| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 6484284 |
Digital broadcasting system and method |
November 19, 2002 |
| Apparatus and method of achieving diversity in reception of plural digital broadcast signals. A stream of a complete set of code bits is generated from one or more sources of data bits. A first Critical Subset of code bits is chosen or selected for a first channel (e.g. a specified p |
| 6483952 |
Super resolution methods for electro-optical systems |
November 19, 2002 |
| In an optical system having a detector means and processor means in which imaging data is obtained comprising noisy blurred scene data containing an object to be reconstructed, and noisy blurred background data of the same scene, a method for increasing the spatial resolution of the imag |
| 6483058 |
Sealed manual reset switch |
November 19, 2002 |
| A double pole, manual reset switch that is sealed from its application environment. The switch comprises a shell and a base assembly including an actuator, terminals and blade/contacts. After the switch actuator is depressed to a "make" position, it must be manually lifted back to a |
| 6479754 |
Strain relief system for electrical cable |
November 12, 2002 |
| A strain relief attachment (10) is provided for coupling to the combination of an electrical connector (12) and a cable (14, 90, 92) extending from the rear of the connector, to provide strain relief for the cable. The attachment includes a housing (40) having a through passage (46) and |
| 6475395 |
Liquid treatment process with in-plant pressure monitoring of submerged diffusers |
November 5, 2002 |
| The disclosure relates to obtaining dynamic wet pressure in a wastewater treatment plant. A difusser submerged in wastewater is connected to an air supply. This diffuser has an air flow regulator, a diffusion element to discharge the air into the wastewater, and a plenum situated between |
| 6469657 |
FFT-based filtering for low-quality signal direction finding |
October 22, 2002 |
| A radio direction finding system for a low signal quality transmission signal performs a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) on an entire received RF band into a number of FFT bins, each serving as an IF filter. The contents of each FFT bin are demodulated to decode a frequency signature from t |
| 6464464 |
Apparatus and method for controlling a pump system |
October 15, 2002 |
| A controller for controlling operating parameters associated with fluid flow, speed or pressure for a centrifugal pump for pumping fluid, wherein at least one sensor is coupled to the pump for generating a signal indicative of a sensed operating condition. The controller comprises a |
| 6462731 |
Joystick |
October 8, 2002 |
| The invention relates to a joystick having a hand-grip, which is mounted with two degrees of freedom in a mounting in a housing and which may be deflected in different directions out of an initial position, the grip being biased by a spring mechanism towards its initial position and sens |
| 6462637 |
Electrical connector |
October 8, 2002 |
| An electrical connector includes a connector part (10) with a conductive shell (12) and front and rear contacts (26, 56, 58, 59) at the front and rear of the shell, wherein a transformer (40) with first and second windings lies within the shell and is connected to the front and rear |
| 6459057 |
Sealed pushbutton switch |
October 1, 2002 |
| A sealed, pushbutton, single pole, normally closed switch for soldering to a printed circuit board. The switch operates by pushing an actuator that compresses a spring and breaks continuity between two terminals by moving a spring contact, disposed in the head of the actuator, away from |
| 6456497 |
Night vision binoculars |
September 24, 2002 |
| A night vision binocular assembly (10) capable of converting low light and infrared energy into a visible image. The night vision binocular assembly (10) includes at least one objective lens assembly (62), image intensifier tube (64), collimator lens assembly (66) and diopter cell assemb |
| 6454607 |
Smart card connector with improved contacts |
September 24, 2002 |
| An electrical connector (12B) for connecting to contact pads on a face of a smart card, where the contact projecting portions (30B) are shaped to be depressed even when a side edge (100) of a smart card (C) is inserted laterally (L) into place. The upwardly-projecting portion of each con |
| 6453735 |
Externally controllable regulated brake-booster and operating method therefor |
September 24, 2002 |
