US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Tuesday, May 29:
U.S. Army $34,038 Contract to Al Zoba General Trading & Contracting
May 29, 2007 ... CAMP DOHA, Kuwait, May 29 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $34,038 contract to Al Zoba General Trading & Contracting Co., Ras Salmiya, Kuwait, for hardware and abrasives. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Central Command - Kuwait, Camp Doha, ...
Global Knowledge Training Wins $50,710 Contract
May 29, 2007 ... YOKOTA AIR FORCE BASE, Japan, May 29 -- The U.S. Air Force has awarded a $50,710 contract to Global Knowledge Training LLC, Cary, N.C., for training aids and devices. The contract was awarded by USAF's Pacific Air Forces, Yokota Air Base, Japan. For more information about US Fed ...
U.S. Army Awards $8,569 Contract to Jasmine International
May 29, 2007 ... CAMP DOHA, Kuwait, May 29 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $8,569 contract to Jasmine International, Salmiya, Kuwait, for conference room furniture. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Central Command - Kuwait, Camp Doha, Kuwait. For more information about US ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Liquid Crystal Display Device Driving Circuit
May 29, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 29 -- Ching-Tung Wang of Jhubei, Taiwan, and Jui-Lung Hung of Jhanghua County, Taiwan, have developed a low color scale driving circuit of a liquid crystal display device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A driving circuit used in a liquid ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Liquid Crystal Display Device
May 29, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 29 -- Shinichi Shimomaki of Akishima, Japan, has developed a liquid crystal display device and a driving control method thereof. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a liquid crystal display device of an active matrix type, at first, an ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Liquid Crystal Display Operating Method
May 29, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 29 -- Sang-hak Lee of Seoul, South Korea, and Sang-un Lee of Yongin-si, South Korea, have developed an apparatus and a method to improve a response speed of a liquid crystal display (LCD). According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and method ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Self Light Emitting Type Display Device
May 29, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 29 -- Atsusi Matsuda and Yoichi Satake, both of Yonezawa, Japan, have developed a display device in which a plurality of self-emitting pixels are arranged. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "Provided is a self ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Screen Flicker Solving Scan Line Circuit
May 29, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 29 -- Biing-Seng Wu, Wen-Jyh Sah and Chao-Wen Wu, all from Hsin-Shih Village, Taiwan, have developed a method of reducing flickering and inhomogeneous brightness in an liquid crystal display. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The method serially ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Display Apparatus Driving Method
May 29, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 29 -- Somei Kawasaki of Saitama, Japan, and Masami Iseki of Kanagawa, Japan, have developed a display apparatus using the current signal output circuit. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of driving a display apparatus includes the steps ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Liquid Crystal Display Device
May 29, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 29 -- Yasunori Ogawa of Tokyo has developed0 a liquid crystal display device which is capable of reducing flicker over all areas of a liquid crystal panel. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A common voltage having a predetermined level is fed to ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Display Device with Light Emitting Elements
May 29, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 29 -- Ryuichi Hashido, Hidetada Tokioka, Masafumi Agari, Suehiro Goto and Takahiro Urakabe, all from Hyogo, Japan, have developed a display device for gray-scale expression based on a display signal of weighted n bits. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Display Device
May 29, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 29 -- Michiru Senda of Gifu, Japan, has developed a display device with a digital/analog (D/A) conversion function converting a digital image signal into an analog image signal. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A current generating circuit, which ...
U.S., Japanese Inventors Develop Display Device, Scan Line Driver Circuit
May 29, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 29 -- Kai Schleupen of Yorktown Heights, N.Y., Manabu Kodate of Yokohama, Japan, and Eisuke Kanzaki of Fujisawa, Japan, have developed a driving method for improving display uniformity in multiplexed pixel. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Image Display Apparatus
May 29, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 29 -- Hiroshi Kageyama of Hachioji, Japan, and Hajime Akimoto of Ome, Japan, have developed an image display apparatus with a light emitting element in each of its pixels. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided an image display ...
