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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D592687 | Press for ceramic tiles | 05/19/2009 |
| 7485610 | Method for the production of a solid fragrance concentrate The invention relates to a method for the production of a solid fragrance concentrate, by absorption of a liquid fragrance or fragrance mixture in a solid or solid mixture, using one or several surfactants and/or co-surfactants, solid at normal temperatures as solid... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7486590 | Ultrasonic sensor comprising an adjustable detection area The invention relates to an ultrasonic sensor with an adjustable detection range for use in gaseous media, preferably air. A threshold value generator generates threshold value curves that are fed to a comparator. The change in the detection range of the ultrasonic ... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7484898 | Optical connector excellent in maintenance of a connected state An optical connector included a ferrule defining an optical axis and a holding member holding the ferrule. The ferrule includes a flange portion having a positioned portion. The holding member includes a first and a second beam portions faced to each other, a third ... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7484493 | Insert for a cylinder sleeve or a cylinder of an internal combustion engine An insert for a cylinder sleeve or a cylinder of an internal combustion engine is provided for narrowing the diameter of the cylinder sleeve or cylinder in the region of the upper dead center of a piston guided in the cylinder sleeve or cylinder. The insert is forme... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7485744 | Iron-catalyzed allylic alkylation A method for performing an iron-catalyzed allylic alkylation includes the preparation of a reaction mixture obtainable from (i) an allylic substrate with the structural element C═C—C—X, wherein X comprises a leaving group that represents a carbonate, (ii) an a... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7462803 | Disconnection box for a robot system A switch-off box for a robot system has a two-part housing and a coupling device resiliently mounted in the housing and connected to a torch body and a hose pack or to a torch handle connected with the hose pack, and having a supporting surface for punctual contact ... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7461644 | Method for controlling an internal combustion engine A method for controlling a dethrottled internal combustion engine, which has a shared fresh gas line which supplies fresh gas to fresh gas pipes, which in turn supply fresh gas to each cylinder. The engine has at least one intake valve per cylinder, a clocked valve ... | 12/09/2008 |
| D582468 | Guitar body | 12/09/2008 |
| 7458829 | Electric connector having an excellent grounding function For connecting a connection object having first and second surfaces opposite to each other in a first direction, an electrical connector is provided with a ground plate in addition to primary ground contacts and signal contacts. The primary ground contacts are arran... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7458726 | Bearing, particularly rubber bearing A bearing, particularly a rubber bearing, has in its fundamental structure at least one bearing bushing and one rubber body surrounded by the bearing bushing. The bearing bushing has at least one longitudinal parting line having edge profiles that are complementary ... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7458473 | Display shelf A display shelf for displaying a plurality of items of merchandise includes a tray having a base, a front portion, a rear portion, a first side, a second side, and a track disposed on the base. A first side member slidably engaging the first side of the tray and a s... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7458453 | Disk clutch and method for operating same The invention relates to a clutch, particularly a multi-disk clutch, of an, in particular, manual transmission for, in particular, vehicles having a spring force of a spring device, said spring force influencing the adjusting force, which is produced in a power sour... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7458880 | Method for grinding of cam profiles The present invention relates to a method for grinding of cam profiles on a camshaft (1), having an inner shaft (5) and an outer shaft (4) arranged coaxially one inside the other and mounted to rotate with respect to one another. The camshaft ( | 12/02/2008 |
| 7458792 | Sintered metal rotor of a rotary piston pump The invention relates to a sintered metal rotor of a rotary piston pump, comprising a pot-shaped base (1) and a journal element centrally projecting from the bottom of said base (1). Said journal element comprises a base section and an adjoining connec... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7455538 | Electrical wiring devices with a protective shutter Electrical wiring devices with user accessible connections and a shutter system for preventing unwanted objects from being inserted into the devices to the user accessible connections is provided. ... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7455334 | Latch device requiring no complexly operating for preventing malfunction thereof For latching an object member, a latch member is mounted on a base member so as to be movable between a first position where the latch member does not engage the object member and a second position where the latch member engages the object member. Movement of the la... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7455492 | Multi-trolley container crane with bi-level track switching capability The invention relates to a multiple trolley container crane having at least two trolley tracks (6, 7) disposed one on top of the other, on which trolleys (8) having running wheels, drive devices, and lifting devices move. Characterized in that ... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7455169 | Discharge point in a commissioning system A conveying system with at least one conveying element (2), preferably a conveyor belt, with goods (3) conveyed on the same being delivered at the end of the conveying element (2) to a container (1) situated beneath the conveying element ... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7455041 | Reciprocating-piston internal combustion engine A reciprocating-piston internal combustion engine has a crank drive and a transmission lever indirectly coupled with the piston and intersecting the cylinder axis. The lever is articulated onto the crank drive's connecting rod and onto an adjustable bearing guided i... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7457458 | Method and apparatus for defining and correcting image data A method and an apparatus for modifying image forming data including the steps of establishing parameters of an artificial neuronal net during a teaching process on the basis of uncorrected image data and of providing target data based on the original image to be re... | 11/25/2008 |
