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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D634788 | Sign support | 03/22/2011 |
| 7896316 | Truck crane The present invention relates to a truck crane with a winch, in particular a hoisting winch, which is mounted on the uppercarriage, wherein the truck crane includes means for raising and/or lowering the winch. ... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7883163 | Telescopic rail system and a refrigerator and/or freezer unit A telescopic rail system, in particular for refrigerator units and/or freezer units, has a support plate for the holding the telescopic rail system in the inner compartment of the refrigerator unit and/or freezer unit and two telescopic rails arranged opposite at th... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7845188 | System for the preparation of compressed air A method and a system for the preparation of compressed air having a heat exchanger (system heat exchanger) which is in communication with a pressure source on the inlet side on the compressed air side and which is in communication with a system or unit on the outle... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7878077 | Device for measuring mechanical quantities, method for measuring mechanical quantities and use of a device for measuring mechanical quantities The present invention relates to a device for measuring mechanical quantities, in particular for detecting tensile forces, thrust forces and bending deformations, as well as to a method for measuring mechanical quantities and to the use of a device for measuring mec... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7834396 | Lateral field effect transistor and its fabrication comprising a spacer layer above and below the channel layer A lateral field effect transistor for high switching frequencies having a source region layer (4) and a drain region layer (5) laterally spaced and of highly doped first conductivity type, a first-conductivity-type channel layer (6) of lower dop... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7829618 | Powder thermal spray compositions composing at least two thermoplastics A thermal spray coating composition comprising up to about 90 weight percent of the composition of a first thermoplastic material and up to about 50 weight percent of the composition of at least one additional thermoplastic material that is different from the first ... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7826062 | Device to detect or generate optical signals The present invention relates to a device for detecting or generating and modulating optical signals, and having an angular dispersive element arranged to change angles of the optical signals or carrier and/or reference rays brought to interference. ... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7811366 | Metal surface treatment composition, metal surface treatment method, and metal material A metal surface treatment composition including at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a zirconium compound and a titanium compound, and an organosiloxane, which is a polycondensate of organosilane and has in a molecule thereof of at least two a... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7805892 | Refrigerator and/or freezer A refrigerator and/or freezer is provided with a glass door having a metal frame in which a glazing is inserted, the metal frame forming an outer skin of the door, which with a front-side portion and a narrow-side portion covers the front and circumferential sides o... | 10/05/2010 |
| D624569 | Bore crown for ice drill | 09/28/2010 |
| 7799477 | Aircraft having a fuel cell The invention relates to an aircraft, in particular to an airplane, having at least one fuel cell, having at least one supply line which connects the fuel cell to a fuel supply, having at least one outlet line by means of which fuel supplied by the supply line and n... | 09/21/2010 |
| D622122 | Hatchet | 08/24/2010 |
| 7775664 | Instrument for measuring a refractive power An instrument for measuring a refractive power including an astigmatic axis with retinoscopy is provided, which includes a projector, a light receiving device, a detector, and a notification unit. The projector projects light into a pupil of an examined eye. The lig... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7768092 | Semiconductor device comprising a junction having a plurality of rings A semiconductor device comprises a first layer (1) of a wide band gap semiconductor material doped according to a first conductivity type and a second layer (3) on top thereof designed to form a junction blocking current in the reverse biased state of ... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7767983 | Exposure device The present invention presents an exposure device, which includes an object stage on which the object is to be set, at least one aperture member for splitting a light beam from an optical source into first and second light beams, first and second spatial light modul... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7766162 | Receptacle for a catheter A receptacle for a catheter, has a storage space (3) designed to receive a catheter, and an opening (4) connected to the storage space, through which opening a catheter in its longitudinal direction is pushable into and pullable out of the storage spac... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7749319 | Composition for surface conditioning and a method for surface conditioning A composition for surface conditioning includes bivalent or trivalent metal phosphate particles having a pH of 3 to 12, with D50 of the particles being 3 μm or less and including an amine compound having a MW of 1000 or less, plus at least one metal alko... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7746621 | Bar type ionizer A bar type ionizer has a discharging electrode, a ground electrode, a high voltage unit, and a controller unit and uses the technique of eliminating static electricity by corona discharging. The ionizer also has a FND unit mounted on the bar which lets the user see ... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7741622 | Exposure device The present invention presents an exposure device, which includes an optical source for emitting a UV ray, a lighting system for shaping the UV ray into a collimated light beam, an aperture member for producing rectangular first and second light beams based on the l... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7728403 | Semiconductor device A semiconductor device of unipolar type has Schottky-contacts (6) laterally separated by regions in the form of additional layers (7, 7″) of semiconductor material on top of a drift layer (3). Said additional layers being doped according to a ... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7722710 | Surface-conditioning composition, method for production thereof, and surface conditioning method A surface-conditioning composition can form a denser phosphate coating film having more satisfactory coating weight on the surface of a metal material compared to a conventional one and, therefore, can reduce the electrolytic corrosion of a metal material during a c... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7722020 | Arrangement and a method for clamping thin rods An arrangement for clamping a thin rod of glass or quartz having a diameter below 1 mm in two mutually-spaced clamping locations for holding the rod extended between the two clamping locations. The arrangement also comprises first clamping device arranged to clamp t... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7708226 | Device for detecting synchronous errors of high-lift surfaces on aircraft A device for detecting synchronous errors of high-lift surfaces such as landing flaps or slats on aircraft, having an optical conductor which is laid over at least two adjacent high-lift surfaces, a light source and an optical receiver which are allocated to differe... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7703615 | Lattice piece for a large mobile crane and method of erecting the same This invention relates to a lattice piece for a large mobile crane, comprising four corner posts and null bars and diagonal bars connecting the same. In accordance with the invention, the lattice piece each is divided in two such that one part of the null and diagon... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7701552 | Exposure device The present invention presents an exposure device, which includes an optical source for emitting a UV ray, a first lighting system for shaping the UV ray into a collimated light beam, an aperture member for producing rectangular first and second light beams based on... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7669865 | Axle suspension for heavy vehicles The present invention relates to an axle suspension for heavy vehicles, in particular trucks, comprising an axle beam which bears axle parts projecting over at oppositely disposed sides, each axle part preferably bearing a wheel drive; an axle beam bearing which per... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7654368 | Hybrid fastener The invention relates to a hybrid fastener, in particular for the absorption of kinetic impact energy and/or for the absorption of the forces occurring on towing, in particular on towing vehicles, comprising at least one force introduction member which introduces fo... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7646060 | Method and device of field effect transistor including a base shorted to a source region Method for producing a field effect transistor having a source region (9), a drain region and a channel layer (11) interconnecting the source and drain regions, and including the step of providing a sacrificial layer (4) on part of a semiconduct... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7627393 | Crane or digger for swinging a load hanging on a support cable with damping of load oscillations The invention concerns a crane or excavator for traversing a load hanging from a load cable, which is movable in three spatial directions. The crane or excavator has a computer-controlled regulation for the damping of load swings, which contains a path planning modu... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7622720 | Exposure device The present invention relates to an exposure device for forming predetermined patterns onto an object. The exposure device includes an optical source for emitting a ray, an aperture member including first and second opening windows and a detection window, first and ... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7611493 | Device for preventing axial movement A device for preventing axial movement of an elongated member (1) applied through the skin of a mammal at a puncturing position has a plaster (2) designed to cover the surface around the puncturing position and having at least an adhesive layer (4 | 11/03/2009 |
| 7611021 | Crane vehicle The present invention relates to a crane vehicle having a base plate fastenable to its undercarriage to receive ballast and two hoisting means vertically fastened to the part of the superstructure projecting outwardly in the opposite direction to the boom, said hois... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7604352 | Instrument for measuring a refractive power An instrument for measuring a refractive power includes a target, a target projecting unit, a measurement light projecting unit, a light receiving unit, a unit for performing a normal refractive power measurement, a judgment unit, and a unit for performing a high-sp... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7604300 | Dump truck The present invention relates to a dump truck or large mining truck, comprising a dump body for the transport of overburden or the like, a first hydraulic circuit having a first pump device for the actuation of the dump body as well as a second hydraulic circuit hav... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7598745 | Method and apparatus for measuring electrical conductivity An apparatus (2) for measuring electrical conductivity in a material has a pair of electrically conducting elements (6), a first electrical conductor (9) coupled to the electrically conducting elements and coupling a first transformer core (1... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7587205 | Specification of a communication system for mobile telecommunications A communications system for mobile telecommunications and a set of procedures for operating the system are described. The system allocates a sub-area within a total area whereby the parameters of the allocated sub-area are stored in a subscriber identity module (SIM... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7572542 | Nanocarbon composite structure having ruthenium oxide trapped therein A novel nanocarbon composite structure is provided having trapped ruthenium oxide. By using Ketjen black, and through chemical-mechanical effect utilizing an ultracentrifugal reaction field, both the specific surface area of ruthenium oxide and space of electrode ma... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7570370 | Method and an apparatus for the determination of the 3D coordinates of an object A method serves for the determination of the 3D coordinates of an object (2). A fringe pattern is projected onto the object (2) in the method. The light reflected by the object (2) is recorded and evaluated. To improve such a method, the fringe ... | 08/04/2009 |
| D593837 | Crow bar | 06/09/2009 |
