US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Tuesday, November 21:
Spectrum Microwave Wins $99,996 Contract
Nov 21, 2006 ... HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah, Nov. 21 -- The U.S. Air Force has awarded a $99,996 contract to Spectrum Microwave Inc., Philadelphia, for fire control equipment. The contract was awarded by the Air Force Materiel Command's Ogden Air Logistics Center, Hill Air Force Base, Utah. For ...
CFM International Wins $159,852 Contract
Nov 21, 2006 ... TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla., Nov. 21 -- The U.S. Air Force has awarded a $159,852 contract to CFM International, Cincinnati, for turbine housing gearbox. The contract was awarded by the Air Force Materiel Command's Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center, Tinker Air Force Base, ...
Massachusetts Inventors Develop Origin Server Protection Method
Nov 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 21 -- Ravi Sundaram and Hariharan S. Rahul, both of Cambridge, Mass., have developed a method and a system for providing on-demand content delivery for an origin server. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An infrastructure 'insurance' mechanism ...
Finnish Inventor Develops Wireless Data Transmission Method
Nov 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 21 -- Severi Eerola of Pirkkala, Finland, has developed a system for processing wireless connections using connection handles. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method for controlling connections in the gateway ...
California Inventor Develops Drum Ring Removal/Installation Tool
Nov 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 21 -- William Andrew Andrade of Livermore, Calif., has developed a handheld tool, or a pair of such tools, for removing/installing a bolt-type drum clamping ring on a container drum. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A handheld tool, or a pair of ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Storage Area Network Management Method
Nov 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 21 -- Akihiko Yamaguchi of Kawasaki, Japan, and Tatsundo Aoshima of Yokohama, Japan, have developed a storage area network (SAN) managing method which acquires and analyzes performance information in a system where a plurality of hosts are connected to an ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Network Communication Control Method
Nov 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 21 -- Keiichi Teramoto, Nobuyuki Monma and Hiroyuki Aizu, all from Kanagawa, Japan, Takeshi Saito of Tokyo, and Shuichi Kyuma of Chiba, Japan, have developed a communication device and a communication control method for carrying out communications. According to the ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Insulated Gate Type Semiconductor Device
Nov 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 21 -- Akihiko Harada, Sadanori Akiya, Kazuhiro Furuya and Hisashi Watanabe, all from Kawasaki, Japan, have developed an insulated gate type semiconductor device and a method for fabricating the same. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention ...
California Inventor Develops Legacy Computer Clusters Control Method
Nov 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 21 -- Dean Dauger of Huntington Beach, Calif., has developed a method and a system for parallel operation and control of legacy computer clusters. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system for parallel operation and control of legacy ...
Canadian Inventors Develop Wireless Communication System
Nov 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 21 -- William D. Castell, Tabitha K. Ferguson and Bill Yuan, all from Waterloo, Canada, Allan D. Lewis of New Dundee, Canada, and Ian M. Patterson of Petersburg, Canada, have developed a wireless communication system congestion reduction system. According to the ...
Texas Inventor Develops Electrical Energy Generation Apparatus
Nov 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 21 -- Doyle W. Brewington of Spring, Texas, has developed an apparatus and a method for generating electrical energy. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An energy producing apparatus and method are provided to harness thermal energy from a down ...
Massachusetts Inventor Develops Data Transmission Minimization System
Nov 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 21 -- Mika Leppinen of Woburn, Mass., has developed a method and a system for minimizing data transmission between a mobile station and a gateway server. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The method provides that a mobile station transmits to a ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Chair Sheet Connects Column Unit
Nov 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 21 -- Young-Sang Jeon of ChungChungnam-Do, South Korea, and In-Sun Jang of Kwanmyong-Si, South Korea, have developed a column unit which connects a chair sheet to a base in which a wheel is installed. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Variable Gain Amplifier Circuit
Nov 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 21 -- Alberto O. Adan of Ikoma, Japan, has developed a variable gain amplifier circuit that includes an amplifier A1, an amplifier A2, an inductor L1, and an inductor L2. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The amplifier A1 has a predetermined gain ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Network Entity Fault Detection Method
Nov 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 21 -- Ryota Motobayashi, Hayato Momma, Kazuhiko Azuma and Fumiyasu Hayakawa, all from Tokyo, have developed a network system, a detection method and a monitoring method of network entity faults, and a storage medium. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Maryland Inventor Develops Multipurpose Underwater Vehicle
Nov 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 21 -- Todd B. Harland-White of Annapolis, Md., has developed a multipurpose underwater vehicle for carrying diverse payloads and a method of using the same. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An underwater vehicle includes an elongate body ...
