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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7488492 | Cosmetic raw material cosmetic product and method for manufacturing a cosmetic product A cosmetic raw material using a vinyl polymer containing carbosiloxane dendritic structures and fluorinated organic group as the main or most important ingredient, a cosmetic product obtained by compounding with the cosmetic raw material, and a method for manufactur... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7484396 | Pivot link for sheet bending brake and sheet bending brake including pivot link A guide mechanism for use with a sheet bending brake has a clamping member having a lower leg extending therefrom, a pivot arm and a guide mechanism. The pivoting arm being pivotally supported by and extending from the clamping member to define a clamping area with ... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7486631 | Method of communication between reduced functionality devices in an IEEE 802.15.4 network In a 802.15.4 network, each reduced functionality device (RFD) is permitted to communicate with only an assigned full function device (FFD). The present invention allows each of the RFDs to communicate with another RFD upon the RFD determining that the local FFD ass... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7485131 | System and method for controlling pressure in a surgical tourniquet A system and method of controlling the pressure within a pressure cuff of a surgical tourniquet so as selectively to occlude blood flow within a portion of a limb of a patient, wherein a sensor determines when flow past the tourniquet is occurring so that corrective... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7484794 | Junction device between an aeration conduit equipping the squab of a tilting and/or removable seat, in particular for a vehicle, and an air supply conduit The object of the invention is a junction device between a conduit mounted on a floor for supplying air, in particular coming from a heating, ventilation and/or air conditioning installation, and an aeration conduit mounted on the squab of a seat, mounted so as to m... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7485064 | Releasable enclosure for differential housing The present invention includes a differential housing and a method for forming the differential housing. The method includes the step of cold-working a first housing preform by one of a group consisting of spin-forming or flow-forming the inner surface of the prefor... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7472456 | Portable cleaning assembly with waste container The subject invention provides a vacuum unit and a waste container. The vacuum unit applies a vacuum to clean an area to collect debris and the waste container collects waste by a user separate from debris collected by the vacuum unit. The vacuum unit includes an ex... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7473257 | Bending pliers for perforated bone plates and bending-pliers system Bending pliers are described for perforated bone plates with two jaws movable relative to one another. A receiving jaw has two spaced receptacles for insertion into holes of a bone plate to be received. A pressure-exerting jaw comprises a pressure-exerting element w... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7472516 | Adjustable threshold assembly A threshold assembly includes a base defining a channel, a plurality of nuts slideably engaged in the channel, a rail disposed on the base and defining a plurality of holes, and a plurality of threaded fasteners rotationally retained in the holes and threadedly enga... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7470956 | Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor device has a semiconductor base, an anode electrode, and a cathode electrode. The semiconductor base includes a P type semiconductor substrate, an insulating film, an N− type semiconductor region formed on the insulating film, an N+... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7469554 | Condenser, in particular for a motor vehicle air conditioning circuit, and circuit comprising same The invention concerns a condenser consisting of stacked plates (2) provided each with a raised peripheral edge (3) in sealed assembly to define flow channels between the plates for a refrigerating fluid (F1) and a cooling fluid (F2). The... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7468094 | Method of repairing an electrostatic precipitator A method of repairing an electrostatic precipitator, including building a temporary support truss assembly, supporting the temporary truss assembly at the level of the hot roof of the electrostatic precipitator, transfeffing the weight of the internal components of ... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7463368 | Laser projection system, intelligent data correction system and method A laser projection system, intelligent data correction system and method which corrects for differences between the as-built condition and the as-designed condition of a workpiece which includes determining the as-built condition of a workpiece with a digitizer scan... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7462099 | Air-guiding system for a ventilation system of a vehicle An air-guiding system for a ventilation system of a vehicle comprises a supply duct (12), three discharge ducts (14, 16, 18) branching off from the latter and a control part (20), which has a main guiding element (24) with a main guiding ... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7455503 | Apparatus for oscillating a vane An apparatus for oscillating a vane comprising a main lever pivoted at one end about a reference axis, and pivotally coupled at the other end to the vane about a vane axis remote from the reference axis; an angle c... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7456307 | Preparation of a halosilylated chain hydrocarbon A method for the preparation of a chain hydrocarbon halosilylated at its terminal carbon atom or terminal carbon atoms by subjecting a diene-type compound and a hydrogenhalosilane to a hydrosilylation reaction in the presence of a hydrosilylation catalyst and an eth... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7455892 | Method and apparatus for forming a coating A method for forming a coating on a substrate using an atmospheric pressure plasma discharge. The method comprises introducing an atomized liquid and/or solid coating-forming material into an atmospheric pressure plasma discharge and/or an ionized gas stream resulti... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7452195 | Apparatus for preparation of aqueous emulsion from curable silicone composition and suspension of cured silicone particles Method for preparation of an aqueous emulsion from a curable silicone composition consisting of (A) an organopolysiloxane having at least two silicon-bonded hydroxyl groups, (B) an organohydrogensiloxane, and (C) a curing catalyst, said method being characterized by... | 11/18/2008 |
