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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110045370 | Aircraft Fuel Cell System An aircraft fuel cell system (10) includes a fuel cell (12a, 12b, 12c, 12d) which has an oxidant inlet (14a, 14b, 14c, 14d) for supplying an oxygen-con... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110045148 | LINE SYNCHRONIZATION A system for producing and transporting portions of food includes a filling machine for continuously transporting a stream of food, a separating device for dividing portions from the transported food stream, and a transport device for delivering the portions to a subseq... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110044820 | CONSOLIDATED COMPOSITE PRE-FORM The present invention relates to a consolidated composite pre-form for reinforcing a composite structure, said pre-form comprising fibres and a binding agent, said pre-form having a sheet-like structure with an upper major surface and a lower major surface, and said pre... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043186 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A GRID VOLTAGE The present invention relates to a method for controlling a voltage level of a power supply grid operationally connected to a source of electrical power, the method comprising the steps of determining a short circuit impedance of the power supply grid at a point of comm... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042939 | Swiveling Preconditioned Air Connector for Aircraft A swivel connector for a pre-conditioned air (PCA) hose for an aircraft comprises an inner tube, an outer tube, and a bearing between the inner and outer tube such that an air hose mounted to the inner tube can rotate relative to an aircraft mounting affixed to the oute... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042520 | Aircraft Tank System, Refueling Unit And Method For Refueling An Aircraft An aircraft tank system (10) comprises a tank cell for receiving fuel, a fuel line (12) that connects the tank cell to a fuel inlet connection (14), and an aeration- and/or deaeration device (16) that for aeration and/or deaeration of the tan... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042399 | PACKAGE SYSTEM A package system which combines an article and a container in an integrated package with the article secured in nested relationship within a recess of the container. The recess has sufficient depth such that portions of the side walls of the container extend outwardly e... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110041308 | Erodible Spacer Dicing Blade Gang Assembly A ganged saw blade assembly for dicing of wafers includes a plurality of circular saw blades positioned along a common central axis and erodible pitch spacers positioned along the common central axis between adjacent saw blades. The pitch spacers are eroded to a desired... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110041293 | Decompression-Element Fastening System For An Aircraft A decompression-element fastening system (10) is provided for releasably fastening a trim component (12) serving as a decompression element to a supporting structure (14) in an aircraft internal region. The decompression fastening system (10)... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110040564 | VOICE ASSISTANT SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING ACTIVITY INFORMATION A system and method of assisting a care provider in the documentation of self-performance and support information for a resident or person includes a speech dialog with a care provider that uses the generation of speech to play to the care provider and the capture of sp... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110040497 | METHOD FOR SENSING STRAIN IN A COMPONENT IN A WIND TURBINE, OPTICAL STRAIN SENSING SYSTEM AND USES THEREOF The invention relates to a method for sensing strain in a component in a wind turbine comprising an optical sensor system. The method comprises the step of inputting a optical signal into at least one optical fibre of said sensor system comprising one or more fibre Brag... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110040414 | METHODS FOR CONTROLLING A WIND TURBINE CONNECTED TO THE UTILITY GRID, WIND TURBINE AND WIND PARK Methods for controlling a wind turbine connected to the utility grid by detecting status of the utility grid, and controlling one or more rotor blades and/or emitted power to the grid in returning to the operational wind turbine settings of normal grid mode, as well as ... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110039462 | INFLATABLE UNIT The present invention relates to an inflatable liferaft comprising at least one inflatable flotation tube, said inflatable tube extending circumferentially for providing a substantially ring-shaped area, and a bottom element which is adapted to provide a bottom to the s... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110037603 | Alarm Device The alarm device of the present invention includes a battery power supply; a sensor section that outputs an anomaly detection signal in the case of detecting an anomaly; an alert section that outputs an alarm based on the anomaly detection signal; a reception circuit se... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110036759 | Screening machine and associated screen panel A screening machine of the type used to separate or classify mixtures of solid particles of different sizes includes a fixed base and a perforate screen mounted for movement relative to the base during a screening operation. The screens are pre-tensioned and mounted in ... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110036482 | METHOD OF REPAIRING A FIBRE COMPOSITE SOLID MEMBER The present invention relates to a method of repairing a fibre composite solid member having a locally deteriorated surface area, such as having cracks or creases. The solid member may e.g. be a mould for the manufacturing of wind turbine blades or such blades. The meth... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110036233 | BOOSTER FOR HANDGUN SILENCERS A booster apparatus that is to be used with an autoloading handgun is provided. The proposed novel device utilizes a piston with five spokes which are secured against rotational movement by interfacing with five of ten indexing notches that are machined on the stopping ... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110036027 | Dual Glazed Framing System for Encapsulating Translucent Insulating Particulate Material and Method of Making Same A skylight or other like panel comprising a dual glazed framing system is provided. The dual glazed framing system includes opposing glazing panels, a frame with supporting ledges, and translucent insulating particulate material is encapsulated in a insulating cavity de... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110034700 | CHIRAL BISOXAZOLINE CATALYSTS The present invention describes a heterogeneous chiral catalyst comprising a heterogeneous chiral catalyst precursor complexed with a metal species. The precursor comprises a chiral bisoxazoline group coupled to an inorganic substrate. The heterogeneous chiral catalyst ... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110033776 | PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANES The present invention is directed to proton exchange membranes such as for use in fuel cells. In one embodiment, a polyetherquinoxaline is obtained by reaction between a haloquinoxaline and at least one diol, which forms a repeating unit including an ether linkage. The ... