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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20090216404 | Driver Assistance System A driver assistance system having a lane-keeping function, having a device for detecting the lanes on a roadway, and a control unit for intervening in the steering system of the vehicle for lane-keeping. Means are provided in the driver assistance system for detecting t... | 08/27/2009 |
| 20090216389 | DRIVER INFORMATION DEVICE A driver information device includes an output unit for outputting items of driver information, a pause having a predetermined length being inserted between the outputting of a first and a second item of information.... | 08/27/2009 |
| 20090216378 | POWER ASSIST APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF In a control method for a power assist apparatus, a pressing force acting on a workpiece held by a workpiece holding apparatus is detected, a determination is made as to whether or not the detected pressing force exceeds a preset threshold, a determination is made as to... | 08/27/2009 |
| 20090216026 | Novel synthesis of irbesartan Provided are a method of making irbesartan via a Suzuki coupling reaction and a novel intermediate, 2-butyl-3-(4′-bromobenzyl)-1,3-diazaspiro[4.4]non-1-ene-4-one, for such process. The novel process includes the step of reacting such intermediate with a protected imid... | 08/27/2009 |
| 20090215806 | Rosuvastatin calcium with a low salt content Provided is rosuvastatin calcium with a low salt by product content and processes for preparing such rosuvastatin calcium.... | 08/27/2009 |
| 20090215425 | Method and device for synchronisation of speech and data concerning location information for location-related services The invention relates to a method for transmitting emergency calls by means of a mobile device via a speech channel and a data channel, wherein the data channel serves to transmit location information and wherein additionally the location information is transmitted in e... | 08/27/2009 |
| 20090214077 | Method For Determining The Self-Motion Of A Vehicle A method and a device for determining the self-motion of a vehicle in an environment are provided, in which at least part of the environment is recorded via snapshots by an imaging device mounted on the vehicle. At least two snapshots are analyzed for determining the op... | 08/27/2009 |
| 20090213694 | Method and device for detecting the surface character of objects in road traffic or of persons A method for detecting the surface character of objects in road traffic or of persons, especially pedestrians, vehicles, obstacles and the like, in which signals are emitted from a vehicle that are reflected by a person or an object, and in which the reflected signals a... | 08/27/2009 |
| 20090213676 | Memory Device A nonvolatile memory device contains at least one nonvolatile memory module and an electrical buffer for buffering a supply voltage for the at least one nonvolatile memory module. A microprocessor may be connected in parallel or serial fashion to the memory device, or m... | 08/27/2009 |
| 20090213608 | Headlight lens for a vehicle headlight The invention relates to a single-piece headlamp lens (2) for a vehicle headlamp (1), in particular for a motor vehicle headlamp (1), wherein the headlamp lens (2) comprises a first region (40) designed as a free-form lens part or as p... | 08/27/2009 |
| 20090213111 | Method for three-dimensional depiction of a digital road map In order to provide a method that uses the region of a visual depiction of a digital road map in the vicinity of and above the horizon to convey to the user an enhanced impression of depth, provision is made that a plurality of image objects are drawn in the region of t... | 08/27/2009 |
| 20090213019 | Antenna Device Having A Radome For Installation In A Motor Vehicle For an antenna device, in particular for a radar antenna device having excitation field and radome in front of it, the thickness of the radome is varied such that a location-dependent phase delay of the emitted or received wave front may be attained. Thus, tilts, in par... | 08/27/2009 |
| 20090212928 | Method and Device for Secure Communication of a Component of a Vehicle with an External Communication Partner via a Wireless Communication Link A method, a device, and a communication system are provided for secure communication of at least one of multiple components of a vehicle with at least one external communication partner via a wireless communication link, the multiple components in each case including at... | 08/27/2009 |