Swiss Inventors Develop Money Accounts Unblocking Method
May 29, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 29 -- Renato Cantini of Belfaux, Switzerland, and Karin Busch Lauper of Bern, Switzerland, have developed a method for blocking respectively unblocking a money account bound to a subscriber identity module card. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Field Emission Display Device
May 29, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 29 -- Seong-Hak Moon of Seoul, South Korea, has developed an aging driving apparatus of field emission display device and a driving method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aging driving method of a field emission display device can secure ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Electroluminescent Apparatus
May 29, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 29 -- Tokuroh Ozawa and Mutsumi Kimura, both of Suwa, Japan, have developed active matrix type display apparatuses incorporating luminescent elements of a current controlling type. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Electro-luminescence Display Device
May 29, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 29 -- Chang Wook Han of Seoul, South Korea, Woong Sik Choi of Ansan-shi, South Korea, and Sung Joon Bae of Sungnam-shi, South Korea, have developed an active matrix electro-luminescence display and a method of driving the same. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Projection Type Video Display Apparatus
May 29, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 29 -- Futoshi Yamasaki of Yokohama, Japan, and Masahiko Yatsu of Fujisawa, Japan, have developed a projection type video display apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An object of the invention is to achieve a high intensity, a compact ...
Georgia Inventors Develop Card Assembly with Vertical Magnetic Stripe
May 29, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 29 -- Phillip Craig Graves of Atlanta, and Sean Keith Chariker of Alpharetta, Ga., have developed a card assembly that comprises a display portion and a transaction card. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The display portion comprises a ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Image Projector
May 29, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 29 -- Akira Hashimoto of Shiojiri, Japan, has developed a projector for projecting an image using an optical modulator unit such as a liquid crystal light valve or the like. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A projector is provided wherein the ...
Canadian Inventor Develops Installed Equipment Tracking System
May 29, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 29 -- Louis Chang of Toronto has developed a system and a method of tracking installed equipment and deploying spare parts. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an embodiment, each piece of equipment may includes a unique electronic identifier ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Mode Transfer Control Apparatus
May 29, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 29 -- Yasushi Tomita, Kiyoshi Akiyama and Tomoya Imazu, all from Yokohama, Japan, have developed a mode transfer control apparatus and method for hybrid vehicle. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In mode transfer control apparatus and method for a ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Folding Device
May 29, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 29 -- Koji Sakai, Takayuki Ishikawa and Toshio Ohie, all from Tsuruga, Japan, and Katsuichi Minami of Obama, Japan, have developed a folding device that can be used for various kinds of electronic apparatuses and is capable of easy processing of parts and lowering of ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Image-Projecting Apparatus
May 29, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 29 -- Masaharu Eguchi of Tochigi, Japan, has developed an image-projecting apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention discloses an image-projecting apparatus which employs an auto-focusing (AF) system suitable for use ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Display Device
May 29, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 29 -- Jun Koyama, Mitsuaki Osame and Mai Osada, all from Kanagawa, Japan, and Shunpei Yamazaki of Tokyo, have developed a display panel in which a light emitting element formed on a substrate is sealed between the substrate and a cover member. According to the U.S ....
Spanish Inventor Develops Vehicle Hybrid Traction System
May 29, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 29 -- Francisco Gonzalez Mena of Estepona, Spain, has developed a hybrid drive system for vehicles. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The system includes the connection of an engine and a motor, one as a combustion engine and the other as a ...
Report Relative to Financial Condition of American Legion Sent to Senate
May 29, 2007 ... WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The Senate Judiciary Committee has received an executiuve branch communication from the American Legion.The Director at the National Legislation Commission has transmitted, pursuant to law, a report ...
State Dept. Report of Recommendation to Continue Waiver Sent to Senate
May 29, 2007 ... WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The Senate Finance Committee has received an executiuve branch communication from the Department of State.The Assistant Secretary at the Office of Legislative Affairs has transmitted, pursuant to law, the report of a recommendation to ...
Homeland Security Rule on United States Free Trade Agreement Sent to Senate
May 29, 2007 ... WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The Senate Finance Committee has received an executiuve branch communication from the Department of Homeland Security.The Chief at the Trade and Commercial Regulations Branch has transmitted, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Dominican Republic - ...
EPA Rule on Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans in Kansas Sent to Senate
May 29, 2007 ... WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee has received an executiuve branch communication from the Environmental Protection Agency.The Principal Deputy Associate Administrator at EPA's Office of Policy, Economics and Innovation has transmitted, pursuant to law, the ...
EPA Rule on Revisions to California State Implementation Plan Sent to Senate
May 29, 2007 ... WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee has received an executiuve branch communication from the Environmental Protection Agency.The Principal Deputy Associate Administrator at EPA's Office of Policy, Economics and Innovation has transmitted, pursuant to law, the ...
EPA Rule on Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans in State of Missouri Sent to Senate
May 29, 2007 ... WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee has received an executiuve branch communication from the Environmental Protection Agency.The Principal Deputy Associate Administrator at EPA's Office of Policy, Economics and Innovation has transmitted, pursuant to law, the ...
