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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110044047 | Method of Equalizing Light Levels Between LED Light Fixtures A method is provided for equalizing emitted light levels between light fixtures that use LEDs to produce light. The method includes gaining access to LED light fixtures from within a compartment in which the fixtures are mounted, and adjusting LED dimmers of the LED lig... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043804 | MATERIAL ANALYSIS DEVICE BASED ON EDGE-EMITTER SEMICONDUCTOR LASER CHRYSTAL, AND ASSICIATED ANALYSIS TOOL An edge-emitter semiconductor laser crystal having a receptacle for sample material which can influence the crystal's laser operation. There may be separate zones of laser action within the crystal, creating respective sensing zones in the receptacle. Detection may be a... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110038994 | Food Glazing Method A food glazing system for automatically applying a glaze to an edible object. An inclined heatable surface is disposed in the path of sugar dispensed from a sugar dispenser and is positioned to heat the sugar enroute to an edible object to be glazed.... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110036326 | THROTTLE ASSEMBLY A throttle assembly comprising: a body portion defining a gas flow channel, the body portion being arranged to allow a flow of gas to be established through the gas flow channel from a gas inlet to a gas outlet of the assembly; and an injector arranged to inject fuel in... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110033815 | Method of Using a Demonstration Dental Template with Digital Representation for Modeling Dental Restorations A dental prosthesis or demonstration dental template (10) simulates the front surfaces of a patient's teeth and is positioned to overlay over a patient's natural teeth (40) to provide an indication of what a permanent restoration may look like once applied... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110033615 | Block Piece for Holding an Optical Workpiece, in Particular a Spectacle Lens, for Processing Thereof, and Method for Manufacturing Spectacle Lenses According to a Prescription A block piece for holding a spectacle lens blank has a basic body with a workpiece mounting face portion against which the workpiece can be blocked with a blocking material, and a clamping portion via which the blocked workpiece can be fixed in a machine/apparatus for p... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110024082 | HEAT EXCHANGER WITH ACCESSIBLE CORE A heat exchanger may include a core control assembly movable between compressed and uncompressed positions, and a core. The core may have a plurality of layers with a plurality of passages interleaved therebetween, a portion of the passages extending and open to the per... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110017149 | ANIMAL BEHAVIORAL CONTROL APPARATUS According to an illustrated embodiment, an animal behavioral control apparatus includes a cartridge, a housing, a head, and an extension assembly. The cartridge contains pressurized gas. The housing surrounds a part or more of the cartridge. The head is connected to the... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110016694 | Housing Manufacturing System and Method A method of final assembly for constructing homes from substantially planar floor and wall sections. The method includes assembling a house from floor and wall sections in a final-assembly section of a final assembly facility. The final-assembly section is at an interse... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110013409 | LIGHT GUIDE TURN SIGNAL INDICATOR REAR VIEW MIRROR The invention is related to an exterior rear view mirror assembly with a mirror base and a mirror head comprising at least one of the following features as mirror glass, mirror glass actuator, power fold actuator, lighting elements, indicators and at least one opening f... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110011199 | DAMPED ROTARY ENCODER A tuned damped absorber arrangement is used to attenuate the response of an encoder. A vibration problem occurs on rotary axis heads which are used in machining operations. When using long slender tools, a vibration can be created which causes the encoder to lose its po... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110010041 | SOFTWARE FOR AN AUTOMOTIVE HAZARDOUS DETECTION AND INFORMATION SYSTEM The invention is related to a software for an automotive hazard detection and information system for vehicles running on at least one controller, wherein the software uses data of at least one optical sensor or a sensor group including an optical sensor, and comprises a... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110002798 | FLUID TANK AND FLUID PUMP WITH EXTERIOR MOTOR A fluid tank assembly may include a fluid tank having a wall defining an internal volume in which a fluid is received and a fluid pump. The fluid pump may have a motor including an electrically driven motor, a pumping element driven to rotate by the motor, a dividing wa... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20110000471 | CONTROL CIRCUIT FOR CAPACITOR DISCHARGE IGNITION SYSTEM A control circuit for use with an ignition system of a light-duty combustion engine. In one embodiment, the control circuit includes a charging circuit, a timing circuit and a shut down circuit that includes a manual stop switch. Activation of the manual stop switch cau... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20110000297 | FLUID TANK AND FLUID LEVEL SENDER WITH EXTERNAL SIGNALING FEATURE A fluid level sender may include a sensing feature disposed within an internal volume of a tank, responsive to the level of liquid within the tank and including a drive member, a signaling feature disposed outside of the internal volume of the tank and including a drive... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20100331157 | MACHINE TOOL WITH A CHAIN MAGAZINE A machine tool with a chain magazine has a chain guide which extends in the x, y, and z-directions. It also has a magazine chain, which has chain members, which are connected to one another by means of universal joints and in each case have a tool receiver. The magazine... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100329829 | FEED AND REMOVAL SYSTEM FOR MACHINE TOOLS A feed and removal system for a machine tool has a supply device and a removal device for workpieces. Arranged at the front side of the machine tool are loading arms and unloading arms, which are pivotable about vertical pivot axes and, at their free ends, carry workpie... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100325112 | METHOD FOR RESPONDING TO A PLURALITY OF ELECTRONIC MESSAGES A method is disclosed for acting on a plurality of electronic messages. The method includes the step of receiving the plurality of electronic messages. Each of the plurality of electronic messages is then portioned into a plurality of message components. Each of the plu... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100324441 | Brain-Related Chronic Pain Disorder Treatment Method and Apparatus A method for treating brain-related chronic pain disorders in human subjects includes assessing the brain function of a subject suffering from chronic pain, diagnosing a chronic pain-related abnormal brain condition, and mitigating the abnormal brain activity by applyin... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100321160 | Plastic Container and Method of Manufacture Having Molded-in-Security Features A molded plastic container, in accordance with one aspect of the present disclosure, includes an insert molded into an exterior surface of a wall of the container. The insert is of plastic construction that includes a UV brightener that is visible under UV light to veri... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100315732 | REARVIEW MIRROR ASSEMBLY HAVING A COMPOSITE REFLECTIVE SURFACE An exterior rearview mirror assembly for a motor vehicle includes a housing defining an interior and including a mirror opening oriented rearward when the exterior rearview mirror assembly is secured to the motor vehicle. A backing plate is operatively connected to the ... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100315222 | Hinged Arm Retainer Arrangement A retainer arrangement that includes a retainer for retaining a hinged arm on a vehicle in a stored position positively so that the hinged arm does not move away from the vehicle unintentionally. The arrangements may be used in connection with a hinged stop arm that is ... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100313718 | MACHINE TOOL FOR PROCESSING WORKPIECES A machine tool for achieving a high degree of flexibility during workpiece processing comprises a machine bed with side walls arranged thereon, which respectively comprise a basic body with a front overhanging projection arranged thereon. On the side walls a tool spindl... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100307100 | WALL RESTORATION SYSTEM AND METHOD One illustrative embodiment of a wall restoration system includes an air-handler and a wall structure assembly. The wall structure assembly can enclose a portion of a wet wall to form a passage through which air flows to dry the wall portion.... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100303571 | Motor-Driven Working Spindle for a Machine Tool A motor-driven working spindle for a machine tool has a casing in which a shaft is mounted for rotation. The shaft has a receptacle for a tool arranged at its front end. A spindle rotary drive is provided in the casing. Furthermore, a spindle advancing drive coupled wit... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100302661 | STAY FOR THE INSIDE MIRROR OF THE VEHICLE The present invention discloses a stay device for a vehicle comprising a mount having a ball formed protrudely on a front surface thereof and a wire passage formed therein and extended into the ball; a body coupled to the mount through the ball of the mount, the body ha... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100302533 | Local Dosimeter for Measuring the Ambient Equivalent Dose of Photon Radiation, and Reading Method The invention consists of an area dosimeter for measuring the ambient equivalent dose (H*(10)) of photon radiation with a diffuser, a detector card with at least one pair of detection elements, preferably LiF-chips,