U.S., Indian Inventors Develop Network Packet Filter Performance Method
Nov 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 21 -- Raghunath Iyer of Los Altos, Calif., Sundar Iyer of Palo Alto, Calif., Moti Jiandani of Fremont, Calif., and Ramana Rao of Hyderabad, India, have developed a method and an apparatus for high-speed network rule processing. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
California Inventor Develops Automatic Warning Flag System
Nov 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 21 -- Jeff Daugherty of Stockton, Calif., has developed an automatic warning flag system for a water ski boat. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "mechanical warning flag system for a water ski boat. A first plate is ...
Massachusetts Inventors Develop Golf Ball
Nov 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 21 -- Kevin J. Shannon of Springfield, Mass., Thomas A. Veilleux of Charlton, Mass., Vincent J. Simonds of Brimfield, Mass., Thomas J. Kennedy III of Wilbraham, Mass., David M. Melanson III of Northampton, Mass., and Michael J.Tzivanis III of Chicopee, Mass., have developed ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Information Recording Apparatus
Nov 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 21 -- Hiroyuki Marumori of Yokohama, Japan, and Junji Shiokawa of Chigasaki, Japan, have developed an apparatus for recording of information. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "With an object of executing excellent finishing processing when ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Liquid Crystal Display
Nov 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 21 -- Woon-Yong Park of Kyungki-do, South Korea, and Haeng-Won Park of Seoul, South Korea, have developed a liquid crystal display (LCD) and a method for driving the same. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An LCD panel is divided into upper and ...
Pennsylvania Inventor Develops Golf Putt Training Device
Nov 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 21 -- Robert M. Tice of Doylestown, Pa., has developed putt training devices and methods for training golfers to putt consistently and accurately. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A golf putt training device which is characterized as follows. A ...
Canadian Inventor Develops Wireless Communication System
Nov 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 21 -- Milosh Koprivica of Richmond, Canada, has developed a method for reliable unacknowledged communication of a long length data message transmitted in a presence of interference. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a ...
Woodward FST Wins $72,000 Contract
Nov 21, 2006 ... TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla., Nov. 21 -- The U.S. Air Force has awarded a $72,000 contract to Woodward FST Inc., Zeeland, Mich., for engine accessories. The contract was awarded by the Air Force Materiel Command's Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center, Tinker Air Force Base, ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Electric Ice Planer
Nov 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 21 -- Ming-Tsung Lee of Tainan City, Taiwan, has developed an electric ice planer. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric ice planer includes a bottom base, a frame base, a transmitting mechanism, a stationary cap, a lift cap, a plane ...
Finnish Inventor Develops Data Management Method
Nov 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 21 -- Timo Hotti of Helsinki, Finland, has developed a method and a system associated with the use of databases with mobile terminals. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates generally to the use of databases. Preferably the ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Golf Head
Nov 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 21 -- Yen-Chi Hsu and Chon-Chen Lin, both of Ping-Tung Hsien, Taiwan, have developed a golf head with a plurality of reinforcing metal ribs embedded in a non-metal portion of the golf head. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A golf head includes a ...
Pennsylvania, Massachusetts Inventors Develop Adjustable Air Foil
Nov 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 21 -- Edward Kenneth Levy and Harun Bilirgen, both of Bethlehem, Pa., Ferruhyie Yilmaz and Aly Yilmaz, both of Holden, Mass., have developed adjustable air foils for balancing pulverized coal flow at a coal pipe splitter junction. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
German Inventor Develops Managed Objects Network Monitoring Method
Nov 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 21 -- Hendrik Schade of Erlangen, Germany, has developed a method which enables easy administration of templates having modified event detection criteria for managed objects within a network. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a method for ...
Michigan Inventors Develop Plastic Retaining Clip
Nov 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 21 -- Matthew H. Gibbons of Farmington Hills, Mich., and Roger E. Pilon of Avoca, Mich., have developed a resilient clip fastener that employs a two piece geometry to secure the body portion of the resilient clip to a structure. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
France Inventor Develops Alarm Message Broadcasting Method
Nov 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 21 -- Olivier Foncarnier of Vence, France, has developed a method and a system for broadcasting alarm messages to selected users of an Internet Protocol (IP) network. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system broadcast alarm messages from a ...
California Inventor Develops Wireless Network Device Controlling Method
Nov 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 21 -- Tetsuro Motoyama of Cupertino, Calif., has developed a system, a computer program product and a method for managing and controlling a local network of electronic devices. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method, ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Semiconductor Device Manufacturing Method
Nov 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 21 -- Hisashi Ohtani and Toshiji Hamatani, both of Kanagawa, Japan, and Shunpei Yamazaki of Tokyo, have developed a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A first heat treatment for crystallization is ...
