US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Tuesday, October 23:
Michigan Inventors Develop Hydroformed Member Spot-Welded Joint
Oct 23, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- Larry Dupuis of Grosse Ile, Mich., and Dragan Stojkovic of Southgate, Mich., have developed an automotive frame joint forming method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for spot-welding hydroformed members allows at least one hydroformed ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Automotive Rear Body Structure
Oct 23, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- Yoshinori Fukushi, Mikio Shibaoka, and Kenji Ohkura, all from Wako, Japan, have developed an automotive rear body structure. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "Provided is an automotive rear body structure ...
Missouri, Michigan Inventors Develop Lift, Secure Latch Assembly
Oct 23, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- Patrick Eugene Meysenburg of Hannibal, Mo., David Thomas Flanagan of Columbia, Mo., and Gregory Phillip Ruhlander of Rochester Hills, Mich., have developed a tailgate lift-and-secure cable and latch assembly. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Washington Inventors Develop Video Conferences Eye-To-Eye Contact Enabling Method
Oct 23, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- John Schuster of Bellevue, Wash., Robert Pierce of Woodinville, Wash., and David Bajorins of Redmond, Wash., have developed a method for performing a video conference. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to "apparatus, ...
U.S., Canadian Inventors Develop Locale Identification Triplet
Oct 23, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- Daniel A. Rose and Baldev S. Soor, both of Markham, Canada, and William B. Nettles of San Jose, Calif., have developed a method of control of localization settings for internationalized software applications. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Minnesota Inventors Develop Photographic Film Strip Scanning System
Oct 23, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- James A. Truc and Richard A. Lundeen, both of Eden Prairie, Minn., Gregg J. Ovsak of Richfield, Minn., Calvin A. Wright of Minnetonka, Minn., Peter M. Wolter of St. Louis Park, Minn., Douglas G. Knight of South St. Paul, Minn., James M. Anderson of Lake Elmo, Minn., ...
New York Inventor Develops Self-Adjusting Motorcycle Windshield
Oct 23, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- Michael Lester Wise of Lagrangeville, N.Y., has developed a windshield positioning method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motorcycle comprises a chassis, a windshield attached to the chassis, and a speed sensor operative to determine ...
New York Inventors Develop Portable Vehicle Storm Shield
Oct 23, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- J. Parr Wiegel of Palmyra, N.Y., and Anthony Sigillito of Flanders, N.J., have developed an equipment storm shield. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle and/or equipment storm shield is provided as having a spool of membrane ...
California Inventor Develops Graphical User Interface with Scroll Bars
Oct 23, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- Jakob Nielsen of Atherton, Calif., has developed a graphical user interface with scroll bars. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A graphical user interface uses scroll bars having a single pixel width and a much larger scroll button or ...
Pennsylvania Inventor Develops Video Signal Level Determination Apparatus
Oct 23, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- David E. Zeidler of Warrington, Pa., has developed a video signal level determining apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method for estimating a level of a predetermined portion of a video signal ...
New York Inventors Develop Digital Watermark Writing Apparatus
Oct 23, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- James E. Roddy, Robert J. Zolla and Leslie Gutierrez, all from Rochester, N.Y., have developed an apparatus for watermarking film. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printing method and apparatus for pre-exposing a digital watermark image ...
Michigan Inventor Develops Vehicle Support Structure
Oct 23, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- David Coakley of Macomb Township, Mich., has developed a vehicle floor impact movement restriction device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle support structure is provided with a floor impact restriction device coupled between a ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Vehicle Seat Device
Oct 23, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- Sadao Ito and Hideo Nihonmatsu, both of Anjo, Japan, and Yukifumi Yamada of Toyota, Japan, have developed a seat device for vehicle. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle seat device includes a right side link mechanism and a left ...
North Dakota Inventor Develops Flexible Panel System
Oct 23, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- Eugene E. Behr of Grand Forks, N.D., has developed a molded body panel. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A racing vehicle has a plurality of molded body panels. Certain ones of the molded body panels are made with pre-impregnated filler ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Two-Dimensional Image Recording Apparatus
Oct 23, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- Atsushi Suganuma of Mimaniashigara, Japan, has developed a two-dimensional image recording apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image is accurately recorded by a light beam on a presensitized (PS) plate wound on a drum which is ...
