US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Wednesday, November 15:
Pennsylvania Inventors Develop Plastic Container Dome
Nov 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- David B. Heisner of York, Pa., and Justin Howell of Etters, Pa., have developed a dome for a plastic container. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "dome for a plastic container having a longitudinal axis, including an upper ...
Arizona Inventors Develop Core Power Distribution Mechanism
Nov 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- William F. Handley and Javier Leija, both of Chandler, Ariz., Edoardo Campini of Mesa, Ariz., and Mark D. Summers of Phoenix, have developed an integrated heatsink and a core power distribution mechanism. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
California Inventor Develops Horizontally Extending Hose Cleaning Apparatus
Nov 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Angelo J. Bessa of Camarillo, Calif., has developed a horizontally extending hose cleaning and drying apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A horizontally extending hose cleaning and drying apparatus includes a plurality of rack ...
German Inventors Develop Overhead Door Separating Device
Nov 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Michael Sanke of Rheda-Wiedenbruck, Germany, and Viktor Schutz of Arnsberg, Germany, have developed a separating device for a drive device that can be coupled to a movable structural component, such as a door leaf movable overhead, the separating device ....
Swedish Inventors Develop Adhesive Label Resealable Package, Label Web
Nov 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Thomas Andersson of Morarp, Sweden, and Carl-Olof Norlin of Strovelstorp, Sweden, have developed an adhesive label and a resealable package that is provided with such a label and a label web According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The package has ...
Minnesota Inventor Develops Wafer Support Attachment
Nov 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Shawn D. Eggum of Lonsdale, Minn., has developed a wafer support attachment for a semi-conductor wafer transport container. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "wafer container for supporting semi-conductor wafer ...
Nevada Inventors Develop Vertical Telescopic Stage Accessories Device
Nov 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Cathy D. Santa Cruz of Reno, Nev., and Gordon E. Churchward of Silver City, Nev., have developed a combination of multiple stage lights and multiple sets of curtains, all of which are contained in an overhead or below ground vertically movable ...
Ohio Inventors Develop Floral Product Container
Nov 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Lawrence J. Ohlman III, Lawrence J. Ohlman Jr., and William H. Bettinger, all from Toledo, Ohio, have developed a floral product container and a method of making the same. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The floral product container has ...
New Mexico Inventor Develops Tool Element, Screw Kit
Nov 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Jeffrey M. Hills of El Prado, N.M., has developed a tool element and a screw for mating engagement therewith. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a kit comprising a tool element and a screw for mating engagement ...
California Inventor Develops Semiconductor Wafer Heating Method
Nov 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Paul Janis Timans of Mountain View, Calif., has developed a method and an apparatus for heating semiconductor wafers in thermal processing chambers. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The apparatus includes a non-contact temperature ...
California Inventor Develops Template for Construction Materials Cutting
Nov 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Gary Lee Boomershine of San Mateo, Calif., has developed a template for measuring, marking and cutting of construction materials, and a method of using the same. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a template for ...
Indiana Inventors Develop Tangle Free Fishing Pole
Nov 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Mark R. Maguire, Cynthia A. Maguire, Daniel E. Morken and Rebecca L. Morken, all from Fort Wayne, Ind., have developed a fishing pole enhancement kit that includes an elongated tube configured to be disposed through at least two fishing line guides and two captivating ...
Illinois Inventors Develop Identification Labeling System
Nov 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Jack E. Caveney of Hinsdale, Ill., and John J. Bulanda of New Lenox, Ill., have developed an identification labeling system having a faceplate with a recess and a label cover that may be retained within the recess. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Angle-Variable Optical Marking Apparatus
Nov 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Chyi-Yiing Wu of Taipei, Taiwan, has developed an optical marking apparatus for varying marking angles. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical marking apparatus includes: a laser illuminator mounted in a housing for emitting a laser ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Tunable Filter
Nov 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Takashi Kawakubo, Ryoichi Ohara, Kazuhide Abe, Hiroshi Yoshida and Hiroshi Tsurumi, all from Kanagawa-ken, Japan, have developed a tunable filter with a variable capacitor of which capacitance is variably controlled by a thin-film piezoelectric actuator and an ...
German Inventors Develop Hydrodynamic Clutch Arrangement
Nov 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Herbert Johann of Wurzburg, Germany, Herbert Schmid of Munnerstadt, Germany, and Fritz Leber of Friedrichshafen, Germany, have developed a hydrodynamic clutch arrangement with a clutch device inside the clutch housing. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Israeli Inventors Develop Autonomous Machine for Docking
Nov 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Shai Abramson of Pardesia, Israel, and Alon Gandel of Raanana, Israel, have developed an autonomous robot that is designed for docking in a docking station. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The autonomous robot is configured such that it ...