| D581314 | Metallic safety belt deflection element | 11/25/2008 |
| 7456024 | Method and device for preparing a sample of biological origin in order to determine at least one constituent contained therein The invention relates to a method of preparing an original sample (3) of biological origin with a view to detecting at least one component contained in it, whereby the original sample (3) is enclosed in a first container (1) and at least a part ... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7451769 | Purification unit The invention relates to a cleaning apparatus with a filter device. The filter device contains a ceramic filter equipped with a heating device. The heating device serves for thermal sterilisation of the ceramic filter, by which allergenic substances are destroyed. | 11/18/2008 |
| D580873 | Modular connector | 11/18/2008 |
| 7449240 | Monoaxially elastic laminate film A monoaxially elastic laminate film is provided with a core layer made of a thermoplastic elastomer and at least one skin layer co-extruded together with the core layer. The skin layer is made of a thermoplastic plastic with a molecular lattice that becomes brittle ... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7448918 | Plug-in-connector The invention relates to a plug-in connector (10) with a connector housing (12) having at least one rearwardly open contact cavity (30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80), which comprises at least one contact element receiving means (31, 51, 71a | 11/11/2008 |
| 7448884 | Electrical component with contact terminal portions arranged in generally trapezoidal shape In a connector adapted to be mounted on a connection object for connection to a mating connector, the connector includes contacts each of which has a contact portion placed on a contact portion side of the connector for connection to the mating connector and a termi... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7448878 | Intervening connection apparatus capable of easily and accurately positioning a conductor In a connection apparatus for electrically connecting two connection objects to each other, a frame is disposed between the connection objects and has two surfaces faced to the connection objects, respectively. An elastic member penetrates the frame and has two end ... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7448864 | Extruder head An extruder head for extrusion blow-molding plastic containers includes a ring gap nozzle with a mandrel and a ring-shaped nozzle body. An elastically deformable sleeve is arranged on an end of the nozzle outlet side and defines a gap width which can be varied by ax... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7448595 | Shut-off fitting A shut-off instrument for a flow medium, in particular a slide valve instrument designed for pressurization on both sides with an instrument housing forming a flow channel and a slide valve chamber and with a soft-sealing shut-off element closing off the flow channe... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7448593 | Butterfly valve having flanges forming a positive lock A butterfly valve includes an annular, elastic sealing element that encloses an axial opening, a valve disk which is disposed inside the axial opening so as to be rotatable transversal to the axial direction, a device for rotating the valve disk between closed and o... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7448468 | Acoustically effective wheel house covering for vehicles The invention relates to an acoustically effective wheel house covering for vehicles, i.e. a wheel house covering which can reduce transmission of splash water noises in the passenger compartment of the vehicle and which can absorb the sound of rolling tires on a ro... | 11/11/2008 |
| D580455 | MP3 player | 11/11/2008 |
| 7449009 | Device for needle-free injection of a medium into the tissue of a human or an animal, device for needle free production of an injection channel and method for the needle free injection of a medium in the tissue An injection channel is produced in human or animal tissue by means of a pre-injection device for incorporating a medium which is to be injected. Said pre-injection device comprises a chamber which is used to receive a pre-injection medium, a nozzle which is provide... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7448187 | Installation for producing and packing tubes A plant for manufacturing and packaging tubes feeds the tubes via a conveyor belt to a packaging station, where they are packaged to form larger units. The foil strip is a dual or multiple-strip, cut by at least one partitioning blade into individual webs respective... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7445603 | Apparatus for removable distal internal cassette for in situ fixation and specimen processing with serial collection and storage of biopsy specimens An apparatus for performing a medical procedure comprises an elongated flexible member having an aperture extending longitudinally therethrough and an actuator positioned within the aperture. There is a biopsy means connected to the distal end of the actuator for cu... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7447480 | Wireless, especially mobile, communication device for communicating with communication devices in vehicles A wireless, in particular mobile, communication device (8) for communicating with communication units (9) in vehicles (5, 6, 7), comprising a transmitter (26) and a receiver (29) for information-containing electromagnetic waves, as... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7445975 | Method for the production of a semiconductor component having a metallic gate electrode disposed in a double-recess structure A semiconductor component, particularly a pHEMT, having a T-shaped gate electrode deposited in a double-recess structure, is produced with a method with self-adjusting alignment of the recesses and of the T-shaped gate electrode. ... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7445084 | Soundproof thermal shield The invention relates to a soundproof thermal shield (3), particularly for motor vehicles, comprising an aluminum support (4), a noise-absorbing layer (6) and an aluminum thermal covering (7). In order to make the inventive soundproof the... | 11/04/2008 |
