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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8176993 | Ripper plough for soil tillage A ripper plough for soil tillage includes a body having an upper mounting attachment end, a lower soil engaging end, a leading edge, a trailing edge, and opposed sides. A ploughshare support extends outwardly from the body from the leading edge toward the trailing e... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8090513 | Method for controlling an automated friction clutch A method of controlling an automated friction clutch in a drivetrain of a motor vehicle between a drive motor and a manual transmission. During clutch actuation, at least one operating parameter of the friction clutch is detected by a sensor and from variation of th... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8070636 | Electroyhydraulic control device of a gear unit An electrohydraulic control device (1) of an 8-speed transmission having several electrically controllable pressure control valves (6-12) for hydraulically actuating five switching elements (A-E) and an electric gear control unit via which diffe... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8062518 | Water reaction tank A water reaction tank for reacting water containing suspended solids with a flocculant includes a housing having an input, an output, and a water flow path between the input and the output. The flow path has a mixing section and a reaction section. Sealable floccula... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8033726 | Bulk bag handling assembly A bulk bag handling assembly, includes a bulk bag having a bottom and opposed pairs of peripheral side walls. A pair of outer lifting tine receiving channels are provided along the bottom in parallel spaced relation to one of the opposed pairs of peripheral side wal... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7883480 | Motion monitoring apparatus A motion monitoring apparatus and method for monitoring a patient under medical care. A sensor arrangement is provided in the form of a pad which the patient lies on. The sensor arrangement provides a signal which can be monitored to observe motion of the patient an... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7841456 | Adjustable hysteresis driver The invention concerns an adjustable hysteresis driver, with a rotor component (5) on the input side that can be driven and/or a stator component (7′, 7″), with an armature component (8) on the output side in fixed connection with a shaft ( | 11/30/2010 |
| 7833127 | Method for adjusting the clutch torque of a motor vehicle depending upon the driving resistance A method for controlling or regulating a clutch torque of a startup clutch of a motor vehicle, which first of all reliably prevents an unintentional rolling of the motor vehicle down a gradient and second enables a comfortable maneuvering mode, which requires no sep... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7602822 | Fiber laser based production of laser drilled microvias for multi-layer drilling, dicing, trimming of milling applications Fiber lasers and methods for constructing and using fiber lasers for micro-/nano-machining with output beams including stacked pulses and combinations of continuous wave, pseudo-continuous wave and pulse sequence components. ... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7559875 | Method for controlling the shift sequence of a multispeed automatic transmission in a motor vehicle A method for controlling the shift sequence of a multispeed automatic gearbox in which, to reach a target gear called for, multiple shifts through one gear-step can be carried out. A target gear from a currently engaged gear is proposed and, which is several gear-st... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7499207 | Beam shaping prior to harmonic generation for increased stability of laser beam shaping post harmonic generation with integrated automatic displacement and thermal beam drift compensation A harmonic generation/beam shaping system to generate a shaped beam having a harmonic relationship with a beam generated by a laser, including a first harmonic generation element and a second harmonic generation element arranged sequentially along an axial beam path... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7484459 | Firearm ammunition projectile An ammunition projectile for a firearm comprising a projectile having a nose and a cap which is designed to slow down sufficiently, when traveling through air so as to be stopped by a bulletproof vest while the projectile still has a precise and reliable trajectory.... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7481064 | Method and device for continuous generation of cold and heat by means of the magneto-calorific effect The device (10) for continuous generation of cold and heat by the magneto-calorific effect, comprises a chamber (11), divided into two adjacent compartments (12, 13), separated by a wall (14). The chamber (11) contains a rotating e... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7481063 | Method and device for the generation of cold and heat by magneto-calorific effect The device (10), for the continuous generation of cold and heat by magneto-calorific effect, comprises a mixture of a heat exchange fluid and particles made from at least one magneto-calorific material, superconductor or phase-change material circulating thro... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7016128 | Method of making a high reflectivity micro mirror and a micro mirror A method of making a high reflectivity micro mirror. A first step involves providing a monolithic bulk crystal silicon having an anisotropic body with a crystalline plane. A second step involves applying chemical agents to selectively remove a portion of the body ov... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6992068 | Cytokine production inhibitors, agents for protecting and promoting liver function, anti-inflammatory agents, immunosuppressants, drugs, cosmetics, foods and food materials Highly safe cytokine production inhibitors, agents for protecting and promoting liver function, anti-inflammatory agents and immunosuppressants. Brazilian licorice extract and periandrins, which are constituents thereof, have excellent characteristics of showing eff... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6884391 | Photo-assisted oxidation of inorganic species in aqueous solutions A method for oxidizing an inorganic species in an aqueous solution comprises the steps of: (i) supplying an oxidizable source of sulphur, and oxygen to the solution; and (ii) irradiating the solution with UV light such that both the inorganic and sulphur species are... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6776272 | Friction clutch, especially a torque converter lockup clutch for a hydrodynamic torque converter A slipping friction clutch which has at least on a pair of wet-running friction areas, especially a slipping converter bridging clutch for the hydrodynamic torque of a motor vehicle automatic transmission. In the state under the action of pressure, the two friction ... | 08/17/2004 |
