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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7938207 | Vehicle control by pitch modulation A method for fore-aft stabilization of a vehicle for motion in a specified direction over an underlying surface. The vehicle has at least one forward wheel and at least one aft wheel, and the forward wheel is characterized by a force normal to the instantaneous dire... | 05/10/2011 |
| D637624 | Protecting cap for a compressor | 05/10/2011 |
| D637562 | Motor controller for a compressor | 05/10/2011 |
| 7937048 | Signal transmission apparatus and signal transmission method A signal transmission apparatus of the invention comprises: a correlator 12 for shaping a spectrum of a signal; and a precoder 12 disposed on a previous stage of the correlator and including an adder which subtracts an output signal of a feedback filte... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936461 | All-optical fiber interferometer A compact and stable interferometer is easily built only with fusion splices. The air-holes of a microstructured fiber are intentionally collapsed in the vicinity of the splices and this broadens the propagating optical mode, allowing coupling from core to cladding ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7935888 | Protective cover arrangement for an electrical unit A protective cover arrangement (1) for a first electrical unit, e.g. a starter unit (3), mountable on a second electrical unit, e.g. a compressor (2). The protective cover arrangement (1) comprises an outer cover (5) and an inner c... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7934913 | Piston compressor, particularly a hermetic refrigerant compressor The invention concerns a piston compressor, particularly a hermetic refrigerant compressor, with a compression chamber, which is limited by a valve plate arrangement having a valve plate with a suction gas opening and a pressure gas opening, a suction valve plate wi... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7934524 | Log splitter system for a front-loader tractor A tractor has a log splitter installed on two loader arms pivoted at a front end of the tractor. The log splitter includes a frame for attachment to the loader arms. The frame includes a surface, to which a ram and a wedge are coupled. An actuator mounted to the fra... | 05/03/2011 |
| D636997 | Patient article holding bag | 05/03/2011 |
| 7931828 | Gas turbine engine and method including composite structures with embedded integral electrically conductive paths A gas turbine engine and method of fabrication includes a gas turbine engine with a structure having movable portions and static portions. At least a portion of the structure includes a composite material having an electrically conductive path formed from carbon nan... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7931254 | Hoisting device The invention relates to a hoisting device for use at a wind turbine, in particular for use in a wind turbine nacelle, which hoisting device 1 comprises a reel 4, a drive motor 12, control means 14 and a hoisting line 6. The hoisti... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7927048 | Device and method for machining gear wheels in an indexing method with a reduced indexing time The invention relates to a device (20) comprising a workpiece spindle (21) for receiving a gear wheel (25), a tool spindle (29) for receiving a tool and several drives (X, Y, Z, B, C, A1) for machining the gear wheel in individual ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7926633 | Compact shock absorber for an aircraft undercarriage, and an undercarriage including such a shock absorber The invention relates to a shock absorber for an aircraft undercarriage, the shock absorber comprising a main cylinder in which a rod is mounted to slide telescopically, the shock absorber having one or more pneumatic chambers filled with gas, a supply of hydraulic ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7925419 | Fuel injection control system A fuel injection control system in which an appropriate command is obtained both before and after learning a correction amount. Command storage means 3 stores a command for pre-learning and a command for post-learning; the command for pre-learning is a comman... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925372 | Neutral data computer control system for a machine tool used to produce workpieces with a threaded surface and associated machine tool Neutral data computer control system for a multiaxis machine tool for producing workpieces having a helicoidal generated surface with an optional computer system (1) for generating machine control parameters for a multiaxis machine tool (2, 2a) ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7922187 | Atrophy-reducing movable foot support apparatus Gentle and substantially linear vertical motion of a wheelchair foot support is expected to provide superior results for maintenance of a wheelchair user's leg muscle mass' thus reducing atrophy of the wheelchair user's legs. Additionally, gentle continuous motion o... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7922151 | Valve actuator The present invention relates to a valve actuator comprising a support member for supporting a rotatable positioning element operatively connected to a valve rod. The valve actuator further comprises a track follower adapted to follow at least part of a track provid... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7921224 | Method of maintaining traffic services through congestion caused by network failovers In a method for controlling data traffic in a wireless or other communication network, one or more hardware/software agents are deployed to interface with one or more network entities such as routers, switches, backhaul transmission lines, and wireless base stations... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7918342 | Protective and packaging wrapper for a container, the wrapper being constituted by a sleeve of heat-shrink plastics material The invention relates to a protective and packaging wrapper for a container, the wrapper being constituted by a sleeve of heat-shrink plastics material for shrinking onto the container, said sleeve being obtained from a film that is folded in half and looped by bond... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7915565 | Apparatus and method for calibrating a laser deposition system A method of calibrating a high energy beam with a material source, the method comprising the steps of: using the high energy beam to provide an aperture, depositing material from the material source towards the aperture for a selected length of time and colle... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7912622 | Fuel injection amount learning control method A fuel injection amount learning and controlling method capable of learning the amount of fuel injection independent of whether accessories are operated or not and without being affected by environmental conditions such as coolant temperature. The fuel injection amo... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7908781 | Muzzle loading firearm with break-open action A muzzle loading firearm with a break-open action includes a rear stock assembly and a barrel assembly. The barrel assembly includes an elongate barrel, having a bore with muzzle and breech ends, and a breech plug removably connected the breech end of the barrel, wh... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7905103 | Model prediction controlled refrigeration system The invention provides a refrigeration system with a compressing unit, and a method of controlling a refrigeration system. To facilitate a better control, the capacity of the compressing unit is controlled based on a predicted future cooling demand rather than an ac... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7905100 | Method for controlling temperature in a refrigeration system A method for controlling a temperature in a refrigeration system using a quality decay value expressing an expected decay rate in quality of the products being refrigerated, and which depends on the temperature of air present in the refrigeration system. The quality... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7900803 | Apparatus for the intermittent supply of a semi-finished material in the form of a band or a wire to a press The invention relates to an advancing apparatus for the intermittent supply of a semi-finished material (22) in the form of a band to a press. The apparatus comprises a pair of displacement grippers (4, 7) which run forwards and backwards and by which ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7900389 | Firearm having nonmetallic components and an ambidextrous cylinder release lever A polymeric revolver including a frame, a cylinder mounted in a rectangular aperture in the frame, a cylinder retaining mechanism and a cylinder releasing mechanism is provided. The cylinder retaining mechanism includes two assemblies: (1) an extractor, locking bolt... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7899648 | System and a method for determining the region searched by a moving scent detector (organ or apparatus) in the presence of wind A system for determining a region searched (3003, 5001, 5002, 7002, 7003, 8001, 8002, 8003) by a moving scent detector (201) in the presence of wind, said moving scent detector having pre-calibrated scent capabilities, the system comprises: positioning... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7898142 | Electric motor with brush General versatility of a brush holder is enhanced regarding a difference of specifications of connector parts, and costs of an electric motor with brush are reduced. A pair of brush-side connection terminals electrically connected to brushes is provided to a brush h... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7896569 | Joint arrangement for the connection of two segments of a patient bed What is described is a joint arrangement for the articulated connection of two segments of a patient bed, with two joint parts (36, 38), each of which is connected rigidly to one of the segments and which are pivotable relative to one another about a common j... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7895839 | Combined circulation condenser A combined circulation condenser for a steam cycle apparatus is disclosed. The steam cycle apparatus includes a steam generator with a port for receiving a fluid. The steam generator presents heat to the fluid to generate steam that is directed out another port, whi... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7895728 | Method of making a rolled elastomer actiuator A tubular elastomer actuator with a shape in a cross-sectional view which shape exposes at most one single axis of symmetry of a specific length, e.g., an oval shape. The actuator could be made from a sheet made from a plurality of plate shaped elements which are la... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7895701 | Opposite-type wiper apparatus An opposite type wiper apparatus which can prevent interference of each wiper blade even if reference position data is lost. When at least one of reference position data memory sections is in abnormal condition, angle range calculation sections correct operation ang... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7894384 | Packet data load generator system for 1×-EVDO wireless network A packet data load generator (PDLG) system, and method for testing the PDLG system, includes a Linux-based computer terminal having multiple 1x-EVDO wireless interface cards, e.g., Sierra Wireless AirCards®, directly interfaced therewith. PCI-to-PCMCIA adapter card... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7894337 | Method and system for unified overload and overflow control to support VoIP and multiple QOS flow traffic in communication network In a method and system for controlling base station processing unit overload and buffer overflow in a unified manner, one or more processing units of the base station are monitored to determine if the processing unit(s) has entered an overload condition. If so, on a... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7894061 | Polarization based fiber optic downhole flowmeter A flow monitoring system includes a pipe for transporting a fluid therethrough. An optical fiber generally spirals about the pipe along a longitudinal portion having a predetermined length to serve as a single transducer for detecting flow information from the longi... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7887705 | System for treating residual water Improvements on a system for treating residual water, presents a new solution for the conformation of a system for treating residual water and for such purpose, it basically consists of a lower blanket (1), preferably produced in PVC, and of a cover blanket (... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7887305 | Flexible tank and a chemical liquid supply apparatus using the same A flexible tank has a volume-variable chamber formed so as to be sectioned by a flexible tube that is expanded or contracted in accordance with the amount of the contained chemical liquid, and adaptor parts attached to the flexible tube. A primary-side port open to ... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7886553 | Method and a control unit for controlling a power level A method and a control unit for controlling a power level being drawn from a power source (26). Based on a determined rate of change of a measured voltage (1) an estimated remaining runtime is calculated. The estimated remaining runtime represents a ti... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7886475 | Firearm sight A sight for a firearm including a body having an upper portion and a lower portion, the lower portion having opposing sidewalls. Each of the sidewalls including at least one protrusion. The protrusions abuttingly engage sidewalls of a barrel receptacle to secure the... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7886469 | Firearm having nonmetallic components and an extractor yoke lockup A polymeric revolver including a frame, a cylinder mounted in a rectangular aperture in the frame via a yoke, and a cylinder retaining mechanism is provided. The cylinder retaining mechanism includes multiple assemblies, which lock the yoke in the cylinder-closed po... | 02/15/2011 |
