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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8183486 | Spring arrangement for spring drive unit and spring drive unit comprising spring arrangement The invention describes a spring arrangement for spring drive unit, which spring arrangement comprises a spring, a pullrod connected at a first pullrod end to a first spring end of the spring and connected at an opposite second pullrod end to a rotary shaft of the s... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182768 | Interface assembly for pre-concentrating analytes in chromatography A system for interfacing a sampling device and a chromatograph and for pre-concentrating analytes in a sample prior to introducing the sample into the chromatographic column is generally disclosed comprising an interface housing with a first channel and an adsorbent... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182492 | Medical instrument, especially uterus manipulator A medical instrument, especially a uterus manipulator, comprises a shaft, an actuator movable relative to said shaft in order to move a tool and a locking device to lock the actuator relative to the shaft. It is now proposed that the locking device comprises a clamp... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182316 | Oscillatingly driven machine tool The invention discloses an oscillatingly driven machine tool, having an oscillatory drive for driving a drive shaft about its longitudinal axis, having a flange provided on the drive shaft against which an oscillatory tool can be clamped by spring force via a counte... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181670 | Valve apparatus A rotating valve apparatus includes a cylindrical casing; a shaft arranged symmetrically in the casing; a member fixedly attached to the shaft and in close fit with the cylindrical casing, defining separated chambers within the casing; at least one outlet fixedly ar... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181308 | Wiper for vehicle having improved assembling efficiency and reduced weight A wiper for a vehicle including: a wiper stripe; a plurality of supports combined with the wiper strip; first and second yokes slidably supporting the plurality of supports; a first auxiliary lever having one end combined with a middle portion of the first yoke; a s... | 05/22/2012 |
| D660428 | Uterine manipulator | 05/22/2012 |
| D660426 | Rectoscope | 05/22/2012 |
| D660423 | Tube for thyroid surgery | 05/22/2012 |
| D660422 | Spate for thyroid surgery | 05/22/2012 |
| D660382 | Transitional race track section for toy vehicles | 05/22/2012 |
| D660381 | Two-lane curved race track section for toy vehicles | 05/22/2012 |
| D660380 | Curved race track section for toy vehicles | 05/22/2012 |
| D660379 | Two-lane race track section for toy vehicles | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180274 | System for managing and messaging critical student information A system for managing critical student information is disclosed generally comprising storing information associated with individual students, such as important medical information or contact information for the student's parent or guardian, and providing different a... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178780 | Electric insulation material, an electric device comprising the insulation material and a transformer An electric insulation material for an electric device includes one or several electrical conductors and an electric insulation material arranged around the conductor or between the conductors, which insulation material is impregnated with a dielectric insulation li... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177919 | Medical cleaning device for cleaning interior surfaces of hollow shafts A medical cleaning device is used to clean interior surfaces of hollow shafts of medical instruments. The device has a closed body which can be inserted into the hollow shaft of the medical instrument to be cleaned, an outer diameter of the body being smaller than a... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176664 | Textile complex, communicating panel and method of displaying the textile complex A textile complex adapted to be attached to a communicating panel includes a textile sheet having, on at least one face, loops adapted to engage with a self-gripping strip provided with hooks; a coating film attached to a face of the textile sheet; and a printing in... | 05/15/2012 |
| D659364 | Shoe sole | 05/15/2012 |
| D659361 | Shoe sole | 05/15/2012 |
| D659360 | Shoe sole | 05/15/2012 |
| 8174804 | Circuit breakers with ground fault and overcurrent trip A circuit breaker apparatus may be used to interrupt overcurrent and ground fault in a circuit. The circuit breaker apparatus may include an overcurrent coil for tripping the circuit breaker apparatus, a voltage coil also for tripping the circuit breaker apparatus l... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174153 | Communication interface between a control unit and a high voltage unit A communication interface, between a control unit and a high voltage unit, includes a serial communication link between the control unit and the high voltage unit. The interface includes a signal transformer arranged as an isolation barrier between the control unit ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8173110 | Pre-shave preparation with enhanced lubricity A pre-shave composition to lubricate skin, comprising at least one polyfluoroalkyl dimethicone polymer, a volatile component to serve as a carrier to the polyfluoroalkyl dimethicone polymer, and a suspending agent to suspend the polyfluoroalkyl dimethicone polymer i... | 05/08/2012 |
| D659260 | Noise suppression building | 05/08/2012 |
| D659244 | Tube for thyroid surgery | 05/08/2012 |
| D659201 | Race track section for toy vehicles | 05/08/2012 |
| 8169515 | Processing data from a CCD and CCD imaging apparatus to correct smearing artifacts A method of processing data from a CCD 1 having a line of light sensitive CCD elements is provided. The method comprises the steps of receiving measured illumination data readout from the CCD corresponding to measurements of charge associated with each elemen... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167904 | Grip arrangement for a medical instrument, and such medical instrument A grip arrangement, for a medical instrument having a handle with two rod-shaped grip parts each with a grip surface, has, for each grip, a grip shell which can be secured in a detachable manner on the respective grip part, with in each case a grip surface of the gr... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167795 | Method and interface for operating a VDOV endoscope A method and system are provided for configuring a variable direction of view endoscope, generally comprising a video display screen and an endoscope having a view controlling device for moving the view vector between predefined, discrete view vector positions. The ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167603 | Device for the production of corrugated pipes The invention under consideration concerns a device for the production of corrugated pipes made of thermoplastic, in which mold jaws, which complement each other in pairs, are conducted jointly in a cycle along a mold section that leads away from an extruder head; t... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167510 | Surface scrubber with rotating pad A cleaning device includes an integral fluid dispenser therein that serves to dispense a fluid into the scrubbing pad of the device to improve the cleaning effectiveness of the device. The device includes a main body with a cleaning pad attached to one side thereof,... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167470 | Illumination device for generating light and supplying the light to an observation device used in endoscopy or microscopy An illumination device for generating light and supplying the light to an observation device used in endoscopy or microscopy comprises a light source having at least one LED and at least one optical waveguide to guide the light emitted by the light source. The proxi... | 05/01/2012 |
| D658767 | Device housing | 05/01/2012 |
| 8165373 | Method of and system for blind extraction of more pure components than mixtures in 1D and 2D NMR spectroscopy and mass spectrometry combining sparse component analysis and single component points A computer-implemented data processing system for blind extraction of more pure components than mixtures recorded in 1D or 2D NMR spectroscopy and mass spectrometry. Sparse component analysis is combined with single component points (SCPs) to blind decomposition of ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165347 | Visual tracking eye glasses in visual head and eye tracking systems The invention relates to the application area of camera-based head and eye tracking systems. The performance of such systems typically suffers when eye glasses are worn, as the frames of the glasses interfere with the tracking of the facial features utilized by the ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8161617 | Method of manufacturing a device for storing and dispensing liquid A method of manufacturing a disc-shaped device for storing and dispensing perfume which has a plurality of compartments for storing different perfumes by molding a unitary piece of plastics material to form at least one wall of a compartment, resilient bands, a seal... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8157683 | Chain for a chain transmission The invention concerns a chain for a chain transmission with chain links coupled by a parallel chain pins, each chain link having at least one link plate, the chain pins forming pivot axes for the link plates at a pitch distance whereby a chain link axis perpendicul... | 04/17/2012 |
| D657871 | Forceps insert | 04/17/2012 |
| D657870 | Optical block for an endoscope | 04/17/2012 |