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  • ELECTROMAGNETIC INSTRUMENT TRACKING SYSTEM WITH METAL DISTORTION DETECTION AND UNLIMITED HEMISPHERE OPERATION
    Publication number: 20140051983
    Abstract: Electromagnetic tracking systems and methods for correcting hemispherical ambiguity are described. The system may include a single transmitter having three coils arranged in an industry-standard coil arrangement (ISCA). The tracking system may also contain a receiver having three coils arranged in an ISCA configuration, as well as a fourth coil having a different orientation then any of the other three coils of the receiver. The fourth coil may be used to determine the correct solution to the hemispherical ambiguity that can occur when tracking using two three-coil assemblies. Other embodiments are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2012
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Inventors: Tobias Schroeder, Daniel Eduardo Groszmann, John Whidden, Steven Wayne Johnson
  • Rotatable stacked spacecraft
    Patent number: 10479534
    Abstract: A system includes at least two spacecraft disposed together for launch by a launch vehicle. In a launch configuration, a second spacecraft is mechanically coupled with the first spacecraft by way of an inter-spacecraft coupling arrangement (ISCA). The system is configured to be deployed following injection into a first orbit by the launch vehicle, while the second spacecraft is mechanically coupled with the first spacecraft. The first spacecraft includes a thruster configured to execute an orbit transfer maneuver from the first orbit to a second orbit, the thruster delivering thrust along a thrust vector. In an on-orbit configuration, the ISCA is switchable between a first mode that permits rotation of the first spacecraft with respect to the second spacecraft about a first axis of rotation that is approximately parallel with the thrust vector and a second mode that prevents rotation of the first spacecraft with respect to the second spacecraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Space Systems/Loral, LLC
    Inventors: Varouj G. Baghdasarian, Andrew E. Turner, Albert L. Weitzel
  • Methods and Compositions for Controlling Tomato Leaf Miner, Tuta absoluta
    Publication number: 20240081327
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for affecting Tuta absoluta. The compositions are kairomone blends that attract male and female Tuta absoluta. The compositions may further include a pesticide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: ISCA Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Agenor Mafra-Neto, Rodrigo Oliveira Da Silva, Rafael Borges
  • COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR REPELLING COLEOPTERANS
    Publication number: 20200154705
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for repelling coleopterans. The compositions contain a substrate and an anti-aggregation pheromone intermixed within the substrate. The pheromone may be verbenone, methyl salycylate, wintergreen oil, or combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: ISCA TECHOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Agenor Mafra-Neto, Josue Isaias Ponce, William H. Urrutia, Carmem R. Bernardi, Rodrigo Oliveira
  • COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR REPELLING COLEOPTERANS
    Publication number: 20170280731
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for repelling coleopterans. The compositions contain a substrate and an anti-aggregation pheremone intermixed within the substrate. The pheremone may be verbenone, methyl salycylate, wintergreen oil, or combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: ISCA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Agenor Mafra-Neto, Josue Isaias Ponce, William H. Urrutia, Carmem R. Bernardi, Rodrigo Oliveira Da Silva
  • COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR REPELLING COFFEE BERRY BORER
    Publication number: 20160128324
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for repelling coffee berry borer. The compositions contain a substrate and a semiochemical capable of affecting the coffee berry borer intermixed within the substrate. The semiochemical may be verbenone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Applicant: ISCA Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Agenor Mafra-Neto, Josue Isaias Ponce, William H. Urrutia, Carmem R. Bernardi, Rodrigo Oliveira Da Silva
  • COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR REPELLING COLEOPTERANS
    Publication number: 20210186015
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for repelling coleopterans. The compositions contain a substrate and an anti-aggregation pheremone intermixed within the substrate. The pheremone may be verbenone, methyl salycylate, wintergreen oil, or combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: ISCA TECHOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Agenor Mafra-Neto, Josue Isaias Ponce, William H. Urrutia, Carmem R. Bernardi, Rodrigo Oliveira Da Silva
  • Compositions and methods for repelling coleopterans
    Patent number: 10959430
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for repelling coleopterans. The compositions contain a substrate and an anti-aggregation pheromone intermixed within the substrate. The pheromone may be verbenone, methyl salycylate, wintergreen oil, or combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: ISCA TECHOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Agenor Mafra-Neto, Josue Isaias Ponce, William H. Urrutia, Carmem R. Bernardi, Rodrigo Oliveira Da Silva
  • COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ATTRACTING MOSQUITOES AND REPELLING SAND
    Publication number: 20180325109
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for affecting dipteran hematophagous parasites. The compositions contain at least one dipteran semiochemical and at least one phagostimulant. The compositions may further include a pesticide. The semiochemical may be a floral attractant and the phagostimulants may be sugar-based. The compositions may be useful in attracting mosquitoes and/or repelling sand flies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: ISCA Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Agenor Mafra-Neto, Rodrigo Oliveira Da Silva, Carmem R. Bernardi
  • Compositions and methods for attracting mosquitoes and repelling sand flies
    Patent number: 9693561
