US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Thursday, November 2:
DOD ANNOUNCES NAME OF ARMY SOLDIER FROM NEVADA KILLED IN IRAQ
Nov 02, 2006 ... The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following press release: The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Sgt. Kenneth E. Bostic, 21, of Hawthorne, Nev., died Oct. 30 in Baghdad, Iraq, from injuries suffered ...
Check-Mate Industries Wins $252,126 Contract
Nov 02, 2006 ... ROCK ISLAND, Ill., Nov. 2 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $252,126 contract to Check-Mate Industries Inc., Wyandanch, N.Y., for guns from 30mm to 75mm. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive & Armaments Command, Rock Island, Ill. For more information about ...
Beretta USA Wins $76,585 Contract
Nov 02, 2006 ... ROCK ISLAND, Ill., Nov. 2 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $76,585 contract to Beretta USA Corp., Accokeek, Md., for guns through 30mm. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive & Armaments Command, Rock Island, Ill. For more information about US Fed ...
Polaris Engineering Wins $71,400 Contract
Nov 02, 2006 ... WARREN, Mich., Nov. 2 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $71,400 contract to Polaris Engineering Inc., Fraser, Mich., for optical instruments, test equipment, components and accessories. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive & Armaments Command, Warren, ...
Windward Wins $367,298 Contract
Nov 02, 2006 ... WARREN, Mich., Nov. 2 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $367,298 contract to Windward Inc., Slidell, La., for pipe, tubing, hose and fittings. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive & Armaments Command, Warren, Mich. For more information about US Fed ...
First State Manufacturing Wins $57,012 Contract
Nov 02, 2006 ... ROCK ISLAND, Ill., Nov. 2 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $57,012 contract to First State Manufacturing Inc., Milford, Del., for individual equipment. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive & Armaments Command, Rock Island, Ill. For more information about ...
California Inventor Develops Automatable Insertion Method
Nov 02, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 2 -- Robert Spaulding of Santa Rosa, Calif., has developed a method for the automatable insertion or removal of an integrated circuit board. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One or more linear actuators or similar devices are coupled to one or ...
California, Texas Inventors Develop Telephone Call Quality Improvement Device
Nov 02, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 2 -- Luke Surazski of Santa Clara, Calif., and Pascal Huart of Dallas, have developed devices, softwares and methods for improving a quality of a telephone call performed via a network. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices, softwares and ...
Pennsylvania Inventor Develops Putting Practice Golf Cup
Nov 02, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 2 -- William Jones of Brownsville, Pa., has developed a putting practice golf cup. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel putting practice golf cup provides greater development of muscle memory the more aimpoint, clubhead squaring and pacing ...
Colorado Inventor Develops Optical Immunization Card
Nov 02, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 2 -- W. Jack Harper of Evergreen, Colo., has developed a system for providing security with an optical card. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to one embodiment of the invention, immunization data can be disposed on an optical card and ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Recording, Reproducing Apparatus
Nov 02, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 2 -- Masakazu Taguchi and Akihiro Itakura, both of Kawasaki, Japan, have developed a recording, reproducing apparatus with a substituting part substituting for burst errors and a method of substituting for burst errors. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
California Inventors Develop Fast Compact Decoder
Nov 02, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 2 -- Musa Jahanghir of Palo Alto, Calif., Munsi A. Haque of San Jose, Calif., and Louis Lippincott of Los Altos, Calif., have developed a fast compact decoder for huffman codes. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method may include performing ...
California Inventors Develop Wire-Bondable Image Sensor
Nov 02, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 2 -- Bahram Afshari and Jason Hartlove, both of Los Altos, Calif., and Guolin Ma of Milpitas, Calif., have developed a wire-bondable image sensor having an integral contaminant shadowing reduction structure. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Infrared Detecting Circuit
Nov 02, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 2 -- Teruki Hatatani of Sanda, Japan, Suguru Fukui of Shijonawate, Japan, and Yuji Takada of Kyoto, Japan, have developed an infrared detecting circuit and an infrared detector. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An infrared detecting circuit is ...
Massachusetts Inventor Develops Golf Club Gripping Device
Nov 02, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 2 -- Thomas S. Orchel of Seekonk, Mass., has developed a golf club gripping device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for gripping a shaft of a golf club or the like has a main support surface in the form of a thin walled member that ...
Virginia Inventors Develop Fuel Injector
Nov 02, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 2 -- Yong D. Cho of Yorktown, Va., and Michael P. Dallmeyer of Newport News, Va., have developed a fuel injector that includes a body, filter, and damper member. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The body extends along a longitudinal axis between ...
Pennsylvania Inventor Develops Mounting Bracket
Nov 02, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 2 -- Robert D. Dressler of Mechanicsburg, Pa., has developed a mounting bracket and a snow guard for raised seam roof. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mounting bracket attaches implements and other devices to the top surface of an inclined ...
