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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20080028813 | Process and Production Line for Manufacturing Hot Ultrathin Steel Strips with Two Casting Lines for a Single Endless Rolling Line A production line for hot steel strips, being fed from two casting lines (a, b) for thin slabs of thickness <100 mm, only one of which (a) is aligned with a finishing rolling mill (g), comprises also two pairs of rotatable heating furnaces with mandrel (A1, A2... | 02/07/2008 |
| 20080028814 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF USE, AND PLASTICALLY DEFORMED SHEET An apparatus for plastically deforming a work piece in the form of a sheet, comprising at least two cylindrical guide rolls rotatable in a first direction, each of said cylindrical guide rolls having an outer circumference; a bendable strip having a portion of at least ... | 02/07/2008 |
| 20080028815 | Push Bench and Method of Manufacturing Small Diameter Tubing The present invention involves cost effective, efficient systems and methods for sizing pipe. In an embodiment of the present invention, a pipe sizing system includes a die having an opening operable to size the pipe, a hydraulic cylinder having at least one rod attache... | 02/07/2008 |
| 20080028816 | Tilting device A low-inertia flat surface tilting device including a selectably positionable flat surface element assembly defining a flat surface element having a flat surface and a pivot location portion, the pivot location portion being generally centered with respect to the flat s... | 02/07/2008 |
| 20080028817 | SERVO-DRIVEN CUPPING PRESS A cupping press includes at least one blanking die that operates between a rest position and a forming position through the action of a first servomotor. At least one forming punch operates between a retracted position and an extended position. The forming punch in the ... | 02/07/2008 |
| 20080028818 | Can bottom forming assembly A can bottom forming assembly for use in forming the bottom of metal cans, such as steel and aluminum two piece cans. The bottom forming assembly is lightweight, compact and comprises outer and cylinder housing assemblies which house a clamp ring retainer assembly, a tr... | 02/07/2008 |
| 20080028819 | Process of producing profiles whose cross-section is variable in the longitudinal direction A process of producing profiles whose cross-section is variable in the longitudinal direction, characterized by the process stages of cutting a blank 31 with a substantially constant width along a longitudinal direction, deforming the blank 31 by deep-draw... | 02/07/2008 |
| 20080028820 | Frame rail pulling apparatus A frame rail pulling apparatus for realigning a frame rail of a vehicle is disclosed. The apparatus includes a base, backing plate, side sway adapter, eye hook and fasteners. The base includes a platform with openings therein, cylinder, and side supports which distribut... | 02/07/2008 |
| 20080028821 | Blood Analysis Apparatus and Blood Analysis Method A corpuscle/plasma separating part is disposed at the lower end of the substrate, and a sensor part connected to the corpuscle/plasma separating part is disposed at the upper end of the substrate, with a calibration solution reservoir being disposed on the lower side of... | 02/07/2008 |
| 20080028822 | Single and Multiphase Fluid Measurements A first property of a process fluid is measured using a volumetric flowrate measuring device. A second property of the process fluid is measured using a Coriolis flowmeter. A third property of the process fluid is determined based on the measured first property and the ... | 02/07/2008 |
| 20080028823 | Sensor Self-Test Transfer Standard A system, computer program product and method of obtaining a performance parameter associated with a sensor, such as an accelerometer, is provided. The method includes applying an acceleration to the accelerometer and a first frequency to obtain a sensitivity of the acc... | 02/07/2008 |
| 20080028824 | Calibration Method A method for calibration of an industrial robot having a plurality of sections movably connected to each other for rotation about a plurality of movement axes. An angle measuring member is mounted on the robot so that it measures angular changes of the axis or axes to b... | 02/07/2008 |
| 20080028825 | Testing fixture and method for determining toughness of molded plastic components A method and testing fixture for toughness-testing corrugated high density polyethylene (HDPE) pipe. The method includes the steps of preparing a test sample, attaching the test sample in the testing fixture, and providing an impact load to the test sample. The test sam... | 02/07/2008 |
