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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185282 | Method for the operation of a drivetrain A method for the operation of a drivetrain comprising an automatic transmission, a motor and at least five shift elements in which two shift elements are engaged and three shift elements are disengaged. When carrying out an upshift or downshift, a first shift elemen... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182678 | Flow through wastewater treatment apparatus An apparatus for treating liquid includes a tank having a water inlet for receiving water, a treated water outlet for outputting treated water and a flow path between the inlet and the outlet. An injection section of the tank is located along the flow path of the ta... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182392 | Method for operating a drive train A method for operating a drive train of a motor vehicle. The drive train comprising a hybrid drive with an internal combustion engine and an electric motor, a transmission arranged between the hybrid drive and a drive output, and a clutch arranged between the intern... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182388 | Dual-clutch transmission A dual clutch transmission for a front-transverse arrangement including a dual clutch and two partial transmissions (PG1, PG2). Each of the two clutches (K1, K2) of the dual clutch acts on one coaxial transmission input shaft (AW1,... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182386 | Transmission device comprising at least two output shafts A transmission device with at least two output shafts and at least two multi-shaft planetary gearsets that are actively connected with one another. A shaft of a planetary gearset can be actively connected with an output shaft. In addition, a shifting mechanism, loca... | 05/22/2012 |
| D660438 | Pitting edema simulator for an arm | 05/22/2012 |
| 8179128 | Wheel suspension for a vehicle A wheel suspension for a vehicle which includes a wheel (8) and at least one suspension arm (2) that connects the wheel (8) to the body (7) of the vehicle. The arm (2) is pivotally mounted to the body (7) by an inner part ( | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178745 | Plaster which releases active compound The invention relates to a medical plaster which is able to supply damaged skin and open wounds with an active compound which helps to accelerate wound healing and allows it to proceed better. The plaster has novel design features which enable, in particular, protei... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176865 | Steering actuator for a steer-by-wire ship's control system and method for operating said steering actuator A steering actuator (1) designed as a linear electro-mechanical actuator for a ship control system which comprises an electric motor (2), a controller (11) connected, via a CAN bus, to the electronic control unit of the ship control system (ECU)... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176579 | Modular shower pan A modular shower pan includes at least four polygon panels adapted to interlock in side by side relation to form a body. Each panel has a planar bottom surface and a top surface that is sloped based upon a pre-selected drain position on the body. ... | 05/15/2012 |
| D659938 | Tubular pallet member | 05/15/2012 |
| D659841 | Pitting edema simulator for a leg | 05/15/2012 |
| 8172718 | Planetary gear unit and method for producing a planetary gear unit A planetary gear unit (1) having two guide discs (2, 3) that are arranged parallel to one another and include perforations for accommodating pins (4) which have journals (5, 6) and shoulders arranged on the end sides. The shoulders have c... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172053 | Hydraulic circuit arrangement for operating a hydrodynamic torque converter A hydraulic circuit arrangement for operating a hydrodynamic torque converter (1, 10) with a converter bridging clutch (11). The circuit arrangement comprises a hydraulic switching unit (3, 14) having at least one valve for controlling an inflow... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171813 | Dual clutch transmission A double clutch transmission with two clutches that have inputs connected to a drive shaft and outputs which are each connected to one of first and second transmission input shafts. Fixed gears are coupled to the input shafts and engage idler gears. Several coupling... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8168560 | Exhaust gas purifying catalyst An exhaust gas purifying catalyst is provided which includes a catalyst substrate and a catalyst coating layer. The catalyst coating layer is formed on the catalyst substrate and contains a noble metal and a refractory inorganic oxide. The catalyst coating layer has... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167218 | Rail guiding or rolling bearing and laying method A support including a rail (10) that preferably has an I-shaped section and is provided in a slot (2) filled with concrete (4). During the manufacture of the rail, the rail is partially coated, substantially along its entire length, with a fille... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167105 | Pressure medium-actuated control device of an automated step-by-step variable speed transmission A pressure medium-actuated control device of an automated step-by-step variable speed transmission. The device having a control valve for controlling an actively engaged disconnectable type clutch which is disposed along a power flow path between a motor and a trans... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166847 | Multi-group transmission A multi-group transmission (1) is proposed, comprising a gearbox actuator, in which an exhaust channel (3) is provided in the gearbox housing (2), said channel extending from a gearbox compartment (4) provided on the gearbox housing (2... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166842 | Dual clutch transmission A dual-clutch transmission comprising clutches with input sides coupled to an input shaft and output sides respectively coupled to two transmission input shafts. Toothed idler gearwheels are mounted to rotate on countershafts while toothed fixed gearwheels are conne... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8165766 | Method for controlling a drivetrain of a vehicle, with a drive motor and a gearbox A method for controlling a vehicles drivetrain including an engine and automatic transmission, such that transmission ratios are shifted within a range of transmission ratios in a continuous and/or stepped manner as function of preset target speeds that are adjustab... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165764 | Method for controlling an automatic multi-step shift transmission A method of controlling an automatic transmission arranged in a vehicle between a drive motor and an axle drive of a drive axle or a transfer box such that the current road inclination is determined and, after driving onto a downhill stretch of road, to increase a b... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165763 | Method for controlling shifting of a stepped automatic transmission A method for controlling gear shifts in an automated stepped gear transmission of a motor vehicle in which operating parameters of the motor vehicle are continuously determined and evaluated for initiating and carrying out a shift from a currently engaged gear to a ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165762 | Method of operating a transmission system valve configuration A method of operating a valve system of a transmission comprising part of the vehicle drive train through a valve unit and said valve unit's electro-magnetic activator configuration. In a transmission's hydraulic system and is part of the vehicle drive train, its hy... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165323 | Monolithic capacitive transducer A capacitive transducer includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface. The first surface of the substrate defines a first plane. The substrate has a cavity with an interior peripheral edge. The cavity extends between the first surface and the seco... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162799 | Procedure for controlling a hydraulic or pneumatic transmission control unit A method of monitoring a hydraulic or pneumatic transmission control system, which comprises a pressure supply unit with a conduit directing a pressure medium under a supply pressure, and an actuating member for a clutch control element of a friction clutch. The act... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162796 | Method for operating an automatic gearbox A method for operating an automatic transmission of a motor vehicle, in particular a variable-speed automatic transmission. The automatic transmission has five shift elements and for transferring torque or force in a forward gear and in a reverse gear at least three... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162793 | Planetary gearset A planetary gearset (2) consisting of a planetary gear carrier (4) that holds planetary gears (5) with a first and a second carrier plate (4b, 7), each having respective bores (4d, 7a) to receive ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8161837 | Emergency unlocking device for a parking lock An emergency release device for manual actuation of the parking lock of a shift-by-wire transmission. The emergency release device comprises a mechanical transfer device located between an emergency release actuator and the transmission and engages a pivoting lever ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8161836 | Multi-step transmission A multi-step transmission having at least a reverse drive gear, several forward drive gears, a main shaft (1) and two counter shafts. The power flow in forward drive can be split up and be distributed to both counter shafts and further transferred to the main... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8161835 | Multi-group transmission and method for changing gear in a multi-group transmission An automated multi-group standard transmission, for a utility vehicle, and a process for changing gears in the multi-group transmission. The multi-group transmission includes at least two multi-speed transmission groups arranged one after the other, such that a mult... | 04/24/2012 |
| D658235 | Roulette cloth | 04/24/2012 |
| 8158552 | Exhaust gas purifying catalyst An exhaust gas purifying catalyst exhibiting high purification performance in the Hot range is provided. The exhaust gas purifying catalyst has a catalyst substrate and a catalyst coating layer formed on the catalyst substrate. The catalyst coating layer has a layer... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8156796 | Sensor arrangement for a clutch device A sensor arrangement (1) for a clutch device (22) comprising a housing (2) and a sensor part (5, 5′) with at least one sensor (17) for detecting the position of a movable part (3) of the clutch device (22). The hous... | 04/17/2012 |
| RE43315 | Multi-step gear The invention concerns a multi-step transmission with at least 7 forward gears, with which transmission on the input drive shaft (1), two non-shiftable input-side gear sets (RS1, RS2) are provided, which, on their output-side produce two speeds ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8152691 | Shift control method for an automatic group transmission A method for controlling shifts in an automated group transmission that comprises a multi-stage main transmission, a multi-stage splitter group connected upstream from the main transmission and a multi-stage range-change group connected downstream from the main tran... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152134 | Valve with regulating function A terminal valve having a cone (9) that communicates with a valve seat (10) of a seat ring (19) and cooperates with a veil (12) to control flow. The valve seat (10) and the veil (12) together form a sealing element, which se... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8151713 | Bidirectional guidance system with lateral oscillation limiting, for road axle guided by a rail on the ground The guidance system comprises two guidance devices (16) mounted in opposite directions either side of the axle (2) and each comprising: a guidance arm (17) terminated by at least one guidance roller (18); a set of articulated connecting r... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8151690 | Plunger with annular exterior seals and method of installing annular seals on an exterior surface of a plunger A method of installing annular seals on a plunger. A first step involves positioning an annular seal on a seal installation tool adapted to hold the annular seal in an expanded state. A second step involves positioning the annular seal so that the annular seal overl... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8151672 | Groove cutting assembly A groove cutting assembly comprising a cutter housing, a cutter assembly with a cutting edge, and the cutter assembly being accommodated by the cutter housing, and a drive mechanism, coupled to the cutter assembly, for indexing the cutter assembly one of radially in... | 04/10/2012 |
