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| 8179940 | Semiconductor laser and method for producing the semiconductor laser A semiconductor laser is embodied as a surface emitting thin-film semiconductor laser (2) with a semiconductor body (4). The semiconductor body (4) comprises a first and a second planar surface (12, 14). The semiconductor body (4) ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8170710 | Method and arrangement for feeding, with yarn of constant absorbed length, a textile machine operating on a plurality of yarns A method for feeding a plurality of yarns with constant values of fed length to a textile machine, each yarn unwinding from a spool and cooperating with a feed device, arranged to maintain the tension of the yarn at a predefined constant value before being directed ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166741 | Resilient composite tire cord Elastic metal/textile composite cord (C-1) having two layers (Ci, Ce) of 1+N construction, formed from a core or inner layer (Ci) comprising a textile core thread (10) of diameter d1 and a metal outer layer (Ce) of N wires (12) of dia... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8163245 | Microfluidics system for mixing at least two starting materials A microfluidics system for mixing at least two starting materials having a prescribed number of parallel and identical mixing or reaction branches, in which a number of supply ducts corresponding to the number of starting materials open into a mixing or reaction cha... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8155657 | Dynamic routing A method for managing transactions across a large number of service providers includes determining performance metrics associated with each of a plurality of service providers and generating a score for each service provider based on the performance metrics associat... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8150079 | Personal digital assistant and stereo reproduction method An operation section housing and a display section housing are connected by a rotatable hinge having a structure in which the display section housing rotates with the rotatable hinge serving as the central rotational axis. The display section housing has three built... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146897 | Self-pumping hydropneumatic spring strut with internal level control Self-pumping hydropneumatic spring strut includes a working cylinder divided into first and second working spaces by a working piston carried on a hollow piston rod; a high pressure chamber and a low pressure chamber partially filled with hydraulic damping medium, t... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8135782 | Electronic apparatus, presence communication system, and computer-readable recording medium An electronic apparatus comprises a plurality of communication units including a first communication unit which communicates via a first communication network and a second communication unit which communicates via a second communication network. The electronic appar... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8134893 | Optical recording head and optical recording apparatus Provided is an optical recording head in which a light beam from a light source is collected by an optical element and reflected on a reflecting surface to be formed into a spot light. Since a support portion for supporting the light source of the optical element at... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8134601 | Lens barrel having camera shake corrector and photographing apparatus equipped therewith A camera shake corrector includes: a first moving member that holds an image sensor or a prescribed lens and is capable of moving in a first direction; a first motor that moves the first moving member; a second moving member that holds the first moving member and is... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8134179 | Photodiode with a reduced dark current and method for the production thereof A photodiode in which a pn junction is formed between the doped region (DG) formed in the surface of a crystalline semiconductor substrate and a semiconductor layer (HS) deposited above said doped region. An additional doping (GD) is provided in the edge region of t... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8132413 | Method of transforming heat energy to mechanical energy in a low-pressure expansion device A method of converting heat energy generated in an evaporator to mechanical energy by expanding an evaporated working fluid includes evaporating the working fluid in the evaporator and expanding the evaporated working fluid in an expansion device. The expansion is i... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8130901 | Limiting an X-ray beam in connection with dental imaging The present invention relates to limiting an x-ray beam used in connection with dental extra oral imaging by a plate mechanism (1) arranged to be operated by a drive mechanism including an actuator (3) arranged to move at least one plate element (2,... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8130387 | Apparatus for simulating the effects of printing process-relevant setting commands on an image to be printed Apparatus for simulating the effects of printing process-relevant setting commands on an image to be printed image includes (a) a color management unit for transforming printing-specific image data of an image to be printed into screen-specific display data defined ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8127634 | Driving device A driving device with a first and second fastening device which can be connected to a stationary base part, particularly a vehicle body, or can be connected to a movable structural component part, particularly a hatch or door of a vehicle, a spindle drive which has ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8126140 | Generation of a pseudorandom data sequence A method of generating a pseudorandom data sequence, wherein said pseudorandom data sequence is generated by a procedure for searching for a search pattern in an initial data sequence of N bits, said search procedure comprising the following steps: (a) detecting in ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8125873 | Objective lens for optical pickup device, and optical pickup device Provided is an objective lens for an optical pickup apparatus. The objective lens collects diffracted light generated by an optical path difference giving structure onto the information recording surface of an optical information recording medium as a spot and suppr... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8122645 | Drive unit for a door or gate, particularly for a garage door, and method for operating such drive unit A drive unit for a door or a gate includes an electric motor, a detection unit for detecting the position of the door or gate, the detection unit being coupled to the motor and providing an identical pulse sequence with every rotation of the motor, wherein the durat... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8121109 | Method and system for remotely controlling appliances A method of remotely controlling at least one domestic appliance, remote control of such domestic appliances is triggered automatically by detecting a mobile communications terminal entering or leaving a radio reception perimeter of a control device. The control dev... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8120256 | Direct-current discharge lamp A direct current discharge lamp with an anode (10) and a cathode (12) that are arranged opposite one another at a predetermined distance (r) inside a discharge vessel (14) filled with a filling gas, it being possible to apply electric power (P) ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8118174 | Device for delivering bulk material stored in a supply container A device for delivering bulk material consisting of individual products has a supply container for storing the bulk material of individual products, the supply container having a product outlet. A perforated plate is arranged downstream of the product outlet of the ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8116006 | Image display apparatus and head mount display The light directed from a light source to a concave mirror and the light directed from a display device to an eyepiece optical system are intersected by each other in a layout. This allows the light source, the concave mirror, and the display device to be arranged i... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8112940 | Seal arrangement on a vertical frame profile of a door wing A seal, which is disposed at a vertical frame profile of a stationary door leaf or of a movable door leaf and has a sealing profile protruding from the frame profile and a deformation chamber extending in a longitudinal direction of the sealing profile. A part of th... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8111602 | Objective lens, optical pickup device, and optical disk drive Provided are an optical pickup apparatus and an objective lens which can record and/or reproduce information for discs with different recording densities and can realize simplification of the structure of themselves and reducing cost. When the expression (1) is sati... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8109749 | Demountable rigid core for the manufacture of tires comprising radiused lips A core (N) defining at least partially a manufacturing form whose receiving surface (S), which is of essentially toroidal appearance, is designed to receive directly, by winding, profiles (B) in the form of contiguous bands forming the inside surface of a tire, comp... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8109249 | Valve control for a gas exchange valve in an internal combustion engine A valve control for a gas exchange valve of an internal combustion engine includes at least one spring element for preloading the valve in an end position and a fixing device for the releasable fixing of the valve. The spring element in a moveable insert, which by m... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8106948 | Mobile terminal device, computer-readable recording medium, and computer data signal Even if an external output device like an earphone is disconnected during outputting of reproduced recorded contents, the recorded contents can be consecutively output at the time of subsequent reproduction. When an earphone connection detector detects that an earph... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8106511 | Reduced-stress through-chip feature and method of making the same A feature is inscribed in a major surface of a microelectronic workpiece having a material property expressed as a reference coefficient value. The feature includes a first material having a first coefficient value for the material property and a second material hav... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8099097 | Method for handover in wireless communication, mobile electronic device, and wireless communication handover system A wireless LAN device determines whether there is a necessity to search for a base station based on base station information as to a currently associated first base station, and selects all or a part of base station search conditions stored in advance to search for ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8098236 | Touch-sensitive screen with haptic acknowledgement A touch sensitive screen comprising a display device and a light-permeable, wherein a touch-sensitive arrangement arranged upstream of an image side of the display device at a distance therefrom. The arrangement can be displaced in relation to the display device suc... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8096900 | Mat for sport and games Mat for sport and games for detecting impact position of a movable object. The mat includes an outer layer and an inner layer, each with inlays of electrically conductive elements forming a pressure-sensitive switch distributed over the target area. The pressure sen... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8096319 | Check valve Check valve includes a housing, a bore, and a movable valve body, which is spring-loaded and rests with a sealing action on a valve seat, where the bore is designed as a stepped bore, where the bore with the smaller diameter has the valve seat, and where the bore wi... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8096274 | Rocker arm arrangement with a bearing shell provided with grooves Rocker arm arrangement of an internal combustion engine has a bearing journal with a central axis and an outside circumferential surface running in the central bore of a rocker arm lined with a bearing shell. The bearing journal has a first transverse oil channel le... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8096241 | Method for cut-off register control A method for controlling cut-off registration in a printing press having printed webs includes applying print control marks which are invisible to the human eye to the printed webs; passing the webs pass through cut-off register control actuators; assembling the web... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8096196 | Load cell A load cell includes a cylindrical ring with one end closed by a membrane configured to receive a load or force to be measured. A sensor carrier plate is arranged in a cavity formed by the ring and the membrane. The sensor carrier plate is coupled to the membrane to... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8095125 | Mobile terminal, operation control program, and data access control program In a cellular phone, when a coming-to-the-office signal is detected by a non-contact IC section, a CPU selects an official mode as a telephone number mode. Meanwhile, when a leaving-the-office signal is detected by the non-contact IC section, the CPU selects a priva... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8093836 | Circuit arrangement and method for striking a discharge lamp A circuit arrangement for striking a discharge lamp, comprising: a drive apparatus, having an output adapted to provide a drive signal with a predeterminable frequency; an inverter, which is coupled to the output of the drive apparatus, and having an output adapted ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8091599 | Tire for heavy vehicles A tire having a radial carcass reinforcement comprising a crown reinforcement formed of at least two working crown layers of inextensible reinforcement elements, which are crossed from one ply to the other, forming angles of between 10° and 45° with the circumfere... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8089275 | Sensor arrangement, integrated chip component with the sensor arrangement, and measurement method A sensor arrangement has a sensor array (SA) with a first, a second, and a third sensor focus (SSP1, SSP2, SSP3), which are located along a main linear direction (L) and in which the third sensor focus (SSP3) is located in the middle betw... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8088861 | Tire inner gum A tire inner liner having a rubber composition based on at least one butyl rubber, a reinforcing filler, graphite and a plasticizing system. The plasticizing system comprises a hydrocarbon plasticizing resin, the glass transition temperature Tg of which i... | 01/03/2012 |
