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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6662727 | Gas generator, in particular for belt tighteners According to the invention, in order to be able to design a gas generator, in particular, for belt tighteners, with a slim housing (1), the electrical coupling is brought about via connection wires (4), pins or cables (4a) which are introduced into the ho... | 12/16/2003 |
| 5571988 | Gas-producing material A gas-producing material for a gas generator, particularly, for an inflatable impact cushion for protecting motor vehicle passengers is made up of a combustible liquid gas mixture of one or several short-chain hydrocarbons and nitrogen monoxide. As a resu... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5335600 | Propellant charge igniter The invention relates to a propellant charge igniter mountable in a propellant charge carrier or in a cartridge. Propellant charge igniter is provided with an expulsion charge to avoid breech flash, said charge being suitable for driving an ignition guide... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5330730 | Gas generator for an inflatable impact cushion for protecting an occupant of a motor vehicle from injury Gas generator for an inflatable impact cushion for protecting an occupant of a motor-vehicle from injury, has a housing, in which is formed a storage chamber for liquified gas. The storage chamber is separated by a partition wall from a combustion chamber... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5311692 | Removable firearm lock In a multiple-barrel firearm with removable lock housing, the two axially moveable strikers are arranged in superposed relationship, preferably being angular and provided with grooves or edges; this arrangement permits, even in case of only one solid side... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5259318 | Device for the rapid producion of large-area smoke screens An expansive smoke configuration can be produced manually or automatically by the rapid, repeated discharge of smoke-forming liquid jets. A suitable device consists essentially of one or several movable tubes, each equipped with a nozzle, in conjunction w... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5259643 | Gas generator for an air bag A gas generator is provided with a housing which is open at two opposing end faces and a housing wall in which several gas orifices are arranged. The housing is formed as an extruded hollow profile of aluminum or an aluminum alloy. A combustion chamber is... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5252287 | Method of injection molding hollow articles A method and apparatus for injection molding of thermoplastic material to form a hollow article in a closed mold in which a molten thermoplastic material is introduced from an injection nozzle into a mold cavity through an opening in the mold, and a press... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5160804 | Fin-stabilized projectile The present invention pertains to fin-stabilized projectile ammunition, in which fin-stabilized projectiles are arranged in a cartridge case filled with propellant charge powder. According to the present invention, the spaces between the fins of the tail ... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5125319 | Transport safety system in a rocket launcher A safety mounting system in a launching device for rockets also provides a safe rocket conveying device by virtue of an additional locking arrangement. The locking arrangement establishes a shape-mating connection between the rocket and a launch tube pref... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5111607 | Resettable breechblock wedges in a break-open firearm with top lever breechblock The fixation of the barrel housing to the breech housing in a break-open gun is controlled by a top lever breechblock, the bottom of which carries, in a groove, countersunk, a connecting member with an eccentric tenon in a displaceable fashion, the tenon ... | 05/12/1992 |
| 5056407 | Rocket retainer in a launching device By the installation of elastic elements between a rocket and a retaining sleeve (or, respectively, a retaining sleeve and a launching device, or within a launching device), peak loads are reduced and breakage of a connecting member or, respectively, of th... | 10/15/1991 |
| 5028070 | Gas generator for an airbag with a protective cover By providing a cover of heat-resistant fabric over a pressure tank of a gas generator for an airbag, the objective can be attained that the outer exposed surface of the covered gas generator is not heated up to an excessive degree. Moreover, due to this f... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5011614 | Process for the decomposition of explosive nitric acid esters dissolved in wastewaters A process for effecting thermal decomposition of explosive nitric acid esters in wastewater effluents of the explosives industry wherein no additional by-products are produced and wherein the danger of explosions is avoided. In this process, the dissolved... | 04/30/1991 |