| A controlled brake booster that may have an external trigger is provided. The brake booster includes a control circuit, an electromagnet positioned within the control circuit that activates the brake booster, a superordinated function unit and at least one signal processing device for |
| 6453168 |
Method and apparatus for determining the position of a mobile communication device using low acc |
September 17, 2002 |
| A spread spectrum position location communication system determines the position of a mobile master radio using a round-trip messaging scheme in which the time of arrive (TOA) of ranging messages is accurately determined to yield the range estimates required to calculate the position |
| 6452377 |
Phase meter using a permuter and matched filter |
September 17, 2002 |
| A phase meter precisely measures the phase of two signals with very different frequencies by using a sampler, permuter and a matched filter. The phase meter includes a sampler that samples the fast clock with the slow clock; a permuter that permutes the samples based on the frequencies |
| 6448926 |
Multi-band, multi-function integrated transceiver |
September 10, 2002 |
| A communications system operating in one or more frequency bands of various number of channels per band (for a total of N channels), and a novel transceiver for receiving these multiple bands of signals. The transceiver comprises an antenna and RF front end for each said band, a separate |
| 6447338 |
One-piece smart card connector |
September 10, 2002 |
| A smart card connector for engaging contact pads of a smart card. The connector (10) includes a molded body (12) with cavities (24) having open rear ends (29) so contacts (14) can be inserted forwardly (F) therein. Each contact has an upper branch (42) with a rear free end forming a nose |
| 6446975 |
Seal arrangement |
September 10, 2002 |
| The invention concerns a seal device for a submersible machine, such as a pump or a mixer. The seal device is designed as an easily replaceable unit comprising two mechanical face seals (4,6) and (5,7) resp. with an intermediate room for a barrier liquid in which a pump for circulation o |
| 6446475 |
Switchlock assembly with snap-in cam |
September 10, 2002 |
| A switchlock assembly with snap-in cam for mounting in a panel from the front with the panel cutout being smaller than the cam radius. The switchlock assembly comprises a switch base, a shell, a plug operable by a key, the cam and a latch clip. The latch clip prevents the plug from being |
| 6443629 |
Terminus body with trapped spring |
September 3, 2002 |
| An optical fiber terminus body has a helical spring (32) trapped between front and rear shoulders, with the rear shoulder formed by a thin flange (64) that facilitates mounting of the spring on a one-piece body (40). The thin flange has front and rear surfaces that are angled by no more |
| 6443626 |
Optical fibre connector having bayonet coupling |
September 3, 2002 |
| An optical fiber connector element comprises a connector body (10) which receives an optical fiber (12). The connector body (10) is provided with a bayonet coupling (30) to enable two identical connector elements to be mated to connect optically the optical fibers. The bayonet coupling ( |
| 6441601 |
Phase meter using a permuter |
August 27, 2002 |
| A phase meter measures the phase of a first signal with respect to a second signal, where the first and second signals have different frequencies and the frequency of the first signal is higher than the frequency of the second signal. The phase meter samples the first signal using the se |
| 6439906 |
Coax switch assembly |
August 27, 2002 |
| A switch assembly is provided for mounting on a circuit board and for receiving a coax connector plug that opens the switch and connects the central coax plug element to one of the switch contacts, which enables the use of a plug (100) without a long projecting center contact element (10 |
| 6439899 |
Connector for high pressure environment |
August 27, 2002 |
| A connector is provided for connecting to a device in a high pressure environment, wherein a front portion of the connector body is inserted into a passage of the device so contacts mate, and a nut is screwed into the threaded rear end of the passage until the nut front end presses a |
| 6437741 |
Detection of emissions from commercial electronic devices that include an amplitude modulation c |
August 20, 2002 |
| A direction finder apparatus and method are provided. The direction finder apparatus includes an antenna system, a RF front end, and an analog signal detector that detects an electromagnetic signal and provides in response a characteristic signal without an underlying carrier wave. The d |
