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Alan B. Back, Redmond, WA US
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20120144383 | REPAIRING CORRUPT SOFTWARE - A system and method for repairing corrupt software components of a computer system. Corrupt software is detected and repaired utilizing an automated component repair service. Repair files are downloaded from an external storage location and used to repair the corruption. The downloaded files are preferably the smallest amount of data necessary to repair the identified corruption. The process of repairing corrupt files is used in conjunction with a software updating service to resolve problems that occur when corrupt software is updated by allowing a corrupt component to be repaired and to then uninstalled such that an updated component can be properly installed. | 06-07-2012 |
20160004606 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND DEVICE FOR VALIDATING REPAIR FILES AND REPAIRING CORRUPT SOFTWARE - A system and method for repairing corrupt software components of a computer system. Corrupt software is detected and repaired utilizing an automated component repair service. Repair files are downloaded from an external storage location and used to repair the corruption. The downloaded files are preferably the smallest amount of data necessary to repair the identified corruption. The process of repairing corrupt files is used in conjunction with a software updating service to resolve problems that occur when corrupt software is updated by allowing a corrupt component to be repaired and then uninstalled such that an updated component can be properly installed. | 01-07-2016 |
Benjamin Back, Orville, OH US
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20120230771 | PIPELINE INSERTION SYSTEM - A pipeline insertion system ( | 09-13-2012 |
20140133920 | PIPELINE INSERTION SYSTEM - A pipeline insertion system may include an insertion device outside a tunnel that includes an insertion device frame and a movable clamp device in slidable engagement with the insertion device frame. A drive may cause the movable clamp device engaged with a pipeline to move between a first position and a second position along the frame. Inside the tunnel, the system may also include a plurality of support frames remote from the insertion device and remote from each other which support the pipeline on bearings as the pipeline is pushed (or pulled) by the insertion device through the bores of a plurality of housing segments mounted in the tunnel. A controller is operative to control the drive and the movable clamp device responsive to transducers which measure pipeline slippage, thrust force, and clamping pressure. | 05-15-2014 |
Darlene M. Back, Richmond, VA US
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20100285604 | DISSOLVABLE FILM WITH DETECTION FUNTIONALITY - Provided are films having a visual cue agent present in a sufficient amount to present a visual cue when the film is contacted by an aqueous solution, and methods of detecting when a film is contacted by an aqueous solution. | 11-11-2010 |
Darren K. Back, Greencastle, IN US
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20140219756 | LEVELING RAMP FOR A WHEELCHAIR - An apparatus for providing wheelchair access to a vehicle, including a deployable wheelchair access assembly coupled to the vehicle and deployable to a position in which one end of the assembly is in contact with the ground. The wheelchair access assembly can include multiple panels. Some embodiments include a control system for adjusting the angular relationship of one panel relative to another panel. Yet other embodiments include a sensor for measuring the inclination of the deployed assembly relative to earth's gravity. In yet other embodiments the vehicle includes a sensor for measuring the inclination of the vehicle relative to earth's gravity, and a plurality of suspension actuators for changing the inclination of the vehicle. | 08-07-2014 |
20150197130 | SUSPENSION FOR A MULTIPLE HEIGHT VEHICLE - Some embodiments of the present invention relates to rear drive axle suspension systems for OEM cargo truck and ambulance type vehicles and more particularly to a method and a means to provide said vehicles with a 2-Position suspension system, wherein Position- | 07-16-2015 |
20160095767 | LEVELING RAMP FOR A WHEELCHAIR - An apparatus for providing wheelchair access to a vehicle, including a deployable wheelchair access assembly coupled to the vehicle and deployable to a position in which one end of the assembly is in contact with the ground. The wheelchair access assembly can include multiple panels. Some embodiments include a control system for adjusting the angular relationship of one panel relative to another panel. Yet other embodiments include a sensor for measuring the inclination of the deployed assembly relative to earth's gravity. In yet other embodiments the vehicle includes a sensor for measuring the inclination of the vehicle relative to earth's gravity, and a plurality of suspension actuators for changing the inclination of the vehicle. | 04-07-2016 |
