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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6994771 | Method and apparatus for handling a paper or board web A method for treating a web of paper or board with a wetting substance or calendering the web prior to the cylinder dryer section of a paper- or boardmaking machine while the solids content of the web is still very low, typically in the range of 10–60%, wherein th... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6995030 | Semiconductor chip for optoelectronics An optoelectronic semiconductor chip has an active layer containing a photon-emitting zone. The active layer is attached to a carrier member at a bonding side of the active layer. The active layer has at least one recess therein with a cross-sectional area that decr... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6994333 | Suspension device for a bed or seat base of the multielement type The invention provides an individual suspension device for a bed or seat base of the multi-element type, the device being for interposing between a platform determining a support surface and a padding element such as a mattress, and comprising a foot for fixing to a... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6994135 | Flexible non-pneumatic tire A non-pneumatic tire comprises circumferentially-spaced support elements joined together by an interconnection structure with the interposition of flexible joints, so as to ensure good overall operation. ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6995117 | Translucent web-type recording material and a method for producing the same A translucent web-type recording material includes a substrate, a recording layer for recording data on at least one side, and a pigmented intermediate layer having regions of different thickness to form markings. The pigmented layer is arranged between the substrat... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6994508 | Method and arrangement for handling parent reels In this publication it is described a method and an arrangement for moving parent reels (1) between at least two handling stations with the aid of a parent reel cart (2, 3), wherein at least one of the stations a parent reel (1) is carried on ca... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6992287 | Apparatus and method for image optimization of samples in a scanning electron microscope A system and method for identifying an optimal landing energy of a probe current in a scanning electron microscope system. A probe current having a known landing energy is directed at a sample for producing a signal electron beam. The current of the signal electron ... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6993131 | Method and system for managing rights in digital information over a network A method and system for distributing digital information is disclosed. Preferably, a user acquires a tangible object which contain a code authorizing access to the digital information. The user reads the tangible object through a reader, which sends the code to a se... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6993666 | Method and apparatus for remotely accessing a password-protected service in a data communication system A procedure and a data communication system in which a service provider provides to a remote user of a service a set of expendable passwords for use by the user in accessing the service via a telecommunication and/or data network. The user's terminal device is provi... | 01/31/2006 |
| D513915 | Inflatable mattress with headrest | 01/31/2006 |
| 6991275 | Bottom hook block system The invention relates to a bottom hook block system for a given maximum load, for providing differently portative bottom hook blocks for a crane, especially for a heavy lift crane. The bottom hook block system comprises four individual roller blocks (1a–... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6990184 | Method and device for co-ordinating telecommunications services A method and a system (6) for coordinating the use of telecommunications service providers (7). The method grants a service request submitted by a user (8) to a service provider (7) as a function of the current state of a state diagram of... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6990332 | Method and system for transmitting subscriber-specific information in a telecommunication system The inventive method and system enable an increase in the amount of information that may be transmitted from a call-initiating first telecommunication terminal to an automated application or device or machine or the like in conjunction with the call request. The con... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6988601 | Torque converter A torque converter which has a pump wheel, a turbine wheel, and a stator, which form a hydrodynamic circuit, and also a torsional vibration damper with a primary and a secondary damper element. The primary and the secondary damper element are connected to each other... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6990316 | Short range RF network configuration An RF network with a host node and a plurality of satellite nodes for communicating data from terminal devices connected to the nodes. Each node includes a transceiver with a unique address. On start-up of the network, the transceivers send inquiries; transceivers r... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6988718 | Spring strut, optionally with internal level regulation A wheel-guiding spring strut, optionally with internal level regulation, including a shock strut, optionally constructed as a self-pumping hydropneumatic spring strut, a piston rod supported at an upper supporting bearing, and a coil spring which is fixed between th... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6987959 | Diversity transmission method and system The present invention relates to a diversity transmission method and system, wherein a transmission signal is divided into a plurality of subsignals. A first set of the subsignals in transmitted using a first diversity transmission scheme, and a second set of said s... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6987514 | Voice avatars for wireless multiuser entertainment services A voice avatar module is connected in a wireless terminal or a server for implementing a voice avatar for multiuser entertainment services allowing voice-based communication over a wireless network. The voice avatar module has a memory including a plurality of voice... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6986312 | Process for minimizing the concentration of toxic organic pollutants in fly dusts The process for minimizing the concentration of toxic organic compounds in the fly dusts of incineration plants comprises, when special combustion conditions are detected which lead to the formation of organic pollutants, in particular dioxins/furans and/or precurso... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6986409 | Apparatus for determining the position of an elevator car Apparatus for determining the position of an elevator car in an elevator shaft includes a resistance wire installed vertically in the elevator shaft, the wire having a first end supplied with an operating voltage and a second end supplied with a reference voltage; a... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6986305 | Web stabilization for non-contact web guidance in flying-change printing units The printing-material web is guided in the same position and plane when the transfer cylinders are moved apart for the flying printing-plate change, so that contact between the web and the transfer cylinders and smearing are avoided, that is to say undesired contact... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6986289 | Torque-detecting arrangement or wear detecting arrangement for a friction clutch Apparatus for detecting a parameter associated with the torque transmitted by a friction clutch, where the friction clutch has a clutch disk which is or can be connected for rotation in common to a power takeoff shaft. The apparatus includes a receiver area, which d... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6986415 | Pressure plate assembly for a friction clutch A pressure plate assembly for a friction clutch includes a housing connectable with an abutment arrangement for rotation therewith about an axis of rotation. The housing has an outer axial side and an inner axial side. A pressure plate is mounted in the housing so t... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6985700 | Power estimation method The invention is related to control of transmissions in spread spectrum radio systems, more accurately to estimating transmission power increases caused by new transactions in the system. According to the invention, the estimate or interference power increase due to... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6979204 | Pressure piece for use in a power semiconductor module A pressure piece for a compact power semiconductor module for direct mounting on a heat sink. The power semiconductor module has resilient connection leads for electrical connection to a printed circuit board disposed outside the housing. The pressure piece is dimen... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6978609 | Electrohydraulic servo door drive for operating a door, a window, etc. The invention pertains to an electrohydraulic servo door drive for operating a door, a window, or the like, with a hold-open function, where a valve is installed in the hydraulic circuit to implement the hold-open function. To create an electrohydraulic servo door d... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6978825 | Device and process for the heat insulation of at least one underwater pipe at great depth The present invention relates to a device for the heat insulation of at least one underwater pipe (1) intended to be laid on the sea bed at great depth, comprising an insulating coating surrounding the latter and a protective envelope (3), characterize... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6980832 | Method of reducing transmission power in a wireless communication system In the described system, one or more base stations transmit a signal to a mobile station. The signal is transmitted using polarisation diversity, whereby the signal is transmitted in one direction using two signal beams, each signal beam being differently polarised.... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6980290 | Optical sampling waveform measuring apparatus An optical sampling waveform measuring apparatus can measure waveform of a high-speed signal light P8 sensitively, accurately, and in high time resolution, Raman shift light which is generated from a light pulse having a narrower pulse width than the signal l... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6979842 | Opto-electronic component with radiation-transmissive electrical contact layer An optoelectronic component with an epitaxial semiconductor layer sequence having an active zone that emits electromagnetic radiation, and at least one electrical contact region having at least one radiation-transmissive electrical contact layer, which contains ZnO ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6977560 | Input/output coupling structure for dielectric waveguide resonator Disclosed is an input/output coupling structure for a dielectric waveguide resonator to be mounted on a printed circuit board, which comprises; a region defined in the printed circuit board and surrounded by a first conductive film formed on the front surface of the... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6976520 | Apparatus and method for manufacturing a tire reinforcement A cord is supplied continuously and on demand by a suitable distributor. The apparatus is used with a revolving form (1) on which the reinforcement is progressively built up by depositing sections of the cord along a desired trajectory for the cord on the sur... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6976612 | Method of manufacturing a fur hat using tail fur A method of making a fur plate includes cutting lengthwise at least one elongate animal tail skin having fur to form a plurality of split tail pieces, and cutting at least one of the split tail pieces to form a plurality of short tail pieces. A plate backing materia... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6976803 | Stationary board for blocking lights of oncoming vehicles in medial strip and facilitating nighttime identification of medial strip A stationary board adapted to be set up in a medial strip between traffic lanes to block lights of oncoming vehicles in the medial strip and facilitate identification of the medial strip in nighttime driving or riding. This stationary board comprises a pair of plate... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6977666 | Flat panel display using dual CPU's for an aircraft cockpit A thin flat panel display for aircraft cockpits. These displays use a dual CPU/graphics generator system to produce simulated aircraft instrumentation displays which are color coded to indicate when one of the graphic generators has not correctly received data from ... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6978094 | Image forming apparatus with a toner density sensor This invention relates to an image forming apparatus including a developing unit which develops an electrostatic latent image formed on an image carrier by using a two-component developing agent containing polymerized toner. The developing unit includes a supply/con... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6975012 | Semiconductor radiation detector having voltage application means comprises InxCdyTez on CdTe semiconductor substrate Disclosed is a semiconductor radiation detector element of Schottky barrier type, comprising: a compound semiconductor crystal including cadmium and tellurium as main components; and voltage application means for applying voltage to the compound semiconductor crysta... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6973753 | Sliding door system The invention pertains to a sliding door system with at least one automatically driven sliding leaf, which is guided on a traveling carriage and a support profile, where the drive and a runway rail are mounted in a housing above the sliding leaf, and where the slidi... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6974285 | Fine drill head with slack-free radial displacement The invention relates to a tool head, especially a fine drill head, comprising a machine shank and a tool shank having a joint center axis, wherein the tool shank has a rigid core and a head with a tool, supported by a parallel spring arrangement and is able to be e... | 12/13/2005 |
