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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110185390 | MOBILE PHONE INTEGRATION INTO DRIVER INFORMATION SYSTEMS A method of operating a driver information system includes communicatively coupling a personal electronics device to the driver information system. A selection of an application of the driver information system is received from a user. The user makes input using the car... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110181385 | THERMAL FUSE The invention relates to a thermal fuse (1) for interrupting a power flow in modules, particularly for use in the automotive field, comprising: - a connecting element having a connecting region, - a fusible element (3) composed of fusible material and atta... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110180810 | Semiconductor Arrangement and Method for Producing a Semiconductor Arrangement A semiconductor arrangement includes a ceramic mount and at least one semiconductor component fixed-to the ceramic mount. The ceramic mount includes a first section, and the first section is electrically conductive.... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110180737 | VALVE FOR CONTROLLING VOLUME FLOWS The invention proposes a valve (1) for controlling volume flows, in particular in a heating and/or cooling system of a motor vehicle, having a disk-shaped valve body (2) with at least one control opening (3) which, to control the volume flow, intera... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110180291 | MAKING ELECTRICAL CONTACT WITH A RECHARGEABLE BATTERY HAVING A PLURALITY OF RECHARGEABLE BATTERY CELLS In a rechargeable battery (20) having a plurality of rechargeable battery cells (21, 22, 23,24), wherein at least one rechargeable battery cell (21) is connected to an electronic component (40), which is associated with the rechargeab... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110180160 | Control Device, And Valve Arrangement Having Such A Control Device A control device has a control drive for operating a valve or some other apparatus, for example an adjustment device for the pitch angle of a wind rotor, by means of a control element. This control drive is associated with an emergency operating device, via which the co... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110179931 | BLADE MOUNTING ASSEMBLY A blade mounting assembly for mounting a rotary blade to an arbor comprises an outer washer including a hub configured to extend through a bore of the blade, the hub defining a central bore sized to receive a spindle of the arbor. The hub further includes a locating sur... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110179793 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE HAVING A STEAM POWER PLANT A method for operating an internal combustion engine (10) having a steam power plant (12), in which the exhaust gas of the internal combustion engine (10) at least indirectly heats the steam and this steam drives a turbine (26), the steam pow... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110178687 | ADJUSTABLE BRAKE BOOSTER The present invention relates mainly to a brake booster that is adjustable, notably in terms of the value of the jump. Advantageously, according to the invention, the “target” value for equilibrium of operation of the booster actuator i... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110178674 | METHOD FOR DETECTING LEAKS IN A TANK SYSTEM The invention relates to a method for preparing models of technical devices, wherein each technical device comprises units that are connected to each other by means of connection point, wherein, when performing the method, at least one structure made of units connected ... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110177962 | SUCCESSIVE SAMPLING DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED METHOD A method of determining a number of a solution constituent includes introducing a first number of solution constituents to a first test location, establishing a first binding environment for the introduced first number of solution constituents, creating a first residual... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110177434 | METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF A SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL (SOFC) A method for production of a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) (1), having an electrolyte body (10) with a tubular structure, wherein at least one internal electrode (11) and one external electrode (12) are applied to the tubular electrolyte body,... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110176465 | ASYNCHRONOUS LOW-POWER MULTI-CHANNEL MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL A method for wirelessly transferring data between nodes may include periodically waking a receiving node from a sleep mode to a receive mode and returning the receiving node to the sleep mode, where, in the receive mode, the receiving node samples a plurality of wake-up... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110175555 | PROCEDURE AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING ACTUATORS A procedure for controlling actuators within an on-board power system, which provides different operating voltages and temporal on-board power voltage changes. The actuator or actuators are controlled with different pulse-width modulated control signals, whereby the pul... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110175465 | GEARBOX DRIVE UNIT The invention relates to a gearbox drive unit (2), particularly for adjusting moving parts in a motor vehicle, comprising a gearbox housing (1), in which an output gear is rotatably supported on a bearing axle (4) extending perpendicular relative to... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110175004 | Low-Pressure Valve with an Inner and Outer Throughflow Cross Section An electromagnetically actuated valve with a valve body which is assigned to a valve seat, is mechanically prestressed in a first direction toward a first switching position and can be adjusted by means of a magnetic actuator in a second, opposite direction into a secon... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110170312 | ARTICULATING DRILL WITH ILLUMINATION The present invention is an articulating hand power tool which in one embodiment includes a head portion including a head housing configured to articulate with a main housing, a bit holder rotatably positioned within the head housing, and a lighting assembly configured ... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110170258 | Electronic Module A portable power tool includes a tool housing, a motor unit located in the tool housing, and an electronic module located in the tool housing. The electronic module includes (i) an electronic module housing having at least one housing component, and (ii) at least one pr... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110169370 | SIX-POLE DC MACHINE The invention relates to a six-pole DC machine, particularly a DC motor for use in a motor vehicle, having a stator (16) excited preferably by a permanent magnet and a rotor (20) which is rotatably supported in a pole housing (12) and which has a wa... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110168280 | TANK FOR STORING A LIQUID ACTIVE INGREDIENT The invention relates to a tank for storing a liquid active ingredient for operating an aggregate of a motor vehicle, particularly a unit for post treatment of exhaust gases of the motor vehicle, comprising a container and at least one functional element (11, 18)... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110168116 | REDUCING GEAR AND STARTER DEVICE OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE The invention relates to a reducing gear (3), in particular for a starter device (1) of an internal combustion engine, for speed-reducing coupling of a drive shaft and a driven shaft (5, 7), said coupling accomplished by way of at least two toothed ... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110168115 | ELECTRIC MACHINE COMPRISING ELECTRIC TERMINALS, PLUG AND PLUG-IN CONNECTION Described is an electric machine (1) in a vehicle, in particular a starter or a starting device for starting an internal combustion engine, comprising a first electric terminal (2) and at least one second electric terminal (3). In order to make it e... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110167970 | MACHINE TOOL DEVICE A machine tool device having a monitoring unit for monitoring at least one machine tool monitoring range, the monitoring unit having an evaluation unit. The evaluation unit has a computing unit which is provided to distinguish at least two motions in the machine tool mo... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110167917 | HOUSING FOR A DRIVE DEVICE, DRIVE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TESTING THE TIGHTNESS OF A PRESSURE COMPENSATING MEMBRANE The invention relates to a housing (2) for a drive device, especially for an adjusting device and/or a windshield wiper drive in a motor vehicle, comprising a pressure compensating membrane (4) obturating a housing opening (7). The invention is char... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110167584 | WIPER BLADE TO CLEAN WINDSHIELDS, IN PARTICULAR OF AUTOMOBILES A wiper blade to clean windshields, in particular of automobiles. The wiper blade (10) has an elongated belt-shaped, flexible spring support element (12), with a separate first component designed as an elastic rubber wiper strip (14) that can be pre... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110167128 | DEAD SPOT MITIGATION METHODS FOR MEDIA APPLICATIONS IN VEHICULAR ENVIRONMENTS A wireless communication method has computer-implemented steps including identifying a location of a dead spot region within an expected route of a vehicle. The vehicle has a loss of wireless connectivity within the dead spot region. Lengths of time before the vehicle w... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110166783 | STYLIZED PROCEDURAL MODELING FOR 3D NAVIGATION A method of displaying a navigation map includes determining a route of a vehicle. A two-dimensional footprint of a building disposed within a geographic area is received within the vehicle. The geographic area includes the route of the vehicle. Attribute information as... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110163396 | Manufacturing method for a micromechanical component, corresponding composite component, and corresponding micromechanical component The present invention relates to a manufacturing method for a micromechanical component, a corresponding composite component, and a corresponding micromechanical component. The method has the following steps: providing a first composite (W1; W1′; W1 | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110163187 | VALVE FOR ATOMIZING A FLUID A valve for atomizing fluid is specified, in particular an injection or metering valve for fuel injection or exhaust-gas systems of motor vehicles, which valve has a valve seat body (11) with a valve seat (14) which surrounds a valve opening (13), a perforated injection... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110162502 | MITER DETENT OVERRIDE MECHANISM Embodiments of the invention are directed to a miter saw comprising a base with a plurality of detents, a rotatable table mounted to the base, the table having a front handle portion configured to enable a user to angularly adjust the position of the table relative to t... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110162501 | DUST EXTRACTION BLADE GUARD SYSTEM FOR POWER SAWS Embodiments of the invention are directed a guard system for a table saw having a top surface with an opening through which a blade extends for cutting a work piece, the forward reach of the cutting edge of the blade engaging the work piece in a downward cutting directi... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110162500 | POWER SAW HAVING A DUST CLEANING SYSTEM Embodiments of the invention are directed to a table saw comprising: a base assembly having a base structure and side walls, a table top assembly top surface, and an undercarriage assembly including a motor, the undercarriage assembly configured to adjust the vertical a... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110162216 | Guide Rail for a Portable Power Tool A guide rail for a portable power tool includes a releasable connecting device and at least two individual rails which are to be joined together to form a common rail and which can be locked together via the releasable connecting device. The releasable connecting device... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110154773 | RECESSED MOUNT WITH STOWED CLAMPS A method of attaching a mounting bracket to a substrate having a throughhole includes providing the bracket with two clamp halves. One of the clamp halves is translated in a radially inward direction relative to a body of the bracket to thereby place the one clamp half ... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110147803 | Gas Sensor And Flip-Chip Method For Its Manufacture A sensor element is described that includes at least one semiconductor component having a gas-sensitive layer which is attached to a substrate by the flip-chip method, the gas-sensitive layer facing the substrate and a supply arrangement being provided to supply a gas t... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110147628 | Solenoid Valve and Driver Assistance Device The disclosure relates to a solenoid valve (1) having a solenoid armature (2) which is operatively connected to a sealing element (5) of the solenoid valve (1) in order to move the same, and an armature opposing piece (16) which engage... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110147031 | ELECTRIC MACHINE TOOL In an electric machine tool having an interface (14) via which the electric machine tool can be mechanically and electrically connected to a battery pack (20), a coupling apparatus (30) is provided, which can be mechanically and electrically connect... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110146239 | METHOD FOR MONITORING A POLLUTANT CONVERSION CAPACITY IN AN EXHAUST GAS AFTERTREATMENT SYSTEM The present invention relates to a method for monitoring a pollutant conversion capacity of a catalytically coated, oxidizing exhaust gas aftertreatment component (29) in an exhaust gas system (13) of an internal combustion engine (15). A nitrogen o... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110144909 | PERSONALIZED AND CONTEXT-SENSITIVE 3D ROUTE GUIDANCE A method of displaying a navigation map includes determining a route of a vehicle. Three-dimensional data is received. The data is associated with buildings that are disposed within a geographic area. The geographic area includes the route of the vehicle. At least one o... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110144889 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE OPERATED WITH A GAS AS FUEL A method for operating an internal combustion engine (100), particularly of a motor vehicle, operated with a gas as fuel, a lambda value of an air/fuel mixture being regulated by means of lambda control as a function of a signal from a lambda probe (130), ... | 06/16/2011 |
