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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7513178 | Hydraulic screw tightening or tensioning device A hydraulic screw tensioning device for adjusting screws or bolts includes a cylinder supported on a machine part to be clamped by a threaded bolt and nut, at least one piston guided in the cylinder, a change sleeve threaded onto a threaded end of the bolt, a rotary... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7472892 | Carburetor of an internal combustion engine A carburetor of an internal combustion engine for operating a manually-guided implement, including an intake channel having a venturi section for combustion air, a fuel channel that opens into the intake channel via a fuel opening, and an accelerator pump that is in... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7441518 | Internal combustion engine and method of operating same An internal combustion engine having an intake channel that opens into a crankcase. A first fuel channel opens into the intake channel to supply fuel thereto as a function of underpressure in the intake channel. An auxiliary channel opens into a transfer channel tha... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7429012 | High performance tightener A self stopping seat belt retractor is provided with a belt shaft for winding a seat belt thereonto and unwinding a wound seat belt therefrom and a housing rotatably supporting the belt shaft and having a locking device that includes a locking means for the belt sha... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7412959 | Manually guided implement A manually guided implement having a housing that accommodates an internal combustion engine for driving a tool. At least an upper handle extends in a longitudinal direction of the implement on an upper side thereof. A first antivibration element connects the handle... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7406742 | Vacuum device/blower An apparatus comprising a blower fan, a motor for driving the blower fan, a blower tube for conveying an air stream from the blower fan, and a potential compensation device that is electrically connected with the motor. The potential compensation device includes a c... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7404546 | Carburetor arrangement A carburetor arrangement for a manually-guided implement operated by an internal combustion engine. A carburetor supplies a fuel/air mixture to the engine, with a butterfly valve being disposed in the intake duct of the carburetor and with a choke valve being dispos... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7380572 | Energy attenuation apparatus for a conduit conveying liquid under pressure, system incorporating same, and method of attenuating energy in a conduit An energy attenuation apparatus in fluid communication with tubing adapted to convey a liquid under pressure, and including a liquid-conveying unit in fluid communication with the tubing and having a diameter greater than the tubing diameter. The liquid-conveying un... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7350382 | Turnbuckle lock A turnbuckle lock for use on a thin-walled door includes a locking tongue and actuating mechanism that are formed as one piece with one another. An inner seal disposed between the housing and actuating mechanism is formed by being sprayed onto the housing. The actua... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7338089 | Pipe interruption fitting A pipe interruption fitting having a flange is removable after pipe maintenance work has been completed. The fitting includes an upper reinforcing plate, an inner surface of which has a curvature corresponding to an outer surface of the pipe, and a vertical pipe wel... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7331419 | Dual-circuit steer-by-wire steering system comprising a common cradle The invention relates to a steer-by-wire steering system comprising a hydraulic control unit that acts on the steerable wheels (1, 20), the control unit having at least one cradle (4, 23), which is displaceably mounted on at least one guide rod (5, ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7331276 | Piston for a two-cycle engine A piston for a two-cycle engine having a piston head and a piston wall in which are disposed wrist pin eyes. At least one undercut is formed between the underside of the piston head and the wrist pin eyes at a distance from the piston head. The undercut extends from... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7325674 | Plate conveyor having rapid assembly device A plate conveyor having overlapping plates and a plate-supporting sprocket chain composed of two parallel chain strands formed of inner link members and outer link members, facing ones of which are connected by link pins. The chain is in the form of at least two pre... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7320246 | Vehicle tire diagnosis method and apparatus An on-board vehicle diagnostic system includes sensors for detecting vehicle operating parameters, such as speed, wheel speed, yaw rate, transverse acceleration, and/or tire operating parameters, such as the tire inflation pressure and the temperature at the belt ed... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7311033 | Retroactive device A retroactive device as part of a hydraulic servo-steering system that also includes a hydraulic servo-valve device, the retroactive device comprising an arrangement for hydraulically producing a restoring moment into a central position that produces the restoring m... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7311067 | Implement A manually operated implement comprising a housing for accommodating a drive motor that drives a tool. A fan wheel is disposed in the housing and is driven by the drive motor. A fan wheel cover covers the fan wheel toward the outer side of the housing. Ribs are disp... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7309028 | Portable sprayer A portable sprayer having a backpack to which are secured a blower unit and a supply tank. The blower unit includes a drive motor and a blower driven thereby. The blower unit is mounted on the backpack by at least one anti-vibration element. The supply tank, for exa... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7308865 | Installation for the electrostatic oiling of metal strips An installation for the electrostatic oiling of metal strips, with an integral system for heating the fluid circuits which allows the application of products which are solid at room temperature with melting point of 30-50° C., wherein the main heated components of ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7308786 | Rod for rotating rod-bands A rod for rotating rod-bands for agricultural machines, and a method of making the same, are provided. The rod comprises a rod body and metallic securement pieces serving for placement on flexible, pull-resistant belts. The securement piece has a first, flat length ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7293330 | Tubular handle for a manually guided implement A tubular handle for a manually guided implement, especially a power chain saw or the like, is provided. The handle has an essentially circular cross-section and at least one mounting portion for fixing the handle to the implement. In the area of the mounting portio... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7294313 | Device and method for producing ammonia from solid urea pellets A device for producing ammonia from urea pellets includes a pellet dispensing device, a pellet accelerator, a pellet shooting channel, and an ammonia reactor having a chamber or zone for shooting in urea pellets and a pellet deflector arranged on an end of the shoot... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7293643 | Plate link chain having inner and outer plate members A plate link chain in the form of a conveyor chain comprising at least two chain strands that are disposed parallel to one another and are comprised of a sequence of inner plate members and outer plate members, wherein the inner plate members are provided with openi... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7284468 | Blade holder having displacement-dependent spring force compensation A blade holder for cutting machines includes a blade head held on a raising and lowering device and an adjustment mechanism for a circular blade that is held on the blade head. The adjustment mechanism, for the movement of the circular blade between a cutting positi... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7279021 | Suction device/blower A manually-guided, portable suction device/blower is provided, and includes a blower unit having a motor for driving the blower unit, a blower tube that extends from the blower unit, a collection bag, wherein during suction operation of the suction device/blower, th... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7278395 | Manually operated implement driven by an internal combustion engine A manually guided implement driven by an internal combustion engine having a carburetor that is actuated by a throttle lever arrangement, which includes a throttle lever that is mounted in the implement so as to be pivotable about a pivot axis, and also includes a t... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7273592 | Combination exhaust gas post treatment/muffler device in the exhaust gas section of an internal combustion engine A combination exhaust gas post treatment/muffler device in the exhaust gas section of an internal combustion engine is provided. The exhaust gas post treatment within the muffler, which forms sulfuric acid, takes place in at least one exhaust gas post treatment/muff... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7267089 | Manually guided implement having a spark plug connector arrangement A manually guided implement comprising an engine housing that at least partially surrounds a cylinder of an internal combustion engine. The engine housing has a wall provided with an opening for a spark plug that is disposed in the cylinder. A spark plug connector a... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7261281 | Carburetor A carburetor including a mixture channel and an air channel that are separated from one another, wherein a fuel opening opens into the mixture channel. A throttle element is rotatable about an axis of rotation that extends transverse of the direction of flow in the ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7254943 | Arrangement and method for coupling an air compressor to the driving shaft of an internal combustion engine An arrangement and method for coupling an air compressor to the driving shaft of an internal combustion engine that is used as the drive engine of a vehicle, wherein the air compressor supplies a pneumatic device. The arrangement contains a controllable turbocouplin... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7249613 | Energy attenuation device An energy attenuation device for a conduit that is adapted to convey a pressurized fluid therethrough, comprising a hose section disposed about a portion of the conduit, wherein such conduit portion is provided with at least one aperture, for example in a surface th... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7143681 | Firing direction system for a rocket launcher The invention relates to a firing direction system for adjusting a rocket launcher, and includes a drive motor (9) that is connected via a safety brake (2-8) with a drive shaft (1) for adjusting the rocket launcher, whereby a rotation of ... | 12/05/2006 |
| D532079 | Shower arrangement | 11/14/2006 |
| D525033 | Luggage wheel | 07/18/2006 |
| 7050543 | Microfocus X-ray tube A microfocus X-ray tube is provided, and comprises a head that during operation of the X-ray tube faces an object that is to be inspected. The head has an outer surface with a cross-section that tapers toward a free end of the head. A target is disposed on or in the... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7040672 | Bolt lock, in particular a bolt lock for control-cabinet doors A bolt lock, especially for control-cabinet doors or similar doors or flaps. The lock comprises a flat-bar bolt that is mounted to move parallel to the edge of the door, preferably within the arc of swing of the door. Disposed on the flat-bar bolt is at least one lo... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7036530 | Energy attenuation device for a fluid-conveying line and method of attenuating energy in such a line An energy attenuation device for a fluid-conveying line, and a method for attenuating energy in such a line, are provided. The device includes one or more hose sections disposed in the fluid-conveying line, and at least one spring disposed in at least a portion of e... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7021253 | Two-cycle engine A two-cycle engine is provided and includes a cylinder in which is formed a combustion chamber delimited by a reciprocating piston that via a connecting rod drives a crankshaft rotatably mounted in a crankcase that, in predetermined positions of the piston, communic... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7007718 | Energy attenuation apparatus for a conduit conveying liquid under pressure, system incorporating same, and method of attenuating energy in a conduit An energy attenuation apparatus for a system conveying a liquid under pressure is provided. The apparatus includes a liquid-conveying unit or the like that includes three chambers disposed in series. At least one of the chambers contains no tube. A first tube is dis... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6953514 | Method and device for assembling substrates A method and apparatus for joining at least two substrates together, especially to form an optical data carrier, are provided. Substrates are disposed in a spaced-apart manner between two plates that are disposed opposite from, and are movable relative to, one anoth... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6953338 | Device for thermal treatment of substrates The aim of the invention is to reduce the formation of scratches in a device for the thermal treatment of substrates, in particular, semiconductor substrates, in a chamber in which the substrate is placed upon support elements. According to the invention, said aim i... | 10/11/2005 |
