Bizarre Patents
A simulation environment for the sport of boxing utilizing a robotic machine interface system which carries a person.
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D637984 | Instrument display device for a vehicle | 05/17/2011 |
| 7533791 | Arrangement for welding workpieces by means of an ultrasonic device An arrangement for the welding of cables by means of an ultrasonic welding device with a compression chamber for housing the cables defined by at least sections of a sonotrode transmitting ultrasonic vibrations, a counter electrode and lateral defining elements. In ... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7531360 | Method of dechlorination treatment of flowing water, in particular upstream of a biological pollution detector A selective method of dechlorination treatment of circulating water containing disinfectant chlorine in the form of ClO−,HClO, ClO2 or chloramine, where an ascorbic acid aqueous solution is injected from a storage reservoir into the water flo... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7521001 | Surface treatment of concrete A method of treating a surface for the removal of a surface portion comprising irradiating the surface with laser light, wherein the irradiation is effected by covering said surface in a sequential manner with a plurality of discrete spots of laser light. The spots ... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7517309 | Structure of interfolding machine An interfolding machine having a framework (1) comprising a first plate (20a) and a second plate (20b), parallel to each other, interconnected by means of beams (15, 25, 26). Each plate (20a or 20b | 04/14/2009 |
| 7509896 | Process for machining in situ the peripheral surface of a rotating part, and apparatus for carrying out said process A process for machining in situ the peripheral surface (1100) of a part rotating around an xx′ axis (1), wherein a machining device is used comprising at least one plate (12) fixed to a frame and a tool holder (11) provided with a cutti... | 03/31/2009 |
| D589305 | Case | 03/31/2009 |
| 7507065 | Fuel pump Fuel pump (10) may comprise a casing (18) and a substantially disc-shaped impeller (20) which is rotatably disposed within the casing (18). A first group of concavities (21a) may be formed in a lower face of the impeller ( | 03/24/2009 |
| D589130 | Liquid drainer | 03/24/2009 |
| 7503153 | Paper feeding device for a banding machine for logs of sheet material Banding machine for packaging logs of stacks of folded, overlapped or interfolded sheets applies a banding web of paper or plastic film on four longitudinal sides. During motion of the web in a direction orthogonal to the drawings, a glue gun spreads a glue line the... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7500286 | Hinge A hinge, particularly for doors, having a support element (11, 12) for a hinge-pin (13), the support element having a hinge-plate (11) for installation in a door casing, and a lower sleeve (12) which is designed to support a hinge-pin ( | 03/10/2009 |
| 7497066 | Method for manufacturing air filled packing cushions A machine (1) for the production of packaging material in the form of air filled cushions (24) comprises feeding rollers (2) for conveying parallel two films of plastic material (20a and 20b), unwound starting from ro... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7492470 | Method for three-dimensional shape measurement of a body The invention relates to a method for three-dimensional shape measurement of a body or of a part thereof, in particular of a dental object such as a model, by scanning non-contact distance measurement using an optical sensor device comprising a beam source, where th... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7480575 | Method for detecting mechanical features of a material and apparatus that carries out this method A method for detecting mechanical features of a material, in particular a metal material, provides a preliminary step where a database is created containing a finite number of reference curves (P,h) (52). Such curves are obtained using a finite elements analy... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7476691 | Sulfamate benzothiophene derivatives as steroid sulfatase inhibitors The present invention relates to sulfamate benzothiophene compounds of the formula: (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, m and n are as defined in the specification. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing these compo... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7473214 | Pelvic floor training device A training device for training the pelvic floor muscles of a human, which can be externally placed on the human body and can be connected to feedback units that produce feedback signals, such as vibrations. The training device is, at least on one side, aligned with ... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7474024 | Electronic control unit and electric pump An electronic control unit 10 may comprise a case 12, a board 23 accommodated inside the case 12, and electronic components (25, 29, 31) mounted on the board 23. An opening 13 may be formed on one face of the case ... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7464692 | Intake air control valves An intake air control valve has a bore defining member and a butterfly-type valve member that includes a shaft and a valve body. The valve body has a pair of valve portions joined to the shaft and rotatable between a fully closed position and a fully opened position... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7459653 | Device for compacting and/or welding electric conductors A device for compacting and/or welding electric conductors (10), in particular for producing via nodes or end nodes of stranded conductors. The device includes a first electrode, one section of which constitutes a first delimitation surface of a compacting ch... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7459001 | Vane diffuser Vane diffuser for use in separators for separating a liquid phase and/or a particulate material from a gas flow, includes a distribution chamber that communicates with the inlet pipe stub of the separator. A top plate, a bottom plate, and a plurality of curved, para... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7458553 | Roll stock cradle structure Roll stock cradle support structure for receiving and supporting one or more pieces of roll stock, comprising: a flat base strip of rigid or semi-rigid plastic material having an upper and lower surface, at least one set of facing cradle portions of pre-selected dim... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7460647 | Rotary anode as well as a method for producing a cooling element of a rotary anode The invention involves a rotary anode of an x-ray tube with a cooling element of carbon fiber material constructed so as to be rotationally symmetrical around a coaxial rotation axis. In order to achieve a high heat conducting capability, it is recommended that the ... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7458367 | Canister A canister is taught that includes a container 10 containing granular adsorbent materials 30 that can adsorb fuel vapor generated from a fuel tank, and a plate-shaped dividing member 40, 45, 48, 65 and 72 that is disposed in the container... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7455045 | Fluid flow control device for internal combustion engine An intake apparatus 100 includes a bore 102 and a throttle valve 104. A coating film 110 in which a lipophilic component and an oil-repellent component are dispersed is formed on at least one of an outer peripheral end surface 104 | 11/25/2008 |
