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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8167850 | Cylinder/piston unit with at least three sealing elements A cylinder/piston unit is disclosed for pre-fill, storage and release when desired of an active substance, such as a medicament. The cylinder/piston unit is provided with a cylinder and with a piston which is guided therein and which is sealed off in a sterile manne... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167840 | Disposable injector comprising at least one draw hook and a sliding wedge-type gear for unlocking a locking element A disposable injector with a housing (10) in which are arranged at least one mechanical spring energy store (50), at least one cylinder-piston unit that can be filled at least temporarily with an active substance, at least one piston actuation plunger ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8142594 | Method for the multi-track tailoring of transdermal therapeutic patches A method for the multi-track tailoring of transdermal therapeutic patches having at least a one-layer, adhesive reservoir foil containing an active ingredient, which is disposed between an adhesive back foil and a removable protective foil. The reservoir foils are a... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8105271 | Single-use injector having a flexurally elastic housing A housing of the injector is made from a thin-walled sheet-metal part. The sheet-metal part has at least two branches or legs. Each branch has, at the free end thereof, an angled retaining element or a recess as a means of receiving the cylinder of a cylinder/piston... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8092419 | Disposable injector with at least one support rod A disposable injector with a housing (10) in which are arranged at least one mechanical spring energy reservoir (50), at least cylinder/piston unit (100) filled with an injection solution, at least one piston-actuating ram, and at least one trig... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8075515 | Disposable injector with at least one compression bar and a closure cap A disposable injector with a housing that has at least one compression hook, which has at least one support surface respectively in the region of its free end. A piston-actuating plunger rests on the support surface. The locking position of the compression hook is s... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8072608 | Apparatus and method for a combined interferometric and image based geometric determination, particularly in the microsystem technology The apparatus and method according to the invention includes an objective (8) which is capable of operating basically in two different measuring modes. In a first interference mode, a measuring object (9) is interference—optically measured. In a seco... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8070713 | Disposable injector with at least one drawer hook which can be forcibly decoupled A disposable injector with a housing (10) in which at least one mechanical spring energy accumulator (50), at least one cylinder-piston unit (100), at least one piston-actuating ram and at least one release unit are arranged. The housing has at ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 7992314 | Measuring device for fast measurements An elevation measuring device comprises a measuring column at which a vertically movable measuring slide is supported, so it can be moved by hand and also by a drive motor through a clutch device. The measuring slide supports a scan head, which imparts a constant me... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7967880 | Fix bed gasifier with radiant heating device The fixed-bed gasifier and method in accordance with the invention operates with a solid material batch that is perfused by air and/or steam in opposing direction. Compared with the resultant pyrolysis coke batch, the actual pyrolysis zone is thin enough so as to re... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7959599 | Disposable injector with dual-piston dual-chamber system The invention relates to a disposable injector with a housing, an injector-side, first cylinder-piston unit—at least intermittently fillable—arranged thereon and an upstream detachable container adapter, wherein the container adapter bears a likewise at least in... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7859819 | Cooled energy storage device and press including such a device In an energy storage device (1) with evaporation cooling wherein the boiling temperature of a liquid which is disposed in heat exchange relationship with electric capacitors (2, 3, 4) for limiting the operating temperature of the electric capacitors, a... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7857558 | Compact cutting head for machining workpieces A milling machine (1) for the machining of large components includes a milling head (9) which includes a support beam (8) which is movable along a longitudinal axis (Z); a pivot body (14) which is supported and guided by the support beam ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7841274 | Transfer press with non-uniform station spacing In a press installation including a press with at least one press station and a multi-station press between arranged at a distance from each other which is a non-integral multiple of the press station distance of the multi-stage press. The installation also includes... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7827856 | Roughness scanner In a roughness scanner comprising a scanning arm with a scanning needle mounted at one end thereof, a skid carrier having an end supporting a skid with the scanning arm extending along the skid carrier in spaced relationship therefrom, the skid has at one side a gui... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7784379 | Cover for machine tool guide structures In a cover arrangement for a machine tool for covering guide and drive structures, comprising a pleated wall arrangement which can be expanded and compressed upon movement of a carriage between which and a machine wall it is connected. The pleated wall structures is... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7784324 | Workpiece gripper arrangement for automatic tool change operations A workpiece gripper arrangement for the automatization of presses, including a transfer arrangement for transferring components between workstations, the transfer arrangement includes a girder or carrier with gripper means for holding the components and the gripper ... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7752878 | Servo-press with energy management In a press installation including a number of presses with servo-drives for operating the presses and auxiliary equipment such as workpiece handling devices wherein an energy management system is provided including a DC voltage intermediate circuit connected to a po... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7749192 | One-way injector with continuously charged spring energy store A one-way injector having a housing in which at least one mechanical spring energy store, at least one piston/cylinder unit, which can be at least temporarily filled with an active substance, at least one piston-actuating plunger and at least one tripping unit are a... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7609744 | Laser resonator comprising an internal beam splitter A simple and compact laser resonator is proposed which makes it possible to symmetrically operate a gain medium, preferably a semiconductor, which possesses more than one channel of emission. As a result higher output powers and/or better beam qualities and/or bette... