US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Saturday, December 9:
New York Inventors Develop Communication Station
Dec 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- Gary R. Lompof Centerport, N.Y., Leonid Kazakevich of Plainview, N.Y., Jeffrey S. Polan of Deer Park, N.Y., and David K. Mesecher of Huntington Station, N.Y., have developed a communication station with an improved antenna system. According to the U.S. Patent ...
Virginia Inventor Develops Ions Trapping Apparatus
Dec 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- John E. P. Syka of Charlottesville, Va., has developed a method of confining positive and negative ions with fast oscillating electric potentials. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatus for trapping or guiding ions. Ions are ...
Virginia Inventors Develop Radiant Energy Emitting Apparatus
Dec 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- Donald F. May of Vienna, Va., and Jack C. Rains Jr. of Herndon, Va., have developed an integrating chamber cone light that uses light emitting diode (LED) sources. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system to provide radiant energy of ...
California, Michigan, Washington Inventors Develop Implantable Heart Assist System
Dec 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- Morteza Gharib of San Marino, Calif., Mary Lynn Gaddis of Newport Beach, Calif., Anthony J. Viole of Foothill Ranch, Calif., Steven F. Bolling of Ann Arbor, Mich., and Gabriel Aldea of Seattle, have developed a system for supplementing blood circulation in a ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Nonvolatile Semiconductor Memory
Dec 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- Tatsuya Ishii of Kodaira, Japan, Hitoshi Miwa of Ome, Japan, Osamu Tsuchiya of Hamura, Japan, and Shooji Kubono of Akishima, Japan, have developed a nonvolatile semiconductor memory that recovers variation in the threshold of a memory cell due to disturbance related to ...
Malaysian Inventors Develop Optical Encoding System
Dec 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- Yee Loong Chin of Perak, Malaysia, Siang Leong Foo of Penang, Malaysia, and Chee Keong Chong of Pulau Pingang, Malaysia, have developed a system of optical encoding that utilizes total internal reflection. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ...
Illinois Inventor Develops Metal Substrate Application Corrosion-Resistant Finish
Dec 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- Kurt J. Thomae of Elk Grove Village, Ill., has developed a black, chrome-free, multilayer, corrosion-resistant finish for application to a metal substrate. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "The present ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Ink-Jet Recording Method
Dec 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- Takeo Eguchi of Tokyo, Kyo Miura of Yokohama, Japan, and Hitoshi Yoshino of Zama, Japan, have developed a recording medium, a process for production thereof, and an ink-jet recording method that employs the medium. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Singapore Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Home Theater System Centerplayer
Dec 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- Jui Yuan Chen and Pernilla Maria Cecilia Johansson, both of Singapore, have developed an ornamental design for a centerplayer of home theater system, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D533,186 on Dec. 5 ....
U.S., British Inventors Develop Process Plant Functionality Viewing Object
Dec 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- Duncan Schleiss and Ram Ramachandran, both of Austin, Texas, Mark Nixon of Round Rock, Texas, and Michael Lucas of Leicester, Great Britain, have developed smart process modules and objects in process plants. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
German Inventors Develop Electronic Control Unit Error Monitoring Method
Dec 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- Andreas Maxon of Karlsruhe, Germany, and Ju Eich of Buhl, Germany, have developed a method for the error control procedure of an electronic control device of an automatic transmission. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Semiconductor Memory Device
Dec 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- Koichi Kawai of Yokohama, Japan, has developed a semiconductor memory device and a method of controlling write sequence thereof. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor memory device includes: a memory cell array having a plurality ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Arresting Apparatus
Dec 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- Ting-Wei Chang of Tacihung County, Taiwan, has developed an arresting apparatus of multilayer drawers. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Several drawers are slidably mounted in a cabinet. A linear rail is disposed on inner face of a ...
Canadian Inventors Develop Centrifuge Concentrator Bowl
Dec 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- Edwin John William Zonneveld of Fort Langley, Canada, Kurt Knabe of Coquitlam, Canada, and Brett Robert Henry Knelson of Langley, Canada, have developed a centrifugal separator with a separate strip insert mounted in the bowl. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Continuous Flow Type Centrifuge
Dec 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- Masaharu Aizawa and Yoshinori Tobita, both of Hitachinaka, Japan, have developed a continuous flow type centrifuge to which a liquid sample is continuous supplied. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The centrifuge includes a rotor rotatably ...