Massachusetts Inventors Develop Vehicle Door Assembly
Oct 23, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- Fred Curtis Jr., of Princeton, Mass., and Gary Orrell of Millbury, Mass., have developed a vehicle enclosure. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Door assembly includes a doorframe that can be secured to the vehicle, and a preferably rigid ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Image Writing Apparatus
Oct 23, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- Hideo Kobayashi of Ebina, Japan, has developed an image writing apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides an image writing apparatus capable of sequentially writing images into plural record display media ...
California Inventor Develops Debris Collection, Vegetation Removal Apparatus
Oct 23, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- Chris Fields of Temecula, Calif., has developed an apparatus for debris collection. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention may be used for debris collection and vegetation removal. An interior shaft may be slidably disposed ...
Canadian Inventor Develops Tailgate Counterbalancing Hinge Assembly
Oct 23, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- Donald Mossom Austin of Perkinsfield, Canada, has developed a hinge assembly. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tailgate counterbalancing hinge assembly includes a linear torque rod, a first end assembly and a second end assembly secured ...
Oregon Inventors Develop Printed Circuit Board
Oct 23, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- Carlos Mejia and William O. Alger, both of Portland, Ore., Gary A. Brist of Yamhill, Ore., and Gary B. Long of Aloha, Ore., has developed a printed circuit board. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is provided for forming a ...
Washington Inventor Develops Convertible Pickup Canopy
Oct 23, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- John Gregory Schultz of Issaquah, Wash., has developed a convertible pickup canopy. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A convertible pickup canopy is disclosed, the canopy having left and right sidewalls hingedly coupled with a frame ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Portable Information Terminal
Oct 23, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- Naofumi Hirayama, Daisuke Suma, Mizuki Tomono and Tatsufumi Funayama, all from Tokyo, have developed a portable information terminal. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable information terminal includes a primary terminal and a ...
Montana Inventors Develop Microelectronic Workpiece Handling End-Effector
Oct 23, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- Daniel J. Woodruff, Thomas H. Oberlitner, Randy A. Harris, James J. Erickson, and Douglas W. Carr, all from Kalispell, Mont., have developed end-effectors. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "End-effectors may be used to grasp microelectronic ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Data Transfer Allowing Radio Card
Oct 23, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- Hiroo Shimizu of Yokohama, Japan, has developed a data transfer allowing radio card. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The radio card of the present invention is such that corresponding unit radio cards do not have their antennas matched in ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Display Apparatus Pseudo-Contours Suppressing Method
Oct 23, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- Takehiko Morita of Tokyo has developed a display apparatus pseudo-contours suppressing method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "display apparatus using a subfield drive system suppresses pseudo-contours in moving ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Information Processing Apparatus
Oct 23, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- Akiko Asami of Shizuoka, Japan, has developed an information processing apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "information processing apparatus and method by which the user can see an album display and can ...
California Inventor Develops Dynamic Interference Checking Apparatus
Oct 23, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- Ian M. Williams of Sunnyvale, Calif., has developed a texture generating apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides an apparatus, system, and method for performing interference checking of the design in a ...
Michigan Inventors Develop Vehicular Rear-Mounted Cargo Extender
Oct 23, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- Joseph S. Meinke of Gowen, Mich., Thomas R. Futryk of Grand Haven, Mich., have developed a cargo extender. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle having a cargo extender mounted to a rear portion thereof, preferably a minivan or a ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Diversity Antenna Apparatus
Oct 23, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- Jong-Kui Park and Krylov Konstantin, both of Suwon-shi, South Korea, and Ju-Hyung Lee of Kwachon-shi, South Korea, and Dong-In Ha of Yongin-shi, South Korea, have developed a portable wireless terminal with antenna apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent ...
California Inventor Develops Graphics-Rendering System
Oct 23, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- Peter L. Doyle of El Dorado Hills, Calif., has developed a graphics-rendering system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present invention efficiently support rendering of high resolution images under zone rendering. In ...
New Hampshire, Massachusetts Inventors Develop Gapless Vivaldi Notch, Meander Line Antenna
Oct 23, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- John T. Apostolos of Merrimack, N.H., and Roland A. Gilbert of Milford, Mass., have developed a gapless Vivaldi notch/meander line antenna. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gapless Vivaldi notch/meander line antenna is provided having a ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Short-Distance Radio Data Communication Antenna Module
Oct 23, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- Satoru Jinushi of Miyagi-ken, Japan, has developed a short-distance radio data communication antenna module. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A chip-type antenna and a snaked, band-shaped conductor as a pair of radiation elements fed at ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Silicon Platform for Optical Module
Oct 23, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- Takehiko Nomura and Masayuki Iwase, both of Tokyo, have developed a silicon platform for optical module. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "small-sized and low-cost silicon platform for optical modules which ...
