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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184837 | Hearing aid with UV sensor and method of operation A hearing aid and a method for operating a hearing aid include a signal processing device operable by using different signal processing parameters and a UV sensor connected to the signal processing device. The signal processing device can set at least one signal pro... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184418 | Motor vehicle control device for regulating the pressure of the volumetric flow of a motor vehicle hydraulic apparatus and associated pressure regulation method A motor vehicle control device with a digital control loop has an actuator of an electrical actuator device in order to regulate the pressure of the volumetric flow of a motor vehicle hydraulic apparatus. A current limiting unit is provided in the forward path of th... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183990 | Method, tire sensor device, central control unit and system for anti-theft protection through tire removal recognition A method for recognizing the removal of a tire provided with a tire sensor device, includes recognizing, with the tire sensor device, if a respective tire is mounted on the motor vehicle and storing an item of information relating to a mounting status in the tire se... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183874 | Monitoring of the aging of the capacitors in a converter by means of capacitance measurement A method and a device for converting an electrical current include at least one phase module having an AC voltage connection and at least one DC voltage connection. A phase module branch is disposed between each DC voltage connection and the AC voltage connection. E... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183858 | Method and arrangement for measuring a gap A method for measuring the gap between a levitation magnet of a vehicle of a magnetic levitation railway and a fixed reaction rail of the magnetic levitation railway and for generating a gap measured value which specifies the size of the gap. In order to form the ga... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183674 | Power semiconductor module comprising an explosion protection system A power semiconductor module for energy distribution, includes at least one power semiconductor, connection terminals for connecting the power semiconductor module, and a housing, in which protection from explosion is ensured in the module even in the event of elect... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182753 | Carrier body for exhaust-gas aftertreatment with dispersed catalyst configuration, process for producing a carrier body and exhaust gas treatment unit and vehicle having a carrier body A carrier body includes an overall surface having at least one coating portion with a catalytically active coating including at least one type of catalyst elements disposed in dispersed form at a surface of the carrier body. The catalyst elements have a mean spacing... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182535 | Height-adjustable spinal implant A height-adjustable spinal implant has first and second components that are rotationally fixed relative to one another and axially movable along a central longitudinal axis of the implant. Each of the components have at least two wall segments that are fixed on a ba... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181070 | Error detection in a networked embedded system A method for detecting errors in a networked embedded system having a multiplicity of components. Error and/or diagnostic data which are relevant to a component are stored in a set of further components of the networked embedded system and are determined if necessar... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179060 | Motor controller for controlling an electric motor A motor controller for controlling at least one electric motor has an operating signal generator for generating an operating control signal for the at least one electric motor and also a sound signal generator for generating a sound control signal. A mixer superimpo... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178811 | Method and apparatus for sorting flat objects in a number of sorting passes In a method and device for sorting a quantity of flat objects, especially of mail items, each object passes at least twice through a sorting system with a number of output devices. In each pass of an object the sorting system determines a destination identification ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176909 | Grinding tool for natural stone floors, artificial stone floors and industrial soils A grinding tool for natural stone floors, artificial stone floors and industrial floors allows a greatest possible adaptation to the unevennesses of worn natural and artificial stone floors to be restored by using diamond tools that are flexibly attached. The diamon... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176671 | Weapon barrel and damping device A weapon barrel of an automatic firearm is subject to bending oscillations during firing. A damping device is provided for damping the bending oscillations and to at least largely dissipate the kinetic energy of the bending oscillations by friction processes which a... | 05/15/2012 |
| D659731 | Large stroke actuator | 05/15/2012 |
| D659718 | Front cover of a pump | 05/15/2012 |
| D659715 | Front cover of a pump | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175305 | Hearing aid with a drop safeguard A hearing aid with a drop safeguard has an accelerometer, an electrical circuit, and a memory. The accelerometer generates an electrical signal in dependence on an acceleration of the hearing aid. The signal is transmitted to the electrical circuit which uses this t... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174979 | Method and device for controlling access to a communications network According to the invention, in order to control the access of traffic streams (VS) to the communications network (KN), an available capacity (VK), placed at the disposal of an access node (ZK) for transferring traffic streams (VS) to said communications network (KN)... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174286 | Transceiver circuits A transceiver circuit supports a bidirectional mode and the bidirectional transceiver circuit is signal-compatible with JEDEC SSTL 2. A differential transceiver circuit supports a bidirectional mode and is also signal-compatible with JEDEC SSTL 2. Finally, transceiv... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8173952 | Arrangement for producing electromagnetic radiation and method for operating said arrangement A method for operating an assembly configured to produce electromagnetic radiation, especially X-ray radiation or extreme ultraviolet radiation. Particles, especially electrons, are guided onto a target by way of an adjustable focusing device. The particles produce ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8173268 | Honeycomb body having radially differently configured connecting points A honeycomb body includes a housing and a honeycomb structure with a plurality of channels. The honeycomb structure is formed by at least one at least partially structured metallic layer which forms connecting points that fix the honeycomb structure in place. A cros... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8173063 | Process for producing a molding The invention relates to a process for producing a molding, comprising a disk-like or plate-like basic body -5- having a large number of knob-like and/or web-like elevations -4-3- which merge into the basic body -5- with inclined side sur... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172498 | Device for unloading a container A device for unloading a container having a removal opening has a rotatably mounted supporting surface mounted to turn around a first turning axis, a rotatably mounted retaining device, and a synchronizing device. The unloading device causes a container on the suppo... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172073 | Device for detecting faulty positioning of a carrying cable in a cableway system An assembly on a cableway or a goods-conveying system for detecting incorrect positioning of a carrying cable on a mount with a channel in which the carrying cable is located. The assembly includes a device for detecting the faulty positioning of the carrying cable.... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171857 | Installation for the downward transport of persons from a mountain station to a valley station An installation for carrying individuals down from a mountain station into a valley station has a running rail which is fastened on a supporting cable at a distance from the ground. The running rail contains a multiplicity of sub-rails connected to one another at jo... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171782 | Test bench A test bench for simulating oscillations with at least one roller that has a running face on at least part of which a roadway covering is applied. The roller is rotatably mounted and supported by an axle. At least one excitation device is provided, which additionall... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8170290 | Method for checking an imprint and imprint checking device A method for checking an imprint reads an imprint, forms a data code from the imprint, and compares the data code with a predetermined number of check data codes of a stored data set. During a search for the data code in the data set, the method decides whether the ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169805 | Method of operating an inverter by turning off the switching around a zero transition of the output voltage A method for operating an inverter for converting direct voltage into alternating voltage, having two direct-voltage terminals and two alternating-voltage terminals, between which a plurality of power switching elements clocked at high-frequency are connected. The h... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169197 | Device for damping control of mechanical torsional oscillations of an electrical alternating current generator of multi-phase power supply system A device for damping control of mechanical torsional oscillations of an electrical alternating current generator connected to a multi-phase power supply system, includes a controllable converter of an HVDC installation connected to the power supply system, a measure... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8168908 | Capacitive touch switch A capacitive touch switch for an operator control panel of an electrical domestic appliance includes a panel, a sensor area disposed in the panel, a printed circuit board disposed at a distance behind the panel, and a capacitive sensor element which is disposed betw... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8168896 | Electronic housing An electronic housing, which includes at least two housing parts, has at least one housing base, a housing cover, and at least one electronic connection in the form of a printed circuit board between electronic substrates disposed in the housing interior and compone... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167127 | Protective carrying case for a portable electronic device A casing for a portable electronic device, such as an MP3 player, a cell phone, a smart phone, or a PDA, is formed with two or more sleeves that may be placed onto the electronic device and together form a closed encasement for the electronic device. The encasement ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167095 | Immobilizer Immobilizer for shopping trolleys, wherein the castor angle of the steering rollers when the immobilizer is activated is equal to zero, as a result of which the steering rollers can set themselves stochastically to an oblique or transverse position with respect to t... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166877 | Printing press having a dryer device for varnished sheets A printing press and a method of drying printed or varnished sheets in a printing press include heating printed and/or varnished sheets, before the sheets enter a dryer, to a temperature higher than the ambient temperature, through the use of a heatable impression c... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166750 | Exhaust system An exhaust gas system for purifying exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine, particularly a diesel engine in a motor vehicle, conducts the exhaust gas in a specific flow direction. A catalytic converter, particularly for converting hydrocarbons and carbon mon... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166169 | Method of allocating resources among client work machines A method for allocating resources among a plurality of client work machines includes representing at least one client work machine as a resource object, representing at least one manufacturing process executable at a client work machine as a process, defining at lea... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8164868 | Device for short-circuiting power semiconductor modules An apparatus has power semiconductor modules, which are connected to one another via connection devices so as to form a series circuit. A short-circuiting device for short-circuiting the respective power semiconductor module is assigned to each power semiconductor m... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8164323 | Apparatus for monitoring discharge processes in a conductor of a medium-voltage or high-voltage system An apparatus monitors discharge processes in a conductor of a medium-voltage system or a high-voltage system. The apparatus contains at least one transformer which is suitable for detecting a current flowing in the conductor. The at least one transformer is connecte... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8164034 | Electrically heatable honeycomb configuration having support pins A configuration contains a first honeycomb body, which is formed by at least one convoluted or wound stack and has a plurality of channels allowing a flow, wherein a first end of the stack is connected to an electric connection and a second end is connected to an el... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8163435 | Porous body and production method A porous body which has a density of from 40 to 70%, is formed from an Fe-based alloy and contains from 0.01 to 2% by weight of mixed oxide with at least one oxidic compound of one or more metals from the group consisting of Y, Sc, rare earth metals and at least one... | 04/24/2012 |
