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Article: Massachusetts Inventors Develop Adaptive Control System
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- November 17, 2007
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 17 -- Salvatore DeYoreo of Andover, Mass., Karl Winkler of Bedford, Mass., and David Stevens of Billerica, Mass., have developed an adaptive control system.
According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an insect lure and trap, a system for generating a carbon dioxide attractant has a combustion chamber in which carbon dioxide is generated by means of an exothermic reaction from a gaseous fuel rich in carbon. A container contains a pressurized supply of said fuel and a supply line connects said container to said combustion chamber."An abstract of the invention, released by the Patent Office, said: "A normally closed valve is included in said supply line. ...