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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7534960 | Cable stuffing tube The invention relates to an improved stuffing tube assembly (100) and method for traversing a bulkhead with a cable. The stuffing tube assembly (100) can accommodate a plurality of cables of varying cross-sectional areas. The improved stuffing tube ( | 05/19/2009 |
| 7485878 | Laser microdissection unit A laser microdissection unit for cutting a microscopic sample using a laser beam of a laser includes a microscope and a fluorescence device. The microscope includes an illumination beam path directed onto the sample, and an imaging beam path configured to image the ... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7485033 | System comprising an exhaust hood and a support for wall or ceiling mounting of the exhaust hood A system includes an exhaust hood having a housing and an exhaust conduit disposed on the housing, a support for mounting the exhaust hood to a wall or ceiling, and an exhaust duct extending in the wall or ceiling. The exhaust conduit has a first coupling member dis... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7486496 | Method and circuit arrangement for operating a solenoid actuator A method for operating an electromagnetic operating mechanism includes, upon application of a control voltage, resetting and initializing a control circuit and starting a charging of a charge storage device. Subsequently, an auxiliary tripping coil and a main trippi... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7486441 | Objective and microscope An objective for total internal reflection microscopy includes a diaphragm disposed near to or in the plane of the objective pupil. The diaphragm includes a middle area impermeable to illumination light and permeable to detection light of a microscope, and includes ... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7463354 | Device for the spectral selection and detection of the spectral regions of a light beam An apparatus for the spectral selection and detection of spectral regions of a light beam includes a selection unit and a detection unit. The selection unit includes a spectral splitting device and a light blocking and reflecting device. The spectral splitting devic... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7463183 | Panoramic warning system for helicopters A panoramic warning system for helicopters, for the purpose of detecting obstacles and the proximity of the ground by using a plurality of radar sensors connected to the fuselage structure of the helicopter and which operate on varying wavelengths, the signals of wh... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7464285 | Controlling an accumulation of timing errors in a synchronous system Apparatus (100) for communicating clock correction data between two or more clocked entities (102, 104) using a standardized clock correction unit or quanta. A source-native pre-scaler (302) can convert source-native clock correction values to s... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7463277 | Color image forming apparatus having scanning lens disposed in reverse orientation A color image forming apparatus forms color images on a recording medium by superposing images one after another. The color image forming apparatus includes at least one image bearing member and a plurality of scanning units. At least the one image bearing member be... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7463414 | Microscope A microscope includes an adjustment device for positioning a specimen stage. An objective, an objective changer and/or an objective turret is coupled to the adjustment device so that a position of the objective element is adjustable by the adjustment device. A holde... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7458488 | Portable carrying device with retractable strap The invention is directed to a portable carrying device that includes a housing, an elongated flexible strap extendable from the housing, and at least one rigid support arm attached to the housing and configured for supporting an article to be carried. The portable ... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7458461 | Packaging apparatus and method for compressor A compressor packaging apparatus for fixing plural compressors each of which has dish-shaped end caps at both the upper and lower end portions of a cylindrical compressor body, including an upper plate and a lower plate between which the compressors are sandwiched a... | 12/02/2008 |
| D581684 | Rocking chair | 12/02/2008 |
| 7460955 | Synchronization of an external device using a GPS receiver A method for synchronization of an external device's clock 324 with a GPS device 104 is provided. The method can comprise processing one or more data sentences received at the external device 106 from the GPS device to determine a data sentence ... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7460377 | Matrix converter A matrix converter for converting a polyphase alternating current into a desired alternating output current includes at least two stages; a plurality of controllable bidirectional switches, converts m phases of the polyphase alternating current into alternating outp... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7459207 | Plated-shaped carbon fibre composite material The characteristic analysis of erosion of NB31 carbon-fiber composite enables the proposal of a novel carbon-fiber composite structure having a distinctly reduced erosion rate. Improvement only relates to the arrangement of the sewing and web fibers and to maintaini... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7459825 | Stator winding rod A stator winding bar comprises a plurality of strands that are transposed in the manner of a Roebel bar in an active part having a prescribed length, the active part being divided into several areas having different lengths arranged one after the other, in each area... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7455180 | Substrate storage container A substrate storage container includes a container body for accommodating and aligning semiconductor wafers, a door which opens and closes the front of the container body and a pair of valve units disposed at the bottom of the container body for controlling gas flow... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7457331 | Optical arrangement An optical arrangement includes a laser, and a chromatic error correcting device arranged in a beam path of the laser. The chromatic error correcting device includes a pulse stretcher. ... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7453578 | 4Pi microscope A 4Pi microscope provided with an interferometer wherein two lenses (31, 33) are arranged in such a way that they are opposite to each other on different sides of a sample plane (35); also comprising an optical element (19) which is used to inje... | 11/18/2008 |
