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Kenneth R. Allen, Edgewood, KY US
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| 20100241674 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESS DESIGN - A process is managed by creating a future revision of a base. Data are input into the future revision of the base. The future revision of the base is made current, revising the base. A control tracks the authorization of the base revision, storing the authorization of the future revision of the base. | 09-23-2010 |
Kenneth R. Ayers, Jr., Kensington, CT US
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| 20090107237 | Shaft Trim Balancing Devices, Related Systems and Methods - Shaft trim balancing devices, related systems and methods are provided. In this regard, an representative device for trim balancing a rotatable shaft includes: an intermediate section being annularly shaped and having terminating ends spaced from each other in an uncompressed state of the device; and first and second sets of counterweights extending longitudinally from opposing sides of the intermediate section. | 04-30-2009 |
Kenneth R. Bannard, Drayton Valley CA
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| 20110121964 | PERSONNEL TRACKING SYSTEM - Disclosed is a tracking and Geofencing system. Zones are classified into three types: safe, hazardous and travel, with the travel zone being defined in the preferred embodiment as any territory not in a safe or hazardous zone. The system monitors an asset by determining whether the asset is within a safe zone, logging data as to when the asset arrives in or leaves the safe zone and at what time it did so, while in transit from the safe zone to a hazardous zone logging the route of travel which may vary from day to day and notifying the owner if the asset goes motionless while in route for a user defined period of time, logging data as to when the asset arrives and leaves a hazardous zone such as time and duration and alerting the owner if the asset has exceeded a predetermined time within a hazardous zone. | 05-26-2011 |
Kenneth R. Barsch, San Angelo, TX US
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| 20110005058 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SWAGING NEEDLES - A method and apparatus for making armed sutures has a pair of opposed die assemblies that may be driven by actuating surfaces of a swaging machine to hold and swage a needle on a suture. The dies grip and confine the needle in the area of the suture receptacle. A pair of opposed swaging elements with offset stakes insert through passageways in the dies and impinge on the captured needle making a plurality of indentations in the needle barrel and gripping the suture in the suture receptacle. The indentations are offset and aligned generally in alternating peak-to-valley relationship, causing the suture receptacle and the contained suture to assume a serpentine configuration. The stakes and the resulting indentations can be dimensioned to result in a converging suture receptacle, which exhibits increasing shear force being exerted on the suture with increasing depth into the suture receptacle. The apparatus and method permit reliable suture-needle attachment over a larger range of tolerances, such that a single die setup can be used on a plurality of needle and suture materials. The resulting product exhibits a serpentine suture/needle attachment interface with reliable attachment and smooth outer dimensions. | 01-13-2011 |
Kenneth R. Bonus, West Des Moines, IA US
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| 20090248796 | System and method for creating a punch list - A system and method for creating and utilizing an electronic construction punch list. A touch screen displaying a virtual floor plan is utilized to input and detail punch list items. The punch list information can then be transmitted to a contractor who uses the system to locate and address punch list items pursuant to the associated detail. | 10-01-2009 |
Kenneth R. Brown, Athens, AL US
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| 20120165185 | Thermally Stable Catalyst Carrier Comprising Barium Sulfate - Provided herein is a barium sulfate-containing catalyst carrier. The catalyst carrier is useful for supporting an exhaust gas purification catalyst, such as a three way conversion catalyst. In an embodiment, the carrier comprises BaSO | 06-28-2012 |
Kenneth R. Charboneau, Slidell, LA US
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| 20090205733 | Methods and systems for in situ pipe lining - A liner or core pipe which is suitable for insertion into a host pipe, the core pipe including, in certain aspects, a pipe made of temperature-resistant corrosion-resistant material and having an outer surface, an inner surface, a first end and a second end and a flow channel therethrough from the first end to the second end; first and second strengthening wraps around the pipe; a plurality of spaced-apart pulling tapes on the pipe; the pipe deformable to facilitate insertion into a host pipe, and a protective outer wrap on the pipe. This abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract which will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure and is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims, 37 C.F.R. 1.72(b). | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090308475 | Methods and systems for in situ manufacture and installation of non-metallic high pressure pipe and pipe liners - Pipe with a liner or core pipe and a liner or core pipe which is insertable into a host pipe, the liner or core pipe including, in certain aspects, a pipe made of temperature-resistant non-metallic corrosion-resistant material; first and second strengthening wraps around the pipe; a plurality of spaced-apart axial strength members or pulling tapes on the pipe; and a protective outer wrap on the pipe. This abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract which will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure and is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims, 37 C.F.R. 1.72(b). | 12-17-2009 |
