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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110042051 | TEMPERATURE STABLE CAST-IRON ALLOY AND ITS USE A description is given of a temperature-stable cast-iron alloy having high wear resistance at temperatures between 500 and 900° C. The alloy is characterized in that it has the following composition expressed in weight percentages: chromium: 15.0-20.0%, carbon: 1.0-2.0... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20100311974 | SUBSTITUTED PYRAZINECARBOXYLIC ACID ANILIDE DERIVATIVES OR SALTS THEREOF, INTERMEDIATES OF THE SAME, PESTICIDES FOR AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL USE, AND USAGE THEREOF Substituted pyrazinecarboxylic acid anilide derivatives represented by the general formula (I) or salts thereof; intermediates of them; pesticides (such as insecticides and acaricides) for agricultural and horticultural use, containing the compounds as the active ingred... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100289906 | Interactive Student Response And Content Sharing System A personal response system 10 includes a plurality of camera assemblies 12 each having a camera 16 constructed and arranged to capture an image of information 18 on material that rests on a surface below the camera. Each camera assembly inclu... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100251712 | Advanced Adiabatic Compressed Air Energy Storage System An adiabatic Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES) system includes a low pressure compressor structure (14) to provide compressed air; a first heat exchanger (26) to extract heat from the compressed air exiting the low pressure compressor structure; a therm... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100243968 | Titanic Acid Compound, Process For Producing The Titanic Acid Compound, Electrode Active Material Containing The Titanic Acid Compound, And Storage Device Using The Electrode Active Material This invention provides a titanic acid compound-type electrode active material having a high battery capacity and, at the same time, having excellent cycle characteristics. The titanic acid compound exhibits an X-ray diffraction pattern corresponding to a bronze-type ti... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100234223 | CONTROLLED RELEASE FERTILIZERS EMPLOYING UREAFORM COMPOUNDS AND PROCESSES FOR MAKING SAME A controlled release agricultural absorbent based product including particles of an absorbent material containing capillaries/voids between 10-200 microns in cross-sectional diameter which is impregnated in an amount of 40-95% of the capillaries/voids volume with an agr... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100221518 | Organic Solvent Dispersion Containing Flaky Titanium Oxide, Method For Production Of The Dispersion, Titanium Oxide Film Using The Dispersion, And Method For Production Of The Titanium Oxide Film Disclosed is an organic dispersion comprising a flaky titanium oxide particle having a high crystallinity and high light permeability contained in an organic solvent. The dispersion can be prepared by a method comprising preparing an aqueous dispersion of a flaky titani... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100219033 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TORQUE TRANSMISSION The present invention relates to a method for moment transmission, preferably torque transmission, between a first object (4) and a second object (5) that are separated by a gap (g), the method comprising the arranging in said gap (g) of a force-transmitti... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100218749 | Intake Manifold With Integrated Canister Circuit For A Supercharged Internal Combustion Engine An intake manifold with integrated canister circuit for a supercharged internal combustion engine; the intake manifold is provided with: a tubular body in which a plenum is defined; a sorting chamber, which is obtained in a wall of the tubular body; a canister solenoid ... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100204470 | METHOD FOR SALT PREPARATION The present invention provides a new method for preparation and crystallization of hydrochlorides, hydrobromides or hydroiodides of pharmaceutical compounds or their intermediates in which the base or its acid addition salt is reacted in a solvent with a Trialkylsilylha... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100193245 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TESTING DRILLING CONTROL SYSTEMS A device for the testing of an integrated control system (1) wherein said integrated control system (1) is arranged for controlling a drilling unit (2), said drilling unit (2) arranged for drilling operations, said integrated control system (... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100176354 | HIGH-STRENGTH FIBROUS MATERIAL CONSISTING OF NATURAL FIBRES, METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF, AND USE OF SAME FOR PRODUCING COMPOSITE MATERIALS The invention relates to a high-strength and abrasion-resistant fibrous material and to a method for the production thereof. According to said method, a natural fibre material is solubilized in an alkaline manner. The fibrous material is treated with an alkaline materia... | 07/15/2010 |
