Representative Cases

Title	Pub. Date	Int. Class	App. Num	Applicant
1.	(WO 2009/105689) SOLAR RECEIVERS WITH INTERNAL REFLECTIONS AND FLUX-LIMITING PATTERNS OF REFLECTIVITY	27.08.2009	F24J 2/04	PCT/US2009/034743	ESOLAR, INC.
	Solar receivers (300, 800) and particularly to solar receivers (300, 800) having one or more cavities and optionally having absorptivity/reflectivity patterns on surfaces (851) and methods (1600, 1601) of reflective material application.
2.	(WO 2009/099696) METHOD AND DEVICE FOR COMPOSITE MACHINING	13.08.2009	G06F 19/00	PCT/US2009/030333	D P TECHNOLOGY CORP.
	Computer-enabled methods and devices (102) allow for the ready set-up for machine instruction (121) generation by addressing various combinations of machining patterns (410) and tool axis orientations (430) via the selection or designation of a machining pattern and the selection or designation of a tool axis orientation via menus of a user interface (150).
3.	(WO 2009/091792) A METHODOLOGY FOR AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATION AND CONTROL OF A TETHERED DROGUE	23.07.2009	G06F 17/00	PCT/US2009/030945	SYSENSE, INC.
	Methods and devices for estimating and controlling the orientation of a drogue (100, 300, 720, 1300, 1500, 1600) relative to air mass motion where method and apparatus embodiments incorporate estimation of angle of attack and sideslip and function to correct the direction of a vehicle so as to maintain a desired angle of attack and sideslip. Some of the exemplary estimation techniques apply methods of sensor output fusion.
4.	(WO 2009/091745) SLIDING CONDUCTOR TRANSMISSION CABLE	23.07.2009	H02J 7/00	PCT/US2009/030864	AEROVIRONMENT
	Methods and devices for connecting a current source to a target storage device via a transmission cable (160) extendable and/or retractable via a conduit (122) that may be repositioned.
5.	(WO 2009/064558) SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REMOTE ACCESS TO INCIDENT DATA	22.05.2009	H04L 12/26	PCT/US2008/079221	ANALOGICS, INC.
	Systems (100), devices (200), (300) and methods for acquisition, processing and display of data from devices (102), (104), (106), (108) associated with geo-locations.
6.	(WO 2009/032848) THERMO-DILUTION CARDIAC OUTPUT MEASUREMENT SIMULATOR	12.03.2009	A61B 5/029	PCT/US2008/075132	PRONK TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
	The present invention includes machine-enabled methods (300) of, and devices (201) and systems (200) for, simulating thermo-dilution cardiac output measurements based on ambient room temperature measurements via the injectate temperature sensor (105).
7.	(WO 2008/121335) HELIOSTAT WITH INTEGRATED IMAGE-BASED TRACKING CONTROLLER	09.10.2008	F24J 2/38	PCT/US2008/004077	ESOLAR, INC.
	A system (100) for directing incident sun light to a receiver (150) based on an integral imager (116) is disclosed. The system includes an imager (116) mounted to a reflector (112); a tracking controller (226) coupled to the imager; and one or more actuators (114) connected to the reflector and tracking controller. The tracking controller (226) is configured to receive and process image data from the imager (116); determine angular positions of a radiation source and target relative to the mirror normal vector (N) based on the image data; and orient the reflector with the axis bisecting the angular positions of the sun and receiver (150). When the optical axis of the imager is precisely aligned with the vector normal to the reflector, the s...
8.	(WO 2008/028070) MEDIA CONTENT ASSESSMENT AND CONTROL SYSTEMS	06.03.2008	G06F 17/27	PCT/US2007/077286	WAGGENER EDSTROM WORLDWIDE, INC.
	Computer implemented methods (100) and computing systems wherein relationships of words or phrases within a textual corpus (201) are assessed (120) via frequencies of occurrence of particular words or phrases and via frequencies of co-occurrence of particular pairs of words or phrases within defined tracts of text from within the textual corpus (201).
