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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110047410 | REDUNDANT CONFIGURATION METHOD OF A STORAGE SYSTEM MAINTENANCE/MANAGEMENT APPARATUS Provided is a method of managing a computer system including a plurality of storage systems and a plurality of management appliances for managing the plurality of storage systems. A first management appliance and a second management appliance hold an identifier of a fir... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110046495 | DEVICE FOR MEASURING THE SIZE OF AN INTRACARDIAC OPENING A device (1) for measuring the diameter of an intracardiac opening (2), having a hollow body (3) made from a metal-wire mesh is provided that has twisted individual bars that form the jacket of the discontinuous wall (5) of the hollow body (<... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110046346 | BIOMATERIAL WITH FUNCTIONALISED SURFACES There is provided a biomaterial having a functionalised surface which comprises bi-functional semi-dendrimers. The biomaterial may be ceramic, metallic and/or polymeric. It will usually be in the form of a solid, but could be a semi-solid or hydrogel. There is also prov... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043433 | Positioning equipment for aligning a device An adjustment device for aligning a unit (1), which receives and/or transmits and/or focuses radiation, including a support (4) for positioning the adjustment device upon a foundation, a pivotal unit (3), which in reference to the support (4)... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043252 | SELF-TIMED TRIGGER WITH SINGLE-RAIL DATA INPUT A self-timed implementation of single-stage and two-stage self-timed triggers with single-rail data input is provided. This is achieved by a circuit containing storage unit with element indicating transition termination, single-rail data input, control input, data outpu... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042034 | PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR MANUFACTURING METAL STRIPS AND SHEETS WITHOUT DISCONTINUITY BETWEEN CONTINUOUS CASTING AND ROLLING A process and system for manufacturing metal strips of 0.14-20 mm thickness and metal sheets of 10-100 mm thickness from slabs of thickness between 30 and 300 mm by continuous casting of the bow type. The slab upon casting is fed without discontinuity directly to the ro... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110041789 | DEVICE FOR ADJUSTING THE ROTATIONAL POSITION OF A CAMSHAFT RELATIVE TO A CRANKSHAFT OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE A device for adjusting the rotational position of a camshaft relative to a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine having a rotor (1), which is connected rotationally fixed to the camshaft, and a stator (2), which is driven by the crankshaft. The rotor... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110041135 | DATA PROCESSOR AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD A data processing method has a device control thread for each peripheral device capable of an independent operation, a CPU processing thread for each data processing that is performed by a CPU, a control thread equipped with a processing part for constructing an applica... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110040598 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A PLANNER A planning system and method is disclosed. The planning system includes at least one business rule remote from at least one client, a meeting editor, wherein at least one meeting may be generated for the at least one client by the meeting editor in accordance with at le... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110039922 | 18beta-GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID DERIVATIVES AND SYNTHETIC METHOD THEREOF The present invention provides a chemical compound having the structure being one selected from a group consisting of wherein R1 is one selected from a group consisting of COOCH3, COOCH<... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110039647 | TRACTION MECHANISM DRIVE A traction mechanism drive (1), such as a control drive of an internal combustion engine, having an endless traction mechanism, such as a link chain, connecting a drive gear (2) and at least one driven gear (3) in a form-fitting manner, at least one... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110037885 | DIGITAL PHOTO FRAME HAVING A SINGLE PROCESSOR The present invention relates to a digital photo frame and a method for controlling a digital photo frame. The digital photo frame includes a single processor to perform a function of a built-in scanner and to convert a picture into an image data file for storage and re... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110037453 | DETECTOR DEVICE A high-frequency detector device (1) including a detector circuit in which the input gate of the branch line coupler, from which the fundamental wavelength of an input signal is extinguished, is used for decoupling a bias voltage VDC of two Schottky-di... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110037366 | DRAWER ASSEMBLY A drawer assembly having a drawer and a sliding guide rail system is disclosed. The system includes a mounting bracket, a fixed rail for receiving an intermediate rail capable of sliding back and forth on the fixed rail, and an outer pull out rail attached to the drawer... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110036800 | AUTOMATIC COUPLER FOR MODEL RAILROAD CAR In an automatic coupler for a model railroad car, a coupler body includes a knuckle coupler member formed of a coupler trunk having a knuckle portion and an engagement portion, and a receiving coupler member formed of a coupler trunk having a receiving portion and an en... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110036007 | WATERING DEVICE A watering device is provided that includes a receptacle and a sponge wick. The receptacle includes a reservoir and a probe. The probe projects from the reservoir and is adapted to extend into potting mix in a plant pot. The probe is also adapted to hook on to the rim o... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110035930 | SPINDLE NUT FOR A BALL SCREW A spindle nut for a ball screw is provided, having a continuous ball track (1) for balls (2), a ball groove (3,14) for the balls (2) extending on an inner periphery of the spindle nut about the rotational axis thereof and along a helical line... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110035541 | STORAGE DEVICE AND DEDUPLICATION METHOD This storage device performs deduplication of eliminating duplicated data by storing a logical address of one or more corresponding logical unit memory areas in a prescribed management information storage area of a physical unit memory area defined in the storage area p... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110034984 | DEVICE FOR THE DEFIBRILLATION OF A HEART In a device (1) for the defibrillation of a heart (2) with an implantable cardiac pacemaker and defibrillator (3), the defibrillation electrode (4) is arranged on the stimulation electrode (5), with the stimulation electrode enclosing ... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110032383 | ILLUMINATING APPARATUS AND ILLUMINATING/IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS To provide an illuminating apparatus that can control an illumination period in accordance with an image capturing exposure period without disturbing the color balance, and that can radiate bright illumination light possessing high directivity. The illuminating apparatu... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110032371 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE An image capturing device capable of capturing a high-definition moving image comprises an image capturing unit that converts a subject image formed via an optical system with an adjustable focal length to image signals and outputs the image signals as image data, and a... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110030909 | INDUSTRIAL FILTRATION FABRIC WITH HIGH CENTRE PLANE RESISTANCE A flat woven industrial filtration fabric comprises three layers of weft yarns. A first set of warp yarns interweaves only with paper side layer weft yarns and intermediate weft yarns, and a second set of warp yarns interweaves only with machine side layer weft yarns an... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110030643 | MASS BALANCING MECHANISM A mass balancing mechanism of an internal combustion engine, in which the mechanism includes a compensation shaft (1, 1′) formed as a tubular carrier shaft (5, 5′) having a mounting point (10, 10′) for the radial mounting of the compensation s... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110030444 | METHOD OF MAKING A COMPENSATION SHAFT A method of making a compensation shaft (1) out of a drop-forged shaft blank (11) is provided. The compensation shaft includes a shaft section (5) with a base body (16) and a rib (15) with a height H starting from the base body. The me... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110028560 | SELF-EMULSIFIABLE LIQUID FLORFENICOL COMPOSITION INTENDED TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE DRINKING WATER OF LIVESTOCK The invention relates to a self-emulsifiable liquid composition intended to be diluted in an aqueous intermediate solution and then incorporated into the drinking water of livestock animals, and also to the use of such a composition. The invention is characterized in th... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110028254 | BELT DRIVE A belt drive is provided, especially a timing-belt drive for an internal-combustion engine, with a driving gear of a driveshaft, at least one driven gear of a driven shaft, and a belt means, wherein the driving or the driven gear imparts additional irregularity to the b... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110027880 | CELL CULTURE SYSTEM FOR PANCREATIC ISLANDS Three-dimensional (3D) insulin-producing cell clusters derived from stem cells (preferably human embryonic stem cells) are provided by this invention, together with a method for their production using a microgravity bioreactor cell culture system.... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110027364 | BIOACTIVE AND RESORBABLE SOYBEAN-BASED BIOMATERIALS A method of producing a soybean-based biomaterial which is suitable for use in a biomedical product, the method comprising: defatting soy flour; either prior to or at the same time as, performing a solvent extraction; to produce a biomaterial comprising variable levels ... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110026813 | RELATIVE THRESHOLD AND USE OF EDGES IN OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION PROCESS Converting images to binary image representations is part of an Optical Character Recognition program in a computer system. The method and system according to present invention is using a relative threshold level to convert the image to its binary image representation.... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110026448 | WIRELESS ADAPTOR AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING MESSAGE A method for transmitting and receiving a message is provided. The method includes steps of providing a bridge device having a bridge hardware address and a first end, receiving a first message including a first hardware address, a first protocol address and a second pr... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110025875 | IMAGING APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD An imaging apparatus includes an imaging optical system that forms an image of an object in an image-pickup element, and a pixel shift control section that causes the image of the object formed in the image-pickup element to be shifted by a shift amount s, and then samp... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110024127 | ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF GAS OR GAS AND CONDENSATE/OIL An underwater placed assembly produces gas or gas and oil/condensate from a subsea gaseous reservoir, where at least one production well is provided from the seabed to a production zone and at least one water injection well is provided from the seabed to an injection zo... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110023858 | PROCEDURE AND DEVICE FOR FEEDING BALLS INTO THE PROJECTILE CHAMBER OF A HANDGUN A device for storing projectile balls and feeding the balls into a projectile chamber of a gun is provided. A ball container includes a feeder positioned within the ball container for feeding balls into a feeder tube. A motor is configured to supply drive energy to the ... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110023809 | UNBALANCED SHAFT An unbalanced shaft (1a, 1b, 1c), particularly for compensating mass forces and/or mass moments of inertia of an internal combustion engine (2) is provided. The shaft includes a shaft section (10, 11, 12) and a bea... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110023806 | SWITCHABLE FINGER LEVER A switchable finger lever (1) for a valve train of an internal combustion engine is provided. The finger lever includes an inner lever (2) with a U-shaped cross-section having, on one end (3), outer arms (4) which are made separately from eac... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110023801 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE WITH VARIABLE-LIFT ELECTROHYDRAULIC VALVE ACTUATION An internal combustion engine with a bottom camshaft (1) and an electrohydraulic variable-lift valve actuation of a modular construction type is provided. The hydraulic unit (6) is assembled separately from the internal combustion engine and installed in o... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110023792 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERRING EARTH-BOUND ANIMALS AND/OR BIRDS A method for deterring earth-bound animals (9) and/or birds from at least one area (2, 19) of the ground provides that, at sections of the perimeter (20, 21) of the area (2, 19) spaced apart from each other, one electrode (4, 5, 14, 15... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110023733 | PRESS AND METHOD FOR FEEDING WORK PIECES INTO AND OUT OF THE PRESS A press that comprises at least one press stage with a lower and upper press plates that can be moved relative to each other for opening and closing the press stage is provided having a conveyor belt circulating around the lower press plate for feeding a work piece to b... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110023630 | CIRCUIT COMPENSATION IN STRAIN GAGE BASED TRANSDUCERS A methodology for selecting and properly placing foil strain gages on a transducer in a Wheatstone bridge, which provides a more consistent creep response, especially when the transducer temperature is changed. A transducer includes a counterforce subjected to a predete... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110023498 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF ELECTRIC ENERGY AND CO2 FROM A HYDROCARBON FEEDSTOCK The present invention relates to a process for production of electric energy and CO2 from a hydrocarbon feedstock comprising steam reforming of the feedstock, separation and combustion of hydrogen and separation of CO2. Further the invention relate... | 02/03/2011 |
