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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8172690 | Constant velocity joint In a constant velocity joint comprising an outer housing ring having an end wall with a journal and an inner surface provided with axially extending ball races and an inner ring member with outer ball races arranged in the outer housing ring and balls disposed in th... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171697 | Anchor with broaching webs In an anchor for use in a lightweight construction panel having upper and lower cover plates with a support core disposed therebetween, which anchor comprises a cylinder body including a cement container with rupture areas and having engagement elements which, upon ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8170786 | Method and apparatus for determining reference points for groups of data In a method and apparatus for the management of data, particularly coordinate data, which are determined with respect to a number of predetermined reference points with a spatial distribution around the respective reference points using at least one sensor arrangeme... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166774 | Heat exchanger with an expansion stage In a heat exchanger unit for conditioning a first fluid, particularly a refrigerant in an air conditioning system, including a heat exchanger, the heat exchanger includes first and second tube element units for heat exchange between a first fluid flowing through the... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166754 | Exhaust manifold In an exhaust manifold for an internal combustion engine including a central part with tow exhaust gas flow ducts extending from the central part in opposite directions for collecting exhaust gas from first and respectively second cylinder groups of the engine, the ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8161834 | Transmission with power take-off drive In a motor vehicle transmission with a power take-off drive, an auxiliary drive clutch in the form of a jaw clutch is arranged in the torque flow downstream of the transmission input clutch for coupling the power take-off drive to the transmission input shaft under ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8161623 | Method of manufacturing an articulated shaft structure In a method of manufacturing an articulated shaft structure for the transfer of torque from a transmission to a differential drive, including a connecting flange having a tube section, a shaft plate disposed between the connecting flange and a transmission output fl... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8136640 | Brake- and/or clamping device for shafts with a clamping ring In a brake- and/or clamping arrangement for a shaft supported in a device housing and comprising a braking disc mounted on the shaft rigidly for rotation therewith and a clamping ring supported in the device housing, the braking disc has a friction area comprising t... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8136491 | Stroke-transmitting device In a stroke-transmitting device for a variable transmission of an operating stroke to a member to be actuated, specifically a gas exchange valve for an internal combustion engine, including a control unit with first and second control structures, a control cam is pr... | 03/20/2012 |
| D655284 | Suction cup apparatus holder | 03/06/2012 |
| D655283 | Suction cup apparatus holder | 03/06/2012 |
| D655282 | Suction cup apparatus holder | 03/06/2012 |
| 8110296 | Multifunctional hard material coating In a multi-functional hard material coating of a substrate wherein the hard material coating comprises a single phase crystalline structure including metastable mixed crystals of at least two hard material components which are not soluble in each other and comprise ... | 02/07/2012 |
| D653190 | Bike-mounted article holder with extended neck | 01/31/2012 |
| 8100115 | Method for operating a spark ignition engine In a method for operating a spark ignition engine, wherein the inlet valves of the spark ignition engine are closed very early or very late, and a combustion air flow which is supplied to the spark ignition engine is compressed by means of a charger, and, under full... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8100034 | Group transmission for a motor vehicle In a group transmission having a number of countershafts, wherein three input constants are provided on a transmission input shaft for driving a countershaft such that the group transmission is of very short construction, the transmission input shaft is connectable ... | 01/24/2012 |
| D652779 | Bike-mounted article holder | 01/24/2012 |
| 8062181 | Method and control device for adjusting a rotational speed of a shaft of a gear change transmission In a method and control device for adjusting a rotational speed of a shaft of a gear change transmission of a motor vehicle, a torque required for the acceleration of the transmission and derived from a drive motor is transmitted by means of an automated clutch and ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8059890 | Method for implementing n-dimensional object recognition using dynamic adaptive recognition layers In a method and a system for the implementation of multi-layered network object recognition in multi-dimensional space, the structure of a neural recognition network is dynamically generated and adapted to recognize objects. The layers of the network are capable of ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8056533 | Gas exchange valve actuating device In a gas exchange valve actuating device for transmitting a drive movement to at least one gas exchange valve of an internal combustion engine which includes a braking unit having at least one actuator, the gas exchange valve actuating device is provided with a lock... | 11/15/2011 |
| D648783 | Color printer | 11/15/2011 |
