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Patent EP-1374771-B1 (EP)
Inventor: BRENNEMAN ALLEN J
IPC: A61B17/32
Filed: 2003-06-25
Granted: 2006-03-08
Abstract: A lancet needle for lancing finger tips and other sites on a body to draw small samples of blood has a multisided body. The body has one end that has a portion at an angle to define a sharp edge adapted to lance a finger tip or other body site. <IMAGE>
Patent EP-1516537-B1 (EP)
Inventor: SCHMITT GERHARD
IPC: A23C9/123
Filed: 2003-09-18
Granted: 2005-10-19
Abstract: A novel powdered additive (I) for a probiotic yogurt foodstuff comprises: (a) probiotic cultures with a predetermined content of living probiotic lactic acid bacteria; (b) a thermogenic-lipolytic-resorption promoting agent for strengthening the resorptive process in the intestines; and (c) an agent for dilating the capillaries in the intestinal tract. An independent claim is included for a probiotic foodstuff dessert (II) prepared from (I) and milk (preferably homogenized milk), after a generation time of a few hours.
Patent EP-1411312-B1 (EP)
Inventor: VON GRADOWSKI BERNHARD
IPC: F28D20/00
Filed: 2003-09-26
Granted: 2006-11-08
Abstract: The hot water heater with a buffer store, and especially as a combination boiler (1), is a solar layer heater working optionally with a burner using gas or oil fuel working with a number of circuits. The tank has a solar circuit (2), a circuit for washing and shower water (3), and connections (4a,4b) to supply a heating system. Holders for the heat exchangers (8) are at the hot water supply pipes. A stabilizer (11) for the layers of hot water is at the lower section of the tank, over the solar heat exchanger (6), to divide the interior of the tank, and give a flow link between the lower tank section (15) and the larger upper hot water storage section (16).
Patent EP-1411663-B1 (EP)
Inventor: KFIR ASHER
IPC: H04Q11/04
Filed: 2003-03-07
Granted: 2007-12-05
Abstract: The time alignment of a new channel and the group of virtually concatenated channels, is performed without using any pointer justification action regardless of the network delays associated with the groups channel in a mode. The time alignment is performed using a pointer justification action if a network delay associated with groups channels is larger than group-associated network delay, in another mode. An independent claim is also included for network elements communication enabling apparatus.
Patent EP-1389816-B1 (EP)
Inventor: HARTIKAINEN ARI
IPC: H01R25/00
Filed: 2003-07-30
Granted: 2006-09-20
Abstract: The invention relates to an installation box for electric appliances. The box comprises a bottom (1), two opposite side walls (2), attachment means (3) projecting from the bottom and/or the sidewalls for attaching electric appliances, and engagement brackets (4, 5) at the side walls' upper edges for fastening the installation box to the rims of a trunking or some other socket frame installation opening. The installation box consists of socket modules (10), whose opposite ends are provided with coupling means (11, 12), which establish a preformed locking with the coupling means (11, 12) of another socket module, such that the installation box is infinitely extendable by way of the socket modules (10) to a desired number of modules. The ends of the socket modules (10) can be fitted with connectors (7, 8), which are compatible with connectors (8, 7) present at the end of an adjacent socket module (10) or a cable. The assembled connectors (7, 8) are concealable with a cover plate (22). <IMAGE>
Patent EP-1541860-B1 (EP)
Inventor: STRINGFELLOW CHRISTOPHER
IPC: F02M61/16
Filed: 2003-12-12
Granted: 2007-07-04
Abstract: 1. A fuel injector (10) for use in an internal combustion engine, comprising a supply passage (24) for high pressure fuel and an injection nozzle (25) for receiving high pressure fuel. The injection nozzle (25) includes a valve needle (26) which is engageable with a valve needle seating (28) to control fuel delivery from the injector (10). A surface associated with the valve needle is exposed to fuel pressure within a control chamber (42) and a first restricted flow path (44, 44a) provides communication between the supply passage (24) and the control chamber (42). A supplementary flow means (47, 46) also provides communication between the supply passage (24) and the control chamber (42) under the control of a control valve (48), so as to allow high pressure fuel to flow from the supply passage (24) into the control chamber (42) through two flow paths (44, 46, 47) when it is required to terminate an injection of fuel.  <IMAGE>
Patent EP-1582036-B1 (EP)
Inventor: ANDERSEN FRANK-UWE
IPC: H04L29/06
Filed: 2003-01-09
Granted: 2006-08-02
