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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7474950 | Method for determining the clutch application point A method is proposed for determining a clutch application point in a transmission of a vehicle having a spring-actuated clutch system in which the clutch application point is adapted according to at least one adequate regulated quantity of the clutch system. ... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7469169 | Method for control of input power distribution in a motor vehicle with hybrid engine drive A method for controlling and regulating the input power distribution of prime movers in a power train (1) of a motor vehicle which has one internal combustion engine (2), at least one electric machine (6, 14), at least one clutch (4, 11),... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7468003 | Prosthetic device for golfing A prosthetic device for golfing having an elongate resilient body with an axis, a first end, a second end and an exterior golf club support surface extending along the axis between the first end and the second end. Gripping members are positioned on opposed sides of... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7467563 | Shifting device with a single rod on a gearbox A switching mechanism of a multiple change-over gear with an axially displaceable and pivoted gearshift lever shaft having a shift finger formed on the gearshift lever shaft with switching wings which are operatively connected with a synchronization and coupling dev... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7467038 | Procedure for the detection of the direction of rotation and secondary side of a starting clutch A method for detecting a rotational direction of the secondary side of a starting clutch in a motor vehicle string comprising the steps of determination of the primary speed of rotation of the primary side and of the secondary speed of rotation of the starting clutc... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7465247 | Differential for a vehicle axle A differential gear device (1) for a vehicle axle, having a differential carrier (2) and a differential lid (5), which are connected to a crown wheel. The differential carrier (2) is connected to the differential lid (5) and crown ... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7463132 | Door lock and operation mechanism A locking doorknob which recognizes a fingerprint, in which the detecting sensor of a fingerprint is installed on the spot of the doorknob that a thumb or other fingers are placed naturally as the door is being opened. The locking doorknob is an electro mechanical d... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7461568 | Drive device comprising a gearbox A drive device for a transmission (4), a main engine and a shifting clutch (3). In order to reduce the phase of tractive force interruption during switching operations, the drive device has a shifting brake clutch (9), located between the engine... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7451670 | Manually controlled shifting conversion apparatus for a multi-stage transmission A manually controlled shifting conversion apparatus for a multistage transmission having multiple shifting packets wherein gears for successive, non-adjacent gear ratios are located in each shifting packet and gears for successive, adjacent gear ratios are located i... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7451762 | Pressure sensing device with test circuit A pressure sensing device for coupling to a cannula and receiving respiratory breathing information from a patient to be monitored. The pressure sensing device comprising an exterior housing accommodating a snore detection circuit which processes information and out... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7448978 | Differential for an electrically powered driving axle To brake a drive output shafts (5) of an electrically powered driving axle, the differential comprises a brake (6) which, when actuated, connects a differential cage (2) and the drive output shaft (5) with a flange (23). ... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7448975 | Transmission device for a vehicle A transmission device (3) for a vehicle with an electric machine (26) that is arranged in a housing (11) is described. The electric machine (26) can be placed in active connection with a rotating component (13, 28) that can be guid... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7446871 | Method and apparatus for real-time polarization difference imaging (PDI) video A method and apparatus for real-time polarization difference imaging (PDI) video including an imaging lens focusing the light on to a collimating lens, whereby the stimulus beams becomes parallel before striking a polarizing beam-splitter. Segregated orthogonally po... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7445576 | Planetary gear A planetary transmission, in particular for machine tools, with a drive shaft that is connected to a sun gear, with an output shaft that is connected to a planetary carrier and with an interior gear, that in a first operating position engages with the housing, and i... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7445573 | Transmission device of a vehicle A transmission device (3) of a vehicle for distributing a driving torque of a transmission input shaft (13) to at least two transverse vehicle shafts (4; 4X; 4Y; 4Z; 5). Between the transmission input shaft (13) and a... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7445200 | Gas-liquid contactor baffle A gas-liquid contactor baffle includes a body having a first portion, a second portion and a middle portion, the middle portion being positioned between the first portion and the second portion. The middle portion is a corrugated sheet having a first face and a seco... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7445068 | Axle of a vehicle, especially of a utility vehicle An axle of a vehicle, in particular a commercial vehicle is proposed, in which a change-under-load shifting element is provided between the wheels of the axle, which can be actuated to release the rotationally fixed connection between the wheels. ... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7444912 | Portable sawmill with bi-directional cutting circular saws A portable sawmill with bi-directional cutting circular saws includes a saw support pivotally mounted to a primary support structure for pivotal movement about a pivot axis which is transverse to the direction of movement. Two circular saws are rotatably mounted one... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7444896 | Shifting device A shifting device for the shifting of a transmission with a shifting shaft (2), having a multiplicity of shifting forks or shifting levers (8, 10, 12, 14) placed in an axial slidable manner for the carrying out of a shifting procedure with a selection ... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7444765 | Foot guided shoe sole and footbed A footwear sole structure for dynamically directing interacting forces between a user's foot and the footwear during a stride, including an inner sole located adjacent the user's foot, a mid-sole located between the inner sole and the footwear, and a rib ribbon forc... | 11/04/2008 |
