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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8182755 | Method for generating ozone using hemimorphic crystal and apparatus for the same A method and apparatus for easily generating ozone with a high concentration in the air without requiring a high voltage power supply or a vacuum apparatus, wherein an ozone gas with a high concentration is generated in the atmosphere around a hemimorphic crystal of... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8160445 | Digital cross-connect A digital cross-connect (DXC) (10) comprises: a plurality of ports (30-100) for receiving/outputting signals and switching and switching means (20) for selectively cross-connecting signals applied to one port to one or more other ports. T... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8156864 | Workpiece deforming press including a safety device A workpiece deforming press, including a safety device, comprises a press housing for housing therein a plurality of dies and punches arranged in a horizontal plane, wherein a press housing delimiting wall comprises a top horizontal guide bearing a sliding slide, wh... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8152910 | Modular gas-separating adsorbers In a modular gas-separating adsorber assembly, a pair of cylindric vessels, filled-in by a given amount of an adsorbing material (either a mainly adsorbing or a mainly adsorbing material) are always operatively assembled with a top plate and a bottom plate, the top ... | 04/10/2012 |
| D657245 | Bottle | 04/10/2012 |
| D656595 | Fuel heater | 03/27/2012 |
| 8136309 | Energy dissipation damper system in structure subject to dynamic loading A damper system for installation in a structure to dissipate seismic and wind energy transmitted to the structure, includes first and second pairs of elongated members forming an outer parallelogram, third and fourth pairs of elongated members forming an inner paral... | 03/20/2012 |
| D656236 | Vial | 03/20/2012 |
| 8128962 | Liquid compositions containing solubilized benzoyl peroxide, means for applying same and methods of treatment using same Liquid medicaments incorporate about 1.0-3.0% active benzoyl peroxide (BP) by weight in substantially fully solubilized form, while being substantially free of acetone and other harsh, dermatologically undesirable solvents. The novel compositions are produced by (a)... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8123067 | Stacking pan set The invention provides a set of cooking pans which nest completely one within the other, optionally together with their lids. Each pan of the set comprises a pan body ad a side handle, and the pan bodies are of progressively smaller diameter so that each pan body ca... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8118448 | Reflector component for a LED lamp A reflector component is provided for a light emitting diode (LED) lamp that includes a plurality of spaced-apart LED light sources. The reflector component includes a bottom wall having two side edges extending along a longitudinal direction. The bottom wall is for... | 02/21/2012 |
| D653656 | Phone cover with integral card holder | 02/07/2012 |
| 8104638 | Swinging handle for a kitchen vessel A swinging handle, which may swing with respect to a wall of a kitchen vessel, comprises an U-shape end, having free arms facing the kitchen vessel, wherein, from each end portion of the U-shape arms, mutually facing swinging pivot pins project, said pivot pins bein... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8058763 | Rotor having an inverted U-shaped retainer and magnet carrier A permanent magnet rotor arrangement that is particularly suitable for low-speed large-diameter electrical generators includes a rotor 2 having a radially outer rim 4. A circumferential array of magnet carriers 12 is non-releasably affixed to th... | 11/15/2011 |
| D648884 | Outdoor lighting fixture | 11/15/2011 |
| 8052135 | Book binding apparatus for perfect book binding While a book block (P) is nipped between a pair of clamping plates (1a, 1b) and passes through processing units (B to D) in succession, perfect book bind processing is carried out. Two or more of the processing units (B to D) have pairs o... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8051873 | Wet well pumping system and method of installing and servicing the system A wet well pumping system and a method of installing and servicing the same in a wet well include mounting a pair of bent elbows having pump inlets and riser outlets on an alignment platform having a centerline, configuring the riser outlets to extend along longitud... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8051584 | Shoe heel assembly and method A shoe outsole has a heel post extending outwardly therefrom. An outer heel cover has a hole for receiving the heel post in an assembled position. The heel post thus acts as a convenient positioning guide for the heel cover. A plurality of fluid-filled heel cushioni... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8049358 | Marine power distribution and propulsion systems A power distribution system that can be used in naval ships and submarines includes a first propulsion drive system including a propulsion motor having superconducting (preferably high temperature superconducting (HTS)) rotor windings and a power converter. A first ... | 11/01/2011 |
| D647746 | Shower caddy | 11/01/2011 |
