US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Tuesday, April 3:
Missouri Inventor Develops Boat Cover System
Apr 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Timothy A. Kramer of Blue Springs, Mo., has developed a boat cover system for covering a boat. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The boat cover system is attached to an existing structure and includes a track assembly, a roller assembly, ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Wireless Communication Apparatus
Apr 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Yosuke Ezumi of Ibaraki, Japan, has developed a wireless communication apparatus, a cordless telephone, a display operation control method, a program, and a storage medium therto. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Virginia Inventor Develops Rocket Engine Pressurizer
Apr 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Andrew F. Knight of Vienna, Va., has developed a pressurizer for a rocket engine. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pump for pressurizing a fluid includes an engine portion including a first pressure vessel, a first piston movable inside ...
Maine Inventor Develops Market Information Reporting Method
Apr 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Frederick R. Brown III of Cumberland, Maine, has developed a system and a method for obtaining, evaluating, and reporting market information. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "computer-enabled method and related ...
Illinois, Wisconsin Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Closure
Apr 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Valentin Hierzer of Arlington Heights, Ill., and Rick Gaiser of Burlington, Wis., have developed an ornamental design for a closure, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D518,714 April 11, ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Facsimile Apparatus
Apr 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Nobuhiko Noma, Eizo Katayama, Yoshihiro Noguchi and Mitsuhiro Araki, all from Kanagawa, Japan, Genzo Takagi of Saitama, Japan, Mikio Mizutani of Tokyo, have developed a modulator and demodulator (MODEM). According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Semiconductor Device Testing Contactor
Apr 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Makoto Haseyama and Shigeyuki Maruyama, both of Kawasaki, Japan, have developed a contactor used for testing a semiconductor device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The semiconductor device testing contactor is electrically connected to ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Liquid Crystal Display Device Fabrication Apparatus
Apr 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Moo Yeol Park and Sung Su Jung, both of Taegu-kwangyokshi, South Korea, and Yong Sang Byun of Kyongsangbuk-do, South Korea, have developed a mask holder for irradiating Ultra Violet-rays. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The mask holder ...
Canadian Inventors Develop Article Stiffness Testing Method
Apr 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Danick Dupont and Gratien Beauchemin, both of Quebec, Jean-Claude Ouellet of St-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada, Jean Campagna of St-Nicolas, Canada, and Jacques Labbe of Sainte-Foy, Canada, have developed an apparatus and a method for testing stiffness of ...
Florida Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Tropical Light Main Power Line
Apr 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Wendy Moore of Melbourne, Fla., has developed an ornamental design for a main power line for tropical lights, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D518,779 on April 11, 2006. The original application ...
Arizona Inventors Develop Unmanned Underwater Vehicle Health Monitoring System
Apr 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Paul T. Wingett and Calvin C. Potter, both of Mesa, Ariz., and Sharon K. Brault of Chandler, Ariz., have developed a health monitoring system for an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) which is disposed within a submerged docking station. According to the U.S ....
Alabama Inventors Develop Video Guidance Sensor System
Apr 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Michael L. Book, Thomas C. Bryan, Richard T. Howard, Fred Davis Roe Jr. and Joseph L. Bell, all from Huntsville, Ala., have developed a video guidance sensor system with integrated rangefinding. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Image Sensing Apparatus
Apr 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Yuichi Sato and Nobukazu Suzuki, both of Kanagawa, Japan, have developed an image sensing apparatus capable of connecting to an external information processing apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an image sensing system ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Photosensitive Tabular Member Suction Mechanism
Apr 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Hiroshi Uemura of Kanagawa, Japan, has developed a photosensitive tabular member suction mechanism and an image recording device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "photosensitive tabular member suction mechanism ...
California Inventors Develop Probe Card Manufacturing Method
Apr 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Gary W. Grube of Pleasanton, Calif., Igor Y. Khandros of Orinda, Calif., Benjamin N. Eldridge of Danville, Calif., Gaetan L. Mathieu of Livermore, Calif., Poya Lotfizadeh of San Francisco, and Jim Chih-Chiang Tseng of Dublin, Calif., have developed a method of ...
California Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Adjustable Reflector Socket
Apr 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Peter B. Wardenburg of Novato, Calif., has developed an ornamental design for an adjustable reflector socket, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D518,778 on April 11, 2006. The original application ...
California Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Media Connector
Apr 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Tristan Michael Christianson of San Francisco, has developed an ornamental design for a media connector, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D518,777 on April 11, 2006. The patent has been assigned ...