9.	(WO 2008/024768) ELECTROCARDIOGRAPH AND BLOOD PRESSURE SIGNALS SIMULATOR	28.02.2008	G06J 1/00	PCT/US2007/076413	PRONK TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
	System, methods, and apparatuses produce simulated human physiological waveforms such as electrocardiograph (ECG) and blood pressure signals where the microcontroller (102) and/or digital-to-analog converters (112,118) may be switched to a lower power-consuming state by programmable instructions and switched on in response to a programmable sleep timer (103).
10.	(WO 2007/142760) LOAD BEARING STRUCTURE WITH INSERTS	13.12.2007	B65D 19/32	PCT/US2007/010401	AGRI-CEL, INC
	A load-bearing platform that includes an expandable polymer matrix core and a skin disposed over a bottom side of the core. The core includes a base and a plurality of legs extending from one side of the base, the legs having one or more core insert openings in a bottom surface of the legs. The skin includes a plurality of legs, each adapted to accept a leg of the core and one or more skin insert openings corresponding to a core insert opening, where at least one leg insert per leg is inserted into an insert opening. The load bearing platform can be used for shipping articles.
11.	(WO 2007/030765) FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCT DISPOSAL SYSTEM AND METHOD	15.03.2007	B65D 69/00	PCT/US2006/035160	EREKSON, Barbara
	A system for disposal of feminine hygiene products includes a dispenser with a dispensing opening and an inner cavity. A bag is disposed within the inner cavity, and sized to hold a feminine hygiene product. In one embodiment, the system also includes the feminine hygiene product. The bag may include a closeable portion for enclosing the feminine hygiene product within the bag. A method of protecting against contamination from a feminine hygiene product includes providing a soiled feminine hygiene product, providing a liquid proof bag sized to enclose the soiled feminine hygiene product, inserting the soiled feminine hygiene product into the bag, and closing the bag to enclose the soiled feminine hygiene product inside the bag.
12.	(WO 2006/119024) LIGHT TRANSMISSION SIMULATOR FOR PULSE OXIMETER	09.11.2006	A61B 5/00	PCT/US2006/016261	PRONK TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
	A living tissue light transmission simulator system (208, 308) includes receptors of light (215, 216, 315, 316) in portions of the infrared and red spectral bands and the receptors (215, 216, 315, 316), together with amplification (217, 218, 317, 318), infrared detection (239, 371), spectral separation circuitry (219, 319), and post- separation amplification (220, 221, 338, 339, 340, 320, 321), that may be used to drive at least one light source (222, 223, 322, 361). The living tissue light transmission simulator system (208, 308) includes at least one shutter (225, 235, 324, 363, 450) to mechanically modulate generated light from the at least one driven light source (222, 223, 322, 361) where the modulated light may be directed to a pulse ...
13.	(WO 2006/060606) CUFF VOLUME CONSTRAINING DEVICE	08.06.2006	A61B 17/00	PCT/US2005/043530	PRONK TECHNOLOGIES
	A system, method, and apparatus for testing a non-invasive blood pressure measurement device wherein a blood pressure monitor (704), a blood pressure cuff (701), and a blood pressure simulator (703) are pneumatically connected and the blood pressure cuff (701) is inserted into the aperture (103, 407, 606, 607) of an expansion-limiting or cuff volume constraining element (101, 401, 601). A cuff volume constraining device (101, 401, 601) is made of flexible material having one or more apertures (103, 407, 606, 607) for constraining cuff volume during cuff expansion during blood pressure measurement device testing.
14.	(WO 2006/049872) CAPACITIVE DRIVE ANTENNA AND AN AIR VEHICLE SO EQUIPPED	11.05.2006	H01Q 1/28	PCT/US2005/037518	ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC.
	Disclosed are antenna embodiments and air vehicles so equipped that include a first antenna component (100), and a second antenna component (130), separated by a free space gap (103, 203, 806), where the antenna embodiments are adapted to capacitively couple the first antenna component (110) and the second antenna component (130) across one or more portions of the free space gap (103, 203, 806) and where the first antenna component has a degree or axis of rotation (106), relative to the second antenna component (130).
