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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8179652 | Overvoltage protection element An overvoltage protection element, with a housing, at least one overvoltage-limiting component in the housing, two connecting elements for electrical connection of the overvoltage protection element to the path to be protected, and an electrically conducting disconn... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177294 | Vehicle roof A vehicle roof with a roof opening disposed within a fixed roof outer skin of a vehicle and a cover (10) to optionally close and at least partially open the roof opening. To at least partially open the roof opening, the cover can be both tilted out from a clo... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176882 | Boiler for combustion of solid fuel A boiler for combustion of solid fuel, especially biomass, a first combustion stage with a primary air supply, an igniter, a fuel supply, a second combustion stage a burn-up and calcination space, a combustion chamber which is upwardly open and with a flue, the burn... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8167645 | Fastening device for detachable holding of an electrical distributor by latching A fastening device for detachable holding of an electrical distributor (2) by latching, with a base plate (3) and with two latch mechanisms (4) which project vertically away from the base plate (3). Several openings (5, 5′) for h... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8164239 | Excimer lamps To avoid a decline in the reflectivity of an ultraviolet reflection film caused by lighting for an extended period of time and providing a uniform illuminance an excimer lamp has a silica glass discharge vessel with electrodes on opposite sides of the discharge vess... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8145045 | Filament lamp and light irradiation heat treatment device A filament lamp has a bulb comprised of a straight light emitting tube from which a pair of flat hermetically sealed portions extend, a plurality of coiled filaments arranged within the light emitting tube, in the tube axis direction a pair of internal leads are con... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144903 | Wireless communication system A communication system having at least one user worn receiver unit for receiving audio signals via a wireless audio link connected to a stimulating means for stimulating the user's hearing according to audio signals received via the audio link; and a plurality of us... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144012 | Cable installation support system, terminal block plate and cable installation support method A cable installation support system capable of saving the labor of, and speeding up, work and check work while eliminating human error has terminals with a fixed pitch, and a terminal block cover having RFIDs with the same pitch as the pitch of the terminals of the ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8143922 | Sampling circuit A sampling circuit for sequential sampling of a broadband periodic input signal having a field effect transistor as a nonlinear component to which a pulsed-shaped sampling signal is supplied, by which sampling is activated so that an output signal is produced. In th... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8143894 | Method for operating a resonance measuring system and a resonance measuring system A method for operating a resonance measuring system, in particular a Coriolis mass flowmeter, an oscillation element is excited to oscillation and the oscillations of the oscillation element are detected by an oscillation sensor and are formed as at least one respon... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8143787 | Xenon lamp A xenon lamp having a lamp tube made of silica glass containing titanium oxide and having a discharge chamber with a light emitting part containing xenon and in which a cathode and an anode are arranged in opposition to each other, the cathode and anode being mounte... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8143632 | Light emitting device and method for producing the light emitting device To provide a light emitting device that does not experience a decline in radiant efficiency in use, enables luminous flux from LED elements to be increased, and white light of good color rendering to be produced, and heat generated by the LED elements to be smoothly... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8142738 | Bottle top dispenser for handling liquids A bottle top dispenser for handling liquids having a piston-cylinder arrangement in an outside housing. At least one actuating button (49) that can be pressed downwards is arranged on the upper side of the outside housing. The outside housing (2) can b... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8141418 | Sampling apparatus and method for sampling An apparatus and a method for sampling from a product flow, where the sampling is performed continuously and where the product is collected in a cup for determining physical conditions, for example, weight in relation to volume, and where the cup is emptied after en... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8139335 | Protective circuit A protective circuit for electrical connection to solar cells of a solar cell module is provided with a protective circuit that has a controlled electronic circuit arrangement. In this way, only minimal heating of the protective circuit for electrical connection of ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8136313 | Linoleum covered plate where the edge of the plate is covered with linoleum band without base A method where linoleum with a base is introduced in an apparatus, the linoleum conveyed on a working surface and advanced against a cutting edge, the cutting edge being arranged such that the linoleum, while moving in the apparatus, is separated from the base. By t... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8134166 | Light emitting device and method for producing the light emitting device A light emitting device that has a radiant efficiency that does not decline in use, enables luminous flux to be increased by a high electric current, and produces white light with good color rendering and a method for producing a light emitting device capable of smo... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8128430 | Jumper and structural unit comprising at least two electrical modular terminals and one jumper A jumper that has a housing and is used for bridging two modular electric terminals which are arranged next to one another and are each equipped with a busbar. At least one opening is formed in the busbars. In order to be able to easily actuate the jumper according ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8127613 | Ultrasonic transducer An ultrasonic transducer for installation in an instrument housing, the ultrasonic transducer having a transducer housing and a housing fixture, the transducer housing being put under pressure by a medium in its installed state on its emitting and/or receiving side.... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8127508 | Device for separating regions of a space A device (1) for separating regions of a space, with at least one ceiling rail (3) for pressing on the ceiling (4) of the space, with at least one wall rail for making contact with the wall (7) of the space and with at least one floor rai... