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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D592605 | Remote control box for ships | 05/19/2009 |
| D592604 | Switch | 05/19/2009 |
| 7499725 | Mobile terminal having recording function A mobile terminal such as a cellular telephone can include a voice recording function. Upon arrival of an incoming call when the cellular telephone is executing a recording operation, the cellular telephone informs of the arrival of the incoming call by any one of o... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7498778 | ORing circuit A method and a circuit comprising an electrically controlled transistor element (303) configured for conveying a current from an input terminal (300) to an output terminal (320), wherein the current is of a magnitude belonging within a pre-deter... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7497912 | Substrate processing apparatus A cell controller controls the operation of a transport robot to keep a substrate belonging to a succeeding lot carried into a heating part in the fourth transport cycle from being transported out of the heating part in the next or fifth transport cycle, thereby pre... | 03/03/2009 |
| D587736 | TV camera | 03/03/2009 |
| 7496003 | Analogue display device for a timepiece The invention relates to an analogue display device for a timepiece. The inventive device consists of display means which are disposed such as to perform jumps in relation to a dial comprising a haphazard series of values to be displayed. ... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7495160 | Reinforcing structure for metal shell and manufacturing method for metal shell A metal shell is composed of a trunk portion and a pair of reinforcing portions provided at opening ends of the trunk portion. The trunk portion is formed of a metallic cylinder, the reinforcing portion is formed of a metallic ring having the same diameter as that o... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7494549 | Substrate treatment apparatus and substrate treatment method A substrate treatment apparatus for removing an unnecessary substance from a surface of a substrate. The apparatus is provided with: an oxidation liquid supply mechanism for supplying an oxidation liquid having an oxidative effect to the substrate surface; a physica... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7494187 | Vehicle seat lock A hook member of a vehicle seat lock engages with a striker fixed to a vehicle body. An opening lever is pivotally secured to the first base plate to constitute the first subassembly. The hook member is pivotally secured to the second base plate to constitute the se... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7492111 | Method of controlling two or more commutator DC permanent magnet motors in driving mechanisms for setting a position of furniture parts and a device for carrying out the method The invention relates to a method of controlling two or more commutator DC motors with permanent magnets in driving mechanisms for setting a position of furniture parts such as tables, beds, chairs etc., where particular driving mechanisms must maintain mutually def... | 02/17/2009 |
| D586841 | Eyeglasses | 02/17/2009 |
| D586573 | Stool | 02/17/2009 |
| 7492138 | Synchronous rectifier circuits and method for utilizing common source inductance of the synchronous FET A method of improving the operation of a synchronous rectifier circuit which includes a switching transistor and synchronous transistor, by providing an operatively effective value of inductance in the current path of the synchronous transistor; which is shared by t... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7491627 | III-nitride device and method with variable epitaxial growth direction A semiconductor device composed of III-nitride materials is produced with epitaxial growth that permits vertical and lateral growth geometries to improve device characteristics. The resulting device has a greater breakdown voltage due to the greater integrity of the... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7489499 | Lighting control having a captured offset linear guide system A captured offset linear guide system for a lighting control device includes a faceplate having an elongated slot, a knob, an offset member, and a linear potentiometer. The offset member allows the linear potentiometer to be offset from the elongated slot of the fac... | 02/10/2009 |
| D585898 | Base unit for digital media player | 02/03/2009 |
| 7485050 | Micropattern grip surface A micropattern grip surface for use on a grip, and particularly a grip for a golf club, wherein the pattern includes alternating upstanding ridges and grooves between the ridges. In a preferred embodiment, the ridges extend with a generally longitudinal direction of... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7486152 | Voltage controlled oscillator The cathode of a first varactor diode (VD1) is connected to a resonator element (XD) of an oscillator (2) via a capacitor (C1) and is connected to a triangular wave generator circuit (3) via an inductor (RFC1) and a resistor elemen... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7485920 | Process to create buried heavy metal at selected depth Semiconductor devices having recombination centers comprised of well-positioned heavy metals. At least one lattice defect region within the semiconductor device is first created using particle beam implantation. Use of particle beam implantation positions the lattic... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7485932 | ACCUFET with Schottky source contact An accumulation mode FET (ACCUFET) which includes an insulated gate, an adjacently disposed insulated source field electrode, and a source contact that makes Schottky contact with the base region of the ACCUFET. ... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7485808 | Holder for attaching electrical line bundles and pipes etc. to carriers and boards The present invention relates to a holding device for moveably accommodating a line. Furthermore, the invention relates to an aircraft that comprises a multitude of such holding devices. Finally, the invention relates to a multitude of holding devices according to t... | 02/03/2009 |
