US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Thursday, October 19:
German Inventor Develops Electric Motor
Oct 19, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Elferich Reinhold of Aachen, Germany, has developed an electric motor that have foil-shaped substrate with tracks with varying width. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric motor comprises a first part and a second part which are ...
Minnesota Inventors Develop Tank Fitting
Oct 19, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- James R. Hawkinson of Maplegrove, Minn., and Jerome T. Paulson of Orono, Minn., have developed a tank fitting and a method of its use. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Tank fittings are provided. A tank fitting has a coupling. The coupling ...
Michigan Inventors Develop Table
Oct 19, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Keith Alan Viazanko of Waterford, Mich., and Ken R. Viazanko of Ludington, Mich., have developed a legless table. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The legless table includes a tabletop, a first support, a track, a fastener and a second ...
French Inventor Develops Paper Item Storing Security Device
Oct 19, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Philippe Besnard of Griselles, France, has developed a security device for transporting and/or storing paper items of value. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A security device for transporting and/or storing paper items of value includes ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Data Protection Method
Oct 19, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Yoshiaki Uchida of Kawasaki, Japan, has developed a data protection method for protecting data recorded on a removable storage medium, such as an optical magnetic disk. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The method includes the steps of ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Large Scale Integrated Circuit System
Oct 19, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Hiroyuki Nakajima of Kanagawa, Japan, has developed a method for controlling processor in active/standby mode by third decoder based on instructions sent to a first decoder and the third decoder. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Current Supplying Universal Serial Bus Device
Oct 19, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Hiroshi Sugita, Kenichi Sonobe, Tomokazu Kaneko, Hirota Takahashi, Kazuya Edogawa and Tsutomu Hoshino, all from Iwatsuki, Japan, have developed an universal serial bus (USB) device which is connected to devices through a USB interface and is capable of feeding current ...
U.S., Italian Inventors Develop Vehicle Steering Wheel Assembly
Oct 19, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Adolfo Ridolfi and Federico Girardi, both of Verona, Italy, Giuseppe Testa of Illasi, Italy, Xiaoping Xu of Rochester Hills, Mich., and Jason Luo of Troy, Mich., have developed a switch assembly for an airbag module attachment. According to the U.S. Patent ...
South Dakota Inventors Develop Emergency Cutting Torch System
Oct 19, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Robert W. Wakeman and Bruce A. Buhler, both of Watertown, S.D., have developed an emergency cutting torch system that is adapted to be stored within a compartment of a rescue vehicle. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The emergency cutting ...
California Inventor Develops Perpendicularly Recorded Servo Pattern Method
Oct 19, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Maxim Roth of Cupertino, Calif. has developed a system and method for perpendicularly recorded servo pattern. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Perpendicular recorded servo patterns are used such that a first and second servo fields can be ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Stylus Pen
Oct 19, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Kenichi Sugino, Tomoyuki Sakiyama and Yui Ehara, all from Kyoto, Japan, have developed an ornamental design for a stylus pen for hand-held electronic game machine, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No ....
Maine Inventor Develops Radio Frequency Coaxial Connection Apparatus
Oct 19, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Adam Jones of Windham, Maine, has developed a method and an apparatus for radio frequency (RF) coaxial connection. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector for connecting high-power RF coaxial joints uses a screw-thread locking ring to ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Surface-Mounted Connector
Oct 19, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Harehide Sasaki, Reiki Okamoto and Yoshiaki Kato, all from Aichi-ken, Japan, have developed a surface-mounted connector in which terminals projecting from a connector main body is soldered to a substrate in a state of being placed on the substrate. According ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Safety Bar
Oct 19, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Yasuhiro Imai and Fuminori Matsuura, both of Noda, Japan, have developed a safety bar that includes opening for releasing air engulfed between two rotating members and safety bar. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A covering device for ...
Illinois Inventors Develop Newspaper Press Cut-Off Reduction Method
Oct 19, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Gregory F. Tabor of Downer's Grove, Ill., Michael Hart of Channahon, Ill., and Carlos F. Noa of Plainfield, Ill., have developed systems and methods for newspaper press cut-off reduction. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Chip Package Assembly
Oct 19, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Kuo-Tung Tiao of Hsin Chu, Taiwan, has developed a method for packaging chip. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A chip package assembly is produced by preparing a transparent substrate in advance, a chip is electrically connected to a ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Information Providing Apparatus
Oct 19, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Naomi Go and Akira Kurihara, both of Kanagawa, Japan, have developed an information providing apparatus and a method, an information processing apparatus and a method, and a program storage medium. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Contents ...