| D580498 | Sign support | 11/11/2008 |
| 7445732 | Fire retardant compositions and methods for their preparation and use Fire retardant compositions containing an extract of African Oil Palm fruit, methods of preparing such compositions, and their use in imparting fire resistance to objects are disclosed. ... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7446869 | Granular product inspection device A particle inspection device includes a feeder configured to drop a particle through an image area. The feeder includes a tray surface having a flat portion and an edge portion disposed above the image area. The inspection device also includes a vibration device con... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7446635 | Combination of two electromagnetic switching devices A combination of at least two electromagnetic switching devices, each of which is provided with a plug-in connector socket and can be fixed side by side on a support in a stationary position in relation to one another and can be connected to form electrical contact ... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7446322 | Method and device for recognizing dark states during the spectroscopic or microscopic examination of fluorescent specimens A method for recognizing dark states during the spectroscopic or microscopic examination of fluorescent specimens includes varying an intensity distribution of excitation light by varying an excitation/illumination volume over a plurality of mutually independent mea... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7446125 | Derivatives of nitroproline compounds, processes of manufacture and uses in the treatment of integrin mediated disorders This invention relates to nitroproline derivative compounds and procedures for their preparation and the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds. The invention also relates to the administration of compounds of the invention as agents for... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7446936 | Illumination device in a microscope An illumination device in a microscope includes multiple light sources arranged on a mirror housing. A mirror is provided which is rotatably or displaceably arranged in the mirror housing for selectably switching each of the light sources into an illumination beam p... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7442659 | Use of ionomers for sealing insulating materials In a method for sealing an insulating material for construction applications, the insulating material is sealed with a material sheet including an ionomer so as to provide a vapor barrier for the insulating material. ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7439469 | Electric switching device comprising an arc-quenching unit An electric switching device, designed to carry a low-voltage, in particular a circuit-breaker or contactor, having at least one arc-quenching unit (16;18) is provided. Connection contacts (8) are mounted in a housing (2) that can be sealed by a... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7438900 | Dendritic encapsulation of active agents A pharmaceutical composition comprising an active agent bound to a scaffold for dendritic encapsulation wherein said scaffold is covalently or non-covalently attached to a polysaccharide. More specifically, the invention is directed to active agent complexes or conj... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7435564 | Production of invert syrup from sugarcane juice using immobilized invertase This invention is directed to a novel process in which raw sugarcane juice is first refined through a number of steps and then bioenzymatically converted into refined invert syrup or glucose-fructose concentrated solution using a reactor packed with immobilized inve... | 10/14/2008 |
| D578142 | Road construction machine | 10/07/2008 |
| 7433119 | Scanning microscope In a scanning microscope that impinges upon a sample with a first light pulse and a second light pulse, a dispersive medium that modifies the time offset between the first and the second light pulse is provided in the beam path of at least one of the light pulses. | 10/07/2008 |
| 7428788 | Crampons provided with spikes Disclosed are chain-type crampons for preventing mountain-climbing boots from being slipped on a snowy road or icy road when climbing a mountain. The crampons having an elastic band and chains mounted on the band are provided with a plurality of spikes and link ring... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7430364 | Cooler head vaporizer A vaporizer for providing water vapor at a safer and reduced temperature comprises a water tank and steam generating unit. The steam generating unit is an assembly of a multi-walled chamber, top cover portion and safety grill. The safety grill establishes a distance... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7428043 | Apparatus for ascertaining the light power level of a light beam, and scanning microscope An apparatus for ascertaining properties of a light beam, comprises a means for splitting a measured beam out from the light beam and comprises at least one detector that at least partially receives the measured beam. A polarization-influencing means is arranged in ... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7427029 | Valuable document comprising a security element and method for producing said valuable document A valuable document comprising at least one security element that is provided with a marking layer in a marking region, the layer containing an electroluminescent pigment and being applied to a carrier body. The electroluminescence of the pigment of one such valuabl... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7428104 | Optical device for the combination of light beams An optical device for combining a first light beam and at least one second light beam includes a first beam splitting device, a second beam splitting device and a position detector. The first beam splitting device splits a first reference beam from the first light b... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7427188 | Turbomachine blade with fluidically cooled shroud A turbomachine blade, in particular a turbine blade of a gas turbine includes a blade root with a cooling-fluid feed, a blade tip formed with a shroud element. At least one throughflow passage which extends in the blade longitudinal direction is arranged inside the ... | 09/23/2008 |
| D577160 | Combined shedding blade and slicker brush | 09/16/2008 |
