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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D652612 | Footwear | 01/24/2012 |
| 8079855 | Connection apparatus A connection system, in particular an electrical connection system, having a male connector and having a female connector has a bayonet-type connection for connecting the male connector and the female connector. The bayonet-type connection has at least one axially e... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8056368 | Method for tapering optical fibers to conform to a desired radial profile An apparatus and method for tapering an optical fiber segment having an initial radial profile to substantially conform to a pre-specifiable desired radial profile for controlling mutually coordinated elongation and softening of different axial portions of the segme... | 11/15/2011 |
| D644349 | LED lighting module | 08/30/2011 |
| 8002285 | Non-contact seal for a gas turbine engine A seal comprises the combination of a primary seal and a secondary seal each of which acts on at least one shoe that is installed with clearance relative to one of a rotor and a stator in a position to create a non-contact seal therewith. The at least one shoe is pr... | 08/23/2011 |
| D643945 | LED lighting module | 08/23/2011 |
| 7980917 | Footwear and toy vehicle entertainment device An entertainment device is provided comprising the combination of an article of footwear and a self-propelled toy vehicle whose operation may be rudimentarily controlled by the actuation of one or more sensors mounted to the outsole or upper of the article of footwe... | 07/19/2011 |
| D640960 | Inner portion of a brake rotor | 07/05/2011 |
| D640621 | Inner portion of a brake rotor | 06/28/2011 |
| D613591 | Portion of a mount | 04/13/2010 |
| 7692881 | Structure for use in a projection exposure system for manufacturing semiconductors A structure for mounting an assembly of optical elements disposed within a housing, in particular of a projection lens assembly of a projection exposure system for manufacturing semiconductor elements includes a plurality of supporting elements, each respective one ... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7635089 | Device for shielding reading of a contactless smartcard A device is provided for shielding a contactless smartcard or RFID tag from reading. The device can include a first panel for holding and presenting a contactless smartcard, a second panel comprising a shielding material that prevents unauthorized reading of informa... | 12/22/2009 |
| D605099 | Outer side portion of a brake rotor | 12/01/2009 |
| 7567731 | Method and system for simultaneously registering multi-dimensional topographical points A method for registering multi-dimensional topographical data points representing a multi-dimensional object, comprises: a) receiving a plurality of points representing a plurality of overlapping frames of a surface of the multi-dimensional object; b) finding for ea... | 07/28/2009 |
| D596062 | Barrier device | 07/14/2009 |
| 7547157 | Barrier device with foam interior A barrier device comprises a top wall, a bottom wall, opposed end walls and opposed side walls formed of plastic material which interconnect to form a hollow, closed interior in which the inner surface of each wall is covered with a layer of foam material and then t... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7531476 | Refractory material for cement industry kilns and use thereof The present invention provides refractory materials for the kilns in the cement industry. The refractory material comprises andalusite, silicon carbide, and clay, or kaolinite, silicon carbide, and clay. The refractory materials can be configured as bricks such as f... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7525662 | Apparatus and method for environmentally isolated analysis An apparatus for analyzing a product to be analyzed which is located in a receptacle provided with a coupling element, in particular for photometric or spectrophotometric analysis of powder, bulk material, granular material and similar, is provided with a docking el... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7456944 | Apparatus and method for detection of optical systems in a terrain area An apparatus for detection of optical systems in a terrain area, has at least: a laser arrangement with a laser light source, a moving mirror for scanning the terrain area and a photoelement for detection of retroreflected laser radiation from the laser light... | 11/25/2008 |
| D578285 | Shoe insole | 10/14/2008 |
| 7430348 | Four-port optical filter fabricated from tapered optical fiber A four-port optical filter is provided including two tapered optical fibers, each having a loop in the area of their tapered portions, which are located relative to one another to form a ring resonator. The optical filter has a low Q with a broadband filter response... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7416364 | Pivot unit for barrier devices A pivot unit for use with barrier devices which may be connected end-to-end to form a barrier wall. The pivot unit comprises first and second end connectors, each of which may be coupled to the end of one barrier device, and a hinge post extending between the end co... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7410173 | Hydrodynamic brush seal A hybrid brush seal is provided for sealing a circumferential gap between two machine components that are relatively rotatable with respect to each other having seal bristles mounted in a ring shape on a first machine component with bristle ends directed at the seal... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7407341 | Floating barrier wall A floating barrier wall includes a number of individual barrier units each comprising a housing formed in the general shape of a highway barrier having a top wall, a bottom wall, opposed end walls, and, opposed side walls interconnected to form a hollow interior whi... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7400460 | Method for connection of an optical element to a mount structure The invention relates to a method for connection of an optical element to a mount structure, whereby in a first step the optical element is connected to the mount structure and in a second step the optical element is welded to the mount structure in the region of th... | 07/15/2008 |
| D570745 | Neck rest for a recumbent cycle | 06/10/2008 |
| 7385144 | Method and apparatus for electrically connecting printed circuit boards or other panels A method and apparatus is provided for forming a printed circuit board or other panel in which an array of vias are arranged in a desired connection grid within one or more layers of the board and then the board and vias are cut to form an edge of the board where a ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7384191 | Method and apparatus for measuring spatial temperature distribution of flames A method and apparatus is provided for measuring the spatial temperature distribution of a flame emitted from a burner nozzle for use in the fabrication of tapered optical fibers and fused couplers so that the position of the burner can be calibrated to locate the o... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7372545 | Method for adjusting a projection objective A projection objective having a number of adjustable optical elements is optimized with respect to a number of aberrations by specifying a set of parameters describing imaging properties of the objective, each parameter in the set having an absolute value at each of... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372423 | Rapidly deployable antenna system An antenna system is provided including a rapidly expandable-collapsible housing which mounts two sections of fabric material each having an array of antenna elements formed of electrically conductive material such as copper thread embedded in the fabric sections. T... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7364433 | Electrical connecting apparatus An electrical connecting apparatus has the following features: a current or data transmitter device which can be connected to at least one current-transmitting or pulse-transmitting source, is arranged in a transmitter housing and has contact elements. A current-rec... | 04/29/2008 |
| D567490 | Shoe bottom | 04/29/2008 |
| D566647 | Mount | 04/15/2008 |
| D566648 | Universal adaptor for mounts | 04/15/2008 |
| 7355854 | Apparatus for improved grounding of flange mount field effect transistors to printed wiring boards An apparatus for improved grounding and heat transfer between flange mount field effect transistors and printed wiring boards is provided comprising a cut-out formed in the printed wiring board, extending between its top and bottom surfaces, defining an edge which i... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7354168 | Facet mirror having a number of mirror facets A facet mirror (10) is provided with a number of mirror facets (11), in which the mirror facets (11) respectively have a spherical or conical facet body (17) with a reflecting surface (12). The side of the facet body (17) av... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7351008 | Floating barrier units A number of individual barrier units form a floating barrier wall each comprising a housing formed in the general shape of a highway barrier having a top wall, a bottom wall, opposed end walls, and, opposed side walls interconnected to form a hollow interior which i... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7351002 | Barrier device with external reinforcement structure A barrier device comprises a top wall, a bottom wall, opposed end walls and opposed side walls interconnected to form a hollow interior in which a pair of spaced openings are formed which extend between the side walls. An external reinforcement structure is provided... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7353527 | Holding apparatus for a storage medium A holding apparatus for at least one storage medium has a housing in which a supporting structure is arranged. The supporting structure is in this case connected to the housing with vibration damping via a damping device. A storage medium is arranged in the supporti... | 04/01/2008 |
| D563284 | Frame for a three-wheel recumbent cycle | 03/04/2008 |