| 7455775 | Water treatment method and apparatus It is an object of the invention to provide an effective technique for detecting the quality of water with high accuracy. A representative water treatment apparatus includes an aerobic treatment region that treats water aerobically, a downstream region in which the ... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7454031 | Multifunction speaker A multifunction speaker has a frame made of an insulation material and having a cylindrical portion, a pair of supporting springs secured to the frame and to a magnetic circuit for supporting the magnetic circuit. The magnetic circuit comprises a pole piece having a... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7445177 | Bobbin and especially a bobbin wound with a yarn A bobbin for receiving a yarn store comprising a winding zone for the yarn and a standing area for the bobbin is described. Here, the winding zone is embodied as conical and the standing area is provided with at least one retaining element for fixing the yarn end. | 11/04/2008 |
| 7444811 | Wave power device Wave-power device, with a plurality of floating bodies (12) arranged in at least two parallel rows for vertical movement caused by wave movements. Each floating body is connected to a generator (22) for the generating of electrical energy during the ve... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7441542 | Butterfly valves and intake air control devices for internal combustion engines The present invention includes a butterfly valve that has a resin valve body and a shaft. The shaft includes a first shaft member and a second shaft member. The first and second shaft members are integrated with the valve body. The first and second shaft members are... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7441339 | Measuring apparatus A measuring apparatus including a measuring device, such as a laser measuring device with a housing, which is detachably connected to a tripod including a tripod head and emanating therefrom tripod legs which are height-adjustable and can pivot on swivel or pivot jo... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7442157 | Structure of interfolding machine An interfolding machine for sheet material for making a stack of interfolded sheets includes at least one web of material to interfold that is cut into sheets of predetermined length and rolls for partially overlapping the sheets in order to form an overlapped porti... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7440100 | Method for evaluation of a scattered light signal and scattered light detector used for carrying out said method A method of evaluating a scattered light signal generated by a scattered light receiver when detecting especially fine particles in a carrier medium, wherein the scattered light signal runs through a filter algorithm operation to evaluate the scattered light signal ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7428860 | Cheese slicer with a cutting wire on a rotable arm and a holding arm A cheese slicer having a bottom plate on which a block of cheese can be placed, a vertical guide rod mounted on the bottom plate having an external thread on which a slicing arm with a slicing string, and a roundel with an internal thread, which is received on the e... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7429314 | Device for controlling the travel distance of a chisel in a feeding system for an aluminium production electrolytic cell Device for equipment of a cell (1) comprising an electrolytic bath (4) covered with a crust (5), with a chisel (13) that can be moved vertically between a high position in which it is above the crust (5) and a low position in which... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7425125 | Roller for forming noodles and the like A roller (1) for forming noodles and the like (W) comprises a roller body (2), an intermediate layer (4) and a fluoropolymer layer (3). The intermediate layer (4) is formed from a thermally sprayed material with open cells such as ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7422675 | Process for changing anodes in an electrolytic aluminum production cell including adjustment of the position of the anode and device for implementing the process A process for changing an anode of a cell for the production of aluminum by fused bath electrolysis including a plurality of anodes. According to the invention, an anode handling tool is used including a positioning device, a gripping device and a sensor detecting t... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7415888 | Safety device particularly for multiple wheel nuts A safety device (10) comprises a plurality of wheel nut position indicators (30) captively but rotatably mounted in a holder (12). The position indicators are attachable to respective wheel nuts (40) by means of fastener covers (50... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7412904 | Isokinetic testing apparatus and system An isokinetic testing machine is disclosed having a support frame, a sub-assembly disposed on the support frame, a power source operably disposed within the sub-assembly, a first main arm having a proximal apex end and a distal end, the first main arm distal end is ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7414024 | Proteins with IL-6 inhibiting activity The subject of the present invention concerns proteins with IL-6 inhibiting activity and thier use, and the use of proteins containing at least the amino acid seqeunce SEQ ID NO. 4 as medicianl product, in paritcular as anti-cancerous agent. ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7409882 | Exoskeleton interface apparatus An exoskeleton interface apparatus includes five rigid links (2-6) arranged in series, capable of rotating reciprocally at the respective ends for monitoring angular movements of the arm, of the forearm and the wrist of an user (60) and having a... | 08/12/2008 |