Dutch Inventors Develop High Speed, Low Power Comparator
Nov 02, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 2 -- Jan Mulder of Houten, Netherlands, and Franciscus M. L. van der Goes of Den Haag, Netherlands, have developed a method for reducing bit errors in an analog to digital converter with an array of comparators. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
Dutch Inventors Develop Optical Head
Nov 02, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 2 -- Bernardus Hendrikus Wilhelmus Hendriks, Jorrit Ernst De Vries and Teunis Willem Tukker, all from Eindhoven, Netherlands, have developed an optical head for scanning an optical record carrier with an information layer. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
French Inventors Develop Remote Monitoring Method
Nov 02, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 2 -- Fre Milliot of Paris, and Gilles Ambone of Courbevoie, France, have developed a remote monitoring method without limitation, to remote fire, smoke, motion and/or sound detection. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention ...
Michigan Inventors Develop Analog Instrument Gauge Display
Nov 02, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 2 -- Nancy Dinh of Grand Blanc, Mich., Andrew R Krenz of Troy, Mich., Cecile M Giroux of Grosse Pointe, Mich., and David Bolognino of Oxford, Mich., have developed an instrument gauge display for use in motor vehicle applications. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
California Inventor Develops Printed Wiring Board
Nov 02, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 2 -- Michael K.T. Lee of San Jose, Calif., has developed a printed wiring board with differential pair signal traces has increased spacing between signal-carrying vias and ground or power planes and/or is equipped with selectively placed ground vias to enhance the impedance ...
British Inventor Develops Media Item Object Detector
Nov 02, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 2 -- Barrie Clark of Dundee, Great Britain, has developed a detector for detecting an object in a media item, such as a check or banknote. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The detector comprises first electrically conducting means, such as a ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Optical Pick-Up Apparatus
Nov 02, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 2 -- Kouji Ise, Hiroyuki Ishida and Masayuki Ono, all from Takatsuki, Japan, and Shouichi Takasuka of Osaka, Japan, have developed an optical pick-up apparatus for recording, reproducing and erasing information. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
Detroit Diesel Wins $7.88 Million Contract
Nov 02, 2006 ... WARREN, Mich., Nov. 2 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $7.88 million contract to Detroit Diesel Corp., Detroit, for diesel engines and components. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive & Armaments Command, Warren, Mich. For more information about US Fed ...
Aspen Manufacturing Wins $30,061 Contract
Nov 02, 2006 ... COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 2 -- The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded a $30,061 contract to Aspen Manufacturing Co. Inc., Beverly, N.J., for hand driven engine-priming pumps. The contract was awarded by the agency's Defense Supply Center, Columbus, Ohio. For ...
Kustom Truck & RV Wins $99,060 Contract
Nov 02, 2006 ... WARREN, Mich., Nov. 2 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $99,060 contract to Kustom Truck & RV Inc., Coos Bay, Ore., for vehicular brake, steering and axle wheel components.The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive & Armaments Command, Warren, Mich. For ...
Zecon Industries Wins $53,323 Contract
Nov 02, 2006 ... COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 2 -- The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded a $53,323 contract to Zecon Industries Inc., Martinez, Ga., for non-aircraft fuel injection nozzles. The contract was awarded by the agency's Defense Supply Center, Columbus, ...
Tire Mart Wins $35,540 Contract
Nov 02, 2006 ... WARREN, Mich., Nov. 2 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $35,540 contract to Tire Mart Inc., St. Louis, for tires and tubes. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive & Armaments Command, Warren, Mich. For more information about US Fed News ...
California Inventor Develops Remote Communication Device
Nov 02, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 2 -- Alfred I-Tsung Pan of Sunnyvale, Calif., has developed remote communications devices, wireless communications systems, remote communications device operable methods, and retail article monitoring methods. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Disk Drive Unit
Nov 02, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 2 -- Yasushi Hosono of Sayama, Japan, has developed a disk drive unit for reproducing information recorded on a digital versatile disk (DVD). According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disk drive unit has a copyright management information reading ...
U.S., German Inventors Develop Humanized Antibodies Production Method
Nov 02, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 2 -- Roland Buelow of Palo Alto, Calif., Wim van Schooten of Sunnyvale, Calif., Josef Platzer of Munich, Germany, and Jens-Ulrich Buelow of Karlsruhe, Germany, have developed humanized antibodies and antibody preparations that is produced from transgenic non-human ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Magnetic Head
Nov 02, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 2 -- Toru Mizuno, Kouji Tanaka and Satoshi Yamaguchi, all from Chuo-ku, Japan, have developed a magnetic head, and a device and a method for manufacturing the same. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a magnetic head ...