German Inventors Develop Erasable Memory Cell Operating Method
Dec 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- Joachim Deppe, Mark Isler, Jens-Uwe Sachse and Jan-Malte Schley, all from Dresden, Germany, Christoph Ludwig of Langebruck, Germany, and Ricardo Pablo Mikalo of Waltersdorf, Germany, have developed a method for operating an electrical writable and erasable memory cell, ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Digital Audio Player
Dec 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- Shouichi Ishida and Masayuki Iwata, both of Osaka-fu, Japan, have developed an ornamental design for digital audio player, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D533,185 on Dec. 5. The patent has ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Polyester Polymerization Catalyst
Dec 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- Takahiro Nakajima, Ken-ichi Tsukamoto, Shoichi Gyobu, Nobuo Moriyama, Mitsuyoshi Kuwata, Yoshinao Matsui, Seisyu Hayashi and Katsuya Ito, all from Ohtsu, Japan, and Masaou Matsuda of Tsuruga, Japan, have developed a novel polymerization catalyst other than antimony ...
New York Inventor Develops Consumer Products Customized Manufacturing Management Method
Dec 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- Michael R. Loeb of New York has developed methods and systems for manufacturing consumer products such as clothing. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In accordance with the invention, customer measurements and preferences are collected by a ...
U.S., Dutch Inventors Develop Lithographic Apparatus
Dec 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- Michael Cornelis Van Beek and Ralph Kurt, both of Eindhoven, Netherlands, Mark Kroon of Utrecht, Netherlands, Peter Dirksen of Valkenswaard, Netherlands, and Cassandra May Owen of Chandler, Ariz., have developed a lithographic apparatus. According to the U.S ....
Japanese Inventors Develop Management Information Editing Apparatus
Dec 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- Takayuki Iijima, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Katsuaki Yamanoi, Shinichiro Abe and Tomoyasu Yamada, all from Kawagoe, Japan, have developed an apparatus for editing management information to be recorded on an information storage medium. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
German Inventors Develop Magnetic Resonance Apparatus
Dec 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- Ju Nistler of Erlangen, Germany, Stefan Stocker of Grossenseebach, Germany, and Markus Vester of Nurnberg, Germany, have developed a magnetic resonance apparatus with a hollow interior with a gradient coil disposed therein. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Taiwanese, Chinese Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Computer Front Bezel
Dec 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- Yun-Lung Chen of Tu-Cheng, Taiwan, and Zhen Zhang of Shen-Zhen, China, have developed an ornamental design for a computer front bezel, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D533,180 on Dec. 5. The ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Logic Processing Apparatus
Dec 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- Ichiro Kumata of Kanagawa, Japan, has developed a logic processing apparatus, a semiconductor device and a logic circuit. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Off-leak electric current is reduced in the operation mode where a circuit is ...
Georgia Inventor Develops Color-Coded Magnetic Resonance Images Creation Method
Dec 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- Hugh Keith Brown of Cleveland, Ga., has developed a system and a method for creating and manipulating one or more color-coded magnetic resonance images. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The method includes acquiring a digitally-stored first ...
California Inventors Develop Heart Treatment System
Dec 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- Suresh Pai of Mountain View, Calif., Nicanor Domingo of Brisbane, Calif., and James G. Whayne of Chapel Hill, Calif., have developed a method of treating a heart with a venous tree adjacent. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & ...
Oregon Inventor Develops Portable Massage Chair
Dec 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- John T. Lloyd of Creswell, Ore., has developed a portable massage chair that uses a multi-disk friction clamp. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable massage chair uses a multi-disk friction clamp to permit adjustment of a chest ...
Colorado Inventors Develop Distributed Mass Data Storage Library Network
Dec 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- Daniel J. Byers of Parker, Colo., Bruno H. Hald of Highlands Ranch, Colo., Carsten H. Prigge of Englewood, Colo., Scott M. Rockwell of Aurora, Colo., and Joerg Stohrer of Greenwood Village, Colo., have developed a method of generating control commands in a distributed ...
German Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Instrument Support Holder
Dec 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- Harald Richter of Engelbrand, Germany, has developed an ornamental design for an instrument support holder, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D533,174 on Dec. 5. The original application was filed ...
German Inventors Develop Vehicle Seat Headrest
Dec 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- Ronald List of Hahnbach, Germany, Marian Edward Sikora of Dusseldorf, Germany, and Peter Schmuda Von Trzebiatowski of Schoppenstedt, Germany, have developed a headrest for a vehicle seat. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor-vehicle ...
Texas Inventor Develops Phase-Locked Loop Circuit
Dec 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- John L. Melanson of Austin, Texas, has developed a phase-locked loop circuit that has a fractional-frequency-interval phase frequency detector, a charge pump, an oscillator, and a divider therewith. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The ...