Pennsylvania, California Inventors Develop Radio Frequency Identification Tag Attachment Method
Apr 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Kenneth D. Baker of Ambler, Pa., David Greer of Perkasie, Pa., Michael C. Needling of Norristown, Pa., Gary Rozenblat of Sherman Oaks, Calif., and George Younan of Porter Ranch, Calif., have developed a method of attaching a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag ...
Texas Inventors Develop Data Management Method
Apr 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Robert Kimberlin Foster of Austin, Texas, Casey Lee McCreary of Liberty Hill, Texas, Charles Andrew McLaughlin of Round Rock, Texas, and Christine I. Wang of Pflugerville, Texas, have developed a method, a system, and a computer program product for managing persistent ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Personal Watercraft Steering Device
Apr 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Kunihiko Kamio of Kobe, Japan, has developed a steering device of a personal watercraft. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The steering device typically includes a lower steering column that is mounted to a body of the watercraft and is ...
Florida Inventor Develops Vehicle Propulsion Formation System
Apr 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Vinu B. Krishnan of Orlando, Fla., has developed a propulsion system for forming vehicle propulsion from solid propellant projectiles. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a system for "propulsion from combustion of ...
California Inventors Develop Media Backup Performance Improvement Method
Apr 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Prasenjit Sarkar and Kaladhar Voruganti, both of San Jose, Calif., have developed a system and a method for improving backup performance of media and dynamic ready to transfer control mechanism. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system ...
Michigan Inventors Develop Lever Connector Test Fixture
Apr 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Roy M. Holcombe of Plymouth, Mich., Jen Vun Ng of Westland, Mich., and Bryan D. Cole of Canton, Mich., have developed a universally adjustable tool for measuring the force required to throw the lever of a lever-type, two-part, electrical connector. According ...
Colorado Inventors Develop Bus Interface Controller Card Internal Memory
Apr 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Christopher McCarty and Jeffrey Rogers, both of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Bruce Trunck of Monument, Colo., have developed an internal memory for a bus interface controller card or integrated circuit chip. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Portable Radio Telephone Location Registration Apparatus
Apr 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Sang-Uuk Song of Songnam-shi, South Korea, has developed an apparatus and a method of registering home-zone location in portable radio telephone. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "apparatus and method used in a ...
New York Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Stackable Storage Box with Removable Drawer
Apr 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Abraham Ohayon of Brooklyn, N.Y., has developed an ornamental design for a stackable storage box with removable drawer, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D518,708 April 11, 2006. The original ...
New Jersey Inventors Develop Voice-Enabled Help Desk Service
Apr 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Narendra K. Gupta of Dayton, N.J., Mazin G Rahim of Matawan, N.J., and Giuseppe Riccardi of Hoboken, N.J., have developed a system for handling frequently asked questions in a natural language dialog service. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
U.S., Swedish Inventors Develop Low-Swing Bus Driver
Apr 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Mark A. Anders of Hillsboro, Ore., Ram Krishnamurthy of Portland, Ore., and Peter Caputa of Linkoping, Sweden, have developed a low-swing bus driver and receiver. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to some embodiments, provided are ...
New Jersey Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Dispenser with Center Opening Cover
Apr 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Peter F. Connolly of Parsippany, N.J., Jake Ginder of Watchung, N.J., Steven Ginsberg of Montville, N.J., Bradford S. Grant of Bridgewater, N.J., and Thomas Zoltner of Denville, N.J., have developed an ornamental design for a dispenser with center opening covers, the ...
U.S., Ukrainian Inventors Develop Anti-Tracking Earth Boring Bit
Apr 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Anna Victorovna Aaron of Flowery Branch, Ga., and Viktor Lytvynenko of Dnepropetrovsk Region, Ukraine, have developed an anti-tracking earth boring bit with selected varied pitch for overbreak optimization and vibration reduction. According to the U.S. Patent ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Comparator
Apr 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Hirofumi Yuki and Yasunori Kawamura, both of Kyoto, Japan, have developed a comparator which compares an input voltage and a reference voltage by using a plurality of inverting circuits connected in series. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
Connecticut Inventors Develop Optical Signal Peaks Detecting Apparatus
Apr 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- D. Ralph Jones of Guilford, Conn., and David G. Bellemore of Fairfield, Conn., have developed a method and an apparatus for detecting peaks in an optical signal using a cross-correlation filter. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The method ...
Swedish Inventors Develop Antenna Input/Output Node Transceiver Circuit
Apr 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Per-Olof Brandt of Lomma, Sweden, and Jesper Olsander of Malmo, Sweden, have developed a transceiver circuit that includes a transmission amplifier coupled with an antenna input/output node. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The ...
California Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Hanger
Apr 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Man Hui of Monterey Park, Calif., and Peter Glass of Arroyo Grande, Calif., have developed an ornamental design for a hanger, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D518,706 April 11, 2006. The ...
French Inventors Develop Wavelength Division Multiplexing System
Apr 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Dominique Hamoir of Nozay, France, and Dominique Bayart of Clamart, France, have developed a wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) optical communication system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a WDM optical ...
Texas Inventor Develops Data Processing System
Apr 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Mark Elliott Hack of Cedar Park, Texas, has developed a method, an apparatus, and computer instructions for managing a set of devices in the data processing system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An alert is received through an external ...
New Jersey Inventors Develop Wireless Communication System Handoffs Control Method
Apr 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Narayan L. Gehlot of Sayreville, N.J., and Victor B. Lawrence of Holmdel, N.J., have developed methods and systems for controlling handoffs in a wireless communication system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques for controlling ...
Illinois, New York Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Bottle
Apr 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- John M. Bretz of Crystal Lake, Ill., John L. Konieczka of Lake Barrington, Ill., Scott A. Schoessel of Evantson, Ill., Jill Maine of Chicago, and Roland Charriez of Mohegan Lake, N.Y., have developed an ornamental design for a bottle, the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
British Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Air Freshener Device Adjusting Cap
Apr 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Richard Paul Harbutt of Rowly, Great Britain, Kevin Joseph Greene of Redhill, Great Britain, and Thomas Edward Herman of London, have developed an ornamental design for an adjustable cap of an air freshener device, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office ...
Australian Inventor Develops Trolley Lifting Device
Apr 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Adam Thomas Lear of Two Wells, Australia, has developed a lifting and transporting device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lifting device includes a base frame, the base frame having associated drive means: a lifting arm connected at a ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Magnetic Fastener
Apr 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Yoshihiro Aoki of Tokyo has developed an ornamental design for a magnetic fastener, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D518,707 April 11, 2006. The patent has been assigned to Application Art ...
U.S., German Inventors Develop Random Number Generation Detectors Using Method
Apr 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Jayson L. Cohen and Hoi-Kwong Lo, both of New York, and Norbert Lutkenhaus of Erlangen, Germany, have developed a method of efficient use of detectors for random number generation. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus for and methods ...
Israeli Inventors Develop Cable Applications Direct Radio Frequency Sampling Method
Apr 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Nir Sasson of Ein Sarid, Israel, Uri Garbi of Rosh Haain, Israel, and Naor Goldman of Raanana, Israel, have developed a method of direct radio frequency (RF) sampling for cable applications and other broadband signals. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
California Inventors Develop Hybrid Machine, Human Computing Arrangement
Apr 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Venky Harinarayan and Anand Ranganathan, both of Mountain View, Calif., and Anand Rajaraman of Palo Alto, Calif., have developed a method for a computer system to use human assistance in performing tasks. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, ...
Georgia Inventors Develop Packaged Integrated Circuit Device
Apr 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Bradley C. Luis and Srinivas S. B. Bamdhamravuri, both of Duluth, Ga., and Roland T. Knaack of Suwanee, Ga., have developed a packaged integrated circuit device that includes a nonvolatile memory device and a programmable clock driver circuit ...
Colorado Inventors Develop Integrated Circuit
Apr 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Steven P. Young and Trevor J. Bauer, both of Boulder, Colo., have developed an integrated circuit having a programmable input structure with optional fanout capability. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A programmable input structure for a ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Shock Absorbing Device
Apr 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Sadayoshi Kajino and Kei Shibayama, both of Nagoya, Japan, and Syuichi Aoki of Oura-gun, Japan, have developed a shock absorbing device that includes a transmitting section, first friction plates, second friction plates, and a dish spring. According to the ...
Virginia, District of Columbia Inventors Develop Voice Messages Delivery System
Apr 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Hannes Eberle, Bodo Maass and Anurag Patnaik, all from Arlington, Va., Christopher S. Leon and Michael Zirngibl, both of Washington, and Alberto Santa Ana of Falls Church, Va., have developed a system for the delivery of voice messages to a voice service subscriber ...
California, Georgia Inventors Develop Downstream Adaptive Modulation System
Apr 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Mark Dale and David Hartman, both of Laguna Hills, Calif., and Anders Hebsgaard of Duluth, Ga., have developed a downstream adaptive modulation system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The downstream adaptive modulation system comprises a ...