Deborah J. Back, Cleves, OH US
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20100041820 | Resin and Paint Coating Compositions Comprising Highly Esterified Polyol Polyesters with Two or More Pairs of Conjugated Double Bonds - An alkyd resin comprising A) a polyol-polyacid alkyd; and B) a composition comprising a highly esterified polyol polyester wherein the polyester comprises a polyol residue and a plurality of fatty acids esters, and wherein from about 2% to about 55% of the fatty acid esters contains two or more pairs of conjugated double bonds. | 02-18-2010 |
20100041821 | Resin and Paint Coating Compositions Comprising Highly Esterified Polyol Polyesters with One Pair of Conjugated Double Bonds - An alkyd resin comprising A) a polyol-polyacid alkyd; and B) a composition comprising a highly esterified polyol polyester, wherein the polyester comprises a polyol residue and a plurality of fatty acids esters, and wherein from about 5% to about 80% of the fatty acid esters contains exactly one pair of conjugated double bonds. | 02-18-2010 |
Deborah Jean Back, Cleves, OH US
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20100041849 | HIGHLY ESTERIFIED POLYOL POLYESTERS WITH ONE PAIR OF CONJUGATED DOUBLE BONDS - A composition comprising a highly esterified polyol polyester wherein the polyester comprises a polyol residue and a plurality of fatty acids esters, and wherein from about 5% to about 80% of the fatty acid esters contains exactly one pair of conjugated double bonds. | 02-18-2010 |
20100041850 | HIGHLY ESTERIFIED POLYOL POLYESTERS WITH TWO OR MORE PAIRS OF CONJUGATED DOUBLE BONDS - A composition comprising a highly esterified polyol polyester wherein the polyester comprises a polyol residue and a plurality of fatty acids esters, and wherein from about 5% to about 80% of the fatty acid esters contains two or more pairs of conjugated double bonds. | 02-18-2010 |
20110129592 | SUCROSE POLYESTERS - Disclosed herein are compositions that include a blend of sucrose polyesters, wherein each sucrose polyester includes a sucrose moiety and a plurality of fatty acid ester moieties, wherein a percentage range of the combined fatty acid ester moieties of the sucrose polyesters in the blend have a carbon chain that has trans content. | 06-02-2011 |
20120328763 | SHORTENING COMPOSITIONS - Disclosed herein are shortening compositions comprising from about 40% to about 90% sucrose polyester, by weight, wherein said shortening compositions may comprise, based on total weight of the shortening composition, a Solid Fat Index of from about 5% to about 10% solids at 40° C. and a Firmness of from about 90,000 Pa to about 1,500,000 Pa. | 12-27-2012 |
20120330000 | SUCROSE POLYESTERS - Disclosed herein are compositions that include a blend of sucrose polyesters, wherein each sucrose polyester includes a sucrose moiety and a plurality of fatty acid ester moieties, wherein from about 50% to about 90%, by weight, of the combined fatty acid ester moieties of the sucrose polyesters in the blend are palmitic fatty acid ester moieties. | 12-27-2012 |
Douglas Back, Buckeye Lake, OH US
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20140354033 | MINING PICKS AND METHOD OF BRAZING MINING PICKS TO CEMENTED CARBIDE BODY - A tool and a method of making the tool is disclosed. The tool comprises a sleeve and a compact. The sleeve may have a proximal end, a distal end, a central axis, and a bore extending from the proximal end to the distal end, the bore having an inner wall. The compact may have a base end and an impact surface spaced opposite to the base end. The compact may be substantially disposed within the bore of the sleeve. The proximal end may be disposed proximate the base end of the compact. | 12-04-2014 |
Dwayne Back, Clawson, MI US
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20090246368 | METHOD OF SULFONATING AN ARTICLE AND RELATED APPARATUS - An article is sulfonated by forming a sulfonating gas composition containing a gaseous sulfur-containing compound provided from a gas source. The gas source may utilize a chemical feed stock that includes a precursor sulfur-containing compound. The article is then contacted with the sulfur-containing gas until a surface treatment is effected. Next, the article is then optionally contacted with a gaseous neutralization composition, and then a liquid neutralization composition. In another sulfonation method, a first test sample is sulfonated and then analyzed by inductively coupled plasma analysis and X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy. A calibration relationship between the two spectroscopic techniques is determined with the inductively coupled plasma atomic spectroscopic value taken as the accurate value. In subsequent sulfonation runs, test samples are included and monitored by X-ray fluorescence. | 10-01-2009 |
