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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6687311 | Direct QAM modulator with digital feedback control and complex pre-equalization for phase and amplitude distortion A direct quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) modulator provides amplitude and phase pre-equalization to reduce complexity and cost. In-phase (I) and quadrature-phase (Q) QAM signal components are provided from an analog modulator. A radio-frequency (RF)... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6607346 | Spare wheel holding device A swivelling spare wheel carrier for a vehicle is provided which improves rear access to the vehicle body and the tailgate opening. The spare wheel carrier is connected to the vehicle body by a swivel joint. A swivelling axis of the swivel joint is dispos... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6605210 | Hydraulic fluid filter device A filter device for filtering hydraulic fluid includes first and second subelements 40, 42 within a filter housing having separate inflows 20, 24 thereto for the respective subelements and a common outflow 22. The first subelement has a higher filter fine... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6604934 | Dual stage floating ring mold ejection A plastic injection mold is disclosed for molding a cylindrical container having an enlarged annular rim and an annular flange spaced below the rim. The mold includes a core portion and a cavity portion which define therebetween the container to be molded... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6601837 | Clamping device In order to provide a clamping device with a clamping rail which is guided for displacement in its longitudinal direction and an actuating device which comprises a gripping element, by means of which the clamping rail can be displaced, which has a great e... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6599294 | Surgical instrument for introducing intervertebral implants In order, in the case of a surgical instrument for introducing intervertebral implants into the intervertebral space between adjacent vertebral bodies, to facilitate the introduction of the intervertebral implant even when access is difficult, it is propo... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6596115 | Method and device for carrying out working steps on miniaturized modules In order to provide a method of carrying out working steps in at least one work station on miniaturized modules which are held by a module carrier provided with a holding device, whereby the method enables a plurality of processing steps to be carried out... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6594271 | Implementation of opportunistic data on a statistical multiplexing encoder A method and apparatus for providing an opportunistic data capability for an existing statistical multiplexing encoder platform, such as a multi-channel video data encoder. An Opportunistic Data Processor (ODP) is provided as a plug-in card or an external... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6591651 | Sheet metal forming machine In order to improve a sheet metal forming machine comprising a machine frame, a first roller tool mounted on the machine frame for rotation about a first roller axis, a second roller tool which is rotatable about a second roller axis, interacts with the f... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6588015 | Broadcast interactive digital radio A digital radio broadcast system provides various interactive features, including skip forward and skip backward. In one embodiment, data is transmitted at a faster than real time rate and accumulated in a buffer at a receiver. The user can play a current... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6586169 | Lithography exposure device and lithography process In order to create a lithography exposure device for producing structures extending in a surface area in a light-sensitive layer, with which a radiation field can be generated in the light-sensitive layer and with a control for controlling the intensity a... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6582008 | Wind stop device In order to improve a wind stop device for convertible vehicles, comprising a wind blocker consisting of two wind blocker parts which, for their part, can be brought about a wind blocker folding axis from an extended position, in which the wind blocker ex... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6580754 | Video compression for multicast environments using spatial scalability and simulcast coding An optimal system for determining whether simulcast coding (400) or spatial scalability coding (100) should be used to encode video for clients with a specific communication link. Operating points (A', B', C') for both simulcast coding and spatial scalabi... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6578456 | Machine tool and workpiece chuck In order to improve a machine tool for the turning of workpieces with eccentric sections, comprising a tool support, a workpiece spindle which comprises a workpiece chuck, in which the workpiece can be clamped with a variably adjustable eccentricity, wher... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6575442 | Clamping device In order to provide a clamping device with a clamping rail (14) guided for displacement and an actuating device (12) which comprises a gripping element (77), by means of which the clamping rail (14) can be displaced, which can be used universally it is su... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6573945 | Logo insertion on an HDTV encoder An encoder and encoding method for inserting logos into a digital television signal. The logo insertion is performed at the front end of the encoder (e.g., prior to compression) by sharing the video capture frame buffer of the encoder, so there is no need... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6572354 | Screw compressor having a shaft seal near a bearing To provide a screw compressor comprising a compressor screw housing, two screw rotors with intermeshing screw bodies arranged in the compressor screw housing and with shaft sections arranged on both sides of the screw bodies, the screw rotors being mounte... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6570922 | Rate control for an MPEG transcoder without a priori knowledge of picture type A rate control system suitable for use with a digital video transcoder, such as one conforming to the MPEG standard. The proposed rate control system starts coding with any reasonable set of assumed Group of Pictures (GOP) parameters, thereby avoiding a p... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6568921 | Refrigerant compressor To further optimize a refrigerant compressor, comprising a compressor housing, at least one cylinder chamber arranged in the compressor housing, a piston oscillatingly movable in the cylinder chamber, a suction chamber which is arranged upstream from the ... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6562072 | Implant for insertion between spinal column vertebrae An implant for insertion between vertebrae of the verterbral column having a substantially rectangular or trapezoidal cross-section and covering faces adapted to face the adjacent vertebrae which are porous and/or designed with a profile. The implant has ... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6558492 | Screen element for motor vehicles In order to improve a screen element for motor vehicles, in particular, wind blocker or sun protection, comprising a frame and a piece of flat material held by the frame and extending over an area enclosed by the frame, in such a manner that this is simpl... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6558384 | Surgical bipolar scissors In order to improve the cutting properties of surgical bipolar scissors with two scissor blades pivotable relative to each other, the first of which consists of an electrically conductive material and the second of an electrically insulating material on t... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6547271 | Trailer coupling In order to improve a trailer coupling for motor vehicles comprising a pivot bearing body which is rigidly attached to the vehicle and upon which there is mounted a pivotal element that is pivotal about a pivotal axis, a ball neck which extends outwardly ... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6542905 | Automated data integrity auditing system An automated computer-based data integrity auditing system is provided for use in the healthcare industry, financial industry, academic and educational fields, or any other field in which a need exists for monitoring data integrity. Coded data received fr... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6539323 | Methods and apparatus for correcting spectral color measurements The invention provides methods and apparatus for correcting spectral measurements, such as are obtained by a spectrophotometer for measuring color. A single matrix is used that operates on a raw measurement vector (spectrum) to obtain a corrected spectrum... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6532593 | Transcoding for consumer set-top storage application A consumer set-top terminal and method that receives and stores digital programming services such as television programs for subsequent playback by the user in a manner analogous to a conventional video cassette recorder (VCR). An interface allows the ter... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6517639 | Method and device for decontaminating interior spaces A method and a device for decontaminating interior spaces are proposed. It is provided here that a base station and at least one mobile subunit are provided, the base station comprising a supply of decontamination agent and fuel and the subunit comprising... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6516648 | Bending machine for flat material In order to improve a bending machine for flat material, comprising a machine frame with lower and upper clamping tools arranged on the machine frame, with which the flat material can be fixed in a clamping plane, a bending tool moving device, with which ... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6508867 | Vacuum cleaner A vacuum cleaner is provided having a housing, a suction unit arranged therein and a suction pipe which enters the housing and is connected to the suction side of the suction unit via a dirt collecting container and a separating device. The closed dirt co... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6505371 | Sweeper In order to construct a sweeper, which comprises a rotary brush arranged in a housing, a dirt collector which can be detachably attached to the housing and, adjacent the rotary brush in the dirt collector, a dirt inlet on the bottom edge of which a sill i... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6497715 | Ultrasonic hand piece and ultrasonic horn for use with the same The purpose of the present invention is to eliminate the various problems which can be presented by the scalpel portion of an ultrasonic hand piece for cutting a bone or other hard tissue making an excessive sting into the cut site, and allow precisely co... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6488056 | Medical liquid oxygen storage, dispensing, and billing system and method A method and system for the storage and dispensing of medical grade liquid oxygen are provided. Medical grade liquid oxygen is stored in a storage tank located within a medical facility which is capable of dispensing liquid oxygen to portable liquid oxyge... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6487899 | Combustion diagnosis system A diagnostic system for a combustion chamber is provided which comprises a diagnostic element which can be inserted into a wall of the combustion chamber. A plurality of light guides penetrates the diagnostic element for detecting electromagnetic radiatio... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6484210 | Packet processing relay agent to provide link layer forwarding in one-way cable/wireless/satellite modems A method and apparatus for allowing a personal computer to receive data from a computer network such as the Internet via a broadcast channel of a cable or satellite television network, while transmitting data upstream to the computer network via a telepho... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6483547 | Transmission signal ID for analog television broadcasts A received analog television service is positively identified using a transmission signal identifier that is inserted into the analog signal at the transmitter side, and extracted at the receiver side. Channel map data which is used for identifying counte... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6480154 | Method and system for digital beam forming In accordance with the invention, the digital samples associated with each of the array elements arranged along a plurality of parallel lines are shifted by a distinct predetermined number of positions along each of said lines, and the digital samples of ... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6474958 | High-pressure cleaner with clamping element for reciprocating pump In order for a high-pressure cleaner having a reciprocating pump, on which there is positioned a pump head into which at least one piston, which can be moved back and forth in the longitudinal direction of the reciprocating pump, projects, the pump head c... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6461472 | Explosively-split fragments obtained by water-vapor explosion of wooden source materials, wooden material containing such fragments as its aggregate, their manufacturing methods and machines In order to inexpensive construction materials effectively utilizing timber resources and realizing any desired properties by using so-called low-quality materials including slim timbers, old timbers, wood cuttings produced by lumbering, bamboo, and so fo... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6459205 | Propulsion device and method of generating shock waves For providing a propulsion device particularly for a spacecraft, comprising a plasma chamber in which a plasma can be produced in a propellant, and a focussing arrangement for focussing an electromagnetic radiation field into a focussing region in the pla... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6453470 | Dynamic detection of hardware configuration in a digital terminal A method and apparatus for detecting a hardware configuration in a digital terminal, and, in response, selecting a corresponding executable software path for initializing the hardware. All terminals in a digital communication network, such as a television... | 09/17/2002 |