Abstract: L'invention concerne un procédé pour commander un échange de données entre des abonnés mobiles dans un réseau de communication mobile à commutation par paquet. Selon ce procédé, chaque abonné est géré en fonction de son emplacement actuel dans le réseau de communication mobile dans un noeud de commande déterminé (SGSN) du réseau de communication mobile; les communications à destination/à partir d'un terminal de communication mobile de l'abonné mobile à l'intérieur du réseau de communication mobile sont commandées par le noeud de commande correspondant. Selon l'invention, un registre d'adresses comportant toutes les adresses attribuées aux abonnés mobiles gérés par le noeud de commande sont mémorisées dans le noeud de commande; une adresse cible associée aux paquets de données est extraite des paquets de données arrivant, dans le noeud de commande, et comparée au registre d'adresses au moyen d'une fonction de recherche; si l'adresse cible figure dans le registre d'adresses, les paquets de données sont traités et acheminés à l'intérieur du réseau de communication mobile exclusivement par le noeud de commande; si l'adresse cible ne figure pas dans le registre d'adresses, les paquets de données sont acheminés par le noeud de commande à un autre noeud (GGSN) du réseau de communication mobile pour être traités ultérieurement.
Patent EP-1483764-B1 (EP)
Inventor: LIEBLER-RANZUS MICHAEL
IPC: G21C3/352
Filed: 2003-02-05
Granted: 2008-12-03
Abstract: The invention relates to a spacer (1) for the fuel element of a boiling water reactor, comprising cells (4) that are formed by inner partitions (2), which are arranged in a crisscross manner, and by outer partitions (3), which surround the inner partitions in a frame-like manner. A guiding device (11) is placed on the spacer (1) and comprises a flow-through opening (12), which is located in an outer partition (3). The guiding device also comprises a guiding element (13) which, when viewed in the direction of flow (16) of the coolant, is located in front of the flow-through opening (12), is situated at a distance from the inner side (6) of the outer partition (3), and interacts with the flow-through opening (12) like a venturi nozzle.
Patent EP-1471919-B1 (EP)
Inventor: BIGGADIKE KEITH
IPC: A61K31/46
Filed: 2003-02-04
Granted: 2005-08-10
Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of formula (I), or a solvate thereof, in combination with a muscarinic receptor antagonist.
Patent EP-1491627-B1 (EP)
Inventor: ASANO KAORU
IPC: C12N15/09
Filed: 2003-03-19
Granted: 2006-09-27
Abstract: Examining genes to assess the risk of the onset of glaucoma comprising detection of at least two mutations in the glaucoma related gene encoding region and/or a region upstream from it, is new. The glaucoma related gene is preferably the MYOC gene. Independent claims are also included for oligonucleotides primers for hybridizing to the above regions; and a kit for carrying out the method.
Patent EP-1485208-B1 (EP)
Inventor: VAN DER HEIJDEN EDGAR IVO MARIA
IPC: B05B11/00
Filed: 2003-03-11
Granted: 2010-07-14
Abstract: The invention relates to a combination of a first container and a second container to form a dispensing unit. The first and second containers each have a reservoir for a liquid substance and pump which is secured to the reservoir, can be actuated by hand and has a dispensing opening and a pump-actuating button for dispensing substance from the reservoir. The combination also comprises coupling means for coupling together the first and second containers in a position next to one another. The invention is characterized in that the coupling means comprise: one or more first coupling members, which are each arranged on the first container, and one or more second coupling means, which are each arranged on the second container and which can each be directly coupled to an associated first coupling member on the first container. It is preferable for a first coupling member and an associated second coupling member each to be arranged fixedly on the assembly of reservoir and pump of the associated container in order to create a stable coupling between the assemblies reservoir and pump of the two containers.
Patent EP-1504445-B1 (EP)
Inventor: WANG AVERY LI-CHUN
IPC: G10L15/10
Filed: 2003-04-18
Granted: 2008-08-20
Abstract: The present invention provides an innovative technique for rapidly and accurately determining whether two audio samples match, as well as being immune to various kinds of transformations, such as playback speed variation. The relationship between the two audio samples is characterized by first matching certain fingerprint objects derived from the respective samples. A set (230) of fingerprint objects (231,232), each occurring at a particular location (242), is generated for each audio sample (210). Each location (242) is determined in dependence upon the content of the respective audio sample (210) and each fingerprint object (232) characterizes one or more local features (222) at or near the respective particular location (242). A relative value is next determined for each pair of matched fingerprint objects. A histogram of the relative values is then generated. If a statistically significant peak is found, the two audio samples can be characterized as substantially matching.