Michigan Inventor Develops Voltage Sensor Accuracy Measurement Method
Nov 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 21 -- Edward D. Tate Jr. of Grand Blanc, Mich., has developed a method for estimating current in an electrical system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for estimating an electrical measurement, such as a current or a voltage, comprises ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Information Device System Control Method
Nov 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 21 -- Yoshikatsu Yoshino, Chiyo Akamatsu and Shinichiro Fukushima, all from Yokohama, Japan, Tsukasa Hasegawa of Hiratsuka, Japan, and Hidefumi Goto of Yokosuka, Japan, have developed audio-visual devices and personal computers capable of recording and playing data of ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Computer Abnormal Behavior Monitoring System
Nov 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 21 -- Akihiro Urano and Toshio Sato, both of Fujisawa, Japan, Toshiaki Hirata of Kashiwa, Japan, and Shuji Fujino of Ebina, Japan, have developed a method for monitoring abnormal behavior in a computer system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
New Jersey Inventor Develops Cables Securing Apparatus
Nov 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 21 -- Maurus Logan of Elizabeth, N.J., has developed a method and apparatus for securing cables and the like. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A combination includes a cable tie having a head portion and a tail extending from the head portion ...
Connecticut Inventors Develop Gas Turbine Engine Augmentor
Nov 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 21 -- Meredith Bright Colket III and Andrzej Banaszuk, both of Simsbury, Conn., Derk S. Philippona and Jeffery A. Lovett, both of Tolland, Conn., Jeffrey M. Cohen of Hebron, Conn., and Scott A. Liljenberg of Wethersfield, Conn., have developed Augmentor with axially ...
Indiana Inventor Develops Analog Display Driver
Nov 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 21 -- Eugene Murphy O'Donnell of Fishers, Ind., has developed an analog display driver for obtaining uniform brightness in a display. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An analog display driver comprises a matrix array of flatness correction ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Liquid Crystal Display Monitor Driving Method
Nov 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 21 -- Lin-Kai Bu, Chin-Feng Cheng, Tsung-Yu Wu and Chuan-Cheng Hsiao, all from Tainan County, Taiwan, have developed a method for driving an liquid crystal display (LCD) monitor. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: ...
Illinois Inventor Develops Multimodal Communication System
Nov 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 21 -- Senaka Balasuriya of Westmont, Ill., has developed a multimodal communication method and an apparatus with multimodal profile. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multimodal communication system and method creates and accesses a multimodal ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Optical Disc Data Recording Device
Nov 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 21 -- Toyoji Gushima and Ikunori Inoue, both of Osaka, Japan, have developed a device and a method for recording data to optical disc using recording pulse with corrected edge position. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Distributed Directory Management System
Nov 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 21 -- Osamu Nakazawa of Tokyo has developed a distributed directory management system for offering a retrieval service with respect to service objects stored in object repositories located in service spaces. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Toothbrush
Nov 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 21 -- Young Jun Kweon and Sung Wook Kwon, both Seoul, South Korea, have developed a toothbrush with soft and hard bristles together. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The toothbrush having soft and hard bristles with 6 10 millimetetr (mm) in ...
Maryland Inventor Develops Communication through Maps System
Nov 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 21 -- Charles J Rieger III of Potomac, Md., has developed a method of communicating postings to a target user community. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A communications system to post arbitrary information to any geographical region simply by ...
Austrian, German Inventors Develop Universal Milling Machine Spindle Head
Nov 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 21 -- Walter Gstir of Schattwald, Austria, and Peter Haas of Rieden, Germany, have developed a spindle head for a universal milling machine. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "spindle head for a universal milling machine ...
Washington Inventors Develop Liquid Separation Peptides Elution Time Prediction Method
Nov 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 21 -- Lars J. Kangas of West Richland, Wash., Kenneth J. Auberry of Kennewick, Wash., Gordon A. Anderson of Benton City, Wash., and Richard D. Smith of Richland, Wash., have developed a method for enhanced accuracy in predicting peptides that uses liquid separations or ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Disk Drive
Nov 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 21 -- Toyoshi Nogami of Daito, Japan, has developed a disk drive suppressing a jerky motion of a lens holder upon alignment of light beams irradiating a disk. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical pick-up includes a lens holder and a lens ...
Florida Inventor Develops Property, Evidence Preservation System
Nov 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 21 -- Cory J. Hoover of Clearwater, Fla., has developed a property and an evidence preservation system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method of preserving evidence and later returning the same utilizing a package ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Multiple Data Transmitter Station
Nov 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 21 -- Shigeki Kawai and Manabu Sawada, both of Yokohama, Japan, has developed a communication system and a method having communication data dividing and transmitting functions. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a communication system, a ...
