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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6371360 | Method for applying brazing material to metal structures with an adhesive material having different states A method for applying brazing material to metal structures is used, in particular, for honeycomb bodies of exhaust gas catalytic converters. The brazing material is applied in the form of a powder and is firmly held to the metal structures through the use... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6314168 | Method for output handling of messages stored in mailboxes of a message storage system of a telecommunications system For outputting stored messages, not only is a first connection between a terminal device of a mailbox holder and a message storage system SSS but also a second connection between the telecommunications system associated with the terminal device of the mai... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6209332 | Circuit configuration for operating an electrically triggerable magnet valve and refrigeration appliance having the circuit configuration A circuit configuration operates an electrically triggerable magnet valve having a valve-control element adjustable into at least two working positions for selecting one fluid-flow path at a time to be acted upon by a fluid and corresponding to a respecti... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6155559 | Delivery system for flat products A device in a sheet delivery for accommodating flat printed products, the device having a lowerable auxiliary sheet stack frame arranged between two side walls of the sheet delivery, includes respective lifting devices to which the auxiliary stack frame, ... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6153350 | Polybenzoxazole and polybenzothiazole precursors The polybenzoxazole and polybenzothiazole precursors of the invention have the following partial structure: ##STR1## where: A1 to A6 are--independently of one another--H, F, CH3, CF3, OCH3, OCF | 11/28/2000 |
| 6131422 | Drive device for a washing machine A washing machine includes a laundry drum mounted through an at least approximately horizontally disposed shaft within a bearing sleeve of a rigid star carrier attached to a bottom wall of a tub. A drive device for the washing machine can be mounted on th... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6120970 | Polybenzoxazole and polybenzothiazole precursors The polybenzoxazole and polybenzothiazole precursors of the invention have the following partial structure: ##STR1## where: A1 to A7 are--independently of one another--H, F, CH3, CF3, OCH3, OCF | 09/19/2000 |
| 6104773 | Fuel rod for a nuclear reactor A fuel rod for a nuclear reactor includes a metal cladding tube being filled with nuclear fuel and having ends, an outer surface, and a longitudinal axis. A metal seal plug is welded to one of the ends of the cladding tube at a transition point, defining ... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6101440 | Controller for an automatic motor vehicle transmission A control device for an automatic motor vehicle transmission has electrohydraulically actuated gearshift elements which increase the smoothness of shifting during a shifting operation, especially a shifting operation in a traction mode, by varying hydraul... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6095406 | Process for the production of a honeycomb body from two differently constructed kinds of sheet metal layers A process for the production of a honeycomb body, preferably a catalyst carrier body, from two differently constructed kinds of high temperature corrosion-resistant sheet metal layers which are wound and/or stacked in a layer-wise manner and which at leas... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6095411 | Electronic debit card and method for recharging an electronic debit card An electronic debit card and a method for recharging the debit card include an integrated semiconductor circuit device having at least one address and control logic circuit and a non-volatile memory. At least one part of the nonvolatile memory is erasable... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6092738 | Fuel nozzle configuration for a fluid-fuel burner, oil burner using the fuel nozzle configuration and method for regulating the fuel supply of a fluid-fuel burner A fuel nozzle configuration for a fluid-fuel burner includes a main axis, a backflow region, a fuel nozzle and an inflow region disposed along the main axis between the fuel nozzle and the backflow region. A swirl flow of fuel can be generated in the infl... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6092367 | Method and apparatus for metering the introduction of a reducing agent into the exhaust-gas or exhaust-air stream of a combustion installation The invention relates to a method and an associated apparatus for metering a quantity of a reducing agent introduced into the exhaust-gas or exhaust-air stream of a combustion installation, in particular an internal combustion engine, for the reduction of... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6087979 | Rangefinder A signal source produces a frequency-modulated signal. The signal is supplied to a transmit/receive unit and transmitted. A surface-wave element produces a signal delayed by a delay from the frequency-modulated signal. A mixer mixes the delayed signal wit... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6082260 | Transfer drum in a sheet-processing printing press A transfer drum in a sheet-fed printing press having a support surface formed at least segmentally of individual punctiform support elements disposed on the circumference of the transfer drum includes another support surface disposed at least segmentally ... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6078198 | Device and method for driving a capacitive actuator A power MOSFET switch is connected in parallel to a capacitive actuator for the purpose of protecting the actuator against over-voltage. The protective power MOSFET switch is rendered conductive by a supplemental circuit when the actuator voltage exceeds ... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6074772 | High temperature fuel cell, high temperature fuel cell stack and method for producing a high temperature fuel cell A high temperature fuel cell and a method for producing the same include at least one interconnecting conducting plate which is associated with at least one electrode. A contact layer is disposed between the interconnecting conducting plate and the electr... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6071224 | Copy or web-guiding cylinder with guiding device for extensible operating elements Provided in a copy or web guiding cylinder of a copy-processing machine is a guiding device for extensible operating elements, having at least two opposing and cooperating cylinders, wherein copies are retainable on the circumference of one of the cylinde... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6069640 | Configuration for supplying ink to an ink jet print head The ink jet print head has a single module or a plurality of modules in a stacked construction and it operates on the edgeshooter or the sideshooter principle. A common supply conduit for the ink conduits of the ink jet printing chambers is provided. A ri... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6067247 | SRAM memory cell A three-transistor SRAM memory cell includes a bistable field-effect transistor having a fully depleted floating channel region and a hysteretic gate voltage characteristic curve. The bistable field-effect transistor has a gate to be connected to a first ... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6061622 | Circuit configuration for controlling torque transmitted between driven wheels of a motor vehicle and a roadway A circuit configuration for controlling engine torque transmitted to a roadway through driven wheels of a motor vehicle includes a device for wheel-selective slip value detection and for determining a representative wheel slip, a device for specifying a s... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6060814 | Device and method for driving at least one capacitive actuator A device for driving at least one capacitive actuator contains two capacitors C1 and C2 connected in parallel. The two parallel-connected capacitors C1, C2 are charged to an output voltage USNT of a voltage source SNT. The actuator is charged w... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6059382 | Control device for an antilocking system and process for producing a control device A control device for placement on a valve block of an antilocking system and a process for producing the control device, include a conductor track carrier to be thermally coupled to a wall of the valve block. An electronic circuit for controlling valves i... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6059379 | Brake system for a motor vehicle The brake system of a motor vehicle has a wheel-brake actuator for each wheel brake. The wheel-brake actuator, which is controlled by the brake pedal via electric lines, presses the brake linings against the brake disk. A force sensor senses the circumfer... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6052635 | System for triggering a restraining device in a motor vehicle The system for triggering a restraining device in a motor vehicle includes an ignition device with a logic circuit connected to an evaluation device a via a line. A d.c. signal for operating the ignition device is input into the line. An alternating signa... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6050231 | Method for starting a multicylinder internal combustion engine A method for starting a multicylinder internal combustion engine having electromechanically actuated inlet valves and outlet valves includes, during a starting operation, for at least one revolution of a crankshaft of the engine, operating the engine so t... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6047731 | Pressure fitting, in particular a pressure relief and safety valve The invention relates to a pressure fitting (1) having a flow channel (42), a valve cone (5), a sliding element (43), and a locking device (12). The sliding element (43) is disposed displaceably along a main axis (41) of the pressure fitting (1). The valv... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6042107 | Device for contact-free sheet guidance in a sheet-fed printing press A device for contact-free sheet guidance in a sheet-fed printing press, having a sheet guiding surface and an air guiding surface directed obliquely away from the sheet guiding surface, includes at least one blast air nozzle disposed in the sheet guiding ... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6044188 | Configuration for coupling light into one end of a multimode optical waveguide The configuration couples light into an end of a multimode optical waveguide through a pin stub of a single mode optical waveguide. In order to enable relatively wide-band signal transmission via the multimode optical waveguide, the pin stub has a light e... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6038864 | Burner with annular gap and gas flow with constant meridional velocity through the annular gap and gas turbine having the burner A burner includes an axis and a configuration which is rotationally symmetrical relative to the axis and includes an outer casing and an inner casing coaxial thereto. The configuration defines an annular gap extending from an inlet to an outlet for guidin... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6039537 | Turbine blade which can be subjected to a hot gas flow A turbine blade which can be subjected to a hot gas flow includes a substrate, at least one interior space and a plurality of bores leading from the interior space out of the substrate. The substrate is at least partly covered by a heat-insulating-layer s... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6038830 | Heat insulated wall A heat insulated wall having two surface layers disposed at a distance from one another and are at least substantially vacuum-tight in construction. The two surface layers together with an at least substantially vacuum-tight connection element enclose an ... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6037256 | Method for producing a noble metal-containing structure on a substrate, and semiconductor component having such a noble metal-containing structure A method for producing a noble metal-containing structure on a substrate, and a semiconductor component having such a noble metal-containing structure, include introducing a noble metal into a preliminary structure by converting a gaseous compound of the ... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6036173 | Semiconductor element having a carrying device and a lead frame and a semiconductor chip connected thereto A semiconductor component has a semiconductor chip, connection elements, and a housing made of a molding compound. The semiconductor chip has contact pads on a top side. The contact pads are electrically connected to the connection elements via bonding wi... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6035735 | Device for controlling an automatic transmission of a motor vehicle The device contains an electronic control system, which, in an automatic mode, automatically determines the transmission ratio in dependence of an operating condition, and contains selector devices, which, in the automatic mode, determine the driving stag... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6035471 | Method for detecting impermissibly high scaling in a water-conducting domestic appliance Impermissibly high scaling is ascertained of an optical measurement section in which the turbidity of a washing liquid is detected in a domestic appliance that is operated with hard water, such as a washing machine or dishwasher. The appliance has an eval... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6037581 | Device for recording a change in position at a turbine configuration A turbine configuration includes a turbine shaft having a surface, and/or turbine blades fastened to the turbine shaft and having surfaces, and a turbine casing surrounding the turbine blades. When the turbine is in operation, a radial gap occurring betwe... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6037631 | Semiconductor component with a high-voltage endurance edge structure A semiconductor component having a high-voltage endurance edge structure in which a multiplicity of parallel-connected individual components are disposed in a multiplicity of cells of a cell array. In an edge region, the semiconductor component has cells ... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6038164 | SRAM cell configuration and method for its fabrication The SRAM cell configuration has at least six transistors in each memory cell. Four of the transistors form a flip-flop and they are arranged at the corners of a quadrilateral. The flip-flop is driven by two of the transistors, which are disposed so as to ... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6035829 | Method of specifying an injection-pressure setpoint value in an accumulator injection system An injection-pressure setpoint value for the pressure accumulator of an accumulator injection system is specified as a function of the operating point of the engine. The setpoint is specified with the aid of respectively separate characteristic diagrams f... | 03/14/2000 |
