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| 20080268498 | Thermostable Viral Polymerases and Methods of Use - Thermostable viral polymerases exhibiting a combination of activities selected from, proofreading (3′-5′) exonuclease activity, nick translating (5′-3′) nuclease activity, synthetic primer-initiated polymerase activity, nick-initiated polymerase activity, reverse transcriptase activity, strand displacement activity, and/or decreased discrimination against incorporation of nucleotide analogs. Also provided are compositions including the polymerases, polynucleotides encoding the polymerases and methods of using the polymerases. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20090263873 | LINEAR VECTORS, HOST CELLS AND CLONING METHODS - Linear vectors derived from bacteriophage of | 10-22-2009 |
| 20100255561 | HOST-VECTOR SYSTEM FOR CLONING AND EXPRESSING GENES - A system for ligase-free cloning and/or expressing a target gene is described herein. A preferred version of the invention includes an | 10-07-2010 |
| 20120083018 | THERMOSTABLE DNA POLYMERASES AND METHODS OF USE - Thermostable viral and microbial polymerases exhibiting a combination of activities selected from proofreading (3′-5′) exonuclease activity, nick translating (5′-3′) nuclease activity, synthetic primer-initiated polymerase activity, nick-initiated polymerase activity, reverse transcriptase activity, strand displacement activity, terminal transferase activity, primase activity, and/or efficient incorporation of chain terminating analogs. Some of the polymerases provided herein include a first motif and a second motif. The first motif preferably has the sequence X | 04-05-2012 |
| 20130022980 | RNA- AND DNA-COPYING ENZYMES - The present invention is directed to DNA polymerase fusion proteins with increased processivity and nucleic acid affinity. The invention includes a fusion protein comprising a nucleic acid-binding domain fused to a polymerase domain. The nucleic acid binding domain contains at least one nucleic acid binding motif, such as a DNA-binding motif or an RNA-binding motif. The nucleic acid binding domain preferably embodies an oligonucleotide/oligosaccharide binding (OB) fold, among other conformations. The invention further includes methods of synthesizing nucleic acids using the fusion proteins described herein. | 01-24-2013 |
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| 20100092126 | BIFILAR OPTICAL FIBER STOWAGE FOR FIBER-OPTIC GYROSCOPE - A method of constructing a fiber-optic gyroscope includes optically coupling first and second optical fibers to an optical path of an interferometer having an outer surface, coupling at least a portion of the first and second fibers to the outer surface, and optically coupling the first and second fibers to an optical path of an integrated optics chip (IOC). | 04-15-2010 |
| 20110181887 | SYNCHRONOUS RADIATION HARDENED FIBER OPTIC GYROSCOPE - A synchronous fiber optic gyroscope includes a light source, an optical coupler in optical communication with the light source, an optical modulator in optical communication with the coupler, and a fiber optic coil in optical communication with the modulator. A detector is configured to receive an optical signal from the coupler and convert the optical signal to an electrical signal. A loop closure signal processor has a first input configured to receive the electrical signal from the detector. A phase lock loop has an output operatively connected to a second input of the processor. A direct digital synthesizer is operatively coupled to an input of the phase lock loop, with the synthesizer configured to generate a low-frequency signal that is transmitted to the phase lock loop. The phase lock loop converts the low-frequency signal to a high-frequency signal that is transmitted to the second input of the processor, and the phase lock loop provides signal modulation that is synchronous with signal demodulation. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20120113432 | CONSTANT OPTICAL POWER SENSOR USING A LIGHT SOURCE CURRENT SERVO COMBINED WITH DIGITAL DEMODULATION INTENSITY SUPPRESSION FOR RADIATION AND VIBRATION INSENSITIVITY IN A FIBER OPTIC GYROSCOPE - Systems and methods for fiber-optic gyroscopes are provided. In one embodiment, a fiber-optic gyroscope comprises: a light source current servo coupled to a light source that transmits light through an optic path, wherein the light source current servo controls intensity of light through the optic path via a light source current drive that supplies current to power the light source; and an intensity control signal processor coupled to the optic path via a photo detector, wherein the intensity control signal processor outputs an intensity control signal to the light source current servo, wherein the intensity control signal is a function of intensity of light as received at the photo detector; wherein the light source current servo compares the intensity control signal against a stable analog voltage reference to adjust the light source current drive and drive optical power at the photo detector towards a constant level. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120141062 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DRIVING AN OPTICAL MODULATOR - Systems and methods for driving an optical modulator are provided. In one embodiment, a modulation drive circuit comprises: a balanced impedance network having a first and a second output generated from a first input, and a third and a fourth output generated from a second input, wherein the first and second outputs are balanced with one another, and the third and fourth outputs are balanced with one another; a first differential amplifier, wherein an inverting input of the first differential amplifier couples to the first output of the distribution network and a non-inverting input of the first differential amplifier couples to the third output of the distribution network; and a second differential amplifier, wherein an inverting input of the second differential amplifier couples to the fourth output of the distribution network and a non-inverting input of the second differential amplifier couples to the second output of the distribution network. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120229811 | HIGH-LINEARITY SIGNAL-PROCESSING AMPLIFIER - A clamp-point active circuit is provided. The clamp-point active circuit includes a rate amplifier configured to receive an output from a device transitioning between at least two levels. The clamp-point active circuit has at least one switching device configured to receive an output from the rate amplifier. The at least one switching device is in at least one respective feedback loop of the rate amplifier. A switching of the at least one switching device causes the rate amplifier to amplify with high linearity in a desired operating range and to clamp outputs received from the transitioning device that are outside the desired operating range to a fixed level. | 09-13-2012 |