15.	(WO 2006/022813) HIGH-LIFT, LOW-DRAG DUAL FUSELAGE AIRCRAFT	02.03.2006	B64C 39/12	PCT/US2005/002715	MALVESTUTO, Frank, S.
	Disclosed is an aircraft including forward and aft wings (102,104), interposed between a port fuselage and a starboard fuselage, the port fuselage (112) being substantially parallel to and coplanar with the starboard fuselage (114); a T-tail stabilizer system having a port vertical stabilizer (124), a starboard vertical stabilizer (12), and at least one horizontal stabilizer (122); propulsion systems (202, 204) mounted to each of the fuselages (112, 114); and, in some embodiments, deflectable canards (261, 262), tillable wings (306, 312)and wing-mounted propulsion systems (302, 303).
16.	(WO 2005/067413) HIGH-LIFT, LOW-DRAG, STALL-RESISTANT AIRFOIL	28.07.2005	B64C 23/00	PCT/US2003/041587	MALVESTUTO, Frank, S., Jr.
	Method and apparatus embodiments of the present invention are disclosed wherein wing-rotor configurations having rotors (220) passing within arcuate cut-outs (108) of an airfoil (102) provide aerodynamically high lift, low-drag capabilities including high stall angles via the placement of the center of rotor rotation (122) aft of the chord (124) of the arcuate cut-out (108) co-linear with the trailing edge (106) of the wing. In addition, wing-rotor-propeller configurations (1010, 1340) provide aerodynamically high lift, low-drag and forward thrust capabilities for all vehicles moving through gaseous fluids and particularly including applications for air vehicles and watercraft. Also, wing leading edge air-blowing systems (801) augment the e...
17.	(WO 2005/058140) COMPACT OSCILLOMETRIC BLOOD PRESSURE SIMULATOR	30.06.2005	G09B 23/28	PCT/US2004/041835	PRONK TECHNOLOGIES INC.
	A system for generating pressure pulses to calibrate a blood pressure (BP) monitor (150) or other pressure sensing device is disclosed. The oscillometric blood pressure (BP) simulator (100) of the preferred embodiment comprises an elastomeric bladder (104) pneumatically coupled to the BP monitor (150), and an actuator adapted to reversibly compress the elastomeric bladder and induce one or more pressure pulses of predetermined magnitude, duration, and frequency in the BP monitor. The elastomeric bladder (104) generally comprises an elastomeric tube such as medical grade hose or tubing that is compressed by a piston (120) and bearing (114) driven by a linear actuator, preferably a stepper motor (108) and cam (106). The simulator further incl...
18.	(WO 2004/080113) DEVICE HAVING MATCHED ACCOUSTICAL IMPEDANCE AND METHOD	16.09.2004	G01N 29/00	PCT/US2004/006930	JONES, Joie, Pierce
	The invention, in its several embodiments, includes a method of making (100, 300) a plurality of impedance-matched layers (215, 220, 225) interposed between a target media (230) and an acoustical source (210), the interposed impedance-matched layers (215, 220, 225) thereby providing optimal transmission of energy from the acoustical source (210) or a transducer (110) to the target media (230).
19.	(WO 2004/006294) ELECTROSTATICALLY CLEAN SOLAR ARRAY	15.01.2004	H01L 31/042	PCT/US2002/026085	COMPOSITE OPTICS, INC.
	Provided, in its various embodiments, is a method of manufacturing an electrostatically clean solar array panel and the product resulting from the practice of the disclosed method. The preferred method uses an array of solar cells, each with a coverglass (106) where the method includes machining apertures (206) and residual tabs (112) into a flat, electrically conductive sheet (110) so that each aperture (206) is aligned with and undersized with respect to its matched coverglass (106) and thereby fashion a front side shield with apertures (FSA) (102). The FSA (102), tabs (112), edge clips (114) and substrate edges (406) are bonded so as to produce a conductively grounded, electrostatically clean, solar array panel.