Dwayne Back, Cocoa, FL US
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20150232151 | COMPANIONWAY CLOSURES FOR A BOAT - A sliding hatch for a boat including a vertical bulkhead and deck having an opening with vertical and horizontal sections defining a companionway for access to areas below the deck. A door is pivotally mounted to a bulkhead adjacent the vertical opening and movable for access to the vertical section of the companionway. A hatch is slideably mounted to the deck for selectively enclosing the horizontal section of the opening. Pivoted links couple the door to the hatch, such that, as the door is opened and closed, the hatch is moved between open and closed positions. | 08-20-2015 |
20150232157 | CONCEALED LADDER - A ladder assembly for mounting a concealed ladder to a boat includes a frame having a pair of spaced-apart guides. The frame is adapted to be mounted within a boat. A slide is movably mounted to the guides for sliding from one end of said frame to an opposite end, and a ladder is pivotally mounted to said slide, such that the ladder can extend from a hatch in the boat and be lowered for use of the ladder in entering and exiting the water from the boat. In one embodiment, a pivot plate is pivotally mounted to the slide and the ladder is pivotally mounted to the slide. A control arm is pivotally mounted to the pivot plate or slide and provides leverage for the easy deployment and storing of the ladder. | 08-20-2015 |
Dwight D. Back, Pembroke Pines, FL US
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20090005282 | Replacement Solvents Having Improved Properties and Methods of Using the Same - CFC replacement solvent compositions, methods of using the same and methods of making the same. These compositions meet or exceed the solvency, flammability, and compatibility requirements for CFC's while providing similar or improved environmental and toxicological properties. These solvent compositions have applications including, but not limited to, oxygen handling, refrigeration or heat pumps, electronics, implantable prosthetic devices, and optical equipment. | 01-01-2009 |
20090026418 | Replacement Solvents Having Improved Properties and Methods of Using the Same - CFC replacement solvent compositions, methods of using the same and methods of making the same. These compositions meet or exceed the solvency, flammability, and compatibility requirements for CFC's while providing similar or improved environmental and toxicological properties. These solvent compositions have applications including, but not limited to, oxygen handling, refrigeration or heat pumps, electronics, implantable prosthetic devices, and optical equipment. | 01-29-2009 |
20100300969 | Apparatus and Method for Self-Heating and Self-Hydrating Foods and Beverages - A method and components for heating and hydrating foods and beverages using an exothermic and pressure generating chemical reaction are described. The exothermic reaction can be initiated by water, spark, electrical impulse, squib, friction, or shock to heat non-potable water and force the water through a membrane filter, thereby producing heated, potable water. | 12-02-2010 |
Dwight D. Back, Irving, TX US
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20130116784 | Breast Implant with Low Coefficient of Friction Between Internal Shells in an Aqueous Fluid Environment - A fluid-filled surgically-implantable prosthetic device encloses one or more non-enclosing fitted shells arranged adjacent to and in a graduated relation to each other. The invention relates specifically to implantable breast prostheses with a low coefficient of friction between two or more interacting elastomeric shells in an aqueous fluid environment, without the addition of a lubricating agent to the fluid. | 05-09-2013 |
Gary Back, Vesper, WI US
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20100219572 | Independent Spring Cartridge - An improved independent spring cartridge holder apparatus and system for holding an automobile suspension spring in tension while allowing a quick and safe change of the shock absorber and spring. This is especially valuable during a race where change outs need to be done quickly. | 09-02-2010 |
Gerald Back, Gilbert, AZ US
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20110032063 | Modular Space Transformer For Fine Pitch Vertical Probing Applications - In an embodiment, a modular space transformer for use in a probe card assembly includes a bottom plate, a guide plate, and a top plate. The guide plate is configured for mounting in a cut-out of the bottom plate. The guide plate has a first surface and a second surface and additionally has a first plurality of spaced electrical connections disposed in a plurality of apertures formed through the guide plate for providing electrical connections between a plurality of test probe contacts and a plurality of guide plate contacts. The top plate has a plurality of spaced electrical contacts disposed through the top plate with at least one of the plurality of guide plate contacts electrically connected to at least one of the plurality of spaced electrical contacts. | 02-10-2011 |
