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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6581496 | Small size transmission A transmission adapted for use with a motor comprises a basic transmission, which comprises a basic transmission input shaft, borne in a housing via rolling bearings, at least one subsequent transmission stage arranged in the housing, and a variance gear ... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6501538 | Optoelectronic arrangement for determining an object's profile A rangefinder apparatus with an optoelectronic arrangement for determining a height profile of an object. The apparatus has a transmitter that emits light rays, a deflection unit that deflects the transmitted light rays and guides them over the surface of... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6494480 | Side impact roll over inflatable head protector A safety device for a motor vehicle which has a door frame and a door contained within the door frame. The safety device includes: a gas generator; a sensor for sensing at least one of a side impact and a roll-over for activating the gas generator; and an... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6484639 | Device for delivering a printing plate to a plate cylinder of a printing press A device for delivering a printing plate having at least one edge to a plate cylinder of a printing press in a position for exchange is provided. The device includes at least one selectable exchangeable format slide-in unit insertable into the printing pr... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6479006 | Method for framing a decorative material Method and device for the bordering of decorative material (1), in particular a carpet, a fabric or a sheet, a border (4) being capable of being formed in a die mould (2) for back-pressing and/or back-injection, at least parts of the edge (3) of this deco... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6477426 | System and method for heating the prostate gland to treat and prevent the growth and spread of prostate tumors A system and method for safely heating cancerous and pre-cancerous conditions of the prostate, as well as benign and pre-benign lesions (any localized pathological change in the prostate tissue) by irradiation of the prostate tissue with coherent phased a... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6477292 | Reflection mirror type optical fiber switch A small reflection mirror type optical fiber switch solves a problem of an inconsistent angle of a shutter operating position in a conventional reflection mirror type optical fiber switch. A reflection mirror type 2×2 optical fiber switch includes a firs... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6470217 | Method for heating ductal and glandular carcinomas and other breast lesions to perform thermal downsizing and a thermal lumpectomy A method for selectively heating cancerous conditions of the breast including invasive ductal carcinoma and invasive glandular lobular carcinoma, and pre-cancerous conditions of the breast including ductal carcinoma in-situ, lobular carcinoma in-situ, and... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6461160 | Device for holding and/or creating a dental prosthesis The device (75) for holding and/or creating a dental prosthesis comprises an implant (1) with an axis (3) and with a metal main body (50) which forms at least a large part of an anchoring part (5) intended to be anchored in a bone (71) and has an axial ho... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6443448 | Speed changing device The invention relates to a device to change the speed of individual flat shipments that are jammed and displaced one behind the other on a two-part conveyance system. In order to carry out any desired speed changes, without subjecting the shipments to pul... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6431063 | Embossing press for producing embossed seams The subject matter of the invention is an embossing press, including an embossing roller and a counter cylinder, for producing embossed seams by joining at least two paper layers or fleece layers, arranged one above the other and conveyed in a straight li... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6404903 | System for identifying individuals A system for identifying individuals, which easily reveals the cause of misjudgment when it occurred, wherein individual identification means 4 identifies an individual by comparing an input image with a recognition dictionary 2, wherein identification re... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6384504 | Electric machine with a rotor constructed of permanent magnets and magnetic flux guides An electric machine comprising a stator and a rotor (2) separated by an air gap (12), (a) the rotor (2) being composed with permanent magnets (8) magnetized substantially in circumferential direction, and with one magnetic flux conducting piece assembly (... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6336585 | Memory card insertion type electronic equipment and apparatus for writing to the memory card A memory card insertion type electronic equipment reads authentication data from a memory card, decodes the read authentication data to a set of information by using a secret key, and compares the data read from an application program, which has been stor... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6271051 | Light-emitting diode, light-emitting diode array, and method of their fabrication A compound semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type is formed on a substrate, and a diffusion region of a second conductivity type is formed on the compound semiconductor layer. The light-emitting diode has a high emitted light power, using a larg... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6232912 | Method for detecting a target by means of a high pulse repetition frequency radar system The invention particularly relates to the detection of fast-flying targets by means of an HPRF radar system that operates with a plurality of switchable pulse-repetition frequencies (PRFs). In the method, a high velocity resolution is attained, which perm... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6230778 | Device for applying labels to flat mail items In a device for applying labels to a flat mail item that is conveyed standing on one edge, having a conveyor for conveying the individual items along a predetermined conveying path; a label conveyor for conveying the individual labels, the device being co... | 05/15/2001 |
