US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Friday, December 8:
California Inventor Develops Flying Disc
Dec 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 8 -- Pieter Schouten of Berkeley, Calif., has developed a frame for securely holding a flexible body that forms a flying disc. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a flying disc comprising a rigid or semi-rigid ring ...
German, Swedish Inventors Develop Communication System Transmission Improvement Method
Dec 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 8 -- Joachim Sachs of Aachen, Germany, Stefan Wager of Wuerselen, Germany, and Bela Rathonyi of Malmo, Sweden, have developed a method and a device for improving the transmission efficiency in a communication system with a layered protocol stack. According to the ...
Missouri Inventor Develops Hydraulic Vehicle Lift
Dec 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 8 -- Mitch Chance of Clever, Mo., has developed a hydraulically operated vertical vehicle lift for working under the vehicle or for storing one vehicle over a second vehicle. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The vehicle lift utilizes four large ...
Colorado Inventor Develops Hybrid Communication System Architecture Gateway Selection Method
Dec 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 8 -- Isaac K. Elliott of Colorado Springs, Colo., has developed a system, a method and an article of manufacture for selecting a gateway of a hybrid communication system architecture. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Telephone calls, data and ...
U.S., British Inventors Develop Digital Circuit Co-simulation Method
Dec 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 8 -- Vincent Zammit of Sunnyvale, Calif., and Andrew Kay of Oxford, Great Britain, have developed a method of co-simulating a digital circuit. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is provided for co-simulating a digital circuit using a ...
Missouri Inventor Develops Adjustable Simulation Vehicle
Dec 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 8 -- Steven W. Cooke of Ballwin, Mo., has developed a system and a method for easily adjusting flight characteristics of a simulated aircraft. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The system allows a user to adjust commanded pitch, roll or yaw ...
New Jersey, California Inventors Develop Multiple Pump Parametric Apparatus
Dec 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 8 -- Andrew R. Chraplyvy of Matawan, N.J., Alan H. Gnauk of Middletown, N.J., Robert M. Jopson of Rumson, N.J., and Stojan Radic of Del Mar, Calif., have developed a multi-pump phase modulator apparatus and an operating method that uses only one phase modulator to eliminate ...
Texas Inventors Develop Data Dumping Apparatus
Dec 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 8 -- Dave Lilly and Paul Cairns, both of Houston, John Moore of Kingwood, Texas, and Ken Shorck of Tomball, Texas, have developed a method of high-speed communication and data link between a downhole tool and a surface computer. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Image Processing Method
Dec 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 8 -- Hideaki Abe of Kanagawa, Japan, has developed an image processing method, image processing apparatus and a semiconductor manufacturing method. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "An image processing method, ...
California Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Light Fixture Backplate
Dec 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 8 -- Miguel Flores of Riverside, Calif., and Robert De'Armond of Temecula, Calif., have developed an ornamental design for a light fixture backplate, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D532,150 on ...
Finnish Inventors Develop Communication Transceiver Intuitive Energy Management Method
Dec 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 8 -- Jukka Linjama and Janne Jalkanen, both of Espoo, Finland, have developed a method, an apparatus and a computer program product for intuitive energy management of a short-range communication transceiver associated with a mobile terminal. An abstract of the ...
California Inventor Develops Ultra-Wideband Transmitter
Dec 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 8 -- David Carbonari of San Diego has developed an ultra-wideband transmitter. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment, the transmitter uses a monopulse of a continuous cyclic signal to phase shift a data pulse. The data pulses and ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Novel Protein
Dec 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 8 -- Koji Yoshimura, Yuichi Hikichi and Atsushi Nishimura, all from Tsukuba, Japan, have developed a novel A disintegrin and metalloprotease (ADAM) protein. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a novel protein ...
Finnish Inventor Develops Data Transmission Method
Dec 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 8 -- Benoist Sebire of Helsinki, Finland, has developed a method for transmitting data on a packet data channel. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method for transmitting data on a packet data channel, where the packet ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Network Nodes Signals Exchange Circuit
Dec 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 8 -- Takayuki Nyu of Tokyo has developed a circuit and a method for exchanging signals between network nodes. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a network node attached to a serial bus, a first count value is incremented beginning with the ...
Ohio Inventors Develop High Internal Phase Ratio Silicone Making Method
Dec 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 8 -- Ted Alan Reed of Marietta, Ohio, and Eric Arthur Warren of Vincent, Ohio, have developed methods for continuously producing high internal phase ratio silicone in water emulsions. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The methods use low shear ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Latent Image Pattern Forming Method
Dec 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 8 -- Natsuhiko Mizutani of Tokyo, and Yasuhisa Inao of Kanagawa, Japan, have developed a method for making a pattern that uses near-field light exposure through a photomask. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method of ...
