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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110046463 | PHYSIOLOGICAL SENSOR WITH A TAIL An exemplary sensor includes a sensor pad defining a plurality of openings and a circuit board. The circuit board is at least partially disposed in the sensor pad and has a light source configured to generate near-infrared light and a light detector configured to receiv... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110045464 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR IDENTIFICATION OF PROSTATE CANCER MARKERS In some embodiments, the invention comprises methods and compositions for the assessment of prostate cancer in humans by determining the level of certain markers indicative of prostate cancer in vivo, including but not limited to SEQ ID NO:1 and SEQ ID NO:5, in tissue, ... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110045194 | ROBOT COMPRISING A CLEANING DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED OPERATING METHOD Exemplary robots and corresponding exemplary operating methods for a painting system are disclosed. In one example, the robot is a handling robot for opening and closing doors or bonnets of motor vehicle bodies. A robot element of a handling robot that is susceptible to... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042002 | Fastening element for fastening to a base body and method for fastening said fastening element The invention relates to a fixing element for fixing to a base body, in particular to building surfaces comprising a support and an reactive adhesive.... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110041384 | INSECT TRAP The invention relates to an insect trap which has been designed to facilitate simple and efficient servicing, maintenance and cleaning. The trap includes a back housing; a frame swing mounted to said housing; and a cover comprising openings allowing insects to enter the... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110040462 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A TRANSMISSION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE A method for controlling a motor vehicle transmission (11) is disclosed in which a sensor (18) used to produce an indication of position of a selector (17) is calibrated such that positioning the selector (17) at a peak force feedback positio... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110040145 | SURGICAL ADAPTER A surgical system is provided that includes a device body that has a working channel providing a pathway for an instrument, an extension adjuster engaged with the device body, the extension adjuster also including a stop. The stop is disposed a predetermined distance fr... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110039051 | FLOOR MAT A floor mat and a method and apparatus for making a floor mat having desirable absorptive characteristics and constructed significantly of recycled or post industrial/consumer materials. A floor mat may be made of a base layer, a padding layer and a face layer. The base... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110038742 | TURBINE, IN PARTICULAR FOR AN EXHAUST GAS TURBOCHARGER, AND EXHAUST GAS TURBOCHARGER An exhaust gas turbocharger, comprising: a turbine rotor rotatably mounted in a housing, which is associated with at least one guide apparatus forming a radial inlet channel, wherein the guide apparatus includes at least one of a guide vane bearing ring, a plurality of ... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110036788 | PROCESS FOR SEPARATING AN AQUEOUS PHASE FROM AN OIL PHASE The present invention relates to a process for separating an aqueous phase from an oil phase of an oil-water mixture (6), which has a pressurized dewatering system (14) having multiphase separation profiles (15). According to the invention, it is es... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110036766 | FLUID FILTER An internal combustion engine liquid filter, comprising: a filter housing and housing cover a ring filter element; at least one intermediate piece arranged below the filter housing cover and above the housing; an inlet channel arranged on the housing side, communicating... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110036412 | CLOSURE DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD The invention relates to a method for operating at least one rotating closure element in a flow channel; alternately opening and blocking the flow channel relative to a reference variable and with an adjustable phase position; flowing through a cross-section; changing a... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110036242 | OIL MIST SEPARATOR A positive crankcase ventilation oil mist separator system has a first separator unit, wherein the first separator unit includes at least one filter body arranged in a blow-by gas path such that blow by gas flows through the filter body; a second separator unit, wherein... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110036017 | MOTOR VEHICLE DOOR SEAL A seal (110,210,310) is disclosed in which the seal (110, 210, 310) is adhesively bonded to part of a body structure (2) of a motor vehicle (1) using double-sided adhesive tape (120,220,320). The seal (110, 210, 310) includes a ... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110035123 | SHIFT RAIL TRANSMISSION POSITION SENSING WITH TOLERANCE FOR SENSOR LOSS A number N of position sensors, each associated with one of N shift rails in a shift rail transmission system, wherein the set of N sensors is divided into subsets and each subset is provided a common reference from a control module; and a processing component that dete... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110035122 | SHIFT RAIL TRANSMISSION POSITION SENSING WITH A MINIMUM NUMBER OF SENSORS A processing component configured to receive position sensor data from a first sensor attached to a shift rail of a transmission and determine from the first sensor data whether the shift rail is in a position of engagement of a first gear or a second gear or in a neutr... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110035121 | SHIFT RAIL TRANSMISSION POSITION SENSING Receiving sensor data related to position of a gear in a transmission, the sensor data including data from a first sensor and data from a second sensor; determining a first indicated position of the gear from the data from the first sensor; determining a second indicate... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110033771 | ELECTRODE FOR MOLTEN CARBONATE FUEL CELL AND METHOD FOR ITS PRODUCTION The present invention relates to an electrode for a molten carbonate fuel cell, with an electrochemically active electrode layer (10, 20), which is provided with cavities (12, 22). The invention provides that the cavities (12, 22) are surrounded and... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110033282 | CHARGING DEVICE, MORE PREFERABLY EXHAUST GAS TURBOCHARGER FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE The invention relates to a charging device, such as an exhaust gas turbocharger for a motor vehicle, with a shaft carrying a compressor wheel, with a fixing device for fixing the compressor wheel on the shaft, with at least one component fixed on the shaft together with... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110030616 | PRESSURE-ACTUATED MEMBER, IN PARTICULAR PAINT PRESSURE CONTROLLER OR COATING AGENT VALVE A pressure-actuated member, for example a paint pressure controller or a coating agent valve, for influencing a mean coating agent pressure of a coating agent to be applied in a painting system, is disclosed. An exemplary pressure-actuated member may comprise a componen... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110030214 | PISTON ASSEMBLY MULTIPLE STEP FORMING PROCESS A method of creating a piston crown is disclosed. The method includes the step of providing a billet and then upsetting the billet in a first station to generally decrease a length of the billet and generally increase a cross section of the billet. The billet is then pr... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110025084 | EXPANDABLE BARRIER Disclosed are various embodiments of expandable barriers. Expandable barriers are typically barriers made from an expandable material and formed to fit within a cavity. After being placed inside a cavity, expandable barriers generally undergo an activation process, wher... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110024927 | COMPOSITE WAVEGUIDE A composite waveguide includes a central core configured to transmit a plurality of modes and at least one side core helically wound about the central core and configured to be selectively coupled to at least a portion of the plurality of modes in the central core.... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110024437 | HANDLE FIXTURE A handle fixture device, comprising, a cooking vessel; a retaining element attached to the cooking vessel; and a contact is provided between the retaining element on one side and a handle-side retaining device on the other side, wherein the contact is at least one of po... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110023845 | METHOD OF DIAGNOSING A SLOW EGR SYSTEM IN AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE A method for diagnosing slow EGR response in an internal combustion engine equipped with an electronic controller with memory, comprising:
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| 20110021901 | PHYSIOLOGICAL SENSOR WITH OFFSET ADHESIVE LAYER An exemplary sensor includes a sensor pad defining a perimeter, a light source, a light detector, and an adhesive layer. The light source is configured to generate near-infrared light and transmit the near-infrared light through part of a patient's body. The light detec... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110021893 | PHYSIOLOGICAL SENSOR HAVING A WAIST An exemplary sensor includes a sensor pad having a first portion and a second portion separated by a waist portion. The waist portion is narrower than the first portion and the second portion. A light source that is disposed on the first portion is configured to generat... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110021278 | ENCLOSED SLIDE An enclosed slide including a number of elongate sections, each section extending between first and second ends thereof, the sections being fastened together in abutting end-to-end relations respectively in a predetermined configuration in which selected pairs of the se... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110020718 | FUEL CELL ARRANGEMENT A fuel cell arrangement having fuel cells situated in the form of a fuel cell stack, which each contain an anode and a cathode and an electrolyte matrix situated between them, having an anode intake, which is provided on one side of the fuel cell stack, for the supply o... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110017650 | LIQUID FILTER, ESPECIALLY OIL FILTER An oil purifying liquid filter, having an annular ring element receiving space, wherein the ring element has two axial end disks, a cover selectively fastened to a housing to close the receiving space, an inlet that is formed within the housing on a crude side, an outle... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110017074 | DRINKS MACHINE A drink machine for producing at least one of a frothy milk and a heated milk. The drink machine has at least one of a milk supply duct and a steam supply duct, wherein at least one of the ducts opens into at least one of a mixing region and a frothing region; a line el... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110014371 | PAINTING ROBOT AND ASSOCIATED OPERATING METHOD An exemplary painting robot and corresponding operating methods for the same are disclosed. The robot may be configured to paint motor vehicle bodies on an outer surface and an inner surface with an atomizer that is guided by the painting robot. According to the exempla... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110014034 | TURBOCHARGER A turbocharger, comprising: at least one of a turbine housing, a bearing housing and a turbine wheel, wherein the turbine wheel is rotatably mounted about an axis and includes a guide apparatus with a plurality of guide vanes rotatably mounted in pivot bearings on a gui... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110012729 | PORTABLE ALARM DEVICE A portable alarm device includes a portable enclosure, a wireless communication system disposed in the portable enclosure and configured to receive a signal from a monitoring device. The device further includes a processor in communication with the wireless communicatio... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110009721 | NEAR-INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY SENSOR WITH LIGHT SHEET A sensor includes a sensor pad configured to be disposed on a portion of a patient's body. A light sheet is disposed on the sensor pad and has a first substrate and a second substrate spaced from one another. The light sheet further includes a light source configured to... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110005490 | CYLINDER HEAD COVER A cylinder head cover having a bearing device that includes at least two bearing blocks for supporting a camshaft, and one connecting element. The bearing blocks are axially penetrated in a first through-opening by the camshaft and are fixed in an aligned position with ... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110005026 | WATER BASIN ILLUMINATION A vacuum cleaner assembly is disclosed. The vacuum cleaner assembly includes a housing assembly having a motor connected to a vacuum source, a particulate collection pan interconnected to the housing and a base and an illumination source for illuminating the particulate... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110005025 | CLEANING SYSTEM A cleaning apparatus is provided, including a mounting shaft, a base member and a nozzle. The handle includes a connection end, and defines an axis. The base member includes a cleaning portion and a suction portion, where the cleaning portion includes at least one clean... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110002852 | STEM CELLS FOR USE IN LOCATING AND TARGETING TUMOR CELLS A composition for locating tumors, the composition includes stem cells. Stem cells for use in locating and treating tumors. A method of locating and treating a tumor by administering to a patient an effective amount of stem cells, wherein the stem cells locate and subse... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20110000974 | SHAPING AIR RING COMPRISING AN ANNULAR CAVITY AND CORRESPONDING BELL CUP A guiding air ring for a rotary atomiser for coating components, such as motor vehicle body parts, is disclosed. The ring generally includes a front side facing a bell plate of the rotary atomiser in the operating state, and at least one guiding air nozzle for outputtin... | 01/06/2011 |
