Did You Know...
...that the Eveready Battery began as an invention called the "electric flowerpot," which was a tube with a battery and light bulb inside? The idea was to fasten this gizmo to the side of a flowerpot so it would illuminate the flowers from the bottom. The idea died on the vine and the businessman who licensed the flower pot, Conrad Huber, was left with a pile of useless tubes -- until he found a way to market them as batteries to light the world!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8123784 | Anchoring element for use in spine or bone surgery, methods for use and production thereof An anchoring element for use in spinal or bone surgery is described. A shaft (1) for anchoring in a vertebra or bone section is connected to a receiving part (22) which serves to connect to a rod (100) having a pre-determined diameter (D). The r... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8104822 | Blinds for vehicles A vehicle roller blind or a sunshield roller blind for motor vehicles includes a roller blind web which is connected to a thrust element, which is rigid in compression and/or bending-resistant, for tensioning the roller blind web, and having an adjusting device whic... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8093480 | Keyboard device for electronic keyboard instrument A keyboard device for an electronic keyboard instrument, which has a simple construction and can be manufactured at relatively low costs, and is capable of providing let-off feeling closely analogous to the let-off feeling of an acoustic piano. The keyboard device c... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8080721 | Hammer for electronic keyboard instrument A hammer for an electronic keyboard instrument, constructed to ensure secure mounting of a weight to a hammer body and enable both assembly and disassembly of the hammer to be easily performed. The hammer includes a hammer body having a weight mounting portion that ... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8080044 | Bone anchoring device A bone anchoring device includes a shaft for anchoring in a bone and a head, the shaft including a first section having a plurality of barb elements, the barb elements being elastically deformable relative to the body of the shaft, and a second section including a b... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8068960 | Control device of an adjustment apparatus of a motor vehicle A control device of an adjustment apparatus of a motor vehicle for controlling a driven adjustment element of the motor vehicle in an adjustment movement along an adjustment path includes a memory unit with a non-volatile digital memory with more than 108 | 11/29/2011 |
| 8068168 | Device for connecting a camera lens to a movie camera A device for connecting a camera lens to a movie camera has a camera housing with a lens mount and a device for acquiring data relating to the camera lens connected to the lens mount. Said device further comprising a miniaturized electronic system with data memory f... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8052824 | Film peeling method and film peeling device There is provided a film peeling device (100) for peeling a film (3) stuck onto a first portion (121) containing a peripheral portion of a wafer (20) and also stuck onto a second portion (122) located inward with respect to the fir... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8045736 | Sound field reproduction system The present invention is directed to providing a sound field reproduction system that can enhance the sound separation between the front and rear seats or left and right seats of a vehicle. The sound field reproduction system includes a control unit for creating a f... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8034089 | Bone anchoring device A bone anchoring device has an anchoring element, a receiving portion, and a pressure element. The anchoring element includes a shank to be anchored in a bone or a vertebra and a head, the head having an exterior surface with a spherical segment-shaped portion. The ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8026461 | Clamping tool, particularly soldering pliers, with a compensation system Clamping means which may be used with soldering pliers, having a first element (18) and a second element (20) relatively displaceable by the action of a screw (10) that can be rotated about an axis (XX) by the action of a motor (M); a nut (12... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8001726 | Fixing system A fixing system with a fixing device for fixing a window of a motor vehicle. The fixing system comprising a slider and a displacement-force-introducing element being fitted on the fixing device. In an operating position there being an operative connection between th... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7999277 | Light emitting device and production method of same A light emitting device, and a production method thereof, is provided having for a light source thereof a vertical geometry light emitting diode, that allows a large current to flow through the vertical geometry light emitting diode and takes into consideration the ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7978317 | Miniaturized system and method for measuring optical characteristics A miniaturized spectrometer/spectrophotometer system and methods are disclosed. A probe tip including one or more light sources and a plurality of light receivers is provided. A first spectrometer system receives light from a first set of the plurality of light rece... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7959214 | Unit carrier for fitting into a door structure of a motor vehicle door A unit carrier for fitting into a door structure of a motor vehicle door, on which functional components of the motor vehicle door may be premounted, so that the unit carrier, together with the functional components, may be fitted as a door module into the door stru... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7955359 | Bone anchoring device A bone anchoring device includes an anchoring element having a head, a receiving portion having a first region adjacent to a second end for receiving the head and a recess which is open towards a first end to form two free legs for receiving a rod. The anchoring dev... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7938488 | Device for adjusting the depth of a seat for a motor vehicle seat A device for adjusting the seat depth of a motor vehicle seat includes a base element to be arranged in a manner fixed on the seat framework, a supporting element which is mounted in a longitudinally movable manner on the base element and is intended for supporting ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7931308 | Self-centering adapter clamp An adapter clamp for clamping an adapting tube. The adapter clamp includes: an adapter tube; a first resilient ring placed in the inner circumferential surface of the adapter tube and including elastic material for expanding inward and clamping to the outer surface ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7918036 | Surface shape measuring apparatus and surface shape measuring method In a surface shape measurement device that measures the surface shape of a sample (W1, W2) by moving a probe (16, 26) in a sliding fashion along the surface of the sample (W1, W2) and thereby detecting the amount of displacement of... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7915514 | Advanced MIDI and audio processing system and method An advanced MIDI/audio processing system with virtual key-switches. The virtual key-switches are mapped to different musical concepts. As a user presses a key-switch in real time with the playing of musical notes, the musical concept mapped to the key-switch that wa... | 03/29/2011 |