Patent EP-1511971-B1 (EP)
Inventor: ERNE KURT
IPC: G01C9/20
Filed: 2003-05-17
Granted: 2010-04-14
Abstract: The invention relates to an optical inclinometer, in which radiation is emitted form a radiation source. After passing through a receptacle containing at least one first medium, said radiation is reproduced in a camera. Information concerning the inclination of the inclinometer can be gathered from the position of the first medium, in particular a liquid level, in relation to the inclinometer or the camera. The recording of the position of the first medium by a camera permits the evaluation of a plurality of characteristics, in particular the form, dimension and position of a boundary layer.
Patent EP-1490888-B1 (EP)
Inventor: DE CHAMBOST EMMANUEL
IPC: G01N23/225
Filed: 2003-03-28
Granted: 2006-11-08
Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for measuring the X-ray emission produced by an object, or specimen, exposed to an electron beam. The device includes at least one subassembly or electron column, which is used to produce and control the electron beam, and a support for positioning the object measured. It also includes spectral analysis means for analyzing the X-rays emitted by the specimen to be analyzed and optical means for controlling the position of the specimen relative to the beam. The energy of the beam created and the intensity of the electron current obtained are used to meet the sensitivity, resolution and precision requirements demanded by semiconductor manufacturers. The invention applies especially to checking the fabrication of an integrated-circuit wafer.
Patent EP-1534088-B1 (EP)
Inventor: OKADA KINEO
IPC: A23L13/30
Filed: 2003-07-02
Granted: 2011-09-21
Abstract: A method for making a bouillon, comprising providing meat, and meat extract and/or bone extract; lactic acid fermenting at least an extract portion, or further providing lactic acid fermentation products; and dehydrating the mixture of meat and meat extract and/or bone extract. Vegetables and/or spices may also be added. The bouillon is readily extractable in hot water within a short period. A preferred product achieves a target flavor profile of beef consommé.
Patent EP-1531048-B1 (EP)
Inventor: MORIMOTO SHINJI
IPC: B41J3/28
Filed: 2003-07-22
Granted: 2008-09-17
Abstract: A printing system and a printing method, the printing method comprising the steps of horizontally placing cloth on a table, moving a nozzle head for ink jet printing in main and auxiliary scanning directions by a carriage for printing, extracting the presence area of printed data from print data, disassembling the presence area into a plurality of blocks, and controlling the carriage so that the nozzle head moves in the blocks for printing. <IMAGE>
Patent EP-1550005-B1 (EP)
Inventor: OGATA KENZO
IPC: G03G9/087
Filed: 2003-09-09
Granted: 2012-03-14
Abstract: An electrostatic developer is provided that contains toner-containing image-forming particles and an uncrosslinked, linear hydrocarbon based homopolymer wax component, wherein the wax has a total number of branches in each of one or more chains that is less than 0.5%, relative to total number of carbons in said wax; wherein the wax is further characterized by having a set of endotherms as determined by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) run at a maximum rate of 10° C. per minute, these endotherms being characterized by a primary endotherm and at least a secondary endotherm, the primary endotherm exhibiting a temperature range of between 70° C. and 90° C., and the secondary endotherm exhibiting a temperature range of between 95° C. and 110° C., and wherein the wax has a crystallinity of from 75% to 90% as determined by small angle X-ray diffraction analysis.
Patent EP-1562746-B1 (EP)
Inventor: FLOCCO LUIGI
IPC: B32B27/08
Filed: 2003-10-10
Granted: 2008-06-04
Abstract: The present invention relates to a coextruded heat shrinkable multi-layer film with gas and water vapour barrier properties, consisting of at least one core layer and two external layers, characterised in that it comprises a polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) based core layer.