| 20100156831 | Dual Pen Interactive Whiteboard System An electromagnetic interactive whiteboard system includes a first electronic pen (16) constructed and arranged to operate at a first frequency (F1). At least a second electronic pen (18) is constructed and arranged to operate at a second frequency (... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100155042 | TEMPERATURE-STABLE CAST IRON ALLOY AND USE OF SAID ALLOY A description is given of a temperature-stable cast-iron alloy having high wear resistance at temperatures between 500 and 900° C. The alloy is characterized in that it has the following composition expressed in weight percentages: chromium: 15.0-20.0%, carbon: 1.0-2.0... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100146957 | Exhaust System Of An Internal Combustion Engine An exhaust system of an internal combustion engine and provided with: at least one first high acoustic attenuation path having a first inlet opening; at least one second low acoustic attenuation path having a second inlet opening; and at least one control valve, which i... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100146769 | Electric Motor Case With Folded Out Mounting Tabs And Economical Motor-Fan Module Packaging A cooling module 67 includes a motor assembly 42 having a motor case 24 having at least one open end and including mounting brackets 30 integral therewith. Each bracket has only a bottom portion 32 connected with the motor case. An arm... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100143663 | Reflective Metal Polymeric Insulation Material A reflective metal polymeric insulation bubble pack assembly comprising a first reflective metal bubble pack; a second reflective metal bubble pack; and a first plurality of intervening bubble spaces suitably located between the first and the second bubble packs as to d... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100141074 | Permanent Magnet Rotor With Projections For Fixing The Permanent Magnets Of The Rotor Packet The invention relates to a permanent magnet rotor that comprises a rotor shaft, a rotor packet that is secured to the rotor shaft and that has a radially inner area and a radially outer area, receiving pockets provided in the rotor packet between its radially inner area... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100140423 | SUPPORT DEVICE FOR RECEIVING A REFUSE SACK There is provided a support device (10) comprising a peripheral region (14), in the form of a closed loop and arranged to receive a receptacle, such as a synthetic plastics bag or refuse sack; a lid (12) being hinged to said peripheral region (14... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100135872 | REFORMER MODULE A reformer module (10) comprises a hollow support member (12) having at least one passage (14) extending longitudinally therethrough. The hollow support member (14) has an external surface (20), a barrier layer (22) arranged on ... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100129642 | POLYMERIC FILM OR COATING COMPRISING HEMICELLULOSE A film forming composition and a polymeric film or coating comprising hemicellulose and at least one component selected from the group consisting of plasticizers, cellulose, and an oligomer or polymer, is disclosed, said polymeric film or coating further comprising at l... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100107358 | VACUUM CLEANER NOZZLE A vacuum cleaner nozzle has a front edge (10) and a rear edge (11), an underside (12) intended to face a floor or some other substructure to be vacuum-cleaned. The underside (12) is provided with one front (13) and two (14, 15) ... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100102005 | DEWATERING FACILITY The present invention relates to a device, for dewatering dredged material with a dry substance rate below 15%, comprising a tank (2) which is arranged with at least one inlet (5) for dredged material, a first outlet (8) for cleaned water and a seco... | 04/29/2010 |
| 20100096465 | COMPOSITE MAGNETIC CARDS A composite magnetic card for bearing printed data and suitable for mailing purposes comprising (a) a first planar sheet of paper cardstock having a first face and second face; (b) a second planar sheet comprising a magnetic material having a first face and a second fac... | 04/22/2010 |
| 20100083660 | Retrofit Of Simple Cycle Gas Turbine For Compressed Air Energy Storage Application Having Expander For Additional Power Generation A Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES) system includes a first combustion turbine assembly (42) having a shaft (52) coupled to a motor (54), a compressor (44) and a debladed turbine element (46). A second combustion turbine assembly (<... | 04/08/2010 |
| 20100059992 | Interface between stiff piece and a composite material, a method for the formation of such an interface and a stiff piece therefore The present invention discloses an interface between a stiff piece (1) and a composite material (2), said composite material (2) comprising fibres (3), said stiff piece (1) comprising two or more vanes (4a, 4b | 03/11/2010 |