Canadian Inventor Develops Network Device Management Method
Nov 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 21 -- Michael Linderman of Nepean, Canada, has developed a system for communication over the internet and through a firewall utilizing a single communications protocol. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A simple object access communications ...
Oregon Inventors Develop Extensible Network Service System
Nov 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 21 -- Linda S. Cline of Forest Grove, Ore., and Satyendra Yadav of Portland, Ore., have developed a network which is formed by any two computers or processors which are connected by an information line. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the ...
New York, Connecticut, California Inventors Develop Field Effect Transistor
Nov 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 21 -- Siddhartha Panda of Beacon, N.Y., Werner A. Rausch of Stormville, N.Y., Tsutomu Sato of Poughquag, N.Y., Henry K. Utomo of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Huajie Chen of Danbury, Conn., Dureseti Chidambarrao of Weston, Conn., and Sang-Hyun Oh of Santa Barbara, Calif., have ...
South Korea Inventor Develops Bank Selectable Parallel Test Circuit
Nov 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 21 -- Tae Jin Kang of Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, has developed a bank selectable parallel test circuit and a parallel test method thereof. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A parallel test circuit performs a selective test on a specific bank. The ...
United Technologies Wins $39,927 Contract
Nov 21, 2006 ... TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla., Nov. 21 -- The U.S. Air Force has awarded a $39,927 contract to United Technologies Corp., East Hartford, Conn., for engines, turbines and components. The contract was awarded by the Air Force Materiel Command's Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center, Tinker ...
Ametek Aerospace Wins $99,200 Contract
Nov 21, 2006 ... TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla., Nov. 21 -- The U.S. Air Force has awarded a $99,200 contract to Ametek Aerospace, Wilmington, Mass., for power supplies. The contract was awarded by the Air Force Materiel Command's Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center, Tinker Air Force Base, Okla. For ...
McDonnell Douglas Wins $143,550 Contract
Nov 21, 2006 ... TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla., Nov. 21 -- The U.S. Air Force has awarded a $143,550 contract to McDonnell Douglas Corp., St. Louis, for actuating cylinder assemblies. The contract was awarded by the Air Force Materiel Command's Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center, Tinker Air Force Base, ...
U.S., British Inventors Develop Digital Flowmeter
Nov 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 21 -- Manus P. Henry and David W. Clarke, both of Oxford, Great Britain, and James H. Vignos of Needham Heights, Mass., have developed a controller for a flowmeter that includes an input module operable to receive a sensor signal from a sensor connected to a vibratable ...
Washington Inventor Develops Vacuum Cleaner Nozzle Assembly
Nov 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 21 -- James R. Alton of Bellingham, Wash., has developed vacuum cleaners for use on carpeted and non-carpeted surfaces. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "vacuum cleaner nozzle assembly having at least one auxiliary ...
Arizona Inventor Develops Steel Floor Construction Apparatus
Nov 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 21 -- Malcolm J. Pace of Mesa, Ariz., has developed an apparatus and a method for composite concrete and steel floor construction. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composite floor system comprises a system of joists, where each of the joists ...
West Virginia Inventor Develops Wing Tip Vortice
Nov 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 21 -- John L. Loth of Morgantown, W.Va., has developed a method for vorticity cancellation at trailing edge for induced drag elimination. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "Wing tip vortices are evident from ...
Illinois Inventor Develops Headwear Piece with Crown Opening
Nov 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 21 -- Ronald Kronenberger of Riverwoods, Ill., has developed a headwear piece with a crown with a peripheral wall which extends around the head of a wearer. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The crown has a front, a rear, and a top, and a bottom ....
Missouri Inventor Develops Railroad Ballast Tamping Tool
Nov 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 21 -- Edward Williams of St. Louis has developed ballast tamping tools that are used on tamping machines for adjusting and leveling ballast under railway ties of railroad tracks. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention comprises a tamping ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Jet-Propulsion Personal Watercraft
Nov 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 21 -- Atsufumi Ozaki and Hideaki Ebisui, both of Kobe, Japan, and Yasuo Okada of Akashi, Japan, have developed an engine for a personal watercraft for drive a propulsion mechanism of a watercraft. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An engine for ...
Utah Inventors Develop Transformable Sleeves System
Nov 21, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 21 -- Justin Douglas Marty and Joshua Craig Pace, both of Salt Lake City, and Joseph Edward Marty of North Salt Lake, Utah, have developed systems and methods for transformable sleeves. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to ...