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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7296662 | Elevator system with escalator-like passenger flow A passenger flow arrangement for use in moving passengers between two floors in elevator-like cabs allow the passenger to continue to face in a forward direction and exit the vehicle after having entered in the forward direction. In one aspect of this invention, a c... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7275384 | Heat pump with reheat circuit A refrigerant heat pump system is operable in both heating and cooling modes. A reheat circuit is integrated into the system schematic to provide improved control over temperature and humidity and to cover a wide spectrum of sensible and latent capacity demands. In ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7272948 | Heat pump with reheat and economizer functions A heat pump system operates in heating and cooling modes. The heat pump is provided with both a reheat function and economizer circuit. The economizer circuit provides augmented performance to the heat pump, while the reheat coil allows enhanced control over tempera... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7204563 | Park brake interlock and trailer brake valve assembly A brake system for a tractor-trailer vehicle includes a service brake system and a park brake system. The service and park brake systems are used to brake both a tractor and a trailer towed by the tractor. A trailer hand control valve is actuated by a vehicle operat... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7204339 | Vehicle wheel end assembly with wheel adapter A wheel end assembly includes an output shaft that is directly mountable to a wheel adapter to drive a vehicle wheel. A gear assembly is coupled to the output shaft to transfer driving force from an input to the output shaft. The gear assembly includes an output gea... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7198068 | Cassette pigtailing machine for a coil spring A pigtailing machine includes a B forming head and a support pedestal secured to a cassette base. The cassette base is located upon a base which mounts the A forming head to provide for a relatively quick changeover should another double pigtail coil spring need be ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7188872 | Latch mechanism A latch mechanism comprises a latch bolt rotatably mounted about a pivot on a chassis. The latch bolt is movable from an open condition, in which it is free to receive a striker of a motor vehicle, to a closed condition in which the striker is retained by the latch ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7188482 | Fault diagnostics and prognostics based on distance fault classifiers The present invention is directed to a mathematical approach to detect faults by reconciling known data driven techniques with a physical understanding of the HVAC system and providing a direct linkage between model parameters and physical system quantities to arriv... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7185688 | Central tire inflation system for drive axle A tire inflation system for a portal drive axle assembly includes fluid flow passages that are formed within rotating wheel shafts, which drive a pair of wheel end assemblies. The portal drive axle assembly includes a driving input that drives a pair of axle shafts.... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7182400 | Sliding roof system A sliding roof system includes at least one cover, two guide rails, and first and second carriages that are movable in the two guide rails. The sliding roof system also includes first and second holding parts that are each coupled with one of the first and second ca... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7179067 | Scroll compressor with wrap walls provided with an abradable coating and a load-bearing surface at radially outer locations An abradable coating is formed on portions of the flank wall of the wraps of a scroll compressor. The radially outer portions of the flank wall are left uncoated, and can bear a force between the scroll wraps. In this manner, the load is not transferred through a co... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7175190 | Horizontal mount of suspension element to axle A clamp arrangement is utilized to secure a suspension element to an axle. The clamp arrangement includes a pair of spaced clamp halves that are tightened to cam a pair of holding frame elements together and hold the suspension element to the axle. Preferably, a pai... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7171820 | Non-linear control algorithm in vapor compression systems A PID control for a vapor compression system utilized to heat water identifies a particular range of error signals and derivative of the error signals that could be indicative of the cycle moving in an inefficient direction. If this determination is made, then a sub... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7165244 | Web application code conversion system A web application code conversion system (100) translates web application code written in a first language into a second language. A scanner (104) scans the old code and generates tokens corresponding to keywords, variable names, and other strings in t... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7159614 | Assembly for in-line valve actuation and indication An improved assembly for use in an in-line starter valve. A flexible material system in the form of a flexible belt is used to translate motion from a manually operable wrench shaft to a piston rod in order to render an in-line starter valve to a closed, partially o... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7156400 | Slinger and wear sleeve seal assembly A seal assembly provides a rotating portion and a rotationally fixed portion. The rotating portion includes a running sleeve, a slinger segment and an upper seal segment. The slinger segment radially extends outward of the fixed portion so as to protect the fixed po... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7153564 | Method of producing a vehicle interior lining and vehicle interior lining A vehicle interior lining having very good sound absorbing properties and is air-permeable to air comprises an outside decorative layer, a barrier layer arranged on the rear side of the decorative layer, and a foamed layer which directly adjoins the barrier layer an... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7149600 | Pipe storage and inventory control chest A materials storage chest system stores and selectively dispenses pipe in response to a controller which selectively limits access thereto. A material dispensing opening prevents access to the chest other than through the controller. A communication system provides ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146732 | Roof module and method of producing a roof module A roof module comprises an outer shell and a foamed inner shell. The outer shell has a rim including an edge of cut and the inner shell extends as far as on the edge of cut. There is also proposed a method of producing such a roof module. ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7144077 | Mechanism for a sun roof A mechanism for a sun roof has at least one guide rail, a lifting slide that can be moved along the guide rail, and a guide slide that can be locked in the guide rail in an initial position. The guide slide can be moved in the guide rail once the guide slide is unlo... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7140676 | Vehicle body panel part, particularly vehicle roof panel The invention relates to a vehicle body panel part, particularly a vehicle roof panel, which has a very good surface quality. The vehicle body panel part includes an outer part forming at least a portion of an outer skin, a plastic inner layer formed by back foaming... | 11/28/2006 |
| 6291957 | Obstruction sensing utilizing lateral forces on a moving window A vehicle window obstruction detection system looks for lateral forces on the window. A lateral force is indicative of an obstruction in the path of the window, and is particularly indicative of a living obstruction. The presence of the lateral force is u... | 09/18/2001 |