| 6431612 |
Air flow conduit quick connector |
August 13, 2002 |
| A connection between a fluid conduit and an air flow port mounted on an air flow device includes a housing having a through bore which receives a flange on an end form of the conduit. One end of the port is disposed in the bore in the housing in sealed engagement with the end form. A |
| 6422609 |
Fluid joint |
July 23, 2002 |
| A fluid joint of the type including a generally rigid metallic tube having an annular bead spaced from the free end of the tube to define a pilot portion between the bead and the tube free end, a generally flexible hose sized to fit at a free end thereof over the pilot portion, and a met |
| 6421372 |
Sequential-acquisition, multi-band, multi-channel, matched filter |
July 16, 2002 |
| A parallel digital matched filter is constructed which performs numerous simultaneous correlations of a received spread spectrum signal against various replica offsets of its spreading sequence. This allows for the rapid acquisition of the received signal code phase, and subsequent h |
| 6421246 |
PC card that receives chip card |
July 16, 2002 |
| A PC card has an opening (24) in its upper sheet metal cover part for receiving a chip card (20), with a chip card guide (22) provided for guiding movement of an inserted chip card through the opening. The guide has a U-shaped upward projection (31) that lies in the opening against the |
| 6413108 |
Personal computer peripheral device adapter |
July 2, 2002 |
| An adapter to connect either Type I or Type II cards into a PCMCIA compliant PC Card interface on a personal computer. A protective shutter mechanism receives both Type I and Type II cards. |
| 6412826 |
High pressure quick connector |
July 2, 2002 |
| A quick connector for connecting fluid lines includes a first connector having a housing for receiving a tube carrying spool. The spool sealingly engages an endform on the tube to form a metal-to-metal seal. A retainer in the form of ring having a plurality of angularly and radially |
| 6412521 |
Rigid line for a brake, fuel or hydraulic system in motor vehicles |
July 2, 2002 |
| Processes and arrangements provide a rigid line for a brake, fuel or hydraulic system in motor vehicles, whose synthetic cladding layer is reinforced with fibers to thereby increase the strength and the resistance to wear and tear of the synthetic cladding layer. Moreover, by the use of |
| 6411797 |
Method and apparatus for performance characterization of satellite transponders |
June 25, 2002 |
| Method and apparatus for performance characterization of Ka band transponders wherein measurements are made. A wideband modulated data signal is used to test the response of the Ka band transponder. A periodic test pattern, preferably a pseudo-noise (PN) sequence, modulated on a carr |
| 6409390 |
Compact, precision duplex bearing mount for high vibration environments |
June 25, 2002 |
| A duplex bearing mount including at least one duplex bearing having an inner race and an outer race, the inner race disposed within the outer race and being rotatable relative to the outer race about an axis, the inner race having substantially no relative movement relative to the outer |
| 6406303 |
Coaxial-like connector |
June 18, 2002 |
| A coaxial type connector has largely rectangular cross-sections, with an outer contact width (E) that is much larger than its height (H). As a result, the impedance is lowest in primary sectors (140, 142) that extend between the inner contact (20) and top and bottom inside surfaces (136, |
| 6404756 |
Methods and apparatus for coordinating channel access to shared parallel data channels |
June 11, 2002 |
| A network of nodes communicates using plural, shared parallel data channels and a separate reservation channel. Access to the data channels is coordinated among the nodes by communicating message requests and corresponding replies on the reservation channel. In addition to a primary |
| 6403898 |
Multiple switch assembly |
June 11, 2002 |
| An electrical switch assembly includes a lever (18) lying on a vertical axis (102) and pivotable about horizontal axes (NS and EW). The lever has arms (20) extending in perpendicular horizontal directions, the arms serving to close corresponding switches (100) when the lever is pivoted t |
| 6402204 |
Quick connect retainer with recessed latch finger |
June 11, 2002 |