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| 20090125100 | Intraluminal Bypass Prosthesis and Prosthesis Delivery and Deployment Kit - An intraluminal bypass prosthesis is described and includes a first prosthetic module, a second prosthetic module, and a third prosthetic module. The first and second prosthetic modules each have first and second ends, and a fenestration disposed between the first and second ends. The third prosthetic module has a first end that is sealingly engageable within the first module fenestration and a second end that is sealingly engageable within the second module fenestration. The third prosthetic module has a lumen for providing fluid communication between the first and second prosthetic modules. Additional devices, systems, kits, and methods are described. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090248144 | ENDOLUMINAL DEVICE WITH EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX MATERIAL AND METHODS - An endoluminal device comprises a stent and a tubular graft supported by the stent. The graft has a proximal and a distal opening and comprises a synthetic material and a bioremodelable material. The bioremodelable material is disposed on an exterior surface in at least one band adjacent at least one of the proximal and distal openings. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20120222969 | STENT AND METHOD OF FORMING A STENT WITH INTEGRAL BARBS - A method for manufacturing a barbed stent includes providing a sheet of stent material, cutting the sheet to form a stent wire with integral barbs extending therefrom, and forming the stent wire into a final stent shape having a longitudinal axis. A stent for deployment within the body of a patient includes integral barbs. | 09-06-2012 |
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| 20100093107 | POLYMER-PROTEIN SUBSTRATES FOR IMMUNOSORBENT FLUORESCENCE ASSAYS - The present invention relates to antigen-capture substrates useful for orienting capture antibodies for immunosorbent antigen determination. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20120007277 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FORMING MULTILAYERED LAMINATES - Methods and devices for forming a vertically-oriented multilayer laminates, for example, a vertically-oriented multilayer laminates, are provided. The laminates may be fabricated by hardenable fluids, for example, polymers that are directed along flow paths to divide, repossession, and combine streams to provide the desired laminated structure. The flow divisions and recombination may be practiced repeatedly wherein laminates have tens or even tens of thousands of individual layers may be produced. The polymers used may have comparable viscosities, for example, having viscosity ratios of less than 3. Though aspects of the invention may be used packaging, aspects of the invention may be applied to any field where laminated structures are desired. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120273263 | Conductive Formulations For Use In Electrical, Electronic And RF Applications - Metal flakes, an organic metal precursor, an organic solvent and either no binder, or a volatile or a thermally decomposable binder are combined to form a paste. The paste is deposited in a circuit pattern on a substrate and the circuit pattern is cured. While curing, the organic metal precursor decomposes to leave an electrically conductive path, and the printed circuit is thus formed. A precursor to an electrically conductive circuit material includes an organic metal precursor, metal microparticles, and an organic solvent. The method can be employed to form printed circuits, for a variety of electrical, electronic and sensing application, such as crack detection in ceramic, plastics, concrete, wood, fabric, leather, rubber or paper and composite materials. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120297888 | Wireless Passive Radio-Frequency Strain And Displacement Sensors - Wireless strain and displacement sensors wirelessly monitor structural health and integrity, and are made by printing inductor-interdigital capacitor sensing circuits on a variety of substrates, including ceramic substrates, with thermally processable conductive inks. Sensors of the invention can be employed to detect strain and displacement of civil structures, such as bridges and buildings. The sensors include sensing elements that are mounted or printed on stiff, inflexible substrates, which prevent the sensing elements from bending, stretching, or otherwise warping when the sensor is strained. An interlayer between the sensing elements allows the sensing elements to move with respect to each other during application of strain. Thus, strain causes the sensing elements to move but not to deform, causing changes in sensor resonance that can be detected through wireless radio-frequency interrogation. Because the sensing elements do not change shape when under strain, the sensor can undergo millions of measurement cycles before breaking. | 11-29-2012 |
