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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5928614 | Reforming reactor, particularly for the water vapor reforming of methanol A reforming reactor has three serially arranged reactors stages, each of which is charged with a catalyst material. A heating device is assigned only to the center reactor stage, and the inlet-side reactor stage has a heat exchange connection with the out... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5920617 | Sensor system with PT1 measuring device The invention provides a sensor system which has a measuring element which has a PT1-action, such as an engine oil temperature sensor for an internal-combustion engine of a motor vehicle. A measured-value analysis unit connected behind the measuring eleme... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5890083 | Apparatus for determining the distance of a vehicle from a roadway side marking Apparatus is provided for determining the distance of a vehicle from a roadway side marking. An arrangement of light sensitive sensor elements is fitted to the vehicle for optically scanning a portion of the roadway located in front of the vehicle. An eva... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5864831 | Device for determining road tolls A device, for determining road tolls having a road storage unit in which, in addition to a road network, parameters are electronically stored which represent a proportional toll due for each route section of the road network. A device for determining the ... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5861820 | Method for the automatic monitoring of traffic including the analysis of back-up dynamics In a method for automatically monitoring traffic, traffic data are recorded at several measuring points of the traffic network. The time-dependent positions of the upstream back-up flank and of the downstream back-up flank are estimated continuously accor... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5524723 | Arrangement for inductive guidance of non-track-bond vehicles An inductive guidance arrangement for non-track-bound vehicles on a vehicle supporting surface. Guidance conductors laid alongside the supporting surface carry an alternating current which generates an alternating magnetic field. The actual transverse pos... | 06/11/1996 |