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for affecting dipteran hematophagous parasites. The compositions contain at least one dipteran semiochemical and at least one phagostimulant. The compositions may further include a pesticide. The semiochemical may be a floral attractant and the phagostimulants may be sugar-based. The compositions may be useful in attracting mosquitoes and/or repelling sand flies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: ISCA Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Agenor Mafra-Neto, Rodrigo Oliveira Da Silva, Carmem R. Bernardi
  • COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ATTRACTING MOSQUITOES AND REPELLING SAND FLIES
    Publication number: 20160128327
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for affecting dipteran hematophagous parasites. The compositions contain at least one dipteran semiochemical and at least one phagostimulant. The compositions may further include a pesticide. The semiochemical may be a floral attractant and the phagostimulants may be sugar-based. The compositions may be useful in attracting mosquitoes and/or repelling sand flies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Applicant: ISCA Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Agenor Mafra-Neto, Rodrigo Oliveira Da Silva, Carmem R. Bernardi
  • Sprayable controlled-release, male annihilation technique (MAT) formulation and insect control
    Publication number: 20080118461
    Abstract: A male annihilation insecticide formulation, having a viscosity appropriate for use in aerial or backpack spray applications and suitable for on-crop or off-crop uses, comprises an insect toxicant and a male-specific attractant, such as a parapheromone, for a target insect species, such as fruit fly, dispersed and entrapped in an emulsion comprising a biodegradable wax, an emulsifiers, and water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2007
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Applicants: Dow AgroSciences LLC, ISCA Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond Boucher, Reginald Coler, Mark Hertlein, Steve Tuttle, Agenor Mafra-Neto
  • SPRAYABLE CONTROLLED-RELEASE, MALE ANNIHILATION TECHNIQUE (MAT) FORMULATION AND INSECT CONTROL
    Publication number: 20100216730
    Abstract: A male annihilation insecticide formulation, having a viscosity appropriate for use in aerial or backpack spray applications and suitable for on-crop or off-crop uses, comprises an insect toxicant and a male-specific attractant, such as a parapheromone, for a target insect species, such as fruit fly, dispersed and entrapped in an emulsion comprising a biodegradable wax, an emulsifiers, and water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2010
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Applicants: Dow AgroSciences LLC, ISCA Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond E. Boucher, JR., Reginald Coler, Mark Hertlein, Steve Tuttle, Agenor Mafra-Neto
  • Method of designing a synchronous circuit of VLSI for clock skew scheduling and optimization
    Publication number: 20080115098
    Abstract: A method of designing a synchronous circuit of VLSI for Clock Skew scheduling and optimization is used to optimize the skew of a digital synchronous VLSI system and formulize the issue of skew optimization into the issue of quadratic equation programming. For estimation of reliability, a quadratic equation cost function is used to analyze an ideal value of skew and an error between feasible solutions. During operation, several algorithms are used to speed up the operation and lower the complexity, and ISCAS'89 is used as a testing circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Publication date: May 15, 2008
    Applicant: CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Chao-Kai Chang, Chia-Chi Chu, Wu-Shiung Feng
  • Method of designing a synchronous circuit of VLSI for clock skew scheduling and optimization
    Patent number: 7562324
    Abstract: A method of designing a synchronous circuit of VLSI for Clock Skew scheduling and optimization is used to optimize the skew of a digital synchronous VLSI system and formulize the issue of skew optimization into the issue of quadratic equation programming. For estimation of reliability, a quadratic equation cost function is used to analyze an ideal value of skew and an error between feasible solutions. During operation, several algorithms are used to speed up the operation and lower the complexity, and ISCAS'89 is used as a testing circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignee: Chang Gung University
    Inventors: Chao-Kai Chang, Chia-Chi Chu, Wu-Shiung Feng
  • Flow control systems
    Patent number: 4354622
    Abstract: Apparatus for controlling the rate of flow of a powdered solid material such as flour, comprising a load cell supporting an inclined plate onto which the flour particles impinge after falling through an inclined gate valve. The output of the load cell is fed to a control circuit including a direct proportional control section and an integrated error section with a monitor circuit sensitive to excessive integrated errors. The control circuit acts on an electric motor controlling the opening of the gate valve to maintain a predetermined rate of flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1980
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1982
    Assignee: Technicon Isca Limited
    Inventor: Douglas A. Wood
  • Therapeutic Method and Apparatus Using Mechanically Induced Vibration
    Publication number: 20160022536
    Abstract: A noninvasive method of treating or preventing pressure ulcers is disclosed. The method includes placing a motorized pad about a subject, activating a plurality of motors positioned in the motorized pad each having an output shaft to thereby cause application of a rotational motion to each of the plurality of motor shafts, converting the rotational motion to a vibrational motion by using a corresponding unbalanced mass with each motor, applying the vibrational motion to a corresponding part of the subject, and damping any vibrational forces substantially parallel to an underlying skin surface more than vibrational forces substantially perpendicular to the underlying skin surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Eric A. Nauman, Jonathan M. Childress, Anne Dye Zakrajsek, James A. Isca, Daniel J. Rawson, Andrew J. Zakrajsek
  • Saddle for bicycles
    Patent number: D440779
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: ISCA S.p.A.
    Inventor: Marco Lino Bernardi
  • Rim for bicycle wheel
    Patent number: D462042
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Assignee: ISCA S.p.A
    Inventor: Marco Lino Bernardi
  • Saddle for bicycles
    Patent number: D306378
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 6, 1990
    Assignee: Isca S.P.A.
    Inventor: Marco L. Bernardi
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