Australian Inventor Develops Projectile Firing Apparatus
Apr 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- James Michael O'Dwyer of Sinnamon Park, Australia, has developed a barrel assembly with a barrel. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The barrel comprises a plurality of external chambers containing respective propellant charges, a plurality ...
Pennsylvania, California Inventors Develop Plasma Processing System
Apr 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Ashish Agarwal of Pittsburgh, and Dimitris Lymberopoulos of San Jose, Calif., have developed a method and a system for event detection in plasma processes. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Plasma events are detected by analyzing the ...
Maryland Inventors Develop Quantum Information Processing Method
Apr 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Michael J. Fitch, Bryan C. Jacobs and Todd B. Pittman, all from Catonsville, Md., James D. Franson of Ellicott City, Md., and Michelle M. Donegan of Columbia, Md., have developed techniques for high fidelity quantum teleportation and computing. According to ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Bicycle Drive Unit
Apr 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Keiji Matsueda and Keita Tanaka, both of Shimonoseki, Japan, have developed a bicycle drive unit and a bicycle chain stay. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bicycle drive unit comprises a frame main unit, first and second cover members, a ...
Arizona, California Inventors Develop Optical Interference Device Automated Verification System
Apr 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Paul G. Coombs, Donald M. Friedrich, Curtis R. Hruska and Charles T. Markantes, all from Santa Rosa, Calif., and Ken D. Cardell of Tucson, Ariz., have developed automated verification systems and methods for use with optical interference devices. According to ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Vehicle Drive Apparatus
Apr 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Tadayuki Hatsuda of Fujisawa, Japan, Tetsuya Niikuni of Yokosuka, Japan, and Tsutomu Tanimoto of Kawasaki, Japan, have developed a drive apparatus for vehicle. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drive apparatus basically comprises left ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Communication Information recording Device
Apr 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Takayuki Sugiura of Tokyo has developed a communication information recording device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The object of the present invention is to obtain the records of communication through the network. Monitoring the packet ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Optical Switch
Apr 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Hirofumi Shimomura, Seigo Takahashi and Naoya Henmi, all from Tokyo, have developed an optical switch, an optical amplifier and an optical power controller as well as optical add-drop multiplexer. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Facsimile Apparatus
Apr 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Tatsuo Takaoka of Kanagawa, Japan, has developed a facsimile apparatus and a method of controlling the apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A facsimile apparatus is provided with boxes corresponding to an F-code which is received by ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Connector Housing
Apr 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Naoki Kurasaki of Osaka, Japan, has developed an ornamental design for connector housing, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D518,773 on April 11, 2006. The patent has been assigned to J.S.T. Mfg ....
Japanese Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Automobile Instrument Panel
Apr 03, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 -- Tatsuya Akimaru and Hisashi Matsuura, both of Wako, Japan, have developed an ornamental design for an instrument panel for automobile, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D519,895 on May 2, ...
DOE SIGNING PAVES WAY FOR FUNDING, CONSTRUCTION OF INNOVATIVE CLEAN COAL PLANT IN FLORIDA
Apr 03, 2007 ... The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following press release: The U.S. Secretary of Energy Samuel W. Bodman today announced the signing of a Record of Decision that clears the path for construction of a $569-million, 285-megawatt coal-fired power plant that will be one of the ...
Premier Copper & Brass/Pacific Wins $75,698 Contract
Apr 03, 2007 ... BREMERTON, Wash., April 3 -- The U.S. Navy has awarded a $75,698 contract to Premier Copper & Brass/Pacific Inc., Chula Vista, Calif., for pipe fittings. The contract was awarded by the Naval Supply Systems Command's Fleet & Industrial Supply Center Puget Sound, Bremerton, ...
Earl Industries Wins $198,277 Contract
Apr 03, 2007 ... JACKSONVILLE, Fla., April 3 -- The U.S. Navy has awarded a $198,277 contract to Earl Industries LLC, Jacksonville, Fla., for ship and marine equipment. The contract was awarded by the Naval Sea Systems Command's Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversion & Repair, Jacksonville, ...
Rolls-Royce Naval Marine Awarded Navy Contract
Apr 03, 2007 ... WASHINGTON, April 3 -- Rolls-Royce Naval Marine Inc., Walpole, Mass., has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command, for research and development work. No contract amount was specified ($0). For more ...
Ideal Aerosmith Wins $35,531 Contract
Apr 03, 2007 ... KEYPORT, Wash., April 3 -- The U.S. Navy has awarded a $35,531 contract to Ideal Aerosmith Inc., East Grand Forks, Minn., for rate table assemblies. The contract was awarded by the Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Keyport, Wash. For more ...