| D635100 | Interface of a connector for video game controller | 03/29/2011 |
| 7909401 | Device for adjusting the seat depth of a motor vehicle seat A device for adjusting the seat depth of a motor vehicle seat includes a seat depth adjustment part which is movable relative to a seat lower part of the motor vehicle seat substantially in the direction of travel, an adjusting unit for the seat depth adjustment par... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7903871 | System and method for image processing of multi-sensor network cameras An image processing method and system for a multi-sensor network camera. The method and system including generating a plurality of full resolution images in Bayer array format (Bayer images) produced by a plurality of image sensors; interpolating a plurality of low ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7903231 | Method for controlling an imaging beam path which is tapped off from a film recording beam path of a movie camera A method for controlling an imaging beam path which is tapped off from a film recording beam path of a movie camera and is interrupted periodically as a function of the image recording frequency of the movie camera is provided. The imaging beam path is interrupted a... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7900193 | System and method for detecting defects in a computer program using data and control flow analysis A system and method for identifying errors in a computer software include: identifying a potential problem in the computer software; triggering a portion of the computer software by the identified potential problem; determining a control flow graph and a data flow g... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7888532 | Two-photon probe for real-time monitoring of intracellular magnesium ions, method for preparing the two-photon probe and method for real-time monitoring of intracellular magnesium ions using the two-photon probe A two-photon probe for real-time monitoring of intracellular magnesium ions is provided. Specifically, the two-photon probe is represented by Formula 1: wherein R is H or CH2OCOCH3 | 02/15/2011 |
| 7879036 | Bone anchoring element A bone anchoring element is provided which has a shaft for anchoring in a bone. The shaft includes a tubular body having two open ends. At least one barb element is connected to the shaft. The barb element is cut into the tubular body. The barb element includes a fr... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7877932 | Adjusting system for a motor vehicle door An adjusting system for a motor vehicle door includes a window winder for adjusting a window, at least one guide area of the window winder for guiding the window along a direction of adjustment, a door lock and a lock support. The one guide area of the window winder... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7868995 | Device for soundproofing motion picture cameras A motion picture camera is provided. The motion picture camera having a camera housing that has an objective carrier which is arranged in the recording beam path of the motion picture camera and on which a recording optics can be fastened, having a camera frame that... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7862208 | Dimming device for a searchlight A dimming device for a searchlight for adjusting the brightness of a light field generated by a searchlight is provided. The dimming device comprising a plurality of different screening elements, which are formed and provided to partly or completely screen the light... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7855790 | Dimension measuring apparatus A dimension measuring apparatus includes a light beam splitting element for splitting light emitted from a white light source into measuring light flux and reference light flux, a reference light scanning optics for varying optical path length of the reference light... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7854395 | Rocket combustion chamber with jacket The present invention relates to rocket engine combustion chambers, and more particularly to an improved rocket engine combustion chamber having a jacket. In some embodiments, a combustion system for a rocket engine includes an injector, a cylindrical combustion cha... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7833256 | Elastic element for the use in a stabilization device for bones and vertebrae and method for the manufacture of such elastic element A stabilization device for bones or vertebrae includes a substantially cylindrical elastic element. The elastic element has a first end and a second end opposite to the first end. An elastic section extends between the first end and the second end. The elastic secti... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7828846 | Space keeper for vertebrae or intervertebral disks A space keeper for vertebrae or intervertebral disks is provided, which has a tubular section and teeth on the respective ends of the space keeper. On at least one end of the tubular section an element is provided, which has a top plate which is tiltable about an an... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7828442 | Film-feeding mechanism A film-feeding mechanism is provided having at least one conveying claw for intermittently transporting a motion picture film that is provided with perforations which extend parallel to the lateral edges thereof. Said film-feeding mechanism further includes at least... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7815375 | Bearing arrangement for a motor vehicle A bearing arrangement for an adjusting device in a motor vehicle comprises a bearing point in the form of a bearing opening of a base part and a bearing element extending through said bearing opening. The base part arranged on the edge of the bearing opening compris... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7815243 | Assembly carrier for installation into a motor vehicle An assembly carrier for installation into a motor vehicle includes a large-area carrier body molded at least partially from fiber-reinforced plastic, fastening points, which are provided on the carrier body, for fastening functional components of a motor vehicle to ... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7813371 | System and method for short range communication using adaptive channel intervals A system and method for data transmission on wireless discontinuous channels including a control/safety information (CSI) channel having a duty cycle, and a plurality of service channels. The system and method include: evaluating channel utilization of one or more o... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7798572 | Manual adjustment of a back support on a vehicle seat A manual adjustment of a back support on a vehicle seat includes a cable pulley which is selectively rotatable in a drive direction or in a driven direction oriented counter to the drive direction, and a tensile device associated with the cable pulley, which may be ... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7786948 | Array antenna with embedded subapertures An array antenna with an embedded subaperture includes an array of radiator elements. The array includes a subaperture of one or a group of the radiator elements. A main receive channel is coupled to at least some of the radiator elements by a feed network. An RF po... | 08/31/2010 |
