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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7534833 | Radial multi-block copolymer containing tapered block, and preparation method and usage thereof A radial multi-block copolymer contains a tapered block as represented by the following formula 1. The radial multi-block copolymer, which includes a polystyrene block, a poly(isoprene-styrene)tapered block, a polyisoprene block, and a polybutadiene block, can be us... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7534101 | Pump with radial packing ring A pump, preferably a vane cell pump for supplying a transmission with oil, includes a pump housing and a rotating group which is disposed inside the pump housing. The rotating group includes a side plate that may be mounted inside the pump housing in such a manner a... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7533611 | Device and method for identifying modules in a graphics machine A method for detecting a type of one of plurality of devices attached to a graphics machine, each device being one of at least a first type and a second type. The method includes detecting at a controller the type of device attached to or to be attached to the machi... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7532990 | System and method for press signature tracking and data association In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a method for operation of a printing press includes the steps of generating unique individual signature identification information, tracking printing press operation information and associating the printing press ... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7531269 | Battery comprising at least one electrochemical storage cell and a cooling device A battery has at least one electrochemical storage cell and a cooling device. The at least one electrochemical storage cell is placed between parts of the cooling device. The cooling device is flown through by a liquid cooling medium. According to the invention, eac... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7530564 | Opposing link gripper A gripping device for gripping a printed product including a first gripper arm having a first gripper pad on one end pivotable about a first pivot, a second gripper arm having a second gripper pad on one end pivotable about a second pivot, and an actuator rotating t... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7530141 | Door arrester A door arrester is provided which comprises a housing (2), fastened on either the door or the door frame, a retaining rod (24), extending through an opening (23) in the housing (2) and fastened on the respective other part of door and doo... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7528960 | Method for enhancing the measuring accuracy when determining the coordinates of structures on a substrate A method for the high-precision measurement of coordinates of at least one structure on a substrate. A stage traversable in X/Y coordinate directions is provided, which is placed in an interferometric-optical measuring system. The structure on the substrate is image... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7526420 | Method and system for virtual injection of network application codes into network simulation A technique is provided for translating one or more networked applications to act virtually as if operating at a node or communication point within a network simulation. The invention disclosed herein has aspects of both emulation and simulation, allowing an actual ... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7526302 | Method of synchronizing a mobile station with a base station The invention relates to a method of synchronizing a mobile station with a base station in a wireless communications system, to a mobile station for a wireless communications system, as well as to a wireless communications system of this kind. In order to enable fas... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7523705 | Web printing press and method for controlling print-to-cut and circumferential register A method for controlling the print-to-cut register in a web printing press having at least one print unit printing a web, each print unit having at least one drive driving the print unit independently of the other print units. The method includes presetting a web co... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7522825 | Method and device for skin cancer screening A method for providing a preliminary diagnosis of skin cancer, more specifically a screening risk assessment of pigmented lesions receiving digital photographs of skin abnormalities from a plurality of consumers at a server, receiving medical information related to ... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7521111 | Inflatable cellular cushioning material having a brick like formation An inflatable cellular cushioning material (300) having an pipe entry line (314) to be inflated by an inflating device through the use of an air inlet pipe, the inflatable cushioning material comprising at least two layers of plastic welded in such a m... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7520732 | Pump A pump, particularly a vane pump or roller cell pump, whereby the vane pump or roller cell pump is provided with a two-stroke contour ring, with a rotor, inside of which vanes or rollers are mounted in a manner that enables them to be radially displaced, with at lea... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7520373 | Electromagnetic friction clutch An electromagnetic friction clutch has at least two clutch parts that are mounted so as to be rotatable relative to each other and movable toward and away from each other and that touch each other with a contact force in the position of use. The clutch parts are loc... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7519237 | Method for characterizing stored information A method for characterizing a pattern present as stored information, includes the steps of generating a characterizing proposal for the pattern using a server computer system, presenting the pattern and the characterizing proposal to a client computer using a comput... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7516962 | Spoke-centered brush seal arrangement for use in a gas turbine An arrangement is provided for a non-hermetical seal between the stator and the rotor of a gas turbine. The arrangement comprises a brush seal which is arranged in a receiving chamber that is formed by at least one spacer or reinforcing element arranged between pref... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7516698 | Web offset printing press with autoplating An offset web print unit includes a plate cylinder, a blanket cylinder, a second blanket cylinder, an autoplating mechanism, and a throw-off mechanism including a single actuator both for moving the blanket cylinder from the second blanket cylinder and for moving th... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7514164 | Fuel cell system including a fuel cell stack and at least one electrical energy storage device A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack and at least one electrical energy storage device that can be electrically connected to and/or disconnected from the fuel cell stack by at least one electronic switching element which is based, for example, on a MOSFET. ... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7514100 | Controlled release hydrocodone formulations A solid oral controlled-release dosage form of hydrocodone is disclosed, the dosage form comprising an analgesically effective amount of hydrocodone or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and controlled release material. ... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7510184 | Paper thickness measuring device for a rotary paper feeding device A paper thickness measuring device for use in a rotary paper feeding device having a rotating cylindrical drum. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a gripper is mounted on the cylindrical drum for gripping a sheet; and a target is mounted on the cyli... | 03/31/2009 |