California Inventors Develop Waveguide Optical Amplifier Package
Oct 23, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- Steve Wang and Frank H. Levinson, both of San Jose, Calif., and Qi Deng of Cupertino, Calif., have developed a waveguide optical amplifier package. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A waveguide optical amplifier package has a circulator and ...
German Inventor Develops Motor Vehicle Loading Floor Guiding Device
Oct 23, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- Alexander Weiland of Unterhaching, Germany, has developed a motor vehicle height-adjustable loading base. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention proposes a device for guiding a loading floor, the height of which can be adjusted ...
Canadian Inventor Develops Retrofit Tailgate Counterbalancing Hinge
Oct 23, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- Donald Mossom Austin of Perkinsfield, Canada, has developed a retainer assembly. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A torque rod-based counterbalancing hinge assembly includes a first assembly for securing the torque rod to one side of ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Information Display System
Oct 23, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- Chiharu Hirono of Tokyo has developed an information displaying system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An information displaying system for displaying information corresponding to a geographical location includes a display commanding ...
California Inventors Develop Connection Protection Mechanism for Optical Cross-Connect Switch
Oct 23, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- Kent Erickson and Subhashini Kaligotia, both of Mountain View, Calif., and Rajiv Ramaswami of Sunnyvale, Calif., have developed a connection protection mechanism for an optical cross-connect switch. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The ...
California Inventors Develop Computer Graphics System Primitives Loading Method
Oct 23, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- Brad A. Delanghe and David A. Baer, both ofSan Jose, Calif., and Aleksandr M. Movshovich of Santa Clara, Calif., have developed a computer graphics system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system for more efficiently loading a ...
California Inventor Develops Electrographic Position Location Apparatus
Oct 23, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- Mark Flowers of Los Gatos, Calif., has developed an electrographic position location apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Antenna devices and apparatuses using the antenna devices are disclosed. In one embodiment, the antenna device ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Electric Apparatus Control Method
Oct 23, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- Tomoko Terakado, Yukio Furudate, Tomoyuki Hanai and Tatsushi Nashida, all from Kanagawa, Japan, have developed a control device which controls an electric apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Radio waves transmitted from the antenna ...
Michigan Inventors Develop Vehicle Compartment Structure
Oct 23, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- Terence Porter II., of Westland, Mich., Koshorkumar M. Kale of Farmington Hills, Mich., and Ryan Rumberger of Canton, Mich., have developed a vehicle compartment divider. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle compartment structure ...
Colorado Inventors Develop Graphical Data Rendering Method
Oct 23, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- Kevin Lefebvre, Don B. Hoffman, Joseph Norman Gee, Jeffrey J Walls and Byron A Alcorn, all from Fort Collins, Colo., have developed a graphical data rendering method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A graphical display system utilizes a ...
South Carolina Inventor Develops Improved Collapsible Utility Cart
Oct 23, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- Haim Shamah of Myrtle Beach, S.C., has developed a collapsible folding utility cart. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The improved collapsible utility cart of the present invention includes a frame and a container carried by the frame ....
Pennsylvania Inventors Develop Pothole Protection Mechanism
Oct 23, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- Muhammad Sannah of Greencastle, Pa., and Joan LaSalle of Breezewood, Pa., have developed a lift vehicle. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pothole protection mechanism provides additional support for the vehicle in the event a wheel is ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Plasma Display Panel with Scanning Drivers
Oct 23, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- Eishi Mizobata of Tokyo has developed a plasma display panel (PDP) drive method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The number of X electrodes of a PDP to be driven is m, the number of Y electrodes of the same is m+1, and they are ...
California Inventor Develops Four-Port Polarization Maintenance Circulator
Oct 23, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- Wei-Zhong Li of San Jose, Calif., has developed a four-port polarization maintenance circulator. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A four-port circulator includes a first birefringent crystal, a structured polarization rotator, a first ...
British Inventor Develops Digital Data Stream Encoding Method
Oct 23, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- John Knott of Somerset, Great Britain, has developed a digital data stream encoding method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method of encoding a digital data stream which comprises providing a first stream of ...
Swiss Inventors Develop Display Device with Driver Circuit
Oct 23, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- Dominik Zeiter of Schlieren, Switzerland, and Anthonius Franciscus Duisters of Zurich, Switzerland, have developed a display device driver circuit. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a display device which includes a ...