Gerald W. Back, Gilbert, AZ US
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20080204062 | Cantilever probe card - A method and apparatus for a flattened probe element wire is provided. A probe element wire comprises a beam portion and a tip portion. At least a part of the tip portion is flattened. Flattened probe element wires may have greater z-direction height strength, thereby increasing maximum probe element wire z-direction vertical force. Flattened probe element wires may also have decreased variability in the flattened probe element wire tips. A probe card assembly may comprise a substrate and a plurality of at least partially flattened probe element wires supported by the substrate. Such probe card assemblies may have an extended life and maintained within design parameters for a longer period of use. | 08-28-2008 |
20090174423 | Bond Reinforcement Layer for Probe Test Cards - A probe card assembly includes a substrate and a plurality of probes bonded to a surface of the substrate. The probe card assembly also includes a reinforcing layer provided on the surface of the substrate. The reinforcing layer is in contact with a lower portion of each of the probes, where a remaining portion of each of the probes is free from the reinforcing layer. The reinforcing layer may be a composite reinforcing layer that includes multiple layers of material to achieve a particular result. According to one embodiment of the invention, the reinforcing layer includes a powder layer disposed on the substrate and an adhesive layer formed on the powder layer. The composite reinforcing layer may be compliant to allow the probes to flex and move as intended, without limiting deflection capability. The composite reinforcing layer may be removable to allow access to probes for repair. | 07-09-2009 |
20100176831 | Probe Test Card with Flexible Interconnect Structure - A probe test card assembly for testing of a device under test includes a printed circuit board (PCB), a space transformer, a probe head structure and a flexible interconnect structure. The space transformer has a first plurality of electrical contacts disposed thereon for providing electrical connections with a plurality of contacts disposed on the PCB and a second plurality of electrical contacts disposed thereon for making contact with a plurality of test probes. Each test probe from the plurality of test probes has a first end for making electrical contact with a device under test and a second end for making electrical contact with one of the electrical contacts from the second plurality of electrical contacts on the space transformer. The flexible interconnect structure provides electrical connections between the first plurality of electrical contacts on the space transformer and the plurality of electrical contacts on the PCB. | 07-15-2010 |
20100231249 | Probe Head Structure For Probe Test Cards - A probe head assembly for testing a device under test includes a plurality of test probes and a probe head structure. The probe head structure includes a guide plate and a template and supports a plurality of test probes that each includes a tip portion with a tip end for making electrical contact with a device under test, a curved compliant body portion and a tail portion with a tail end for making electrical contact with the space transformer. Embodiments of the invention include offsetting the position of the tail portions of the test probes with respect to the tip portions of the test probes so that the tip portions of the test probes are biased within the apertures of the guide plate, using hard stop features to help maintain the position of the test probes with respect to the guide plate and probe ramp features to improve scrubbing behavior. | 09-16-2010 |
Gregory Thomas Back, Hendersonville, TN US
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20150207812 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING AND PERFORMING AN ACTION IN RESPONSE TO IDENTIFIED MALICIOUS NETWORK TRAFFIC - Computer-implemented systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for causing an action to be performed in response to a network communication, such as a malicious network communication. In accordance with some embodiments, a first network communication sent from a client device is received, and a protocol used in the first network communication is determined. Once the protocol is determined, the protocol may be implemented to enable a second network communication with the client device. An action to be performed based at least in part on the protocol may be identified, and an instruction may be sent to the client device in the second network communication. | 07-23-2015 |
