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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8174097 | Electric sub-assembly An electric sub-assembly has an integrated circuit, which contains at least one power semi-conductor component and additional electronic components, the latter being interconnected and linked to connections by the conductors of a lead frame (1, 2, 3). The lea... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172244 | Rear axle for a motor vehicle A rear axle for a motor vehicle has two longitudinal links, each pivotally connected to a vehicle body, a cross member that connects the links to each other in the transverse vehicle direction and is coupled to each of the links in a rigid manner, and a Panhard rod ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172161 | Valve body, fluid injector and process for manufacturing a valve body A fluid injector has a housing, an actuator and a valve body. The valve body has a cartridge (21) with a recess, that forms an injection nozzle on one end, and with a needle (22), that is arranged in the recess and closes the injection nozzle, if it re... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171917 | Coupling device A coupling device for hydraulically and mechanically coupling an injection valve to a fuel rail of a combustion engine, has a fuel injector cup with a central longitudinal axis which can be hydraulically coupled to the fuel rail and at least partially engaged with t... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171914 | Method for reducing pollutant emissions and consumption of an engine To reduce pollutant emissions and consumption of passenger cars diesel engines multiple injection strategies are applied. Assuming constant cylinder and bowl geometry and constant rail pressure the variation of the number of injections, injection quantity of each in... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171780 | Method and device for estimating an emission of at least one exhaust gas component An exhaust-gas sensor signal (vls_down) of an exhaust-gas sensor that is disposed in an exhaust gas train downstream of at least one first catalytic converter volume (V1) and upstream of at least one second catalytic converter volume (V2) is acquired. ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171771 | Calibration for a nondestructive material testing system Calibration for a nondestructive ultrasonic material testing system is provided, the system having a multiplicity of ultrasound transducers which are linearly movable as a whole but are arranged fixed with respect to one another, for example mounted fixed in a singl... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8170776 | Method and device for controlling an internal combustion engine In order to control an internal combustion engine with self-ignition of the air/fuel mixture, at least one injection parameter with respect to fuel metering is determined as a function of at least one operating variable, assuming a steady-state operating state. If a... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170773 | Method for the direct re-entry in the cai operating mode of an internal combustion engine following a pull fuel cut off phase as well as a pertinent control unit For the direct re-entry in the CAI operating mode following a pull fuel cut off phase the CAI specific valve lift is maintained during its pull fuel cut off phase. Upon a request signal for the CAI re-entry after the closing time of the particular cylinder, an advan... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8165783 | Method of controlling an injection quantity of an injector of an internal combustion engine In a method for controlling the injection amount for an injector on an internal combustion engine, dependent on a given time period and the duration of the hold phase, the energy stored in the injector is calculated either with a correction value or with the voltage... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8164416 | Programmable selective wake-up for radio frequency transponder A remote keyless entry (RKE) transponder has a programmable selective wake-up filter for determining whether the RKE transponder should wake-up to process a received signal. The wake-up filter correlates the timing of an input signal's carrier amplitude on and off t... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162240 | Actor device for an injector and injector An actor device (14) for an injector has a solid-state actuator (17) and a first and a second end plate (18, 16) which are coupled to the solid-state actuator (17) at first and, respectively, at second axial end of the solid-state actuato... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8161948 | Method for testing the function of a pressure switch of a tank ventilation system, control device, and internal combustion engine The switched state of a pressure switch in a tank ventilation system of a motor vehicle is used for testing the function of the tank ventilation system, the pressure switch being in a low-pressure position if the pressure in the tank ventilation system is lower than... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8160980 | Information system based on time, space and relevance An information system based on time, space and relevance is provided. The system comprises a client that displays information in a user-friendly manner and is located in a domestic environment; a proxy that handles the collection and parsing of data; a server that g... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8158704 | Powder for cold spraying processes A powder can be produced by immersing microparticles (2) in a first solution (4) which contains coupling molecules (5), and then in a second solution (10) which contains the nanoparticles (12), thereby producing microparticles (... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8155863 | Process and device for controlling an internal combustion engine In a process for controlling an internal combustion engine (10) having at least one cylinder (Z1 to Z4) in which a combustion chamber (13) is formed, fuel is injected in at least two modes of operation. The process has the following steps... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8154570 | Arrangement with a mobile data carrier and a hand-held device An arrangement (1) with a mobile data carrier (2) and a handheld device (4) displays driving periods, rest periods and other types of activity recorded by a tachograph and evaluated by the hand-held device (4). The hand-held device has an... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8154317 | Integrated circuit device to support inductive sensing An integrated circuit device inductive touch analog front end (AFE) excites selected ones of a plurality of inductive touch sensors, measures voltages across the coils of the plurality of inductive touch sensors, and provides analog output signals representative of ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8154298 | Apparatus for detecting an electrical variable of a rechargeable battery, and method for producing said apparatus An apparatus for detecting an electrical variable of a rechargeable battery and a method for producing said apparatus, has: a measuring element (1), a printed circuit board (4) and a contact element (5) having a first end (6) and a second... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8150563 | Anti-theft system for a vehicle, and method for the operation of an anti-theft system An anti-theft system, especially in the form of an access and/or starting system for a vehicle has a vehicle-mounted receiver for receiving a request signal containing the instruction to find out whether objects that are associated with the vehicle, e.g. lost identi... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150544 | Method and device for controlling an installation for producing steel In a method for controlling an installation for producing steel having specific material properties, the material properties depend on the structure and can be influenced by operating parameters of the installation. The operating parameters are determined by a compu... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150486 | Superconducting device for current conditioning The device has a quenchable superconductor (1), a first metallic member (2) electrically coupled with the quenchable superconductor (1), a second metallic member (3) electrically coupled to the first metallic member (2). The first ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146715 | Disk brake provided with an improved device for measuring the normal applied force A disk brake, in particular for a motor vehicle, is provided. The disk includes a rotatable brake disk, a brake caliper covering the brake disk, an actuator for applying an actuation force and a friction lining applicable to the brake disk by means of the actuation ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8143832 | Method and unit for operating an electromechanical adjusting device In a method for operating an electromechanical adjusting device, having an actuating part driven by a controller controlled motor, and which can be adjusted according to a manual specification for a controller operating element between a first and a second end posit... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8141361 | Natural gas fueled turbocharged internal combustion engine In a gas fueled internal combustion engine, in particular a natural gas fueled internal combustion engine, as well as in a method for fuelling an internal combustion engine with gas, in particular with natural gas, with a charged “downsizing” Otto engine and an ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8132304 | Method of manufacturing a piezoelectric actuator A method for producing a piezoelectric actuator has the following steps: providing a plurality of piezoelectric material layers (2) which can be assembled into a stack; applying electrode layers (3) each having a recess (4, 4′) to the pluralit... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8131824 | Method for the transmission of multimedia data utilizing a signaling signal in a telecommunications network The invention aims at providing a method, a subscriber terminal, a computer program product and a communication system, wherein a sender has the possibility of influencing the signaling signal in a terminal of a recipient and configuring individually and with greate... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8131313 | Method and terminal devices A method and terminal device are provided which effect the steps of receiving a message indicating that a user of another terminal device has pressed a talk button, the message including a geographical location of the other terminal device, or any information derive... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8129883 | Piezoelectric stack and method for producing a piezoelectric stack A piezoelectric stack (1) has alternately successive piezoelectric layers (2) and inner electrode layers (3, 4) which are alternately electrically connected to two outer electrodes (7, 8) which are arranged on the outer side (5, 6)... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8129881 | Ring motor A ring motor (1) as a direct drive, particularly for vertical mills or rod mills, has a stator (6) and a rotor (12) configured as a rotating milling body (10), wherein the stator (6) has at least two different excitation systems, a... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8128004 | Method and apparatus for operating an injection valve In order to operate an injection valve, a freewheeling operating state is controlled as the nozzle needle moves to its closing position, and a current through the coil is detected as a freewheeling current during freewheeling. As the nozzle needle moves to its closi... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8127596 | Method for verifying the tightness of a tank bleeding system without using a pressure sensor In a method for verifying the tightness of a tank bleeding system with a tank bleeding valve, a stop valve for air-tightly closing the tank bleeding system relative to an atmosphere prevailing outside the motor vehicle, and a bistable pressure switch whose switched ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8127591 | Calibration for a nondestructive material testing system Calibration for an ultrasonic nondestructive materials testing system is specified, the system having an array of ultrasonic transducers which can be linearly moved and pivoted. In order to compensate for the offset between the beam direction of the ultrasonic trans... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8126815 | Method and system for carrying out verification processes including optical scanning of information displayed via a mobile telephone terminal The invention relates to the carrying out of verification processes with regard to authorization of user and/or payment processes by means of a mobile telephone terminal, whereby an identifier associated with an authorized user and/or payer is provided in such a way... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8121716 | System and method for managing software applications, particularly manufacturing execution system (MES) applications Software applications (A1-A6), especially MES (Manufacturing Execution Systems) applications often exist in a heterogeneous form. The inventive system and method enable a user at a work station (AV1-AV3, PIW1, PIW2) to manag... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8117475 | Direct memory access controller A system has a central processing unit (CPU) operable to operate in a sleep or low power mode and in an active mode, a plurality of system components operable to operate in a sleep or low power mode and in an active mode, and a direct memory access (DMA) controller ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8117378 | Preventing unintended permanent write-protection An input voltage range may be established between different voltage levels used for different programming functions of an integrated circuit device, thus implementing a protection zone (“safe zone”) of non-operation to facilitate prevention of an unintended irre... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8117236 | Coding positions of data elements in a data structure The present invention relates to a method for coding positions of data elements in a data structure. According to the method, position codes are associated with the data elements in a pre-determined sequence, the position codes being selected in such a way that, if ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8116373 | Context-sensitive encoding and decoding of a video data stream Disclosed are methods and devices for compressing and decompressing video data streams, according to which the statistical relationship between image symbols and the context assigned thereto is used for compression. Particularly disclosed is a context-sensitive enco... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8115552 | Amplifier circuit with step gain A step gain amplifier has an amplifier with an input and an output, and a bias circuit connected to the input and to a bias node. A passive feedback circuit using only passive elements connects the output to the input. A control circuit is connected to the bias circ... | 02/14/2012 |
