Method and apparatus for a thermal protection unit
What is claimed is: 1. An apparatus for managing operations of a circuit which executes a sequence of digital instructions, comprising: means responsive to said sequence of digital instructions to be ... Read More
Inventors: Craft, David J.;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
Method and apparatus for setting trip profiles in electrical switches using a portable unit with a non-volatile memory
These needs and others are satisfied by the invention which is directed to apparatus and a method for setting and reading trip profiles in electrical switches such as circuit breakers and overload rel... Read More
Inventors: Walker, Christopher G.; Wise, James I.;, Assignee: Eaton Corporation (Cleveland, OH) |
Electric power system protection and control system
It is an object of the present invention to provide a system which performs correlation processing of CB operation state change and relay operation state change easily and rapidly without employing a ... Read More
Inventors: Hasegawa, Osamu; Sirota, Yosihiro; Kaino, Yasuo;, Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Kawasaki, JP) |
Distributed logic in multiple protective relays
The present invention overcomes the disadvantages of prior solutions, and achieves additional advantages, by providing for a power control and monitoring system for an electrical power distribution ne... Read More
Inventors: Campbell, Colin Bruce; Moore, Roger; Baigent, Andrew W.;, Assignee: General Electric Company (Schenectady, NY) |
Portable flat display adaptor
OF THE INVENTION Preferred embodiments of the invention applying a device adaptor to a generic Flat Display with stand will be explained below. As new devices and applications become known in the art... Read More
Inventors: Lakin, Douglas;, Assignee: |
Process for controlling blending
OF THE INVENTION This invention is a process of controlling the value of at least one characteristic in a blended composition resulting from the blending of various stock components. Although many ty... Read More
Inventors: Le Febre, David A.; Lane, Linda M.;, Assignee: UOP and Arco (Des Plaines, IL) |
Managed composition of waste-derived fuel
The above objects have been achieved by the present invention which provides a waste-derived fuel having a managed or designed composition of an ash residue, especially for fueling cement kilns, a met... Read More
Inventors: Morrison, Garrett L.;, Assignee: |
Computerized voc and solvent usage warning system
In accordance with the teachings of the present invention, a computer-implemented apparatus and method are provided for coordinating paint-related acquired data with a warning system for a paint manuf... Read More
Inventors: Shadow, Gregory S.; Kerkau, Melissa S.; Datsko, Aimee R.; Lamberty, Paul E.;, Assignee: BASF Corporation (Southfield, MI) |
Detection of properly positioned movable objects
The present invention provides a novel apparatus and a novel method for determining when a movable object is in a predetermined position. The present invention also provides a means for determining th... Read More
Inventors: Evans, Edward N.;, Assignee: Park Mobile, Inc. (New York, NY) |
Energy saving thermostat with means to shift offset time program
Energy saving thermostats of the type disclosed in John T. Adams, et al, U.S. Pat. No. 4,316,577 for Energy Saving Thermostat issued Feb. 23, 1982, are presently being marketed by the applicants' assi... Read More
Inventors: Adams, John T.; Nelson, Marvin D.;, Assignee: Honeywell Inc. (Minneapolis, MN) |
Microprocessor based control circuit for washing appliances
The foregoing and other objects and advantages are accomplished by providing a microprocessor based control circuit for appliances such as dishwashers which employ a microprocessor programmed to respo... Read More
Inventors: Kiefer, George E.;, Assignee: General Electric Company (Louisville, KY) |
Cooking apparatus with a video display
The present invention is an improvement of conventional apparatus. The present invention includes a video signal processing unit in the cooking apparatus. It is able to process TV programs, video sign... Read More
Inventors: Heo, Man Y.;, Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (KR) |
Domestic electrical appliance
What is claimed is: 1. A domestic electrical appliance comprising, a solid state processor arranged to control the operation of the appliance by selecting an optionally-variable number of operating st... Read More
Inventors: Easthill, Stephen P.;, Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation (New York, NY) |
Display and input device
The object of this invention is to provide a display and input device which can check the inputted operation information even in cases when the operating mode has changed and which, thus, can make mor... Read More
Inventors: Todome, Tuyoshi;, Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Kanagawa, JP) |
Control device for pointing
I claim: 1. A control device for a computer pointing and clicking device having a pointing input motion responsive means and a clicking input motion responsive means, comprising: a pointing and clicki... Read More
Inventors: Stromberg, Rolf;, Assignee: |
Diagnostic thermostat
OF THE DRAWINGS The thermostat shown in the figures, particularly in FIG. 3, incorporates a microprocessor 6 which utilizes a digital display to show several pieces of information, selectable by the ... Read More
Inventors: Hart, Douglas R. S.;, Assignee: |
Thermostat system having an optimized temperature recovery ramp rate
