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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6055080 | Optical microphone In an optical microphone including a light source, a fiber optic cable and a Fabry-Perot interferometer with two reflectors, wherein one end face of the fiber optic cable forms a first reflector and the second reflector is arranged at a distance therefrom... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6044322 | Method and arrangement for traffic monitoring A method for traffic monitoring, particularly at airports, is disclosed including the localization of a traffic object is carried out by direction finding and by additional information. The radio communication between the traffic object and a control cent... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6008898 | Method and apparatus for measuring acceleration and vibration using freely suspended fiber sensor An arrangement for measuring acceleration and vibration employs a fiber-optic interferometer comprising a monomode optical fiber through which light is guided and, having exited the fiber, is then reflected back therethrough, the exit end of the fiber bei... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5959190 | Sensor for measuring the composition of mixtures of hydrogen and oxygen gas A sensor is provided for precisely measuring the composition of mixtures of hydrogen and oxygen gas. The sensor has an active surface, at which hydrogen and oxygen are catalytically converted into water. A transport inhibiting barrier is disposed on the a... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5900219 | Generator and process for generating a product gas In order to improve a generator for generating a product gas by means of a chemical reaction between an educt gas and a liquid, comprising a closed reaction chamber with a liquid supply, a liquid discharge, an educt gas supply, a product gas discharge, a ... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5797387 | Absorber The invention relates to an absorber designed to absorb radiation and to transfer the energy of the radiation to a heat transport medium. To provide an absorber with high efficiency, the absorber according to the invention comprises a plurality of absorbe... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5778549 | Correcting measurement errors A method of correcting measurement errors in a measurement robot resulting from relative movements between an object to be measured and a measurement probe comprises the steps of detecting the accelerations at the probe, detecting the accelerations at or ... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5757105 | Pivot drive A pivot drive for quick and precisely positioned rotational movements around a limited angle value comprises one or more rods with a cross-section which is not warping-free and one or more actuators for the introduction of longitudinal forces into the rod... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5751410 | Method for measuring flow vectors in gas flows In the optical measurement of the flow vectors in gas flows, two substantially parallel light beams (11a, 11b) are focussed at separate focussing spots. The particles passing the focussing spots light up and thereby generate a start pulse and a stop pulse... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5746172 | Process for increasing the torque of an internal combustion engine and internal combustion engine In order to improve a process for increasing the torque of an internal combustion engine burning a fuel by means of an oxidizing agent and comprising at least one cylinder and an induction system, in which the mass flow of the gaseous oxidizing agent into... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5736464 | Process and apparatus for producing a functional structure of a semiconductor component In order to improve a process and an apparatus for producing a functional structure of a semiconductor component, which comprises layers arranged on a base substrate and defining the entire functions of the semiconductor component, such that the functiona... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5735374 | Current collector for transmitting energy between a contact wire and a motor coach A current collector (15) is provided for transmitting energy between a contact wire (2) and a motor coach. The current collector comprises at least one collector shoe (1) and a support arm (11) constructed and arranged to lift the collector shoe, and to a... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5735486 | Aircraft wing In a wing with wing shells with good shear strength made of fibrous composite materials, particularly fiber-reinforced plastics, for aircraft, members taking up tensile and compressive forces are attached to the inside of the wing shells. These members ha... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5731589 | Ultraviolet radiation dosimeter The invention relates to a radiation dosimeter comprising a sensor arranged in a dosimeter casing and including at least one measuring field and a calibrating zone (64). To provide a dosimeter which can be readily manufactured and comprises a wide measuri... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5729568 | Power-controlled, fractal laser system In order to improve a semiconductor laser system with a plurality of semiconductor laser units comprising a laser oscillator, laser radiation exiting from each of these units, a light-conducting fiber associated with each semiconductor laser unit, a coupl... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5696381 | Radiation dosimeter for the detection and/or dosimetry of radiation, particularly UV radiation The radiation dosimeter for the detection/and or dosimetry of radiation, particularly UV radiation, is provided with a housing comprising an opening. A sensor device sensitive to the radiation of interest is arranged below the diffuser cover layer (10). T... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5684572 | Method for determining the velocity of a flow In a method for determing the velocity of a flow seeded with particles reflecting light, the particles located in a light sheet (4) are illuminated with monochromatic light (5). The doppler-shifted frequency of the light reflected sideways out of the ligh... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5640411 | Waveguide laser A waveguide laser comprises a laser-active medium, a pump source for the laser-active medium and a resonator with a waveguide extending in an axial direction and formed from a cylindrical, outer optical waveguide surface and a cylindrical, inner optical w... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5629518 | Process and apparatus for detecting sample molecules in a carrier gas In order to improve a process for detecting sample molecules in a carrier gas, wherein a divergent stream of carrier gas is generated by means of expansion of the carrier gas through a nozzle into a vacuum, the sample molecules are ionized selectively to ... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5537754 | Extensometer and support for an extensometer The extensometer comprises a basic body (18) which carries two tap legs (12) which abut a specimen (16) to be measured so as to be frictionally locked thereto. Due to the frictional contact, the tap legs (12) move relative to each other when the specimen ... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5528619 | Gas discharge structure In order to produce a gas discharge structure for two-dimensionally extending gas discharges comprising a pair of electrodes including a first and a second electrode which have mutually facing electrode surfaces, a gas discharge space arranged between the... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5518364 | Method for the reduction of sound emission as well as for the improvement of the air output and the efficiency in an axial flow machine, and flow machine An axial flow machine (1) having a rotor (2) that rotates about a fixed axis (5) the rotor having a number of blades (4), and a casing (3), radially surrounding the rotor (2). A turbulence generator (14) is positioned in a ring-shaped gap (9) formed betwe... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5513195 | Phase-controlled, fractal laser system In order to improve a semiconductor laser system with a plurality of semiconductor laser units, from which laser radiation exits, a light-conducting fiber associated with each semiconductor laser unit, a coupling element for coupling the laser radiation e... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5492861 | Process for applying structured layers using laser transfer In order to provide a process for applying structured layers of a functional structure of a semiconductor component, with which structured layers of a functional structure of a semiconductor component can be produced as simply as possible and with as litt... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5463868 | Heat pumping method as well as heat pump for generating cryogenic temperatures In order to provide a heat pumping method, in particular for generating cryogenic temperatures, which is efficient and less susceptible to malfunctions than known methods, the following, cyclically recurring method steps are suggested: Heating an electric... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5356674 | Process for applying ceramic coatings using a plasma jet carrying a free form non-metallic element Process for applying a coating of ceramic material on a substrate by plasma spraying. The material to be sprayed, which is incorporated in the plasma jet, includes a chemical compound one constituent of which is a non-metallic element from the group N, C,... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5324552 | Process for coating substrate material To provide a process for coating substrate material in which coating material is ablated in an ablation region by a laser beam in a coating chamber containing a negative pressure, propagates in the form of a coating particle stream in the direction of the... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5014339 | Device for heating up a flow of gas A device for heating a flow of substantially pure gas flowing in a flow direction to temperatures above about 600° C. is disclosed. The device includes a heat exchanger having a heat exchanger surface extending transversely to the flow direction whereby ... | 05/07/1991 |
| 5007731 | Doppler fluid flow velocity measuring apparatus and method utilizing imaging of scattered light In the method, a volume (5) to be measured is illuminated by a pair of light beams (3) which cross each other. The Doppler-shifted scattered light (8) originating from the particles (6) which are moved along with the flow is registered and converted into ... | 04/16/1991 |
| 4930138 | Waveguide laser system In order to improve an electrically excited, diffusion-cooled laser system comprising two wall surfaces slightly spaced from one another and forming an optical waveguide, the width of the wall surfaces being a multiple of the space between them and the su... | 05/29/1990 |