Patent EP-1590874-B1 (EP)
Inventor: HAHN INGO
IPC: H02K21/16
Filed: 2003-10-17
Granted: 2010-02-24
Abstract: The machine has a primary part with a number of grooves and electrical strands, a secondary part (1) with a number of pole pairs (P1-P4), each consisting of two magnetic poles (2) of different polarity. The pole gap (6) is essentially the same for all pole pairs and results from a uniform distribution of all poles on the secondary part and at least one pole pair is shifted by a defined distance (5) relative to an equidistant distribution of pole pairs for unchanged pole gaps. Independent claims are also included for the following: (a) an arrangement for implementing the inventive method (b) a magnetizing tool (c) and an assembly tool.
Patent EP-1665544-B1 (EP)
Inventor: ZIERHOFER CLEMENS M
IPC: H03M3/02
Filed: 2003-09-26
Granted: 2008-11-05
Abstract: A system and method for adaptive sigma-delta modulation. The system includes a input stage that produces a difference signal representing the difference between an analog input signal x(n) and a analog feedback signal z(n), the amplitude of the analog input signal x(n) within a first range [-a,+a]. An accumulator stage produces an accumulated signal that is a function of an accumulation of the difference signal, the accumulator stage transforming the accumulation of the difference signal so as to increase average magnitude while ensuring instantaneous magnitude does not exceed a predetermined value. A quantization stage produces a quantized digital signal y 0 (n) representing the accumulated signal. Based on the quantized digital signal y 0 (n), a adaptation stage produces a digital output signal z 0 (n), which is converted to the analog feedback signal z(n) by a digital-to-analog converter stage.
Patent EP-1523654-B1 (EP)
Inventor: RUMMEL PETER
IPC: G06V10/145
Filed: 2003-07-17
Granted: 2007-07-04
Abstract: In order to determine three-dimensional coordinates of a surface ( 2 ) of an object ( 3 ) to be detected, the changes in color of a color pattern ( 5 ), which is projected by a projector ( 4 ) onto the surface ( 2 ), are to be encoded by using a redundant code. An analyzing method, which analyzes the changes in color occurring in an image ( 7 ) recorded by a camera ( 6 ), is insensitive to changes on the surface ( 2 ). In addition, the contour of the object ( 3 ) can be determined with a single recording. The method is thereby also suited for moving objects.
Patent EP-1572598-B1 (EP)
Inventor: BUGNET BERNARD
IPC: H01M4/58
Filed: 2003-07-25
Granted: 2007-01-17
Abstract: The invention relates to an active mass additive to a zinc anode for an alkaline secondary electrochemical generator. Said additive contains a conductive ceramic powder, preferably titanium nitride particles, which is exposed to an oxidation pre-treatment prior to the incorporation thereof into the anode active mass. Said ceramic powder is used as an electronic conduction in the anode active mass and as a retention of zincates produced by generator discharge. In order to use said retentive capacity, the powder is exposed to an oxidation pre-treatment, whereby making it possible to form the zincate binding sites on the ceramic grain surfaces. The inventive additive makes it possible, starting from the first cycles of the electrode formation, to form uniform zinc deposits, thereby increasing the service life for the cycling of the zinc anode.
Patent EP-1532786-B1 (EP)
Inventor: ARSLAN HUSEYIN
IPC: H04L25/03
Filed: 2003-07-09
Granted: 2008-12-03
Abstract: Information is recovered from a composite signal including first and second component signals modulated according to respective first and second modulations, for example, 8-PSK and GMSK. The composite signal is processed based on predetermined characteristics of the first and second modulations, for example, signal rotations, to generate a channel model for the first component signal and a whitening filter for the second component signal. The composite signal is filtered according to the whitening filter to generate a filtered signal. A symbol hypothesis for a symbol of the first component signal is evaluated using a metric with respect to the filtered signal that is a function of the whitening filter and the channel model, for example, in a multidimensional Viterbi symbol estimation algorithm. The invention may be embodied as methods, apparatus and computer program products.