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8115389 | High pressure discharge lamp To provide a high pressure discharge lamp in which no fusing of the metal foil occurs even if the high pressure discharge lamp is switched on for a certain time a high pressure discharge lamp is provided having a discharge vessel comprised of a light emission part a... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8115364 | Permanent magnet generator and wind power generator having a multi-stage rotor and stator A permanent magnet power generator which, when used at an electric power generating facility such as a wind power plant, etc., would not be bulky and would not impede wind capture by a wind turbine; instead, it can raise the generated voltage without impeding wind c... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8113196 | Dispensing device A dispensing device has a storage device and an air pump for dispensing a medical formulation. The storage device includes multiple inserts, each insert containing a single dose of the formulation. Each insert is located in a separate and sealed cavity. The cavities... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8110780 | Photoirradiation type heat treatment apparatus To provide a photo-irradiation type heat treatment apparatus that eliminates the adverse influence of a light transmitting window on the temperature distribution of an article to be treated without losing the original function of a reflecting mirror a photo-irradiat... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8104361 | Method for operating a resonance-measuring system and a resonance-measuring system A method for operating a resonance-measuring system, in particular, a Coriolis mass flowmeter, having at least one oscillation element, at least one oscillation driver and at least one oscillation sensor, the oscillation element being excited to oscillation in at le... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8100466 | Vehicle roof having a modular, multishell structure A vehicle roof for a passenger car, the vehicle roof having a modular, multishell structure, the vehicle roof including a variably configurable functional shell for providing stiffness to the vehicle roof and configured to be directly attached to a body shell of the... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8099921 | Profile strip system, especially for closing off edges and/or concealing joints, for a surface covering A profiled strip system, in particular for closing off edges and/or for concealing joints, for a surface covering, having a lower base profile and an upper cover profile, wherein a latching connection is provided between the base profile and the cover profile to con... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8089745 | Overvoltage protection element An overvoltage protection element (1) includes a housing (2), two terminals (3, 4) for electrical connection of the overvoltage protection element (1) to current or signal paths to be protected, and an arrester (5, 6), including a ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8082090 | Method and device for operation of the glow plugs of a Diesel engine A method and device for operation of glow plugs of a Diesel engine in which the type of glow plugs used is determined, by a parameter typical of the glow plugs, for example, the electrical glow plug resistance, being detected and evaluated. The detected values of th... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8079580 | Maintaining device for a rim of a vehicle wheel A holding device for a rim of a vehicle wheel having a base plate which has a central recess for being pushed onto the shaft of a balancing machine, having a plurality of rotatably mounted holding elements and having at least one coupling element which is arranged c... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8077892 | Hearing assistance system including data logging capability and method of operating the same There is provided a method of operating a system for providing hearing assistance to a user (101), comprising: capturing and processing audio signals by a transmission unit (102) and transmitting the audio signals from the transmission unit (102... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8076659 | Foil trap and extreme ultraviolet light source device using the foil trap An extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light source device and foil trap, the device including a vessel; an EUV radiating species supply means that feeds an extreme ultraviolet radiating species into the vessel; a discharge part with discharge electrodes that heat and excite ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8074525 | Magnetic-inductive flowmeter A magnetic-inductive flowmeter for measuring the rate of flow of a flowing medium, having a measurement line, a magnetic field generating means for generating a magnetic field which at least partially penetrates the measurement line, and two measurement electrodes, ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8073174 | Fixation element for an implantable microphone A fixation element for an implantable microphone is disclosed. In a preferred embodiment the fixation element comprises an essentially cylindrical portion adapted to be inserted into a bore which crosses a wall of the auditory canal of a user, said cylindrical porti... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8072423 | Input device for portable digital computers and portable digital computer with a multi-functional mouse The invention relates to a portable digital Computer with an in-built coupling device which is arranged in order to receive mouse Signals from a radio mouse provided with a battery and fed by said battery. Said digital Computer comprises an in-built current source a... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8072128 | Filament lamp To provide the structure of a filament lamp having a plurality of independent power supply pathways, the structure being capable of preventing the power supply pathways from electrically shorting to each other, a filament lamp formed of a straight-tube shaped lumino... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8069616 | Method for mounting a motor vehicle door lock A motor vehicle door and to a motor vehicle door lock and a method for mounting the motor vehicle door lock in a motor vehicle door, the motor vehicle door lock having an inside locking lever, and when installed, being located in a hollow space of the door and coupl... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8064718 | Filter for adaptive noise reduction and sharpness enhancement for electronically displayed pictures Electronic images that are degraded by noise and data reduction, such as MPEG encoding, display artifacts in the reproduced image, such as ringing (“ripples”) and blocks (“huge pixels”), and noise in the image may be apparent as graininess. By performing ima... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8061350 | Process and device for dosing pharmaceutical agents A process and a device for dosing a pharmaceutical agent, preferably a liquid, are proposed. To achieve an enhanced dosing accuracy, a first component that is produced in batches, such as a shaped seal, is combined with a second component, such as a guide pipe selec... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8044559 | Discharge lamp of the short arc type and a light source device having the discharge lamp of the short arc type A discharge lamp of the short arc type has a bulb with an arc tube and sealing tubes extending at opposite sides of the arc tube and which contains a discharge gas and a pair of opposed electrodes supported on lead pins which protrude from the outer end of the seali... | 10/25/2011 |
