US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Thursday, July 26:
Eaton Aerospace Wins $106,550 Contract
Jul 26, 2007 ... PHILADELPHIA, July 26 -- The U.S. Navy has awarded a $106,550 contract to Eaton Aerospace LLC, Grand Rapids, Mich., for electro-mechanical actuators. The contract was awarded by the Naval Inventory Control Point, Philadelphia. For more information about US Fed ...
Tel Instrument Electronic Wins $49,500 Contract
Jul 26, 2007 ... PHILADELPHIA, July 26 -- The U.S. Navy has awarded a $49,500 contract to Tel Instrument Electronic Corp., Carlstadt, N.J., for the repair and modification of transponder test sets. The contract was awarded by the Naval Inventory Control Point, Philadelphia. For more ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Working Vehicle
Jul 26, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 26 -- Toshiyuki Hasegawa, Atsuo Yoshina and Shigenori Sakikawa, all from Amagasaki, Japan, have developed a working vehicle. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a working vehicle, a variable output hydro-static transmission and a planetary gear ...
California Inventors Develop Distributed File Data Securing System
Jul 26, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 26 -- Lance W. Russell of Hollister, Calif., and Lu Xu of San Jose, Calif., have developed a method for securing the distributed file data. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method and apparatus for data security for a ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Fail-Safe Computers Booting System
Jul 26, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 26 -- Shun-I Hsu of Tu-chen, Taiwan, has developed a fail-safe booting system for a computer. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for manual fail-safe bootstrap based on a single flash read-only memory (ROM) includes a flash ROM and an ...
French Inventors Develop Vehicle Pulley Groove Belt Mounting Tool
Jul 26, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 26 -- Alain Winninger of Tours, France, Jean Claude Sedilleau of Chambray les Tours, France, and Jean-Jacques Robert of Monnaie, France, have developed a device for mounting a belt in a groove of a vehicle pulley. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, ...
New Jersey Inventor Develops Remote Files Backup Method
Jul 26, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 26 -- Aviel D. Rubin of West Caldwell, N.J., has developed a method for secure remote files backup system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is directed to an architecture and mechanism for securely backing up files and ...
German Inventors Develop Secure Data Transmission Method
Jul 26, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 26 -- Tobias Martin of Rabenau, Germany, and Joerg Schwenk of Henfenfeld, Germany, have developed sensitive Internet data misuse prevention method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for key agreement for a cryptographically secured ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Reusable Masking Member Protect
Jul 26, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 26 -- Masanori Ogawa and Kuninori Ito, both of Aichi, Japan, have developed a reusable masking member protect. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The object of the present invention is to provide a masking member which has good heat resistance and ...
Washington Inventors Develop License-Based Cryptographic Technique
Jul 26, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 26 -- Ramarathnam Venkatesan of Redmond, Wash., and Yacov Yacobi of Mercer Island, Wash., have developed computer-executable instruction storing medium. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "technique for imparting ...
California Inventor Develops Ladder Elevator Device
Jul 26, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 26 -- Barlow Hatch of Brookdale, Calif., has developed a ladder elevator device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An elevator device that is installed on one or more ladders to lift loads from the ground to a desired position on a roof. A base ...
Canadian Inventors Develop Network Resource Control System
Jul 26, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 26 -- Steven Spicer, Mark Onischke, Tim Lehan, Christopher Martin and Brian Hollander, all from Kitchener, Canada, Patrick Pidduck, Steven Coutts and Larry Kuhl, all from Waterloo, Canada, Philip Von Hatten of New Hamburg, Canada, and Clayton Grassick of Winnipeg, Canada, ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Weather Strip
Jul 26, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 26 -- Yoshihisa Kubo, Masahiko Ito and Mitsunobu Teramoto, all from Aichi, Japan, have developed a weather strip. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "When a molded portion of a weather strip is molded, a slit, from which a core body is taken out, ...
Honeywell International Wins $490,035 Contract
Jul 26, 2007 ... PHILADELPHIA, July 26 -- The U.S. Navy has awarded a $490,035 contract to Honeywell International Inc., Minneapolis, for lighting fixtures and lamps. The contract was awarded by the Naval Inventory Control Point, Philadelphia. For more information about ...
Goodrich Wins $194,890 Contract
Jul 26, 2007 ... PHILADELPHIA, July 26 -- The U.S. Navy has awarded a $194,890 contract to Goodrich Corp., Diamond Bar, Calif., for the maintenance, repair and rebuilding of equipment. The contract was awarded by the Naval Inventory Control Point, Philadelphia. For more ...
General Electric Wins $260,040 Contract
Jul 26, 2007 ... PHILADELPHIA, July 26 -- The U.S. Navy has awarded a $260,040 contract to General Electric Co., Lynn, Mass., for turbine rotor blades. The contract was awarded by the Naval Inventory Control Point, Philadelphia. For more information about US Fed News ...