Michigan Inventor Develops Folded Ear Protector
Nov 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Deborah Watson of Saginaw, Mich., has developed an ear cover for covering and protecting the ear from fluids and hot implements. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "ear protector and ear cover for and method ...
U.S., Russian Inventors Develop Plasma Generation System
Nov 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Philip G. Rutberg, Alexei A. Safronov and Vasily N. Shiryaev, all from St-Petersburg, Russia, and Alexander P. Routberg of Huntsville, Ala., have developed a multi-phase alternating current plasma generator. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
California Inventors Develop Multi-Shot Ring Airfoil Projectile Launcher
Nov 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Chester Vanek of Sunnyvale, Calif., and Abraham Flatau of Palo Alto, Calif., have developed a multi-shot launcher adapted to launch ring airfoil projectiles. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Each ring airfoil projectile is coupled to a ...
Kansas Inventor Develops Skid-Steer Loader Cooling System
Nov 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Edward L. Wagner of Wichita, Kan., has developed a cooling system for skid steer loader including fan assembly mounted to engine. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The cooling system of a skid-steer loader provides for heat exchangers, e.g ....
California Inventor Develops Magnetic Head Making Method
Nov 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Jeffrey Scott Lille of Sunnyvale, Calif., has developed a method of making a magnetic head. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A narrow track width read sensor having a high magnetoresistive sensitivity is made using a self-aligned process ...
Idaho Inventors Develop Semiconductor Component Fabrication Method
Nov 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Aaron M. Schoenfeld of Boise, Idaho, David J. Corisis of Nampa, Idaho, and Tyler J. Gomm of Meridian, Idaho, have developed a method for fabricating a semiconductor component. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor component ...
New York Inventor Develops Variable Weight Diamond Jig Fishing Lure
Nov 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- William Gironda of Wading River, N.Y., has developed a diamond-shaped lure wherein weights for varying the lure's operating depth are easily changed. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The variable weight diamond jig fishing lure has a jig ...
Illinois Inventor Develops Decoy
Nov 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Jim Druliner of Chicago has developed a decoy which has an up and down movement to simulate a feeding waterfowl. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "decoy which has a head separate from the body and which has a ...
Idaho Inventor Develops Probe Storage Device
Nov 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Todd C. Adelmann of Boise, Idaho, has developed a probe storage device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A probe storage device includes an array of memory storage locations, an array of probes proximate to the array of memory storage ...
Italian Inventor Develops Object Holding Device
Nov 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Matteo Zoppas of Fontanafredda, Italy, Marco Leonardi of Treviso, Italy, Andrea Saran of Monastier, Italy, Alberto Armellin of Vittorio Veneto, Italy, and Paola Tamagnone of Conegliano, Italy, have developed a device and a method for picking up, handling and moving ...
Canadian Inventors Develop Fertilizer Product Manufacting Apparatus
Nov 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Christianne Carin, Christianne Carin and Brian N. Gorbell, all from Priddis, Canada, Alvin W. Fedkenheuer and Alexander Starosud, both of Calgary, Canada, and John S. Jonasson of Tisdale, Canada, have developed a process and an apparatus for manufacture of fertilizer ...
Minnesota Inventor Develops Sign Support Frame
Nov 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Paul A. Lang of Inver Grove Heights, Minn., has developed a pair of sign support frames connected to a sign with upright member that has upright reinforcement bars secured to arch or base members. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The bars ...
California Inventor Develops Afterburning, Recuperated, Positive Displacement Engine
Nov 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Richard Alan Proeschel of Thousand Oaks, Calif., has developed a commercially viable, open cycle, positive displacement engine where heat addition to the cycle is effected solely through a recuperator. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Vacuum Cleaner Accessory Tool Assembly
Nov 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Sung-Guen Kim of Changwon, South Korea, has developed an accessory tool for a vacuum cleaner which allows a small crevice to be easily cleaned, and for accessory tools to be easily changed based on places to be cleaned. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Media Cassette
Nov 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Dae-Keun Jun of Jeollabuk-Do, South Korea, has developed a media cassette and a media dispenser having the same. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A media cassette includes a casing mounted on a mounting portion of a media dispenser, having ...
California Inventor Develops Motorcycle Brake Linkage
Nov 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Jesse G. James of Surfside, Calif., has developed a linkage for a motorcycle braking system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motorcycle including a front wheel, a rear wheel, a frame, a seat and handlebars is disclosed. The motorcycle ...
