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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8173023 | Method and apparatus for treatment of a fluid An apparatus for the magnetic treatment of a fluid which produces at least one magnetic field for a period of time, Tc at or above a critical magnetic field strength, Hc, the period Tc and the field strength Hc determined ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172249 | Tow bar protection device A tow bar protection device for a tow bar assembly having a hitch bar portion with a ball mount and mounting a bail, the hitch bar portion extending rearwardly from the vehicle to which the assembly is attached, the protection device including a resilient pouch havi... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171942 | Apparatus for receiving interchangeable grooming units An apparatus for receiving operationally powering units interchangeable grooming units. The apparatus comprising a casing, a motor, attachment means for allowing the grooming units to be releasably attached to the casing and mounting means for allowing the grooming ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8164057 | Interface, a method for observing an object within a non-vacuum environment and a scanning electron microscope An interface, a scanning electron microscope and a method for observing an object that is positioned in a non-vacuum environment. The method includes: passing at least one electron beam that is generated in a vacuum environment through at least one aperture out of a... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8157117 | Locking mechanism for the cover for a drink dispensing machine A tank for receiving a drink to be dispensed, the tank is rectangular in shape and opens upwardly, a discharge valve is located at the lower, front end of the tank, and a cover fits over the open end of the tank. Detents are formed at the upper end of the walls of t... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8152374 | Protective cover for backpacks The invention pertains to a protective cover for a backpack, the cover preventing unauthorized access to the backpack and its contents. Apertures and slots are formed in the protective cover to allow the straps on the backpack to pass through the cover, so that the ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8151562 | Exhaust device of V-type engine for vehicle A V-type engine is disposed in an engine room of a vehicle so that each cylinder bank of the V-type engine extends substantially in a vehicle length direction. Exhaust manifolds are attached to both side of the V-type engine in a vehicle width direction, respectivel... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8148872 | Electromagnetically-countered actuator systems and methods The present invention generally relates to electric motor systems which minimize irradiation of harmful electromagnetic waves by various means. More particularly, the present invention relates to an electric motor system with one or more counter units which minimize... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8147723 | Porous anode active material, method of manufacturing the same, anode comprising the same, and lithium battery comprising the anode A porous anode active material including a Group 14 element oxide and a non-active material having no reactivity with lithium; a method of manufacturing the porous anode active material; an anode including the porous anode active material; and a lithium battery incl... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8145321 | Implant and delivery tool therefor An implant system including a transurethral prostatic implant positioned in a prostate and including a lumen with an inner perimeter that surrounds an outer perimeter of a urethra at the prostate. The implant system may include a delivery tool including a shaft havi... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8136396 | Apparatus for measuring and/or controlling liquid levels An apparatus for measuring and/or controlling the level of a liquid, specially fuel, contained in a reservoir. The apparatus comprises means supporting a pivot member inside the reservoir, the pivot member comprising a stationary body fixed relatively to the support... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8135478 | Peltier unidirectional and selective nerve stimulation Apparatus is provided including an assembly (22) and a control unit (36). The assembly (22) includes a housing (34) configured to be applied to a nerve (20) of a subject, and at least one cathode (30) and at least one Peltie... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8128315 | Fitting A fitting comprising at least one inlet and at least one outlet, a body disposed between said at least one inlet and at least one outlet wherein the body defines at least one flowpath through the fitting, the body further comprising one or more apertures located int... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8119977 | Aerodynamic lens capable of focusing nanoparticles in a wide range An aerodynamic lens includes a cylindrical hollow body having an inlet and an outlet, and first and second focusing parts formed in the body. The first focusing part includes a plurality of orifice lenses of which inner diameters (df) are gradually decreased in an a... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8114759 | Dicing method using a die attach film on an adhesive sheet With the invented dicing method, by increasing the cohesive strength while decreasing the adhesive strength of an ultraviolet-curing adhesive in advance, mixing of the ultraviolet-curing adhesive layer of an adhesive sheet with a die attach film on a dicing line can... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8110776 | Glass substrate cutting apparatus and glass substrate cutting system using the same Glass substrate cutting apparatuses using lasers are disclosed, where a laser cutting head is moved. A glass substrate cutting apparatus includes two parts for a laser cutting head: heavy laser beam generators fixed to respective ends of a gantry structure moving in... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8091676 | Arrangement structure of auxiliaries of engine for snow vehicle An engine for a snow vehicle has a crank shaft supported by a crank case along the width direction of the snow vehicle. An oil pan is disposed below the crank case. A cylinder block is disposed above the crank case. The engine is mounted on the snow vehicle such tha... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8084711 | Apparatuses for breaking a glass panel unified with a process table Disclosed herein are apparatuses for breaking a glass panel unified with a process table which break the glass panel formed with scribing lines along the scribing lines by irradiating laser beams. The apparatuses for breaking a glass panel unified with a process tab... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8076928 | System and method for in-situ integrity and performance monitoring of operating metallic and non-metallic natural gas transmission and delivery pipelines using ultra wideband point-to point and point-to point and point-to-multipoint communication An operational monitoring system for use in communications, and a method thereof, for operational, systems or integrity management of pipeline infrastructures which operates by broadcasting wireless signals through gas distribution networks and analyzing the travers... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8076256 | Semiconductor ceramic composition and method for producing the same It is intended to provide a Pb-free semiconductor ceramic composition capable of shifting its Curie temperature toward a positive direction and capable of enhancing its jump characteristic while minimizing the increase in the resistivity at room temperature. There i... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8074448 | Exhaust device of V-type engine for vehicle A V-type engine is disposed in an engine room of a vehicle so that each cylinder bank of the V-type engine extends substantially in a vehicle length direction. Exhaust manifolds are attached to both side of the V-type engine in a vehicle width direction, respectivel... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8069856 | Dynamic infant head support A dynamic infant head support for preventing, or correcting, the abnormal shape of a head of an infant, and a method of using the support for treating deformational plagiocephaly. The support is an oval-shaped pillow, with a central opening to receive the head of th... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8067325 | Semiconductor ceramic composition It is intended to provide a semiconductor ceramic composition containing no Pb, which is capable of shifting the Curie temperate to a positive direction as well as of controlling room temperature resistivity and having an excellent jump characteristic. Since the sem... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8065557 | Apparatus for managing data backup An apparatus for managing a data backup is disclosed. In accordance with the apparatus of the present invention, an integrity verification data randomly extracted according to a predetermined condition is used to facilitate a checking of an error that may exist in a... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8057751 | Sterilizing apparatus and method using high pressure steam A sterilizing apparatus is inserted into a cold or warm water passage of a water dispenser, a purified water passage of a water purifier, a discharge pipe of a beverage bending machine, an air suction unit of an air conditioner and so on to inject a high pressure st... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8050348 | Receiver and method performing adaptive overlap and add function in multi band orthogonal frequency division multiplexing scheme A receiver performing an adaptive overlap and add (OLA) function in a multi band orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) scheme and a method using the receiver. The receiver performing the OLA function in the multi band OFDM includes a channel estimator to... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8043751 | Fuel cell system including fuel processor and managing method thereof A fuel cell system including a fuel processor, and a method of operating the fuel cell system, the fuel cell system includes: a reformer that reforms a hydrocarbon group fuel source into a reformed gas; a burner that heats the reformer; a CO remover unit that remove... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8041048 | Electromagnetically-countered speaker systems and methods The present invention relates to electromagnetically-countered speaker systems for generating acoustic sounds according to dynamic signals supplied thereto while minimizing irradiation of harmful electromagnetic waves therefrom. More particularly, the present invent... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8035990 | Electromagnetically-countered display systems and methods The present invention relates to an electromagnetically-countered display system including at least one wave source and at least one counter unit, where such a wave source irradiates harmful electromagnetic waves and the counter unit emits counter electromagnetic wa... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8034054 | Intramedullary bone device An intramedullary bone device comprises a distal outer member, a proximal outer member for positioning in substantial axial alignment with the distal outer member, the distal and proximal outer members each having at least one opening in a wall thereof. The distal o... | 10/11/2011 |
| D645771 | Portable fingerprint recognition apparatus | 09/27/2011 |
| 8011243 | Method for correcting the eccentricity of a vehicle wheel in balancing machines or the like The method for correcting the eccentricity of a vehicle wheel in balancing machines or the like, comprises: a reading phase for reading the radial eccentricity deviation of the rim of a wheel to be balanced and the radial eccentricity deviation of the tire of the wh... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8008623 | Method for linearizing an energy spectrum of radiation detectors A method for linearizing a radiation detector is provided, the method including measuring a pulse height spectrum of a predetermined radiation source, identifying at least one spectrum template for the predetermined radiation source, and determining a linearization ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8002335 | Vehicle cowl structure A vehicle cowl structure is provided. A cowl part is disposed between a lower end of a front glass of a vehicle and a rear end of a front hood. The cowl part has a two-layer structure which has a metallic cowl panel having a design surface and a resinous cowl cover ... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7999409 | Power conditioner and method of managing the same A power conditioner includes a main converter to transform a voltage outputted from a power source into a first transformed voltage and output the first transformed voltage to supply power to a power using point; and an auxiliary converter to transform the first tra... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7998272 | Method of fabricating multi-freestanding GaN wafer A method of fabricating a plurality of freestanding GaN wafers includes mounting a GaN substrate in a reactor, forming a GaN crystal growth layer on the GaN substrate through crystal growth, performing surface processing of the GaN crystal growth layer to form a GaN... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7993965 | Process for producing semiconductive porcelain composition/electrode assembly A semiconductive porcelain composition/electrode assembly which is low in room temperature resistivity of 100 Ω·cm or less and is reduced in change with the passage of time due to energization with regard to the semiconductive porcelain composition in which a part... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7993547 | Semiconductor ceramic composition and process for producing the same It is intended to provide a semiconductor ceramic composition in which a part of Ba in BaTiO3 is substituted with Bi—Na, which is capable of restraining the evaporation of Bi in the calcination step, is capable of restraining the compositional deviation... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7984501 | Component-oriented system and method for web application security analysis A method and system analyzes the state of security of a web application based on the structure of its components and its behavior against a well determined set of fingerprints. The system searches for components while parsing the web application, applying the well d... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7982342 | Fuel cell power management system and anti-islanding method in the power management system A fuel cell power management system and an anti-islanding method using the power management system. The power management system includes a fuel cell to generate direct current (DC) power, a power conditioning system (PCS) to generate alternating current (AC) power f... | 07/19/2011 |
