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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7350927 | Image display apparatus The present invention includes a reflection portion which light-modulates three primary color lights by three rectangular reflective liquid crystal light modulators, then color-combine the light-modulated lights and reflects the resultant light; and a projection len... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7282854 | Organic electroluminescence device having a diffused layer In a method for manufacturing an organic electroluminescence device of the present invention, when an anode, an organic layer including a light-emitting layer, and a cathode are sequentially formed on a substrate to manufacture an organic electroluminescence device,... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7245564 | Method of identifying optical disc type, and optical disc device An unknown optical disc is identified as a CD when an all sum signal value AS-max by a photodetector on a signal surface of the unknown optical disc is larger than an all sum signal value AS-cdref for CD signal surface reference for identifying the CD and the hybrid... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7235048 | Device for retracting tissue A device (1) for retracting tissue with a retaining element (2) with a throughgoing cutout (7) and with a blade (18) mounted on a retractor arm (16), retractor arm (16) being seated movably in cutout (7), wherein cuto... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7220061 | Connector-plug part for an optical plug-in connection, method for connecting a connector-plug part to the end of an optical waveguide cable and device for carrying out said method In order to advantageously weld a pre-mounted connector-plug part (1) to an optical waveguide cable, the connector-plug part is provided with a pin holder (4) receiving a connector-plug pin (2) on a pin receiving section (5). Preferably, ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7160248 | Optical device for viewing of cavernous and/or inaccessible spaces An optical device for viewing an object at a range of working distances. The device comprises a slender tube of a certain length and having a distal end and a proximal end. The device further comprises an imaging system disposed at the distal end and having a wide v... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7150841 | Injection molding machine and method of controlling the injection molding machine An injection molding machine comprises a pre-pressure addition means 2 adding a pre-pressure B acting in the opposite direction of a molding material pressure A received by a screw 1 to a detection means 3 and/or the screw 1, the detectio... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7136576 | Method of and apparatus for recording search information simultaneously with encoding of data able to undergo special reproduction Video and audio data is packed as defined in the MPEG and is stored into within a video object unit as a row of packs to be reproduced within a prescribed period of time. Data cells each consisting of a plurality of units are arrayed to constitute a video object. A ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7121554 | High-pressure sealing In a high-pressure cylinder with an axial plunger, a seal assembly for scaling the gap between the cylinder wall and the plunger. The assembly is disposed in an annual recess in the wall having an open end and a bottom opposite thereto, and comprises a plunger-seali... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7117786 | Stencil printing machine A stencil printing machine has a rotatable printing drum including an outer peripheral wall of ink impermeable material. A stencil paper is mounted on the surface of the outer peripheral wall. An ink supplying mechanism includes an ink supplying unit in the outer pe... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7116388 | Liquid crystal display panel having inter-digital electrodes Contact holes between drains and pixel electrodes, and between common lines and counter electrodes are located on the same side of the pixel region. The pixel electrodes and the counter electrodes are made of a transparent conductive material, thereby increasing a t... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7107856 | Sensor, specifically a pressure sensor to be fastened to a receptacle The invention relates to a pressure sensor (2) with a housing (20, 22), a front-end sensor device (24), and a sensor-fastening device (25, 26, 27, 28) for fastening the sensor device (24) to and/or in the housing (20, 22). A... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7097117 | Irrigation unit support stake and system A sprinkler assembly comprising in combination a sprinkler mounting stake and a sprinkler comprising. The sprinkler comprises a sprinkler body formed with a support member receptacle and locking portion. The sprinkler mounting stake comprises a ground insertion port... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7092318 | Magneto-optical recording medium having a plurality of magnetic layers In a magneto-optical recording medium, a first magnetic layer is made of a material using a Gd—Fe film or a Gd—Fe—Co film as a base so that a magnetic field normalized based on saturation magnetization of a magnetic domain wall driving field can be larger than... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7088670 | Information recording carrier and method of reproducing the same Plural grooves or lands formed in an information recording carrier include at least a wobbling region and data is recorded wobblingly in this wobbling region by frequency shift modulation while recorded digitally with a single or multiple waves as a channel bit.... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7085437 | Document modification apparatus and image processing apparatus Automatic region extracting means (2) extracts rectangle regions having attributes of “character”, “photograph”, “table”, “ruled line”, “frame” from input image data through Image input means (1) and stores the information of the ex... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7080817 | Electromagnetic valve A valve of the pilot type including a housing with a circular cylinder end for mounting in a valve base. The housing has an inlet port, an outlet port, an internal cavity, and a flexible membrane dividing the cavity into a flow chamber and control chamber. The inlet... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7066030 | Pressure-measuring configuration, with a throughplating through a separator located between a diaphragm and a base, as well as a process for providing the electrical contact Process for contacting diaphragm electrode (6) for pressure-measuring configuration. Connection of diaphragm (3) on which diaphragm electrode (6) is positioned to base (1) by connecting element (2) made of electrically insulating m... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7065439 | Vehicle door locking and unlocking system An indicator (5) is provided, which displays that it is a locking confirmable period, for predetermined time after locking the door, in a vehicle door locking and unlocking system S, which locks or unlocks the vehicle door by performing communication between ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7061106 | Structure of image sensor module and a method for manufacturing of wafer level package The present invention discloses an image sensor module and forming method of wafer level package. The image sensor module comprises an isolating base, a wafer level package, a lens holder, and a F.P.C.. The wafer level package having a plurality of image sensor dies... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7061387 | Measurement instrument, especially for level or pressure measurement with speech assistance The invention relates to a measurement instrument, especially for level and pressure measurement with a controller (9), which is connected to a memory unit (8), an input unit (11), and also an output unit (12). Here, the output unit (1... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7041961 | Device for measurement of rotational angle of two components relative to each other A device for measuring the rotational angle of two components that can be rotated relative to each other has a shaft that can be securely coupled to the first component, and coaxially houses a light source and a materialized measure through which the light source sh... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040222 | Stencil printing machine A stencil printing machine includes: a drum which is freely rotatable and has an outer peripheral wall formed of an ink impermeable member, in which a stencil sheet is mounted on a surface of the outer peripheral wall; an ink supply device which has an ink supply po... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7036511 | Vaginal pessary An adjustable vaginal pessary (2) comprising a body (4) with an outer periphery, and an inner periphery defining an aperture (10). The pessary further comprises at least one adjustable portion (12,13) located on the body between said inne... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7033323 | Method and system for analyzing respiratory tract air flow A method for determining airflow in a portion of a respiratory tract comprising determining a total acoustic energy in a region of a body surface overlying the portion of the respiratory tract. The airflow may be integrated over a time interval in order to determine... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7031167 | Wedgelock for electronic circuit card module An arrangement for introducing a plate element, for which heat needs to be dissipated by means of conduction, into a slot of a chassis which is adapted to absorb the heat. The slot has a back wall adapted to contact the plate element upon its insertion, an opposing ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7025507 | Plug-in element for an optical plug-in connection The invention relates to a plug-in element (1) for an optical plug-in connection. Said element comprises a connector pin (2), which is held in a guide sleeve (4) by axial spring-loaded prestress, in such a way that it can be displaced in a limit... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7025207 | Packaging comprising at least one carrier section bearing packaging item and method for the production and filling of said packaging A carrier section (2) is captively integrated into a box which is stabilized in a folding and glueing operation, said box comprising four side walls (5, 5′, 6, 6′) connected approximately at right angles to a base section (4). One of the sid... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7024895 | Electrical steering lock device and related method An electrical steering lock device and a related method are disclosed wherein a plate cam 17 has a contoured profile determined such that a lock shaft 15 moves inside a lock groove 13 at a travel speed (first speed) lower than a travel speed (se... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7017800 | Workpiece with a machine-readable data carrier The invention relates to work pieces (2), such as surgical instruments provided with a machine-readable data carrier (1). Said data support contains a data section (3) with individual cavities (4) arranged therein, forming a two-dimension... | 03/28/2006 |
| D517867 | Set of salt and pepper shakers | 03/28/2006 |
| 7016286 | Digital signal modulation method, digital signal modulation apparatus, encoding method, encoding apparatus, storage medium, transmission apparatus and program First and second synchronous words having respective numbers of times of inversion different from each other in NRZI conversion are generated in a synchronous word generation portion, and first and second code word series data are generated by arranging code word da... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7011443 | Backlight module with side fixing frames and assembly methods thereof A backlight module with side fixing frames and assembly methods thereof are provided. The backlight module has a stack assembly including a supporting frame, a reflecting plate and a light guiding plate. At least one optical film is placed on the stack assembly, and... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7006158 | Process for the identification of identical television or video images In order to be able to identify television or video images (V1,V2) as identical, predeterminable parameters (H1, H2) of the images (V1, V2) to be tested are compared with each other. Images whose parameters, preferably the a... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7001493 | Apparatus for preparing sterilizing water and process for sterilizing water The present invention provides an apparatus for preparing sterilizing water, which comprises an electrolyzer wherein an anode chamber (10) and a cathode chamber (20) partitioned by an ion exchange membrane (40) form a unit cell (A), being altern... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6977556 | Rational frequency synthesizers A single loop PLL frequency synthesizer for operation in the MHz to GHz range, suitable for integration in integrated circuits, operates at high comparison frequencies thus achieving superior phase noise performance, having wide loop bandwidths while able to tune in... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6967474 | Device for positioning an electronic test head with respect to a manipulator for manipulating electronic components, in particular integrated circuits A device for positioning an electronic test head with respect to a manipulator for manipulating electronic components, in particular integrated circuits, includes a supporting structure fitted to a base, a frame to which the electronic head is connectable, and an ac... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6963296 | Recording method, recording apparatus, transmitting apparatus, reproducing method, reproducing apparatus, receiving apparatus, recording medium, and transmission medium There is disclosed a recording method for performing a DSV control while recording a recording signal generated by inserting a synchronous signal for decoding reproduction data into every predetermined number of code words in a code word string satisfying a predeter... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6955088 | Sensor, particularly a pressure sensor with a sensor fastening device The invention relates to a pressure sensor (1) with a housing (2), a sensor device (4), a sensor fastening device (8, 8b) for fastening the sensor device (4) onto and/or in the front area of the housing (2), and a sea... | 10/18/2005 |
| D506784 | Hole punch | 06/28/2005 |