Patent EP-1547605-B1 (EP)
Inventor: SONOBE N
IPC: A61P13/12
Filed: 2003-10-31
Granted: 2008-08-20
Abstract: An adsorbent for oral administration, characterized by comprising a spherical activated carbon, wherein a diameter is 0.01 to 1 mm, a specific surface area determined by Langmuir's adsorption equation is 1000 m<2>/g or more, and a diffraction intensity ratio, an R value, determined by an equation (1): <DF NUM="(1)">R=(I15-I35)/(I24-I35) </DF> wherein I15 is a diffraction intensity when a diffraction angle (2θ) of an X-ray diffractometry is 15 DEG , I35 is a diffraction intensity when a diffraction angle (2θ) of an X-ray diffractometry is 35 DEG , and I24 is a diffraction intensity when a diffraction angle (2θ) of an X-ray diffractometry is 24 DEG , is 1.4 or more; and an adsorbent for an oral administration, characterized by comprising a surface-modified spherical activated carbon, wherein a diameter is 0.01 to 1 mm, a specific surface area determined by Langmuir's adsorption equation is 1000 m<2>/g or more, a total amount of acidic groups is 0.40 to 1.00 meq/g, a total amount of basic groups is 0.40 to 1.10 meq/g, and a diffraction intensity ratio, an R value, determined by equation (1) is 1.4 or more. The adsorbents for oral administration exhibit a useful selective adsorbability, that is, a less adsorbability of useful substances in a body, and a greater adsorbability of toxic substances. <IMAGE>
Patent EP-1536709-B1 (EP)
Inventor: MORIN CLAUDE
IPC: A42B3/28
Filed: 2003-08-04
Granted: 2009-06-03
Abstract: The invention concerns a protective helmet comprising front (1) and rear (2) shells articulated to be mobile between an opening position and a closing position. The invention is characterized in the articulation of the two shells (1, 2) is such that it comprises at least a hinge link (6) pivotably mounted between the two shells (1, 2). Advantageously, the rear shell (2) is controlled in its opening trajectory by a set of lateral levers, and articulated side surfaces. The invention is particularly applicable to helmets for motorcyclists.
Patent EP-1573149-B1 (EP)
Inventor: SJOEBERG AKE
IPC: B27G11/00
Filed: 2003-11-27
Granted: 2010-03-03
Abstract: Means for installation of panels, the panels comprising a core, a decorative upper surface and edges provided with joining means for positioning the panels towards one another. Predetermined portions of the edges are provided with an encapsulated agent which is made present on the edges of the surface elements before assembly and which encapsulation is ruptured by means of assembly making the agent available to the core. The surface elements are hereby joined to one another by use of the joining means wherein a unit of a plurality of surface elements is formed.
Patent EP-1552618-B1 (EP)
Inventor: LEVESQUE CHRIS
IPC: H04B1/00
Filed: 2003-10-15
Granted: 2011-05-11
Abstract: A low-noise switching voltage regulator for supplying a voltage to a radio frequency (RF) power amplifier is disclosed. In one embodiment, the invention can be conceptualized as a power amplifier supply circuit, comprising a pair of oppositely polarized semiconductor switches, and a data formatter configured to supply a data stream having a voltage transition on at least every other bit to each of the pair of oppositely polarized semiconductor switches.
Patent EP-1530517-B1 (EP)
Inventor: PFERRER MARKUS
IPC: B65C1/02
Filed: 2003-06-03
Granted: 2007-03-07
Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method for labelling objects, in particular food packages. The device comprises a printer, in particular a thermal-direct printer or thermal-transfer printer for printing labels; an application device for applying a printed label to the object to be labelled; and at least one working device, arranged upstream of the application device, in the form of a weighing device, a packaging device, and/or a transport device for the objects to be labelled. In order to prolong the service life of the print head and to improve the print quality, the provision of a measuring and control device is proposed which for each object to be labelled determines the printing time that is available for printing the label to be applied to each of said objects, taking into account the required working time of the working device/s, and which measuring and control device, depending on the printing time determined, controls the printer such that printing of the label is completed within the available printing time at a matching printing speed, which is as slow as possible.
Patent EP-1572500-B1 (EP)
Inventor: SCHMIDT AXEL H
IPC: C08K7/02
Filed: 2003-12-19
Granted: 2007-01-24
Abstract: A deadening material especially for automobiles having a binding agent and a filler material based on straw. The straw is chaffed, shredded and/or disintegrated.
Patent EP-1576627-B1 (EP)
Inventor: MAERKY CHRISTOPHE
IPC: F01L9/20
Filed: 2003-12-19
Granted: 2008-11-19
Abstract: The electromagnetic valve drive (11,14) has an elastic unit (12,13) with a coil (20) and permanent magnet (22). The center section (16) defines a magnetic path (23) for magnetic flux generated by the coil passing the flux outside the permanent magnet.