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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6598929 | Windup window shade with a centering device for the traction rod A windup window shade for motor vehicles has a rotatably seated windup shaft, on which a window shade web is fastened by an edge. The other edge is fastened on a traction rod, whose ends are guided in guide rails. The distance between the guide rails chan... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6598453 | Tooth rolling flat dies and method for forming teeth A tooth rolling flat die and a method for forming a tooth are provided. The die has the same service life as those of the conventional tooth rolling flat dies using oil coolant even if conducted by semi-dry forming. A first substantially quarter length po... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6595100 | Weapon A weapon having a barrel (3) supported in a cradle (2) for axial recoil movement, and having a breech block wedge (7) displaceable, transversely to the barrel axis (6) by a control unit (11) connected to the cradle and acting on a piston rod (8). The cont... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6591637 | Plate for closing the toe of hosiery A closing device (4) is provided for closing a tube-shaped knit fabric on one end, for example for producing stockings or socks, which has plates (9) and counter-plates (13). The latter each have loop-carrying sections (18, 41), whose ends are designed to... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6578493 | Electrothermal ignition device and method for producing the device The invention relates to an electrothermal ignition device for igniting a powder propellant charge (4), which comprises at least one electrically-conductive wire (11; 15; 19; 22), that extends, at least partially, through the propellant charge, and can be... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6574995 | Latch needle comprising a relieved latch shank The improved latch needle (1) is provided with a latch (5) having a latch shaft (11) with side surfaces (21, 22), which are divided into surface areas (23, 24) that are offset against each other and/or are arranged at an angle to each other. As a result, ... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6573861 | Target classification method A target classification method for radar systems wherein, in particular, jet aircraft, are classified in that the blade repetition rate and, in a further step, the number of blades, of an engine rotor wheel are determined and thus the type of engine is id... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6568359 | Piston internal combustion engine with pressure relief gas exhaust valves A piston internal combustion engine with at least one gas exhaust valve (2) for each cylinder (1), which is actuated by an actuator (7), in particular an electromagnetic actuator, controlled by a fully variable engine control unit (15). Based on the prede... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6564589 | Latch needle having a stepped saw slot The latch needle according to the invention is provided with a latch slot with profiled inside areas of the cheeks. A latch is positioned inside this latch slot, for example with the aid of a rivet. The inside areas of the cheeks that immediately surround... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6562216 | Method of coating an internal surface of a weapon barrel A method of coating a metal surface, particularly an inner surface of a gun barrel, with a chromium layer, includes the following steps: electrolytically precipitating on the metal surface a plurality of partial chromium layers in a superposed relationshi... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6558638 | Treatment of liquids The present invention provides an apparatus suitable for use in the treatment of liquid 31, comprising a high voltage electric discharge device 8 with spaced apart first second electrodes 24,25. The discharge device has electrical power supply control mea... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6558150 | Arrangement for moving a turntable in an apparatus for molding and punching out containers from thermoplastic plastic foil The method of moving a turntable in an apparatus for molding and punching out containers from a thermoplastic plastic foil by a differential pressure is to be executed such that relatively-small gravitational forces occur as the end positions of the pivot... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6556238 | Color-bar signal generation unit compatible with plurality of television signal formats A color-bar signal generation unit compatible with a plurality of television signal formats is provided. The color-bar signal generation unit in accordance with the present invention includes first, second, and third color-bar signal generators for genera... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6556945 | Measurement of grooves and long waves on rails with a longitudinal streak of light A system for measuring unevenness formed by grooves and/or long waves in a surface of an object by using a measuring platform. The system moves the object and the measuring platform relative to each other and projects from the measuring platform a light s... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6553292 | Device and method for performing remote diagnostics on vehicles In summary, the invention discloses a device and a method for performing remote diagnostics on vehicles, in particular on electrical, mechanical and mechatronic components of vehicles, with which, even in the case of complicated vehicle defects and/or veh... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6552443 | Power ring A power ring of annular conductor configuration for use in a military vehicle to supply electricity to devices in the vehicle. The power ring includes a plurality of controllers (1) as monitoring and switching devices arranged along and connected with the... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6550778 | Axial face seal An axial face seal has a sliding ring and/or a counter-ring for use with an elastic roll body. The ring has a seal leg having a sliding surface, and a supporting portion with a conical circumferential surface outside of the sliding surface for accommodati... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6550224 | Method for producing stand-up blister packages, and apparatus for executing the method A method for producing stand-up blister packages, and in particular a stable, easy-to-fill stand-up blister package that has no undercut of the blister dome, and can be produced with a high cycle number, without malfunctions and with a good, reproducible ... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6549872 | Method and apparatus for firing simulation A first laser beam is transmitted through the actuation of the gun trigger, the trajectory of the virtual projectile is calculated, and the deviations of the trajectory from the target direction at the firing time are determined. The first laser beam is p... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6547307 | Windup window shade with warping compensation A windup window shade has a windup shaft and a window shade web fastened on it. The window shade web is provided with a traction rod, which is moved at both ends by means of drive members along the guide rails. A compensating device is provided to compens... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6548125 | Method of internally coating a weapon barrel by means of a laser beam A method of coating an inner surface of a weapon barrel includes the following steps: directing a laser beam against the inner barrel surface to cause melting of regions thereof; introducing a coating material in one of powder, wire and ribbon form into t... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6549553 | Vertical-cavity surface-emitting semiconductor laser A vertical-cavity surface-emitting semiconductor laser has a substrate, a lower DBR structure portion having a plurality of layers provided on the substrate, a semiconductor buried structure portion provided over the lower DBR structure portion having at ... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6546761 | Compound needle with improved slider A compound needle (1) is provided with a slider (8) having two slider springs (11, 12), whose ends constitute an open funnel pointing toward the hook (3). The ends, or legs (21, 22), constituting the funnel, are flattened. Therefore, starting at a startin... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6543330 | Gun for firing electrically-ignitable cartridges containing electronic components A gun having a wedge-type breech block and a barrel seated in a cradle for firing electrically-ignitable cartridges containing electronic components, and an ignition contact (4) for connection to an external current source, and a signal contact (5) for co... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6540468 | Device and method for handling individual wafers An apparatus and a method for handling individual wafers (2) that are temporarily in an essentially horizontal position. The apparatus (1) comprises at least one supporting part (5) with supporting areas (6), comprising at least three supporting points (9... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6539874 | Cartridge A cartridge having an electrothermal ignition device, in which, ignition conduits extend axially through a first propellant-charge powder (4) filling a cartridge sleeve (5), with the conduits essentially comprising an electrical wire (11-13) that is guide... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6542522 | Mode locking semiconductor laser In a mode locking semiconductor laser that generates an ultra short optical pulse train with a frequency corresponding to a reference frequency, an active wave guiding channel to which a modulation signal at the reference frequency is applied, a passive w... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6537669 | Device and method for in-mold compression and/or in-mold injection and for edging a decorative material with a supporting material An apparatus and a process for the compression and/or injection in-mold lamination of a decorative material (1) and for the complete bordering of at least part of the edge (2) of this decorative material with a backing material (3) are proposed. The appar... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6536351 | Warhead A warhead (1) having a warhead casing (2) that encloses an explosive charge (5). To ensure that, during the detonation of the explosive charge (5), the warhead (1) effects a rapid acceleration of the fragments flying in the flight direction, and a lesser ... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6535142 | Engine idling stop signal display apparatus An idling stop signal display apparatus is connected to traffic relating equipment for prompting a running automobile to stop. The idling stop signal display apparatus comprises display means for prompting an automobile driver to stop an engine and to res... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6532192 | Subsea positioning system and apparatus The present invention relates to a positioning system for use in underwater/subsea hydrographic surveying and positioning applications The system comprises a submersible having a transponder formed and arranged for communication with a remote receiver. Th... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6532429 | Offset regulation device The invention relates to an offset regulation device for a sensor module and a method for realizing such an offset regulation, particularly for acceleration sensors and pressure sensors. The disadvantage of currently used offset regulation devices is that... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6526892 | Artillery cartridge having an internal conductor arrangement A cartridge includes a cartridge case having a cartridge base; a projectile having a rearward portion received by the cartridge case; a propellant primer disposed in the cartridge case and extending along the longitudinal cartridge axis; an electrically p... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6525387 | Multispectral photodiode The present invention relates to a multispectral photodiode for infrared radiation comprising a substrate, a first semiconductor layer of first conductivity with a large band gap arranged on the substrate, a second semiconductor layer of first conductivit... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6516803 | Device for removing sputum from a tracheal catheter A device for removing sputum from a tracheal catheter inserted into the trachea of a patient. The aim of the invention is to supplement existing tracheal catheters in such a way that sputum is automatically kept away from the air filter and is removed wit... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6510714 | Latch needle with a fixed spring A latch needle (1) has a leaf spring (8, 8') that is associated with the latch (4), that is disposed in the sawslot (3) and is held in corresponding bearing seats (14, 15) at the narrow sides or end walls (11, 12) defining the sawslot 3. Each bearing seat... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6510037 | Method for monitoring an electromagnetic actuator The invention relates to a method for monitoring an electromagnetic actuator having at least one electromagnet. This electromagnet acts on an armature, which is displaceable against the force of at least one pull-back spring, and is used for operating an ... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6504697 | Arrangement and method for measuring a temperature An arrangement for overload protection of a switch to which a load circuit and a control circuit are connected, wherein: the control circuit includes at least one logic circuit, a gate drive connected between an output of the logic circuit and a control i... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6502515 | Method of making a high-explosive projectile A method of providing a high-explosive projectile with desired areas of fragmentation includes the following steps: securing a steel plate component in a circumferentially extending recess in the outer surface of a projectile body; directing an energy bea... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6502406 | Device for cooling and tapping A device for cooling and tapping of beverages that are delivered in containers. It integrates a cooling unit to an insulated casing. Inside the casing a cooling volume is formed, that is closed by a bonnet. The cooling volume is formed as a tub. Beverage ... | 01/07/2003 |