| 8040919 | Transmission method A transmission method in which a first signal frame, carrying a payload in a first part of the signal frame and second information in a second part of the signal frame, is transmitted intact between a signal source and a signal destination by copying the second info... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8040094 | Voltage clamping and energy recovery circuits A circuit for use with a stator winding of a rotating or linear electrical machine, the stator winding having a number of coils linked by the same number of points of common coupling, includes an electronic commutator circuit having the same number of switching stag... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8038324 | Waterproof lighting fixture A waterproof lighting fixture includes a transparent tubular enclosure having two open ends and an inner peripheral wall that defines an inner hole. A lamp device is disposed in the inner hole, and includes a lamp seat, a LED light source module, a reflector compone... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8037785 | Index apparatus for NC machine tool A push-bar indexing device that, when an index table is rotated by a specific angle, the table is accurately stopped to accurately index a workpiece. Each time a push bar is moved, a stopper is moved to a predetermined position by excessive relative movement between... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8035029 | Environmentally-isolated electrical junction box and method of installing and servicing the same A double containment electrical junction box is interfaced with electrical equipment in an equipment enclosure containing harmful contaminants, such as noxious gases and odors generated in a wet well containing a submersible electrical pump that pumps waste water fr... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8033334 | Treating liquids in oil extraction A method of treating liquid, particularly an oil/water mixture, in an oil well pipe, wherein a radio frequency propagating electrical field is established in the liquid in the pipe cause the formation of seed crystals or scale-forming material in the liquid, on whic... | 10/11/2011 |
| D646475 | Boot upper | 10/11/2011 |
| 8029669 | Fluid treatment method and apparatus Apparatus for treating a fluid in a conduit, comprising first and second core elements of magnetically conductive material adapted to be mounted to the conduit to surround same at spaced positions therealong; and means for establishing radio frequency magnetic fluxe... | 10/04/2011 |
| D646315 | Electronic product holder | 10/04/2011 |
| 8022639 | Dimming fluorescent ballast system with shutdown control circuit A ballast system for, and a method of, controlling illumination of a lamp, include a dimmer switch having an actuator settable at different settings corresponding to different output voltages across the dimmer switch, a dimming electronic ballast operatively connect... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8014683 | Transmitter for an optical communication signal A transmitter for an optical RZ-DPSK communication signal comprises a source for an optical carrier, an electro-optical modulator which comprises at least one element having an optical path length adapted to be varied by an electrical driver signal for intensity mod... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8008885 | Power converters A power converter interfaces a variable voltage and variable frequency motor to a fixed voltage and fixed frequency network. A first inverter is connected to the motor stator. A dc link is connected between the first inverter and a second inverter. Each inverter inc... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8007188 | Stabilized mount for, and method of, steadily supporting a motion-sensitive, image capture device A stabilized mount stably supports a motion-sensitive, image capture device, such as a cellular telephone or a personal digital assistant, on a support surface, such as a tripod or analogous camera equipment. The device is operative for capturing an image over a fie... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8005096 | Network tunnelling MPLS labels can be used to tunnel data packets through IP networks. At a start point such as a router or network terminator, the IP destination address is examined and one or more labels are generated which relate to the topology of the network. The labels can inclu... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7992142 | Communications networks In order to upgrade firmware at network elements in a communications network a network upgrade protocol agent is installed on each network element. These agents run an upgrade protocol which allows an upgrade to be loaded onto a first network element and then broadc... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7989977 | Power distribution systems A power distribution system that can be used in naval ships and submarines includes a first power generation system including at least one power source for supplying power to a first service distribution system that includes at least one dc distribution busbar for c... | 08/02/2011 |
| D642238 | Flow regulator | 07/26/2011 |
| D642116 | Tire | 07/26/2011 |
| D642115 | Tire | 07/26/2011 |
| 7979930 | Yieldable mattress support structure for items of furniture A quiet, non-binding collapsible spring mechanism for resiliently supporting a mattress includes a system of collapsible, sinuous springs, each having hooked ends for silencing the mechanism during use or collapse, as well as central offset portions for enabling the... | 07/19/2011 |
