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| 8177123 | Systems and methods for freezing, storing and thawing biopharmaceutical materials A system for use in storing biopharmaceutical materials includes a holder and a container for holding biopharmaceutical materials therein. The container includes a storage portion and a sampling portion connected to each other by a connecting portion. The holder has... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8162006 | One-way valve for medical infusion lines and the like A check valve for medical infusion lines and the like, includes a diaphragm made of elastic material set between a first tubular connector and a second tubular connector. The diaphragm includes an end wall of a cup-shaped element, having an outer peripheral edge of ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8158290 | Recovering a reactant from a fuel cell exhaust flow A technique includes lowering a temperature of a cathode exhaust flow from an electrochemical cell to produce a second flow and routing the second flow to a contaminant trap. ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8153227 | Substrate for floorings such as, for instance, synthetic grass turf, corresponding synthetic grass turf and methods of manufacture A substrate for floorings, such as synthetic grass turf includes: a pad made of a first heat-meltable material, a stabilizing mesh made of a second heat-meltable material, and a connection layer set between said pad and the mesh. The connection layer includes a thir... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8136537 | Actuation device An actuation device includes a driving member, a driven member and an actuating arrangement operable for producing a movement of the driving member. The driven member has a seat into which is operatively inserted, with the possibility of relative movement, an engage... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8132561 | Electronic pressure reducer or regulator unit for feeding gas, particularly methane or hydrogen, to an internal combustion engine, and gas feeding system including this unit Provided in a gas-feed system, in particular a system for supplying methane or hydrogen to an internal-combustion engine, is an electronic pressure-reducer or pressure-regulator unit, integrated in which are both a pressure-reducing valve for reducing the pressure o... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8100410 | Sealing ring interposed between the block and the cylinder head of an internal combustion engine, having a composite structure A sealing ring is set between the engine block of an internal-combustion engine and a cylinder head fixed to the engine block, within a seat set concentrically around a cylinder of the engine. The sealing ring has a composite structure, with an external hollow annul... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8086386 | High efficiency internal combustion engine A method for use in generating power in an internal combustion engine from combustion of a fuel admixed with an oxidizing gas and operating cyclically with intentional ignition of a first fuel or with self-ignition of a second fuel which includes changing a volume o... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8082704 | Sports flooring A flooring, preferentially designed to be used for laying running tracks, includes a treading layer constituted by an elastomer mass and a supporting layer also constituted by an elastomer mass. The supporting layer has, on the side opposite to the treading layer, a... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8076610 | Laser punching machine Punching machine for the execution of holes on metal plates comprising a laser cutting head slidably supported by a pair of slides movable along a pair of Cartesian axes in a relatively restricted space with high velocities and accelerations. Movable balancing masse... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8070354 | Systems and methods for mixing bioprocessing materials A system for mixing a bioprocessing fluid includes a container receiving the bioprocessing fluid and a support member supporting the container in an interior of a housing. A first channel is bounded by a first stationary arm and a second stationary arm with the firs... | 12/06/2011 |
| D649732 | Supermarket cart | 11/29/2011 |
| 8048038 | Valve connector for medical lines A valve connector for medical infusion lines including an external tubular body with an inlet end and an outlet end, an internal hollow spike and an intermediate sealing member including a head with pre-slit and an elastic hollow element formed with fluid-tight memb... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8028532 | Systems and methods for freezing, storing and thawing biopharmaceutical materials A system for use in freezing, storing and thawing biopharmaceutical materials includes a flexible sterile container means for holding biopharmaceutical material therein and a holder more rigid than said container means. The container means is received in a cavity of... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8025240 | Radiant heat flooring system A flooring system for radiant heating includes a top floor portion and a subfloor portion. The top portion is releasably connectable to the subfloor portion in a vertical direction substantially perpendicular to a walking surface of the top portion. The top portion ... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8006452 | Insulating panel for buildings, provided with an auxiliary unit, in particular a photovoltaic unit, and with improved means for supporting and holding the auxiliary unit A prefabricated insulating panel for making outer surfaces of buildings, integrating an auxiliary panel unit, particularly a photovoltaic unit, is equipped with one or more quick-fit retention members of the auxiliary panel unit, each quick-fit retention members inc... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7992623 | Radiant heat wall covering system A wall covering system for radiant heating includes a first wall covering portion and a second wall covering portion. The first portion is releasably connectable to the second portion in a direction substantially perpendicular to an outer surface of the first portio... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7988510 | Flipper A flipper for swimming or underwater activities or muscular training, includes a blade and a shoe, the ends of which facing one another are dynamically and kinematically separate. The blade has extensions projecting backwardly and fixed to the shoe in areas substant... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7982634 | System for detecting vehicles A system to detect the transit of vehicles having license plates includes at least one video camera to detect license plates capable of framing the plates of said vehicles and, preferably, at least one video camera to detect vehicles capable of framing a zone of tra... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7963281 | Electric toy gun and motion control mechanism thereof This invention is a motion control mechanism for use in electric toy guns. The mechanism includes a gear set, a piston set that is inside the electric toy gun's body and driven by the said gear set, a primary repositioning spring that is between the said piston set ... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7937679 | Method for performing failure mode and effects analysis of an integrated circuit and computer program product therefor A method for performing failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) on integrated circuits including preparing a FMEA database of an integrated circuit under design and computing FMEA results from the FMEA database. Information is automatically extracted from an integr... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7934623 | Washing agent dispenser for a household washing machine, in particular a dishwasher A washing agent dispenser has two washing agent distributors controlled by a same actuation system that comprises a driving member, a driven member and an actuator device. The driven member has a seat in which there is operatively inserted, with possibility of relat... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7923387 | Floor covering with double rollable reinforcement A floor covering having a double rollable reinforcement, of the type comprising on the front a calendered sheet of predefined thickness, a first reinforcement, a layer of foam and a second reinforcement, made from polyester material comprising a grid and a non-woven... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7913598 | Format selecting device for wiping material dispensing arrangement A format selecting device makes it possible to control distribution of material band formats in a one-to-two ratio, wherein the position of the format selecting device enables a cutting blade to come out from a drum at each revolution thereof, for a small format and... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7910857 | Laser machine tool A laser machine tool for carrying out cutting or welding operations includes a laser head carried by a moving member which is displaceable with respect to a workpiece along two horizontal cartesian axes in a relatively wide space with movements involving relatively ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7900520 | Pressure sensor device A semiconductor pressure sensor for a pressure sensor device has a pressure detection element which includes a membrane made of semiconductor material, particularly silicon. The sensor includes a support having a three-dimensional body passed through by a detection ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7886686 | Installation for the vacuum treatment in particular of substrates Installation for vacuum treatment, particularly of substrates, includes several identical independent and aligned modules. Each module is provided with a vacuum treatment chamber and a transfer chamber having a mechanism for transferring a substrate within one of th... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7884784 | Transparent LED display Described herein is a transparent-display device for motor vehicles, to be used for presentation of information to the driver and/or to the passengers, said device comprising a plurality of LED sources, addressable individually or in groups through a series of condu... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7883319 | Method and device for monitoring the state of rotor blades on wind power installations The invention relates to a method and a device for monitoring the state of rotor blades on wind power installations. According to the invention, structure-borne noise is measured by means of at least one displacement sensor arranged on the rotor blade, the output si... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7871400 | Side panel for sanitary articles, corresponding sanitary article and method of producing same Described herein is a side panel for sanitary articles that can be worn as pants, such as baby diapers or sanitary towels, with a main body, which can assume a general U-shaped configuration, with end parts arranged on the front and on the back of the body of the us... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7862045 | Method and apparatus for determining and retrieving positional information An apparatus for determining and retrieving positional information including a surface having a plurality of first elements and a plurality of second elements, a first detection element connected to at least one of the plurality of first elements, and a second detec... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7841233 | System for simulating the ground effect for testing vehicles or their simulacra in wind tunnels A system for simulating the ground effect for testing vehicles or their simulacra in wind tunnels includes a resting surface for the vehicle incorporating a moving belt for simulation of the ground, extending between the wheels of the vehicle, at least from one end ... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7823236 | Actuation device and method An actuation device comprises a driving member, a driven member and an actuator device. The driven member has a seat, in which there is operatively inserted, with possibility of relative movement, an engagement part of the driving member. According to the invention ... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7814728 | Flooring material, methods for producing and laying same A flooring material comprises a core layer of resilient granular agglomerate and a membrane that envelops the aforesaid core layer. In a preferred way, the material is in the form of modules, such as strips or tiles and the membrane forms, on at least one side of th... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7810852 | Manual actuating system assisted by a shape-memory actuator An assisted manual actuating device includes a controlled member, which can be displaced from a first position into a second position, a control member, which is designed to actuate the controlled member, and a mechanical transmission, which connects the control mem... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7799154 | Concrete reinforcement A method of reinforcing a concrete structure includes attaching an amount of reinforcing material onto a concrete or masonry substrate and attaching at least one cover plate on top of the reinforcing material onto the substrate. ... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7784766 | Valve connector for medical infusion lines A valve connector for medical infusion lines includes an external tubular body with an inlet end and an outlet end, a hollow internal pin and an intermediate elastic sealing member 3 having a head with pre-slotting and an elastic hollow element abutted radial... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7779631 | Electro-thermal actuator device An electro-thermal actuator device comprises a case defining a cavity in which are housed a thermal actuator, an electrical heater and, at least partially, an actuating shaft. The device comprises a multipolar connector for the rapid, secure and reliable coupling to... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7760090 | Access control apparatus An apparatus for monitoring an access portal through an enclosure around a hazard comprises a line-scan camera mounted above the portal so that its linear field of view extends along a generally opposite threshold of the portal and can detect electromagnetic radiati... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7758534 | Tear-duct drain A tear-duct drain includes a hollow rigid tube which is elongated and has a first flange at one extremity thereof. A flexible, resilient and collapsible second flange is bonded to the tube at a predetermined distance away from, and so providing a leading edge at, th... | 07/20/2010 |
