US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Monday, April 7:
Swedish Inventors Develop Sample Magnetic Resonance Investigation Method
Apr 07, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Stefan Petersson, Oskar Axelsson and Haukur Johanneson, all from Malmo, Sweden, have developed a method of magnetic resonance investigation of a sample. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a method of contrast ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Folding Mechanism, Electronic Apparatus
Apr 07, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Koji Sakai, Masaki Nakase, Yasuchika Kudo and Takehiko Konja, all from Fukui, Japan, have developed an electronic apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention aims to "provide a folding mechanism capable of securely holding its ...
California Inventor Develops Living Tissue Light Transmission Simulator System
Apr 07, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Karl A. Ruiter of South Pasadena, Calif., has developed a light transmission simulator for pulse oximeter. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A living tissue light transmission simulator system includes receptors of light in portions of the ...
New Jersey Inventors Develop Percutaneous Procedure Entry Point Determination Method
Apr 07, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Benedicte Bascle, Nassir Navab and Bernhard Geiger, all from Plainsboro, N.J., have developed a percutaneous procedure entry point determination system. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "A method for ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Broadband Wireless Access Communication System
Apr 07, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Bong-Gee Song, Kwang-Seop Eom, Seung-Il Yoon, Yong Chang and Gaun-Hwi Lim, all from Seongnam-si, South Korea, Hyon-Goo Kang, Seung-Eun Hong, So-Hyun Kim and Hong-Sung Chang, all from Suwon-si, South Korea, Jung-Shin Park and Jae-Jeong Shim, both of Seoul, South Korea, ...
Spanish Inventors Develop Electric Motor Movable Member Control Method
Apr 07, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Rafael Jimenez Pino and Montserrat Angles, both of Valls, Spain, have developed an electric motor movable member controlling method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method of controlling a movable member driven ...
New Jersey Inventors Develop Frequency Planning for Wireless Networks
Apr 07, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Byoung-Jo J. Kim of Jersey City, N.J., and Kin K Leung of Edison, N.J., have developed a method executed in a network management system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A frequency planning method for use in an Institute of Electrical ...
Israeli Inventors Develop Smart Antenna System
Apr 07, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Omri Hovers of Petah Tikva, Israel, and Shahar Kagan of Nes-Chiyona, Israel, have developed a smart antenna method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A smart antenna apparatus including a receiving system, one or more beam analysis modules, ...
Michigan Inventor Develops Vehicle Window Wiping System
Apr 07, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Fred W. Huntzicker of Ann Arbor, Mich., has developed an automatic snow removal wiper system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wiping system for use on a vehicle window comprises a window wiper assembly positioned proximate the window, a ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Electric-Motor Power Steering Device Control Method
Apr 07, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- CaoMinh Ta, Hiroaki Takase and Hideyuki Kobayashi, all from Gunma, Japan, have developed an electric power steering apparatus controller. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Distortions of motor voltage and current and a torque ripple of the ...
Michigan Inventors Develop Wireless Communications System
Apr 07, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Todd R. Witkowski and Steven L. Geerlings, both of Zeeland, Mich., Kurt A. Dykema and Mark L. Zeinstra, both of Holland, Mich., and Robert F. Buege of Lowell, Mich., have developed a wireless communications method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Michigan Inventors Develop Washer System with Intermittent Fluid Delivery Feature
Apr 07, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Phillip M Turner of Grand Blanc, Mich., Yueh-Se J Huang of Ann Arbor, Mich., and Pei-Chung Wang of Troy, Mich., have developed a window washer control system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A window washer control system and method ...
California Inventors Develop Wireless System Transmit Parameter Control Method
Apr 07, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Chih C. Tsien and Jiewen Liu, both of San Diego, have developed a multi-rate wireless system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Transmit parameters are adjusted for a wireless device based on link margin. In at least one embodiment, link ...
Georgia Inventors Develop Wireless Network Device
Apr 07, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Jeffrey Clinton Mikan of Cumming, Ga., Justin McNamara of Atlanta, and Fulvio Cenciarelli of Suwanee, Ga., have developed a mobile device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "system for locating a device in a ...
British Inventors Develop Distributed Wireless Communication System
Apr 07, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Michael Philip Fitton and Jonathan David Lewis, both of Bristol, Great Britain, have developed a distributed wireless communication method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Independent radio communication devices can share network ...
California Inventors Develop Wireless Signals Receiving Method
Apr 07, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Stephen R. Wood and Christopher B. Rogers, both of Beaverton, Ore., have developed a network that may determine the location of network nodes and tracked assets and make location-based decisions, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Radio Communication System
Apr 07, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Yuuji Nagano, Kiyohide Yamashita and Yuji Nomura, all from Yokohama, Japan, have developed a radio communication method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "radio communication system for leveling off the processing ...