United Terex Wins $229,180 Contract
Jul 26, 2007 ... PHILADELPHIA, July 26 -- The U.S. Navy has awarded a $229,180 contract to United Terex Inc., Fairview Village, Pa., for shuttle grabs. The contract was awarded by the Naval Inventory Control Point, Philadelphia. For more information about US Fed ...
UNIQUE IOWA RESEARCH PROJECT DISPOSES OF WASTE WHILE CREATING RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCE
Jul 26, 2007 ... Rep. Tom Latham, R-Iowa (4th CD), issued the following news release: Iowa Congressman Tom Latham announced that he has secured $1.65 million in a 2008 defense funding bill for a unique Iowa based research project. The project, being conducted in part at the West Central Cooperative in ...
California Inventors Develop General Purpose Processor Architecture
Jul 26, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 26 -- Craig Hansen of Los Altos, Calif., and John Moussouris of Palo Alto, Calif., have developed computer processor performance improving method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "programmable processor and method for ...
Connecticut Inventor Develops World Wide Name Generation Method
Jul 26, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 26 -- Gregory Barker of Milford, Conn., has developed a system, method, and an apparatus for generating a world wide name for enabling a host computer to communicate with a data storage system, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office annonuced. The inventor was ...
Minnesota Inventors Develop Multiprocessor Shared Memory System
Jul 26, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 26 -- Kelvin S. Vartti of Hugo, Minn., and Ross M. Weber of Coon Rapids, Minn., have developed memory requests handling method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method are provided for tracking memory requests within a data ...
Michigan Inventor Develops Satellite Sensor Assembly
Jul 26, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 26 -- Andrew J. Wisniewski of South Lyon, Mich., has developed an apparatus for installing a satellite sensor. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A satellite sensor assembly includes a plastic sensor housing that is mounted to a vehicle structure ...
California, Texas, New Hampshire, Massachusetts Inventors Develop Subscriber Identification System
Jul 26, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 26 -- Aravind Sitaraman of Santa Clara, Calif., Aziz Abdul of Newark, Calif., Bernard R. James of Mountain View, Calif., Shujin Zhang of San Carlos, Calif., Rene T. Tio of Sunnyvale, Calif., Dennis J. Cox of Austin, Texas, John A. Joyce of Nashua, N.H., and Peter S. Heitman ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Vehicle Steering Apparatus
Jul 26, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 26 -- Toshiaki Kasahara of Kanagawa, Japan, and Kazutaka Adachi of Yokohama, Japan, have developed a steering method for a vehicle. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "A vehicle steering apparatus includes a ...
California Inventors Develop Network Voice Data Transmission Method
Jul 26, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 26 -- Shmuel Shaffer of Palo Alto, Calif., Joseph F. Khouri of San Jose, Calif., Michael E. Knappe of Sunnyvale, Calif., and John F. Wakerly of Mountain View, Calif., have developed a method of transmitting voice data in a network. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Memory Control Method
Jul 26, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 26 -- Takayuki Matsuda of Kariya, Japan, has developed high speed memory access method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A signal generator detects a stage in which a central processing unit (CPU) reads an interrupt vector number from an ...
Colorado Inventor Develops Unique Identifier Series Creation Method
Jul 26, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 26 -- Richard P. Helliwell of Colorado Springs, Colo., has developed a method of generating unique identifiers (UUIDs) for software objects. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to "UUIDs for software objects and other ...
Texas, Wisconsin Inventors Develop Load Operation Modification Method
Jul 26, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 26 -- Benjamin Thomas Sander and James K. Pickett, both of Austin, Texas, and Kevin Michael Lepak of Madison, Wis., have developed microprocessor performance gains improving method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system may include a ...
California Inventors Develop Computer Network Security Policy Enforcement Method
Jul 26, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 26 -- William E Sobel of Stevenson Ranch, Calif., Greg Vogel of Chatsworth, Calif., and Bruce McCorkendale of Los Angeles, have developed a computer network security policies enforcement method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Speculative Instruction Execution Control Device
Jul 26, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 26 -- Yasuhiro Katayama and Masashi Sasahara, both of Kawasaki, Japan, have developed computer processing speed increasing method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device and method for implementing prediction verification control and recovery ...
California Inventors Develop Golf Club Head
Jul 26, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 26 -- Todd P. Beach of San Diego, Charles E. Golden of Encinitas, Calif., and Kraig A. Willett of Fallbrook, Calif., have developed a golf club head. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The club head has a hollow main body including a ball-striking ...
California Inventors Develop Virtual Computer System
Jul 26, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 26 -- Ole Agesen of Palo Alto, Calif., Pratap Subrahmanyam of Sunnyvale, Calif., and Keith M. Adams of Mountain View, Calif., have developed a computer system secondary data coherency maintainence system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ...