| A quick connect retainer having a pair of angularly disposed latch fingers extending radially inward from arcuate collars connecting a pair of legs extending axially from an annular base has a recess formed on a radially inner surface. The recess provides a substantially constant cro |
| 6400137 |
Optical fiber with crimp and for sensing wheel rotation |
June 4, 2002 |
| Apparatus for replacing an electromagnetic device that senses vehicle wheel rotation by detecting slots in a rotary device, where the replacement apparatus avoids interaction with stray magnetic fields. A replacement apparatus (24) includes a connector frame (60) that holds a pair of |
| 6398586 |
Armored cable connector |
June 4, 2002 |
| A combination of a connector (12) and an armored cable (14), where several inches of the front end of the cable armor tube (20) are stripped away to allow a front portion of the cable to bend up to about 90.degree.. A flexible polymer overmold (50) is molded around the front of the armor |
| 6398574 |
Sleeve and stud connector latch |
June 4, 2002 |
| A pair of mated connector (11, 12) are latched together by a pair of studs (21) on a first connector that are inserted into a pair of sleeve assemblies (22) on the second connector, with each stud having a stud groove (40) that receives an inwardly projecting flange (32) of the sleeve |
| 6398423 |
Optic fiber retaining system |
June 4, 2002 |
| An optical fiber connector is provided with a frame mount (182) having a passage (200) and a terminus (164) which extends through the passage to position an optical fiber (72) that extends through bores in the terminus, which enables the adjustment of terminus position for optimal coupli |
| 6394662 |
Optical fibre connector |
May 28, 2002 |
| An optical fibre connector element (10) receives at one end a sheathed optical fiber cable (12), and the individual optical fibers (14) are separated out within the connector element. Each of the individual optical fibers is terminated with a ferrule (16) at the cut end. The connector ha |
| 6390781 |
Spa pressure sensing system capable of entrapment detection |
May 21, 2002 |
| A safety circuit for use with a spa system includes a pressure sensor which generates a signal representative of the pressure in the system. The safety circuit provides a constant current to the pressure sensor. A microcontroller is coupled to receive the signal from the sensor and is |
| 6389088 |
Synchronization and tracking in a digital communication system |
May 14, 2002 |
| There is disclosed a bit sync search and frame sync search system operative with a digital data signal as transmitted by a digital radio transmitter. The bit search is implemented by detecting a predetermined phasing signal which is incorporated in the digital signal and which has a repe |
| 6386911 |
Board mounted connector |
May 14, 2002 |
| A connector is mounted on a circuit board by a pair of elongated fasteners (23) that each have a connector end (29) that is fixed to the connector housing and a board mount end (28) that is fixed in mount holes (80) in the circuit board. The board mount ends of the fasteners are press fi |
| 6386487 |
Stretching device for electric cables |
May 14, 2002 |
| A stretching and connection device for electric cables leading to a submersible electric machine such as a pump or a turbine operating in a tank or shaft (1) and which is surrounded by flowing water during operation, the device including a metal wire (8) for keeping the cables (6), ( |
| 6385174 |
Method and apparatus for transmission of node link status messages throughout a network with red |
May 7, 2002 |
| A wireless network includes a plurality of nodes arranged into clusters with each cluster having cluster member nodes and a designated cluster head node. The nodes communicate with each other via an intranet protocol, while the network may communicate with other external networks in |
| 6384993 |
Precisely adjustable optical device having vibration and temperature stability |
May 7, 2002 |
| An adjustable optical device including an optical element, a housing having an adjusting post fixed thereto, the optical element mounted to the housing, the housing adjusting post having a plane of movement, and an adjustment mechanism, the housing flexibly connected to the adjustment |
| 6384700 |
Towed antenna system right angle feed for towed antenna system rapid deployment cable and towed |
May 7, 2002 |
| A towed antenna system employs drop-type dispensing for rapid deployment of a towed element on the end of a cable. The cable has an elastic central conductor, preferably of stranded stainless steel, which stretches to absorb the high tension of the towed element on the cable at the end o |
