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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6295511 | Apparatus for controlling and monitoring actuators with an open/close characteristic An apparatus for controlling and monitoring actuators with an open/close characteristic consists of a first unit having a drive switch unit for operating a drive force unit, at least one limit signal generator that detects an end position of an actuator o... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6269237 | Printer with two printing units and pairs of transport rollers driven by step motors A printer is provided with two similar printing units fed with sheet-like material via a common input section. Printed material is output via a common output section. Groups of transport rollers and individual transport rollers are driven by step motors.... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6248167 | Method for single crystal growth and growth apparatus Disclosed is a method for the growth of a single crystal having excellent crystallinity, uniform quality in the inside thereof and hence excellently uniform optical properties, the method enabling an improvement in yields. The invention resides in a metho... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6246490 | Method and arrangement for the transmission of facsimile-encoded information between multimedia-capable communication terminal equipment A method and apparatus for the transmission of facsimile-encoded information from a sending communication terminal equipment via a communication network to a receiving communication terminal equipment employs facsimile transmission protocols includes step... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6237289 | Ground Anchor An improved wing-type ground anchor. The ground anchor includes a central body portion, wings radiating laterally from the body portion, and a leg portion at the front end of the body portion GROUND ANCHOR that operates like a star-point drill for penetra... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6233457 | Method and mobile communication system for routing of call connections A switching-oriented signaling load between a switching center (VMSCA) that receives a request for the connection setup and an access mobile switching center (GMSCA) that initiates optimized routing in inter-network fashion that is lower compared to the k... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6230042 | Method and arrangement for determining the location of a catheter within an animal body A catheter arrangement has an active catheter, positionable in a vessel or organ of an animal, having at least one transducer disposed proximal the catheter tip; and a fixed catheter, also positionable within the animal in the vicinity of the active cathe... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6222701 | Magnetic head with (411) plane single crystal ferrite medium facing surface and (122) plane gap surface A magnetic head having excellent abrasion characteristics and a high playback output. The magnetic head is made up of a pair of magnetic core halves each having a single crystal ferrite at a portion thereof, said magnetic core halves being abutted and joi... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6222371 | Hand-held fluid tester for process fluids A portable, hand-held fluid tester for testing and analyzing process fluids is provided with a volume controlled fluid reservoir. The test fluid reservoir is connected by a spillway to an overflow reservoir to provide more consistent and accurate fluid vo... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6211959 | Method of checking for the presence of connection balls Method of checking for the presence of connection balls of components, in particular of ball grid arrays by projecting light obliquely onto the components to create reflections and shadows at the connection balls and any impurities, detecting the reflecti... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6208823 | Developer station with cross conveyance A printer or copier has a developer station with a toner dispenser in which the toner is fed from a toner box to a transverse transport above a dosing apparatus. The transverse transport includes a helix driven by a drive mechanism. The helix has a pitch ... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6205626 | Bottom end stop attaching portions of fastener tapes and a slide fastener chain including the same By fusing reinforcing tapes with bottom end attaching portions of fastener tapes by pressurizing heating means with different pressures (i.e., high and low), thus weakening of attaching portions can be prevented. Core threads are fitted to side edges of f... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6200117 | Rotary lobe pumps A rotary lobe pump is provided with an improved sealing mechanism between the rotor and outside diameter of the shaft upon which the rotor is mounted. An adapter is provided for the drive shaft which enables the drive shaft to be easily coupled to a varie... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6198287 | Electrical apparatus having components disposed inside and outside of a high-frequency shielded room A diagnostic magnetic resonance apparatus has at least one component arranged inside a high-frequency shielded room, at least one other component arranged outside the high-frequency shielded room, and a control computer which is connected with the compone... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6193824 | Method of installing an optical waveguide cable on a conductor of a high-voltage overhead line A method of installing an optical cable on a conductor of a high-voltage line comprises helically wrapping the cable and conductor with an adhesive tape.... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6190949 | Silicon thin film, group of silicon single crystal grains and formation process thereof, and semiconductor device, flash memory cell and fabrication process thereof A process of forming a silicon thin film includes the steps of: irradiating a pulsed rectangular ultraviolet beam on an amorphous or polycrystalline silicon layer formed on a base body, to thereby form a silicon thin film composed of a group of silicon si... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6186143 | Apparatus for supplying atmospheric air and at least one additional gas to a respirating subject An apparatus for supplying air and at least one additional gas to a respirating subject has a container with an open end for receiving air, which is connected to a tubing system for conveying gas to the subject. The additional gas is supplied from an addi... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6184762 | Relay and component module combination A relay and control module combination wherein the control module has an essentially cuboid housing with a coupling side for plug connection to an auxiliary connection side of a cuboid relay housing. Mutually complementary plug connector elements, which c... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6179410 | Printer A printer comprising a printing head for discharging ink alone or ink and diluent according to the present invention employs a polyimide polymer at least around nozzle opening(s) on the nozzle opening side of the printing head so as to enable to form a re... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6177791 | Current sensor according to the compensation principle Current sensor according to the compensation principle, in which the magnetic field produced by a primary winding (1) through which the current to be measured flows is compensated by the compensation current in a secondary winding (6), and in which for th... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6176570 | Printer apparatus wherein the printer includes a plurality of vibrating plate layers A printer apparatus comprising a discharge nozzle; a pressure chamber communicated with this discharge nozzle; vibrating plates covering the pressure chamber; and a piezoelectric element arranged corresponding to the pressure chamber via the vibrating pla... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6177914 | Plasma addressed electro-optical display The plasma addressed electro-optical display includes a panel having a plasma cell and a liquid crystal cell joined to each other with a dielectric sheet interposed in between. While the plasma cell has display channels arranged thereon in rows, the liqui... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6174069 | "Wall illuminating light fixture" A light fixture includes down lighting for directing light downwardly from the light fixture and includes an auxiliary side light to direct light onto wall surfaces having blackboards, bulletin boards and the like. The side light includes a refraction len... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6175697 | Method and apparatus for image development in an electrographic printer or copier A printer or copier has a developer station for a toner image wherein a photoconductive drum is provided with a latent charge image that is developed by applying a toner/air mixture to a developer drum that in turn applies the toner to the photoconductive... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6173033 | X-ray computed tomography apparatus for producing X-ray shadowgraphs An X-ray computed tomography apparatus having a two-dimensional detector allows X-ray shadowgraphs to be alternatively produced with using one or several detector rows. For this purpose, a slot diaphragm near the tube and a slot diaphragm near the detecto... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6172814 | Plano lens, rear-projection type projector screen employing the same, and rear-projection type video display apparatus A piano lens according to the present invention includes a transparent base member disposed on a light emission side thereof or light incidence side thereof and a minute-transparent-ball disposing layer having at least minute transparent balls two-dimensi... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6172166 | Thermally resistant resin composition and method for miscible preparation The present invention provides a thermally resistant resin composition containing PS and PPO, wherein at least one of PS and PPO has an acid group and the acid group is neutralized with a basic metal compound containing a metal element of the group 2B, 3B... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6168332 | Transfer printing station with adjustable-width paper conveyor means A transfer printing station is provided which has two pairs of tractor drives movably arranged side-by-side on two drive shafts. During operation with only a single paper web, the unused tractor drives can be moved to a lateral parking position. The two p... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6169978 | Mail handling process and device A process and device for automaticaly posting virtually and item of mail wherein the item of mail is deposited on a handling surface and images of the item of are processed by an electronic camera.... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6166769 | Solid-state imaging device A solid-state imaging device has a matrix of pixels arranged in rows and columns, a first signal holding circuit for holding a first signal transferred from each of the pixels through a vertical signal line, a second signal holding circuit for holding a s... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6166711 | Plasma addressed electro-optical display A plasma addressed electro-optical display which is capable of uniforming coupled capacities of adjacent electrodes even if a drive substrate is connected to a display panel through a plurality of circuit boards so that a high-quality image is displayed. ... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6164585 | Roll storage apparatus A roll storage arrangement for sheet-like articles, in particular banknotes, having two roll cores, each of which is connected to a drive whose driving direction can be reversed, and between which a common storage tape can be rereeled. The storage tape is... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6165581 | Magnetic recording medium apparatus In a magnetic recording medium such as a floppy disk, a fatty acid ester compound having at least one side chain group with a molecular weight of 70 or more is added as a lubricant to a non-magnetic under layer or a magnetic recording layer in order to pr... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6162554 | Method and system for utilizing enthalpy contained in exhaust gases of low-temperature fuel cells A method for utilizing the heat in the exhaust gases of a low-temperature fuel cell module is disclosed, whereby the exhaust gases from the fuel cell are introduced into a condenser for energy acquisition. A system for the implementation of the inventive ... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6160729 | Associative memory and method for the operation thereof An associative memory contains cells that are formed of a series circuit of an ordinary PMOS transistor with a PMOS transistor with a floating gate. The ordinary PMOS transistor receives of an input vector and the gate of the second PMOS transistor is con... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6160484 | Process and apparatus for the display and provision of alarm means for measured values on communications terminals A method and apparatus for communicating and storing measured values that are measured on electrical equipment. The values are retrieved within the framework of a link controller of at least one communication terminal attached to the communication system.... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6160473 | Contact assembly for semiconductor resistors such as posistors In a contact assembly for semiconductor resistors, contact elements (5a, 5b) are designed asymmetrically in such a way that, on mutually opposite side faces of an electrical component (3), they bear on it while being mutually offset.... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6160453 | High-frequency power amplifier A high-frequency power amplifier has a high-frequency input, a high-frequency output and at least one power transistor connected therebetween. The power transistor has a first electrode serving as a control input, a cooling terminal connected to a second ... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6160295 | CMOS device A CMOS arrangement is described which has at least one NMOS region (2) and at least one PMOS region (3) and which is provided at its surface with substrate contacts (24, 34), via which it is possible to apply predetermined voltage values to respective sub... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6160237 | Friction welding process for mounting blades of a rotor for a flow machine The invention is directed to a friction welding process for mounting blades of a rotor for a flow machine. A plurality of oblong welding surfaces are provided at a circumferential surface of a carrier and are respectively welded to a welding surface of a ... | 12/12/2000 |
