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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7401523 | Capacitive sensor and method of fabricating A capacitive sensor and a method of making it with a substrate having a diaphragm forming a first plate of a capacitor; a second fixed plate of the capacitor spaced from the diaphragm and defining a predetermined dielectric gap; a plurality of conductor elements int... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401524 | Capacitive pressure sensor In a capacitance type pressure sensor (1) including capacitance detecting portions formed in opposed regions in a capacitance chamber which is at least partially formed of a diaphragm, the capacitance detecting portions being a pressure-sensitive capacitance ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401525 | Micro-machined pressure sensor with polymer diaphragm A piezoresistive pressure and/or strain sensor micro-machined primarily from plastic and/or glass. In one illustrative embodiment, the piezoresistive pressure sensor is formed on a polymer substrate. A first selectively implanted region is provided in the polymer su... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401526 | Force measuring transducer The invention relates to a force measuring transducer with an oscillator (1) with an inductor (2) formed by a primary winding and a gauge (11) with a secondary winding (30) which is connected electroconductively to the gauge (11) a... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401527 | Windshield wiper pressure sensor A pressure sensor assembly for measuring the pressure between a windshield and a windshield wiper. The pressure sensor assembly includes a support structure, a strain gage and a bearing member. The support structure supports the wiper spaced apart from the windshiel... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401528 | Apparatus and methods for evaluating plant stalk strength An apparatus for measuring stalk strength and/or root strength of a plant is provided. In accordance with various embodiments, the apparatus includes a conveyer operably connected to a motor for circulatorily driving the conveyer around at least one guide device. At... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401529 | Method and system for standardized classification of undergarments The clamps of the present invention are initially placed apart with a specific separation to properly hold the garments in the constant rate of expansion (CRE) machine. The test method preferably uses panties that have been prepared according to specific test criter... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401530 | Sonar based multiphase flowmeter Methods and apparatus determine individual phase fractions for three phases within a fluid mixture. Appropriate flow algorithms can utilize this phase fraction information with a sensed total combined flow rate of the mixture to find individual flow rates for the th... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401531 | Fabrication of a magnetoelastic torque sensor A method of fabricating a magnetoelastic torque sensor includes plating a magnetoelastic material to a magnetically inert substrate, and its endowment with uniaxial magnetic anisotropy through the creation within the transducer element of stress anisotropy. The plat... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401532 | Passenger detection system A passenger detection system for a person on a seat of a vehicle, includes a long range capacitance sensor for measuring a long range capacitance between a seating portion of the seat and a body of the vehicle and a short range capacitance sensor for measuring a sho... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401533 | Dissolution tester A dissolution tester comprising: a constant-temperature-water tank; a vessel for introducing a dissolution test liquid; a vessel lid having a suction hole for sucking up the test liquid; a suction nozzle which can move up and down together with the nozzle holder; an... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401534 | Actuator device An actuator device includes a drive motor, gears and pairs of rotary shafts. The gears are rotated by torque outputted from the drive motor. Each pair of rotary shafts corresponds to one of the gears. The rotary shafts in each pair extend from both axial sides of th... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401535 | Twist-grip bicycle shifter A twistshifter mounted about a handlebar. The twist-shifter includes a housing element which may be fixed to the handlebar and an actuating element which may be rotated about the axis of the handlebar tube a predetermined angle. The actuating element may be fixed ax... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401536 | Method or jointing the cutting edge of at least one cutting blade of a rotating tool In a method of jointing a cutting edge of at least one cutting blade of a rotating tool, wherein between the tool and at least one straight jointing stone a radial advancing movement is carried out and wherein the jointing stone has an active jointing area that is l... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401537 | Cutter insert gum modification method and apparatus A method and apparatus for treating a cutter ring adapted to be used in tunnel boring operations; forming an initial cutter ring and heat treating the cutter ring prior to a laser client process; applying an alloy to the surface of the cutter ring adjacent to cuttin... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401538 | F figure wrench This invention relates to an F figure wrench that comprises a holding rod, a moving part, a turning rod and a driving part. At one end of the holding rod, a concavity is made and two lugs are implemented; the concavity is made as a guide hole to accommodate the movi... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401539 | Blade material cutting device A blade material cutting device for producing a blade material used as a punching blade. Included are: a stationary blade part having a pair of front and rear support faces on which a strip plate part and a blade edge part of the blade material are to be overlaid, a... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401540 | Highly survivable urban utility vehicle (HSUUV) The Highly Survivable Urban Utility Vehicle (HSUUV) redistributes armor in a unique way on a truck type wheeled vehicle so as to defeat Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) to include armor piercing weapons. In so doing, this approach adds significant amounts of armor... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401541 | Servo-pneumatic actuator A positioning system includes an actuator, valve (preferably pneumatic), position sensor and an electronic valve controller, integrated in a single unit. Continuously variable setpoints are possible within the range of operation. A preferred control circuit includes... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401542 | Adjustable hydraulic metering system A vehicle is disclosed having a hydraulic control system with a user input to select a range of metering rates. ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401543 | Pump sealing apparatus A sealing arrangement for a pump includes a first member having a peripheral wedge-shaped pocket; a second member with a rim opposed to the pocket; and a diaphragm disposed between the two members. The diaphragm includes a central stem, a disk-shaped head attached t... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401544 | Plunger with annular exterior seals and method of installing annular seals on an exterior surface of a plunger A method of installing annular seals on a plunger. A first step involves positioning an annular seal on a seal installation tool adapted to hold the annular seal in an expanded state. A second step involves positioning the annular seal so that the annular seal overl... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401545 | Method and apparatus for optimizing variable liquid temperatures A method, apparatus, and related beverage profiles for on-demand heating of liquid used for beverage dispensing where such heating is dynamically variable according to the applicable profile. The apparatus includes a heating unit, electronic controller, and sensing ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401546 | Batch pasteurizer Batch pasteurizers are disclosed for processing milk, colostrum and other dairy products. The pasteurizers comprise inner drums to contain the processed liquid, an outer drum surrounding same and providing an annular space for retaining a heating fluid (heated by an... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401547 | Bale set-down system A bale set-down system and method for setting down bales from an agricultural baling press onto a field includes placing down of at least one bale on a ground, and setting down at least one another bale in a direct vicinity of the first mentioned bale that has alrea... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401548 | Movable plate drive device and press slide drive device A slide of a press machine is driven by composite thrust of thrust of an electric (servo) motor SM (via a screw/nut mechanism from the electric motor) and thrust of hydraulic cylinders SYL1, SYL2 to which pressure oil is supplied from a constant, high ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401549 | Arrangement for transferring information/structures to wafers An arrangement for transferring information/structures to wafers uses a stamp on which the information/structures to be transferred have been applied as elevated structures. The wafer is fixed on a chuck and is provided with a plastically deformable auxiliary patter... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401550 | Laser-assisted replication method The invention concerns an apparatus and a process for producing a marking on a substrate. Substrates marked in that way are applied to documents such as for example credit cards, personal identity cards or banknotes as security features to provide protection from fo... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401551 | Stencil printing machine A stencil printing machine includes a drum on which a stencil sheet is mounted, and a pressure roller which presses a print sheet fed between the drum and the pressure roller and rotates together with the drum. The print sheet is fed from an upstream side of the pre... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401552 | Method for manufacturing a flexographic printing master A method for manufacturing a flexographic printing master comprising the steps of: (a) providing an ink-receiver surface; (b) jetting a curable jettable fluid on the ink-receiver surface characterized in that the curable jettable fluid comp... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401553 | Printing plate cartridge for a press and press A printing plate cartridge for a press including a housing having an old printing compartment for holding a printing plate to be removed during a printing plate change and a new printing plate compartment for holding a printing plate to be mounted on a form cylinder... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401554 | Method and apparatus for changing printing length on a printing press To modify an existing printing press from its original length/cut off to a different cut off, a sub-frame may be mounted on an existing frame of a printing press. The sub-frame permits the relocation of bearing supports for various printing cylinders, such as, for e... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401555 | Device for and method of coupling shafts, image formation apparatus, process cartridge, and belt unit A shaft coupling device for coupling a first shaft and a second shaft together includes a grip unit to be attached to the first shaft and including a grip portion configured to grip the second shaft, the grip portion having an end with notches of a length being para... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401556 | Fixture for printing blinds Provided is a fixture assembly for printing image graphics on a slat set of a window blind. The slat set is comprised of a plurality of substantially identically configured slats. Each one of the slats has a slat length and a slat width. The fixture assembly compris... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401557 | Support for functional planes The invention relates to a support (1) for functional planes used for a magnetic levitation track. The stator packets (11) comprised in the track are suspended in a particularly compact and production-friendly manner on a stator beam (9), the st... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401558 | Diesel-electric locomotive A diesel-electric locomotive includes a diesel engine which is connected to a generator. A cable originates from the generator to supply electrical power to a drive unit. An additional cable originates from the generator to supply electrical power to secondary appli... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401559 | Single level enclosed railcar and method of manufacturing A method of manufacturing a railcar having an enclosing superstructure which is capable of accommodating large vehicles such as semi-trucks is disclosed. The method includes the preparation of a previously used railcar or a railcar originally manufactured for anothe... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401560 | Running boards for railway cars A running board for railway car features a plank and a support where the support is constructed of a steel that is thicker than the steel of the plank. The support features flanges with mounting holes by which it is mounted to the railway car. As a result, the lives... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401561 | Suspension system for a row crop planter unit A suspension system for a row crop planter unit which includes a shock absorber extending between the planter unit mounting bracket and the parallel arm linkage which vertically mounts the planter unit to a toolbar. The shock absorber permits the planter unit to mov... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401562 | Emergency shutoff system and method A safety system is provided for an anhydrous ammonia nurse tank (4) pulled by a tractor (1) with a tool bar applicator (2). The system includes a safety valve (10), and a breakaway coupling or connector (12) along a flexible hose (... | 07/22/2008 |