In a first embodiment of the present invention, an outdoor air temperature sensor is used in a thermostat to more accurately determine the straight line temperature recovery ramp rate at which a space... Read More
Inventors: Shah, Dipak J.;, Assignee: Honeywell Inc. (Minneapolis, MN) |
Compact optically readable data encoding
It is therefore an object of the invention to provide methods for encoding data. It is also an object of the invention to provide methods for encoding data in an optically readable format. It is anoth... Read More
Inventors: Dowling, Frank;, Assignee: |
Comfort control system incorporating weather forecast data and a method for operating such a system
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT In FIG. 1, there is shown a station (generally designated as 1) for a buildings management provider who is responsible for providing buildings management services (includi... Read More
Inventors: Berglund, Ulf Stefan; Lundberg, Bjorn Henry;, Assignee: Honeywell Inc. (Minneapolis, MN) |
Information processing system
The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems of the known art, and accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide an information processing system wherei... Read More
Inventors: Shiraishi, Atsushi; Tsuji, Keisuke; Nakashima, Roy;, Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
Handling multiple command recognition inputs in a multi-tasking graphical environment
It is therefore an object of the present invention to allow concurrent use of multiple input devices. It is an object of the present invention to accommodate the use of new input devices with the exis... Read More
Inventors: Tannenbaum, Alan R.; Zetts, John M.;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
Method and apparatus for providing visual feedback during manipulation of text on a computer screen
FIG. 1 illustrates a computer system 10 in which the present processing logic of the invention operates. Computer system 10 is illustrated as an Apple Macintosh.TM. computer system, however, those of... Read More
Inventors: Johnston, Jr., Robert G.; Jenson, Scott;, Assignee: Apple Computer, Inc. (Cupertino, CA) |
Method and apparatus for the manipulation of text on a computer display screen
The present invention provides a means and method for directly manipulating text on a computer display screen. The text manipulated using the present invention includes alphanumeric characters, purely... Read More
Inventors: Greyson, Ann M.; Hokit, Jeffrey D.; Kaptanoglu, Marjory; Wagner, Annette M.; Capps, Stephen P.;, Assignee: Apple Computer, Inc. (Cupertino, CA) |
Graphical user interface for displaying and navigating in a directed graph structure
The present invention provides an intuitive graphical user interface and a method and apparatus for controlling remote devices. The graphical user interface of the present invention is displayed on a ... Read More
Inventors: Naughton, Patrick J.; Clanton, III, Charles H.; Gosling, James A.; Warth, Chris; Palrang, Joseph M.; Frank, Edward H.; LaVallee, David A.; Sheridan, R. Michael; Payne, Jonathan;, Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Palo Alto, CA) |
Injection molding controller with process variable learning
The present invention combines an initial open-loop control strategy with a closed-loop control strategy to obtain the benefits of rapid control speed from open-loop control, and control accuracy from... Read More
Inventors: Stroud, III, James W.; Dodds, John F.;, Assignee: Allen-Bradley Company, Inc. (Milwaukee, WI) |
Combination control for injection molding
Accordingly, it is a primary object of the present invention to provide a controller for an injection molding apparatus having improved control of an injection ram during the injection stage. A more s... Read More
Inventors: Spahr, David K.; Tibbitts, Dennis C.;, Assignee: Barber-Colman Company (Loves Park, IL) |
Program setting method for injection molding machine control device
It is an object of the invention to provide a program setting method for an injection molding machine control device, which is capable of allowing users to readily make a desired sequence program usin... Read More
Inventors: Suganuma, Masashi;, Assignee: Nissei Plastic Industrial Co., Ltd. (Nagano-Ken, JP) |
Insulation strapping machine
The foregoing and other objectives are achieved in accordance with the teachings and principles of the present invention through the provision of a new and improved insulation strapping machine which ... Read More
Inventors: Tipton, Allison Dudley; Ropers, Rainer; Roberts, James;, Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, IL) |
Tracing interface module for patch cords in a telecommunications system
The present invention is a tracing interface module for use in a patch cord tracing system, wherein the patch cord tracing system traces patch cords in a telecommunications patching system. The tracin... Read More
Inventors: Ensz, Lyndon D.; Frick, Harold B.; German, Michael Gregory; Macauley, Daniel Warren;, Assignee: Avaya Technology Corp. (Miami Lakes, FL) |
Method and device for detecting the presence of a patch cord connector in a telecommunications patch system using passive detection sensors
The present invention is part of patch cord tracing system for tracing patch cords in a telecommunications patching system. The system includes a plurality of tracing interface modules that attach to ... Read More
Inventors: Bartolutti, Stephen Craig; Choudhury, Golam Mabud; Ensz, Lyndon D.; German, Michael Gregory; Macauley, Daniel Warren; Paul, Lawrence Marc;, Assignee: Avaya Technology Corp. (Basking Ridge, NJ) |
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