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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D660416 | Ceiling mount having an arm assembly for holding a surgical microscope | 05/22/2012 |
| 8178838 | High-density FIB-SEM tomography via real-time imaging A method and an apparatus are for three-dimensional tomographic image generation in a scanning electron microscope system. At least two longitudinal marks are provided on the top surface of the sample which include an angle therebetween. In consecutive image recordi... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177586 | Connector system A connector system (1) includes a plurality of connectors (39 to 45) which each have a plug and a counter plug. Each plug has a plurality of receptacles (29, 30) for contacts and each counter plug has a plurality of receptacles (29, 30... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177181 | Carrying arrangement A carrying arrangement having a carrier arm adjustable in elevation is improved so that a load carried thereby can be easily exchanged. A gas-pressure spring (6) incorporates a latching device in such a manner that the gas-pressure spring self latches when a ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8172986 | Fabric belt having ends of reduced thickness A fabric belt unit for manufacturing corrugated board in a corrugator machine includes a belt (1) joined together at its two ends (2, 3) to form a continuous belt. The fabric belt has an outer paper side (6) as well as an inner driven side (8... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172273 | Sealing arrangement for a coupling for refrigerant lines A sealing arrangement for a coupling for refrigerant lines comprises a first coupling piece, which is connected sealingly to a first line end piece, and a second coupling piece which is connected sealingly to a second line end piece. In the sealing arrangement, a se... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8159743 | Surgical microscope having an illuminating arrangement The invention relates to a surgical microscope having a microscope main objective for the visualization of an object plane in an object region. The objective is passed through by a first stereoscopic component beam path and by a second stereoscopic component beam pa... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8154797 | Surgical microscope for use in surgical procedures including neurosurgery A surgical microscope has an illuminating arrangement for illuminating light in an operating region to be examined with the surgical microscope. The arrangement contains a high-power light source which includes an intensity adjusting device. The device makes possibl... | 04/10/2012 |
| D657276 | Manometer | 04/10/2012 |
| 8149507 | Binocular Binoculars have two tubes connected to each other via a folding bridge and an Abbe-König prism system is arranged in each tube and the Abbe-König prism systems are provided for image reversal of respective visual viewing beam paths. Each Abbe-König system include... | 04/03/2012 |
| D656976 | Lens blank having a surface pattern applied thereto | 04/03/2012 |
| 8134093 | Switch arrangement which permits overthrow actuation and wiping action A switch arrangement includes a switch component (20) and a bearing component (21). The switch component (20) is pivotally journalled with a pivot bearing (36) on the bearing component (21). The switch arrangement includes a switch... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8132557 | Fuel system of a handheld work apparatus The invention relates to a fuel system of a portable handheld work apparatus driven by an internal combustion engine. The fuel system includes a fuel tank (2), a fuel pump, a fuel line (4) leading from the fuel tank (2) to the fuel pump and a fi... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8131102 | Method for processing a digital gray value image so that a reduced image noise and simultaneously a higher image sharpness is achieved A method for processing a digital gray value image includes the steps of: generating a binary edge image from the gray value image so that edges present in the gray value image are determined as line areas around the edges; applying a sharpness algorithm in the gray... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8128130 | Plug-in hose coupling A plug-in hose coupling includes a housing input part with a receiving bore widened in an end region which faces toward the interior of the coupling. A tubular support sleeve is sealingly clipped into the widened end region by an annular collar which has multiple ou... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8110055 | Self-sealing pneumatic vehicle tire and method for producing a self-sealing pneumatic vehicle tire A self-sealing pneumatic tire has a sealing band (3) applied adheringly in the circumferential direction on the inner side of the tire and radially within the tread. A sealant (2) is applied to a carrier material (1). The carrier material (1 | 02/07/2012 |
| 8104518 | Corrugated hose pipe assembly and method of making the same A corrugated hose pipe assembly has a corrugated pipe that is surrounded by an elastomeric high-pressure hose. The ends of the high-pressure hose are grasped and fixed by connectors. The connectors each have a pipe piece (210, 220) which is fitted with a circ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8104138 | Portable handheld suction/blower apparatus A portable handheld suction/blower apparatus includes a motor-driven blower (1) and at least one air guide tube (3) connected to the blower (1) at a connecting location (2) to conduct flow. The connecting location (2) is configured... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8097865 | Multispectral illuminaton device An illumination device includes at least four semiconductor radiation sources (18) for emitting optical radiation in respectively different emission wavelength ranges. At least one color splitter (22.1, 22.2, 22.3), which is reflective for optical radi... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8083215 | Air spring damper module The invention relates to an air spring damper module including a shock absorber (1) and a roll-off piston (5) which is pushed over the upper end of the shock absorber with an opening in the piston base with the piston base being supported on the outer ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8079394 | Belt for a corrugator machine having a friction coefficient reduced driven side The invention relates to a belt for a corrugator machine for making corrugated board (50) wherein at least a middle layer (52) of corrugated material is joined under pressure to cover layers (51, 53) of smooth material to form the corrugated boa... | 12/20/2011 |