Henning Back, Woodridge, IL US
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20160109418 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TESTING UNDERGROUND ARGON - Provided among other things is a method of conducting on-site quality control during production of underground argon, comprising: (1) concurrent with extraction of underground argon material, periodically sampling the argon material; (2) measuring an index amount of at least one of (a) an | 04-21-2016 |
Larry Douglas Back, New Albany, OH US
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20120037064 | BRAKING SYSTEM FOR WATERCRAFT - A braking system for a watercraft moving upon a body of water. A hull has a bow portion, a bottom portion and a port opening in the bow. A water inlet is formed in the bottom of the hull. A duct extends between the water inlet and the port opening. A generally U-shaped hub has an intake portion and an output portion. The hub is selectably movable between a stowed position with the intake portion within the hull and a deployed position with the intake portion extending into the body of water. The intake portion of the hub, when deployed, diverts water from the intake portion to the output portion of the hub. The moving watercraft is braked by drag induced upon the hull by the deployed hub extending into the body of water and by the diverted water urged through the duct and out of the port opening. | 02-16-2012 |
Mark A. Back, Myrtle Beach, SC US
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20140069019 | Door Seal Apparatus - A device for providing a seal between a door and at least a part of a doorway includes a door sash having a length, a hinged edge, a front portion, a back portion, and a plurality of curls on the hinged edge. The device also includes a door jamb proximal to the hinged edge, a door stop, a weather strip configured to engage the door sash and adapted to provide a first seal when the door is in the closed position, and a plurality of sealing members extending from the curls and adapted to provide at least a second seal between the door sash and the jamb. | 03-13-2014 |
20140069038 | Multi-Component Door Jamb And Stop Assembly - A multi-component door frame assembly, including a door jamb having a length and contact surface. A plurality of ribs along the length of the door jamb and extending distally from the contact surface. A door stop detachably fixed to the door jamb and adapted to receive a door when the door is in a closed position. | 03-13-2014 |
20140165367 | Screw Attachment Plug And Method Of Using The Same - A screw attachment plug includes a proximal portion having a first diameter and a first height, a middle portion having a second, constant diameter, a second height and a means for preventing rotation of the plug relative to the substrate and the portion. The screw attachment also includes a distal portion including a distal end, proximal end, and an outer surface therebetween. The plug includes a bore through the proximal, middle and distal portions adapted to receive a screw and a plurality of slots in the distal section, each defined by an open space between the outer surface and the bore thereby separating the distal portion into a plurality of sections. The open spaces are adapted to expand when a screw is inserted into the bore to thereby expand at least the middle and distal portions within the substrate. | 06-19-2014 |
Michael Wayne Back, Crown Point, IN US
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20110318492 | COATING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A rotary-style coating machine of the type capable of applying coatings to various web substrates in the commercial offset web and/or digital web printing industry. The coating machine includes a coating cylinder and a plate cylinder that are rotatably mounted within the machine. The coating cylinder includes a coating sleeve removably mounted on a mandrel, and the plate cylinder includes a plate sleeve removably mounted on another mandrel. The machine further includes a unit for depositing a coating material on the coating sleeve as the coating cylinder is rotated. The plate cylinder is operative to receive the coating material from the coating sleeve. An impression cylinder supports a web substrate that receives the coating material from the plate sleeve. | 12-29-2011 |
Stephanie L. Back, St. Louis, MO US