Swedish Inventors Develop Motor Vehicle Safety Arrangement
Jul 26, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 26 -- Rikard Fredriksson of Falkoping, Sweden, and Yngve H{dot over (a)}land of Falsterbo, Sweden, have developed a safety arrangement for a motor vehicle. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A safety arrangement is located beneath the hood or ...
California Inventors Develop Automated Boot-Up System
Jul 26, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 26 -- Carleton Miyamoto and Sekaran Nanja, both of San Jose, Calif., and Jagadish Bandhole of Cupertino, Calif., have developed an automated computer boot-up system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "system allowing a ...
Swiss Inventor Develops Radio Frequency Shielded Enclosure
Jul 26, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 26 -- Walter J. Christen of Wettingen, Switzerland, has developed a radio frequency (RF) shielded enclosure. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "RF shielded and acoustically isolated enclosure that efficiently employs ...
Michigan Inventors Develop Automotive Exhaust System Sound Dampening Assembly
Jul 26, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 26 -- Dale F. Osterkamp of Novi, Mich., and Andrew J Kurzawa of Romeo, Mich., have developed automotive exhaust systems. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "sound dampening assembly adapted to engage an exhaust pipe in an ...
California Inventors Develop Memory Device Access Control Method
Jul 26, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 26 -- Steven C. Woo of Saratoga, Calif., and Brian H. Tsang of East Palo Alto, Calif., have developed computer memory performance improving method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A memory system having multiple memory devices reduces average ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Facial Image Identifying Apparatus
Jul 26, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 26 -- Miki Sato and Junichi Funada, both of Minato-ku, Japan, have developed a facial image identifying apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A facial image identifying apparatus checks a facial image of a user captured by an image ...
Massachusetts, Washington Inventors Develop Biometric Information Generation Method
Jul 26, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 26 -- David F. Muller of Boston, David B. Usher of Waltham, Mass., and Gregory L. Heacock of Auburn, Wash., have developed a method for generating biometric information. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system generates correlated ...
Finnish, Japanese Inventors Develop Personal Profile Sharing System
Jul 26, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 26 -- Tomi Heinonen and Timo Laitinen, both of Tampere, Finland, Sany Zakharia of Helsinki, Finland, and Stephan Bouet of Tokyo, have developed a wireless terminal for user's personal prifle sharing. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mobile, ...
California Inventor Develops Host Device Automatically Switching Method
Jul 26, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 26 -- Barani Subbiah of Sunnyvale, Calif., has developed a method for maintaining a network connection. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method for switching between an individual computer's network interface ...
California, Arizona, Colorado Inventors Develop Input/Output Operation Management Method
Jul 26, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 26 -- Wayne Eugene Miller and Paul Michael Remley, both of Livermore, Calif., Yuri Vladimirovich Bagashev of Cupertino, Calif., David Alan Burton of Vail, Ariz., and Noel Simen Otterness of Lafayette, Colo., have developed data storage system input/output (I/O) request ...
California Inventors Develop Multiprocessor Computer System
Jul 26, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 26 -- Robert E. Cypher of Saratoga, Calif., and Ashok Singhal of Redwood City, Calif., have developed a system of coherency protocol application within multiprocessor computer systems. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multiprocessor computer ...
STUDY MEASURES EMPLOYEE TURNOVER IN LARGE AND SMALL FIRMS
Jul 26, 2007 ... The Small Business Administration issued the following news release: Establishment size matters in determining employee compensation and job tenure, concludes a study released today by the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration. The study found that all other things ...
SECRETARY OF LABOR CHAO RECOGNIZES 17TH ANNIVERSARY OF AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT
Jul 26, 2007 ... The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment Policy issued the following news release: Marking the 17th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao today announced that the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Disability ...
System Studies & Simulation Wins $932,966 Contract
Jul 26, 2007 ... FORT HOOD, Texas, July 26 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $932,966 contract to System Studies & Simulation Inc., Huntsville, Ala., for medical services. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Contracting Agency, Fort Hood, Texas. For more ...
Denny Dreyer Wins $95,798 Contract
Jul 26, 2007 ... DENVER, July 26 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior has awarded a $95,798 contract to Denny Dreyer, Seeley Lake, Mont., for fence construction. The contract was awarded by the department's U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Denver. For more information ...
Medek Tree Service Wins $8,900 Contract
Jul 26, 2007 ... PETERSBURG, Va., July 26 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior has awarded a $8,900 contract to Medek Tree Service Inc., Mechanicsville, Va., for tree removal, pruning and stump grinding at City Point and Taylor House. The contract was awarded by the department's National Park Service, ...