EPA Rule on Control of Gasoline Volatility Sent to Senate
May 29, 2007 ... WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee has received an executiuve branch communication from the Environmental Protection Agency.The Principal Deputy Associate Administrator at EPA's Office of Policy, Economics and Innovation has transmitted, pursuant to law, the ...
FERC Annual Report Sent to Senate
May 29, 2007 ... WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has received an executiuve branch communication from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.The Chairman at FERC has transmitted, ...
EPA Rule on Prevention of Significant Deterioration Requirements for Power Plants Sent to Senate
May 29, 2007 ... WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee has received an executiuve branch communication from the Environmental Protection Agency.The Principal Deputy Associate Administrator at EPA's Office of Policy, Economics and Innovation has transmitted, pursuant to law, the ...
State Dept. Protocol Amending Convention between United States of America and Federal Republic of Germany Sent to Senate
May 29, 2007 ... WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has received an executiuve branch communication from the Department of State.The Assistant Legal Adviser at the Office of Treaty Affairs has transmitted a letter stating that an exchange of notes stamped "for your information" ...
EPA Inspector General's Semiannual Report Sent to Senate
May 29, 2007 ... WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has received an executiuve branch communication from the Environmental Protection Agency.The Administrator at EPA has transmitted, pursuant to law, the ...
EPA Rule on Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans in Georgia Sent to Senate
May 29, 2007 ... WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee has received an executiuve branch communication from the Environmental Protection Agency.The Principal Deputy Associate Administrator at EPA's Office of Policy, Economics and Innovation has transmitted, pursuant to law, the ...
USDA Rule on Mint Crop Insurance Provisions Sent to Senate
May 29, 2007 ... WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee has received an executiuve branch communication from the Department of Agriculture.The Administrator at USDA's Risk Management Agency has transmitted, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Common Crop ...
State Dept. Certification of Proposed License for Export of Defense Services to Korea Sent to Senate
May 29, 2007 ... WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has received an executiuve branch communication from the Department of State.The Assistant Secretary at the Office of Legislative Affairs has transmitted, pursuant to law, the certification of a proposed license for the export of ...
Labor Report on Reducing Incentives for Fraud and Abuse and Enhancing Program Integrity Sent to Senate
May 29, 2007 ... WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee has received an executiuve branch communication from the Department of Labor.The Administrator at the Office of Foreign Labor Certification has transmitted, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Labor ...
California Inventor Develops Rollover Safety Seat
May 29, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 29 -- Keith Friedman of Santa Barbara, Calif., has developed a vehicle seat which provides enhanced occupant protection in the event of a vehicle rollover. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The seat includes a rollover sensor and mechanisms ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Motor-Driven Wheel
May 29, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 29 -- Takuma Kakinami of Toyota, Japan, Takeo Yamamoto of Nissin, Japan, and Shigekazu Yogo of Nagoya, Japan, have developed a motor-driven wheel small in size and improved in ride comfort, ease of assembly and reliability. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Mississippi Inventor Develops Wheelchair Tray System
May 29, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 29 -- Mary Frances Lang of Greenville, Miss., and Gordon R. Tupper of Leland, Miss., have developed systems and methods for a wheelchair tray that may include providing a tray portion and a connecting portion attached thereto. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Japanese Inventor Develops In-Line Multicylinder Combustion Engine
May 29, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 29 -- Atsushi Ueshima of Akashi, Japan, has developed an in-line multicylinder combustion engine. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided an in-line multicylinder combustion engine of a type, in which the length and the width of the ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Throttle Valve
May 29, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 29 -- Seiji Yamamoto and Mineyasu Oana, both of Wako, Japan, have developed a throttle valve. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A throttle valve for adjusting an amount of intake air to an internal combustion engine includes throttle shafts ...
California Inventor Develops Dynamic Chair
May 29, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 29 -- William E. Wegener of Los Gatos, Calif., has developed a chair seat that travels through a preferred range of motion to distribute pressure over a large area beneath a seated person. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Automotive Seat with Inflatable Cushion Device
May 29, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 29 -- Manabu Kobari of Akishima, Japan, has developed an automotive seat with an inflatable cushion device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a seat back of automotive seat with an inflatable cushion device, an inflatable cushion element and a ...
Wisconsin Inventors Develop Oil Pump
May 29, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 29 -- Charles J. Lamb of Greendale, Wis., and Jesse Dees of Slinger, Wis., have developed an oil pump for an engine having a first cam shaft and a second cam shaft. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The oil pump includes a housing and a first pump ...
