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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6421604 | Map display apparatus for motor vehicle A map display control apparatus for a motor vehicle including a road map storage device which stores road map data relating to a road map. A bird's-eye view data converting circuit converts the road map data into bird's-eye view data so that the road map ... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6244798 | Drill or milling head A drill or milling head (1), especially for printed circuit milling machines and engraving machines, including a collet chuck (27) which can be actuated by a rapid change mechanism. The drill or milling head includes a drive shaft which can be connected t... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6202424 | System for compressing contaminated gas The object of the present invention is to provide a compression system to effectively compress contaminated gas containing water and other corrosive substances (natural gas) without suffering any adverse effects caused by toxic substances, including impur... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6196627 | Vehicle seat A vehicle seat has a cushion integrated into a seat part and/or a seat back. The cushion has a ventilation layer through which air can flow and a cushion cover stretched over the cushion surface facing the seated individual. A plurality of electrically dr... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6194651 | Electrostatic discharge for solar cell Electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection arrangement for a solar cell assembly (SCA) is suitable for the use as a component of orbiting solar generators. The SCA is constructed of a cover glass provided with a conductive vapor deposit, a bonding layer and... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6182807 | Device and method for supplying power to a vehicle, semi-conductor circuit device for use in the same and collective wiring device for a vehicle or an automobile A power supply line is wired in a loop from a battery power supply, and a power supply relay circuit is installed intermediately of the power supply line such that power is supplied from the power supply relay circuit to an electric load connected to a te... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6185503 | Navigation system In a navigation system that reports on a traffic control point and a traffic jam location by voice on a route, various types of traffic information are received by an FM multiplex receiver. If the received traffic information includes information on traff... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6145493 | Fuel guidance system for a multicylinder internal combustion engine having inlet bores for connector pumps A fuel guidance system is provided for an internal combustion engine having in-line cylinders, inlet bores for connector pumps, high-pressure lines between the connector pumps and associated injection valves, as well as a fuel supply line that carries the... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6135500 | Seat-belt arrangement in a motor vehicle In order to avoid severe stressing of seat-belt straps which are placed over trim panels in motor vehicles, which may lead to the trim panel being damaged, a guide rocker is positioned in the deflecting region of the seat belt. The rocker is secured to th... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6131386 | Single mode resonant cavity A single mode resonant cavity is adapted to absorb energy via a single excitation mode in a plurality of overlapping absorption bands having different respective resonant frequencies, thereby increasing the resonant bandwidth of the cavity. The high Q-fac... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6129111 | Damper valve configuration A damper valve arrangement is combined with a servomotor of a hydraulic power steering system to form a steering damper. Certain valve elements are adjusted by bimetallic components in order to compensate for temperature-dependent changes in the viscosity... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6128573 | Map database apparatus A map database apparatus according to the present invention stores a plurality of sets of link string data provided separately to correspond to maps at different scales representing a road as a link string constituted by connecting a plurality of links ea... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6121872 | Object sensing device for motor vehicles An object sensing device and method for a motor vehicle utilizes one or more transmitter/receiver pairs to obtain a reflex signal from an object from an object situated in front of the motor vehicle in terms of the driving directions. In a first operating... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6121704 | Magnetic bearing There is disclosed a magnetic bearing which is an improvement over conventional radial magnetic bearings, and has a very small bearing loss. At least three U-shaped laminates 10 of electromagnetic steel sheets are circumferentially arranged around a rotat... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6120622 | Process and arrangement for manufacturing brush-type seals A process and arrangement for manufacturing brush-type seals having inclined bristles provides at least one ring-shaped brush-type seal having radially extending bristles of a length which, by way of the inclining of the bristles with respect to the radii... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6121741 | Control device for operating a window wiper in a motor vehicle A control device operates a window wiper in a motor vehicle, and includes a switching device for the selection of several wiping functions, a sensor device for determining a wetting degree of a window, and an electronic analyzing system. The window wiper ... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6117225 | Method of preparation of inks A process of producing a non-conductive ink formed from colorant particles and a non-conductive carrier liquid where the colorant particles are inherently of a low electrical resistivity. The process includes the steps of applying to the surface of the co... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6116365 | Arrangement for ventilating an assembly on a vehicle For increasing the effectiveness of an arrangement for ventilating an assembly on a vehicle, it is provided that, upstream of the assembly to be ventilated, an air guiding element is arranged which, in the cross-sectional view, has a vane-type profile and... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6116778 | Method and system for quantitative determination of seat climate on seat cushions A method and a system for quantitative determination of the seat climate of a seat cushion is provided. For this purpose, the seat surface is subjected, during realistic mechanical loading of the seat cushion to be tested, to a flow of moisture from a cli... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6111333 | Magnetic bearing, rotating machine mounting the same, and method for driving rotating machine In a rotating machine with employment of a sensor-less DC brushless motor, a terminal voltage of a motor is corrected in a phase corrector by using a motor phase current signal. At this time, the terminal voltage is processed in an integrator and a compar... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6106364 | Process for torque free outer circumference grinding of a cylindrical journal A process for grinding a cylindrical journal is provided, in which the workpiece is rotationally drivably received and held in a work spindle. The grinding disk, which is cylindrically trimmed on its outer circumference, is brought into engagement with th... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6105373 | Thermoelectric converter An object of this invention is to provide a thermoelectric apparatus, which is excellent in performance and has sufficiently high thermoelectric conversion ability. Supply means 6,7 for supplying a liquid heat transfer medium 21 against a side of a substr... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6108602 | Vehicle with navigation device A vehicle includes a navigation device in which a road network, which can be travelled on, has stored therein associated data on the surroundings. The navigation device determines the position of the vehicle on the road network. The stored data on the roa... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6104862 | Video signal recording and reproducing apparatus compatible with analog and digital video signal recording and reproducing An apparatus for recording and reproducing a digital video signal on and from a common recording medium by using the head configuration common to the conventional one while maintaining exchangeability with the current analog VTR. An analog video and audio... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6100796 | Obstacle recognition system in a motor vehicle In an obstacle recognition system in a motor vehicle with an electronic control device and with sensors to detect the distance of an obstacle in a predetermined area, the control device, in a defined partial area of a part, possibly mounted on the vehicle... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6098593 | Electronic bucking damping device for internal-combustion engines An electronic bucking damping device is provided for internal-combustion engines with an electronic fuel injection in motor vehicles, particular for diesel engines. By way of an accelerator pedal, a quantity request signal is given and is fed by way of a ... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6100866 | Addressing of liquid crystal displays A liquid crystal device of the kind in which individually addressable regions are settable to different optical states in response to drive waveforms is described. The waveforms are used to cause the material in different regions to remain set in its exis... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6095672 | Lighting device for the rear end of a vehicle A lighting device for the rear end of a vehicle which has at least one light chamber in which at least one incandescent lamp is disposed. A main reflector which rearwardly emits light is associated with the incandescent lamp. A transparent covering is use... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6095593 | Energy-absorbing covering for a vehicle body column of a motor vehicle An energy-absorbing covering for a body column of a motor vehicle includes on an area situated in the occupant compartment a covering part and an energy-absorbing element, which is arranged between the body column and the covering part. The energy-absorbi... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6093132 | Automatic clutch The invention concerns an automatic clutch in the drive train of a motor vehicle having a transmission with manual or voluntary selection of the different gears. After a gear-change, the engagement of the clutch is controlled as a function of the shift sp... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6092691 | Process and arrangement for proportioning viscous material In order to obtain an optimal application of viscous material, such as an adhesive or a sealing agent. The process and apparatus combines the proportional metering device and the outlet valve to form a constructional unit. A static mixing tube is integrat... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6090009 | Automatic clutch Disclosed is an automatic clutch for an engine-transmission unit in a vehicle with random gear changing. A sensor technology is used for determining the parameters to be taken into account for the automated clutch control. The sensing device includes a sp... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6089065 | Process and arrangement for the cold forming of hollow workpieces A process and device for manufacturing cylindrical hollow bodies out of a blank through cold forming using roll cylinders is provided. The axes of the roll cylinders in this process are essentially adjusted parallel to the axis of the workpiece and execut... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6087929 | Indication device A display device, in particular a fault display, predominantly for systems of a motor vehicle, is provided wherein, as a rule, there is a display only after an operational shut-down of a respective system occurs or when the motor vehicle is switched off.... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6087786 | Methods of controlling the brightness of a glow discharge Methods of controlling the brightness of a glow discharge which switches from a low brightness state to a high brightness state a given time after the start of an excitation pulse are described. In the first method, conventional pulse duration modulation ... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6086508 | Automatic clutch The invention concerns an automatic clutch in a motor vehicle drive train with a manually operated gearshift. If an accelerator pedal or the like used to control the engine and a vehicle service brake are not activated, the clutch is set at a creeping mom... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6086248 | Process for the model-supported simulation of the coolant temperature in the case of a vehicle based on initially measured conditions A process for the model-supported simulation of the coolant temperature in the case of a vehicle is provided. Conventionally, two temperature sensors are used for determining the coolant temperature, in which case one exists only for determining the tempe... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6085757 | Method and apparatus for creating art on an object such as the nail of a person's digit or a golf ball A hand operated self-contained machine made out of molded plastic for applying an image on a nail of a person's digit or a golf ball, consisting of a base frame including side rails. An element is provided to establish a reference point. An image creating... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6085526 | Process and braking arrangement for an exhaust gas turbocharger having a variable turbine geometry In a process for adjusting an exhaust gas turbocharger having a variable turbine geometry in the engine braking operation, engine operating parameters are measured for determining an actuating signal influencing the position of the turbine geometry. In or... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6088647 | Process for determining a fuel-injection-related parameter for an internal-combustion engine with a common-rail injection system A process for determining at least one fuel-injection-related parameter for an internal-combustion engine with a common-rail fuel injection system individually for each engine combustion chamber and each injection operation is provided. The pressure in th... | 07/11/2000 |
