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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7172422 | Device for regenerating, repairing, and modeling human and animal bone, especially the jaw area for dental applications A device for reshaping human or animal bone with bone replacement material includes at least two spaced apart implants and a bar connected to the at least two spaced apart implants and bridging at least one reshaping location. The bar has notches at the longitudinal... | 02/06/2007 |
| RE39852 | Charge control device for and method for controlling the functioning of a reciprocating internal combustion engine A charge control apparatus and a method for operating an reciprocating internal combustion engine are provided. The charge control apparatus includes a rotary disc valve disposed in the intake conduit upstream of the intake valve and connected to a motor and a contr... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7261050 | Surfing device A surfing device is provided comprising a board-like body having a foam core, an upper side, and a lower side. The foam core is encased in laminate, wherein at least an edge region of at least one of the front longitudinal end, the rear longitudinal end, the left si... | 08/28/2007 |
| D549148 | Rim | 08/21/2007 |
| 7255829 | Method and apparatus for treatment of metallic workpieces A method and an apparatus for the thermal treatment of metallic workpieces with which gas quenching can be obtained that is low in distortion, even for workpieces with an undulating shape or workpieces that are projectingly stackable are provided. In accordance with... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7244082 | Method and arrangement for processing thin sheets and thin-walled plates or shells that are curved singly or doubly The invention relates to a method for machining thin sheets and thin-walled, single or two-fold curved, three-dimensionally shaped sheets, plates, or shells, in particular, by material-removing machining methods, such as milling and drilling. In the method, a vacuum... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7233244 | Alarm and control system for a switch cabinet The invention relates to an alarm and control system for at least one switch cabinet that can be opened and closed by an operator. Said switch cabinet comprises an electroactuated locking unit (17) for locking and releasing its door lock and a plurality of mo... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7233664 | Dynamic security authentication for wireless communication networks In a first embodiment, a dynamic computer system security method and system using dynamic encryption and full synchronization between system nodes. A data record created by a source user is encrypted with an initial dynamic session key. A new dynamic session key is ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7228960 | Hot material conveyor A conveyor for hot material comprising a conveying unit for conveying the hot material, a material delivery unit for delivering the hot material to the conveying unit, a housing for covering at least a portion of the length of the conveying unit, introduction device... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7225713 | Cutting blade for a motor-driven, manually-guided implement A cutting blade for a motor-driven implement is provided. The cutting blade has a main body having a central fastening opening and blade sections that extend approximately radially from the main body. The blade sections have edges that extend in a radial direction a... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7227636 | Apparatus and method for the spectroscopic determination of carbon An optical emission spectrometer for analysis, identification or identity testing of metallic materials, and a method for optical emission analysis of metallic materials with a spectrometer, wherein the spectrometer has at least one arc or spark generator for produc... | 06/05/2007 |
| D542207 | Rim | 05/08/2007 |
| 7201120 | Two-cycle engine A two-cycle engine having a piston reciprocalbly mounted in a cylinder in which a combustion chamber is formed. In prescribed positions of the piston, the combustion chamber communicates with a crankcase via at least one transfer channel. A portion of an intake chan... | 04/10/2007 |
| D539743 | Electrical plug connector | 04/03/2007 |
| 7191769 | Internal combustion engine having two-stage exhaust-driven supercharger and charge air cooling between low pressure and high pressure compressors An internal combustion engine with a 2-stage charge loading includes a connection conduit with a supercharger intercooler provided between the compressors of the low pressure stage and high pressure stage. The supercharger intercooler is configured via a cooling uni... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7185559 | Gear mechanism for twin screw extruder A gearbox mechanism is provided for a twin screw extruder having two screw shafts disposed at an angle to one another. The gear mechanism has a multi-stage reduction gearbox, and a distribution gearbox having two output lines connectable to the screw shafts. A first... | 03/06/2007 |
| D537575 | Chew toy for animals | 02/27/2007 |
| 7182116 | Device for joining substrates An apparatus is provided for joining together substrates, which have an inner hole, to form a substrate disk. An expandable element is introducible into the inner hole of at least two superimposed substrates. The element is expandable to such an extent that it can c... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7182800 | Manually operated tool A manually operated implement such as a chainsaw, parting-off grinder or similar device is provided and has an internal combustion engine to drive a tool, an air cleaning unit and a tank housing. The tank housing is a cast part and a fuel tank is located in the tank... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7181325 | Steering mechanism of a vehicle, comprising a variable centering device A vehicle steering system having a steering handle for steering at least one wheel is provided, and includes an arrangement for applying torque to the steering handle and a sensor for detecting applied steering torque. The arrangement generates a return torque, as a... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7178876 | Belt lock with fastening device A belt lock is provided and has a lock holder that is rotatably mounted on a vehicle part. A restoring spring, as a flat spiral spring, has spiral spring windings that are disposed in a single plane and are disposed between a cover and the lock holder. The spiral sp... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7177697 | Microcontact structure for implantation in a mammal, especially a human being The invention relates to a microcontact structure for epiretinal or cortical contacting of nerve tissue for a vision prosthesis in mammals or human beings. Due to the fact that the thickness of the surface of the microcontacts (2) is not constant along the su... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7164072 | Brace bar for sound board of guitar Disclosed is a brace bar attached to an inner surface of a sound board of a guitar to prevent the sound board from being distorted, which has a modified shape to improve the flexibility of the sound board while maintaining the strength of the sound board, thus impro... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7162341 | Motor-driven power steering unit A motor-driven power steering unit comprising an electric motor for producing an auxiliary steering force in a steering system coupling a steering wheel to two wheels of a vehicle. The steering system provides assistance, based on steering information, to a rotation... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7159504 | Firing module A firing module having a fully automatic shell supply mechanism for supplying shells to a heavy weapon in a housing. A shell ram having a loading tray is disposed on a free end of a shell transfer arm that is pivotable between a raised position, in which the loading... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7156146 | Feeder insert having protective cap A feeder insert is provided for a mold utilized for pouring metal. The insert includes a feeder body having a feed volume, in the form of an inner space, delimited by side walls and a top portion. A feed opening is provided in the base region for communicating with ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7158018 | Pneumatic tire mountable on a wheel rim and sensor net, rotation measurement unit and vehicle monitoring system for such tire A pneumatic tire mountable of the rim of a vehicle wheel has a toroidal structure including a pair of beads for receipt on the rim of a vehicle wheel such that the pneumatic tire is secured to the vehicle wheel for rotation therewith. The pneumatic tire also include... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7152853 | Manually operated implement A manually operated implement such as a chain saw, a parting-off grinder or similar device has an internal combustion engine to drive a tool and a handle arrangement to operate the implement. The handle arrangement is connected to the internal combustion engine via ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7150351 | Scraper chain conveyor comprising plastic pushers A drag chain conveyor for use in underground mining, including interconnected, profiled conveyor chutes in which are guided conveyor chains of metallic material. Plastic carriers are attached to the conveyor chains, with attachment being effected via a molding aroun... | 12/19/2006 |
| D533688 | Chew toy for animals | 12/12/2006 |
| 7144346 | Steering mechanism with planetary gear system and drive for impressing specific hand torque on the steering wheel A motor vehicle steering mechanism is provided and includes a steering wheel fixedly connected to a steering column, a steering pinion meshing with a rack, a planetary gear system connected to the steering column and the steering pinion, wherein during a normal trou... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7137877 | Manually operated tool A manually operated implement, in particular a parting-off grinder or similar device is provided. The implement has a bracket which has a first end, which is fixed to the housing of the tool, and a second end to which is fixed a spindle which drives, for example, a ... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7131406 | Two-cycle engine having scavenging A two-cycle engine in a portable, manually-guided implement, such as a power chain saw, a cut-off machine, a brush cutter, or the like, is provided. The cylinder has a combustion chamber that is delimited by a reciprocating piston that via a connecting rod drives a ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7131472 | Method for the production of a three-dimensional, flexibly deformable surface element A method of producing a three-dimensionally, flexibly deformable surface element of wood or wood composite material is provided. A workpiece is used having a thickness at least 5% greater than the thickness of a three-dimensional surface element that is to be prepar... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7128674 | Frictionally engaged driving belt The invention relates to a frictionally engaged driving belt having a base body (2) and a cover layer (1) that consists of rubber or a rubber-like synthetic material which is provided with a tractive support layer (3) that is embedded into the r... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7126117 | Imaging energy filter for electrons and other electrically charged particles and method for energy filtration of the electrons and other electrically charged particles with the imaging energy filter in electro-optical devices An imaging energy filter for electrons and other charged particles filters an object formed by these particles at the filter inlet by means of an energetic selection of charged particles in the region of a dispersion aperture. The filter includes two concentric and ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7112310 | UV-irradiation device for treating fluids, comprising an improved cleaning device A UV irradiation device for the treatment of fluids has an improved device for the cleaning of the surfaces of the jacket tube with a number of lamp units that each have a radiation source and a jacket tube that surrounds the radiation source, whereby the lamp units... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7112157 | Gear unit for the drive of a rotation tube A gear unit for the drive of a rotating tube is provided with a drive shaft and a power distributing gear unit stage that is configured as a helical gear unit with an intermediate shaft having mounted thereon two helical pinions. A load-summing gear unit stage with ... | 09/26/2006 |
