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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7282769 | Thin film transistor device and method of making the same The electronic device comprises a thin-film transistor (10) and can be obtained from two substrates (1, 11). In order to preclude delamination at a non-adhesive interface between a metal pattern (24, 29) and an organic layer (4), the meta... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7270286 | Food processor with inside mounted cover-retaining means In the case of a food processor (1) having a base unit (2) and having a work container (40) that can be placed on a housing wall (3) of the base unit (2), and having a cover (47) for the work container (40), retaining... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7269902 | Shaving apparatus A shaving apparatus has shaving heads (3) each having an internal cutting member (6) and an associated external cutting member (4); and a drive structure (1) coupled to each of the internal cutting members (6). The external cutting... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7264026 | Refill and storage holder for personal care appliance A personal care system (1) comprising a personal care appliance (2) which comprises a body (3), an additive outlet (7), and a first reservoir (8) which is connected with said additive outlet (7) and has a refill inlet (25... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7253718 | Transponder An identification transponder (IDT) for supplying an identification code to a base station (BS) varies an RF signal transmitted by the base station (BS) in a rhythm that corresponds to the identification code. The identification transponder (IDT) has identification ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7252628 | Device for treating human skin by means of radiation The invention relates to a device (1) for treating human skin by means of radiation. The device has a housing (5) with a radiation exit opening (13), a radiation source (9) which is accommodated in the housing, and a radiation path (15... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7251894 | Device for shaving hair having a cutting member with a periodical motion The invention relates to a device (1) for shaving hair (93) and to a device having a shaving head (9). The shaving head (9) has at least one cutting member (17, 19) having a cutting edge (23) and a cutting direction (X), and... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7250218 | Method of providing a marking on a substrate Method of applying a marking or image on a substrate which is provided with a coating by means of a sol-gel process. After the application of a layer of a sol-gel solution on the substrate, an ink which is compatible with the sol-gel is applied on the wet layer. The... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7249709 | Holder for papers of value, and method of registering the contents thereof The register (1) for papers of value (4), such as bank notes and vouchers, comprises a reading unit (2) for reading out the memories of the integrated circuits (40) of the papers of value (4), and is further provided with a clock a... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7238305 | Thermally resistant adhesive A sol-gel material with metal particles which can be used as a conductive adhesive for systems that have a high operating temperature is disclosed. The material is especially suitable for appliances equipped with a flat heating element, such as steam irons. ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7232734 | Radiation emitting semiconductor device and method of manufacturing such a device Radiation-emitting semiconductor device and method of manufacturing such a device. The invention relates to a radiation-emitting semiconductor device (10) comprising a silicon-containing semiconductor body (1) and a substrate (2), which semicond... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7228630 | Hair-cutting apparatus comprising a hair suction device A hair cutting device with a suction device for drawing off cut pieces of hair is provided. A varier, which may have an adjustable spring loaded movable wall portion, reacts to the circumstances of the hair being cut and adjusts an air flow rate in the area of the s... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7223947 | Domestic appliance and heating structure for a domestic appliance An electric heating structure of a domestic appliance includes at least one first electric heating track (23) having a positive temperature coefficient and at least one additional electric heating track (27, 28). A control structure (22, 25, 29)... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7196478 | Circuit arrangement A driver for driving a gas discharge lamp includes an inductive ballast implemented as auto-transformer having a central tap, connected between one output terminal and a first input terminal, and a triac connected between a second output terminal and a second input ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7192533 | Method of manufacturing nanowires and electronic device In the method, semiconductor substrates are etched to provide nanowires, said substrates comprising a first layer of a first material and a second layer of a second material with a mutual interface, which first and second materials are different. They may be differe... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7159243 | Data carrier for the storage of data and circuit arrangement for such a data carrier A data carrier (1) intended for the storage of data in memory means (17) has a first memory access means (18) for accessing a first storage location (22) and has a second memory access means (33) for accessing a second storage loca... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7124523 | Cool-zone iron An iron is provided having a housing, a soleplate which is to be moved in a displacement direction over a fabric during operation, and a heating element for heating the soleplate, the soleplate having a cooling element for setting at least a portion of the fabric du... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7126994 | Communication station and data carrier with improved acknowledgement measures In a method of communication between a communication station (1) and a plurality of data carriers (2) an interrogation signal (IDB) is generated with the aid of interrogation signal generating means (7) in order to start an interrogation cycle (... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7122921 | Top loading internal assembly for a power toothbrush A first aspect of the disclosure concerns a driving assembly for a power toothbrush which includes a drive member, specifically an E-core electromagnet, a driven member which is responsive to the action of the drive member and a workpiece mounted on the distal end o... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7119529 | Circuit arrangement with a resistor voltage divider chain A description is given of a circuit arrangement with a resistor voltage divider chain which comprises a number N of two-terminal resistors which are connected in series between a number N+1 of connection points, with N being greater than or equal to 2. In order to m... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7120038 | Control system for a voltage converter The invention relates to a control system for a voltage converter, said control system comprising:—a set of switches (T1-T2-T3-T4) intended to be connected via output terminals (N1-N2-N3) to a first type of voltage ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7110858 | Object identification uses prediction of data in distributed network A measure of security is provided by determining authenticity of an object (e.g., credit card, cell phone, car keys, etc.) by letting the object predict at which nodes multiple specific data packets are going to be in a distributed network in the next time slot.... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7108690 | Hair-removing device with a controllable laser source A hair-removing device (1) includes a laser source (3), an adjustable laser beam manipulator (5) for positioning a laser beam (7) of the laser source (3) in a target position (9) on a skin (11) to be treated, and an i... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7107432 | VLIW processor with data spilling means A VLIW processor comprising: a plurality of functional units (1, 3); a distributed register file (4) comprising a plurality of segments (5, 7, 9), the distributed register file (4) being accessible by the functional units (1, 3); a... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7106140 | Calibratable phase-locked loop The subject matter hereof relates to a calibratable phase-locked loop. The calibratable phase-looked loop in an example embodiment comprises a charge pump and calibration means for the loop, wherein calibration means comprises: first means for rendering unstable a s... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7106106 | Clocked comparator circuit A comparator is provided that compares one or more input signals in a regenerative circuit. One or more switched isolate the signal inputs after regeneration has started but before regeneration has reached such an extent that large voltage swings in the regeneration... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7098746 | Voltage controlled oscillator A voltage-controlled oscillator comprising a LC tank circuit coupled to a pair of transistors and crossed-coupled to a pair of emitter follower transistors each transistor having a collector, an emitter and a base, the voltage controlled oscillator being characteriz... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7099959 | Network comprising a plurality of network nodes and at least one star node The invention relates to a network comprising a plurality of network nodes. At least part of the network nodes are directly intercoupled via at least one star node. The star node contains a plurality of star interfaces which are assigned to at least one network node... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7099423 | Method and circuit arrangement for detecting synchronization patterns in a receiver Radio frequency receivers are implemented in a variety of embodiments. In one such embodiment, a radio frequency receiver is implemented for detecting synchronization patterns in a receiver, particularly in a UHF receiver or a VHF receiver, by which the average curr... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7093384 | Mist iron An iron comprising a housing (1), a heatable soleplate (4) and means for generating very fine liquid droplets to be expelled from at least one discharge opening (9) of the iron, said means comprising at least one air passage (8) for press... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7093773 | Fragrance dispenser, domestic appliance including such a fragrance dispenser, and cartridge for such a fragrance dispenser An improved fragrance dispenser, domestic appliance, such as a vacuum cleaner, including such a fragrance dispenser, and cartridge for such a fragrance dispenser is provided in which the dispenser includes a housing portion through which an air discharge passage int... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7095751 | Active switching star node and network of stations interconnected by such a star node In a network a star node (SN1) interconnects a plurality of stations (ST1–ST3). The star node (SN1) has interfaces (I1–I3), each having a connection terminal (BP) for connecting a selected one of the stations to the star... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7072930 | Binary counter Method for realizing a binary counter that changes a partly permuted data word stored in a non-volatile memory and including a counter and a working memory and storing a data word in the form of memory words in the non-volatile memory. The method further comprises r... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7072671 | Radio system, apparatus, and method of operating the radio system A method of determining the relative position of a secondary station (SS) in a radio system including at least one master station (MS) and a plurality of secondary stations (SS), comprises the master station establishing a master log of the time stamp of signals tra... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7065907 | Electric steaming device The invention relates to an electric steaming device, such as a steam iron or a facial sauna, having a steam generator (5) with a heatable base (12). According to the invention, water is sprayed onto the heatable base (12) via a nozzle (10 | 06/27/2006 |
| 7067945 | Apparatus for converting side-to-side driving motion to rotational motion with a spring assembly and system for tuning the spring assembly The apparatus for converting side-to-side to rotational motion for a workpiece includes a spring assembly with a movable base mounting element which is driven in a slightly arcuate reciprocal side-to-side motion and a fixed mounting element spaced apart from the bas... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7067424 | Method of manufacturing an electronic device The present invention provides for a method of providing copper metallization on a semiconductor body, including the step of depositing copper in a nitrogen-containing atmosphere so as to form a nitrogen-containing copper seed layer and forming the copper metallizat... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7059533 | Authentication using a read-once memory The device comprises a memory (10) with a first section (11) and a second section (12). The second section (12) can be read only after erasure of the first section (11). The memory is suitable for authentication purposes, in that t... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7045711 | Module for a data carrier with improved bump counterparts In a data carrier (1), or a module (3) for such a data carrier (1), the module (3) has an integrated component (4) with at least two projecting connection contacts (5, 6) and, for each connection contact (5, 6), a con... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7046722 | Transceiver with means for error management A transceiver for a serial data bus is provided which transceiver includes error management. In a first example embodiment of a transceiver, error management is provided which supplies an error signal when the data bus lines are active and the receiving line simulta... | 05/16/2006 |