| 20080028826 | VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND MONITORING A system, method and apparatus for monitoring the subsurface at facilities for the presence of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). A surface penetration is made in a facility surface providing access to the subsurface soil beneath the facility. A soil probe is placed in ... | 02/07/2008 |
| 20080028827 | Clandestine grave detector An apparatus and a method for detecting a burial site of human remains are disclosed. An air stream is drawn through an air intake conduit from locations near potential burial sites of human remains. The air stream is monitored by one or more chemical sensors to determi... | 02/07/2008 |
| 20080028828 | DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF ENGINE EXHAUST PURIFYING SYSTEM A diagnostic device and method of an engine exhaust purifying system, which perform active control of an air-fuel ratio and can make diagnosis of air-fuel ratio sensors, catalysts, etc. in the engine exhaust purifying system with high accuracy and reliability while avoi... | 02/07/2008 |
| 20080028829 | Air Fuel Ratio Sensor Deterioration Determination System for Compression Ignition Internal Combustion Engine In a compression ignition internal combustion engine provided with an NOx storage-reduction catalyst on an exhaust system, when the air fuel ratio of the exhaust gas being in a lean state is controlled to a rich state, a response time (ResS) from a time point an air fue... | 02/07/2008 |
| 20080028830 | Method and System to Separate and Measure 37Ar Quickly The present invention relates to the method and equipment for inspecting nuclear experimental locales, and particularly relates to the method and system for separating and measuring 37Ar quickly. The method of the invention comprises the steps of sampling, el... | 02/07/2008 |
| 20080028831 | GAS SENSOR In a protector (100) for protecting a detecting portion (11) of a sensor element (10) of a gas sensor (1), the opening area of individual inner introduction holes (130) and (140) formed in an inner protector (120) is 3.5 ... | 02/07/2008 |
| 20080028832 | Best mode usage An apparatus for the collection of airborne microorganisms and gaseous effluvia is disclosed. The apparatus includes an air intake mechanism capable of drawing an air sample and an air intake chamber operatively coupled to the air intake mechanism so that the air sample... | 02/07/2008 |
| 20080028833 | Method and software for detecting vacuum concentrator ends-of-runs A method for determining ends of runs in a vacuum concentrator includes operating the vacuum concentrator at a pressure set point, periodically inducing a pressure increase in the vacuum concentrator, and determining an end-of-run state from a pressure vs. time relation... | 02/07/2008 |
| 20080028834 | High Throughput Screening for Rapid Development of Membranes and Membrane Processes The present invention provides a testing system allowing the simultaneous comparative evaluation of the behaviour in a membrane process of two or more selected membranes (4). In a preferred embodiment said system allows the control of the hydrodynamics of the fee... | 02/07/2008 |
| 20080028835 | Apparatus of supplying and containing micro-plate, method of supplying and method of containing micro-plate and apparatus of processing micro-plate It is an object of the invention to provide an apparatus of supplying a micro-plate excellent in operating performance and operability. In a micro-plate supplying apparatus for separating micro-plates 10 mounted in a stacked state sh... | 02/07/2008 |
| 20080028836 | Method for Determining the State of a Wooden Support A method for determining the state of preservation of a wooden support and establishing a diagnosis in order to find out whether the wooden support is in a state which is suitable for use, in a state requiring a maintenance operation or in a state requiring its eliminat... | 02/07/2008 |
| 20080028837 | Fluid Probe A device for detecting a property of a fluid includes a body region and a flexible element having a first end and a second end. The first end is fixedly located on the body region. The flexible element is arranged to move from at least a first configuration to a second ... | 02/07/2008 |
| 20080028838 | System for Sand Detection at Constrictions or Flow Obstacles in a Pipe or Similar This invention relates to a system for measuring solid particles, e.g. sand, in a fluid flow in a pipe, comprising at least one acoustic sensor for registering acoustic signals generated from collisions between particles and a surface. The pipe comprises a constriction ... | 02/07/2008 |
| 20080028839 | Separation device and chemical reaction apparatus made from polycrystalline diamond, apparatuses including same such as separation apparatuses, and methods of use The present invention relates to a porous polycrystalline diamond structure that may be employed as a separation device in a separation apparatus for separating at least one reaction product of a chemical reaction, as a stationary phase support and/or stationary phase i... | 02/07/2008 |
