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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110046444 | CAVITY EXAMINATION DEVICE A cavity examination device has an optical receiving element, such as a lens or a camera, and enables insertion into the cavity, in which the reception element does not touch the cavity wall. The cavity examination device has an optical receiving element which receives ... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110045419 | METHOD FOR BURNING LIQUID FUELS A method for burning liquid fuels, wherein an amount of total combustion air required for burning is introduced into the liquid fuel in the form of small air bubbles to provide a highly variable overall heat output, particularly at least within a range of one to fifty t... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110044687 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DATA PROCESSING IN AN OPTICAL NETWORK AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM A method and a device process data in an optical network. At least one dedicated time slot is used for transmitting time critical information from an optical network unit towards an optical line terminal. Due to the dedicated time slot, previous long delays in channel s... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043361 | HAZARD ALARM WITH A VARIABLE HOLDING REGION FOR A SUPPLY ELEMENT A danger sensor (100) is described which features a first housing part (110), a second housing part (120), a detector unit (112) for detecting of a danger situation, wherein the detector unit (112) is arranged in or at the first housin... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043346 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OUTPUTTING INFORMATION TO THE DRIVER OF A VEHICLE In a method for outputting information to the driver of a vehicle, the degree of deviation of a current operating point or value of an operating parameter of a drive unit and/or of a drive train of the vehicle from a predetermined range and/or a preferred range for entr... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043272 | CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENT A circuit includes a switching unit, a switching element, and a control unit. The control unit provides at least one supply signal depending on a switching position of the switching element. An advance signal and the supply signal(s) of the control unit are assigned to ... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042503 | PAPER DISPENSER A dispenser for dispensing paper from a dispensing roll located in a lower dispensing position has a guide track which leads from the top into the lower dispensing position and in which a standby position, defined by a blocking device, for a reserve roll is provided. Th... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110041484 | EVAPORATION UNIT FOR PRODUCING GASEOUS AMMONIA AND DEVICE AND MOTOR VEHICLE HAVING AN EVAPORATION UNIT An evaporation unit for producing a gas flow including ammonia, in particular in connection with an SCR system in motor vehicles, includes at least a housing, at least one meandering flow channel delimited by a closed wall and having an inlet and an outlet and at least ... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110040593 | INTEGRATION OF THE MANAGEMENT OF INTERVENTIONS ON EQUIPMENT WITH A DAILY LABORATORY ANALYSIS WORK IN A LIMS A method and a system for managing in a laboratory information management system (LIMS) at least one intervention on at least one piece of equipment managed by the LIMS, and in particular with at least a daily analysis work. The system contains at least one equipment in... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110039432 | POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM AND ELETRICAL PLUG CONNECTOR A power supply system for the internal power supply of a supporting mast of a wind power installation is provided in order to assist the work of servicing personnel in a wind power installation. The power supply system includes a power bus line, at least one tap on the ... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110038716 | THRUST BEARING, ESPECIALLY FOR A TURBOCHARGER The invention relates to an axial bearing (10) comprising at least one or more segments (18) on each of the front side (22) and the rear side (26) thereof, wherein the segments (18) on the opposite sides (22, 26) each are dispos... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110038695 | Goods Feeding Device The functionality and effectiveness of a goods feeding device for a front carton of a plurality of cartons or goods trays of a shelf-ready packaging system arranged one behind the other on a shelf of a display and storage rack, with goods or goods packaging stored there... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110038500 | HEARING AID WITH LED AND METHOD OF OPERATION A hearing aid has a housing, a signal-processing arrangement housed in the housing, an LED, an actuatable switching element arranged on the housing, and a battery. The LED is connected to a positive pole of the battery with its anode connector and to a first connector o... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110038499 | HEARING AID WITH AN IDENTIFIER A hearing aid includes an identifier for identifying usage of the hearing aid at a correct side on the left ear or the right ear of a wearer. The identifier is constructed as a rotational element having a first feature and a second feature to be respectively set by a ro... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110037971 | SMOKE DETECTION BY WAY OF TWO SPECTRALLY DIFFERENT SCATTERED LIGHT MEASUREMENTS A device for detecting smoke based on the principle of optical scattered light measurements has a light emitting device, configured to issue a temporal succession of light pulses. A first light pulse has a first spectral distribution and a second light pulse has a secon... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110037562 | OUTDOOR VENDING MACHINE AND USE OF A USER INTERFACE FOR THE OPERATION OF AN OUTDOOR VENDING MACHINE An outdoor vending machine in the form of a parking meter includes the following elements: a user interface having a cover plate, there being disposed in the region thereof operating information items and force sensors coupled to the cover plate, the force sensors outpu... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110037495 | METHOD FOR FAULT DETECTION IN CONTROLLING A ROTARY FIELD MOTOR The invention specifies a method for fault identification when driving a polyphase motor by means of a frequency converter, wherein, in a rest state, the frequency converter controls the phase voltages of the polyphase motor and the phase currents of the polyphase motor... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110037361 | Food Drawer Sealing and Storage System A drawer sealing system includes a drawer cabinet with a face formed with at least one drawer opening and a substantially flat wall surrounding the drawer opening. A drawer has a drawer face plate with a size to cover the entire drawer opening and the flat wall surround... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110037317 | METHOD AND A DEVICE FOR MONITORING HIGH-VOLTAGE CONNECTIONS OF A HYBRID VEHICLE A monitoring device for protecting against contact or access to a hybrid vehicle having a plurality of high-voltage components and an electronic control unit connected to a low-voltage vehicle electrical system battery. Power actuators for actuating at least one electri... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110037259 | CONNECTOR FOR GAS OR LIQUID LINES AND USE THEREOF A connector for gas or liquid lines has a core piece with a core and a sleeve piece with a sleeve. A pressure space surrounds the core and the sleeve when the two are connected to one another. The pressure space is set at an overpressure with respect to a line space of ... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110036627 | Method for Contacting a Rigid Printed Circuit Board to a Contact Partner and Arrangement of a Rigid Printed Circuit Board and Contact Partner A method for producing an electrical connection between a rigid printed circuit board and a metallic contact partner, includes preparing the rigid printed circuit board having at least one copper layer and at least one prepreg layer, bringing the metallic contact partne... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110035952 | DISPLAY OF RESULTS OF A MEASUREMENT OF WORKPIECES AS A FUNCTION OF THE DETECTION OF THE GESTURE OF A USER A gesture detection device detects a gesture of a user, which is a movement which is carried out by a hand or by both hands of the user on an existing example of the work piece, or on an image of an existing example of the work piece. An identification device identifies... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110035901 | ANTI-TRAP DEVICE FOR A DOOR FRAME In this device, the frame has, facing a rounded edge of the leaf B, an inclined surface, the distance of which from the frame A increases from the inside to the outside and which is connected to the internal surface of a covering strip, this strip being positioned paral... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110035016 | ALIGNABLE PROSTHESES DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD A prosthesis is provided for replacing a portion of a bone making up a joint. The prosthesis is adapted, intraoperatively, to optimize the anatomical alignment of the prosthesis in the joint. In particular, a jig is used to identify the axis of rotation of the joint int... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110033345 | HONEYCOMB BODY WITH FLEXIBILITY ZONES, EXHAUST-GAS PURIFICATION UNIT AND MOTOR VEHICLE A honeycomb body includes at least one housing and a honeycomb structure with a plurality of channels. The honeycomb structure is formed from at least one at least partially structured metallic layer which forms connecting points fixing the honeycomb structure. A cross ... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110033344 | HONEYCOMB BODY WITH FLEXIBLE CONNECTING POINTS, EXHAUST-GAS TREATMENT UNIT AND MOTOR VEHICLE A honeycomb body is formed of at least one at least partially structured sheet-metal foil and has a plurality of channels. The sheet-metal foil has a course or profile direction and includes top-side connecting points and bottom-side connecting points to itself or to at... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110033191 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PHASE RECOVERY AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM COMPRISING SUCH DEVICE A method and a device are provided for phase recovery of at least two channels comprising the steps of (i) a phase is estimated for each channel; (ii) the phase estimated of each channel is superimposed by a coupling factor with at least one other phase estimated. Furth... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110032540 | POSITION-MEASURING METHOD AND DEVICE ADAPTED FOR THE POSITIONING OF A WHEEL A measuring method and a device are adapted for the positioning of a wheel for mash seam resistance welding in the butt-joining of steel strips on continuous processing lines. A rotary roller which is fastened to a movable frame is positioned in a measuring position. Th... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110032069 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A TRANSFORMER CORE AND A TRANSFORMER CORE A method for producing a transformer core with layers of core laminations includes forming at least one core lamination of at least two segmental laminations. An end region of a first segmental lamination has a straight crosscut edge. The straight crosscut edge of the f... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110031978 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING AN ERROR IN A POWER BRIDGE CIRCUIT An apparatus and a method for recognizing an error in a power bridge circuit containing a load, a high-side branch and a low-side branch. Accordingly, a first switched current source is connected to the load and to a diagnosis connection for a high-potential of a diagno... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110031073 | MODULAR BRAKE DEVICE A brake system for a rail-guided tractive vehicle includes electronic, pneumatic, and mechanical components, as well as vehicle interfaces for connecting the brake system to the tractive vehicle. The invention provides a brake system that can be adapted easily and econo... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110030566 | INSTALLATION FOR PRODUCING SANDWICH COOKIES AND THE LIKE The invention relates to a system for the production of sandwich cookies, having a suction belt conveyor (2) disposed along a sandwiching path, the sandwich cookies being created on the suction belt (11) of said sandwiching path. Successively disposed over... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110029806 | METHOD, DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM TO AVOID LOOPS IN AN ETHERNET RING SYSTEM WITH AN UNDERLAYING 802.3ad NETWORK A method is provided to be run in a network, the network comprising several network elements that are connected via a ring, wherein one of the network element is a ring master comprising a primary port and a secondary port. The method comprises the steps of (i) a failur... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110029180 | Device for Measuring the Movement of a Self-Guided Vehicle A device for measuring the movement of a self-guiding vehicle, that has an enhanced measuring reliability, in particular during an adhesion loss and independently from the travel profile of the vehicle in terms of slope, turn and slant. To this end, the device for measu... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110028198 | Modified Auction Style Game and Game of Chance Driven by Collective User Data, Random Choice, and Partial Payback An auction is effected with two levels of participation. A winning ticket is established and the auction object is awarded to the winning ticket. In addition, certain tickets are selected as payback tickets which receive back either the amount paid for the ticket or at ... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110027074 | SECURING ELEMENT AND EXHAUST GAS TURBOCHARGER HAVING VARIABLE TURBINE GEOMETRY A securing element includes a head section and a shank. The cross-section of the shank changes in the axial direction in such a way that, by taking into account a qualitative and/or quantitative predetermined bending torque profile in the shank, the cross-section has a ... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110026523 | Network Node Of A Packet Switching Communications Network And Method For The Distribution Of Data Traffic In A Packet Switching Communications Network Several network node addresses are assigned to at least one link in a network node of a packet switching communications network that contains several network nodes and several links leading to other network nodes. The data-packet traffic that arrives at the network node... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110025511 | LEAK SENSOR MONITOR A sensor leak monitor device that consists of well known elements arranged in a novel manner such that it can detect an involuntary consumption and alert a person when such is occurring. A pressure gage coupled with a timing device measures in a constant manner the inte... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110024058 | CEILING PANEL FOR LINING INTERIORS OF VEHICLES A ceiling panel for lining the interior of a vehicle, particularly an airplane, includes a plastic composite element having elements disposed at lateral edges extending substantially in a movement direction of the vehicle for fastening to a supporting structure of the v... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110023598 | ELECTRICAL HEATING ELEMENT AND METHOD OF MEASURING A FILLING LEVEL A pencil-shaped electrical heating element, in particular for application in a device for measuring filling level in a liquid container, in particular in a reactor chamber of a nuclear plant, contains an electrically-conducting sleeve and at least one electric line embe... | 02/03/2011 |