Netversant Solutions Chesapeake Wins $434,120 Contract
Oct 19, 2006 ... PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 19 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $434,120 contract to Netversant Solutions Chesapeake Inc., Baltimore, for surveillance system for Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Area bridges, Chesapeake City, Md. The contract was awarded the U.S. Army Engineer District, ...
Curtiss-Wright Flight Systems Wins $210,560 Contract
Oct 19, 2006 ... PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 19 -- The U.S. Navy has awarded a $210,560 contract to Curtiss-Wright Flight Systems Inc., Gastonia, N.C., for maintenance, repair and rebuilding of equipment. The contract was awarded by the Naval Inventory Control Point, Philadelphia. For more ...
Parker Hannifin Customer Support Wins $31,250 Contract
Oct 19, 2006 ... PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 19 -- The U.S. Navy has awarded a $31,250 contract to Parker Hannifin Customer Support Inc., Irvine, Calif., for the repair and modification of damper assemblies. The contract was awarded by the Naval Inventory Control Point, Philadelphia. For more ...
Michigan Inventors Develop Resilient Clip Fastener
Oct 19, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Robert W Osterland of East China Township, Mich., and Jeff A Slobodecki of Wales, Mich., have developed a low insertion effort u-base retainer. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A resilient clip for engaging a structure and having a body ...
Belgian Inventors Develop Lithographic Printing Method
Oct 19, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Eric Verschueren of Merksplas, Belgium, Rudi Goedeweeck of Rotselaar, Belgium, and Joan Vermeersch of Deinze, Belgium, have developed a method of lithographic printing without dampening liquid. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & ...
French Inventors Develop Computer Mass Storage Unit Partitioning System
Oct 19, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Jean-Francois Larvoire of Meylan, France, and Bruno Richard of Crolles, France, have developed a method and a system for selectively booting one of a plurality of operating systems contained on a mass storage device. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Kansas Inventor Develops Injection Molding Machine
Oct 19, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Razmik L. Akopyan of Olathe, Kan., has developed an injection molding machine utilizes microwave heating. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microwave oven adapted to receive a microwave absorbent plasticizing vessel is utilized with or ...
California Inventor Develops Static Initialization Overhead Elimination Method
Oct 19, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Nedim Fresko of San Francisco has developed a system and a method for eliminating static initialization overhead by memory space cloning of a master runtime system process. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for ...
Florida Inventors Develop Weapon Effectiveness Estimating System
Oct 19, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- James D. Waid of Bradenton, Fla., and Brian E. Fly of Clearwater, Fla., have developed methods and systems for estimating weapon effectiveness. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for providing an estimate of effectiveness ...
Arizona Inventors Develop Die, Substrate Interconnecting Method
Oct 19, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Biju Chandran and Carlos A. Gonzalez, both of Chandler, Ariz., have developed a method of interconnecting die and substrate. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A low resistance package-to-die interconnect scheme for reduced die stresses ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Plug Arrangement
Oct 19, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Miao-Tzu Chou, Kuang-Yu Tseng and Chia-Yen Hsu, all from Taipei, Taiwan, have developed an anti-escape socket and plug arrangement, which prevents disconnection of the plug from the socket. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An anti-escape ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Shaft Coupling Device
Oct 19, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Hiroshi Ono and Kaoru Yoshino, both of Tokyo, have developed a device for and a method of coupling shafts, image formation apparatus, process cartridge, and belt unit. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shaft coupling device for coupling a ...
Spanish Inventors Develop Pneumatic Servomotor
Oct 19, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Bruno Berthomieu and Juan Simon Bacardit, both of Barcelona, Spain, and Fernando Sacristan of Cabrils, Spain, have developed a pneumatic servomotor for assisted braking. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "pneumatic ...
German Inventors Develop Sheet Lateral Alignment Device
Oct 19, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Sven Baumgarten of Heidelberg, Germany, Jens Kloss of Eppelheim, Germany, Michael Krueger of Edingen-Neckarhausen, Germany, Juergen Maass of Wiesloch, Germany, Volker Mueller of Leimen, Germany, and Thomas Schaeffer of Mauer, Germany, have developed an independently ...
Chinese Inventors Develop Electrical Connector
Oct 19, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- WenJun Tang and XueWu Bu, both of Kunsan, China, have developed a card edge connector assembly that is adapted for mounting on a printed circuit board to electrically connect with a daughter card. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The ...
Minnesota Inventors Develop Write Pre-Compensation Providing Apparatus
Oct 19, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Firmin M. Musungu, Joey M. Poss and Raymond A. Richetta, all from Rochester, Minn., have developed a method and an apparatus for providing write pre-compensation using a read timing path. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present ...