Maine, Massachusetts Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Radio Frequency Identification Tag Reader
Dec 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- Peter Farnum of Falmouth, Maine, and Rich Leitermann of Arlington, Mass., have developed an ornamental design for a radio frequency identification tag reader, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D533,178 ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Vehicle Front Structure
Dec 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- Uchida; Masafumi of Kanagawa-ken, Japan, has developed a vehicle front structure which is provided in a front portion of a vehicle and improves body rigidity of the vehicle. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle front structure of the ...
Japanese Inventors Develop External Storage Device
Dec 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- Takashi Ishidoshiro of Aichi-ken, Japan, and Yoshiiku Sonobe of Gifu, Japan, have developed an external storage device that incorporates flash memory. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "By providing registers for each block constituting the ...
Texas Inventors Develop Integrated Fieldbus Data Server Architecture
Dec 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- Lee A. Neitzel and Donald B. Goff, both of Austin, Texas, and David A. Glanzer of Georgetown, Texas, have developed a method of dynamically creating a server directory to enable automatic access in an integrated control system. According to the U.S. Patent ...
British Inventor Develops Dispensing Device
Dec 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- Stephen William Clarke of Lancashire, Great Britain, has developed dispensing devices and systems comprising dispensing devices. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dispenser has an upper loading chamber, a dispensing chamber located beneath ...
Colorado Inventors Develop Printed Circuit Board Probing Apparatus
Dec 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- Brock J. LaMeres and Kenneth Johnson and Brent Holcombe, all from Colorado Springs, Colo., have developed an apparatus, a method, and a kit for probing a pattern of points on a first printed circuit board. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
Indiana Inventors Develop Passenger Restraint System
Dec 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- Christopher W. Foye and Donald C. Boyle, both of Indianapolis, John David Scelsi and Guy R. Dingman, both of Westfield, Ind., and Charles G. Vits of Carmel, Ind., have developed a harness for restraining a passenger in the seat of a vehicle. According to the ...
Swedish Inventors Develop Collision Impact Force Absorbing Vehicle Body Beam
Dec 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- Ingemar Wallstrom of Goteborg, Sweden, Go Berglund of Gammelstad, Sweden, and Mats Lindberg of Lulea, Sweden, have developed a beam for absorbing impact forces imparted to doors and sides of a vehicle body as a result of collisions. According to the U.S. Patent ...
New York Inventors Develop Endoscopic Arterial Pump
Dec 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- Denise R. Barbut, Russell H. Patterson and Murk-Hein Heinemann, all from New York, have developed endoscopic arterial pumps for treatment of cardiac insufficiency and venous pumps for right-sided cardiac support. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Vehicle Seat Reclining Apparatus
Dec 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- Tetsuya Ohba of Shizuoka, Japan, has developed a seat reclining apparatus for a vehicle that is including a base member and a rotational member having an internal gear. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lock tooth is provided having an ...
Virginia, Maryland Inventors Develop Tear Resistant Heat Sealable Packaging Structure
Dec 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- David H. Hawes of Clifton Forge, Va., and Mohan Sasthav of Elkridge, Md., have developed a flexible, a multi-layer paperboard structure that may be heat sealed to form a tear resistant packaging material. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the ...
Norwegian Inventors Develop Transesophageal Ultrasound Probe
Dec 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- Stephen Dodge Edwardsen of Sandefjord, Norway, and Dag Jordfald of Horten, Norway, have developed a transesophageal ultrasound probe that have a rotating endoscope shaft. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a ...
California Inventors Develop Heart Treatment System
Dec 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- Lilip Lau of Los Altos, Calif., Matthew G. Fishler of Sunnyvale, Calif., and Craig Mar of Fremont, Calif., have developed a cardiac harness for treating congestive heart failure and for defibrillating and/or pacing/sensing. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
German Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Information Processing Apparatus
Dec 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- Michael Becker of Netphen, Germany, and Ralf Dahmer of Olpe, Germany, have developed an ornamental design for an apparatus for recording, transmitting and/or processing information, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Semiconductor Memory Device
Dec 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- Masahiko Nagatomo of Miyazaki, Japan, has developed a semiconductor memory device such as a non-volatile memory which allows electrical write. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor memory device includes word lines, drain lines, ...
Chinese Inventors Develop Split Gate Memory Cell Programming Method
Dec 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- Fuja Shone, I-Long Lee, Yi-Ching Liu, Hsin-Chien Chen and Wen-Lin Chang, all from Hsinchu, China, have developed a programming and manufacturing method for split gate memory cell. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for programming a ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Optical Disc Thickness Measurement Method
Dec 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- Seong Yun Jeong and Keum Cheol Kwak, both of Seoul, South Korea, Jin Hong Kim and Hun Seo, both of Yongin-si, South Korea, and Jin Yong Kim of Seongnam-si, South Korea, have developed a method of measuring thickness of an optical disc by using an interference effect of ...
German Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Instrument Holder
Dec 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- Harald Richter of Engelbrand, Germany, has developed an ornamental design for an instrument holder, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D533,175 on Dec. 5. The original application was filed on July ...
New York Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Cross Universal Serial Bus Drive
Dec 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- Scott Milstein and Jenny Wong, both of New York, have developed an ornamental design for a cross universal serial bus drive, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D533,179 on Dec. 5. The patent has ...
Arizona, Washington Inventors Develop Multispectral Imaging Chip
Dec 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- Nitesh N Shah, Delmar L. Barker and Harry A. Schmitt, all from Tucson, Ariz., and Dennis J Garrood of Chelan, Wash., have developed a multispectral imaging chip that uses photonic crystals. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "On-chip ...
Arizona Inventors Develop Combination Multipurpose Trailer
Dec 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- Michael Wiebe and Scott Foreman, both of Anthem, Ariz., have developed a combination trailer and a rooftop storage container and a method therefor. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A combination trailer and rooftop carrier for transporting ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Capsule Medical Apparatus
Dec 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- Hironobu Takizawa of Hachioji, Japan, Takeshi Yokoi of Hino, Japan, and Akira Kikuchi of Yokohama, Japan, have developed a capsule medical apparatus having evacuation detecting and notifying devices and capsule medical apparatus collecting system. According to ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Projecting Exposure Method
Dec 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- Hiromi Ishikawa, Masahiro Ohba, Norihasa Takada and Yutaka Korogi, all from Kanagawa-ken, Japan, have developed a spatial light modulating method performs spatial light modulation of light produced by a light source. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Optical Storage Disc Target Search Performing Apparatus
Dec 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- Chin-Huo Chu of Kao-Hsiung Hsien, Taiwan, Hao-Cheng Chen of Taipei Hsien, Taiwan, and Wen-Yi Wu of Hsin-Chu Hsien, Taiwan, have developed an optical storage disc that stores storage information and includes track information. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
California Inventor Develops Motorcycle with Rear-Mounted Radiator
Dec 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- David W. Arnold of Glendale, Calif., has developed a motorcycle with front and rear wheels. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A frame is supported on and connected to the front and rear wheels. The frame includes a rear swing frame pivotally ...
Pennsylvania, North Carolina Inventors Develop Epicardial Lead Installation Tool
Dec 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- Gary W. Guenst of Collegeville, Pa., and Gerard C. Forest of Whispering Pines, N.C., have developed methods and an apparatus for accessing and stabilizing an area of the heart. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An epicardial lead ...
California Inventor Develops Memory Device Redundant Column Preconditioning Method
Dec 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- Frankie F. Roohparvar of Milpitas, Calif., has developed a method of preconditioning of defective and redundant columns in a memory device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A redundant column is mapped to a defective or over-erased column ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Semiconductor Integrated Circuit Device
Dec 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- Yoshiaki Fukuzumi of Yokohama, Japan, and Hiroaki Yoda of Kawasaki, Japan, have developed a semiconductor integrated circuit device that includes a magneto-resistive effect element and a plug. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Object Position Measurement Unit
Dec 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- Hiroshi Isobe of Yokohama, Japan, has developed a position measurement unit that measures the position of an object to be position controlled. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microprocessor performs a plurality of types of operations on ...
BearingPoint Wins $22.25 Million Contract
Dec 09, 2006 ... WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- The U.S. Navy has awarded a $22.25 million contract to BearingPoint Inc., Lexington Park, Md., for systems integration services in support of Release 1.0 of the Navy Converged Enterprise Resource Planning System. The contract was awarded by the ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Power Tailgate Apparatus
Dec 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- Toshihisa Omori and Yoshitomo Ihashi, both of Utsunomiya, Japan, have developed a power tailgate apparatus that opens and closes a tailgate of a vehicle using electric power. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power tailgate apparatus of ...
Wisconsin Inventors Develop Retractable Windshield Console
Dec 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- Jim Behm and Patricia Strutz, both of Eagle River, Wis., have developed a retractable windshield and collapsible console apparatus for vehicles such as boats. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A retractable windshield and collapsible console ...
Canadian Inventors Develop Drive Mechanism Assembly
Dec 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- Peter Lejbjuk and Thomas Dean, both of Toronto, and Peter Lance Oxley of Mount Albert, Canada, have developed a drive mechanism assembly for enabling driving and manual movement of a sliding side door. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The ...
Austrian Inventor Develops Manually Operated Working Tool
Dec 09, 2006 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- Bernard Favre-Bulle of Feldkirch-Tosters, Austria, has developed a manually operated working tool. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a manually operated working tool such as an internal combustion operated ...