Kenneth R. Gawason, Monroe, NJ US
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| 20080233785 | Electrical connector assemblies and joint assemblies and methods for using the same - An electrical joint assembly for connecting a plurality of conductors includes a busbar hub and a plurality of limiter modules. The busbar hub includes an electrically conductive busbar body and a plurality of conductor legs extending from the busbar body. The limiter modules each include a fuse element. Each of the limiter modules is connected to a respective one of the conductor legs and is connectable to a respective conductor to provide a fuse controlled connection between the respective conductor leg and the respective conductor. Each of the limiter modules is independently removable from the respective one of the conductor legs. | 09-25-2008 |
Kenneth R. Guaragno, Spring Grove, PA US
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| 20120040305 | IMAGING DEVICE FOR DENTAL INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS FOR INTRA-ORAL VIEWING - The present application relates to an apparatus and method in the field of dentistry and in particular to optical tools for diagnosis and imaging. It is a problem of the prior art that the use of fibre optic components yield a bulky dental camera with poor resolution. It is an object of the present invention to provide an imaging device ( | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120064483 | HARD-WIRED AND WIRELESS SYSTEM WITH FOOTSWITCH FOR OPERATING A DENTAL OR MEDICAL TREATMENT APPARATUS - A hard-wired and wireless system for operating a dental or medical treatment apparatus is provided. The system includes a footswitch device and a dental/medical base unit, each having a communication element for transmitting and receiving signals. The footswitch and base unit are each programmed to have an initial identification address Then, the footswitch and base unit are reprogrammed to know the identification address of the other. The footswitch and base unit can be reprogrammed in the field by the end user. Subsequent communications between the footswitch and base unit include both identification addresses. The footswitch includes two switches that are activated by depressing the upper cover of the footswitch to a first position and second position respectively. The footswitch is particularly suitable for operating an ultrasonic dental scaler. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120301844 | FOOT PEDAL CONTROLLER FOR DENTAL SCALER - A method for controlling a dental instrument includes a foot pedal responsive to commands from a user. An operating mode is selectable between normal and boost cycle. A conventional mode is selectable by pressing and holding the foot pedal to a first level to operate in normal mode. The foot pedal operates in a boost mode when the pedal advances to a second level. Maintained mode is selectable by tapping the foot pedal to change modes between idle, normal and boost mode. Each mode is switched by tapping the foot pedal. The pedal switches between the second process and the first process by pressing and holding the foot pedal at the desired level corresponding to normal or boost mode. The pedal switches from the first process to the second process by tapping the foot pedal at the level corresponding to normal or boost. | 11-29-2012 |
Kenneth R. Handley, Iii, Lockport, NY US
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| 20100147501 | CURLED MANIFOLD FOR EVAPORATOR - A manifold for use in a heat exchanger assembly and a method of forming the manifold is disclosed herein. The assembly includes an upper manifold defining an interior and having a upper top portion having an upper opening in the center of said upper top portion. A partition is inserted through the upper opening to define a plurality of chambers in the interior. The partition has a plurality of locking tabs and dimples that abut the upper top portion. The method starts with the step of forming the upper manifold defining an interior and having an upper top portion defining an upper opening in the center of the upper top portion. The method continues with the step of dividing the upper manifold to define a plurality of chambers in the interior of the upper manifold and is finalized by joining the partition and the upper manifold through a snap fit. | 06-17-2010 |
Kenneth R. Herrity, Milpitas, CA US
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| 20120027099 | Method and apparatus for transporting an 8B/10B coded video stream across a 64B/66B coded link - A video transport system is provided for transporting as 8B/10B coded video stream across a 64B/66B coded link, wherein forward error correction is provided without the overhead of the prior art. The system also provides a system with the ability to recover 64B/66B Encoded blocks that have corrupt Sync bits. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120236742 | Method/apparatus for transporting two or more asynchronous data streams over a single data link - A method and apparatus for locking transmit data rates to respective, arbitrary receive data rates in a system that transports two or more video, audio or general data streams over a single data link. | 09-20-2012 |
Kenneth R. Hovatter, Acampo, CA US
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| 20100089850 | Rack modules - Various aspects include a rack module comprising a side including one or more receptacles. A receptacle may include a contact surface shaped to receive a container. A rack module may include one or more engagement features operable to removably attach the rack module to another rack module having complementary engagement features. The other rack module may also have a side including one or more receptacles, and the attached rack modules may commonly orient their respective receptacles such that the containers received therein may be used. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20120228248 | Rack Modules - Various aspects include a rack module comprising a side including one or more receptacles. A receptacle may include a contact surface shaped to receive a container. A rack module may include one or more engagement features operable to removably attach the rack module to another rack module having complementary engagement features. The other rack module may also have a side including one or more receptacles, and the attached rack modules may commonly orient their respective receptacles such that the containers received therein may be used. | 09-13-2012 |