Michigan Inventors Develop Lightweight Hybrid Tubular/Casting Instrument Panel Beam
May 29, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 29 -- Aihua A. Luo of Troy, Mich., and Anil K. Sachdev of Rochester Hills, Mich., have developed a lightweight hybrid tubular/casting instrument panel beam and a die-cast method of making the same. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An instrument ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Engine Cooling System Configuration
May 29, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 29 -- Yosuke Hoi of Saitama, Japan, has developed an engine cooling system configuration, and personal watercraft incorporating same. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "internal combustion engine for a personal ...
Oregon Inventor Develops Self-calibrating Strobe Signal Generator
May 29, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 29 -- Arnold M. Frisch of Portland, Ore., has developed a self-calibrating strobe signal generator for a built-in self-test (BIST) circuit. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A self-calibrating strobe signal generator for a BIST circuit responds to ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Small-Sized Vehicle
May 29, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 29 -- Kazuaki Iwami and Katsuhisa Shimizu, both of Shizuoka-Ken, Japan, have developed a small-sized vehicle having an electric motor-driven power steering apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A small-sized vehicle is capable of inhibiting ...
Wisconsin Inventor Develops Vehicle Cab
May 29, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 29 -- Lance T. Hampel of Land O'Lakes, Wis., has developed a cab for a small vehicle like an all terrain vehicle, a lawn or garden tractor or a small construction equipment. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cab for a vehicle, such as an all ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Plasma Display Panel Energy Recovery Circuit
May 29, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 29 -- Jun-Young Lee and Jun-Hyung Kim, both of Cheonan-si, South Korea, and Byung-Nam An of Asan-si, South Korea, have developed an energy recovery circuit of a plasma display panel and a plasma display panel driving apparatus including the same. According to the ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Internal Combustion Engine
May 29, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 29 -- Yosuke Hoi, Hisashi Matsuo, Michio Izumi and Kazunori Okada, all from Wako, Japan, have developed an internal combustion engine having an improved oil cooling structure, and personal watercraft incorporating same. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
German Inventors Develop Drag Lever for Internal Combustion Engine
May 29, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 29 -- Helmut Engelhardt and Johann Kecker, both of Herzogenaurach, Germany, and Jo Michel of Schwarzenbach am Wald, Germany, have developed a drag lever of a valve mechanism in an internal combustion engine. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
German Inventors Develop Industrial Truck Driving System
May 29, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 29 -- Ralf Baginski of Neetze, Germany, Rainer Bruns of Kirchenheide, Germany, George Nissen of Kiebitzflehr, Germany, and Stefan Steiger of Frankisch-Grumbach, Germany, have developed a driving system for an industrial truck. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Texas Inventors Develop Transaction Time-out Determination Method
May 29, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 29 -- Richard W. Adkisson and Huai-Ter V. Chong, both of Dallas, have developed a method for determining time-outs with respect to a plurality of transactions. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are systems and methods for determining ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Variable Air Induction Apparatus
May 29, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 29 -- Tsuyoshi Kanda and Taisuke Murata, both of Obu, Japan, Yasutoshi Kameda and Akira Nakawatase, both of Toyota, Japan, and Yoshichika Yamada of Kuwana, Japan, have developed a variable air induction apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
German Inventors Develop Hand-Guided Working Tool
May 29, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 29 -- Klaus-Martin Uhl of Plochingen, Germany, Sebastian Friedrich of Waiblingen, Germany, and Jens Riehmann of Stuttgart, Germany, have developed a hand-guided working tool. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hand-guided working tool has an ...
German Inventors Develop Shaft Drive Unit
May 29, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 29 -- Wolfram Angerer and Uwe Muhlberger, both of Heidenheim, Germany, have developed a shaft drive unit, in particular an electrical drive unit for driving a wheel shaft with a transverse shaft structure. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the ...
Washington Inventors Develop Information Auxiliary Display System
May 29, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 29 -- Eric Gould Bear and Robert Scott Plank, both of Bellevue, Wash., Adrian M. Chandley and William J. Westerinen, both of Sammamish, Wash., Aditha May Adams of Seattle, Carl Ledbetter of Mercer Island, Wash., Steve Kaneko of Medina, Wash., Chris Schoppa of Redmond, Wash., ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Construction Machine
May 29, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 29 -- Tokuo Fujii of Hiroshima, Japan, has developed a construction machine such as a hydraulic excavator. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A construction machine according to the present invention comprises a maintenance opening portion formed ...