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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6940273 | Handling device, especially for positioning a test head on a testing device Disclosed is a handling device, especially for positioning a test head on a testing device, including a holder for a test head and a column. Positioning apparatus adjustable in a vertical direction is connected to the test head on the column. The handling device adv... | 09/06/2005 |
| 7415000 | Data transmission apparatus and data transmission method In base station 100, TA control amount calculating section 106 calculates a time alignment control amount based on a signal received from communication terminal station 150. Then, TA control amount rounding section 107 performs rounding o... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7406036 | Radio communication apparatus, base station apparatus, communication terminal apparatus and transmission rate predicting method A radio communication apparatus, base station apparatus and communication terminal apparatus capable of predicting an accurate transmission rate before starting data communications to know download time and the like. In the apparatus, a packet CH demodulation sectio... | 07/29/2008 |
| D573667 | Stuffed toy animals | 07/22/2008 |
| 7363486 | Method and system for authentication through a communications pipe A method and system for authenticating an end user to one or more remote computer systems using a communications pipe to send authentication codes from a personal security device to one or more remote computer systems and limiting authentication transactions to a se... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7362172 | Variable gain circuit Low distortion is implemented even in a high input level, and a smooth change in gain is maintained. A first amplifier (10) with high gain and low noise that can be gain-controlled by a first gain control signal, and a second amplifier (20) with low ga... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7362142 | Current source apparatus, light-emitting-device apparatus and digital-analog converting apparatus A current source apparatus includes a first MOS transistor having a drain serving as current input terminals with the gate connected to the drain, a first switch connected to the source of the first MOS transistor, a second MOS transistor having a drain serving as a... | 04/22/2008 |
| RE40229 | Optical recording/reproducing apparatus for optical disks with various disk substrate thicknesses An optical disc apparatus for recording, reproducing or erasing an information signal by converging a light flux onto a recording layer through a transparent substrate. The apparatus includes one or a plurality of optical heads having a plurality of objective lenses... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7349713 | Data communication apparatus and data communication method A type-2 hybrid ARQ data communication device having an improved quality of transmitted data while an increase of power consumption is avoided. The communication device transmits the same information bits (S) plural times (N times) and controls (changes) the transmi... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7350106 | Device for aiding the locating of failure of a complex system A device for aiding the location of a failure within a complex system may include a database that stores diagnostic aid rules; a detector that detects a failure, if any, of the complex system and provides, upon a failure, information relating to the origin of this f... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349773 | Method and device for providing an aircraft with a flight trajectory A device includes a first unit for defining a main trajectory, which is followed by the aircraft, and an optional trajectory which deviates from the main trajectory, which exhibits at least one common point shared with said main trajectory and which is able to be fo... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7344085 | Multilayer expansion card for electronic apparatus and relative production method Multilayer expansion card for connecting an apparatus or device to an electronic apparatus, particularly for association to a mother card of a Personal Computer. The card comprises a first part, intended principally for connection, having a thickness coherent with t... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7344624 | Reducing power consumption in electro-refining or electro-winning of metal A cathode plate and method for electro-refining or electro-winning of metal. The cathode includes a cathode blade and hanger bar. A quantity of electrically conductive material is wrapped around the hanger bar and along the cathode blade to a position, in use, proxi... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7341096 | Method for processing a continuously cast metal slab or strip, and plate or strip produced in this way The invention relates to a method for processing a continuously cast metal slab or strip, in which the slab or strip is passed between a set of rotating rolls of a rolling mill stand in order to roll the slab or strip. According to the invention, the rolls of the ro... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7341289 | Emergency unlocking system for the trunk of a motor vehicle This invention relates to an emergency unlocking system for a motor vehicle trunk (2), with a trunk lock (6) which comprises at least one lock latch (7) and an interacting locking part (8), with a catch means (14) which limits the ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7339120 | Electromagnetic wave shield It is an object of the invention to provide an electromagnetic wave shield for attenuating a electric far field while suppressing the attenuation of the vicinal magnetic flux of an electromagnetic wave discharged from a high frequency electromagnetic wave generator.... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7338011 | Method making it possible to prevent vibration of a rudder of an aircraft and aircraft using this method A method for preventing vibration of a rudder of an aircraft may have, on a lateral aerodynamic surface of the aircraft's rudder, a protruding aerodynamic element capable of generating an aerodynamic effect tending to rotate the rudder about its articulation axis. A... | 03/04/2008 |
| RE40133 | Optical recording/reproducing apparatus for optical disks with various disk substrate thicknesses An optical disc apparatus for recording, reproducing or erasing an information signal by converging a light flux onto a recording layer through a transparent substrate. The apparatus includes one or a plurality of optical heads having a plurality of objective lenses... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7337547 | High frequency switching circuit device A diode logic circuit which can select a high voltage from among the voltages of a number of control voltage input terminals using a number of diodes made of Schottky junctions is integrally formed on a compound semiconductor substrate on which MESFET stages for swi... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7337511 | Biological hazard protection body bag A biological hazard protection body bag comprises an non-transparent outer bag case and a transparent inner bag case, which transparent inner bag case provides a vacuum filtration device formed by a check valve and medical grade filter screen for achieving a vacuum ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7337423 | Mask pattern generating method and mask pattern generating apparatus Established is a mask pattern correcting technique for reducing the load to a mask CAD process and for ensuring the minimum dimension defined in an OPC process. A method comprises the steps of: measuring a line width of a mask pattern; extracting edges where the lin... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7334939 | Method and device for verifying a temperature value at a destination altitude of an aircraft The device comprises a means for measuring a dynamic temperature on the outside of the aircraft, a means for determining a static temperature around the aircraft, using said dynamic temperature, a means for determining, using said static temperature and a thermodyna... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7336934 | Transmission modulation apparatus Linear transmission modulation apparatus 100 has high frequency amplifier 102 that amplifies the high frequency phase modulation signal of a high frequency signal and power source voltage controller 101 that amplifies the baseband amplitude modu... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7332064 | Hangar bar A hangar bar for a cathode plate and a method of producing a cathode for electrolytic recovery of metal. The hanger bar comprises a support element which is preferably stainless steel and hollow. An electrically conductive metal cladding is affixed the stainless ste... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7332053 | Process for sealing of a joint A process for installation of surface elements (1), the surface elements (1) comprising a core, a decorative upper surface (3) and edges (2) provided with joining means for mechanically locking the surface elements (1) together. Pr... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333582 | Two-point frequency modulation apparatus, wireless transmitting apparatus, and wireless receiving apparatus A two-point frequency modulation apparatus is provided that reduces input timing difference and improves modulation accuracy. Two-point frequency modulation apparatus 10 has: PLL circuit 11; frequency division ratio generator 13 that generates t... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333780 | Polar modulation transmission apparatus and radio communication apparatus A polar modulation transmission apparatus is provided which can adjust synchronization between an amplitude signal and phase signal in a simple configuration accurately and automatically. A polar signal generation circuit 101 sends an amplitude signal and pha... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333318 | Multilayer capacitor and mold capacitor A multilayer capacitor 1 has a laminated body 20 configured by laminating a plurality of dielectric substrates 2 each having a plurality of internal electrodes 3 and 5 formed on its main surface and a capacitance component is gener... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7334238 | Optical disc device having fixing parts for directly fixing a frame of the optical disk device to an electronic device The present invention includes a frame, an optical pick-up module fixed to the frame and a circuit board forming a control circuit fixed to the frame. The frame has fixing parts to other members. ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7328870 | Aircraft propulsion system comprising four engines with pusher propellers An aircraft propulsion system includes four engines with pusher propellers. The engines are mounted in pairs on the wings of the aircraft and the respective directions of rotation thereof, when viewing the engines from the rear of the aircraft from left to right, ar... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7330426 | Receiver-based RTT measurement in TCP A method of performing Round Trip Time (RTT) measurement in a data packet receiver using a Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) for communication via a network with a sender, said method comprising the steps of sending an acknowledgement for a currently received data... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7330454 | Method for reserving communication area and radio communication device used for this method A communication area reservation method capable of operating a plurality of radio systems using communication area reservation signals (NAV) according to the IEEE802.11. According to this method, a communication terminal accommodation apparatus carries out a radio c... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7330700 | Radio apparatus and method for determining the communication timing of a channel quality indicator (CQI) based on CQI update and CQI repetition count information When a CQI that is based on CQI update cycle information and a CQI that is based on repetition count information have an overlapping transmission timing, CQI transmission timing controller 110 and CQI transmission timing priority determiner 120 transmi... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7330781 | Method to determine and guide aircraft approach trajectory A method to determine, and guide an aircraft on, an intermediate trajectory between a first trajectory, for low-altitude flight, and a second trajectory, from which a tactical landing is carried out, may include determining a point of transition which lies on the fi... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7330379 | Semiconductor memory device having forced fail function of forcing a memory cell at a specific address to fail and method for testing same A semiconductor memory device is provided which has a unit by which a fail bit map can be checked instantaneously over the entire address space. The semiconductor memory device is provided with a data logic forcefully controlling circuit 21 which forcefully c... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7326040 | Process and plant for continuous manufacture of a foam layer Plant for manufacturing latex foam layer of unlimited length and having lower and upper recesses. A plurality of laying planes provided with lower protuberances proceeds between an injection station and a layer removing station. Foam provided with lower recesses is ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7326239 | Structure of a prosthesis intended to be implanted in a human or animal passage and prosthesis with such a structure The present invention relates to a structure of a prosthesis intended to be implanted in a human or animal passage, particularly an artery, to provide through-passage along said passage, said structure (2) comprising at least one mesh (4) which, at lea... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7328283 | Header compression/decompression apparatus and header compression/decompression method A header compression/decompression apparatus that improves the throughput of an overall multilayer protocol stack at a network node. In this apparatus, an encoding section 106 compresses multilayer header information included in a protocol data unit on a mult... | 02/05/2008 |
| D561236 | Violin or viola shoulder rest | 02/05/2008 |
| 7324866 | Method for manufacturing semiconductor device A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device is provided in which it is possible to perform process control taking account of wafer information and to deal with the process control in which a recipe is change from one wafer to another. The method comprises step... | 01/29/2008 |