| 20080028840 | Apparatus and Method For Surface Property Measurement With In-Process Compensation For Instrument Frame Distortion The present invention provides an apparatus and method for performing surface property measurements, such as workpiece hardness and other material property measurements, with in-process compensation for instrument frame distortion and the like. The apparatus includes a ... | 02/07/2008 |
| 20080028841 | Device for Detecting the Combustion-Chamber Pressure in an Internal Combustion Engine A device for detecting the combustion-chamber pressure in an internal combustion engine is configured in such a way that the combustion-chamber pressure is able to be detected in a reliable and reproducible manner. To this end, a heating pin exposed to the combustion-ch... | 02/07/2008 |
| 20080028842 | Combustion State Determination Method Of Internal Combustion Engine The present invention is a combustion state determination method of an internal combustion engine for detecting an ion current which is generated in a combustion chamber at combustion of the internal combustion engine in a detection period to determine a combustion stat... | 02/07/2008 |
| 20080028843 | Method for Detection of Valve Opening Timepoints of Fuel Injection Systems of an Internal Combustion Engine A measured current, voltage or capacity characteristic is subtracted from an idealized characteristic line of the same size stored in the system. The maxima, minima and reversal points are identified in this calculated difference curve, since these values correlate to t... | 02/07/2008 |
| 20080028844 | Monitoring of a Cam Profile Switching System in Internal Combustion Engines A method and apparatus for detecting degradation in the cam profile switching system in either bank 2, 3 of a V-engine 1 relies on a comparison of the lambda values in each exhaust bank 4, 5 immediately prior to and subsequent to a cam profile switc... | 02/07/2008 |
| 20080028845 | Roller brake testing dynamometer The present invention relates to a roller brake testing dynamometer (P) for vehicles whose braking forces are to be ascertained, wherein there is provided at least one roller (L) which is driven by way of a drive (A) in order in turn to drive a vehicle tyre (R) bearing ... | 02/07/2008 |
| 20080028846 | THERMAL INSPECTION SYSTEM The method and apparatus to automatically inspect or pre-screen the Equipment of passing CMVs employs the novel application of acquiring, processing and analysing the temperature data from areas of interest on passing wheels using a computer based imaging system to impr... | 02/07/2008 |
| 20080028847 | DYNAMIC GEAR INSPECTION SYSTEM A universal dynamic gear quality and consistency verification inspection system and method is provided. The system and method provides a dynamic gear verification inspection station including a Double Flank master gear and a probe for inspecting gear features and an ele... | 02/07/2008 |
| 20080028848 | Method and system for dynamic compensation of bi-directional flow sensor during respiratory therapy The method and system includes a flow sensor including two hot wire gas flow sensing elements connected to identical, but independent electronic circuitry, positioned in parallel, transverse to gas flow direction, and separated by a post that serves to shadow the downst... | 02/07/2008 |
| 20080028849 | Multi-Vortex Flowmeter A multi-vortex flowmeter includes: a vortex type detection means (15) having a measurement tube (12) provided in a flow passage of a flow tube (9) and allowing passage of a fluid to be measured, a vortex generator (13) provided in the measure... | 02/07/2008 |
| 20080028850 | Apparatus for Measuring Properties of Gases Supplied To a Patient The gases temperature supplied to a patient when the patient is undergoing treatment such as oxygen therapy or positive pressure treatment for conditions such as Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is often measured for safety a... | 02/07/2008 |
| 20080028851 | Empty fuel level detection cross-check A fuel level monitoring system for a fuel system having a primary fuel tank and a secondary fuel tank includes a fuel level sensor that is disposed within the secondary fuel tank and that generates a first signal. An empty switch is disposed within the secondary fuel ta... | 02/07/2008 |
| 20080028852 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR LIQUID VOLUMETRIC MEASUREMENT An apparatus for measuring a volume of liquid within a vessel is described. The apparatus includes a plurality of devices each having electrical properties that are dependent on a temperature of the device, a constant current source coupled to the plurality of devices, ... | 02/07/2008 |