| 20090212915 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ENHANCED RFID TRANSPORT DEVICE SENSOR NETWORK A mobile sensor system and method for managing inventory of a store includes at least one radio frequency identification (RFID) scanner for receiving readings from RFID tags, at least one external sensors for detecting at least one external events other than RF signals ... | 08/27/2009 |
| 20090212779 | Battery Sensor Unit A battery sensor unit having a fastening device for fastening the battery sensor unit to a contact of a battery, in particular a motor vehicle battery, and having a measuring section for acquiring the state of the battery, the measuring section and the fastening device ... | 08/27/2009 |
| 20090212544 | Control Unit for Personal Protection A control unit for personal protection having a polarity reversal protection between an external battery voltage and an internal voltage, to prevent an energy discharge from the control unit. The control unit also has a bidirectional DC/DC converter between an energy re... | 08/27/2009 |
| 20090212543 | Safety System A safety system for vehicle occupants includes a control unit and sensors situated remotely from the control unit and connected via conductors to the control unit. The safety system encompasses means for testing the sensors and the conductors to the sensors.... | 08/27/2009 |
| 20090212509 | Ride Level Control Device of a Vehicle A level control device of a vehicle may include an angle-of-rotation sensor for measuring the distance between a vehicle chassis and a vehicle axle or wheel according to an inductive principle. The sensor may include an electrical coil that has a coil core for generatin... | 08/27/2009 |
| 20090212478 | POWER ASSIST DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE POWER ASSIST DEVICE A method of controlling a power assist device including a workpiece holding device, a handle, a force sensor that measures operating force of a worker that acts on the handle, a robot arm that supports the workpiece holding device, and a control device that controls an ... | 08/27/2009 |
| 20090212367 | Arrangement of mosfet's for controlling same An arrangement of a plurality of MOSFET's on a chip that includes a first terminal, a second terminal and a third terminal is provided, the arrangement having at least one first MOSFET used as a first control cell and at least one second MOSFET used as a second control ... | 08/27/2009 |
| 20090212131 | Fuel Injector and Method for Identifying Same A fuel injector includes a solenoid, an armature, and an axially displaceable valve part which is enclosed by a plastic extrusion coat, an RFID chip being irreversibly attached to the plastic extrusion coat at an advantageous position. This RFID chip initially has no da... | 08/27/2009 |
| 20090212081 | SLOSH CONTROLLED PERSONAL HYDRATION SYSTEM The present invention relates to a personal hydration system. In one exemplary embodiment, the personal hydration system may comprise a hydration reservoir for containing a supply of hydrating fluid, the hydration reservoir may comprise a plurality of compartments. The ... | 08/27/2009 |
| 20090212019 | SINGLE-SIDED HIGH THROUGHPUT WET ETCHING AND WET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD A processing system includes a plurality of chucks, each of the chucks configured to support a substrate such that a bottom surface of the substrate is exposed, a track configured to guide the plurality of chucks along a continuous path, and a processing arrangement con... | 08/27/2009 |
| 20090211826 | HYBRID VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD OF HYBRID VEHICLE On condition that a motor temperature is lower than a preset reference temperature and that a vehicle speed is lower than a preset reference speed, a booster circuit is controlled to adjust the voltage level of a high voltage system to be not higher than a certain low v... | 08/27/2009 |
| 20090211825 | Method for Operating a Combustion Engine A method for operating a combustion engine, in which at least one electric motor for providing drive assistance is activated at least intermittently in a normal driving mode having a requested drive power. It is provided that the combustion engine is operated selectivel... | 08/27/2009 |
| 20090211813 | DRILLING RIG AND METHOD FOR INTRODUCING ONE OR MORE DRILLING PIPES INTO AN UNDERBALANCED WELL USING SAME A drilling rig includes a mast to be placed above or close to a well and a device connected to the mast for carrying drill pipes to be lowered into the well, which carrying device includes at least three carriers which are connected at different heights to the mast and ... | 08/27/2009 |
| 20090211557 | Electric Circuit For Triggering A Piezoelectric Element, In Particular A Fuel Injection System Of A Motor Vehicle An electric circuit for triggering a piezoelectric element, in particular of a fuel injection system of a motor vehicle. Two transistors connected in series and triggerable using a clock pulse are provided, whose shared connecting point is coupled to the piezoelectric e... | 08/27/2009 |