Ohio Inventors Develop Airbag Module Cover
Oct 19, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- David P. Schenck of Miamisburg, Ohio, Ryan T. Pinsenschaum of Vandalia, Ohio, and Mark T. Winters of Troy, Ohio, have developed an airbag module with an inflatable cushion for use in a vehicle with an interior surface. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Illinois Inventor Develops Hydraulic Cylinder
Oct 19, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Mahd H. Alrefai of Orland Park, Ill., has developed a hydraulic cylinder having a snubbing valve. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hydraulic cylinder has a tube with a first end and a section end. The hydraulic cylinder also has a piston ...
Texas Inventors Develop Paper Holding Device
Oct 19, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Chip E. Thomson, Glen E. Clifton, Michael C. Lah, Lauren S. Brenneman and Joseph B. Wieck, all from Austin, Texas, have developed devices that hold paper, cards, and/or a wallet. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to ...
Taiwanese, Chinese Inventors Develop Electrical Card Connector
Oct 19, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Gwou-Jong Tseng of Tu-Chen, Taiwan, and Xin Yao Tang of Kunshan, China, have developed an electrical card connector for receiving an electrical card. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical card connector for receiving an ...
Idaho Inventors Develop Multiple Device Component Packaging Technique
Oct 19, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Todd O. Bolken of Star, Idaho, and Chad A. Cobbley of Boise, Idaho, have developed a technique for packaging a multiple device component. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "technique for packaging multiple devices ...
Michigan Inventors Develop Trim Panel
Oct 19, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Glenn A. Cowelchuk of Chesterfield, Mich., Michael J. Hier of Milford, Mich., and Todd L. Depue of Brighton, Mich., have developed a trim panel with foam bridge supported hidden tear seam. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In at least one ...
Kentucky Inventors Develop Printer Speed Mode
Oct 19, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Michael William Lawrence and Barry Baxter Stout, both of Lexington, Ky., and Kevin Matthew Johnson of Georgetown, Ky., have developed imaging devices that feed variable length media over a paper path longer than the length of some of the media to be ...
German Inventors Develop Semiconductor Lithography Projection Objective
Oct 19, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Alexander Kohl of Aalen, Germany, Hubert Holderer of Koenigsbronn, Germany, Werner Lang of Geislingen, Germany, and Hartmut Brandenburg of Westhausen, Germany, have developed a projection objective for use in semiconductor lithography. According to the U.S ....
Minnesota Inventors Develop Write Pre-Compensation Providing Apparatus
Oct 19, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Firmin M. Musungu, Joey M. Poss and Raymond A. Richetta, all from Rochester, Minn., have developed a method and an apparatus for providing write pre-compensation using a read timing path. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present ...
U.S., British Inventors Develop Wide Angle Projection Lens
Oct 19, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Ernesto M. Rodriguez Jr. of Austin, Texas, and Kai Chang Lu of Birmingham, Great Britain, have developed a projection lens and display device for use in short throw distance applications. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wide angle ...
California Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Children's Activity Set, Lap Desk
Oct 19, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Jerold Bruce Balzer of San Francisco has developed an ornamental design for a children's activity set and lap desk, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D530,371 on Oct. 17. The patent has been ...
Minnesota Inventors Develop Personal Oxygen Concentrator
Oct 19, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Theodore W. Jagger, Nicholas P. Van Brunt and Perry B. Lonnes, all from White Bear Lake, Minn., and John A. Kivisto of Oak Grove, Minn., have developed wearable oxygen concentration systems that utilizes vacuum swing adsorption for creating an oxygen stream for ...
German Inventors Develop Media Precise Positioning Apparatus
Oct 19, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Ruediger Friedrich Berger of Bayreuth, Germany, Andreas Dietzel of Wallertheim, Germany, Thomas Frank of Selzen, Germany, and Volker Heinrich of Wiesbaden, Germany, have developed an apparatus for exactly positioning a medium mounted on a spindle. According to ...
California, Washington Inventors Develop Micro Electro-Mechanical System
Oct 19, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Gary Joseph Pashby of Milpitas, Calif., and Timothy G. Slater of Seattle, have developed micro electro-mechanical systems switch that includes a micro-machined monolithic layer having, a seesaw, a pair of torsion bars, and a frame. According to the U.S ....
California Inventors Develop Cryptography Acceleration Method
Oct 19, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Suresh Krishna of Sunnyvale, Calif., and Christopher Owen of Los Gatos, Calif., have developed a security chip architecture and implementations for cryptography acceleration. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An architecture and a method ...
Austrian Inventors Develop Military Vehicle Weapon Operator Seating System
Oct 19, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Gu Sulm and Hans Weber, both of Vienna, Austria, have developed a seating system for a weapon operator of a military vehicle. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seating system for a weapon operator of a military vehicle such as a tank has ...
California Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Four-Wheeled Motorcycle
Oct 19, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Yoshiharu Sugawara of Lakewood, Calif., has developed an ornamental design for a four-wheeled motorcycle, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D529,840 on Oct. 10. The patent has been assigned to ...
Texas Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Trike Body
Oct 19, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Jeffrey L. Vey of Whitehouse, Texas, has developed an ornamental design for a trike body, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D529,841 on Oct. 10. The patent has been assigned to Thoroughbred ...
Office Installations Wins $60,000 Contract
Oct 19, 2006 ... DETROIT, Oct. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded a $60,000 contract to Office Installations Inc., Westland, Mich., for furniture. The contract was awarded by the John D. Dingell VA Medical Center, Detroit. For more information about US ...
Sequenom Wins $42,464 Contract
Oct 19, 2006 ... BETHESDA, Md., Oct. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services has awarded a $42,464 contract to Sequenom, San Diego, for maintenance and repair shop equipment. The contract was awarded by HHS' National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Bethesda, Md ....
Cable USA Wins $1.68 Million Contract
Oct 19, 2006 ... LORETTO, Pa., Oct. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Justice has awarded a $1.68 million contract to Cable USA, Naples, Fla., for cables. The contract was awarded by the department's Federal Prison Industries/UNICOR, Loretto, Pa. For more information about US Fed ...
L-3 Communications Wins $30,000 Contract
Oct 19, 2006 ... PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 19 -- The U.S. Navy has awarded a $30,000 contract to L-3 Communications Corp., Alpharetta, Ga., for circuit card assemblies and similar replacement parts. The contract was awarded by the Naval Inventory Control Point, Philadelphia. For more information about ...
Flowerve Wins $273,420 Contract
Oct 19, 2006 ... PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 19 -- The U.S. Navy has awarded a $273,420 contract to Flowerve Corp., Lynchburg, Va., for motor unit assemblies. The contract was awarded by the Naval Inventory Control Point, Philadelphia. For more information about US Fed News ...
Smiths Aerosapce Wins $173,880 Contract
Oct 19, 2006 ... PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 19 -- The U.S. Navy has awarded a $173,880 contract to Smiths Aerosapce LLC, Grand Rapids, Mich., for the repair and modification of program loaders. The contract was awarded by the Naval Inventory Control Point, Philadelphia. For more information ...
Community Education Center Wins $4.65 Million Contract
Oct 19, 2006 ... WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Justice has awarded a contract valued at up to $4.65 million to Community Education Center, Roseland, N.J., for social services. The contract was awarded by the department's Bureau of Prisons. For more information about US Fed News ...
Smiths Aerospace Wins $494,000 Contract
Oct 19, 2006 ... PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 19 -- The U.S. Navy has awarded a $494,000 contract to Smiths Aerospace LLC, Vandalia, Ohio, for alternating generators. The contract was awarded by the Naval Inventory Control Point, Philadelphia. For more information about US Fed ...
John Silletto Wins $30,000 Contact
Oct 19, 2006 ... SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded a $30,000 contact to John Silletto, West Valley City, Utah, for photographic, mapping, printing and publication services. The contract was awarded by USDA's Forest Service, R-4 Geospatial Service & Technology ...
Garland Construction Wins $168,000 Contract
Oct 19, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, La., Oct. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded a $168,000 contract to Garland Construction, Robbinsville, N.C., for debris removal. The contract was awarded by USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service, Louisiana State Office, Alexandria, La. Work will be ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Optical Information Recording Medium Objective Lens
Oct 19, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Minoru Sekine of Yokohama, Japan, has developed an objective lens that is capable of recording or reproducing informations of hard disk, digital video disc and compact disk. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reference lens and a ...
Massachusetts Inventor Develops Reduced Mass Optical Element
Oct 19, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Jerome H. Simon of Newton Centre, Mass., has developed collimating and optical elements with reduced mass. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "lens for substantially collimating light in one axis and spreading light ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Bernoulli Effect Air Nozzle for Silicone Wafer Pickup Tool
Oct 19, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Hitoshi Iwasaka of Koufu, Japan, Hideyuki Tokunaga of Minami-Alps, Japan, and Koutaro Kobayashi of Tsuru, Japan, have developed an ornamental design for a Bernoulli effect air nozzle for silicone wafer pickup tool, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office ...
New Jersey Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Non-Spill Paint Cup
Oct 19, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Lee M. Siegel of Mount Laurel, N.J., has developed an ornamental design for a non-spill paint cup, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D530,370 on Oct. 17. The patent has been assigned to CRI2000 ...