| D589264 | Bathroom tissue | 03/31/2009 |
| 7509242 | Method for designing the spider spring of a control cluster of a nuclear fuel assembly, corresponding system, computer program and product A method for designing a nuclear fuel assembly, including the steps of establishing a progression of a speed of the control cluster after the impact of the support against the upper end piece, establishing, based on the speed established in step a), a maximum longit... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7507271 | Cartridge filter for purifying gas The invention relates to a cartridge filter for purifying gases, said filter being especially embodied as a filter for fine or suspended matter. The inventive filter comprises a frame into which at least one folded package which consists of a filter material through... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7503954 | Filter element A filter element includes a filter web pleated in an essentially zigzag manner and made, in particular, of a nonwoven material, for insertion into a holder such as a filter frame and/or a filter housing, having at least one end-positioned wall of an essentially flat... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7500425 | Axial piston machine The invention relates to an axial piston machine, in particular, an air-conditioning compressor for motor vehicles, with at least one piston, an essentially cylindrical piston shaft and an enclosure, which encloses a tilt ring or a tilt disc and a piston slipper sli... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7500281 | Self-wringing mop A self-wringing mop includes a handle, an operating sleeve, a mop head, and at least one blocking element. The handle includes a first longitudinal section having a polygonal cross-section with a plurality of edges running in an axial direction. The operating sleeve... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7493997 | Drive train A drive train having a clutch assembly for transmitting torque between an engine and a transmission. The clutch assembly is selectable for transmitting torque between the engine and the transmission and includes at least one friction clutch, the clutch assembly bein... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7490825 | Method for synchronizing the main pile and the auxiliary pile A method for synchronizing the motion sequences of at least one main pile and at least one auxiliary pile in a feeder or delivery device of a printing material processing machine (20) having the following features: a drive (7) for moving the main pile ... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7485389 | Electrochemical fuel cell stack An electrochemical fuel cell stack includes a membrane electrode assembly and a distributor plate. The distributor plate includes a channel region having gas channels for distributing reaction gas to the membrane electrode assembly, a first port area for supplying r... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7458323 | Vehicle adapted to move along a rail This vehicle comprises a body and a levitation device, the body bearing in operation on the levitation device which comprises a first levitation module and a second levitation module connected to the body, and capable of moving to allow the modules to turn relative ... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7458053 | Method for generating fill and cheese structures A multi-pass method for designing at least a portion of a circuit layout on a substrate is provided which includes receiving or generating a first level frame including an electrical component; generating a fill pattern on the first level frame outside of a forbidde... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7454890 | Supporting disk A supporting disk for providing bearing support to a rotor of an open-end spinning machine includes a hub ring (1) and a supporting ring (2) that surrounds the hub ring (1) at least partially with radial clearance. The hub ring (1) and th... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7456198 | Benzimidazole compounds having nociceptin receptor affinity Disclosed are compounds of the formula (I) wherein A, R1, R2, R3, R4 and X1 are as disclosed herein. The compounds have affinity for the ORL1 receptor and are useful in... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7455721 | Device and method for humidifying a gas flow An apparatus for humidifying a gas stream includes a humidifier device having at least one membrane permeable to water vapor. The gas stream and a humid gas stream flow through a humidifier device, being separated from one another by the at least one membrane. The a... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7457143 | Memory device with shared reference and method A memory device has a first core memory array, a second core memory array, a third core memory array and a fourth core memory array, and a first common reference section for the first core memory array and the second core memory array, and a second common reference ... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7454263 | Method and system for determining resetting operations of a printing press A method for operating a machine (10) in the graphics industry using a computer (4), at least one job, which is processed on the machine (10), being storable in the computer (4). The method is distinguished in that the computer (4)... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7445099 | Torque transmission device A torque transmission device includes a torque converter, a pump impeller, a turbine wheel and optionally a stator. The device also includes a converter bypass coupling having a flange which is connected to the housing or the pump impeller in a force-locking manner.... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7444936 | Device and method for identifying modules in a graphics machine A method for detecting a type of one of plurality of devices attached to a graphics machine, each device being one of at least a first type and a second type. The method includes detecting at a controller the type of device attached to or to be attached to the machi... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7442149 | Device and method for controlling a parking lock holding magnet A device for controlling an electrically-operated holding magnet of a parking lock of a motor vehicle transmission in which a holding magnet supplied with power via a transmission control resettable to a basic setting holds the parking lock in the disengaged state, ... | 10/28/2008 |
