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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8176810 | Wire attachment Wire attachment and attachment method for a sheathed wire including a wire and a sheath coaxially surrounding the wire, the wire attachment including: a housing; an axial bore inside the housing including an opening adapted to receive the sheathed wire; a spool slid... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175286 | Recording, synthesis and reproduction of sound fields in an enclosure The invention relates to simulation of sound fields in enclosures, for instance for application in listening tests, where test subjects assess the sound quality or other sound perception characteristics of the sound field. According to a specific embodiment, the sys... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171571 | Garment with crotch part and method of making the same A garment with a crotch part according to the present invention is a garment with a crotch pat formed at least by a front body (2) which covers an abdominal, a back body (3) which covers a buttock, and a crotch section (5), wherein an opening ( | 05/08/2012 |
| 8161782 | Lock for vending machine A locking system for access to a door of a vending machine includes an opening handle lock for guiding of a movable lock mechanism between a locked position and an unlocked position. An identification unit for electronic identification operates an electronic blockin... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8159616 | Histogram and chrominance processing The present invention relates to a method and corresponding system for improving the perceived visual quality of images for instance displayed on a color television screen. According to the invention, there is provided a means for carrying out histogram processing (... | 04/17/2012 |
| D657144 | Mascara brush | 04/10/2012 |
| 8138841 | Apparatus and method for controlling the output phase of a VCO A method and apparatus controlling the output phase of a VCO (Voltage Controlled Oscillator). The apparatus has a phase locked loop 20 having a first input 21 for receiving a reference signal and a second input 22 for receiving a feedback signal... | 03/20/2012 |
| D656033 | Flask for cosmetic | 03/20/2012 |
| D655615 | Flask for cosmetic | 03/13/2012 |
| 8113228 | Suction valve A suction valve for a pipe line in which a medium flows is provided, whereby the flow can be closed and regulated and whereby back flow prevented. The suction valve includes a movable a closing mechanism (3) placed in a valve house (1), and an opposed ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8112927 | Chamber lock having a pushbutton firing pin spring tensioning device The invention relates to a chamber lock (1) for a firearm, having an outer, tubular lock housing (2) and a pushbutton firing pin spring tensioning device (4) provided therein, wherein the pushbutton firing pin spring tensioning device (4)... | 02/14/2012 |
| D653954 | Flask for perfumery product | 02/14/2012 |
| 8100579 | Thermally compensating balance wheel A balance wheel having a thermally adjustable moment of inertia is described. In one aspect, the balance wheel includes radially movable compensation portions formed of shape memory material exhibiting a two-way memory effect. The radius of gyration of the balance w... | 01/24/2012 |
| D652872 | Automatic vending machine | 01/24/2012 |
| 8091858 | Shut-off system for large conduit cross-sections, having a swing flap The shut-off system according to the invention for large conduit cross-sections has a swing flap which can be swung to and fro between two end positions about a pivot axis by means of a drive device, wherein the drive device has a drive shaft which is connected to t... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8083588 | Reconfigurable surface based video games Method and apparatus are disclosed for providing a novel video gaming experience on a play surface on which reconfigurable information is displayed. ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8083010 | Drilling device for drilling and reaming of a hole A drilling device used for drilling into ground, rock or for reaming a predrilled hole includes several hammering bits in a circular shape and equipped with hammers, whereupon they together drill a hole which has a larger diameter. A casing tube can be pulled out of... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8074970 | Dispersing fragrances A fragrance disperser in one form includes a single fan that passes air over a wicked single or double fragrance. A second form has the fan reversible to provide two different airstreams that evaporate respective different fragrances one after the other. Where two f... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8066224 | Deceleration platform A platform for the aerial delivery of payloads into aquatic environments has a staged v cross-section formed by two walls extending from an end part. The portions of the two walls adjacent to the end part diverge from it at an angle θ and, together with the end par... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8065838 | System for mounting A mounting and attachment system, which mounts a continuous snow rail for snow protection above the seams of a metal roof and also attaches lower members or snow flags between the seams to stop the snow from sliding under the seam. This system reduces the requiremen... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8049301 | Semiconductor transformers A planar transformer structure, which can be constructed in an integrated semiconductor circuit without using traditional metallic windings. To avoid large thermal expansion of metallic spiral windings and associated mechanical stress on a metal-semiconductor interf... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8047985 | Compact confocal endoscope and endomicroscope method and apparatus The present invention provides a confocal endoscope, microscope or endomicroscope including a light source of coherent light for illuminating a sample, a beam splitter and light receiving means, wherein an incident beam of light from the light source is directed ont... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8040328 | Books, papers, and downloaded information to facilitate human interaction with computers Disclosed are simple easy to understand TV camera based input and programming devices for computers, as well as local or remote means to assimilate data or commands. The invention in one preferred embodiment, uses printed matter imaged by one or more TV cameras, whi... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8038087 | Spice grinders A spice grinder includes a first component (12) that can be secured to the neck of a spice container, and a second component (14) that is mounted on the first component (12) for rotation with respect thereto. The first and second components (... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8033962 | Skipping rope This invention is a skipping rope comprising a flexible cord and a pair of handles secured on the cord and defining there between an effective cord length wherein at least one of the said handles on the cord is an interference fit in the opening of the handle so the... | 10/11/2011 |
| D646581 | Flask for perfumery product | 10/11/2011 |
| 8032084 | Data security device A portable data storage device is described, which includes a short range wireless communication interface. The device is configured to communicate with a backup device over a wireless communication link and further comprises an alerting device for initiating an ale... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8025501 | Burner and method of burning gas in a furnace A gas burner for use in a furnace and a method of burning gas in a furnace, especially but not exclusively a process furnace used in an oil cracking or refining process. The gas burner comprises two passageways with adjacent outlets. The first passage way is in flui... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8025335 | Chair The invention relates to a chair with a seat, a base support and a backrest, wherein the seat is pivotably mounted on the base support and the backrest is pivotably mounted on the seat, and a first spring system is provided between the base support and the seat and ... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8020687 | Enhancement method and apparatus for escalator or moving walkway An apparatus is used to enhance the standing-surfaces of platform-components of an escalator or a moving walkway which moves in a continuous loop. The apparatus is maintained in a constant position relative to the moving parts of the escalator or walkway such that, ... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8020282 | Apparatus for producing a coil winding for stators or rotors of electrical machines An apparatus for producing a coil winding for stators is described, in which each coil turn rests, with one fillet (14) each, in two stator slots, and the two fillets (14) are joined by a head portion (16). A plurality of coil turns are made sim... | 09/20/2011 |
| D645617 | Makeup case | 09/20/2011 |
| 8019804 | Method and apparatus for calculating an SSD and encoding a video signal The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for calculating the Sum of Squared Differences (SSD) between a source block and a reconstructed block of image or video data encoding according to an encoding scheme such as H.264/AVC. In a preferred embodiment... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8011863 | Monobloc surface milling cutter The monoblock surface milling cutter has a milling cutter body (10) to which cutting plates (16) made of polycrystalline diamond (PCD), monocrystalline diamond (MCD) or polycrystalline boron nitrite (PCB) are fastened in a material-to-material fashion.... | 09/06/2011 |
| D644117 | Flask for perfumery products | 08/30/2011 |
| D644110 | Flask for perfumery product | 08/30/2011 |
| 8004364 | High power RF solid state power amplifier system A high power, high frequency, solid state power amplifier system includes a plurality of input multiple port splitters for receiving a high-frequency input and for dividing the input into a plurality of outputs and a plurality of solid state amplifier units. Each am... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8002296 | Skate board with wear resisting means A skate board (1) of the type including a riding platform (2) having a leading end and a trailing end and an undercarriage (3) formed by front and rear bogies which support said platform; wherein the platform and undercarriage mutually co-operat... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8000997 | Method for setting image for standard operating speed, and method for finding evaluation value with image of evaluation subject data based on standard operating speed This invention relates to a method of establishing, by means of images, a standard working speed of working steps including a plurality of different motion elements, and a method whose object is that working same as said working steps is carried out by different wor... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7999624 | Radiation source A source of radiation comprises a first low frequency oscillator 200 for providing a reference signal and a plurality of phase shifters 210a, 210b, 210c coupled to the first oscillator. In addition there are a plurali... | 08/16/2011 |
