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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8096183 | Method and ultrasonic sensor for determining the height of objects disposed on a conveying device The present invention relates to a method for determining the height of objects disposed on a conveying device, in which an ultrasonic sensor positioned in a specific relationship to the conveying device repetitively transmits ultrasonic pulses directed toward the c... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8085389 | Optical sensor operating on the transit time principle The present invention relates to an optical sensor based on the transit time principle, comprising a light source for the emission of emergent light pulses into an observed region, comprising a rotating device for rotating a beam direction of the emergent light puls... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8079187 | Lining of an in particular flat surface with a flexible covering material, particularly textile material as well as lining method The present invention relates to a method for lining an in particular flat surface with a flexible covering material, particularly textile material, in which the surface is lined with one or more flexible covering material pieces and in which the material piece or p... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8076632 | Device and method for the contactless manipulation and alignment of sample particles in a measurement volume using a nonhomogeneous electric alternating field The invention relates to a device for contactless manipulation and alignment of sample particles in a measurement volume using a nonhomogeneous electric alternating field, comprising a radiation source for emitting electromagnetic radiation and optical means for gui... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8007170 | Electronic sensor and method for the manufacture of a sensor The present invention relates to an electronic sensor, particularly an inductive sensor, comprising a casing sleeve, a sensor element for measuring a physical measurand, the sensor element being placed at a measurement end of the casing sleeve, an electronic module ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7999736 | Slot antenna and method for its operation The invention relates to a slot antenna, more particularly to a transmitting antenna for RFID, comprising an antenna contour board having a plurality of antenna slots and at least one control circuit for enabling the antenna contour board to transmit and/or receive ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7990045 | Solid-state lamps with partial conversion in phosphors for rendering an enhanced number of colors The invention relates to phosphor-conversion (PC) sources of white light, which are composed of at least two groups of emitters, such as blue electroluminescent light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and wide-band (WB) or narrow-band (NB) phosphors that partially absorb and c... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7954623 | Method and device for the monitored conveying of sheet metal plates The invention relates to a method for the monitored conveying of sheet metal plates, particularly into a working or forming plant, in which a plate is taken up by a feeder from a first position and the plate and feeder are moved to a second position. According to th... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7954378 | Ultrasonic sensor and method for determining a separation of an object from an ultrasonic sensor The invention relates to a method for determining a separation, spacing or distance of an object from an ultrasonic sensor, in which ultrasonic pulses are emitted by a transducing or sensing element and in which ultrasonic pulses reflected by the object are detected... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7924105 | Method for the detection of a predamping state and inductive sensor with predamping detection The present invention relates to a method for the detection of a predamping state of an inductive sensor. The sensor has at least one oscillator with a resonant circuit and an oscillation amplifier. According to the method the oscillatory response of the oscillator ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7924103 | Inductive proximity switch and method for its operation The present invention relates to an inductive proximity switch with an oscillator having a resonant circuit and an amplifier and with an evaluating and control device for evaluating an impedance of the resonant circuit and for outputting a switching signal. Accordin... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7920248 | Method and apparatus for optoelectronic contactless range finding using the transit time principle The invention relates to a method for optoelectronic contactless distance or range measurement or finding according to the transit time principle, in which a distance of an object from a sensor unit is determined from a time difference between a starting signal and ... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7847911 | Display panel, laminated substrate, liquid crystal cell and method of manufacturing laminated substrate A display panel, laminated substrate, and liquid crystal cell which includes a pair of facing substrates bonded together with a sealing material. One or both of the substrates includes at least one corner portion on which a plurality of protruding pads are formed, t... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7823268 | Angular transducer unit and method for its manufacture, as well as angular switching device and device for the detection of objects The present invention relates to a method for the manufacture of a transducer unit for an angular switching device, in which a transducer element is inserted and fixed in an angled bush. The inventive method is characterized in that the transducer element is brought... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7810618 | Vibration generator The invention relates to a vibration generator comprising a working piston and to a construction apparatus having a vibration generator, wherein the vibration generator is operated by a pressure fluid and comprises a control device having a control piston, which is ... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7754186 | Oxides extracted from vegetal matter and process therefor The invention concerns a process for the extraction of acid or basic oxides contained in a vegetal matter, more specifically it concerns the extraction of silica from rice husks. The invention also concerns pure oxides extracted from vegetal matter. The invention al... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7752781 | Centring device for quick-change devices A quick-change device in which the arrangement of centring discs and of control plates prevents jamming during the insertion operation. In accordance with an embodiment, the quick change device includes: catch bolts; centring disks fixed to the quick-change device t... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7726214 | Method and device for the contactless detection of flat objects A method and device for the contactless detection of flat objects, particularly in sheet form, such as paper, films, foils, plates, labels, splices, break points, tear-off threads and similar flat materials or packs. A sensor device, such as a receiver-following eva... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7712386 | Method and device for the contactless detection of flat objects A method and device for the contactless detection of flat objects, particularly in sheet form, such as paper, films, foils, plates, and similar flat materials or packs. At least one correction characteristic is supplied to an evaluating device downstream of a sensor... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7649349 | Method for the manufacture of a switching device and module for a switching device The invention relates to a method for the manufacture of a switching device with a sensor unit located at a measurement end of a casing sleeve and connected to an electronic circuit located on a support received in the casing sleeve, and with a connection part locat... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7637038 | Foundation construction device for making trenches in soil The invention relates to a foundation construction device for making trenches in the soil comprising a frame, on which a soil-removing tool is arranged, and a control device for aligning the foundation construction device in the trench having two control flaps, whic... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7626466 | Proximity switch and method for operating a proximity switch The invention relates to a proximity switch, particularly an inductive proximity switch, with an oscillator having an at least partly self-compensated feedback network influenceable by a target to be detected, as well as an oscillator amplifier. The invention is cha... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7595452 | Circuit board and method for its production The invention relates to a circuit board and a method for its production. The highly flexible circuit board includes electrically non-conductive threads and electrically conductive threads. These threads form a fabric with a regular mesh structure. In the latter at ... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7572433 | Oxides extracted from vegetal matter and process therefor The invention concerns a process for the extraction of acid or basic oxides contained in a vegetal matter, more specifically it concerns the extraction of silica from rice husks. The invention also concerns pure oxides extracted from vegetal matter. The invention al... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7535216 | Incremental displacement transducer and method for determining a displacement of a first object relative to a second object The invention relates to an incremental displacement transducer for determining a displacement of a first object relative to a second object with a scanning unit linked with the first object for scanning a division track linked with the second object having first ar... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7526969 | Method and device for the contactless detection of flat objects The invention relates to a method and a device for the contactless detection of flat objects, particularly in sheet form, such as paper, films, foils, plates and similar flat materials or packs. In said methods and devices, e.g. in the printing industry there... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7523760 | Valve rotating device The invention relates to a valve rotating device comprising a basic body, a cover which is rotatable and axially displaceable relative to the basic body about an axis of rotation, and a rotating device to rotate the basic body relative to the cover about the axis of... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7462139 | Ski exercising and rehabilitation apparatus A ski-exercising and rehabilitation apparatus of the invention wherein the down-hill-run unit (22), has a system of rotatable rolls (25) mounted with bearings in external clamping beams (20) and (21) and in the central beam (26) so... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7409954 | Method for treatment of infections with ultraviolet laser light A method and an apparatus for the treatment of either endo-cavital infections or abnormal surface tissue conditions, particularly destructive bacterial infections, post major invasive surgery abscesses and skin infections such as vitiligo and psoriasis. If required,... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7408613 | Display panel, laminated substrate, liquid crystal cell and method of manufacturing laminated substrate A display panel, laminated substrate, and liquid crystal cell which includes a pair of facing substrates bonded together with a sealing material. One or both of the substrates includes at least one corner portion on which a plurality of protruding pads are formed, t... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7383782 | Watercraft The invention relates to a watercraft, particularly a river boat, with a hull for receiving useful devices and with propulsion units for generating a driving force and which are located on the hull. The watercraft according to the invention is characterized in that ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7381452 | Amorphous hydrogenated carbon film The present invention concerns an improved process for the deposition of amorphous hydrogenated carbon film, more specifically an improved low temperature, low power and low vacuum cathodic sputtering process. The invention also concerns the film produced by said pr... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7294093 | Ski exercising and rehabilitation apparatus The object of this invention is an the apparatus for ski exercising and rehabilitation, intended to serve for both beginning and professional skiers who shall later ski on snow on either carving or traditional skis, water skis or snowboards. The apparatus according ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7248946 | Inverter control methodology for distributed generation sources connected to a utility grid The present invention provides an improved control methodology for maximum power point tracking (MPPT), anti-islanding, and output current regulation for distributed generation sources connected to a utility grid. The control includes enhancements for MPPT and regul... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7245121 | Device and method for determining the path of a target The invention relates to a device for determining the path of an in particular metallic target, with at least two detection devices so positioned along a path to be monitored that the sensitivity curves of immediately adjacent detection devices at least partly overl... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7242487 | Print driver system having a user interface and a method for processing raster data A system and method for processing raster data including at least one input computer terminal for creating postscript data, at least one raster image processor (RIP), for processing the postscript data into raster data, and a PrintDrive system for managing and contr... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7215726 | Method for interference suppression for TDMA -and/or FDMA transmission A method for interference suppression for TDMA and/or FDMA transmission, which at least approximately can be described as pulse amplitude modulation, with an arbitrary number of receive antennas. The method comprises filtering of at least one complex-valued received... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7145881 | Method of determining the route of packets through a network of communicating objects A method of determining a routing for packets in a network, the method comprising a) dividing the network into WAN (Wide Area Network) segments and LAN (Local Area Network) segments; b) determining a routing for packets through each segment; combining routing result... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7123589 | Method for determining the delay and jitter in communication between objects in a connected network Methods which determine network performance by determining not only the transit delay between nodes in a network but also the variance, or jitter, of such transit delays. A common node, usually a network management computer (NMC), sends out a signal to a first node ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7110588 | Retrospective correction of inhomogeneities in radiographs Several methods for retrospective correction of intensity inhomogeneites in digital diagnostic radiation images are presented. The methods are based on the correction of a digital image representation by means of a bias field. The bias field is deduced from the digi... | 09/19/2006 |