| 4952460 | Process for the production of composite safety glass An improvement in a method for manufacturing a composite safety glass wherein one or more silicate glass panes is bonded to a plasticized synthetic resin film at an elevated temperature, the improvement residing in employing as the plasticized synthetic r... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4909686 | Pyrotechnical dowel A pyrotechnical dowel has a shank and a deformation chamber located at the forward end of the shank. The chamber contains a blasting cap. Triggering of the blasting cap takes place from the rearward end of the shank by means of a triggering tool which is ... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4888145 | Process for producing a synthetic resin sheet, especially for a multicolor pattern A process for the production of thick synthetic resin sheets having a multicolor pattern, involves processing heated thermoplastic chips into a coherent sheet by means of a pair of rolls profiled to a depth of about 0.1-0.5 mm which effect partially diffe... | 12/19/1989 |
| 4790970 | Process for the manufacture of a launching tube for missiles A process for the manufacture of a launching tube with an internal guide surface for effecting controlled spin missiles, such as rockets, wherein the launching tube is provided on the inside with helically extending grooves and/or ridges contacting guide ... | 12/13/1988 |
| 4771095 | Aluminum hydroxide filled casting resins on a basis of methacrylic acid esters, and plastic objects and moldings manufactured therefrom Disclosed is a casting resin of reduced viscosity based on methacrylic acid esters with a high content of aluminum hydroxide as filler containing a mixture of at least one organosilicon compound with a functional group, at least one silicic acid ester, an... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4766231 | Process for the preparation of ketoximosilanes Disclosed is a process for the production of ketoximosilanes and ketoximoalkoxysilanes. Ketoximes are reacted with alkyl trialkoxysilanes in the presence of a catalyst. The reaction is catalyzed by basic compounds which are dissolved or suspended in the k... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4754079 | Process for producing the sodium salt of 2-nitro-1,3-propanediol A safe production of sodium nitro-1,3-propanediol from a reaction solution of nitromethane and paraformaldehyde in methanol by addition of sodium methylate is achieved by evaporative cooling of the methanol; it being possible to maintain reaction temperat... | 06/28/1988 |
| 4744166 | Firing mechanism with integrated safety device for firearms A firing mechanism with safety device for firearms, especially sport and hunting rifles and shotguns, with at least one barrel and a firing pin associated therewith and operable by way of a striker member in that the member is movable into an uncocked pos... | 05/17/1988 |
| 4718319 | Arrangement for the orienting of the open ends of hollow bodies The casings are guided through a supply duct to a sorting roller which possesses an arresting duct with a pin extending axially and, in the same cross-sectional plane, a transit duct. Those casings which arrive with the casing base directed upwardly penet... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4702040 | Door for a motor vehicle A motor vehicle door including a supportive and dimensionally stable skeleton which, together with an inner shell, constitutes a one-piece door body, to which an outer shell is attached as a separate element. The inner shell and the outer shell are fashio... | 10/27/1987 |
| 4696709 | Process for production of an expanded polyolefin panel A process for producing an expanded or foamed polyolefin panel with a decorative surface wherein a polyolefin or a mixture of a polyolefin with rubber and/or a synthetic resin miscible therewith is blended homogeneously with a crosslinking agent and a blo... | 09/29/1987 |
| 4673751 | Method of preparing 3,4-dihydro-alpha-pyrones A method for the preparation of 3,4-dihydro-alpha-pyrones by the thermolysis of 5-hydroxymethyl-gamma-butyrolactone in a liquid medium at temperatures between 300° and 400° C. and in the presence of aluminosilicates as catalysts is disclosed. The dihydr... | 06/16/1987 |