| D580973 | Integrated mailer assembly having a removable dual coupon card | 11/18/2008 |
| 7446137 | Thermosetting resin and thiocyanato-containing organohydrocarbonoxysilane A curable organic resin composition comprising (A) 100 parts by weight of a curable organic resin and (B) 0.01 to 100 parts by weight of a thiocyanato-containing organohydrocarbonoxysilane or an isothiocyanato-containing organohydrocarbonoxysilane represented by the... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7438549 | Compound storage unit for a molding process The invention relates to a compound storage unit (1) for a molding process, in particular for producing lipsticks comprising a container (2) for moldable compounds, wherein said container consists of a housing (3), a heating device (4) wh... | 10/21/2008 |
| D579033 | Annular cutter | 10/21/2008 |
| 7438882 | Gel and powder making A method of forming a gel and/or powder of a metallic oxide, metalloid oxide and/or a mixed oxide or resin thereof from one or more respective organometallic liquid precursor(s) and/or organometalloid liquid precursor(s) by oxidatively treating said liquid in a non-... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7438743 | Method of making replacement collecting electrodes for an electrostatic precipitator A method of forming a modular collecting electrode for an electrostatic precipitator, including forming a plurality of horizontal collecting electrode sections, each section having vertical planar portions separated by vertical tubular portions, and wherein the meth... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7431558 | Air intake An air intake with at least one inlet port area and one outlet port area, in which there is arranged at least one structure which may be flowed through and around, comprises an opening and modifies the clear cross-section only slightly, in particular serving as a fr... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7431127 | Compact noise silencer for an air blower A compact noise silencer for a blower, including an L-shaped back wall having a sound adsorbent media and side walls defining a triangular enclosure, an inlet opposite one portion of the back wall and a central outlet opposite the back wall having a filter directing... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7432495 | Sensor arrangement for a coating system The invention concerns a sensor arrangement for a coating system for coating workpieces, with at least one sensor for detecting at least one operating quantity of the coating system and for generating a corresponding sensor signal, a transmitter connected to the sen... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7430884 | Washing machine with ozone sensor A washing machine includes a washing volume for receiving laundry. The washing machine also includes an ozone inlet for providing ozone to the washing volume and an ozone outlet for receiving gaseous ozone from the washing volume. An ozone sensor is provided for mea... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7429638 | High refractive index polysiloxanes and their preparation A polysiloxane having a refractive index of about 1.56 measured at light wavelength 633 nm, characterized in that the polysiloxane includes siloxane T units of the formula where A represents an alkylene group having 1 to 4 ... | 09/30/2008 |
| D577750 | Portable drill stand | 09/30/2008 |
| D577851 | Light guard | 09/30/2008 |
| 7429960 | Log-periodic antenna The subject invention provides a log-periodic antenna and method for controlling multiple polarizations of the antenna per a given frequency or frequencies The antenna includes a boom and a plurality of pairs of elements where each element of each pair of elements e... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7422280 | Foldable headrest assembly A foldable headrest assembly for a seat includes a pair of posts engaged with an upper portion of the seat and a frame rotatably supported by the posts. A latch is moveably supported by the frame and includes a release pin. A release mechanism is coupled to the latc... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7423857 | Current detecting circuit and actuator driving apparatus By switching the NMOS (11) on and off, a drive current passes through a solenoid (15). The drive current passes through a conversion circuit (16), and an amplifier circuit (17) outputs a current detection result by amplifying the output v... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7420301 | Wheel assembly with integral electric motor The subject invention provides a wheel assembly (20) having a spindle (26) for attachment to a vehicle along a rotational axis (R). An electric motor (22) is disposed radially about the spindle (26) and includes a stationary stator (34... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7419344 | Self-attaching nut A self-attaching nut having a central pilot projecting from an end face of the body portion, an annular groove surrounding the pilot and an annular panel support face surrounding the groove, wherein the outer side wall includes a plurality of circumferentially space... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7418806 | Frame for supporting an article and a method of forming a corner of the frame A frame (20) for supporting an article includes a first frame section (36) and a first flange (62) extending to a first end (56). The frame (20) also includes a second frame section (38) and a second flange (64) exten... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7416018 | Arrangement for a plate heat exchanger The present invention relates to arrangement for a plate heat exchanger for connection to a system, of which the plate heat exchanger is designed to form part. The plate heat exchanger is of conventional construction with plates (2) parallel to one another, w... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7413243 | Beam for reinforcing a vehicle cockpit organized to receive a module for the selective distribution of air from a heating, ventilation and/or air conditioning system The subject of the invention is a hollow reinforcing beam (1) for the cockpit of a vehicle. This beam (1) constitutes a member through which air originating from a heating, ventilation and/or air conditioning system flows, and for this purpose comprise... | 08/19/2008 |
| D574969 | Corner trim piece | 08/12/2008 |