Kenneth R. Kindsfater, Irvine, CA US
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| 20100172060 | System and Method for ESD Protection - An integrated receiver with channel selection and image rejection substantially implemented on a single CMOS integrated circuit is described. A receiver front end provides programmable attenuation and a programmable gain low noise amplifier. Frequency conversion circuitry advantageously uses LC filters integrated onto the substrate in conjunction with image reject mixers to provide sufficient image frequency rejection. Filter tuning and inductor Q compensation over temperature are performed on chip. The filters utilize multi track spiral inductors. The filters are tuned using local oscillators to tune a substitute filter, and frequency scaling during filter component values to those of the filter being tuned. In conjunction with filtering, frequency planning provides additional image rejection. The advantageous choice of local oscillator signal generation methods on chip is by PLL out of band local oscillation and by direct synthesis for in band local oscillator. The VCOs in the PLLs are centered using a control circuit to center the tuning capacitance range. A differential crystal oscillator is advantageously used as a frequency reference. Differential signal transmission is advantageously used throughout the receiver. ESD protection is provided by a pad ring and ESD clamping structure that maintains signal integrity. Also provided are shunts at each pin to discharge ESD build up. The shunts utilize a gate boosting structure to provide sufficient small signal RF performance, and minimal parasitic loading. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20120081822 | System and Method for ESD Protection - An integrated receiver with channel selection and image rejection substantially implemented on a single CMOS integrated circuit is described. A receiver front end provides programmable attenuation and a programmable gain low noise amplifier. Frequency conversion circuitry advantageously uses LC filters integrated onto the substrate in conjunction with image reject mixers to provide sufficient image frequency rejection. Filter tuning and inductor Q compensation over temperature are performed on chip. The filters are tuned using local oscillators to tune a substitute filter, and frequency scaling during filter component values to those of the filter being tuned. In conjunction with filtering, frequency planning provides additional image rejection. The advantageous choice of local oscillator signal generation methods on chip is by PLL out of band local oscillation and by direct synthesis for in band local oscillator. The VCOs in the PLLs are centered using a control circuit to center the tuning capacitance range. | 04-05-2012 |
Kenneth R. Koedinger, Pittsburg, PA US
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| 20080254437 | Global Computer Network Tutoring System - A global computer network method and apparatus for creating and deploying many types of intelligent tutoring systems across many different platforms is disclosed. A run time engine supports state graph pseudo tutors and JESS model tracing cognitive tutors, in both a client and server context. An Assistment Builder enables development, testing and deployment of the pseudo tutors, generally the tutorials formed of teacher composed problems. The system simplifies the process of tutorial construction to allow educator users with little or no ITS experience to develop content of problems and teaching strategies (i.e., format of problems including hints, messages and sequencing of related problems). The system provides a Web these tutorials. A reporting component is Web based and allows for live database reporting to teachers, showing how their students are performing. Automated analysis and reporting of experimental tutorials developed by teachers is included. | 10-16-2008 |
Kenneth R. Kormanyos, Berkey, OH US
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| 20100144130 | THIN-FILM DEPOSITION AND RECIRCULATION OF A SEMI-CONDUCTOR MATERIAL - A process for coating a substrate at atmospheric pressure is disclosed, the process comprising the steps of vaporizing a mass of semiconductor material within a heated inert gas stream to create a fluid mixture having a temperature above the condensation temperature of the semiconductor material, directing the fluid mixture at the substrate, the substrate having a temperature below the condensation temperature of the semiconductor material thereby depositing a layer of the semiconductor material onto a surface of the substrate, extracting undeposited semiconductor material; and circulating the undeposited semiconductor material into the fluid mixture having a temperature above the condensation temperature. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20110207301 | ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION WITH SATURATION CONTROL - A process for coating a substrate heated to a temperature below the condensation temperature of a semiconductor material at atmospheric pressure is disclosed, the process including the steps of mixing a mass of semiconductor material and a heated inert gas stream, vaporizing the controlled mass of semiconductor material within the inert gas to generate a sub-saturated fluid mixture, directing the sub-saturated fluid mixture at the substrate, wherein the substrate is at substantially atmospheric pressure, depositing a layer of the semiconductor material onto a surface of the substrate, extracting undeposited semiconductor material, and repeating the steps of generating, directing, depositing, and extracting, to minimize an amount of undeposited semiconductor material. | 08-25-2011 |