Ohio, Kentucky Inventors Develop Surgical Stapling Instrument
Nov 02, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 2 -- Frederick E. Shelton IV of Hillsboro, Ohio, Douglas B. Hoffman of Harrison, Ohio, and Michael Earl Setser of Burlington, Ky., have developed a surgical stapling instrument incorporating a multistroke firing mechanism that is having a rotary slip-clutch ...
Swiss Inventors Develop Microorganisms Detecting Method
Nov 02, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 2 -- Urs Christian Hubler and Bianca Antje Hermann, both of Basel, Switzerland, and Felice Mauro Battiston of Muttenz, Switzerland, have developed a micromechanical apparatus for the detection of a biological activity of a microorganism. According to the U.S. Patent ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Movable Member Control Apparatus
Nov 02, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 2 -- Kazukiyo Okada and Kazuyuki Hirai, both of Kosai, Japan, Motoya Yamamoto and Daisuke Mukai, both of Hamamatsu, Japan, and Yoshinobu Toyoda of Toyokawa, Japan, have developed a controller for a moving member that includes an abnormality detecting device. According to ...
Rhode Island, Connecticut Inventors Develop Gaming Method
Nov 02, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 2 -- John A. Santini Jr. of Wakefield, R.I., Robert C. Angell of West Greenwich, R.I., and James R. Lavoie of Voluntown, Conn., have developed a system, a method, and an article of manufacture for gaming from an off-site location. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Illinois Inventor Develops Encapsulated Electrically Resistive Heater
Nov 02, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 2 -- John Clulow of Kane County, Ill., has developed an electrically resistive heating element, with metal strip electrodes secured thereto, and with electrical wires secured to said metal strip electrodes, is encapsulated with thermoset-molding compound, the U.S. Patent ...
Texas, California, Illinois Inventors Develop Voice/Data Communication Systems Provision Method
Nov 02, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 2 -- Benjamin Alfred Alves of Flower Mound, Texas, Adeline Pang of San Jose, Calif., and Alan R. Loudermilk of Chicago, have developed methods for providing voice/data communication systems and voice/data communications via a portal. According to the U.S. Patent ...
Florida Inventors Develop Ambient Condition Detector
Nov 02, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 2 -- Robert Right of Holmes Beach, Fla., Hilario Costa of Myakka City, Fla., and Jan Braam of Bradenton, Fla., have developed a device and a method for detecting changes in ambient air conditions. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for ...
Massachusetts Inventors Develop Golf Ball Non-Circular Dimple
Nov 02, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 2 -- Thomas A. Veilleux of Charlton, Mass., Vincent J. Simonds of Brimfield, Mass., and Kevin Shannon of Springfield, Mass., have developed a non-circular dimple for a golf ball. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A golf ball with a dimple pattern ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Golf Ball
Nov 02, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 2 -- Kazuhisa Fushihara of Kobe, Japan, has developed a yellow-colored golf ball that can be manufactured without polluting the production line with a yellow pigment. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a ...
German Inventor Develops Recording Apparatus
Nov 02, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 2 -- Ju Kaaden of Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany, has developed a reproduction or recording apparatus for different optical recording media. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a reproduction or recording apparatus for ...
German Inventor Develops Internal Combustion Engine Injection Nozzle
Nov 02, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 2 -- Friedrich Boecking of Stuttgart, Germany, has developed an injection nozzle for an internal combustion engines, which has an annular groove in the nozzle needle. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An injection nozzle is proposed in which the ...
Illinois Inventors Develop Barrier Mount System
Nov 02, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 2 -- James J. Fitzgibbon of Batavia, Ill., and Edward Laird of Lombard, Ill., have developed a barrier movement control safety method and an apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A barrier mount system is disclosed which opens and closes a ...
California Inventors Develop Fluid Delivery Device
Nov 02, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 2 -- John M. Boyd of Atascadero, Calif., and Carl Woods of Aptos, Calif., have developed a fluid delivery device for delivering fluid to the backside of a substrate while minimizing waste. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The device includes an ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Image Correction Data Calculation Method
Nov 02, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 2 -- Ken Ioka of Hachioji, Japan, Toru Wada of Niiza, Japan, and Kensuke Ishii of Tokyo, have developed a method and an apparatus for calculating image correction data and a projection system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image correction ...
Texas Inventors Develop Irrigation System
Nov 02, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 2 -- Greg Archambeau, Richard Klena and Anthony Wood, all from Dallas, have developed an irrigation system for supplying aerated water to plants that includes a diffuser. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Oxygen is diffused into water by the ...
Delaware Inventors Develop Plant Caffeic Acid 3-O-Methyltransferase Homologs
Nov 02, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 2 -- Rebecca E. Cahoon and J. Antoni Rafalski, both of Wilmington, Del., have developed an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a protein involved in phenylpropanoid metabolism. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention also relates to ...