| 4668763 | Polyesters containing side chains and the use thereof New hydroxyl polyesters fluid at room temperature, with low viscosities at relatively high molecular weight and very low setting points have alkyl side chains in substantially regular arrangement along preferably unbranched or only slightly branched polye... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4615411 | Sound-insulated flow duct and process for the manufacture thereof A sound-insulated flow duct is provided with walls made up of a composite of an elastic thermoplastic, predominantly closed-cell foam material as the outer layer and an open-cell, elastic soft foam material as the inner layer.... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4605757 | Method of preparing halogen benzoic acids from toluenes halogenated in the nucleus A method for the preparation of halogen benzoic acids by oxidation of the corresponding nuclear halogenated toluenes with oxygen or a gas containing oxygen, in acetic acid, with the addition of soluble cobalt and/or manganese compounds, and of sodium brom... | 08/12/1986 |
| 4604476 | Odor-stabilized mercaptoalkyl alkoxysilanes and a method for their preparation The present invention relates to mercaptoalkyl alkoxysilanes and the permanent removal of the odorants contained in these compounds. These odorants form during the preparation of the said mercaptosilanes from halogen alkylsilanes with thiourea and ammonia... | 08/05/1986 |
| 4603220 | Process for the preparation of aromatic monocarboxylic acids from toluene and substituted toluenes In a process for preparing aromatic monocarboxylic acids by oxidation of toluene or of toluenes substituted in the nucleus, the starting substances are reacted in the liquid phase with oxygen or with a gas containing oxygen, at a temperature of 80°-180°... | 07/29/1986 |
| 4596895 | Process for the catalytic preparation of alkali alcoholates A process is described for the catalytic preparation of alkali alcoholates from alkali amalgams and alcohols. The catalyst is lump anthracite having a surface treated to have a heavy metal oxide or mixtures of heavy metal oxides. Preferably a mixture of n... | 06/24/1986 |
| 4590221 | Method for the preparation of light-resistant and weather-proof polyolefin foams A method for producing foam polyolefin products which are light-stable and weather-resistant are obtained by the combined use of the following stabilizers: (a) phenolic antioxidants, (b) substituted benzophenones and/or substituted benzotriazoles, and (c) ster... | 05/20/1986 |
| 4584394 | Alkenylbenzoyloxysilanes and their use in pressure-sensitive adhesives New alkenylacyloxysilanes in which the acyloxy grouping is derived from benzoic acid and a method for making the new compounds are disclosed. The present invention also relates to the use of these new alkenylacyloxysilanes in making pressure-sensitive adh... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4571427 | Method of preparing 2-chloroethyldichlorosilanes A method for the preparation of 2-chloroethyldichlorosilanes by the reaction of vinyldichlorosilanes with hydrogen chloride in the presence of ferric chloride or tantalum chloride is disclosed. In the presence of these anhydrous metal chlorides, this reac... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4565577 | Pollutant-resistant sealing composition The present invention relates to compositions for making sealing walls, dump linings and the like, especially barriers placed in the ground. The compositions contain expandable clay minerals, cement and fillers in aqueous suspension, as well as additives ... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4562270 | Process for preparing unsaturated six-membered lactones There are disclosed and claimed substituted cyclic lactones and process for preparation thereof. In particular, there are disclosed substituted cyclic lactones having alkyl substituents on the ring, especially such lactones having substituents on the ring... | 12/31/1985 |
| 4562225 | Thermosetting adhesive and sealing compounds Thermosetting adhesive and sealing compositions are described, consisting of: (a) 70 to 95 wt.-% of polyesters with a glass transition temperature below 20° C., mixed in some cases with a polycarboxylic acid anhydride, (b) 5 to 30 wt.-% of polyoxazolines whic... | 12/31/1985 |
| 4560787 | Process for preparing 10,11-dihydro-5H-dibenzo[a,d]cycloheptene-5-one compounds The present invention relates to a method of preparing 10,11-dihydro-5H-dibenzo[a,d]cycloheptene-5-one or substitution products thereof from dibenzyl-o-carboxylic acid or its corresponding substitution products, by cyclocondensation. The cyclocondensation... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4558126 | Method of preparing uracil A method is disclosed whereby uracil is obtained from alkali formyl acetic acid alkyl esters by reacting such esters with thiourea and then with hydrogen peroxide without isolating the intermediates, and then separating the uracil by precipitation with ac... | 12/10/1985 |