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Pizza Pie With Concentric Rings of Crust

A pizza mold for forming a plurality of concentric raised ridges of dough (i.e., crust) on the surface of a pizza pie.

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Assignee: Benteler Automotive Corporation


Location: Auburn Hills, MI
No. of patents: 11

NumberTitleIssue Date
7765801Exhaust gas treatment device with insulated housing construction
An exhaust gas treatment device for internal combustion engines and the like includes inlet and outlet end caps, two catalyst substrates, and a two-piece housing. A first, cylindrically-shaped housing member has a hollow interior in which one of the substrates is re...
08/03/2010
7611561Diesel exhaust filter construction
A diesel exhaust filter construction includes a rectangular filter block, an elongated non-rectangular jacket with oval cross section, and support structure supporting the filter block in a center of the jacket. The support structure includes shielding components fo...
11/03/2009
7506444Vehicle suspension control arm and method
A control arm for vehicle suspension systems has first and second rigid arm plates having first and second apertures extend laterally through opposing faces of the body adjacent opposite ends thereof. The arm plates are disposed in a mutually parallel, laterally spa...
03/24/2009
7451630Heat treatment strategically strengthened door beam
A method of forming a vehicle component, particularly an elongated impact beam, having an open section structure, in a manner to provide predetermined strategically strengthened portions, comprising the steps of cold forming unhardened steel into a workpiece having ...
11/18/2008
7431896Vacuum-insulated exhaust treatment devices, such as catalytic converters, with passive controls
A thermally-activated exhaust treatment device, such as a catalytic converter, for vehicles includes a core having an inner housing and a catalytic material. A jacket includes an outer housing enclosing the inner housing, but characteristically not contacting the in...
10/07/2008
7093886Vehicle door beam with reinforced tab and method for making the same
A structural door beam for vehicles includes an elongate open channel with an open section configuration defined by a central web and at least one side flange. A mounting tab projects outwardly from a side edge of the side flange and has a marginal edge surrounding ...
08/22/2006
7066509Energy absorption impact system and method for vehicle bumpers and the like
An energy absorption impact system for vehicle bumpers and the like includes a mounting plate with a central opening therethrough, and a generally box-shaped sheet metal crush member. The crush member has a top wall, a bottom wall and opposite sidewalls arranged in ...
06/27/2006
6918224Heat treatment strategically strengthened door beam
A method of forming a vehicle component, particularly an elongated impact beam, having an open section structure, in a manner to provide predetermined strategically strengthened portions, comprising the steps of cold forming unhardened steel into a workpiece having ...
07/19/2005
6908595Vacuum-insulated exhaust treatment devices, such as catalytic converters, with passive controls
A thermally-activated exhaust treatment device, such as a catalytic converter (20); for vehicles includes a core having an inner housing (21) and a catalytic material (27, 27′). A jacket includes an outer housing (22) enclosing the inne...
06/21/2005
6884398Vacuum-insulated exhaust treatment devices with radially-extending support structures
An exhaust treatment device, such as a catalytic converter assembly (20) for vehicles includes an inner housing (21) having an inlet and an outlet defining a longitudinal direction (63) and having a catalytic material (27, 27′) therein ...
04/26/2005
6875407Vacuum-insulated exhaust treatment device with phase change materials and thermal management system
A thermally-activated exhaust treatment device, such as a catalytic converter (20) adapted to control exhaust emissions in a vehicle, includes a core having an inner housing (21) and a catalytic material (27) chosen to reduce undesirable emissio...
04/05/2005
 
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