20.	(WO 2004/005171) SHEET DISPENSING SYSTEM FOR ROLLED MATERIALS	15.01.2004	B26F 3/02	PCT/US2003/021231	PORTNOY, Arkady
	A dispensing system includes a plurality of covered dispensers and an uncovered dispenser for dispensing sheet materials. Each covered dispenser includes: a tray surface (10), arcuate in cross-section (9), for receiving a roll of sheet material; a cutting surface fixedly attached to a front edge of the tray (12) or to the forward edge of a rotatable cover (25); where the rotatable cover is tabbed (24) or counterweighted (18) and in either case has an offset pivot point (7, 8, 42) above the principal rotational axis of the tray (41); the counterweight (18) being integral to the back edge of the cover (14); and a blade guard (2, 16) fixedly attached to the cover on a side opposite the counterweight (18) or a stationary cover shield (21). Each...
21.	(WO 2003/085792) ELECTRICAL BOX EXTENSION	16.10.2003	H02G 3/08	PCT/US2003/009841	WEGNER, Wesley, Gene
	Disclosed is an electrical box extension that includes an extending member (2) for switch and/or plug mounting having one or more fastening brackets (4), one or more base fastening brackets (5) and one or more fasteners (3) that together with optional contact points provide for mechanical and electrical connectivity between the extending member (2) and its associated electrical box (7) and provide sufficient mechanical resistance to support the adjustable elevation of the extending member (2) thereby supporting a flush surface for surface mounted sockets, switches and their associated plates.
22.	(WO 2003/048674) GUIDED MUNITIONS ELECTRONICS PACKAGE AND METHOD	12.06.2003	H05K 1/14	PCT/US2002/040000	ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC.
	Disclosed is method and system for packaging electronics with an electronic card rack (400) of radial panels (410), an outer casing (900), a stabilizing ring (710), and a flex-circuit interconnect (600), whereby electronic cards (200) inserted into the sectors (420) formed by the radial panels (410) do not carry the structural load. The card-mounted devices are optimally oriented or set back forces, and minimal potting and/or structural foam is required, if any. The present invention provides a lightweight, highly serviceable assembly that is relatively less expensive to produce, test and rework compared with potted assemblies.
23.	(WO 2003/045684) METHOD AND SYSTEM OF THERMAL PROTECTION	05.06.2003	B64C 1/38	PCT/US2002/037927	COMPOSITE OPTICS, INC.
	A method and system for assembly and attachment of high temperature materials used as thermal protection systems (TPS) for applications such as re-entry or hypersonic vehicles are disclosed. The attachment system comprises a fastener (610) that passes through an aperture (102) of, and a fitting (206) attached to, a ceramic matrix composite (CMC) TPS panel (410). A flexure fitting (502) attached to a substructure allows thermal growth in the panel while providing a structurally stiff interface to support the panel through structural and acoustic loading. By detachably attaching to the flexure fitting (502), the TPS panel (410) is detachably attached to the substructure, or fuel tank of a vehicle. The fastened connection is externally accesse...
24.	(WO 2002/087009) ANTENNA ARRAY APPARATUS WITH CONFORMAL MOUNTING STRUCTURE	31.10.2002	H01Q 1/28	PCT/US2002/008579	COMPOSITE OPTICS, INC.
	A carrier structure apparatus (300) for mounting conformal antenna elements (300) to a non-planar mounting surface (207) as part of an antenna array (103) of an airborne vehicle (101) or ground-based system also comprising a seeker section (102), fairing and guidance processing system. The carrier structure (300) is a rigid and conductive apparatus that is made to conform to the geometric configuration of both the antenna element (300) as well as the mounting surface (207). The conformal antenna (330) is rigidly mounted to the carrier structure (300), which is in turn removably affixed to the non-planar mounting surface (207). With the carrier structure (300), each antenna element (330) of the array may be individually tested and replaced p...