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110032114 | Alarming Device The alarming device of the present invention includes a battery power supply; a sensor section that outputs an anomaly detection signal in the case of detecting an anomaly; a alert section that outputs an anomaly alarm based on the anomaly detection signal; a reception ... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110031657 | Electron Beam Irradiation of Bulk Material Solids Bulk material solids are packaged in a shaped block and the packaged block is irradiated on two sides using high-energy electron beam radiation to uniformly irradiate the solids in the package.... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110030915 | IMPROVED LATENT HEAT STORAGE DEVICE A rapid absorption and extraction latent heat storage device according to the invention comprises a means (1) for containing at least one phase change material (2) within a containment vessel (3), the containment vessel forming a supporting structur... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110030355 | Catalytic Converter and Process of Manufacture A catalytic converter cartridge comprises multiple square, rectangular or other flat sided catalyst coated substrates, each substrate of which has each of its flat sides covered by a compressible mat material. These multiple mat covered substrates or modules are arrange... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110029315 | VOICE DIRECTED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MESSAGING TO MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS A method for sending messages in a voice-enabled system and a voice-enabled system to communicate a message are provided. The method comprises generating a message with a message generating device, analyzing the message to determine a voice-enabled device to send the me... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110029313 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ADAPTING A MODEL FOR A SPEECH RECOGNITION SYSTEM Methods are disclosed for identifying possible errors made by a speech recognition system without using a transcript of words input to the system. A method for model adaptation for a speech recognition system includes determining an error rate, corresponding to either r... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110029312 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ADAPTING A MODEL FOR A SPEECH RECOGNITION SYSTEM Methods are disclosed for identifying possible errors made by a speech recognition system without using a transcript of words input to the system. A method for model adaptation for a speech recognition system includes determining an error rate, corresponding to either r... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110027095 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A COMPOSITE PART FROM RESIN-PREIMPREGNATED FIBRES The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a laminated composite part from a number of layers of resin-preimpregnated fibres (1) which are placed on a moulding surface (2). At least one breather layer (5) is then placed over at least... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110025490 | ALARM DEVICE An alarm device includes: a wireless circuit section which wirelessly exchanges event signals with an other alarm device; an alert section which outputs an alarm; an operation section which accepts predetermined operations; a sensor section which issues an abnormal cond... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110024925 | POURER A device for simultaneously pouring a liquid from a bottle (50) into a vessel (52) and mixing air into the liquid comprises bottle engaging means for engaging the neck of a bottle (50), vessel engaging means for engaging the vessel (52), a li... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110024565 | Aircraft Component Assembly System An aircraft component assembly system (10; 10′; 10″) for the assembly of an interior component, a pipe and/or an electric line in an aircraft comprises at least one arc-shaped frame element (12; 12′; 12″), a connection element (32) that exte... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110024341 | Rainwater Catchment System A rainwater catchment system uses a basket-like strainer removably received within an opening formed in a lid of a conventional container, such as a 55-gallon plastic drum. The strainer includes an upper flange or rim, a side wall, and a bottom with a reinforcing web an... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110021806 | SYNTHESIS OF ALPHA-HALO ENONES AND ENALS A method for preparing an α-halo enal or enone from an unprotected propargyl alcohol and an electrophilic halogen source catalyzed by the combination of a gold catalyst complex and a metal co-catalyst complex is disclosed. The method can be further enhanced by addition... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110020134 | LIGHTNING RECEPTORS COMPRISING CARBON NANOTUBES The present invention relates to a wind turbine rotor blade comprising a lightning protection system. The lightning protection system comprises a lightning receptor for capturing lightning strikes. The receptors are arranged in the rotor blade. The lightning receptors c... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110020131 | MANUFACTURING WTG BLADE HAVING A SPAR Within the field of wind turbine generators (WTG), to provide a consistent way of manufacturing a WT blade there is disclosed a blade mould and a blade spar fixture to support the spar in the mould so as to provide a fixed predetermined relative position, and preferably... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110018706 | ALARM DEVICE AND ALARM SYSTEM An alarm device of the present invention comprises: a wireless circuit section which wirelessly exchanges event signals with another alarm device; an alert section which outputs an abnormal condition alarm; an operation section which accepts a predetermined operation; a... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110018705 | ALARM DEVICE An alarm device of the invention includes: a transmitting-and-receiving circuit unit which transmits and receives an event signal with other alarm device; an alarming unit which outputs alarm; an operating unit which includes an alarm stopping unit; an interlocking sour... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110018226 | PIVOT MECHANISM FOR SCOOTERS, TRICYCLES AND THE LIKE A pivot mechanism includes a base member configured to be coupled to a first element and a generally cylindrical rotating member configured to be coupled to a second element. An elongate pin extends through the base member and rotating member and defines a pivot axis. T... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110017141 | Portable Pet Bowl A pet bowl includes a unitary housing having a front portion and a rear portion. The housing defines an internal chamber having a bottom wall upon which the housing sits in a first/dispensing orientation and a rear wall upon which the housing sits in a second/storage or... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110017057 | BREECH DEVICE FOR A HAND FIREARM A breech device of a hand firearm comprises a firearm casing, a trigger mechanism, a carrier slidably arranged within the firearm casing, and a breech block engaging the carrier and having a firing pin. The breech device further includes a tensioning element slidably en... | 01/27/2011 |