Kenneth R. Kridner, Lake Orion, MI US
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| 20130019593 | SECONDARY AIR INJECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - According to one embodiment of the invention, an internal combustion engine includes a first exhaust port in a cylinder head of the internal combustion engine, a first one way valve coupled to a secondary air system, the first one way valve configured to restrict fluid communication from the first exhaust port to the secondary air system. The engine also includes a second exhaust port in the cylinder head and a second one way valve coupled to the secondary air system, the second one way valve configured to restrict fluid communication from the second exhaust port to the secondary air system, wherein the first and second exhaust ports are in fluid communication with a turbocharger. | 01-24-2013 |
Kenneth R. Pelowski, Atherton, CA US
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| 20090242019 | METHOD TO CREATE HIGH EFFICIENCY, LOW COST POLYSILICON OR MICROCRYSTALLINE SOLAR CELL ON FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATES USING MULTILAYER HIGH SPEED INKJET PRINTING AND, RAPID ANNEALING AND LIGHT TRAPPING - Embodiments of the present invention relate to fabricating low cost polysilicon solar cell on flexible substrates using inkjet printing. Particular embodiments form polycrystalline or microcrystalline silicon solar cells on substrates utilizing liquid silane, by employing inkjet printing or other low cost commercial printing techniques including but not limited to screen printing, roller coating, gravure coating, curtain coating, spray coating and others. Specific embodiments employ silanes such as cyclopentasilane (C | 10-01-2009 |
Kenneth R. Rasch, Fairport, NY US
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| 20090180819 | Self Adjusting Metal Stripper Fingers - A plurality of stripper fingers in a fuser assembly are provided to assist in preventing damage to the fuser roll caused by prior art fingers. In the present invention, skiis are positioned away back from the tip of the stripper finger. These skiis extend beyond the lower surface of the stripper finger and are enabled to lift the tip away from the fuser surface during a paper jam or hard stripping situation. | 07-16-2009 |
| 20120058300 | FUSER MANUFACTURE AND APPARATUS - There is described a method for producing a fuser member. The method includes obtaining a substrate and positioning a fluoroplastic sleeve around the substrate. The outer surface of the fluoroplastic sleeve is roughened to a surface roughness of between about 0.03 μm Ra and about 3 μm Ra. The outer surface is coated with a functional silicone oil. | 03-08-2012 |
Kenneth R. Stockstill, Picayune, MS US
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| 20110198104 | Stake driver - A stake driver for driving wood stakes into a soil has a rectangular hollow housing having an open top and an open bottom. The bottom portion is configured for receiving at least a part of the wood stake therein, while an elongated driving shaft extends from an interior of the housing upwardly above a top edge of the housing. The upper part of the driving shaft is configured for engagement by a power transmitting tool, such as for instance a jack hammer. A driving pad is secured to a bottom end of the driving shaft transversely to the longitudinal axis of the housing. At least one hammer plate is secured, through connection to a shaft sleeve, to the driving shaft above the driving pad. The hammer plate and the driving pad are each configured to move in an axial direction inside the housing and transmit a hammering force to the wood stake. The hammering force is partially absorbed by a compression spring positioned between the hammer plate and the driving pad. | 08-18-2011 |
Kenneth R. Swartzel, Raleigh, NC US
Kenneth R. Thurm, Orange, CA US
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| 20100207085 | MOTORCYCLE LIFT - A motorcycle lift for use on a flat surface to lift and support a motorcycle, the lift comprising: a frame including a first longitudinal side, a second longitudinal side, a first longitudinal track, and a second longitudinal track; a first support and a second support disposable in a first position with a first support primary arm and a second support primary arm at an angle with the first longitudinal side and the second longitudinal side, respectively, the first support and the second support further disposable in a second position foldable on and resting parallel to the first longitudinal track and the second longitudinal track, respectively; a lift arm; a jack; and a first stabilizing arm assembly, a second stabilizing arm assembly, a third stabilizing arm assembly, and a fourth stabilizing arm assembly operative to stabilize the motorcycle lift. | 08-19-2010 |
Kenneth R. Varcoe, Molendinar AU
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| 20090000944 | Continuous Hypochlorite Generator - A continuous hypochlorite generator is disclosed. The apparatus includes a brine tank | 01-01-2009 |
Kenneth R. Westerlage, Fort Worth, TX US