25.	(WO 2002/085618) DAMAGE TOLERANT CMC USING SOL-GEL MATRIX SLURRY	31.10.2002	C04B 35/111	PCT/US2002/012601	COI CERAMICS, INC.
	Disclosed are an oxide matrix composite that is stable for long-term exposures to temperatures of approximately 1,200° C and the methods of making the ceramic matrix composite, including wet lay-up (100), prepreg, and filament winding (510) fabrication methods. The oxide matrix composite can be made using commercially available refractory fibers that retain better than 85% of its original composite strength after, 1,000 hours of exposure to such high temperature environments. The preferred alumina-based system demonstrates damage tolerance as relatively high strength retention properties and structural performance (610). The preferred refractory fibers are commercially available under the tradename of NEXTEL® 720.

Title	Pub. Date	Int. Class	App. Num	Applicant
26.	(WO 2002/063427) PROMOTIONAL DATA DELIVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD	15.08.2002	G06Q 30/00	PCT/US2002/003022	COUPON SQUARE, INC.
	A promotional data delivery system and method are disclosed by which promoters input (203) to a host computing system (130) their preferred consumer criteria (211) and define their promotional mateials, customers provide profiling information (310, 320) and select promotional materials (228), and a host (130) relates (214) the data (260) pertaining to the promoters and customers to provide (242) or otherwise communicate, preferably in tangible form such as paper via mail or parcel delivery services, promotional information including coupons particularly targeted (240, 241) for and/or selected by the prospective customers.
27.	(WO 2002/040986) ELECTROMAGNETIC ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER WITH RECESSED COIL	23.05.2002	G01N 29/22	PCT/US2001/044232	PASSARELLI, Frank, Jr.
	The disclosed invention mounts transmitting and receiving electrical coils (52, 54) within channels or chambers (48, 50) formed by the notched ends of magnets (24, 28) closest to the metallic structure under test (40) where said magnets (24, 28) are arranged to form annlar arrays (20, 22) of an electromagnetic acoustic transducer (EMAT) pair applicable in non-destructive testing. The detection of one or more electromagnetically-induced resonant frequencies at shifted locations indicates te presence of one or more flaws (58, 60) in the metallic structure under test (40). The novel recessed mounting of the coils provided by the channels or chambers (48, 50) substantially reduces the observed electrical cross-talk between coils (52, 54) over t...
28.	(WO 2002/039548) AOA DETERMINATION WITH TILTED CONFORMAL ANTENNA ARRAY	16.05.2002	G01S 3/06	PCT/US2000/030797	SCIENCE AND APPLIED TECHNOLOGY, INC.
	An apparatus and method for determining the angles-of-arrival and the polarization states of incoming RF signals of unknown polarization using five or more independent phase difference measurements using RF antenna elements of differing yet known orientations of polarization and common tilt angle. The apparatus includes an array (311) of substantially identical RF antenna elements (301), an antenna element selection network (204), multi-channel RF receiver (606) for determining at least five independent phase differences (110) and measured powers (712) and processing means performing the steps of determining from the measured powers the phase corrections (716) to the independent phase difference measurements caused by polarization diversity...
29.	(WO 1999/041804) DETERMINING ANGLES-OF-ARRIVAL AND POLARIZATION OF RF SIGNALS	19.08.1999	G01S 3/06	PCT/US1999/002911	SCIENCE AND APPLIED TECHNOLOGY, INC.
	An apparatus and method for determining the angles-of-arrival (309 and 411) and the polarization states of incoming RF signals of unknown polarization (306) including an array of broad gain, substantially identical, RF sensing antenna elements of differing yet known orientations of polarization (311), an antenna element selection network (204), RF receiver channels (606), processing means for determining uncorrected phase differences from received RF signal phases for pairs of antennas (704), processing means for determining from RF signal powers corrections to the phase difference errors caused by polarization diversity between pairs of antennas (715), processing means for correcting uncorrected phase differences with determined phase diff...