California Inventor Develops Barricade Sign
Nov 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Guadalupe C. Garcia of Modesto, Calif., has developed a barricade sign that is compact, portable, safe, durable, versatile, and weather/wind resistant. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The barricade sign distinguishes a base and a lid that ...
U.S., Canadian Inventors Develop Electronically Keyed Dispensing Systems
Nov 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Richard C. Sayers and Michael J. Dolan, both of Akron, Ohio, Shane Obitts of Elyria, Ohio, William A. Hudgins of Stow, Ohio, Spencer W. Allen of Wexford, Pa., R. Victor Sulkowski of Houston, Pa., and Paul Waterhouse of Hamilton, Canada, have developed electronically ...
Wisconsin Inventors Develop Inter-Folded Sheet Dispenser
Nov 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Janica S. Behnke of Appleton, Wis., Kathleen R. Rigotti of Neenah, Wis., Katie L. Thomas of Wrightstown, Wis., Timothy P. Hartjes of Kimberly, Wis., Michael R. Kilgore of Little Suamico, Wis., and Gregory D. Budz of Sobieski, Wis., have developed an inter-folded sheet ...
Illinois Inventors Develop Solid-State Direct Replacement Relay Assembly
Nov 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Steve R. Stanick and Michael A. Meyers of Joliet, Ill., have developed a method for solid-state replacement for locomotive relay. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "solid-state direct replacement relay assembly, ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Chip Interconnection Structure
Nov 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Shi-Tron Lin of Taipei, Taiwan, has developed an interconnect structure of a chip and a configuration method thereof. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A chip has a power bus, a first metal layer and a plurality of internal electronic ...
California Inventor Develops Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor Transistor Forming Method
Nov 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Myung Jin Kong of San Jose, Calif., has developed systems and methods for reducing infrared (IR)-drop noise. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The diffusion structures in Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) devices can be changed ...
Wisconsin Inventors Develop Billboard Advertising Hoist System
Nov 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Robert B. McMurray of Brookfield, Wis., and Paul T. Riedl of New Berlin, Wis., have developed a billboard advertising copy hoist system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hoist system can be used to raise articles. The hoist system can ...
Wisconsin, Washington Inventors Develop Switchgear with Embedded Electronic Control
Nov 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- John P. Jonas of Greendale, Wis., Richard G. Rocamora of Waukesha, Wis., Michael P. Dunk of Caledonia, Wis., and Veselin Skendzic of Pullman, Wash., have developed a system for controlling and monitoring a power distribution system. According to the U.S ....
Japanese Inventors Develop Fluid Machine
Nov 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Shigeki Iwanami, Tadashi Hotta and Hironori Asa, all from Okazaki, Japan, Keiichi Uno and Yasuhiro Takeuchi, both of Kariya, Japan, Yasushi Suzuki of Chiryu, Japan, and Kazuhide Uchida of Hamamatsu, Japan, have developed a fluid machine for collecting waste heat from ...
U.S., Taiwanese Inventors Develop Freeway Routing System
Nov 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Tong Liu, Chung-Yuan Sun, Jung-Cheun Lien, Eddy C. Huang and Weidong Xiong, all from San Jose, Calif., Sheng Feng of Cupertino, Calif., and Naihui Liao of Taipei, Taiwan, have developed a freeway routing system for a gate array. According to the U.S. Patent ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Products Content Displaying Identification Tag
Nov 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Okie Tani of Tokyo has developed an identification tag suitable for recording and displaying the manufacturing history and other content of products, parts, or other objects handled in industry. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the ...
Minnesota Inventors Develop Decorative Support Assembly
Nov 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Jon A. Kirschhoffer of White Bear Lake, Minn., and Roger T. Hager of Woodbury, Minn., have developed assemblies that can be attached to surfaces (including vertical surfaces) and are both decorative and can be used to support objects along such surfaces ....
California Inventors Develop Hierarchical Repeater Insertion Method
Nov 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Yu-Yen Mo, Seong Rai Cho and Venkat R. Podduturi, all from San Jose, Calif., Manoj Gopalan and Yet-Ping Pai, both of Milpitas, Calif., and Dae Suk Jung of Sunnyvale, Calif., have developed a method for solving a netlist for repeater insertion. According to the ...
California Inventor Develops Integrated Circuit Layout Generation Method
Nov 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Ywh-Pyng Harn of Milpitas, Calif., has developed a method of post-placement timing optimization of integrated circuit (IC) layout. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "When an IC layout is to include time-constrained signal paths, a placement ...
British Inventor Develops Rail Breaking Method
Nov 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Brian Purser of Stoke-on-Trent, Great Britain, has developed a railroad rail breaking apparatus for breaking rails of the type having an integrally-formed wearing flange. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "article ...