| D579722 | Two handle sippy cup | 11/04/2008 |
| 7444898 | Shifting device having shift recognition feature In a shifting assembly for a multiple-gear variable speed motor vehicle transmission, a central selector or shifting shaft (2) is mounted in the transmission housing (12) such that it can be rotated and displaced axially. By rotating the selector or sh... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7442357 | Manufacture of silica aerogel via vapor phase reaction A kinetically controlled vapor reaction process for synthesizing silica areogel in a reaction container by injection of a precursor reagent vapor, a catalyst reagent vapor, super saturated steam as a component of the catalyst solution, and a hydrophobic reagent vapo... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7441618 | Electrical drive system for a vehicle with skid steering An electrical drive system for a vehicle with a skid steering element exhibits a homogeneous electrical drive engine and a homogeneous gear unit (16, 18) on the left and on the right side in each case, which are propelled by a drive engine (2,4), assig... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7441356 | I-beam hinge apparatus for displaying procedural information cards in the workplace An apparatus for displaying procedural information cards on a computer video monitor includes a central shaft having an upper end and a lower end, the upper end capped by an upper cross member having an upper planar arm extending in one direction from the shaft, and... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7443395 | Multi-variable operations Operation of a multi-variable process involves multidimensional representation of the value (p1-p12) of the process variables (P1-P12) according to individual coordinate axes, and an operational envelope (UB,LB) derived from a group of se... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7444219 | Device for evaluating vehicle, driving and operating parameters A device for evaluating vehicle, driving and operating parameters of a vehicle, in order to adjust the gear ratio of a transmission according to predetermined algorithms, parameters, or characteristic diagrams, selects anew the gear to be adjusted and adjusts the sa... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7444263 | Performance metric collection and automated analysis A metric monitoring and analysis system including dynamic sampling agents located in monitored system elements and a service management platform. Each sampling agent includes a data adapter collecting metric data in a common format, a threshold generator for determi... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7441810 | Recreation vehicle waste pipe sealing unit A sewer line coupling device to facilitate attachment of a recreational vehicle sewer line to a fixed waste pipe. The coupling device comprising a main body having a second end for insertion into the waste pipe. A movable member is movable relative to the main body ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7430936 | Method for the control of operational sequencing in an automatic transmission of auxiliary construction A method for controlling operational sequencing of gears in an automatic transmission (102) which has been built in an auxiliary mode. In the case of such a shifting transmission it is possible that during the engagement of its transmission gear stage, impact... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7431137 | Synchronizer for a manual transmission especially for a motor vehicle A synchronizer for a manual transmission with a first and second idler gears rotatably mounted on a transmission shaft with a synchronizer sleeve non-rotatably mounted on the transmission shaft such that it can shift axially. The sleeve can be coupled to the first o... | 10/07/2008 |
| D577517 | Desk | 09/30/2008 |
| 7429230 | Multi-stage automatic transmission A multi-stage automatic transmission for a motor vehicle with standard drive has one overdrive front-mounted gearset (VS) which is connected with one input shaft (AN), a multi-member main gearset connected with one output shaft (AB) and connectable with one output e... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7430463 | Method for monitoring components of the drive train of a motor vehicle and for diagnosing errors in the same A method for monitoring and diagnosing errors of drive train components of a motor vehicle by monitoring a transmission route of a drive train control signal by reading an actual value of a monitored output signal at an output of the transmission route of the drive ... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7421920 | Powershift gearbox for construction machines, especially for a tractor backhoe loader and a telescopic handler A multi-geared high-low clutch for construction machines with a torque converter, a drive shaft, an output shaft and several jack shafts, with distributed idlers on the shafts, fixed wheels and shift clutches, which form several reduction gear units for the gearshif... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421919 | Double clutch transmission A double clutch transmission with a double clutch, the input side of which can be driven and the output sides each communicate with one of two transmission input shafts that are arranged coaxially relative to one another, with an intermediate shaft and with fixed or... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7419455 | Preventing reverse creep in a motor vehicle An apparatus and a process for the prevention of the rollback of a vehicle with a vehicle braking system (18), wherein a braking system (18) comprises a vehicle brake pressure modifying apparatus (20); a device (28, 34, 36) which are enab... | 09/02/2008 |
| D575962 | Collapsible bench with canopy | 09/02/2008 |
| 7419456 | Device for increasing the functional reliability of a hydraulic circuit of a hydraulically operable clutch A known device for increasing the functional reliability for a hydraulic circuit of a hydraulic clutch having a pressure reservoir (25) and a release cylinder (5) which comprises a primary piston (14) and a secondary piston (16). A compen... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7418884 | Switching device A shifting device for shifting a transmission with a shifting shaft upon which a plurality of shifting forks are located in an axial, slidable manner for carry out desired shifting procedures. The shifting device includes a selection apparatus for choosing the shift... | 09/02/2008 |
