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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7976256 | Track slot fastener A fastener assembly secures loads to a track in a truck bed and is retainable within a track slot of the track. The fastener assembly may include a retainer adapted to fit at least partly within a track slot and a rotatable handle operating on the retainer, the rota... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7976097 | Cowl structure of vehicle A cowl structure including a cowl box having a partition panel joined to both rear and bottom walls thereof inside the cowl box. The partition panel constitutes, together with the rear and bottom walls, a hollow member portion extending in a vehicle width direction.... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7976062 | Airbag module with an airbag and a tubular gas generator that can be fastened to a module housing An airbag module comprising an airbag and a tubular gas generator that can be fastened to a module housing is provided. Said gas generator having gas outlet openings along the periphery thereof. The tubular gas generator can be fastened to the module housing using t... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7976061 | Combustion chamber unit for an airbag module A combustion chamber assembly for an airbag module of a motor vehicle is provided. The combustion chamber assembly comprising a combustion chamber housing, which encloses a combustion chamber, and a housing receptacle, in which the combustion chamber housing is to b... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7975802 | Intake air sound generation device An intake air sound generation device 40 for an internal combustion engine 2, comprises an introduction tube 41 which is connected to an intake passage 30 of the internal combustion engine 2 to introduce an intake pulse of an intak... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7975760 | Tool wrench assembly A tool wrench assembly for a blasthole drill includes a fork pivotally fixed relative to at least one actuator that moves the fork between an engaged and a disengaged position. ... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7975324 | Pressurized dual flush system A dual flush volume pressurized flush device. A pressurized tank includes a tray for controllably retaining water during a flush event. The tray retains a certain volume of water when a reduced flush is activated, such that the entire volume of the tank is not flush... | 07/12/2011 |
| D641463 | Shoe deodorizer | 07/12/2011 |
| 7975284 | Image capturing system, image capturing apparatus, and image capturing method An image capturing apparatus is configured so that optimal one of usable position detecting sensors is selected. Specifically, among a plurality of position detecting sensors usable by the image capturing apparatus, e.g., a GPS, a direction sensor, an acceleration s... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7975113 | Memory control device and method for controlling the same The present invention provides a storage control device which enables the time between failures to prolong as much as possible, though it uses HDD's whose mean time between failures is relatively short. The storage control device controls spindle motors in a manner ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7974918 | Credit risk framework A credit risk framework and systems and methods for using the same. The credit risk framework provides information regarding the eligibility of loans to be sold (delivered) to a purchaser, such as in the secondary mortgage market. The credit risk framework includes ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7974648 | Radio communication system, and transmitter, receiver, transmitting circuit, and receiving circuit used for the same A transmitter (1) applies current from a power supply node to a ground node in synchronization with only a rise of an input signal and transmits a transmission signal including an RF pulse signal to a receiver (2). The receiver (2) applies curre... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7974518 | Record reproducing device, simultaneous record reproduction control method and simultaneous record reproduction control program A record/play device includes a recording unit that records, on a recording medium, a series content data sequentially input to the record/play device, a playback unit that plays back, while recording the data by the recording unit, the content data recorded on the ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7973696 | Thin film emitter-absorber apparatus and methods Methods and apparatus for providing a tunable absorption-emission band in a wavelength selective device are disclosed. A device for selectively absorbing incident electromagnetic radiation includes an electrically conductive surface layer including an arrangement of... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7973593 | Reference voltage generation circuit and start-up control method therefor To solve the problem of the conventional reference voltage generation circuit in that an output voltage exceeds a predetermined voltage value, there is provided a reference voltage generation circuit including: a voltage generation circuit provided between a first p... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7973423 | On-vehicle electric power source system In an on-vehicle electric power source system, a power source control device is configured to supply an electric power from an electric power supply source to an actuator by means of a dual-circuit power supply line. The dual-circuit power supply line includes a byp... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7973395 | Semiconductor device using lead frame A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor chip configured to process a signal in a radio frequency band; two conductive antenna connection pins connected with two external antenna conductors, respectively; an island for the semiconductor chip to be mounted th... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7973335 | Field-effect transistor having group III nitride electrode structure A field plate portion (5) overhanging a drain side in a visored shape is formed in a gate electrode (2). A multilayered film including a SiN film (21) and a SiO2 film (22) is formed beneath the field plate portion (5). T... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7973275 | Manipulation of objects in potential energy landscapes Holographic optical traps using the forces exerted by computer-generated holograms to trap, move and otherwise transform mesoscopically textured materials. The efficacy of the present invention is based upon the quality and nature of the diffractive optical element ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7973224 | hybrid named ‘FUSION’ A new and distinct Guzmania hybrid named ‘FUSION’ characterized by solid growth habit; funnel-form rosette plant, measuring about 42 cm to 48 cm in height (above the pot when flowering); numerous, dark green color foliage, measuring about 30 cm to 35 cm i... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7973139 | Antibodies against nogo receptor The present invention relates to antibodies and related molecules that specifically bind to the Nogo receptor (NogoR). Such antibodies have uses, for example, in the treatment of spinal cord injury, brain trauma, paralysis, degenerative nervous system diseases, and ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7973100 | Polypropylene resin and blow molded container Polypropylene resins of the present invention give blow molded containers excellent in transparency, impact resistance and flexibility. Stretch blow molded containers obtained from the polypropylene resins enable volume reduction and weight reduction. A polypropylen... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7973044 | Heteroaryl, heterocyclic and aryl compounds which inhibit leukocyte adhesion mediated by VLA-4 Disclosed are compounds which bind VLA-4. Certain of these compounds also inhibit leukocyte adhesion and, in particular, leukocyte adhesion mediated by VLA-4. Such compounds are useful in the treatment of inflammatory diseases in a mammalian patient, e.g., human, su... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7972872 | Chromatography detection apparatus, detection method, and kit utilizing the same This invention provides an immunochromatography detection apparatus exhibiting excellent convenience, sensitivity, and specificity, a detection method therefore, a kit using the same, and a method for producing such apparatus and kit, by constructing a solid-phase s... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7972871 | Apparatus and method for analyte detection Disclosed is a testing device and methods for the identification of an analyte of interest in a sample. In a preferred embodiment, the testing device includes a front panel having at least one sample application aperture; a rear panel having at least one solvent app... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7972868 | Methods for detecting dihydroxyvitamin D metabolites by mass spectrometry Provided are methods of detecting the presence or amount of a dihydroxyvitamin in D metabolite in a sample using mass spectrometry. The methods generally comprise ionizing a dihydroxyvitamin D metabolite in a sample and detecting the amount of the ion to determine t... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7972867 | Methods for detecting vitamin D metabolites by mass spectrometry Provided are methods of detecting the presence or amount of a vitamin D metabolite in a sample using mass spectrometry. The methods generally comprise ionizing a vitamin D metabolite in a sample and detecting the amount of the ion to determine the presence or amount... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7972809 | Methylotrophic yeast producing mammalian type sugar chain This invention is to provide a process for producing a glycoprotein comprising a mammalian type sugar chain, characterized in that the process comprises introducing an α-1,2-mannosidase gene into a methylotrophic yeast having a mutation of a sugar chain biosynthesi... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7972794 | Oxidized apoA-I determination by mass spectrometry Methods are provided for the detection and quantitation of proteins generally and apolipoprotein A-I and oxidized derivatives thereof in particular. Further provided are methods for the assessment of the risk cardiovascular disease in a subject, wherein the assessme... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7972782 | Steroid-activated nuclear receptors and uses therefor A novel nuclear receptor, termed the steroid and xenobiotic receptor (SXR), a broad-specificity sensing receptor that is a novel branch of the nuclear receptor superfamily, has been discovered. SXR forms a heterodimer with RXR that can bind to and induce transcripti... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7972734 | Process for producing polymer electrolyte emulsion A process for producing a polymer electrolyte emulsion having the following steps (1) and (2) is provided. Step (1): a step of dissolving a polymer electrolyte in a solvent comprising a good solvent for the polymer electrolyte to prepare a polymer electrolyte soluti... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7972569 | Catalyst and systems incorporating the catalyst A catalyst includes a carrier body and a catalytic portion carried by the carrier body. The catalytic portion includes a plurality of distinct layers of catalytic material, which layers may be deposited through atomic layer deposition techniques. The catalyst may ha... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7972392 | Fuel preparation The invention relates to a fuel preparation for use in diesel engines consisting of plant oil mono-alcohol esters and up to 20 weight percent linear and branched paraffins and olefins of chain length C5-C11 and alcohols of chain length C2-C8, whereby the paraffins, ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7972118 | Variable capacity compressor The first maximum inclination angle θ1 is a maximum inclination angle of a link member 45 allowed by a clearance between a slit 41s of a rotor 21 and one end 45a of the link member 45; the second maximum incli... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7972049 | Vehicle lighting device A vehicle lighting device is provided, and includes a mount member, a semiconductor-type light source, a reflector, and screws. Mounting boss portions in which the screws are to be threaded are provided at the mount member. At the reflector, through holes into which... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7972046 | Vehicle lighting device A lighting device of the present invention includes: a first reflecting surface which is an elliptical reflecting surface; a semiconductor-type light source which is disposed at a first focal point of the first reflecting surface; and parabolic reflecting surfaces f... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7971907 | Seat belt buckle A vehicle seat belt assembly comprises a vehicle seat configured to contain a seat occupant; a seat belt webbing mountable to the vehicle seat and connected to a latch plate, wherein the latch plate is configured to be releasably connected to a seat belt buckle in o... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7971902 | Vehicle occupant restraint system A vehicle occupant restraint system including: a seatbelt device including a shoulder belt portion restraining a part of a vehicle occupant from one of shoulders to a chest, and a lap belt portion restraining a waist of the vehicle occupant; an upper airbag provided... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7971635 | Collecting tank and heat exchanger The invention relates to a plastic charge air tank or coolant tank (5) comprising at least one tie rod (10) that is integrated thereinto and is connected thereto as a single piece or in a fixed manner. The tie rod (10) is provided with at least ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7971605 | Air admittance vent diaphragm assembly An air admittance vent diaphragm assembly is disclosed. The assembly comprises a base, an annular retainer ring, and an annular malleable washer. The base has an annular portion and a stem extending orthogonally from the center of the annular portion. The annular re... | 07/05/2011 |
