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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6689327 | Catalytic converter for reducing hydrocarbon in the exhaust gases of a motor vehicle A catalytic converter for vehicles with internal combustion engines which is especially suited for catalytically cleaning exhaust gas with large proportions of hydrocarbons. The converter includes a jacket tube, in which one or more metal sheets are dispo... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6689691 | Method of simultaneously polishing a plurality of objects of a similar type, in particular silicon wafers, on a polishing installation The method allows simultaneous polishing of a plurality of objects of a similar type, preferably silicon wafers. The polishing process is interrupted briefly at least once. During the polishing pause, the carriers on which the objects to be polished have ... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6688229 | Method for controlling a printing process A method for printing includes a plurality of process steps. According to an additional step, relevant data are stored in a central relational database. Both a printing press and a data processing unit processing prepress data are interconnected.... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6686614 | Semiconductor switching element with integrated Schottky diode and process for producing the switching element and diode The invention relates to an integrated semiconductor switching element, that includes a semiconductor body having a first connection zone of a first conduction type and a second connection zone of the first conduction type. A body zone of a second conduct... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6687367 | Method and apparatus for the secured provision of functions of a signaling network for distributed telecommunication applications A method and an apparatus are provided for the secured provision of functions of a signaling network for distributed telecommunication applications. An application logic of a telecommunication network is separated from system components that are relevant ... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6686648 | Electronic component with stacked semiconductor chips and method of producing the component The electronic component has semiconductor chips that are stacked on one another. On their active top sides, the chips having interconnects for rewiring to contact areas through contacts formed on the sawn edges of the semiconductor chip. The electronic c... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6686265 | Method of producing a capacitor electrode with a barrier structure A capacitor electrode is produced with an underlying barrier structure. A barrier incorporation layer is used and a CMP (chemical mechanical polishing) process is employed in order to produce the barrier structure. The capacitor electrode with an underlyi... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6685231 | Insulation piece for a pipeline An insulation piece for a pipeline conveys electrically conductive liquids from a point that is at a ground potential to a point connected to a high voltage. The liquid is conveyed discontinuously by portion-by-portion transport by the carriage flow of th... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6685182 | Sheet-fed printing machine and method of operation A sheet-fed printing machine having a feed system for feeding sheets from a sheet feeder to the sheet-fed printing machine, and an imaging device for setting an image on a printing plate disposed on the plate cylinder are provided. The feed system include... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6686242 | Method for producing metallic bit lines for memory cell arrays, method for producing memory cell arrays and memory cell array A method for producing bit lines for a memory cell array comprises as a first step the step of providing a layer structure which comprises a substrate having transistor wells implanted in a surface thereof, a sequence of storage medium layers provided on ... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6686643 | Substrate with at least two metal structures deposited thereon, and method for fabricating the same Metal structures that can be produced by a damascene process are disposed in a first insulating layer and a second insulating layer is disposed above the latter. There is in each case at least one cavity which is disposed between the metal structures, is ... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6686626 | Source-down power transistor The invention relates to a source-down power transistor, in which narrow trenches filled with insulated polysilicon are provided between a source pillar and a drain pillar. Inversion channels form on the side walls of the trenches when a positive drain vo... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6687323 | Method for starting up and monitoring an apparatus for controlling a boiling water nuclear reactor A safe start-up of a boiling water reactor is achieved when two conditions are adhered to and monitored when the control rods are being moved out of the core: First, the drive of a control rod should be activated only when the directly and diagonally adja... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6687236 | Method for providing echo control devices in communication links to intelligent peripherals A method is described concerning echo suppression in connections from a terminal to an automatic machine in a communications network. The communications network contains echo control devices that can be requested if required and that can be inserted on th... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6609463 | Firing device for a pyrotechnic vehicle-occupant protection device A firing device is described and has an electronic unit which is connected upstream of a firing cap and generates a constant firing voltage. A bypass line is provided for bypassing the electronic unit. A test switching device can be actuated by a test sig... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6609462 | Method and device for controlling a transfer register in a sheet-fed rotary printing machine A method of avoiding register differences during the operation of a printing machine having a plurality of individual printing units includes counteracting, at least by circumferential register corrections, respective register differences in the individua... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6609705 | Device for the floating clamping of a workpiece to be machined A device for the floating clamping of a workpiece to be machined. The device has a pair of clamping pistons and a pair of clamping jaws which are capable of being advanced onto mutually opposite sides of the workpiece with the aid of the two clamping pist... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6609882 | Device for compensating for an axial thrust in a turbo engine A device for compensating an axial thrust in a turbomachine is described. A compensating piston is disposed in a compensation chamber and contains at least one radial seal operant between a rotor and a housing of the turbomachine in addition to a running ... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6608890 | System and method for remote updating of a telephone number transformation definition A system and a method are described for updating routing presets for a customer. The network access numbers entered in the equipment of the customer are selected by a service provider on the basis of a requirement profile of the customer, which may includ... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6608796 | Circuit configuration for controlling the word lines of a memory matrix A circuit configuration for performing a selective changeover of word lines of a memory matrix between an activation potential and a deactivation potential uses selectively addressable drivers. The changeover of a word line input terminal from the activat... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6608532 | Circuit configuration for producing a quadrature-amplitude-modulated transmission signal A circuit configuration for a QAM transmitter contains a Cordic for converting the baseband signal to the radio frequency band. The complex output signal from the Cordic is converted to the carrier frequency by interpolation filters. Different signal path... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6608340 | Substrate assembly having a depression suitable for an integrated circuit configuration and method for its fabrication A depression extends from a main surface of the substrate to the inside of said substrate and has an upper area and an adjacent lower area. A cross-section of the upper area, parallel to the main surface, is provided with at least one corner. A cross-sect... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6607972 | Method for producing an edge termination suitable for high voltages in a basic material wafer prefabricated according to the principle of lateral charge compensation An edge termination is produced that is capable of handling high voltages. The edge termination is produced in a base material wafer that is produced in accordance with the principle of lateral charge compensation. The edge termination is formed in the ba... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6607309 | Optical device An optical device includes a surface-mountable optical component with a base member having a recess filled with a transparent filler and a VCSEL element arranged in the recess. A receptacle is attached to the surface-mountable optical component. The recep... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6607119 | Method and apparatus for welding two work pieces A method of welding two work pieces that define a connecting zone between them is described. A friction pin is fed at a starting point into the connecting zone and into opposite regions of the work pieces on both sides of the connecting zone. The friction... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6606946 | Sheet-fed offset printing process and sheet-fed offset printing machine A sheet offset printing method and a sheet offset printing press includes altering flow relationships in an interior of a housing of a sheet delivery of a sheet-fed printing machine to prevent uncontrolled spread of powder in the housing by extracting pow... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6605841 | Method for producing an electrode by means of a field effect controllable semiconductor component and field-effect-controllable semiconductor component A field-effect-controllable semiconductor component and a method for fabricating an electrode of the component includes a semiconductor body having a first zone of a first conduction type, a second zone of a second conduction type disposed above the first... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6605505 | Process for producing an integrated semiconductor memory configuration A process for producing an integrated semiconductor memory configuration, in particular one suited to the use of ferroelectric materials as storage dielectrics, in which a conductive connection between one electrode of a storage capacitor and a selection ... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6605027 | Fold-off guide for a folder in a paper-processing machine A folder in a signature-processing machine has a transfer cylinder and a folding cylinder. The two cylinders are mounted to be rotatable in relative counter-rotation at a substantially equal peripheral speed. They form a nip through which a signature is t... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6604862 | Multichannel optical coupling configuration A coupling system includes an optical plug-in connector, a coupling partner and a retaining element. The housing of the plug-in connector is provided with a sliding key and with two springy detent limbs which include a detent nose for engaging with the co... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6604759 | Pipe connection A pipe connection of two pipe ends pushed into a sleeve. The pipe connection includes a spherical shape between the inside wall of the sleeve and the outside wall of at least one pipe end.... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6604739 | Method and device for aligning flat copies in sheet-processing machines A method of aligning flat copies in a sheet-processing machine includes the steps of determining the actual position of a sheetlike material in relation to a coordinate system; implementing a nominal position of a cylinder that accommodates the sheetlike ... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6604520 | Vapor extraction device disposed in the region next to open hot-food areas The vapor extraction device is disposed, for example, in a kitchen counter top next to the cooking or other hot-food area, specifically so as to be retracted in the position of rest. To operate as a suction device, the intake the vapor extraction device i... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6604455 | Food processor A strainer press for a food processor, which has a pot-shaped straining part that can be placed in a manner proof against rotation in the mixing bowl of the food processor and is provided with through-apertures, and an assigned pressing tool that has, on ... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6606445 | Method for producing a holding configuration for at least one sheathed optical fiber conductor A method for producing a holding configuration for at least one sheathed optical fiber conductor, which includes forming a holding body with a through-channel having a first channel section expanded over an expansion region into a second channel section o... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6605927 | Circuit configuration for discharging a capacitor which has been charged to a high voltage to a low voltage under the control of a control unit The object is to discharge a first capacitor from a high voltage to a low voltage. To this end, the one electrode of the first capacitor is linked with the one electrode of a second capacitor via a FET path. The other two electrodes of the two capacitors ... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6606314 | Method and radio station for data transmission In a method for data transmission in a radio communications system, a radio interface is subdivided into time slots for a transmission of bursts. In this case, the data are transmitted in data channels in a time slot, in which data channels can be disting... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6605864 | Support matrix for integrated semiconductors, and method for producing it Support matrices for semiconductors are often disposed with spacers on the semiconductor chip. The spacers are composed of silicone that flows into the region of the bonding leads and prevents reliable electrical connection of the bonding leads to the sem... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6604006 | Control device in a system and method for monitoring a controller A control device is provided for a machine, system or appliance, particularly a fuel cell system, having a first control unit and a second control unit which interchanges signals with the first control unit and monitors the first control unit. A compariso... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6603170 | Integrated semiconductor configuration having a semiconductor memory with user programmable bit width An integrated semiconductor circuit is described and has a semiconductor memory configuration embedded in a semiconductor chip and an interface circuit. The interface circuit is set up for the connection and transfer of data and control signals between th... | 08/05/2003 |