British Inventor Discovers Protozoan Rhomboid Proteins
Oct 23, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- Matthew Freeman of Cambridge, Great Britain, has discovered protozoan (P) Rhomboid proteins. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to the identification of protozoan Rhomboid proteins that are involved in the invasive ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Polarization Dispersion Compensation Apparatus
Oct 23, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- Masakazu Takabayashi, Sadayuki Matsumoto, Takuya Ohira, Kiichi Yoshiara, Junichiro Hoshizaki, Hajime Takeya and Shigeru Matsuno, all from Tokyo, have developed a polarization dispersion compensation apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
California Inventor Develops Expandable, Contractible Keyboard Device
Oct 23, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- Roy J. Lahr of Los Angeles has developed an expandable and contractible keyboard device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An expandable keyboard device includes a plurality of keytops arranged on a plurality of elastic webs. Each web corresponds ...
Texas Inventor Develops Antioxidant Deficiency Determining Method
Oct 23, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- J. Fred Crawford of Houston has developed an antioxidant deficiency determining method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a method for determining an antioxidant deficiency in a lymphocyte by determining the ...
Arizona Inventor Develops Positronium-Mediated Method
Oct 23, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- Gerald Smith Scottsdale, Ariz., has developed a positronium-mediated method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention discloses an in vitro method to identify an organism in a specimen as a function of the decay rate of at ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Analog-Digital Conversion Circuit
Oct 23, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- Atsushi Wada of Ogaki, Japan, and Kuniyuki Tani, of Gifu, Japan, have developed a multi-stage pipelined analog-to-digital (AD) converter. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-stage pipelined AD converter has n stages of conversion ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Interchangeable Handle Assembly
Oct 23, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- Mu-Lin Shen of Tainan, Taiwan, and Hung-Jen Tien of Shanhua, Taiwan, have developed an interchangeable handle assembly for lock. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An interchangeable handle assembly includes a spindle, a coupling member ...
Washington Inventor Develops Computer User Interface Device
Oct 23, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- Martin Shetter of Bellevue, Wash., has developed a virtual keyboard for touch-typing. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A virtual keyboard displayed on a touch sensitive screen allows a user to do touch-typing thereon to enter textual data ...
German Inventors Develop Seat-Integrated Vehicle Occupant Restraint System
Oct 23, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- Dominique Acker of Gschwend, Germany, and Andreas Loos of Rechberghausen, Germany, have developed a vehicle seat with a seat rest. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seat-integrated vehicle occupant restraint system includes a gas bag ...
Maryland Inventors Develop Direct Current Inductive Shorted Patch Antenna
Oct 23, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- William E. McKinzie III of Fulton, Md., Greg S. Mendolia of Ellicott City, Md., and John Dutton of Columbia, Md., have developed a direct current inductive (DCL) shorted patch antenna. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A DCL shorted patch ...
Finnish Inventors Develop Antennas Electrical Isolation Enhancing Arrangement
Oct 23, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- Kimmo Koskiniemi of Oulu, Finland, and Jyrki Mikkola of Kempele, Finland, have developed antennas electrical isolation enhancing arrangement. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "arrangement for enhancing electrical ...
South Dakota Inventor Develops Communication Signal Loss Detection Method
Oct 23, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- Corwyn R. Meyer of Sioux Falls, S.D., has developed a communication signal loss detection method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for notifying a user of a loss of wireless communication between a host device and at ...
Michigan Inventor Develops Material Handling Device
Oct 23, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- Jason M Kniss of Garden City, Mich., has developed a vacuum cup adjustable mount with offset mounting post. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A material handling device includes a vacuum cup pivotally attached to a receiving collar and ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Airbag System
Oct 23, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- Kazuhiro Abe and Rika Senoo, both of Tokyo, have developed an airbag. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An airbag to be inflated with gas from a gas generator includes a front panel disposed at a position adjacent to an occupant and a rear ...
California Inventor Develops Unitary Ballast Device
Oct 23, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- William Gregory Ellis of Camarillo, Calif., has developed a truck ride quality improver. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "unitary ballast device for attachment to the rear portion of a pickup truck cargo bed ...
Finnish Inventor Develops Display Apparatus Operation Method
Oct 23, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- Pertti Saarinen of Salo, Finland, has developed a stereophonic reproduction maintaining means. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Display apparatus including a display and an orientation sensitive interface mechanism is disclosed. In an exemplary ...