Montana Inventors Develop Ferroelectric Crystal Material Poling Method
Dec 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 8 -- Anthony D. Roberts and Philip R. Battle, both of Bozeman, Mont., have developed a method for poling ferroelectric crystal material to form one or more optical devices. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The manufacture of optical devices by ...
U.S., British Inventors Develop Inflammatory Biomarkers Molecule Detection Method
Dec 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 8 -- Paul M. Guyre of Hanover, N.H., Peter M. Morganelli of Sharon, Vt., and Nicholas J. Goulding of Harpenden, Great Britain, have developed a method for detecting the presence of soluble that is shed into plasma in vivo, which is in a biological sample. According ...
Texas Inventors Develop Customer Service Transaction Handling Method
Dec 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 8 -- Carline A. Smith of Roanoke, Texas, George Gleason of Fort Worth, Texas, and Susan Lawrence of Grapevine, Texas, have developed a method of customer service transaction handling that is based on transaction history. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Swedish Inventors Develop Pharmaceutical Composition Mixing Apparatus
Dec 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 8 -- Staffan Folestad of Vastra Frolunda, Sweden, and Mats O. Johansson of Jonsered, Sweden, have developed a mixing apparatus for preparing a mixture having a required homogeneity from a plurality of materials. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, ...
Minnesota, California Inventors Develop Squeezable Toy
Dec 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 8 -- Charles D. Mann of Burnsville, Minn., and Raymond J. Hedlund of Concord, Calif., have developed a squeezable toy with sound-emitting device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A toy comprises a three-dimensional body that can be compressed to ...
German Inventors Develop Actuation Force Generation Arrangement
Dec 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 8 -- Winfried Sturmer of Euerbach, Germany, and Reinhold Weidinger of Kolitzheim, Germany, have developed a arrangement for generating actuation force in a centrifugal clutch. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An actuation force generating ...
Carter Ground Fueling Wins $56,649 Contract
Dec 08, 2006 ... WARREN, Mich., Dec. 8 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $56,649 contract to Carter Ground Fueling Co., Costa Mesa, Calif., for lubrication and fuel dispensing equipment. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive & Armaments Command, Warren, Mich. For more ...
Seiler Instrument & Manufacturing Wins $59,890 Contract
Dec 08, 2006 ... ROCK ISLAND, Ill., Dec. 8 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $59,890 contract to Seiler Instrument & Manufacturing Co. Inc., St. Louis, for optical sighting and ranging equipment. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive & Armaments Command, Rock Island, ...
Heckler & Koch Defense Wins $64,560 Contract
Dec 08, 2006 ... ROCK ISLAND, Ill., Dec. 8 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $64,560 contract to Heckler & Koch Defense Inc., Ashburn, Va., 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 ...
Ruta Supplies Wins $51,618 Contract
Dec 08, 2006 ... WARREN, Mich., Dec. 8 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $51,618 contract to Ruta Supplies Inc., Dover, N.J., for vehicular power transmission components. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive & Armaments Command, Warren, Mich. For more information about US ...
Hunter Manufacturing Wins $8.67 Million Contract
Dec 08, 2006 ... WARREN, Mich., Dec. 8 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $8.67 million contract to Hunter Manufacturing Co., Solon, Ohio, for vehicular furniture and accessories. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive & Armaments Command, Warren, Mich. For more information ...
Michigan Inventor Develops Bi-Directional Clutch Unit
Dec 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 8 -- Dave Keener of Port Huron, Mich., has developed a clutch unit that has an oil pump which is powered by the input shaft and an oil pump which is powered by the output shaft. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The oil pump powered by the input ...
German Inventors Develop Uplink Channels Packet Transmission Scheduling Method
Dec 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 8 -- Jens Mueckenheim and Stefan Gruhl, both of Nuremberg, Germany, have developed a method and a system for universal mobile telecommunication systems (UMTS) packet transmission scheduling on uplink channels. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the ...
California Inventors Develop Multi-Antenna System Pilot Transmission Scheme
Dec 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 8 -- Dhananjay Ashok Gore, Avneesh Agrawal and Tamer Kadous, all from San Diego, have developed efficient pilot transmission schemes for multi-antenna communication systems. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In general, multiple inputs, single ...