ATD-American Wins $79,473 Contract
Jul 26, 2007 ... FORT BELVOIR, Va., July 26 -- The U.S. Army has awarded a $79,473 contract to ATD-American Co., Wyncote, Pa., for office furniture. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Contracting Agency, Fort Belvoir, Va. For more information about US Fed News ...
Orion Monitoring Systems Wins 44,915 Contract
Jul 26, 2007 ... BOULDER CITY, Nev., July 26 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior has awarded a $44,915 contract to Orion Monitoring Systems Inc., Boulder City, Nev., for portable and semi-permanent high precision global positioning systems for operational dam safety survey and monitoring. The ...
Power Contracting Wins $96,639 Contract
Jul 26, 2007 ... PHOENIX, July 26 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior has awarded a $96,639 contract to Power Contracting Inc., Pittsburgh, for vehicle barrier replacement. The contract was awarded by the department's National Park Service, Phoenix. For more information ...
Ohio Inventors Develop Optical Imaging Performance Facilitation System
Jul 26, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 26 -- Howard Fein of Richmond Heights, Ohio, and Andrew G. Cartlidge of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., have developed image and optical systems. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An imaging system, methodology, and various applications are provided to ...
German Inventors Develop Motor Vehicle Speed Adjustment Method
Jul 26, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 26 -- Martin Lankes of Regensburg, Germany, and Stephan Pindl of Bad Abbach, Germany, have developed a motor vehicle speed adjustment method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method relieves the burden of a driver of a motor vehicle in which ...
Swiss Inventor Develops Base Plate with Electronic Module
Jul 26, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 26 -- Bruno Gabathuler of Stafa, Switzerland, has developed a base plate for reception for electronic module. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a base plate for the reception of at least one electronic module, ...
Massachusetts Inventor Develops Fiber Connectors Temperature Control System
Jul 26, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 26 -- Randal A. Murdza of North Andover, Mass., has developed a semiconductor source spectroscopy system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system for controlling the temperature of the single mode fiber connectors and single mode, ...
Argentine Inventor Develops Optical Indicating Golf Club System
Jul 26, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 26 -- Juan Gerardo Hayd of Buenos Aires, Argentina has developed a golf club. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A golf club with optical indicating system includes a head having an elongate planar face defining the hitting surface of the golf ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Hybrid-Vehicle Power Train
Jul 26, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 26 -- Hisanori Shirai and Masahiro Hasebe, both of Aichi-ken, Japan, have developed a hybrid-vehicle power train. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid-vehicle power train connected to an engine comprises a motor, a continuously variable ...
Pennsylvania Inventor Develops Object Surface Measuring System
Jul 26, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 26 -- Robert E. Bridges of Kennett Square, Pa., has developed a three-dimensional coordinate measuring system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for use in conjunction with a coordinate measuring device, a three-dimensional coordinate ...
Texas Inventor Develops Vehicle Safety System
Jul 26, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 26 -- Maria Dolores Cantu of Brownsville, Texas, has developed vehicle safety systems. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "safety system for a vehicle having a window actuator connected to a window system of the vehicle ...
U.S., Canadian Inventors Develop Asymmetric Gel-Filled Microporous Membrane
Jul 26, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 26 -- Ronald F. Childs of Dundas, Canada, Alicja M. Mika of Hamilton, Canada, Jijun Ge of Boxborough, Mass., and Chris McCrory of Eden Prairie, Minn., have developed an asymmetric membrane. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides ...
Goergia Inventors Develop Children's Exercising Apparatus
Jul 26, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 26 -- Peter D. Jackson of Alpharetta, Ga., Jeffrey S. Tadin of Canton, Ga., Stephen R. Burns of Cumming, Ga., Jacob M. Sclare of Dacula, Ga., and James E. Cartabiano of Gainesville, Ga., have developed an children's exercising apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent ...
Oregon Inventors Develop Image Content Security Apparatus
Jul 26, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 26 -- Geoffrey B. Rhoads of West Linn, Ore., has developed a method of providing security for audio or image content. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment, a method includes receiving audio or image content and steganographically ...
Nevada Inventors Develop Fingerprint Reader
Jul 26, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 26 -- Russell T. Bradford of Incline Village, Nev., and Robert A. Luciano Jr. of Reno, Nev., have developed a fingerprint reading device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A replacement device for a conventional bill acceptor in a gaming machine, ...
Kansas Inventor Develops Client Network Connection Authentication System
Jul 26, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 26 -- Eric E. Miller of Olathe, Kan., has developed a method for biometric authentication of a client network connection. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A client is authenticated to a network resource wherein the client is coupled to a ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Micro-Speaker Assembling Method
Jul 26, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 26 -- Shiro Tsuda of Asahi, Japan, has developed a method of assembling micro-speakers. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The micro-speaker includes a driver unit having a housing, a magnet disposed within the housing forming a radial gap ...