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7608120 | Compact steam reformer with automatic load matching capability The novel compact steam reformer (1) combines in one device the steam reformation of natural gas or other fuel, including subsequent cleaning of CO. Controlled catalytic CO cleaning is achieved by careful temperature control at the follow-up reactor (37, 3... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7581689 | Device for processing excavated material In an arrangement for processing excavated materials including a material crushing device and a classifier to which the crushed material is supplied for screening, the classifier includes a leveling structure which provides for a desired orientation of the classifie... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7546787 | Machine tool with improved concentricity A dynamic spindle adjustment permitting an adjustment movement for the compensation of a wobble of the body held by the work spindle is provided on the spindle bearing of a machine tool. The regulation is designed at least dynamically enough for the regulation to pe... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7545505 | Device and method for a combined interferometry and image-based determination of geometry, especially for use in micro system engineering The apparatus according to the invention comprises an object lens which can operate in at least two different measuring modes. In a first, interference mode a workpiece is measured by means of interference optometry. In a second, imaging measuring mode an optical im... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7541686 | Wind power generator with biased transmission arrangement In a wind power generation installation comprising a rotor with rotor blades mounted on a tower and connected via a transmission to a generator for generating electric power, an electric machine operable as a motor is also connected to the transmission for applying ... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7486394 | Optical measuring head A measuring head (4) according to the invention comprises the combination of a zone lens (26), which is preferably a diffractive lens, with a hemispherical lens (23) or a GRIN lens (33). This represents a concept capable of miniaturizatio... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7484314 | Micrometer screw gauge with non-rotating measuring screw A micrometer screw gauge comprises a divided measuring spindle. The gauge's front part representing the measuring screw is secured in a torque-proof manner in a guide element. The rear section configured as a threaded spindle has the same diameter. In so doing, it i... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7419460 | Machine tool with work piece handling arrangement In a machine tool arrangement comprising a machine tool component including a mounting structure for a work piece to be machined by a suitable metal cutting tool, a housing enclosing the machine tool component, a horizontal support beam is disposed above the housing... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7260933 | Method for limiting a boost pressure In a method for limiting a boost pressure of an internal combustion engine which is supercharged by the compressor of an exhaust gas turbocharger including a control unit in which a desired boost pressure value is compared with a limiting value and when the desired ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7186077 | Compressor, particularly in an exhaust gas turbocharger for an internal combustion engine In a compressor particularly of an exhaust gas turbocharger of an internal combustion engine having a compressor wheel rotatably supported in a compressor housing which includes a diffuser structure with an adjustable diffuser geometry comprising guide vanes pivotal... | 03/06/2007 |
| 6957658 | Fuel tank installation In a fuel tank installation including a fuel tank with an expansion volume, a filler neck connected to the fuel tank below a maximum fuel level of the tank for refueling the tank, a fill vent line for venting the fuel tank during refueling and an operating vent line... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6840485 | Support device for supporting an article In a support device for supporting an article, particularly in a motor vehicle, wherein the support device comprises a support arm having at one end thereof a clamping element, the clamping element includes a cylindrical bushing of an elastic material for reception ... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6669003 | Transport diverter for plate material conveyor, particularly a plate glass conveyor In a transport diverter for diverting plate material from a supply conveyer to take-off conveyor branches, the transport diverter comprises a series of short conveyor segments, which can be raised in unison for the transfer of a plate from the supply conv... | 12/30/2003 |
| 5845736 | Power steering for motor vehicles In a hydraulic power steering for motor vehicles having a steering control element, a position setting unit connected to the steering control element, a control motor connected to the position setting unit by way of a control circuit and a servo valve hav... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5699884 | Automatic play compensation in cable operated brakes especially of motor vehicles In an automatic play compensation arrangement for a cable-operated parking brake including a brake operating element and a cable extending between the brake operating element and a vehicle brake for actuating the vehicle brake, a support bracket is mounte... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5222357 | Gas turbine dual fuel nozzle In a gas turbine dual fuel nozzle including a main nozzle body with a support flange having a liquid fuel and atomizing air nozzle structure centrally extending therethrough with a fuel and atomizing air discharge structure arranged at its free end and a ... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5156529 | Integral shroud blade design An integral shroud blade comprising a root portion for mounting the blade in a row on a turbine rotor; a platform portion; an airfoil portion extending upwardly from the platform portion and having a leading edge, a trailing edge, and a tip; a shroud form... | 10/20/1992 |
| 5146945 | Seal ring retainer and guide ring for valve plug A removably securable guide ring (33) for a valve plug (30) in a control valve. The removably securable guide ring (33) also serves as a retainer for a pressure seal ring. The guide ring (33) includes the surface (40) which, upon the guide ring (33) being... | 09/15/1992 |
| 5133641 | Support arrangement for optimizing a low pressure steam turbine inner cylinder structural performance Apparatus is provided for increasing the bending flexibility of the horizontal joint flange of a low pressure steam turbine. The radial width of the horizontal joint flange in the support area where the turbine inner cylinder rests on the outer cylinder h... | 07/28/1992 |
| 5110035 | Method for improving the solderability of corrosion resistant heat exchange tubing Methods for fabricating and repairing heat exchange tubing are provided including depositing an integral solderable coating onto a surface oxide of a tubular member and then soldering a plurality of spaced fins onto the integral solderable coating. The me... | 05/05/1992 |