| 20090211554 | Control Device for Engine An engine comprises an intake control valve disposed in an intake passage at an upstream side of an intake valve in each cylinder for individually opening/closing the intake passage, an actuator for opening/closing the intake control valve, and a control device for cont... | 08/27/2009 |
| 20090211553 | Method and Control Device for Metering Fuel To Combustion Chambers of an Internal Combustion Engine A method for metering fuel into a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine is provided, in which a fuel quantity to be metered for a combustion is metered by a preinjection and at least one additional injection, and in which, in the operation of the internal ... | 08/27/2009 |
| 20090211385 | ADJUSTING DEVICE, ESPECIALL FOR A HELMET The invention relates to an adjusting device for adjustment of a dimension of an object, applying especially to adjustment of a dimension of an object intended to be worn by a user, such as a helmet. The device comprises a pinion with first teeth, free in rotation about... | 08/27/2009 |
| 20090211360 | Ultrasonic Sensor An ultrasonic sensor having a diaphragm includes a heating element for heating the diaphragm.... | 08/27/2009 |
| 20090211355 | Heated Hot-Film Air-Mass Sensor To determine air mass flows, especially for controlling internal combustion engines, a hot-film air-mass sensor is provided, which may be used especially for sensing air mass flows in the intake tract of an internal combustion engine. The hot-film air-mass sensor has a ... | 08/27/2009 |
| 20090211342 | Method for the Quantitative Determination of an Aging Effect on Motor Oil The quantitative determination of aging effects on motor oil is of great interest. According to a method, two variables of the motor oil are detected, one of the two variables being the viscosity and the other variable being the acid content of the motor oil. A first de... | 08/27/2009 |
| 20090211096 | Method for manufacturing a solid housing A method for manufacturing a solid housing, in particular a valve housing for an electromagnetically operable valve, includes the following operations or steps: a) providing a base element made of a magnetic or magnetizable material, b) carburizing and/or nitride-harden... | 08/27/2009 |
| 20090211084 | INSULATION SLEEVE ASSEMBLING APPARATUS AND INSULATION SLEEVE ASSEMBLING METHOD An insulation sleeve assembling apparatus that assembles a tubular insulation sleeve to a lead wire that is formed of a plurality of conductors includes an actuator unit that rotates the insulation sleeve while actuating the lead wire and the insulation sleeve in a dire... | 08/27/2009 |
| 20090210777 | Method and Device for Comparing Data in a Computer System Having at Least Two Execution Units A method for comparing data in a computer system having at least two execution units, the comparison of the data taking place in a comparison unit and each execution unit processing input data and generating output data, wherein one execution unit specifies to the compa... | 08/20/2009 |
| 20090210653 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TREATING AND PROCESSING DATA Procedures and methods for managing and transmitting data within multidimensional systems of transmitters and receivers are described. Splitting a data stream into a plurality of independent branches and subsequent merging of the individual branches to form a data strea... | 08/20/2009 |
| 20090210549 | System and methods of streamlining media files from a dispersed peer network to maintain quality of service Media content, including content suitable for streaming, is distributed to and accessible over a communications network by computer nodes within a peer storage network of computer nodes hosting respective content stores. Discrete portions of a content file are multiply ... | 08/20/2009 |
| 20090210208 | Brains stimulation models, systems, devices, and methods This document discusses, among other things, brain stimulation models, systems, devices, and methods, such as for deep brain stimulation (DBS) or other electrical stimulation. In an example, a target volume of activation (VOA) can be received, a test VOA can be simulate... | 08/20/2009 |
| 20090210171 | MONITORING DEVICE AND MONITORING METHOD FOR A SENSOR, AND SENSOR A monitoring device for a sensor of a motor vehicle, in particular a fuel cell motor vehicle, includes: a first sensor monitoring module for monitoring an operation of the sensor for faults; a second sensor monitoring module for monitoring the operation of the sensor fo... | 08/20/2009 |