California Inventor Develops Chalk Line Marker
Nov 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Mark Kasche of Martinez, Calif., has developed a structural combination with a level and a chalk line marker. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A chalk line marker is releasably connectable to a level. When connected to the level, the chalk ...
Massachusetts Inventors Develop Cutting Members for Shaving Razor
Nov 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Evan Pennell of Hingham, Mass., Cheryl Fitzgerald of Tewksbury, Mass., and Cardy Louis of Raynham, Mass., have developed cutting members for shaving razors with multiple blades. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cutting member for a ...
Minnesota Inventors Develop Fibrous Filtration Face Mask
Nov 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Joseph P. Kronzer and James F. Dyrud, both of St. Paul, Minn., have developed a face mask for filtering contaminants from the air. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The face mask includes a harness for securing the mask over the nose and ...
Georgia Inventor Develops Transactions Confirmation Method
Nov 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Jonathan O'Neal of Kennesaw, Ga., has developed a system and a method for confirming transactions. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A central processor receives a request to process a current transaction coupled with prior transaction ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Integrated Circuit Design Revision Management Method
Nov 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Li-Chun Tien of Tainan, Taiwan, has developed a method for reducing layers revision in engineering change order. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An engineering change order (ECO) base cell module is disclosed along with some of its ...
New York Inventors Develop Miniature Auto Focus Voice Coil Actuator System
Nov 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Alex Breytman of Bellmore, N.Y., Mark Krichever of Hauppauge, N.Y., Bradley S. Carlson of Northport, N.Y., and David Tsi Shi of Stony Brook, N.Y., have developed actuator systems for automatically focusing an optical image reader. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Pilot Oil Ignition Type Gas Engine
Nov 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Satoru Goto and Yoshifumi Nishi, both of Ohta, Japan, have developed a pilot oil ignition gas engine and a method of operating pilot oil ignition gas engine. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The gas engine of the present invention has a ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Semiconductor Integrated Circuit Layout Method
Nov 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Jun Maeda of Mihama-ku, Japan, has developed a layout method of semiconductor integrated circuit, a layout structure thereof, and a photomask for forming the layout structure. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plurality of standard cells ...
Massachusetts Inventors Develop Hydrogen Enhanced Engine System
Nov 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Daniel R. Cohn of Chestnut Hill, Mass., Leslie Bromberg of Sharon, Mass., Alexander Rabinovich of Swampscott, Mass., and John B. Heywood of Newton, Mass., have developed a high compression ratio, hydrogen enhanced engine system. According to the U.S. Patent ...
Ohio Inventors Develop Paint Roller Grid
Nov 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Richard K. Bukovitz and Thomas G. Purdy, both of Orrville, Ohio, have developed a paint roller grid that is adapted to be mounted in a standard five gallon bucket or other container for aiding in dispersing paint (or other liquid) more evenly over paint roller ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Electric Cart Frame Structure
Nov 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Samuel Lin of Chia Yi, Taiwan, has developed a frame of an electric cart for a person to ride on. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "A frame of an electric cart includes a front part, and a rear part ...
California Inventor Develops Flexible Marker Device
Nov 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Guadalupe C. Garcia of Modesto, Calif., has developed a marker device for increased road safety due to a flexible design. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The marker device includes a base with an opening and a flexible means that is ...
British Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Packaging Case
Nov 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Craig Julian Hardy of Cheshire, Great Britain, and Andrew Darby of Staffordshire, Great Britain, have developed an ornamental design for a packaging case, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D531,495 on ...
Michigan Inventor Develops Convertible Vehicle Stowage System
Nov 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Stephen G Telehowski of Novi, Mich., has developed a stowage system for a retractable roof of a convertible vehicle. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stowage system for a retractable roof of a convertible automotive vehicle has a tonneau ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Power Supply with Stable Reset Function
Nov 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Hun-young Ryu of Busan Metropolitan, South Korea, Yun-cheal Kim of Changwon-si, South Korea, and Sung-youp Lee of Seoul, South Korea, have developed a power supply with stable reset function in mobile electronic unit. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Vacuum Switchgear
Nov 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Masato Kobayashi, Kenji Tsuchiya, Satoru Kajiwara, Daisuke Sugai and Hironori Tonosaki, all from Hitachi, Japan, have developed a power distribution-transmission system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a vacuum switchgear ...
German Inventors Develop Internal Combustion Engine Control Method
Nov 15, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 15 -- Christian Mader of Gerlingen, Germany, and Stefan Michael of Markgroeningen, Germany, have developed a device and a method for controlling an internal combustion engine. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "device ...