| 20100055519 | PRE-REFORMER A pre-reformer (10) comprises a non-electrically conducting gas tight duct (12) and an electrically conducting wire (14) arranged in the duct (12). The electrically conducting wire (14) is electrically isolated from the duct (12... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100054968 | AXIAL-FLOW FAN FOR A VEHICLE RADIATOR The invention relates to an axial-flow fan for a vehicle radiator, the fan wheel of which delivering the main air flow is driven by a hub motor centrally rotationally coupled to said fan wheel, the vehicle radiator being arranged on the intake side of the fan wheel, the... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100052468 | Varying Commutator Bar Widths, Slot Sizes And Spacing A commutator (10) includes a core (12) having a generally annular periphery (15). A plurality of commutator bars (14) is provided in a spaced relation about the periphery of the core. At least two of the commutator bars have a width different... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100046143 | Storage device Disclosed is a storage device comprising a positive electrode material containing graphite; a negative electrode material containing an oxide of at least one metal element selected from Ti, Zr, V, Cr, Mo, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Sn, Sb, Bi, W and Ta, which may preferabl... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100045132 | ROTOR FOR AN ELECTRIC MOTOR The invention relates to a rotor for an electric motor, comprising a rotor shaft, a rotor core stack that is attached to the rotor shaft, a ring member which surrounds the rotor core stack, and a gap located between the rotor core stack and the ring member. Adhesive is ... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100043437 | Method of producing power by storing wind energy in the form of compressed air A method of producing power stores wind energy in the form of compressed air in a tower of a wind power plant, releases compressed air from the tower, and preheats the released compressed air to produce heated air. The heated air is supplied to an air expander and the h... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100038047 | LIGNOCELLULOSE FIBER-RESIN COMPOSITE MATERIAL A method of making a formed, dried lignocellulose fiber material comprising (a) providing an aqueous lignocellulose fiber pulp slurry having an effective consistency; (b) de-watering the slurry to provide a de-watered material at an effective de-watering rate under an e... | 02/18/2010 |
| 20100026114 | BRUSH SYSTEM WITH A SUPPRESSION BOARD The invention relates to a brush system for a motor-vehicle actuating drive, having a base body, a board on which interference-suppression components are mounted, and electrically conductive plug contacts. The plug contacts each have an accommodation slot. The board is ... | 02/04/2010 |
| 20100019710 | Method and device for determining the position of a rotor of a brushless and sensorless electric motor The invention relates to a method carried out with simple means for determining the position of the rotor in a sensorless and brushless multi-phase electric motor (1) in addition to a device particularly suitable for carrying out said method. According to said me... | 01/28/2010 |
| 20100016164 | HALOALKYLSULFONANILIDE DERIVATIVES OR SALT THEREOF, HERBICIDE COMPRISING THE DERIVATIVES AS ACTIVE INGREDIENT, AND USE OF THE HERBICIDE A haloalkylsulfonanilide derivative represented by general formula (I) or a salt thereof wherein R1 represents a halo(C1-C8)alkyl group, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8 01/21/2010 | |
| 20090319369 | WEB ADVERTISEMENT SYSTEM AND WEB ADVERTISEMENT PROGRAM Disclosed is a web advertisement system to display a web page which gathers only categories to which a sponsor has interest and displays them. Server 15 has a user registration means 22, an information category selection means 23 which executes sele... | 12/24/2009 |
| 20090308082 | Heating/Cooling System for a Motorcycle Rider A motorcycle rider is heated by the steps of: transferring heat from atmosphere to a thermally conductive element mounted on a motorcycle by the Peltier effect; and circulating working liquid in a closed cycle from the thermally conductive element, through a garment wor... | 12/17/2009 |
| 20090302790 | Circuit Arrangement The invention specifies a circuit arrangement (1, 20) for controlling a brushless electric motor (37) with a control chip (2), particularly a microcontroller, which has a number of PWM contacts (8), which can be used to output a PWM signal, a... | 12/10/2009 |
| 20090297565 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING VERY FINE PARTICLES AND COATING SUCH PARTICLES Disclosed are methods and devices for producing very fine particles which are then coated with protective polymers in another step of the process. The particles are produced using a method in which a liquid flow comprising a particle-free liquid 1 that contains the acti... | 12/03/2009 |