Colorado, California Inventors Develop Information Transfer Apparatus
Apr 07, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Patrick J. Kennedy and Jay Plucienkowski, both of Boulder, Colo., Charles W. Spaur of Aurora, Colo., Mike Lewellen of Longmont, Colo., and Axel Fuchs of San Jose, Calif., have developed an information transfer device. An abstract of the invention, released by ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Radio Protocol Entity Sharing Apparatus
Apr 07, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Young Dae Lee of HaNam-Shi, South Korea, Seung June Yi of Seoul, South Korea, and Sung Duck Chun of Anyang, South Korea, have developed a method of providing a point-to-multipoint service. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A radio protocol ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Portable Terminal Device
Apr 07, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Ken Tomatsu of Yokohama, Japan, has developed a portable terminal device, such as a mobile telephone. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "A portable terminal device includes a first body having an operation ...
California, Arizona Inventors Develop Vascular Closure System
Apr 07, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Theodore M. Bender of San Francisco, Zachary Warder-Gabaldon of Palo Alto, Calif., Matthew B. Newell of Portola Valley, Calif., Bernard A. Hausen of Menlo Park, Calif., Brian R. DuBois of Redwood City, Calif., and Bryan D. Knodel of Flagstaff, Ariz., have developed a ...
Canadian Inventors Develop Different Data Transfer Mode Operating Mobile Device
Apr 07, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Edwin Llanos, Ming Jian, Stewart Morris and Runbo Fu, all from Kanata, Canada, have developed a mobile device for operating in different data transfer modes. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments are described for data ...
Swedish Inventor Develops Batch Download Messages Sending Method
Apr 07, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Jonas Haggard of Bromma, Sweden, has developed a method for sending batch download messages. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The method of the invention for sending a message batch download in a telecommunication network comprising a ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Mobile Communication Terminal Menu Organizing Device
Apr 07, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Jae-Hwan Kim of Suwon-shi, South Korea, has developed a mobile communication terminal menu organizing method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "device for organizing a menu in a mobile communication terminal. The ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Motor Control Apparatus
Apr 07, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Yasufumi Yoshiura, Yasuhiko Kaku, Keisei Inoki and Wennong Zhang, all from Fukuoka, Japan, have developed a motor control apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "It is an object of the invention to provide a motor control apparatus ...
Pennsylvania, Massachusetts Inventors Develop Radio Frequency Fingerprinting Method
Apr 07, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Chanakya Damarla, James Ivers, Andrew J. Kompanek and Brian H. Trammell, all from Pittsburgh, and Mark Pollard of Hudson, Mass., have developed a method for radio frequency fingerprinting. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Electronic Apparatus with Display, Communicating Function
Apr 07, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Kyoko Nishinaga and Ken Hayashida, both of Kawasaki, Japan, have developed an electronic apparatus with a display function. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic apparatus has a communicating function and a privacy mode that ...
New York Inventor Develops Laparoscopic Procedures Performing Instrument
Apr 07, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Gregory Piskun of Brooklyn, N.Y., has developed surgical instruments. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "Laparoscopic instruments and trocars are provided for performing laparoscopic procedures entirely ...
Connecticut Inventors Develop Stepper Motor Adaptive Current Control System
Apr 07, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- George J. Doutney of Sandy Hook, Conn., James A. Fairweather of Milford, Conn., Gary S. Jacobson of Norwalk, Conn., and Michael J. Lorello of Guilford, Conn., have developed a stepper motor adaptive current control system. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
California Inventors Develop Broadcast Parameters Coordinating Method
Apr 07, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Erik Colban, Srinivasan Balasubramanian and Irfan Khan, all from San Diego, have developed a broadcast parameters coordinating system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of coordinating broadcast parameter settings enables ...
California Inventors Develop Expandable Cages for Embolic Filtering Devices
Apr 07, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- William J. Harrison, Scott J. Huter and John E. Papp, all from Temecula, Calif., William J. Boyle of Fallbrook, Calif., Benjamin C. Huter of Murrieta, Calif., and Paul F. Muller of San Carlos, Calif., have developed an embolic debris filtering ...
U.S., British, French Inventors Develop Vascular Bifurcations Treatment Device
Apr 07, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Jacques Seguin of Old Windsor, Great Britain, Jean-Claude Laborde of Vieille-Toulouse, France, and Robert John Elicker of Santa Margarita, Calif., have developed a blood vessel treatment method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device ...