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| 20090134033 | Directed assembly of a conducting polymer - The present invention provides a method for directed assembly of a conducting polymer. A method of the invention comprises providing a template such as an insulated template and electrophorectically assembling a conducting polymer thereon. Preferably, the template comprises a patterned electrode on which the conducting polymer is assembled. Moreover, the invention provides a method for transferring an assembled conducting polymer. For example, a method of the invention comprises providing a substrate such as a polymeric substrate and contacting a surface thereof with an assembled conducting polymer. The assembled conducting polymer can be disposed on a patterned electrode of a template, hi one embodiment, a method comprises removing the substrate. By removing the substrate, the assembled conducting polymer is transferred from the patterned electrode of the template to the substrate. The invention also provides a device with a template or substrate comprising an assembled conducting polymer. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20110123711 | METHODS FOR FORMING METAL-POLYMER HYBRID TOOLING FOR FORMING PARTS HAVING MICRO FEATURES - A method for forming metal-polymer hybrid tooling includes patterning a surface of a member such as a silicon wafer, stainless steel, nickel or nickel alloy, engaging a polymer layer with the patterned features of the surface of the silicon wafer to form the polymer layer having a reverse of the patterned surface the silicon wafer, removing the patterned polymer layer to expose a patterned polymer layer surface, depositing a metallic layer on the patterned polymer layer surface, and wherein the deposited metallic layer on the patterned polymer layer is operable to form parts with features having a width dimension between about 0.01 microns and about 100 microns and a height dimension of between about 0.01 micron and about 800 microns (e.g., up to aspect ratio of 8). | 05-26-2011 |
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| 20080244356 | SUPER BLOCK ERROR CORRECTION CODE (ECC) ADAPTABLE TO COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS INCLUDING HARD DISK DRIVES (HDDs) AND OTHER MEMORY STORAGE DEVICES - Super block error correction code (ECC) adaptable to communication systems including hard disk drives (HDDs) and other memory storage devices. A means is presented by which a number of blocks of information can be organized, with a degree of ECC provided thereto, and transmitted via a signal into a communication channel. In some instances, the communication channel is coupled to a storage media as in the context of an HDD, and information is written to and read from the storage media via this communication channel (e.g., “read channel”). This means is particularly well suited to applications that provide large amounts of data via any one transmission (e.g., DVR/PVR (Digital/Personal Video Recorder)). A redundant block is generated using the information of each of a number of information blocks thereby provided extra ECC on a large portion of data, and that redundant block also undergoes ECC encoding. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080270755 | Reduced instruction set computer (RISC) processor based disk manager architecture for hard disk drive (HDD) controllers - Reduced instruction set computer (RISC) processor based disk manager architecture for HDD (Hard Disk Drive) controllers. A means is presented herein by which disk managers operations of a HDD are off-loaded from a main processor to a dedicated RISC processor. The main processor is operable to provide higher level instructions to the RISC processor, and the RISC processor is operable to translate those higher level instructions into bit level instructions that are subsequently provided to one or more control engines that is then operable to execute those bit level instructions to perform one or more channel interfacing protocol control functions that can include any one or more of low level timing for servo demodulation, timing for data formatting operations, media control operations, transfer control operations, and/or other disk manager related functions. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080270961 | Error correction code (ECC) decoding architecture design using synthesis-time design parameters - Error correction code (ECC) decoding architecture design using synthesis-time design parameters. An approach is presented herein by which an ECC decoding architecture can be designed using synthesis-time design parameters. The manner presented herein allows for a designer to arrive at an ECC decoding architecture in a more direct, straightforward manner that using prior art means. A number of considerations (e.g., architecture parameters, semi-soft design constraints, parallel implementation, etc.) are initially provided; certain or all of these considerations can be predetermined, determined adaptively, and/or modified during the design process. A designer is provided a means by which a most desirable ECC decoding architecture can be arrived at relatively quickly. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080294840 | READ/WRITE CHANNEL CODING AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH - A write channel includes a pre-encoding module that encodes write data to produce pre-encoded data. An error correcting code (ECC) module generates ECC data based on the pre-encoded data. A post-encoding module encodes the ECC data to produce post-encoded data. A combining module combines the pre-encoded data and the post-encoded data for writing to the storage medium. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20090086359 | FORMATTING DISK DRIVE DATA USING FORMAT FIELD ELEMENTS - Formatting disk drive data using format field elements (FFEs). A processing module (which can be a general purpose processor or a RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Computer) processor) is employed to generate FFEs that are employed to govern operation of the various data formatting modules within a formatting system within a HDD. The determination of when a data formatting module stops operating in accordance with a first FFE and begins operating in accordance with a second FFE can be a predetermined period of time, a number of operations being performed, the meeting of some condition, or some other means. Each FFE can be viewed as being a multi-dimensional instruction that not only includes a configuration for a data formatting module, but also includes the conditions by which the configuration is to be governed by a subsequent FFE, among other things. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090089644 | MULTIPLE CYCLIC REDUNDANCY CHECK (CRC) ENGINES FOR CHECKING/APPENDING CRCs DURING DATA TRANSFERS - Multiple cyclic redundancy check (CRC) engines for checking/appending CRCs during data transfers. Two distinctly implemented CRC engines are employed to enable the processing of different sized byte formats at two ends of a communication channel. These two distinctly implemented CRC engines can be employed to enable the processing of different sized byte formats in a host device at one end and an hard disk drive (HDD) at another end. For example, sometimes the size of blocks, frames, and/or sector sizes that are processed and employed within a first communication device at one end of a communication channel can differ from the size of blocks, frames, and/or sector sizes that are processed and employed within a second communication device at another end of the communication channel. Two distinctly implemented CRC engines allow the appropriate processing and translation of any desired different sized blocks, frames, and/or sector sizes of a communication channel. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20100017688 | Performing multiple Reed-Solomon (RS) software error correction coding (ECC) Galois field computations simultaneously - Performing multiple Reed-Solomon (RS) software error correction coding (ECC) Galois field computations simultaneously in a RISC processor. A means is presented by which multiple Galois field computations are performed in parallel with one another. Processor, memory, and plurality of adders and/or multipliers are implemented appropriately to allow parallel Galois field computations to be performed. Multiplexing can be performed to govern the writing of resultants (generated using the adders and/or multipliers) back to the memory via feedback paths. This approach allows for parallel (as opposed to serial) implementation of the software ECC corrections with minimal area and power impact. In other words, very little space is required to implement this approach is hardware with nominal increase in power consumption, and this slight increase in power consumption provides a significant increase in ECC correction capability using this approach. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20110283167 | Super block error correction code (ECC) adaptable to communication systems including hard disk drives (HDDs) and other memory storage devices - Super block error correction code (ECC) adaptable to communication systems including hard disk drives (HDDs) and other memory storage devices. A means is presented by which a number of blocks of information can be organized, with a degree of ECC provided thereto, and transmitted via a signal into a communication channel. In some instances, the communication channel is coupled to a storage media as in the context of an HDD, and information is written to and read from the storage media via this communication channel (e.g., “read channel”). This means is particularly well suited to applications that provide large amounts of data via any one transmission (e.g., DVR/PVR (Digital/Personal Video Recorder)). A redundant block is generated using the information of each of a number of information blocks thereby provided extra ECC on a large portion of data, and that redundant block also undergoes ECC encoding. | 11-17-2011 |
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| 20080296457 | FURNITURE STORAGE UNIT AND METHOD - An office furniture unit has an outer face with slotted hangers, and a removable storage unit assembly including a bottom panel positioned in a generally horizontal orientation along the office furniture unit, and a top panel disposed above and generally parallel with the bottom panel. First and second panels are disposed at opposite ends of the top and bottom panels and are connected therewith to define a rigid, box-shaped case having an open back portion. The first and second end panels have rear portions with multiple vertically spaced slots. First and second hanger brackets have a rear portion with first hooks selectively received in the slotted hangers of the office furniture units, and a forward portion with second hooks selectively received in the slots in the rear portions of the first and second end panels to detachably support the case against the outer face of the office furniture unit. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080297015 | STORAGE UNIT BACK STOP AND METHOD - A storage unit assembly and method for office furniture units includes two end panels and a bottom panel configured to support objects thereon. A back stop rail is connected to end panels and the bottom panel. The back stop rail includes a lower web having a bottom flange and a center flange, wherein the bottom flange abuts the bottom panel of the storage unit, and the center flange extends above the bottom panel into the storage unit. An upper web is connected to the center flange, wherein the upper web extends upwardly and terminates at a top flange. A rear flange extends downwardly from the top flange, wherein the planar extent of the rear flange is substantially coplanar with the planar extent of the lower web. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20120222587 | Dual Height Workstation Configuration - A worksurface arrangement comprising at least a first support member, a first worksurface forming member supported by the first support member at a first vertical height, a second worksurface forming member supported by the first support member at a second vertical height and extending to a first side of the first support member where the second vertical height is different than the first vertical height, the second worksurface forming member including an undersurface, a first cover extending downward below the first worksurface forming member to a lower edge below the second vertical height, a second cover extending downward from a height proximate the undersurface of the second worksurface forming member and spaced from the first cover wherein the first and second covers bound a housing cavity width. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20130291765 | DUAL HEIGHT WORKSTATION CONFIGURATION - A work surface arrangement comprising a support structure extending upward from a base end, a first work surface forming member supported by the support structure at a first vertical height, a second work surface forming member supported by the support structure at a second vertical height and extending to a first side of the support structure where the second vertical height is lower than the first vertical height, the second member including an undersurface, a first cover supported by the support structure and extending downward below the first member to a lower edge below the second vertical height, a second cover supported by the support structure and extending downward from a height proximate the undersurface of the second member and spaced from the first cover to bound a cavity, at least one horizontal channel supported by the support structure between the first and second work surface forming members to face the first side. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20140075861 | VERTICALLY ADJUSTABLE PARTITION WALL DOOR - A vertically adjustable door assembly for use in a modular wall assembly includes a door opening defined by first and second door jamb assemblies which are adapted to receive vertical slider members in a channel disposed along a length of the door jamb assemblies. The slider members are vertically adjustable within the channels and include hinge mechanism such that either door jamb assembly can support a door member therefrom. Another aspect of the invention includes a vertically adjustable header assembly providing an aesthetically pleasing uniform appearance between the door assembly and the modular wall assembly. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140075862 | REVERSIBLE DOOR ASSEMBLY FOR PARTITION WALL - A reversible door assembly for use in a panel wall system includes a door frame assembly having first and second door jamb assemblies which are adapted to receive vertical slider members in a channel disposed along a length of the door jamb assemblies. The slider members are vertically adjustable within the channels and may include hinge mechanism such that either door jamb assembly can hingedly support a door member therefrom. As one door jamb assembly supports the door member between open and closed positions, the opposite door jamb assembly includes a vertically adjustable latch striker plate for engaging a door latch mechanism. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140075867 | FLOOR-TO-CEILING PARTITION WALL ASSEMBLY - A panel wall system includes a frame assembly adapted to support a plurality of skin assemblies in a floor-to-ceiling relationship, wherein the skin assemblies include solid panel assemblies as well as captured glass skin assemblies. The solid panel assemblies are coupled to the frame assembly with seal members disposed between the panel assemblies and the frame assembly. The seal members are unitary seal members able to seal adjacent panel assemblies on the frame assembly. The seal members further include pierceable body portions that can be pierced by various engagement structures to engage the frame assembly through the seal member. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140075871 | FLOOR-TO-CEILING PARTITION WALL ASSEMBLY - A panel wall system includes a frame assembly adapted to support a plurality of skin assemblies in a floor-to-ceiling relationship, wherein the skin assemblies include solid panel assemblies as well as captured glass skin assemblies. The solid panel assemblies are coupled to the frame assembly with seal members disposed between the panel assemblies and the frame assembly. The seal members are unitary seal members able to seal adjacent panel assemblies on the frame assembly. | 03-20-2014 |
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| 20100239990 | Vertical Manifold Burner - A gas burner assembly includes a first sheet, a second sheet, and a conduit. The first sheet has an inner face, an outer face, an upper portion, and a lower portion. The second sheet also has an inner face, an outer face, an upper portion and a lower portion. The first and second sheets are secured relative to one another such that the first and second sheets are separated by a gap that defines a manifold between the inner faces of the first and second sheets with an elongate opening between the upper portions of the first and second sheets, the opening forming an outlet from the manifold. The conduit is in communication with the manifold, the conduit being adapted for connection to a source of gas. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20120199114 | THIN CHAMBER BURNER - Burner assemblies including panels (e.g., transparent panels) supported in a substantially parallel, closely-spaced relationship and gaskets and spacers sealing the space between the panels to form a perimeter seal and to define a plenum between the first and second panels with an inlet into the plenum and an outlet out of the plenum. | 08-09-2012 |
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| 20110041821 | TOY DART LAUNCHER APPARATUS WITH MOMENTARY LOCK - A launcher apparatus for soft foam toy darts, the apparatus having a lock that operates momentarily during a cock and load cycle of the launcher apparatus to prevent an improper cocking operation. The launcher apparatus includes a barrel, a slide, a firing assembly and the lock. The launcher apparatus also includes three protrusions or surfaces for operative engagement with the lock to partially depress the lock, to fully depress the lock, and to disengage the lock to reset the launcher apparatus for the next cock and load cycle. During operation, one protrusion surface depresses the lock partially and momentarily, a second protrusion or surface fully depresses the lock to enable the lock to be maintained in the depressed state, and a third protrusion or surface causes the lock to be released. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110041823 | TOY DART MAGAZINE APPARATUS - A toy dart magazine apparatus that includes a housing divided into a drum portion and a clip portion, and a wheel structure rotatably mounted to the drum portion. The wheel has four portions, two spaced apart portions having peripheral recesses for receiving the darts and storing them until they are “fired” by a launcher to which the dart magazine apparatus is mounted. A third portion having a smooth circumference and a smaller diameter than the two recess bearing portions wherein the third portion separates the two spaced apart portions. The fourth portion of the wheel has a larger diameter than the two recess bearing portions and is positioned adjoining one of the two recess bearing portions for aligning the darts relative to the wheel. The wheel also includes an opening in the third portion leading to a chamber in a hollow support of the wheel. A spring-biased knob is mounted on a shaft that also mounts the wheel. Both the knob and the wheel have axially align protrusions that may engage each other to allow the wheel to be rotationally adjusted to correct any jam or misalignment of the darts stored on the wheel. A flexible arm and a pusher structure are also included with the magazine apparatus and are connected to a constant force spring, where the flexible arm and a portion of the constant force spring are lodged in the chamber of the hollow support during a dart loading process of the wheel, and the constant force spring uncoils when the wheel is rotated during the loading process. The constant force spring biases the wheel to feed the darts from both the drum and the clip to a firing position at the end of the clip located in the launcher, but the constant force spring is insufficient to discharge the darts when the magazine is not connected to the launcher. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110041824 | TOY EMPLOYING CENTRAL SHAFT COCKING MECHANISM FOR RAPID FIRE PROJECTILE LAUNCHING AND METHOD THEREOF - A toy for launching two or more projectiles employing a central shaft cocking mechanism for rapid fire projectile launching through quick, simple and fun cocking and triggering mechanisms. The toy includes a housing assembly, a projectile device disposed about the housing with two or more projectiles, a piston and cylinder assembly. The piston is secured to the housing in a fixed position and the cylinder is slidably mounted on the piston, a cocking mechanism in mechanical communication with the piston and cylinder assembly including a shaft extending through the projectile device for engagement with the cylinder capable of moving the cylinder to a cocked position. A trigger mechanism is secured to the housing capable of advancing the projectile device to a firing position and capable of releasing the cylinder from a cocked position to advance the cylinder on the fixed piston and discharge a burst of compressed air launching a projectile. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20120037135 | DOUBLE BARREL TOY LAUNCHER APPARATUS - A toy launcher apparatus for discharging soft foam projectiles, the apparatus having a housing and a barrel assembly, including side-by-side barrels, that simulates a real double barrel shotgun. Within the housing are two launching assemblies operatively connected to the barrels, and a trigger assembly for capturing launching tubes of the launching assemblies and for allowing a user to release the launching tubes, and launching springs mounted around the launching tubes to cause the projectiles to be “fired” when the launching tubes are released. Also mounted to the housing and the barrel assembly, and operatively connected to the launching assemblies, is a cocking assembly having an elongated link pivotally connected at one end to the barrel assembly and at an opposite end to a ratchet and compression mechanism. The ratchet and compression mechanism includes a central block with an upward extending arm for engaging the launching tubes to compress the launching springs, and a downward extending arm for engaging a rack connected to an inner frame of the housing to prevent the launching springs, when partially compressed, from snapping to an expanded position should the user fumble the apparatus during a cocking cycle. The barrel assembly is rotatable between a housing aligned position and a housing nonaligned position. The barrel assembly also includes a slide collar for facilitating sliding the barrels between an extended position and a retracted position when the barrel assembly is in the housing aligned position. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20130067787 | COCKING SYSTEM FOR DART LAUNCHER - A cocking system for a toy gun apparatus wherein a gun housing includes a grip portion with an outward extending tab and a cocking handle connected to the gun housing. The handle is structured to receive the tab of another gun apparatus being held in a user's other hand to allow play where a user is able to hold two gun apparatus, one in each hand, and fire each and then cock each gun apparatus without releasing either gun apparatus. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130312726 | PROJECTILE LAUNCHER WITH ROTATABLE CLIP CONNECTOR - A toy launcher apparatus with a rotatable clip connector mounted to a lower portion of a housing. The housing also includes an upper portion, a barrel portion and a grip portion. Pivotally mounted to the upper portion of the housing is a handle and mounted to the grip portion is a trigger and a switch. Attached to the clip connector may be eight projectile clips and the clip connector is rotatable 45° every time the handle is pivoted forward. Mounted within the housing are a battery compartment, and a wheel and motor assembly. Batteries in the battery compartment may power the wheel and motor assembly after the switch is activated by a user. Pulling the trigger causes a projectile, such as a foam dart, to be pushed from a clip aligned with the barrel portion toward spinning wheels of the wheel and motor assembly, and the wheels cause discharge the dart. | 11-28-2013 |