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| 20100301710 | LINEAR PIEZOELECTRIC NANO-POSITIONER A linear piezoelectric nano-positioner includes an armature configured to be translated along a longitudinal axis and having oppositely-disposed bearing surfaces and oppositely-disposed piezo surfaces, bearing sets engaged with the bearing surfaces of the armature to tr... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100301702 | HIGH GAIN MINIATURE POWER SUPPLY FOR PLASMA GENERATION A high gain pulse generator includes a piezoelectric transformer (PT) that is driven by an input power stage to drive the PT at a desired PT resonant frequency such that at least one PT characteristic substantially matches at least one non-linear load characteristic suc... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100296189 | MODULAR REAR VIEW MIRROR AND METHOD TO ASSEMBLE IT The invention is related to a rear view mirror assembly with a least two parts out of the group of part as: mirror frame, mirror base, mirror housing, mirror bezel, mirror glass, mirror lighting means, actuator, that must be connected during assembly process with at lea... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100291843 | Riding Apparatus for Polishing and Cleaning Floor Surfaces A riding apparatus for treating a floor surface has a main steering and drive wheels and a forwardly located seat for an operator and at least one foot rest for feet of the operator. The vehicle has a polishing and cleaning deck mounted in front of the vehicle and is op... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100289995 | Vehicle Inside Mirror Device for Displaying Image A vehicle inside mirror device for displaying an image, which can obtain an enhanced mirror function of a prismatic glass caused by a black film provided at a rear side of a prismatic glass and has a relatively simple structure made by forming directly a transflective l... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100283312 | WHEEL ORNAMENTATION FOR USE WITH A VEHICLE WHEEL A wheel ornamentation that can fit vehicle wheels having different offset dimensions. According to one embodiment, the wheel ornamentation is a two-piece wheel cover that includes center and outer components and an adjustable overlapping junction therebetween, where the... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100276623 | PRESSURE CONTROL VALVE A pressure control valve has a non-uniformly tapered valve bore that has an increasing diameter as it extends downstream. An interface angle, defined in part between a valve ball and the valve bore in the area of the smallest gap between them, increases as the valve bal... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100276087 | ROTARY CLAMP MECHANISM FOR A FIBER PLACEMENT HEAD A rotary clamp mechanism for a fiber placement head comprises a one-way bearing and a freewheeling roller mounted upstream of the restart mechanism. An actuating mechanism brings the freewheeling roller and the one-way bearing into contact with the fiber tow and allows ... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100275715 | SHIFT CABLE ASSEMBLY AND CONNECTOR THEREFOR One implementation of a shift cable assembly may include a conduit, a core received within the conduit, a rod coupled to an end of the core a slide tube within which a portion of the rod is received and a connector. The connector may have a plastic housing disposed abou... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100273063 | POLYMER ELECTROLYTES AND DEVICES CONTAINING THEM The application arises from studies that have shown that electrochemical cells containing SPEs including: (i) a non-volatile organic ionic salt; and (ii) an inorganic electrolyte salt have an improved conductivity across a range of temperatures, and are more stable to w... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100272530 | Device for Axial Delivery of Cryogenic Fluids Through a Machine Spindle Cryogenic fluids are delivered along an axial path through a machine tool spindle to a cutting tool that is mounted in a standard tool holder. An external source of cryogen is delivered via an insulated line to a junction block housing where the cryogen flows into a vac... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100272529 | Indirect Cooling of a Rotary Cutting Tool An indirect cooling system for a rotating cutting tool uses a cryogenic coolant that is delivered to a cavity formed on the back surface of the cutting element, providing cooling near the cutting edge of the element. Because the total flow rate of the working fluid is l... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100265730 | MOULDED LIGHTING ELEMENT An exterior mirror is proposed, which is configured with an LED as a signal light in the simplest manner. A contact body at the LED facilitates simple assembly and simple contacting of the LED.... | 10/21/2010 |