| 8054014 | Control system for an electrical machine In a control system and a method for operating a permanent-magnet electrical machine, when the electrical machine is switched off after one of a functional computer and a monitoring computer of the control system has identified a fault, in order to reduce the brakin... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8051735 | Automated shift transmission In an automated split path transmission with at least six forward speeds and three characteristic transmission steps (sI, sII, sIII), which decrease with the height of the forward speed, one of the forward speeds is a direct gear and... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8051734 | Gear shift device for an automatic transmission of a motor vehicle In a gear shift device for an automated shift transmission of a motor vehicle having a main transmission and an auxiliary group, wherein a series of gear shift elements, for example in the form of gear shift forks, have to be operated, piston cylinder units for shif... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8051732 | Dual clutch group transmission shifttable under load In a load shiftable group transmission with a high number of gears, particularly suitable for utility vehicles, the transmission includes a dual clutch a split unit, a direct gear, a main group and a hollow shaft on a countershaft in an arrangement, wherein the vari... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8048381 | Apparatus and method for optimizing exhaust gas burn out in combustion plants In an apparatus and method for optimizing the exhaust gas burnout in combustion plants having a solid bed combustion zone and an exhaust gas burnout zone wherein oxygen-containing gas is injected into the exhaust gas flow in the burnout zone by way of a plurality of... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8047574 | Passenger automobile In a passenger automobile having a pressure tank which extends along the longitudinal vehicle axis, the tank comprises between its front and rear ends at least one conical section. ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8047273 | Micro heat exchanger and its use as cooler for electronic components In a micro heat exchanger for the transfer of high area-specific amounts of heat from a heat source to a heat transfer medium, including a heat transfer structure with an inlet- and an outlet duct structure between which a plurality of passages extend through the he... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8046964 | Cover plate anchor In an anchor for the attachment to construction panels including two cover plates and an intermediate support core layer wherein the anchor comprises an expansion body and a wedge body which inserted into the expansion body and includes an opening for screwing or po... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8039765 | Leadthrough for an electrical high voltage through a wall surrounding a process area In a leadthrough for an electrical high voltage conductor through a wall which separates a process area from an ambient area, comprising a body of a dielectric high voltage resistant material, two axially adjacent geometric base structures are provided, a cylinder a... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8033672 | Glare protection device for GPS or similar apparatus In a glare protection device for navigation apparatus or similar apparatus, comprising a glare protection wall structure of upside down U-shape having a horizontal upper wall and two side walls extending from the opposite ends of the horizontal upper wall downwardly... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8033381 | Apparatus for separating parts In an apparatus for separating parts arranged for example in at least two adjacent rows and including a transfer device, which is provided with at least two holding elements which pick up the parts in a first position and deposit them in a second position 5 | 10/11/2011 |
| 8032293 | Method of controlling an internal combustion engine, in particular a diesel engine In a method for controlling an internal combustion engine, in particular a diesel internal combustion engine, at least one variable is formed on a cylinder-specific basis, which variable characterizes a respective profile of a combustion in an associated combustion ... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8019527 | Method for operating an internal combustion engine, and associated internal combustion engine In a method for operating an internal combustion engine including inlet valves with variably adjustable opening curves, during part-load operation, the closing time of the inlet valves and the fuel injection time are controlled as a function of the cylinder internal... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8016717 | Motor vehicle drive train and method for controlling a drive train In a drive train of a motor vehicle comprising an internal combustion engine, at least one electrical machine which can be operated at least as a motor or as a generator, and a stepped automated manual transmission and at least one control device for controlling the... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8016251 | Apparatus support console with adjustable support plate In an apparatus support console comprising a pedestal having a foot, a support column extending from the foot and pivot joint structures supported on the column and carrying an apparatus or an apparatus holder, a telescopic member is pivotally supported on the colum... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7992459 | Shifting claw transmission and shifting method therefor In a shifting claw transmission for a motor vehicle including a main shaft and a countershaft and an electric motor for rotating the countershaft or being rotated thereby with freely rotatable gear wheels supported on the counter shaft and engageable with the counte... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7992458 | Utility vehicle having a drive motor and a shifting claw transmission with an electric motor In a motor vehicle, in particular a utility vehicle, having a shifting claw transmission and an electric motor connected to a countershaft of the transmission to facilitate central synchronization for gear speed changes, a transmission controller is connected to the... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7988926 | Hydrogen-consuming system and method for the operation thereof In a hydrogen consuming system and a method for the operation thereof wherein the system comprises a hydrogen-consuming unit and a hydrogen storage arrangement comprising a compressed gas storage part and a solid material storage part and a cooling circuit with a ra... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7987741 | Auxiliary range transmission In an auxiliary range transmission comprising a main group having a main transmission shaft and two main countershafts capable of rotating in relation to two auxiliary countershafts of a range or an auxiliary transmission group, a gearshift element is provided, whic... | 08/02/2011 |
