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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184996 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body including an image forming engine for performing image forming operation, at least one RFID tag storing attribute information, a fit-in member detachably mounted in the apparatus body, the fit-in member being fit... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182028 | Vehicle body A vehicle body for a motor vehicle has a vehicle rear end with body inner side parts spaced apart from one another and delimiting an engine bay. An assembly support runs in the vehicle transverse direction between the two body-side side parts. The assembly support i... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182026 | Cockpit cross member for a motor vehicle A cockpit cross member (1,1′,1″) for a motor vehicle, has a basic member (2) and at least one fastening bracket (3) for connecting the cockpit cross member to the vehicle body (4). The basic member (2) is designed as a light-me... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181726 | Vehicle having at least one electric machine which can be operated as a generator A vehicle has at least one electric machine that can be operated as a generator, an electrical energy accumulator and a control unit for controlling the at least one electric machine and the electrical energy accumulator. The control unit operates so that in a recov... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181630 | Induction regulator block The invention provides a manifold block for improving the efficiency of an internal combustion engine. The manifold block is arranged to be located between an inlet manifold and a cylinder head of the engine, and comprises a block of material having at least one man... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180016 | X-ray CT apparatus and method thereof In an X-ray CT apparatus 1 and an X-ray CT method, the thickness of an object to be inspected is computed on the basis of the number of transmitted X-rays in a specific energy range set above and below the K-absorption edge of an X-ray contrast medium serving... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177972 | Adapter for fastening a filter element An adapter is provided for fastening a filter element in a cylindrical receiving opening of a bottom part of a lower piece of a filter housing. The adapter has at least one seal arranged in a peripheral groove on the circumference of the adapter to permit fluid-tigh... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177591 | Terminal fitting and electrical cable equipped with the same A terminal fitting 10 includes a main body 20 to be coupled to a mating conductor, and a crimp contact section 30 rearward from the main body 20. The crimp contact section 30 is crimped on an end of a core wire 42 in a cover... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177584 | Connector with wire sealing resilient plug A waterproof connector has a housing (21) with cavities (22) for accommodating terminal fittings (40). A wire insertion tube (24) is integral to the housing (21) and receives wires (41) connected with the terminal fittings (... | 05/15/2012 |
| D659482 | Coffee pod drawer | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176174 | Power meter having multiple ethernet ports A power meter or other electrical device is provided having two independent and communicatively isolated Ethernet ports. The first Ethernet port is addressable by a first unique identifier and is configured for enabling full access to the power meter via an internal... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175509 | Image forming apparatus with fixing unit having magnetism adjusting capabilities A fixing unit of an image forming apparatus includes a magnetism adjusting unit switching the position of a shielding member between a shielding position where the shielding member is positioned inside the sheet-conveyed region to shield the pass of the magnetism an... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175503 | Developing device and image forming apparatus with intermediate roller for assuring efficient circulation of developer A developing device is provided with a developing roller arranged to face a photoconductor for forming an electrostatic latent image and adapted to supply a toner to the photoconductor, an agitating member for agitating a developer, a supply roller that holds the de... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174761 | Total internal reflection interferometer with laterally structured illumination A total internal reflection microscope for epi-fluorescence illumination observations includes an objective through which an object to be observed is illuminated by an excitation illumination light at an angle to an observation axis of the microscope. The angle is a... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172377 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes: a transporter for transporting a sheet; an image forming section for forming an image on the sheet being transported by the transporter with an ink; a liquid absorbent member; a cleaning liquid feeding section for feeding a clean... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172318 | Vehicle seat A vehicle seat has a pad carrier with a wire frame and a seat cushion that rests on the pad carrier. The seat cushion structure is connected to the pad carrier and absorbs energy by deformation in the event of high forces. ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172314 | Covering part A motor vehicle has a wing (3) with a cutout (16) and a covering part for covering the cutout (16). The covering part is formed by a panel (10) that is visible from outside and by a closing part (11) that holds the panel (10... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172307 | Motor vehicle and rear deck lid for a motor vehicle A motor vehicle (2) has a roof (3) with two laterally spaced longitudinal roof members (4, 5) and side windows (9) under the longitudinal roof members (4, 5). Fins (4, 5) extend rearward from the longitudinal roof members ( | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172304 | Folding roof arrangement with elastically deformable tensioning elements pivotally attached to a support structure of a vehicle A folding roof arrangement has a folding top covering (12) and a folding top structure (14). The folding top structure (14) has at least one roof frame (20) with a front area and at least one elastically deformable tensioning element (... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172302 | Folding roof arrangement with a top covering of multi-piece construction and with elastically deformable tensioning elements A folding roof arrangement has a folding top covering (12) and a folding top structure (14). The folding top structure (14) has at least one roof frame (20) with a front area and at least one elastically deformable tensioning element (... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172064 | Drift conveyor having a bearing element A drift conveyor (1) has rollers (14) introduced into bearings (13) of a frame (12). An axle (143) of the roller (14) is received in a receptacle (1310) of the bearing (13), and a roller plate (15) press... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171662 | Method for processing separation and rupture portion of display label, display label-attached product, and display label attachment structure A method for processing a separation and rupture portion of a display label is a method for forming, on the display label attached to an attachment target object, the separation and rupture portion for rupturing the display label upon separation of the display label... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8167675 | Dispersion-type electroluminescent element and method for manufacturing the same A dispersion-type EL element is a dispersion-type electroluminescent element with at least a transparent coating layer, a transparent conductive layer, a phosphor layer, a dielectric layer and a rear electrode layer sequentially formed on a base film surface. The tr... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167634 | Connector with a sealing ring having a bulge at its inner peripheral side of its main body A connector has a housing (40) including a terminal mounting portion (41), a receptacle (55) and a mounting flange (61) between the terminal mounting portion (41) and the receptacle (55). A seal ring (150) is mounted ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167299 | Sheet feeder and image forming apparatus provided with the sheet feeder A sheet feeder is provided with a storing section for storing transfer sheets, a feed roller for feeding the transfer sheets stored in the storing section one by one from the uppermost one; a separation roller arranged to face the feed roller; a transport roller arr... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167076 | Motor vehicle A motor vehicle has an actuator device for raising a bonnet in an accident to minimize injury to a pedestrian. The actuator device has at least two actuators for raising the bonnet. A control unit activates actuators with a time delay. Alternatively, the actuators d... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167071 | Engine hood for a motor vehicle An engine hood for a motor vehicle has an outer planking and an inner part. Between the outer planking and the inner part, a supporting part is arranged, which reinforces the outer planking. In order to reduce the manufacturing costs for an engine hood while maintai... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8165516 | Cleaning device with solid lubricating member and image forming apparatus provided with the same A cleaning device cleans a toner forming surface of a rotating image bearing member. The cleaning device includes: a cleaning member for cleaning the image forming surface, the cleaning member having a first length in a width direction which is perpendicular to a ro... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8160824 | Intelligent electronic device with enhanced power quality monitoring and communication capabilities An intelligent electronic device (IED) has enhanced power quality and communications capabilities. The power meter can perform energy analysis by waveform capture, detect transient on the front end voltage input channels and provide revenue measurements. The power m... | 04/17/2012 |
| D657588 | Cabinet organizer with drawer having longitudinal dividers | 04/17/2012 |
| 8155409 | Wave field microscope with sub-wavelength resolution and methods for processing microscopic images to detect objects with sub-wavelength dimensions The invention relates to a computer implemented method for processing of microscopic images to detect objects of interest. The method includes subjecting the microscopic image to a bandpass filtering to obtain a filtered image, wherein the bandpass filtering is such... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152576 | Female terminal fitting A tab (51) of a male terminal (50) is inserted into a main portion (11) of a female terminal (10). The tab (51) contacts a contact portion (16) of a resilient contact piece (15) to connect the female and male terminal... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152574 | Connector for use with apparatus Upon fitting of the first housing 10 and the second housing 50, joints 21, 63 of the two terminals 20, 60 are superposed in the fitting portion 11, the two joints 21, 63 having respective bolt-insertion ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152550 | Vehicle charging connector A vehicle charging connector is configured to be coupled to a vehicle-side connector to charge a vehicle battery via the vehicle-side connector. The vehicle charging connector includes a housing, a coupling portion provided on a housing, and a lever. The lever has a... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152159 | Sheet feeding device and image forming apparatus including a controlled elevator mechanism A sheet feeding device has: a sheet accommodating portion that accommodates a sheet stack of a plurality of sheets; a sheet carrying plate that is provided within the sheet accommodating portion and stacks the sheet stack thereon; a pickup roller that contacts an up... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152036 | Case assembly for motorcycle including a coupling system A case assembly for motorcycles comprises a frame (11) for coupling to the motorcycle and a case (12) including means that allow its removable coupling to the frame. The means which allow the removable coupling include U-shaped elements (17) whi... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8151520 | Vehicle sash door and protector and center channel for the same A center-channel protector for a vehicle sash door is arranged between a main sash and a center channel. A body of the protector has an H-shaped upper-end surface which is compatible to cover the upper end of the center channel. The body integrally includes a pair o... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8151180 | System and method of embedding symbology in alphabetic letters and then linking the letters to a site or sites on the global computer network A system and method of embedding symbology in alphabetic letters and then linking the letter to a site or sites on the global computer network, i.e., the Internet, are provided. The system and method provide for capturing an image of at least one character fixed in ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150292 | Developing unit and image forming apparatus comprising same A developing unit includes a unit main body having an internal space defined by a predetermined frame and capable of supplying a developer to the outside while agitating the developer within the internal space, a unit-side cooling duct attached to the unit main body... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8147369 | Traction-drive type driving-force transmission mechanism and image forming apparatus equipped therewith A traction-drive type driving-force transmission mechanism includes an output shaft and a sun roller that is rotatable about a first central axis. Shafts having respective second central axes are disposed respectively on corresponding secondary axes, of which is inc... | 04/03/2012 |