| D650405 | Microscope assembly | 12/13/2011 |
| D650106 | Light illumination source | 12/06/2011 |
| D650072 | Ceiling mount having an arm holding a monitor | 12/06/2011 |
| D649992 | Stand for microscope assembly | 12/06/2011 |
| D649991 | Lens blank having a surface pattern applied thereto | 12/06/2011 |
| 8064714 | Method for binarizing a digital gray value image to generate a binarized gray value image and arrangement for carrying out said method A method for binarizing a digital gray value image includes generating a binary edge image from the gray value image so as to cause existing edges to be determined as line areas around an edge; and, thereafter, computing a mean value of gray values of the gray value... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8028610 | Cutting link for a saw chain A cutting link (1) for a saw chain includes a base body (2) and a cutting tooth (3) mounted thereon and made of hard metal. The base body (2) has rivet openings (4) and a recess (6) is formed in the base body (2) for ... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8023120 | Ophthalmic surgical microscope having an OCT-system An ophthalmic surgical microscope (100) has a microscope main objective (101) and a viewing beam path (105) which passes through the microscope main objective (101) for visualizing an object region. The ophthalmic surgical microscope (... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8021076 | Runway for aircraft and roadway for vehicles and method of renewing a runway or roadway The cover layer is applied as an asphalt cover layer (5, 5′, 5″) to avoid significant restrictions of the running traffic and for shortening the construction time. Also, this asphalt cover layer is arranged above the upper face (OK) of the runway or roadw... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8020896 | Hose connector and portable handheld work apparatus A hose connector (19, 59) for the assembly in a housing opening (13) of a tank of a portable handheld work apparatus is formed as one piece and has a base plate (20). A sealing rim (21) for mounting in the housing opening (13) is p... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8015713 | Portable handheld work apparatus A portable handheld work apparatus has a housing (2) which has at least one intake opening (20). A drive motor (4) is mounted in the housing (2) and this drive motor drives a fan wheel (9). The fan wheel (9) inducts a coolin... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8007944 | Active test fuel cell for characterizing and qualifying cell-internal fuel cell components An active test fuel cell characterizes and qualifies cell-internal components to establish technical data on the cell-internal components to be tested at low assembly costs, at a low error rate and with a high degree of reproducibility of the measuring results. The ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7982173 | Optical viewing arrangement, remote-control unit and viewing system having an image recording function An optical viewing arrangement has an image recording function and each telescope tube thereof has a beam path through an objective and an ocular and has a sensor component assembly for outcoupling and converting a component light beam into digital data. A camera el... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7979958 | Work apparatus A work apparatus such as a blower apparatus (1) or a spray apparatus (31) has a drive motor (5), a blower wheel (11) and a blower tube (12). The blower wheel (11) is driven by the drive motor (5) and moves a flow of a... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7978404 | Surgical microscope having an OCT-system A surgical microscope (100) has a viewing beam path for main viewing and a secondary beam path (106) for viewing by another person. The surgical microscope (100) has a microscope main objective (101) through which the viewing beam path fo... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7972000 | Method and arrangement for determining the individually required addition of a vision aid The invention is directed to a method for determining the individually required addition (Add) of a vision assist for an eye, the method having the following steps: a) a preliminary addition (Addpreliminary) is determine... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7971681 | Exhaust-gas muffler An exhaust-gas muffler (1) has a housing (2) through which at least one sleeve (11) projects. At one end, the sleeve (11) has an attachment opening (10) and at the opposite-lying end has an access opening (14). To avoid a co... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7963266 | Starter apparatus for an internal combustion engine A starter device for an internal combustion engine (10) has an actuating device and an entrainer (24) can be coupled to the crankshaft (13) of the engine (10). The entrainer (24) and the actuating device are rotatably journalled ab... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7962269 | Method and arrangement for detecting the actuation of an operator-controlled element A method and an arrangement (15) for detecting the actuation of an operator-controlled element (1) make possible a reliable detection of an operator-controlled function to be activated by the operator-controlled element (1) independently of envi... | 06/14/2011 |