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20120005773 | TRANSGENIC PLANTS WITH ENHANCED AGRONOMIC TRAITS - This invention provides transgenic plant cells with recombinant DNA for expression of proteins that are useful for imparting enhanced agronomic trait(s) to transgenic crop plants. This invention also provides transgenic plants and progeny seed comprising the transgenic plant cells where the plants are selected for having an enhanced trait selected from the group of traits consisting of enhanced water use efficiency, enhanced cold tolerance, increased yield, enhanced nitrogen use efficiency, enhanced seed protein and enhanced seed oil. Also disclosed are methods for manufacturing transgenic seed and plants with enhanced trait. | 01-05-2012 |
20150197764 | TRANSGENIC PLANTS WITH ENHANCED AGRONOMIC TRAITS - This invention provides transgenic plant cells with recombinant DNA for expression of proteins that are useful for imparting enhanced agronomic trait(s) to transgenic crop plants. This invention also provides transgenic plants and progeny seed comprising the transgenic plant cells where the plants are selected for having an enhanced trait selected from the group of traits consisting of enhanced water use efficiency, enhanced cold tolerance, increased yield, enhanced nitrogen use efficiency, enhanced seed protein and enhanced seed oil. Also disclosed are methods for manufacturing transgenic seed and plants with enhanced trait. | 07-16-2015 |
Timothy L. Back, Cincinnati, OH US
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20100018631 | METHOD OF REPAIRING A MANHOLE CHIMNEY USING A STRETCHABLE SLEEVE - A method of repairing and renewing a manhole chimney utilizes a circumferentially stretchable liner sleeve which is inserted into the manhole and pressed by an inflatable bladder into engagement with the walls of the manhole chimney. The sleeve is coated with an uncured resin, which is allowed to cure as the sleeve is pressed against the chimney walls, thereby attaching the sleeve to the walls of the manhole chimney. The stretchable sleeve eliminates air spaces between the sleeve and the chimney walls, and precludes formation of undesirable folds in the sleeve. The sleeve stretches circumferentially up to 150% of its unstretched diameter, while having a substantially unstretchable length. | 01-28-2010 |
20140202570 | METHOD OF REPAIRING A MANHOLE CHIMNEY USING A STRETCHABLE SLEEVE - A method of repairing and renewing a manhole chimney utilizes a circumferentially stretchable liner sleeve which is inserted into the manhole and pressed by an inflatable bladder into engagement with the walls of the manhole chimney. The sleeve is coated with an uncured resin, which is allowed to cure as the sleeve is pressed against the chimney walls, thereby attaching the sleeve to the walls of the manhole chimney. The stretchable sleeve eliminates air spaces between the sleeve and the chimney walls, and precludes formation of undesirable folds in the sleeve. The sleeve stretches circumferentially up to 150% of its unstretched diameter, while having a substantially unstretchable length. | 07-24-2014 |
Trevor Jason Back, Indianapolis, MN US
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20130234646 | Electric Power Supply Adapter Device for Electric Golf Cars and Electric Utility Vehicles - An electric power supply adapter device that plugs into a charging receptacle of an electric golf car or electric utility vehicle used to power an electronic apparatus. The main components consist of input electric connectors positioned in the housing and adapted to fit a charging receptacle of an electric golf car or electric utility vehicle, a DC converter module to convert input power from the charging receptacle of an electric golf car or electric utility vehicle into the required DC output power, and an output electric connector adapted to receive an electronic apparatus and to transmit the DC output power from the DC converter module to the electronic apparatus. | 09-12-2013 |
20150048782 | Electric Power Supply Adapter Device for Club Car Golf Cars and Utility Vehicles - An electric power supply adapter device that plugs into an IQ port of an electric golf car or electric utility vehicle used to power an electronic apparatus. The main components consist of input electric connectors positioned in the housing and adapted to fit an IQ port of an electric golf car or electric utility vehicle, a DC converter module to convert input power from the IQ port of an electric golf car or electric utility vehicle into the required DC output power, and an output electric connector adapted to receive an electronic apparatus and to transmit the DC output power from the DC converter module to the electronic apparatus. | 02-19-2015 |
20150175006 | Modular Electric Power Supply Adapter Device for Electric Golf Cars and Electric Utility Vehicles - A modular electric power supply adapter device for electric golf cars and electric utility vehicles is advantageous to the existing power supply adapter device for electric golf cars and electric utility vehicles because it is more convenient and more affordable. | 06-25-2015 |