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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8152238 | Washable child car seat subframe A child car seat subframe that is easily disassembled into component sections for washing within a residential-sized dishwasher. The car seat subframe can be disassembled by hand, and each individual component is cable of fitting in a residential-sized dishwasher in... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8121574 | Loop-type directional coupler A loop directional coupler having a first waveguide, particularly a hollow, planar, or a coaxial conductor in the form of a half loop antenna having first and second antenna branches for the contact-free extraction of an incoming signal “a” on a second waveguide... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8104772 | Gas turbine nozzle seals for 2000° F. gas containment A seal for containment of fluids or gases during high temperature applications, separating a high pressure area on one side from a low pressure area on an opposite side, and formed to convert axial displacements into radial movements eliminating axial strains, havin... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8104769 | Bi-directional wellhead seal A liquid and gas tight bi-directional metal frustro-conical seal is energized by compression between planar, annular faces causing its inner and outer diameters to sealingly engage opposing cylindrical surfaces of inner and outer metal pipes. The contact forces betw... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8063731 | Matched RF resistor having a planar layer structure The invention relates to an RF resistor, and in particular an RF terminating resistor, having a planar layer structure which has, on a substrate (16), a resistive layer (10) for converting RF energy into heat, an input conductor track (12) for t... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8054157 | RF terminating resistor of flanged construction An RF terminating resistor with a flange body, a planar layer structure, an upper face of a substrate, a resistance layer, an input conductor track, and an earth connection conductor track. The input conductor track electrically connected to opposite ends of the res... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8043117 | Coaxial plug connector A coaxial plug connector arranged on or at a distance from the plug-sided end of the dielectric of the channel for the inner conductor part. The radial diameter of the channel in the plug-sided end direction narrows from a first to a second predetermined radial diam... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8021168 | Contact spring A contact spring having a free contact end for producing an electrical contact between the free contact end and a contact surface, the contact spring formed from N contact spring metal sheets and N−1 spacer elements. The contact spring metal sheets are fixed in a ... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8002990 | Uses of fibrillated nanofibers and the removal of soluble, colloidal, and insoluble particles from a fluid A filter for removing soluble, colloidal, and insoluble particles from a fluid, including lead using a first filter media for filtering soluble material from the fluid, a second filter media, adjacent and in fluid communication with, the first filter media, for filt... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7988455 | Co-axial plug-in-insertion connector having a coding housing The invention relates to a co-axial plug-in-insertion connector which has a center conductor part, an outer conductor part, and an insulating part made of a dielectric material which holds the center conductor part co-axial to the outer conductor part, a coding hous... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7972158 | Co-axial push-pull plug-in connector An RF plug connector having a plug head on which a sliding sleeve is seated which can be rotated, can be moved axially and clasps a radially elastic collet (4) in such a manner that the sliding sleeve compresses the collet radially in the coupled state, the d... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7964103 | Computer-implemented method of monitoring the performance of a reverse osmosis membrane in a drinking water supply system A water treatment system is provided having an encapsulate manifold with a reverse osmosis cartridge and one or more filter cartridges. The filter cartridge includes a detent for being received within a slot in the manifold head for secure locking engagement. The wa... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7963456 | Track part and fastening element for toy car racing track The invention relates to a track part (10) for a lane-guided toy car racing track, which, on at least one end face (18), has a fastening device for a further track part (10), wherein the fastening device has at least one first pocket (22)... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7921390 | Method and system for creating, viewing, editing, and sharing output from a design checking system Existing text output from a design rule checker is put in appropriate input format, and automatically displayed as text within a design tool using existing design tool capabilities, such as highlighting, zooming, and drawing box-regions. A graphical display of the o... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7912923 | Enhanced position control of web pages A solution is presented to keep track of the URLs that have been visited within an HTML file, identify the location or exit point of the last line that was displayed on a screen in a multi-screen HTML file, and return to the exact exit point location upon reentry to... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7909997 | Modular system for coupling water filter manifold heads A water treatment system is provided having an encapsulate manifold with a reverse osmosis cartridge and one or more filter cartridges. The filter cartridge includes a detent for being received within a slot in the manifold head for secure locking engagement. The wa... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7905742 | Coaxial plug for connecting to a BNC coaxial socket The invention relates to a coaxial plug for connecting to a high-frequency transmission line. The housing of the coaxial plug has two slits arranged opposite each other, extending from the plug-side end in the axial direction, and both arranged and designed to form ... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7891572 | Temperature and low water monitoring for boiler systems A dual functionality temperature control measurement and low water cutoff measurement system is taught within a single tapping to a boiler. This dual functionality combines a low water cutoff and temperature sensor into one control utilizing a sensing element suitab... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7880294 | Potential-free housing leadthrough The invention relates to a circuit arrangement with an electronic circuit on a printed circuit board and an electrically screening housing surrounding the circuit board, wherein there are on said circuit board a HF plug-and-socket connector connected to the electron... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7871221 | Delineating pole having an anchoring base and spring cartridge for snow based applications An anchoring base for a delineating pole using the reconfiguration of protruding resilient mechanical members to facilitate insertion and resist the subsequent extraction force on the pole. The mechanical members extend outwards relative to the insertion rod longitu... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7844998 | Apparatus and method for autonomic email access control A software application and corresponding architecture to implement the application that dynamically updates the access control list and keeps track of the distribution routes of a document in a repository where the document is built and accessed through usage of a c... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7834714 | HF terminating resistor having a planar layer structure The invention relates to an HF terminating resistor having a planar layer structure which, on a substrate (16), comprises a resistor layer (10) for converting HF energy to heat, an input conductor (12) for supplying HF energy and an earthing con... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7824110 | Data transmission cable with FAKRA housing The invention relates to a data transmission cable (10; 20), in particular for motor vehicles, at at least one of whose ends a plastics housing (14; 24) is arranged, said housing having mechanical dimensions in its interface region (30; 32) whic... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7823264 | Seals and sealing methods To seal an inboard member to an outboard member, a metallic annular seal is inserted into the outboard member to align with an inwardly-open channel in the outboard member. The seal is outwardly expanded at least partially into the channel by a combination of elasti... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7810816 | Seal A seal is inserted into a space to be sealed. First and second end portions of the seal are engaged with first and second end surfaces of the space. The seal is compressed between the first and second end surfaces. The compression strains the seal. The strain includ... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7794175 | Delineating pole having an anchoring base and spring cartridge for snow based applications An anchoring base for a delineating pole using the reconfiguration of protruding resilient mechanical members to facilitate insertion and resist the subsequent extraction force on the pole. The mechanical members extend outwards relative to the insertion rod longitu... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7786741 | Measuring tip for high-frequency measurement The invention relates to a contact arrangement for a measuring probe or a measuring head for measuring high frequency, especially on a semiconductor wafer. The arrangement comprises a contact end for electrically contacting planar structures. A coplanar conductor st... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7736503 | Encapsulated water treatment system A water treatment system is provided having an encapsulate manifold with a reverse osmosis cartridge and one or more filter cartridges. The filter cartridge includes a detent for being received within a slot in the manifold head for secure locking engagement. The wa... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7696538 | Sensor for measuring liquid contaminants in a semiconductor wafer fabrication process Liquid detection sensors are attached to both sides of a robotic arm end effector of a semiconductor wafer process system. The sensor mechanism or probe is situated on the front side and backside of the end effector, designed with electrical lines that are traced on... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7677180 | Apparatus and method for steering transport vehicles in semiconductor processing A steering apparatus and method is implemented that allows high speed, clean, particle-free transport of a semiconductor wafer or lithographic reticle on a transport vehicle at various positions on the vehicle track, especially when entering and exiting turns. Three... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7670176 | Dual connector for an antenna element Two connection interfaces are combined in a single assembly for high frequency signal propagation of a GPS antenna. At least one connection interface is a constant impedance connector. The connector assembly allows for the application of o-rings and gaskets to be pl... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7652630 | Motor vehicle roof antenna The invention relates to a motor vehicle roof antenna (100) comprising an antenna housing (110) in which at least two antennae are arranged, wherein a first coaxial connector (114) is allocated to each antenna, and having a connector (200... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7642020 | Method for separating optical and resist effects in process models A methodology to improve the through-process model calibration accuracy of a semiconductor manufacturing process using lithographic methods by setting the correct defocus and image plane position in a patterning process model build. Separations of the optical model ... | 01/05/2010 |
| D607154 | Strap | 12/29/2009 |
| 7627836 | OPC trimming for performance An iterative timing analysis is analytically performed before a chip is fabricated, based on a methodology using optical proximity correction techniques for shortening the gate lengths and adjusting metal line widths and proximity distances of critical time sensitiv... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7602265 | Apparatus for accurate and efficient quality and reliability evaluation of micro electromechanical systems The present invention provides multiple test structures for performing reliability and qualification tests on MEMS switch devices. A Test structure for contact and gap characteristic measurements is employed having a serpentine layout simulates rows of upper and low... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7601027 | Coaxial bushing connector having air dielectric within a predefined segment The invention relates to a coaxial bushing connector (10) comprising an outer conductor part (12), an inner conductor part (14), a first end (18) for attaching a coaxial plug connector, a second end (20) lying opposite the first en... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7548952 | Method of sending an email to a plurality of recipients with selective treatment of attached files A method of sending an email message having one or more attached files to a plurality of recipients allows customized treatment of each file as it is being sent to each recipient. Treatments may include different types of encryption, plain text transmission, securit... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7543247 | Efficient method of migrating Lotus Domino documents to a non-Domino web server, while preserving sections, using portable javascript A method of mirroring Lotus Notes Domino documents to a non-Domino web server, while preserving document sections. Each request for expansion or collapsing of a section is handled at the client end when serving the mirrored copies of the original document. The numbe... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7510432 | Coaxial insertion connected connector having quick action locking mechanism In a co-axial insertion-connected connector having quick-action locking mechanism, designed to receive a complementary insertion-connected connector, the connectors capable of connecting together by a coupling member belonging to the locking mechanism, and each havi... | 03/31/2009 |