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| 20090012663 | DETERMINING CURRENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS SPECIFIC TO AN AIRCRAFT - A method of providing meteorological data for aeronautical use. The method includes collecting data from a plurality of data sources, processing the data to determine current meteorological conditions of a current location of an aircraft in an airspace, and providing the current meteorological conditions to the aircraft and other users as appropriate, such as airline operations centers, air navigation service providers, and national weather service providers. Based on current aircraft behavior data and guidance systems design, beneficial wind and meteorological data can be established for a given flight and its cleared route and descent path. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20100241345 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TAILORED ALLOCATION OF ARRIVALS - A tailored arrival allocation system (TAAS) for determining a descent profile for an aircraft is described. TAAS includes a gateway operable for establishing communications between TAAS and aircraft, and for establishing communications between TAAS and at least one of a source of weather data, an air traffic services facility, and an airlines operations center. A processing device communicatively coupled to the gateway calculates a descent profile based on data received from a plurality of an air traffic services coordination function, an airline operations center function, data from the aircraft, and data received from a weather station that allows the aircraft to meet the required time at one or more metering fixes during the descent. Output interfaces provide data relating to the calculated descent profile to the processing device. The gateway communicates with a flight management computer for the aircraft to incorporate the calculated descent profile onto the flight management computer. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20120083946 | TAILORED ARRIVALS ALLOCATION SYSTEM TRAJECTORY PREDICTOR - The different advantageous embodiments provide a system for generating trajectory predictions for a flight comprising a flight object manager and a trajectory predictor. The flight object manager is configured to generate flight information using a number of flight plans, a number of flight schedules, and flight status information. The trajectory predictor is configured to receive flight information from the flight object manager and use the flight information to generate the trajectory predictions. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120083997 | Tailored Arrivals Allocation System Clearance Generator - The different advantageous embodiments provide a method for generating an integrated aircraft clearance. Flight information, preference information, environmental information, and constraints are retrieved from a number of sources. The flight information includes at least one of flight plan information, flight scheduling information, flight status information, and environmental information. The flight information is processed against the preference information, the environmental information, and the constraints. A clearance solution is generated for an aircraft based on the flight information, the preference information, the environmental information and the constraints. | 04-05-2012 |
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| 20090077029 | COMPACT FOCUSED SEARCH INTERFACE - A graphical user interface for searching information related to business objects includes a search interface having one or more user input fields for receiving data from a user related to one or more attributes associated with business objects. The search interface presents the one or more user input fields in response to a user context. A first tab displays information related to a set of business objects in response to a search based on the data provided to the one or more user input fields. A second tab displays information related to a business object in the set of business objects. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20130238591 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A GOVERNANCE MODEL FOR USE WITH AN ENTERPRISE CRAWL AND SEARCH FRAMEWORK ENVIRONMENT - Systems and methods for providing an enterprise crawl and search framework, including features such as use with middleware and enterprise application environments, pluggable security, search development tools, user interfaces, and governance. In accordance with an embodiment, the system includes an enterprise crawl and search framework which abstracts an underlying search engine, provides a common set of application programming interfaces for developing search functionalities, and allows the framework to serve as an integration layer between one or more enterprise search engine and one or more enterprise application. A user interface is provided for use in validating a search box against at target environment as part of implementing search within that environment. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130238662 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A GLOBAL UNIVERSAL SEARCH BOX FOR USE WITH AN ENTERPRISE CRAWL AND SEARCH FRAMEWORK - Systems and methods for providing an enterprise crawl and search framework, including features such as use with middleware and enterprise application environments, pluggable security, search development tools, user interfaces, and governance. In accordance with an embodiment, the system includes an enterprise crawl and search framework which abstracts an underlying search engine, provides a common set of application programming interfaces for developing search functionalities, and allows the framework to serve as an integration layer between one or more enterprise search engine and one or more enterprise application. A computing environment can be used to display a global universal search box. An application developer or other user can input search queries into the search box, which are then executed against crawled and/or searched data provided by the framework, and results, in the form of data represented by those searchable objects to which the user has entitlement to view, are returned dynamically, to update the contents of the search box. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130238663 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONSISTENT EMBEDDED SEARCH ACROSS ENTERPRISE APPLICATIONS WITH AN ENTERPRISE CRAWL AND SEARCH FRAMEWORK - Systems and methods for providing an enterprise crawl and search framework, including features such as use with middleware and enterprise application environments, pluggable security, search development tools, user interfaces, and governance. In accordance with an embodiment, the system includes an enterprise crawl and search framework which abstracts an underlying search engine, provides a common set of application programming interfaces for developing search functionalities, and allows the framework to serve as an integration layer between one or more enterprise search engine and one or more enterprise application. An application development framework allows an application developer to make searchable view objects that are associated with a plurality of enterprise applications. At runtime, a searchable object manager loads searchable objects from persistent storage, validates the searchable object definitions, and provides the searchable objects to the framework for use in searching across the plurality of enterprise applications. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20140095396 | ADAPTIVE KNOWLEDGE NAVIGATOR - Embodiments of the present invention are directed to providing a user interface including a dynamic visualization of an entire current context of a user, which facilitates understanding and communicating the business knowledge in collaborative business processes. According to embodiments of the present invention, these visualizations can be context sensitive and dynamically adapted to the business process metadata, user's roles, user's location, and the applicable tasks. Embodiments of the present invention provide visualizations of the evolution of the entire context including digital information and the relationships between changed items. These visualizations can include but are not limited to a 360 view, a network/dependency view, and a time-based view. | 04-03-2014 |
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| 20090292851 | DOCKING STATION FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A docking station apparatus interfaces a portable electronic device with one or more electrical systems of a vehicle. The apparatus includes a docking assembly having an internal cavity and configured to hold the electronic device, and a mechanical interface in the cavity and configured to provide a wired or wireless connection to the electronic device. A power supply conversion circuit translates vehicle power levels to electronic device power levels, and one or more support circuits or connectors provide different connectivity functions for the electronic device. The support circuits or connectors can include input audio/video connectors in the docking assembly to provide analog audio/video signals to an analog distribution hub; an audio/video encoder and digital data connectors to provide digitally encoded audio/video signals in a wired or wireless mode to a digital distribution hub; multiplexing circuitry to accept analog audio, composite video, or component video for multiplexing between externally supplied audio/video and locally generated audio/video; and a command and control circuit to provide command and control data, and navigation data, to the electronic device in a wired or wireless mode. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20110168744 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MODIFYING PRESSURE WITHIN A FLUID DISPENSER - A fluid dispenser comprising a barrel having a reservoir chamber, the barrel having an upper portion, a cap connected to the reservoir chamber, the cap having a surface with at least one hole therethrough, a valve comprising a biasing member and a hole sealer, the valve being adjacent to the reservoir chamber, a coupler having a dispense chamber, and a vent located between the cap and the reservoir chamber, the vent including a vent opening and a vent material composed of oliophobic material. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20130021525 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF IMPLEMENTING SYNCHRONIZED AUDIO AND VIDEO STREAMING - A server comprises a processing unit configured to interlace audio data packets with video data to form an interlaced audio/video data file having an approximately uniform audio time interval between consecutive audio data packets in the interlaced audio/video data file. The server also comprises an interrupt timer configured to provide periodic interrupt signals. The processing unit is configured to synchronize the start of transmission of each instance of the audio data packets and the video data packets with the periodic interrupt signals from the interrupt timer. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130038631 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A VIRTUAL TERRAIN DISPLAY - Embodiments of the present invention provide improved systems and methods for providing a virtual terrain display. In one embodiment, a method comprises identifying a location within an enclosure. The location is referenced against an external environment containing the enclosure. The method also comprises identifying a portion of a structure of the enclosure. The portion of the structure exists between the location and the external environment and blocks a view of the external environment. The method also comprises generating a display depicting a view of the external environment from the location; and applying a translucent structure representation to the display. The structure representation is a visual depiction of the portion of the structure and appearing in front of the depicted view without blocking the depicted view of the external environment. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130329330 | IN-RUSH CURRENT LIMITER AND METHOD FOR STOWABLE AND CARRY-ON DEVICES - A system and method for limiting in-rush current from a power source to a load includes sensing that a load has been electrically connected to receive electrical power from the power source. A current limiter circuit is configured to at least inhibit electrical current flow from the power source to the load for a predetermined time period. After the predetermined time period, the current limiter circuit is configured to no longer at least inhibit the electrical current flow from the power source to the load. Upon sensing that the load has been electrically disconnected from the power source, the current limiter circuit is reconfigured to at least inhibit electrical current flow from the power source to a load that may be subsequently connected to receive electrical power from the power source. | 12-12-2013 |