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| 20110130190 | Authentication of Game Results - A gaming system includes a game server and a client server. The client server requests random numeric outcomes from the game server and supplies various state and game information. The game server generates one or more random numeric outcomes. The game server communicates the random numeric outcomes to the client server to be used in making a win determination. For purposes of future authentication, the game server stores a digitally-signed file that includes the random numeric outcomes and the state and game information. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110307141 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING EQUIPMENT UTILIZATION - A method for measuring vehicle utilization includes determining, with an ignition sensor, an ignition status of a vehicle and determining, with a motion sensor, a motion status of the vehicle. The method further includes determining a utilization of the vehicle based, at least in part, on the ignition status and the motion status. Additionally, the method includes transmitting status information to a location remote from the vehicle. The status information indicates at least one of the ignition status, the motion status, and the utilization. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20120130636 | Systems and Methods for Tracking Device Control and Report - Systems and methods for systems and method for tracking device control and reporting are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving first location information from a vehicle tracking device associated with a vehicle, the first location information indicating a location of a vehicle at a first location. The method also includes receiving second location information from the vehicle tracking device, the second location information indicating a location of the vehicle at a second location and a distance traveled by the vehicle from the first location. The method further includes determining based on the second location information, an actual distance traveled by the vehicle from the first location to the second location. The method also includes determining, based on the first location information and the second location information, an expected distance between the first location and the second location and comparing the actual distance traveled by the vehicle to the expected distance. | 05-24-2012 |
Kenneth R. Whight, Horsham GB
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| 20100060596 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH TOUCH SCREEN - A display device with touch sensor input has a touch sensor structure on top of the display layer. The touch sensor structure includes a first and second array of electrodes, the electrodes in the first array being non-parallel to the electrodes in the second array. The first and second arrays of electrodes occupy different fractions of a touch sensor area. These asymmetric fill factors give improved sensitivity. | 03-11-2010 |
Kenneth R. Wulstein, Bandera, TX US
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| 20120094585 | TOOL AND RELATED METHODS AND APPARATUS - A tool for use in abrading, honing, lapping or otherwise finishing or working the interior surface of a bore, aperture, cylinder or like work piece includes an abrading element dependently supported about a mandrel assembly. The abrading element has a longitudinal slit in order that the abrading element is radially expansible upon the outward application of force from within a longitudinal bore provided therethrough. The mandrel assembly includes a threaded rod upon which is formed a radially expansible arbor, which is formed by application over and about the threaded rod of one or more radially expansible, preferably cylindrical, bushings, which bushings are separated and bounded by a plurality of radially fixed, preferably spherical bushings. The mandrel assembly may also be used as an inside diameter mandrel for supporting a work piece undergoing a machining process. | 04-19-2012 |
Kenneth R. Yawn, Weatherford, TX US
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| 20080291963 | Fiber-based mid-infrared generation laser for laser ultrasound inspection - Embodiments of the present invention relate to a laser system and method for the optical generation of ultrasound at a remote target. This involves generating a pump laser beam with a diode-pumped fiber laser. The diode pumped fiber laser is fiber-coupled with an optical fiber, either passive or diode pumped, to a generation laser head. The generation laser head generates a generation laser beam from the pump laser beam and directs the generation laser beam to the surface of the remote target. The interaction between generation laser beam and the surface of the remote target results in ultrasonic displacements at the remote target. These ultrasonic displacements may be sampled in order to assess and inspect the remote target. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20090287450 | VISION SYSTEM FOR SCAN PLANNING OF ULTRASONIC INSPECTION - A system and method for the analysis of composite materials. Structured light measurements are used to determine the 3-dimensional shape of an object, which is then analyzed to minimize the number of scans when performing laser ultrasound measurements. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20120033209 | CONTAINERIZED SYSTEMS - Containerized systems are provided. In one embodiment, a containerized system includes a moveable three-dimensional container, a first generator, a second generator, and a scanner. The first generator is located within the container, and the second generator is located outside of the container. The scanner is mechanically supported by the container and transmits waves received from the first and the second generators. The containerized system optionally includes one or more rails connected to the outside of the container, and the scanner moves along the one or more rails. The containerized system may also include a multi-axes arm that positions the scanner and that is mechanically supported by the container. Furthermore, the containerized system may include an interferometer, an electronics rack, and/or an air conditioning unit. | 02-09-2012 |
Kenneth R. Zak, Jr., Traverse City, MI US
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| 20120041968 | VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER DECODER - A VIN decoder system includes a VIN decoder configured to search a database for a vehicle type associated with the received VIN, determine a VIN structure associated with the vehicle type, parse the received VIN according to the VIN structure to identify one or more VIN elements of the received VIN. The VIN decoder then determines VIN element descriptions associated with values of the one VIN elements and communicates the information that includes the VIN element descriptions to the user. | 02-16-2012 |