Texas, California Inventors Develop Network Processor Subsystem Data Path Control Method
Dec 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 8 -- Mark Lyndon Oelke of Spring, Texas, John E. Jenne of Cedar Park, Texas, and Sompong Paul Olarig of Pleasanton, Calif., have developed a system and a method for controlling data paths of a network processor subsystem. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Data Storage Device Head Unlatching Apparatus
Dec 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 8 -- Cheol-Hoon Park, Kwang-Jo Jung, Yong-Gwon Lee and Chul Park, all from Suwon-Si, South Korea, and Sang-Hoon Chu of Seoul, South Korea, have developed an apparatus for unlatching a head within a data storage device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Signal-to-Interference Ratio Measurement Apparatus
Dec 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 8 -- Seouk Ho Won, Deuk Su Lyu and Whan Woo Kim, all from Daejon, South Korea, and Jae Min Ahn of Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, have developed an apparatus for measuring signal-to-interference ratio (SIR) in multiple antenna high data rate packet transmission system and a ...
California Inventor Develops Unpolarized Beam Splitter
Dec 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 8 -- Yung-Chieh Hsieh of San Jose, Calif., has developed an unpolarized beam splitter with polarization-independent phase difference when used as an interferometer. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Beam splitter designs for interferometers ...
California Inventors Develop Differential Amplifier
Dec 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 8 -- Barry Harvey of Los Altos, Calif., has developed differential amplifiers that substantially cancel the input bias currents at the inputs to the differential amplifiers. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A circuit produces a compensation ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Conventional Image Forming Apparatus
Dec 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 8 -- Young-sun Chun of Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, has developed a method and an apparatus to determine a class of a medium on which an image is formed. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The method includes emitting light to the medium; sensing the ...
Texas Inventors Develop Type-II All-Digital Phased-Locked Loop
Dec 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 8 -- Robert B. Staszewski of Garland, Texas, Dirk Leipold of Plano, Texas, and Khurram Muhammad of Dallas, have developed a system and a method for type-II (and higher order) phase-locked loops (PLLs) with a fast signal acquisition mode. According to the U.S. Patent ...
Maryland, Pennsylvania Inventors Develop Biological Samples Electroporation Method
Dec 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 8 -- Sergey M. Dzekunov of Germantown, Md., Linhong Li of North Potomac, Md., Vininder Singh of Boyds, Md., John W. Holaday of Bethesda, Md., Linda Liu of Clarksville, Md., and Hyung J. Lee of West Chester, Pa., have developed an apparatus and a method for electroporation ...
Minnesota Inventor Develops Magnetic Securement Device
Dec 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 8 -- Joe Raymond Clement of Minnetonka, Minn., has developed a magnetic securement device that includes a high energy magnet and a securing member. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The device attaches to sheetrock walls through magnetic ...
Vermont Inventors Develop Garment with Compression Force
Dec 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 8 -- Lesli R. Bell of Williston, Vt., and Eugenie Z. Lindahl of Colchester, Vt., have developed a garment for providing compressive forces to a torso to help eliminate or reduce swelling caused by any of a variety of reasons. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Data Recording Apparatus
Dec 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 8 -- Koji Hirano and Ryuichiro Togashi, both of Kanagawa, Japan, and Shoji Inagaki of Tokyo, have developed a recording apparatus that records, onto one recording medium, data recorded on another recording medium of a particular type. According to the U.S. Patent ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Projection Apparatus
Dec 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 8 -- Yong-dok Cha of Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, has developed a projection apparatus using a digital micromirror device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "projection apparatus including a light source which generates ...
Israeli Inventors Develop Wireless Communication Unit
Dec 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 8 -- Nir Corse, Shay Nir and Mark Rozental, all from Tel Aviv, Israel, have developed a wireless communication unit and a voltage controlled oscillator therefor. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wireless communication unit comprises a voltage ...
Montana Inventors Develop Optical Spectral Features Recover Method
Dec 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 8 -- Tiejun Chang, Mingzhen Tian, William R. Babbitt and Kristian Merkel, all from Bozeman, Mont., have developed a method for recovering optical spectral features using a chirped optical field. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques for ...
New Jersey, California Inventors Develop Human Oxoglutarate Carrier Utilization Method
Dec 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 8 -- Sean H. Adams of Randolph Township, N.J., and Xing Xian Yu of San Mateo, Calif., have developed compositions and methods related to the use of human oxoglutarate carrier as an uncoupling protein, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors ...
California, Illinois Inventors Develop Thread Based Scalable Routing Method
Dec 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 8 -- David Craig, Hwangnam Kim, Sungwon Ha and Sung-wook Han, all from San Jose, Calif., and Constantine Polychronopoulos of Champaign, Ill., have developed a method of thread based scalable routing for an active router. An abstract of the invention, released by the ...
German Inventor Develops Electromagnetic Friction Disk Clutch
Dec 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 8 -- Rainer Krafft of Heiligenberg, Germany, has developed an electromagnetically operable friction disk clutch comprising electromagnet elements, a rotor and resetting means. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an ...
California Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Chandelier Arm
Dec 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 8 -- Miguel Flores of Riverside, Calif., and Robert De'Armond of Temecula, Calif., have developed an ornamental design for a chandelier arm, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D532,152 on Nov.14. The ...
California Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Wall Sconce Backplate
Dec 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 8 -- Miguel Flores of Riverside, Calif., has developed an ornamental design for a wall sconce backplate, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D532,151 on Nov.14. The patent has been assigned to Minka ...
Swedish Inventors Develop Transgenic Tree
Dec 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 8 -- Maria Eriksson, Thomas Moritz and Maria Israelsson, all from Umea, Sweden, and Olof Olsson of Goteborg, Sweden, have developed transgenic trees exhibiting increased growth, biomass production and xylem fibre length, and methods for their production. An abstract ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Internal Combustion Engine Ignition Coil
Dec 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 8 -- Kazuhide Kawai and Masahiko Aoyama, both of Kariya, Japan, and Shouichi Takeyama of Hashima, Japan, have developed an ignition coil for internal combustion engine. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The first housing encloses a center core, a ...
B&S Transport Wins $107,624 Contract
Dec 08, 2006 ... WARREN, Mich., Dec. 8 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $107,624 contract to B&S Transport Inc., North Canton, 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 ...
CNH America Wins $5.4 Million Contract
Dec 08, 2006 ... WARREN, Mich., Dec. 8 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $5.4 million contract to CNH America LLC, Racine, Wis., for technical representative services. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive & Armaments Command, Warren, Mich. For more information about US Fed ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Zoom Optical System
Dec 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 8 -- Keiji Matsusaka of Osaka, Japan, and Soh Ohzawa of Toyonaka, Japan, have developed a zoom optical system, an imaging lens unit, and a digital apparatus. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "In a zoom optical ...
German Inventor Develops Vibrating Spiral Conveyor
Dec 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 8 -- Sigmund Kumeth of Kastl, Germany, has developed a vibrating spiral conveyor with at least one driving device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vibrating spiral conveyor includes a vibrating system with a useful mass and a counter mass ...
German Inventors Develop Discharge Lamp Production Process
Dec 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 8 -- Lothar Hitzschke of Munich, Germany, and Frank Vollkommer of Buchendorf, Germany, have developed a process for producing a discharge lamp by softening a support element outside of a discharge chamber. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ...
California Inventor Develops Differential Power Amplifier
Dec 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 8 -- Meng-An Pan of Irvine, Calif., has developed an increase in linearity of a power amplifier while reducing current consumption by supplying a bias current to the power amplifier in a Class AB mode, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Microelectronic Devices Manufacturing Method
Dec 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 8 -- Wen-Chin Lee of Hsin-Chu, Taiwan, has developed a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) field effect transistor with hybrid strained channels. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a method of manufacturing microelectronic ...
California, New Hampshire, Massachusetts Inventors Develop Transition Line Transmission Orientation Circuit Structure
Dec 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 8 -- Douglas Seiji Okamoto of South San Francisco, Calif., Anthony C. Sweeney of Salem, N.H., and Thomas M. Gaudette of Boston, have developed a circuit structure that include transmission line orientation transition. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Minnesota Inventor Develops Handheld Computer Console Emulation Module
Dec 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 8 -- Kristopher Craig Whitney of Rochester, Minn., has developed a method of managing a logical partition on a logically-partitioned computer. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer system and method of managing a logical partition on a ...
Washington Inventors Develop Immunoreactive Antibodies Detection Synthetic Antigen
Dec 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 8 -- Nobuo Monji and Carol-Ann Cole, both of Seattle, Patrick F. Coleman of Edmonds, Wash., and Peter Chong-Dug Su of Mercer Island, Wash., have developed a synthetic antigen for the detection of antibodies immunoreactive with human immunodeficiency virus. According ...
New Jersey Inventors Develop Vessel Rotational Processor
Dec 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 8 -- Steve E. Hoffman of Englewood Cliffs, N.J., has developed an improved high speed rotational processor. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotational processor comprises an outer vessel and a plurality of inner vessels having an outer ...
Idaho Inventor Develops Microelectronic Substrate Planarizing Method
Dec 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 8 -- Scott E. Moore of Meridian, Idaho, has developed a method and an apparatus for planarizing a microelectronic substrate. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment, the apparatus can include an elongated, non-continuous polishing pad ...
Michigan Inventor Develops Self-Aim Vehicle Light Device
Dec 08, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 8 -- Jianzhong Jiao of Novi, Mich., has developed a self-aim vehicle light device, such as an automotive headlamp that includes a freely-rotational light shield to direct light beams of the headlamp. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The light ...