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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7266982 | Hydroforming device and method An apparatus (10, 110) and method to form a workpiece (32, 132) into a useful product (28, 128) using a pressurized fluid (14), also termed as “hydroforming”. The workpiece may be a tube or may be one or a plurality of sheets of a mat... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7222705 | Floor shield carrying bag accessory A carrying bag accessory featuring a mat that is externally affixed to a bag or any variant bag designs such as a gym bag, duffle bag, rucksack, backpack, etc., and conveniently stored in a folded configuration when not in use and deployed in an unfolded configurati... | 05/29/2007 |
| 6861913 | Voltage-controlled oscillator with LC resonant circuit A voltage-controlled oscillator device with an LC-resonant circuit, in particular for implementing integrated voltage-controlled oscillators for the lower GHz range, is disclosed. The device achieves continuous frequency tunability in a wide range in particular with... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6796097 | Roof or wall panel system and method of installation A light-weight structural system is provided by a panel system having at least one pair of adjacent panels (10) and a clip (60) positioned between the adjacent panels. A groove or channel (26) in each panel receives an outwardly-extending tongue... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6762610 | Device and method for evaluating battery can coatings The electrical resistance aging properties of a coating intended for use on a base material in a primary alkaline cell battery are be tested by manufacturing at least one test device, measuring a first and a second electrical resistance across two distinct circuits ... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6749381 | Retractable coil stop mechanism for railroad coil car A coil car has a pair of deep side beams and a trough structure mounted to, and suspended between, the deep side beams for carrying coils. The trough structure may have three parallel, longitudinally extending troughs—a central trough lying between two laterally o... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6740560 | Bipolar transistor and method for producing same The aim of the invention is to provide for a bipolar transistor and a method for producing the same. Said bipolar transistor should have minimal base-emitter capacities and very good high frequency characteristics. The static characteristics, especially the base cur... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6726713 | Method and device for crimping a stent The invention concerns a method and a device for crimping a stent onto a balloon of a balloon catheter. The stent is arranged on the balloon so that an outside surface of the balloon and an inside surface of the stent contact each other to form a combination of ball... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6710274 | Electrical switch actuator A decorative electrical switch actuator (50, 150) acts in combination with a conventional light switch (10) having a toggle switch arm (12) mounted in a base such that when the toggle switch arm pivots from a first position to a second position,... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6709207 | Center beam car with deep upper beam structure A center beam car has a main deck structure extending laterally from a main center sill, a laterally extending top truss structure, and a central vertically oriented web work structure for carrying vertical shear loads between the top truss and the center sill and d... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6708063 | Cardiac pacemaker with position detector An implantable cardiac pacemaker (1) comprising a control device (2) including a position detector connected to a movement sensor, wherein the position detector has a classification device (23) for recognizing short movements. Preferably the pos... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6704596 | Electrically active medical implant An electrically active medical implant has a circuit (5), at least one first battery (1) to supply low current, and a second battery (2) to supply high current into the circuit (5), and a control device (4) designed to disconnect the at least one first ba... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6703839 | Synthetic making/breaking-capacity test circuit for high-voltage alternating-current circuit-breakers A high-voltage oscillating circuit (I) is connected in parallel with an auxiliary circuit-breaker (Ba) by firing a switching spark gap (SGhv) and the oscillating current (ihv) is superimposed on the high-current (ihc | 03/09/2004 |
| 6690971 | Device for regulating heart rate and heart pumping force A device for the therapy of supraventricular and ventricular bradycardial and tachycardial disrhythmias and/or for influencing the heart pumping force, including: electrodes for electrical and/or magnetic stimulation of parasympathetic nerves which in... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6684094 | Instrument for medical purposes The invention concerns an instrument for medical purposes, comprising a housing (8) which can be introduced into an animal or human body, a movably mounted electromagnetic or acoustic transducer unit (7) arranged in the housing (8), preferably in the dist... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6673641 | Contact structure for an electric II/VI semiconductor component and a method for the production of the same A process for the production of contacts for electrically operated II/VI semiconductor structures (for example laser diodes). The contact materials palladium and gold hitherto used in relation to electrically operated II/VI semiconductor lasers are distin... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6666148 | Vehicle carrying rail road car structure A rail road car has a deck for carrying wheeled vehicles. The car has deck access fittings mounted between the trucks near a collapsible hitch to provide access to the highway trailer landing gear crank, and flush mounted internal bridge plates. The rail ... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6663258 | Portable illumination device This invention relates to a portable illumination device (1) for the production of light effects, with a carrier (3) and a light-emitting device (2) operated with an open flame and connectable to this carrier. Carrier (3) comprises a handle (4) essentiall... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6659017 | Dropped deck center beam rail road car structure A center beam car has a main deck structure extending laterally from a main center sill, a laterally extending top truss structure, and a central vertically oriented central beam structure. The center beam so formed defines bunks upon which to carry cargo... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6659016 | Rail road freight car with resilient suspension An auto rack rail road freight car is provided for carrying low density, relatively high value, relatively fragile lading. The car has a relatively soft suspension and an empty vertical bounce natural frequency of less than 2.0 Hz. The car also has additi... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6641896 | Water resistant fire retardant roof underlayment sheet material A sheet material is useful as a waterproof underlayment for a roof of a structure. The sheet material has upper and lower surfaces and comprises a web of reinforcing mat comprising fire-resistant fibers and a continuous non-porous matrix of water-resistan... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6639830 | Magnetic memory device The invention relates to a magnetic memory cell for use in MRAM technology. The cell includes a first ferromagnetic fixed (hereinafter FMF) layer with a first magnetic moment, a second FMF layer with a second magnetic moment, at least one ferromagnetic so... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6637990 | Coil car with internal walkway A coil car has a pair of deep side sills and a trough structure mounted to, and suspended between, the deep side sills for carrying coils. The side sills extend between the rail car trucks and act as a pair of deep side beams for carrying vertical loads. ... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6634129 | Modified bolt assembly and firing mechanism for an MG 34 Mauser rifle The present invention is a modified bolt assembly and firing mechanism for creating a replica MG 34 Mauser rifle. The present invention provides for an MG 34 replica which fires from a closed bolt firing weapon, and is capable of only semi-automatic opera... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6627972 | Vertical bipolar transistor The invention relates to a vertical bipolar transistor and a method for the production thereof. The aim of the invention is to produce a vertical bipolar transistor and to disclose a method for the production thereof, whereby excellent high frequency prop... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6621575 | Method and device for analyzing molecular reaction products in biological cells A large number of cells can be evaluated in terms of their reaction state with molecular reactants under near-field optical conditions in a measuring and evaluation procedure of the invention. Light sources of different aperture diameters in the nano- or ... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6616061 | Railway or tramway rail and rail fastening system A railway or tramway rail fastening system includes a shell (2) and a resilient fill (4) within the shell for holding a rail (1), the shell having an inner profile open channel form to receive the rail, the inner profile being shaped to hold firmly, throu... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6613163 | Steel band with good forming properties and method for producing same The invention relates to a method for producing band-shaped steel for components which are produced by drawing and ironing. The invention also relates to a steel band which can be drawn or ironed and which has been produced by the inventive method. The ho... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6613080 | Stent with closed structure The invention concerns a stent, in particular a coronary stent, comprising a tubular portion, wherein openings are provided in the tubular portion. The invention is distinguished in that the openings provided in the tubular portion of the stent are of a s... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6612793 | Rail road car with lading securement storage apparatus A center beam car has a main deck structure extending laterally from a main center sill, and a central vertically oriented central beam structure. The center beam so formed defines bunks upon in which to carry cargo. The upper region of the web-work struc... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6611713 | Implantable device for diagnosing and distinguishing supraventricular and ventricular tachycardias An implantable device for diagnosing and distinguishing supraventricular and ventricular tachycardias includes electrodes for stimulating parasympathetic nerves of the atrioventricular and/or sinus node; electrodes for stimulating the atria and ventricles... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6551039 | Auto rack rail road car with reduced slack An auto rack rail road car has a main deck and at least one upper deck for carrying automobiles. The auto rack rail road car is provided with short travel buff gear and a reduced slack, or slackless, coupler. Bridge plates are provided to span the space b... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6519133 | Filter feedthrough This invention relates to a unipolar or multipolar electrical filter feedthrough device (1) to be introduced into an aperture of housing (26) of an implantable electronic therapeutic device with a feedthrough body (2) to be inserted in the aperture and co... | 02/11/2003 |
