779 |
Environmental control system including ozone-destroying catalytic converter having anodized and |
October 20, 2009 |
| An aircraft environmental control system includes a catalytic converter having ozone-destroying capability. A surface of the catalytic converter is anodized to form an anodized layer, and the metal oxide layer is washcoated to form a washcoat layer. An ozone destroying catalyst is im |
| 7604726 |
Platinum aluminide coating and method thereof |
October 20, 2009 |
| Platinum containing coatings for corrosion and oxidation protection of a substrate, and platinum electrodeposition methods for coating a substrate. The coating may comprise platinum and at least one supplementary constituent, and the method may involve co-electrodeposition of platinu |
| 7604478 |
Vapor resistant fuel burning appliance |
October 20, 2009 |
| A method and apparatus for controlling a fuel-fired appliance is provided. The appliance enters a wait state in which burner operation ceases if a sensor indicates the presence of flammable vapors that are above an acceptable and/or safe vapor level. The appliance returns to a run state |
| 7604446 |
Housing mountable with drywall anchor |
October 20, 2009 |
| A method of attaching a housing (such as a security system device housing) to a wall. A housing is provided with at least one mounting portion that has a mounting hole surrounded by a substantially thin lip. The housing is held by the installer in the exact desired position on the wall. |
| 7604046 |
Controller interface with multiple day programming |
October 20, 2009 |
| A controller equipped with a user interface having multiple-day programming capabilities, including methods of programming such devices, are disclosed. The user interface may include one or more menus or screens that can be used to program a schedule for one or more selected days dur |
| 7603898 |
MEMS structure for flow sensor |
October 20, 2009 |
| A MEMS based flow sensor is disclosed which generally incorporate isolation between a sensing structure and the sensed media. An internal flow channel can be configured by attaching a backing structure with flow openings to the back of the sensing structure. The sensing structure can |
| 7603892 |
Cam and crank sensor with current limiting open collector output for conducted emissions improve |
October 20, 2009 |
| A sensor apparatus and method include a sensor configured on an integrated circuit, which includes a current limiting open collector output stage configured in association with the integrated circuit. The current limiting open collector output stage reduces a fall time and a di/dt as |
| 7603212 |
Real time planning and scheduling for a team of unmanned vehicles |
October 13, 2009 |
| A method of implementing a plurality of unmanned vehicles over an obstacle field. The method includes obtaining a physical map of the obstacle field. Discretizing the physical map into traversable edges that avoid the obstacles, the traversable edges meeting at nodes. Replacing sections |
| 7603209 |
Perspective vertical situation display system and method |
October 13, 2009 |
| A display system and method for an aircraft simultaneously displays the terrain under the flight plan, or under the current track of the aircraft, as both a two-dimensional lateral situation view image and as a perspective vertical situation view image. This provides improved tactica |
| 7603185 |
System for gain scheduling control |
October 13, 2009 |
| A system for controlling nonlinear plants which may be effected with gain scheduled feedback controllers. Several linear sub-controllers having various gains may be put together as one unit. The overall controller may be changed by switching from one sub-controller to another according t |
| 7603136 |
System and method to perform stable distributed power control in a wireless network |
October 13, 2009 |
| A method to control power transmitted from a node in a wireless network. The method includes receiving one or more signals at the node from one or more other nodes of the wireless network, determining a signal-to-interference-plus noise ratio for each signal received from each of the |
| 7603129 |
Localization identification system for wireless devices |
October 13, 2009 |
| Wireless devices, systems and approaches or methods having the capability of determining the location of a given wireless device. An example system includes a wireless device that generates at least one pulse as a part of an output signal, and the at least one pulse is captured by anchor |
| 7602942 |
Infrared and visible fusion face recognition system |
October 13, 2009 |
| A face detection and recognition system having several arrays imaging a scene in the infrared and visible spectrums. The system may use weighted subtracting and thresholding to distinguish human skin in a sensed image. A feature selector may locate a face in the image. The image may be |
| 7602902 |
Method and apparatus for decoding DTMF tones |
October 13, 2009 |
| A method for decoding a DTMF tone which includes collecting the width of serial signals by measuring the time interval between zero-crossing points within a predetermined time; counting within the predetermined time the number of signal zero-crossing points; performing interpolation |
| 7602427 |
Image sensor that provides raw output comprising compressed data |
October 13, 2009 |
| An image sensor is configured to output transformed image data. The image sensor includes a set of pixel sensors that are sensitive to light and a set of filter elements positioned adjacent to the set of pixel sensors. The set of filter elements transforms light striking the set of pixel |
| 7602308 |
Plug-in alarm notification device |
October 13, 2009 |
| An alarm indicating output appliance can be releasibly affixed to a mounting plate. The plate carries wire receiving terminals which couple to the appliance. In the absence of the appliance, at least two of the terminals can be short circuited. |