Minnesota, Illinois Inventors Develop Keith Needle for Furlow Insertion Tool
Apr 07, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Charles C. Kuyava of Eden Prairie, Minn., and James Taylor of Lombard, Ill., have developed an implant surgerical device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is directed to a medical device or article that reduces the ...
Florida Inventors Develop Wideband Wireless Communication System
Apr 07, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Salvador Sibecas, Glafkos Stratis and Celestino A. Corral, all from Lake Worth, Fla., Shahriar Emami of Royal Palm Beach, Fla., and Gregg E. Rasor of Lantana, Fla., have developed a multi-channel wireless communication system. An abstract of the invention, ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Mobile Communication System Handoff Processing Method
Apr 07, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Yeong Jong Shin of Kunpo-shi, South Korea, has developed a method of processing a handoff in a mobile communication system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mobile communication system and a method of processing a handoff for the same is ...
Kentucky Inventors Develop Imaging Apparatus
Apr 07, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Michael Duane Donovan and Tommy Otis Lowe, both of Lexington, Ky., and Daniel Scott Powell of Versailles, Ky., have developed an imaging apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An imaging apparatus includes a print engine for printing ...
Texas Inventor Develops Wireless Network Dynamic Soft Handoff Resource Allocation Method
Apr 07, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Achal R. Patel of McKinney, Texas, has developed a wireless network dynamic soft handoff resource allocation system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system for dynamic soft handoff resource allocation in a wireless ...
British Inventors Develop Mobile Telecommunication System
Apr 07, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Andrew John Farnsworth of Bromsgrove, Great Britain, and Gideon Roberts of Stone, Great Britain, have developed a method for implementing broadcast system information changes. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a mobile telecommunications ...
Chinese Inventor Develops Intelligent Ink Cartridge
Apr 07, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- On Bon Peter Chan of Hong Kong, China, has developed an intelligent ink cartridge. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This relates to an intelligent ink cartridge and method for manufacturing the same. The ink cartridge comprises at least ...
California Inventors Develop Blood Clot Pulling Device
Apr 07, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Harold F. Carrison of Pleasanton, Calif., and Roger Farnholtz of Fremont, Calif., have developed a blood clot removal device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for removing blood clots and methods of making and using the same. The ...
New York, California Inventors Develop Cannula with Associated Filter
Apr 07, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Denise Barbut of New York, and Tracy D. Maahs of Redwood City, Calif., have developed a cardiac blood filter. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices and methods for filtering blood. The devices generally comprise a mesh for filtering ...
Oregon, New York, California Inventors Develop Command Trajectory Modification Technique
Apr 07, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Mehmet Alpay and Mark Unrath, both of Portland, Ore., John Wen of Melrose, N.Y., Ben Potsaid of Troy, N.Y., and David Watt of Newark, Calif., have developed servomechanism control systems. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Preferred ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Data Transmission Rate Adaptation Method
Apr 07, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Li-Chun Wang and Fu-Yen Kuo, both of Hsinchu, Taiwan, and Wei-Jen Chen of Taipei, Taiwan, have developed a data transmission rate adaptation method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method for data transmission ...
California Inventor Develops Body Lumen Bifurcation Treatment Apparatus
Apr 07, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Amnon Yadin of Pleasanton, Calif., has developed a lumen bifurcation treatment system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and method are provided for treatment of a bifurcation of a body lumen. The apparatus includes an elongated ...
U.S., Japanese Inventors Develop Heart Blood Flow Obstruction Apparatus
Apr 07, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- William M. Chilian of Covington, La., and Eiji Toyota of Okayama, Japan, have developed an arterial occlude surgical instrument. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical instrument and method are disclosed for enhancing the overall ...
California Inventor Develops Mechanical Coupling Device
Apr 07, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Aracely P. Plateroti of Atascadero, Calif., has developed a gem attached acupressure device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mechanical coupling device is provided for temporarily interconnecting a gem or a crystal to be used for ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Rotating Type Working Machine
Apr 07, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Hideaki Yoshimatsu of Kobe, Japan, has developed a rotating type working machine. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A parking brake is released by a controller and a rotating electric motor is speed-feedback-controlled or ...
Arizona Inventors Develop Light Emitting Diode Lamp Module
Apr 07, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Christopher C. Bacon and Tracy A. Bacon, both of Gilbert, Ariz., have developed a lamp module using a current regulator. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lamp module has a base with first and second electrical contacts for inserting into ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Direct Current-Alternating Current Converter
Apr 07, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Sheng Tai Lee of Taipei, Taiwan, has developed a direct current/alternating current (DC/AC) converter circuit structure. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A DC/AC converter circuit structure for driving a plurality of cold cathode ...
