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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110047621 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTION OF NON-COMPLIANT SOFTWARE INSTALLATION A system and method for performing a security check may include using at least one processor to periodically check a status of a flag, generate and store a baseline representation of modules stored on the device where the flag is determined to be set to a first state, a... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110047376 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SECURE EXECUTION USING A SECURE MEMORY PARTITION A processor capable of secure execution. The processor contains an execution unit and secure partition logic that secures a partition in memory. The processor also contains cryptographic logic coupled to the execution unit that encrypts and decrypts secure data and code... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110046882 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE POSITION OF ANOTHER ROAD USER A method for determining the position of another road user includes the following steps: determining the position of a road user with the aid of a position detection unit; estimating a distance of the road user to the other road user with the aid of a distance sensor; a... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110046853 | METHOD AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR TRIGGERING PASSENGER PROTECTION MEANS FOR A VEHICLE A method and a control device for triggering passenger protection means for a vehicle, wherein the triggering takes place as a function of an analysis of at least one accident signal via a constant fraction discrimination method.... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110046612 | MULTI-FUNCTION SURGICAL INSTRUMENT TOOL ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY A tool actuating assembly for a multi-function surgical instrument is disclosed. The tool actuating assembly of the present invention can be utilized in a variety of differently configured multi-function surgical instruments and can be embodied in various physical confi... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110046534 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MONITORING AN ACCESS TO A PATIENT, IN PARTICULAR A VASCULAR ACCESS DURING AN EXTRACORPOREAL BLOOD TREATMENT The invention relates to the monitoring of an access to a patient at a puncture point, in particular the monitoring of the arterial and/or venous vascular access during an extracorporeal blood treatment. The device according to the invention is a magnetoelastic moisture... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110046333 | ACRYLIC ACID-BASED POLYMER AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME Disclosed are an acrylic acid-based polymer which is a star polymer containing a repeating unit derived from an (α-lower alkyl)acrylic ester represented by formula (I): (wherein R1 represents a hy... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110046328 | CONTINUOUS DOSING OF EXTREMELY FAST INITIATORS DURING POLYMERIZATION REACTIONS The invention pertains to a process wherein initiators having a half-life from 0.0001 hour to 0.05 hour at the polymerization temperature are dosed to a polymerization mixture. The dosing of such initiator allows improved control of the polymerization rate and faster po... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110046248 | METHOD AND EQUIPMENT FOR CONDITIONING LOW-METAL PLASTIC SCRAP In a method and equipment for conditioning low-metal scrap high in plastics, which contains at least partially scrap high in plastics from shredder processes, especially of scrap vehicles, the method includes: splitting up ferromagnetic components from the scrap that is... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110045973 | COLOR-DEVELOPING COMPOSITIONS AND RECORDING MATERIAL CONTAINING SAME Provided is a color-developing composition for recording materials having a superior heat resistance. The color-developing composition is a reaction composition containing a mixture of compounds represented by formula (III) obtained by reacting a dihydroxydiphenylsulfon... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110045383 | FUEL CELL The present invention relates to a fuel cell exhibiting a high performance regardless of the humidification conditions. In short, it is a fuel cell comprised of a proton-conducting electrolyte membrane sandwiched between a pair of catalyst layers, wherein a catalyst lay... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110045313 | PAPER COATING COMPOSITIONS A paper coating composition is provided, comprising a polyvinyl alcohol graft copolymer comprising at least one side-chain polymer, formed from at least one carboxylic acid containing monomer, grafted onto a polyvinyl alcohol; and a further component selected from the g... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110044859 | SYNTHESIS REACTION SYSTEM FOR HYDROCARBON COMPOUND, AND METHOD OF REMOVING POWDERED CATALYST PARTICLES A synthesis reaction system is provided with: a reactor which synthesizes a hydrocarbon compound by a chemical reaction of a synthesis gas including hydrogen and carbon monoxide as main components, and a slurry having solid catalyst particles suspended in liquid; a sepa... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110044557 | Method and control unit for rectifying a camera image A method for rectifying a camera image includes: receiving a plurality of distorted pixels of a distorted camera image; receiving a compressed rectifying rule, via an interface; and performing a decompression of the compressed rectifying rule, in order to obtain a decom... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110044005 | CONTROL UNIT HOUSING The invention relates to a controller housing, particularly for a transmission control module of a transmission of a motor vehicle. The controller housing (12) comprises a first housing part (24) and a second cover-shaped housing part (40). A circui... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043902 | OPTICAL ARTICLE The present invention relates to an optical article which has high surface hardness and absorbs an electromagnetic wave such as a visible light, ultraviolet radiation, infrared radiation, X-rays, β-rays and γ-rays, in particular, a functional optical article represent... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043664 | Image forming optical system and electronic image pickup apparatus equipped with same An image forming optical system comprising, in order from the object side: a first lens group G1 that is fixed during zooming and includes a reflecting optical element for bending an optical path; a second lens group G2 having a negative refracting power a... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043624 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING RECORDED IMAGE INFORMATION FROM A VEHICLE A method for improving the driver assistance function, in particular of driver assistance systems based on video images recorded from a vehicle, and a corresponding device for that purpose made up of a camera and processing unit. To improve the function during rain, the... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043468 | MOTOR VEHICLE A motor vehicle includes a steering wheel, a first touchpad integrated into the steering wheel adapted to input commands, a second touchpad integrated into the steering wheel and spatially separated from the first touchpad adapted to input commands, and a coordination m... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043397 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING PATTERN NOISE IN ANALOG SYSTEM PROCESSING An analog-to-digital conversion system includes an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), a plurality of receivers, each for capturing input analog signals, a multiplexer having inputs coupled to each of the receivers and an output coupled to the ADC, the multiplexer establ... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043270 | LOW POWER AND LOW NOISE SWITCHED CAPACITOR INTEGRATOR WITH FLEXIBLE INPUT COMMON MODE RANGE An integrator is described that may include a level-shifting capacitor, a feedback capacitor, a pre-amplifier stage and a multi-path amplifier module. The integrator may have inputs for connected an input signal source to the level-shifting capacitor. The level-shifting... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043251 | Opportunistic Timing Control in Mixed-Signal System-On-Chip Designs An integrated circuit may include a plurality of circuit sub-systems that include at least one converter circuit operating in respective critical phases and non-critical phases of operation, a clock distribution circuit that has an input for an externally-supplied clock... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043173 | MULTIPHASE DC TO DC VOLTAGE CONVERTER A multiphase DC to DC voltage converter which has multiple converter cells which are situated parallel to one another and are clocked with a time offset. Furthermore, it contains one magnetic measuring bridge between the outputs of each two converter cells.... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043072 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A COMMUTATOR RING FOR A ROLL COMMUTATOR OF AN ELECTRIC MACHINE, AND ELECTRIC MACHINE In a method for producing a commutator ring for a commutator of an electric machine, the lamellae of a commutator ring are formed of an electrically conductive, deformable band material, and they have at least one recess running in the longitudinal direction of the band... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043059 | ALTERNATING CURRENT GENERATOR COMPRISING A STATOR AND A STATOR WINDING INSERTED IN STATOR GROOVES MADE OF WINDING ELEMENTS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN INVENTIVE STATOR An alternating-current generator, in particular a three-phase generator, for a motor vehicle, having a rotor including north and south poles, particularly having claw-pole fingers extending in the axial direction and alternating as north and south poles at the rotor's p... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043030 | ARRANGERMENT FOR SWITCHING VALVES IN AXLE MODULES OF A UTILITY VEHICLE A circuit arrangement for switching two backup valves in a rear axle module of an electronic brake system of a utility vehicle is provided, in which the circuit arrangement includes a switch at which pulse width modulation for controlling magnetic fields of inductors of... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042960 | BEARING DEVICE FOR A WIND TURBINE NACELLE The present invention relates to a wind turbine nacelle. This nacelle comprises a body, and a head. The body comprises a base which is designed to be fastened to the upper end of a wind turbine tower, and a tubular chamber which upwardly extends said base along a vertic... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042955 | MARINE ENERGY EXTRACTION SYSTEMS AND UNITS A floating at sea or beached structure having hydraulic power cells capable of capturing, dissipating and distributing wave action energy comprising flexible mats with energy capture cells all preferably constructed of elastic structural and, where necessary, flotation ... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042619 | OPERATION METHOD OF SYNTHESIS GAS REFORMER IN GTL PLANT An operation method of a synthesis gas reformer of a GTL (gas to liquids) plant is provided with: setting an operation condition of the synthesis gas reformer; determining control target values of a flow rate of the light hydrocarbon gas, the steam, and the CO2 02/24/2011 | |
| 20110042594 | METHOD FOR BOUNCE SUPPRESSION OF A VALVE SWITCHED BY A PIEZO ACTUATOR A method for bounce suppression of a valve member operated by a piezo actuator during the closing phase of a valve in an internal combustion engine, having the following steps: partial discharging of the piezo actuator, whereby the valve member is braked even before rea... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042496 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TREATING SHREDDER RESIDUES AND USE OF A GRANULATE FRACTION THUS PRODUCED In a method and a system for sorting shredder residues of metal-containing wastes, in particular from vehicle body shells, shredder residues are separated into a shredder light fraction and a non-ferromagnetic fraction. The method and system provide for a raw-granulate ... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042495 | METHOD AND EQUIPMENT FOR CONDITIONING A HEAVY FRACTION HIGH IN PLASTICS In a method and equipment for conditioning a heavy fraction high in plastics, which is obtained by conditioning low-metal scrap high in plastics, which originate at least in part from shredder processes of scrap vehicles, the method includes: isolating metal parts from ... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042437 | WEB CONVEYING APPARATUS AND WEB CONVEYING CONTROL METHOD A web conveying apparatus that conveys a web, includes: a transverse position displacement detection unit that detects a transverse position displacement of the web; a transverse position correction unit that corrects a transverse position of the web by a guide roller; ... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110041959 | STEEL FOR MACHINE STRUCTURE USE FOR SURFACE HARDENING AND STEEL PART FOR MACHINE STRUCTURE USE Steel for machine structure use for surface hardening containing, by mass %, C: 0.3 to 0.6%, Si: 0.02 to 2.0%, Mn: 1.5% to 3.0%, W: 0.0025 to 0.5%, Al: 0.001 to 0.5%, N: 0.003 to 0.02%, S: 0.0001 to 0.025%, P: 0.0001 to 0.03%, and O: 0.0001 to 0.0050%, having an Mn/S of... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110041902 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING MONOCRYSTALLINE N-SILICON SOLAR CELLS, AS WELL AS A SOLAR CELL PRODUCED ACCORDING TO SUCH A METHOD A method for producing monocrystalline n-silicon solar cells having a rear-side passivated p+ emitter and rear-side, spatially separate heavily doped n++-base regions near the surface, as well as an interdigitated rear-side contact finger structure... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110041806 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING AN INTAKE MANIFOLD INJECTION A method for performing an intake manifold injection for at least one combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine, at least one intake valve being connected to an intake port, at least one exhaust valve and at least one injector being assigned to at least one co... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110041793 | LASER DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD FOR THE LASER DEVICE A method for operating a laser device, which has a laser-active solid-state body including a preferably passive Q switch, in which pumped light is applied to the laser device in order to generate a laser pulse. The laser device and/or an optical link between the laser d... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110041660 | MONITORING UNIT FOR A MONITORING RANGE IN A MACHINE TOOL A machine tool device having a monitoring unit for monitoring at least one machine tool monitoring range, which has a projection unit for projecting into the machine tool monitoring range, a detection unit for detecting the machine tool monitoring range, and a pattern g... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110041637 | Compact Drive, Spiroid Gear Unit, and Method for Manufacturing a Drive Unit In compact drive, spiroid gear unit, and method for manufacturing a drive unit that includes at least an electric motor, a brake, a gear unit, and a frequency converter, the output shaft of the gear unit and the rotor shaft are positioned in parallel to each other, and ... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110041614 | Circuit for a micromechanical structure-borne sound sensor and method for operating a micromechanical structure-borne sound sensor A circuit for a micromechanical structure-borne sound sensor and a method for operating this sensor, a voltage generator being used to apply voltages to at least one micromechanical element for recording the structure-borne sound, so that a change in the micromechanical... | 02/24/2011 |
