The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued the following patents recently to Chicago-area companies:
Accenture LLP, Chicago, system method and article of manufacture for building, managing and supporting various components of a system, 6,957,186
Amsted Industries Inc., Chicago, soft magnetic composite powder metal cores, 6,956,307
Andrew Corp., Orland Park:
– Cable and apparatus interface security device, 6,955,558
– Quadrature hybrid low loss directional coupler, 6,956,449
Boeing Co., Chicago:
– Method for testing stress-relaxation properties of sealing materials, 6,955,092
– Adaptable mandrel for spin forming, 6,955,283
– Laser-tethered vehicle, 6,955,324
– Surface cleanliness measurement with infrared spectroscopy, 6,956,228
Brunswick Corp., Lake Forest, gaseous fuel pressure regulator for electronically controlling an outlet pressure, 6,955,160
Chamberlain Group Inc., Elmhurst, method and apparatus for determining a position of a movable barrier, 6,956,199
Cummins-Allison Corp., Mt. Prospect, apparatus with two or more pockets for document processing, 6,955,253
Defibtech LLC, Chicago, medical device battery pack with active status indication, 6,955,864
Energy Absorption Systems Inc., Chicago, anti-icing spray assembly, 6,955,304
General Electric Railcar Services Corp., Chicago, method and arrangement for inspection and requalification of vehicles used for transporting commodities and/or hazardous materials, 6,955,100
Iceberg Enterprises LLC, Glendale Heights, partition system, 6,955,204
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview:
– Insertion apparatus for attaching sliders onto zipper bags and film, 6,954,970
– Strapping machine with pivotal work surfaces having integral conveyors, 6,955,119
– Powder-resistant flexible zipper for reclosable packaging, 6,955,465
– Method for making a fastener, 6,956,181
– Alarm and indication system for an on-site induction heating system, 6,956,189
Medical Central Online, Lake Forest, method and system for creating a Web site for a health-care provider, 6,957,218
Methode Electronics Inc., Chicago, rapid high-resolution position sensor for auto steering, 6,956,198
Molex Inc., Lisle, cable connector with shielded termination area, 6,955,565
Motorola Inc., Schaumburg:
– Battery charging status indication circuit, 6,956,487
– Dual mode display, 6,956,544
– Linear minimum mean square error equalization with interference cancellation for mobile communication forward links utilizing orthogonal codes covered by long pseudorandom spreading codes, 6,956,893
– Receiver and method for determining an intermediate frequency in a wireless communication device, 6,957,056
– Mobile location explorer and methods therefore, 6,957,073
– Multi-mode mobile communications device with continuous mode transceiver and methods therefore, 6,957,081
– Disposable device with removable radio module, 6,957,092
Navteq North America LLC, Chicago, method of providing visual continuity when panning and zooming with a map display, 6,956,590
Sloan Valve Co., Franklin Park, system for remote operation of a personal hygiene or sanitary appliance, 6,956,498
Smartsignal Corp., Lisle, complex signal decomposition and modeling, 6,957,172
Stratos International Inc., Chicago, stub having an optical fiber, 6,955,478
Superior Manufacturing Group Inc., Chicago, mat ramp securement, 6,954,975
Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co., Chicago, method of controlling release of antimicrobial agents in chewing gum, 6,955,827