Georgia, British Inventors Develop Improved Wireless Communication System
Apr 07, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Daryl Gazzard of Alpharetta, Ga., and John Carvalho of Slough, Great Britain, have developed an improved wireless communication method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is directed to a system and method for providing ...
German Inventor Develops Door-Closing Device
Apr 07, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Gunter Gomoll of Elchingen, Germany, has developed a door-closing device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A self-closing door structure includes a frame, a door pivotally mounted on the frame, and an arm mounted on the frame and pivoting ...
Florida Inventors Develop Vascular Occlusion Device Deployment System
Apr 07, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Juan A. Lorenzo of Davie, Fla., Vladimir Mitelberg of Aventura, Fla., and Donald K. Jones of Lauderhill, Fla., have developed an embolic device delivery system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vascular occlusion device deployment system ...
Chinese, Taiwanese Inventors Develop Single Phase Brushless Direct Current Motor Starting Method
Apr 07, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Weizi Wang, Zhigan Wu, Wanbing Jin, Jianping Ying and Qiong Yuan, all from Shanghai, China, and Shih-Ming Huang and Wen-Shi Huang, both of Taoyuan Shien, Taiwan, have developed a direct current motor starting method. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Michigan Inventors Develop Vehicle Braking System
Apr 07, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Christopher E. Borroni-Bird of Oakland Township, Mich., Sanjeev M. Naik of Troy, Mich., and Joseph F. Szczerba of Grand Blanc, Mich., have developed a vehicle braking system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle braking system has ...
Texas Inventor Develops Wireless Local Area Network Providing Apparatus
Apr 07, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Paul F. Struhsaker of Plano, Texas, has developed a wireless local area network providing method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus, and an associated method, for providing WLAN (wireless local area network) service through a ...
Pennsylvania Inventors Develop Electrical Propulsion System
Apr 07, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Ajith Kuttannair Kumar, Jeremy T. McGarry and Scott Joseph Zarella, all from Erie, Pa., Mark Alan Linebach of McKean, Pa., and Bret Dwayne Worden of Union City, Pa., have developed an electrical propulsion system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Pennsylvania, New York Inventors Develop Rechargeable Vacuum with Reduced Alternating Current Voltage
Apr 07, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Mark E. Baer of Trout Run, Pa., and Kevin L. Beckstead of Windsor, N.Y., have developed an electrical motor. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor is disclosed that operates on either alternating current (AC) outlet power or direct ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Electromagnetic Driver
Apr 07, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Mutsuo Hirano of Saitama, Japan, has developed an electromagnetic driver reciprocating its shaft in an axial direction. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an electromagnetic driver according to the invention, electromagnetic units are ...
Wisconsin Inventor Develops Break Down Ice Merchandiser Shroud
Apr 07, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Steve Dresser of Necedah, Wis., has developed a break down ice merchandiser shroud. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerated merchandiser shroud that can be packaged and transported unassembled and then assembled without tools is ...
Arizona Inventor Develops Electrical Energy Discharge Control Method
Apr 07, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Richard J. Adler of Marana, Ariz., has developed an electrical energy discharge control method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods presented herein provide for the control of electrical energy discharge from an electrode ....
New York Inventors Develop Electromagnetic Radiation Transparent Device
Apr 07, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Robert W. Gray of Rochester, N.Y., Stuart G. MacDonald of Pultneyville, N.Y., and Jeffrey L. Helfer of Webster, N.Y., have developed a stent deployment device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical device includes a pattern of ...
Hawaii Inventor Develops One-Way Drawer Stop
Apr 07, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Thomas H Miyashiro of Honolulu has developed a one-way drawer stop. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is a one-way drawer stop having a counterbalanced latch and stop plate. In the preferred embodiment the latch ...
North Carolina Inventor Develops Door Sliding System
Apr 07, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- David Todd Brown of Winston-Salem, N.C., has developed a system for a sliding door. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A slide assembly for use with a door of a furniture piece is disclosed. The slide assembly includes a pair of cambered ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Parking Assist Control Apparatus
Apr 07, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Kazuhiro Kamiya, Yukio Mori, Kazutaka Kato and Masahiro Matsuura, all from Kariya, Japan, have developed a parking assist control apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "When an abnormality is detected in a vehicle side device such as ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Separately-Excited Inverter Circuit
Apr 07, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Nobuaki Honbo of Kanagawa, Japan, has developed a separately-excited inverter circuit. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A separately-excited inverter circuit includes: an oscillator which generates a high-frequency voltage pulse by mixing ...