Illinois Inventor Develops Adjustable Weight Training Belt
Nov 02, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 2 -- Timothy J. Nolan of Rockford, Ill., has developed an adjustable weight training belt for a baseball bat. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "adjustable weight training belt for use with a baseball bat comprising a ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Image Pickup Device
Nov 02, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 2 -- Osamu Hamamoto, Yoshinori Shimamura, Kazuaki Tashiro, Tetsunobu Kochi and Kenji Kajiwara, all from Kanagawa, Japan, and Noriyuki Kaifu and Osamu Yuki, both of Tokyo, have developed an image pickup device, a radiation image pickup device and an image processing ...
California Inventors Develop Interval Modulation Coding Method
Nov 02, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 2 -- Saleem Mukhtar and Jehoshua Bruck, both of Pasadena, Calif., have developed a method of modulating data for transmission over a data channel. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The design of communication and storage systems requires a choice ...
Illinois Inventor Develops Enhanced Call Service Packet Data Terminal
Nov 02, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 2 -- Sanjeev Mahajan of Naperville, Ill., has developed a method and an apparatus that sponsors packet based voice over Internet protocol telephone services. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In communication system, a packet data terminal (e.g., ...
Indian Inventors Develop Symbol Decoding Technology
Nov 02, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 2 -- Sadanand Shirdhonkar and Venkata Ratna Reddy Mullangi, both of Bangalore, India, have developed a method of decoding a sequence of code-words that representes a corresponding sequence of symbols in a compressed format. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Ohio Inventors Develop Proteinaceous Material
Nov 02, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 2 -- Kathleen M. Antloga and Gerald E. McDonnell, both of Chardon, Ohio, have developed a method for evaluation of candidate treatments for in vitro activity against prions on surfaces known or suspected of being contaminated with prions which cause prion-related ...
ESE Wins $39,555 Contract
Nov 02, 2006 ... COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 2 -- The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded a $39,555 contract to ESE Inc., Kettering, Ohio, for engine fuel tanks. The contract was awarded by the agency's Defense Supply Center, Columbus, Ohio. For more ...
FEA Wins $56,080 Contract
Nov 02, 2006 ... PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 2 -- The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded a $56,080 contract to FEA Inc., Sanford, Fla., for alarm, signal and security detection equipment. The contract was awarded by the agency's Defense Supply Center, ...
Kaydon Custom Bearings Wins $27,318 Contract
Nov 02, 2006 ... PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 2 -- The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded a $27,318 contract to Kaydon Corp., operating as Kaydon Custom Bearings, Muskegon, Mich., for annular ball bearings. The contract was awarded by the agency's ...
Tire Mart Wins $25,019 Contract
Nov 02, 2006 ... WARREN, Mich., Nov. 2 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $25,019 contract to Tire Mart Inc., St. Louis, for tires and tubes. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive & Armaments Command, Warren, Mich. For more information about US Fed News ...
Apex Manufacturing Wins $103,360 Contract
Nov 02, 2006 ... REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala., Nov. 2 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $103,360 contract to Apex Manufacturing Co. Inc., Sun Valley, Calif., for electrical and electronic boards, cards and associated hardware. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Command, Redstone ...
Penn Detroit Diesel Allison Wins $477,302 Contract
Nov 02, 2006 ... WARREN, Mich., Nov. 2 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $477,302 contract to Penn Detroit Diesel Allison Inc., York Haven, Pa., for engine fuel system components. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive & Armaments Command, Warren, Mich. For more information ...
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Wins $107,124 Contract
Nov 02, 2006 ... WARREN, Mich., Nov. 2 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $107,124 contract to Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, for tires and tubes. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive & Armaments Command, Warren, Mich. For more information about US Fed ...
Helicomb International Wins $94,035 Contract
Nov 02, 2006 ... PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 2 -- The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded a $94,035 contract to Helicomb International Inc., Tulsa, Okla., for floor assemblies. The contract was awarded by the agency's Defense Supply ...
Freightliner Wins $128.37 Million Contract
Nov 02, 2006 ... WARREN, Mich., Nov. 2 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $128.37 million contract to Freightliner LLC, Portland, Ore., for trailers. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive & Armaments Command, Warren, Mich. For more information about US Fed News ...
St. Mary Our Lady of Ransom Church Wins $31,200 Contract
Nov 02, 2006 ... SALTERS, S.C., Nov. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Justice has awarded a $31,200 contract to St. Mary Our Lady of Ransom Church, Georgetown, S.C., for Catholic priests. The contract was awarded by the department's Bureau of Prisons, Federal Correctional Institution, Salters, ...