| D582489 | Children's tricycle | 12/09/2008 |
| D582488 | Tricycle with removable push bar | 12/09/2008 |
| 7462749 | Process for the extraction of ethanol from a water solution A process for the extraction of ethanol from a solution by bringing the solution into contact with a bed of salt consisting of Mg3(PO4)2, whereby the salt adsorbs ethanol from the solution, removing the solution from the salt bed, he... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7461450 | Method for making a heat dissipating device A method for making a heat dissipating device includes the steps of: preparing a container body that has a fluid passage and opposite upper and lower walls, the fluid passage being in fluid communication with an inner space in the container body; vacuuming the inner... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7462908 | Dynamic deep depletion field effect transistor A vertical conduction trench FET has a plurality of trenches containing conductive polysilicon gates. The mesas between the trenches have a source diffusion region connected to a common source electrode. The trenches are spaced so that the depletion regions induced ... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7462302 | Indium oxide based material and method for preparing the same An indium oxide based material containing carbon, and a method for preparing the same are provided. In such a method, the carbon is added to the indium oxide based material film so that the electrical resistivity of the indium oxide based material film is decreased,... | 12/09/2008 |
| D582487 | Toy tractor and trailer | 12/09/2008 |
| 7463071 | Level-shift circuit utilizing a single level-shift switch A level-shift circuit for use with a half bridge in accordance with an embodiment of the present application includes an oscillator operable to provide a timing signal, a level-shift switch controlled by the timing signal of the oscillator, a high side control circu... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7463468 | Reverse circulation protection circuit A circuit for protection against reverse circulation of current through the body diode of an FET power switching device switching a load, the power switching device having gate, source and drain terminals, wherein the power switching device is connected in series wi... | 12/09/2008 |
| D582414 | Keyboard | 12/09/2008 |
| D582150 | Gun holster | 12/09/2008 |
| 7463087 | Operational amplifier with zero offset A circuit for minimizing a voltage offset between inverting and non-inverting input terminals of an operational amplifier circuit is provided. The circuit includes a chopper circuit connected to the inverting and non-inverting input terminals of the operational ampl... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7462926 | Leadframe comprising tin plating or an intermetallic layer formed therefrom A method of producing a leadframe is provided, the method including the steps of providing a substrate, plating the substrate with a layer of tin, plating a layer of nickel over the layer of tin, and thereafter plating one or more protective layers over the layer of... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7462910 | P-channel trench MOSFET structure A low voltage P-channel power MOSFET using trench technology has an epitaxially deposited constant concentration N channel region adjacent the side walls of a plurality of trenches. The constant concentration channel region is deposited atop a P+ substrat... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7463464 | Method and apparatus for sensing brushless DC motor average current from overcurrent protection circuitry A method and an apparatus that permit the measurement of the motor average current directly from the output of the amplifier and filter stage used for instantaneous dc-link overcurrent protection. As such, only one amplifier and filter stage is sufficient to provide... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7460168 | Image processing apparatus for generating a wide dynamic range image An image processing apparatus for generating a wide dynamic range image to enable contrast to be maintained in low luminance image areas and high luminance image areas when the image is displayed by a narrow density range display system having: an image data buffer ... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7459094 | Method for making a surface acoustic wave device package A method for making a SAW device package includes the steps of: forming a pattern of a metal layer, that defines transmitting and receiving transducers of a SAW die, on a wafer; forming a pattern of a first photo sensitive layer, which defines a peripheral wall of a... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7460838 | Control station, a wireless communication system and a wireless communication method A radio communication system by which an additional terminal can be easily registered to group information to set up radio communication between particular terminals, and a new user can conduct radio communication in a short period of time. When a group application ... | 12/02/2008 |
