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Patent EP-1458949-B1 (EP)
Inventor: MASON DAVID
IPC: E21B19/08
Filed: 2002-12-20
Granted: 2010-04-07
Abstract: A rotary seal assembly for a rotary support table for use in drilling systems and the like to provide pressurized fluid to a rotary slip assembly disposed within the rotary support table is provided. The rotary seal assembly is designed to be coupled to an existing rotary support table which is used to rotate a drill string, and includes a powered slip that is powered into an engaged position to securely engage a pipe segment, for example, a casing segment. The rotary seal assembly generally comprises a ribbon of expandable material having an outer surface in fluid communication with a source of pressurized fluid, and an inner surface cooperative with a rotary housing, the rotary seal having a plurality of openings capable of communicating fluid between said outer and inner surfaces, wherein the outer seal surface has a surface area greater than the inner surface such that when the pressurized fluid is conducted to the outer surface of the seal a differential pressure between the outer and inner surfaces is created such that the inner surface of the seal is expanded to engage the rotary housing and form an annular fluid duct providing fluid communication between the pressurized fluid source and the rotary housing. A method of operating a rotary table and powered slip assembly utilizing the rotary slip assembly of the current invention is also provided.
Patent EP-1448115-B1 (EP)
Inventor: WARDLAW DOUGLAS
IPC: A61F2/46
Filed: 2002-11-19
Granted: 2008-10-01
Abstract: A flexible prosthetic cover (12) shaped to form a replacement nucleus pulposis for an intervertebral disc comprises an aperture for the introduction of filling material therein, and an elongate introducer member (28) configured to pass into the aperture. The cover has a strengthened portion (26) substantially opposite the aperture for engaging the distal end (42) of the member, the strengthened portion and the said distal end being arranged to interlock, for facilitating orientation of the cover, for example so as to prevent relative rotation there between.
Patent EP-1439218-B1 (EP)
Inventor: CHEMAT FARID C O UNIVERSITE DE
IPC: B01D5/00
Filed: 2003-01-21
Granted: 2004-07-28
Abstract: The apparatus for the extraction of volatile matter from biological materials, e.g. vegetable oils from plants, has a holding zone (1) for the material where it is exposed to microwaves so that the residual water content heats and evaporates. The steam breaks down the vegetable cells, and releases oil vapor. The heat generates a convection movement to carry the vapors upward through a connecting channel (4) into a condensation zone (2). A cooling system (3) reduces the vapor temperature, so that droplets of oil and water form on the inner wall of the condensation zone.  The droplets move downward by gravity, into an outflow channel (6) and into a collection vessel (7). An overflow channel (8) carries water condensation back into the connecting channel. The oil accumulates in the vessel, to be removed through a take-off valve (9).
Patent EP-1352778-B1 (EP)
Inventor: FISCHPERER ROLF DIPL-ING
IPC: B60L13/10
Filed: 2003-04-04
Granted: 2006-12-20
Abstract: Device for operating a magnetic levitation vehicle, comprises a synchronous elongated stator-linear motor with a longitudinal stator winding that interacts with an excitation device mounted on the vehicle. The stator winding (5.4, 26.4) is divided into sections that have a length longer than the excitation device. At least two line cables supply the stators during movement of the vehicle.
Patent EP-1367262-B1 (EP)
Inventor: SUMMERER FRANZ
IPC: F04D29/70
Filed: 2003-05-05
Granted: 2006-11-02
Abstract: A cooling air ventilator has a housing with an air inlet and an air outlet, and coolant tubes. The air inlet has a circular fixed array of guide vanes (3) on a base. The guide vane assembly is esp. located behind a detachable circular protective basket (4).  The protective basket is clip-fitted to the guide vane assembly and secured with cable-ties. The cambered guide vanes minimise fan (2) vortices within the housing.
Patent EP-1369215-B1 (EP)
Inventor: VOGL ERICH R
IPC: B28B11/12
Filed: 2003-05-14
Granted: 2006-12-20
Abstract: The method involves laying the plates directly abutting one another with no gaps whereby any remaining hairline gaps are closed when plastering over the finishing cover. An adhesive or similar product can be applied to the end sides of plates already laid to close the remaining gap when pressing a new adjacent plate against same.
Patent EP-1369968-B1 (EP)
Inventor: CHERNE LARRY W
IPC: H01S3/22
Filed: 2003-06-03
Granted: 2007-08-15
Abstract: The present invention is directed, in part, to a carbon dioxide laser resonator gas comprising carbon dioxide, helium, and nitrogen and having a total halocarbon concentration less than about 100 parts per trillion. In one embodiment, the total halocarbon concentration is less than about 50 parts per trillion. The laser resonator gases, laser systems, and methods of the present invention provide high efficiency and high power laser light while reducing the cost of maintenance and improving the performance of a laser system by limiting the total concentration of halocarbon. <IMAGE>
Patent EP-1468917-B1 (EP)
Inventor: BENVENUTI MARCO
IPC: B65B1/30
Filed: 2003-06-04
Granted: 2006-12-13
Abstract: This invention relates to a discharge and dosing device for the transfer of flowable material between two containers without contaminating the surrounding environment or the product itself. <??>The device includes two containers (1,2) with overlapped openings (11,21) and peripheral seal means (12,22). A cone valve (13) in the first container (1) is movable outwards the container in such a direction to open the cap (23) of the second container (2), while the second container (2) includes return means (25) in order to bring back the a.m. cap to the closing position when the a.m. cone valve concludes its work (13). The path and the frequency of the opening/closing cycle repetition are adjustable in order to obtain the transfer of a dosed material quantity (3) from a container to another. <IMAGE>
Patent EP-1391964-B1 (EP)
Inventor: KAGER GERMAN
IPC: H01R12/61
Filed: 2003-08-08
Granted: 2005-12-07
Abstract: The device has input and output contacts, accommodation elements for conductors for internal wiring of the contacts and at least one contact element with a base body with two opposing free ends, lateral surface pairs with opposing lateral surfaces and first and second clamping points in the first and second pairs for contacting a first and a second conductor at the first and second free ends, whereby the conductors run in opposite directions. The device has input and output contacts, accommodation elements for conductors for internal wiring of the contacts and at least one contact element (1) with a channel-shaped base body (2) with two opposing free ends (3,4), at least two lateral surface pairs (5,6;7,8) consisting of opposing lateral surfaces, first clamping points (9,15) in the first pair for contacting a first conductor at the first free end and second clamping points (16,17) in the second pair for contacting a second conductor at the second free end running in the opposite direction to the first conductor.
Patent EP-1333601-B1 (EP)
Inventor: RUDOLF MARIAN
IPC: H04W92/00
Filed: 2001-10-03
Granted: 2006-12-06
Abstract: The method involves transmitting synchronization sequence having a primary Golay sequence followed by second Golay sequence obtained from polyphase complementary sequence, from one base station. Another base station effects the correlation of the synchronization sequence with the replica of two sequences by trellis filtering. The correlation result is then added to provide synchronization information.
Patent EP-1512583-B1 (EP)
Inventor: FRISCH RUEDIGER
IPC: B60R13/10
Filed: 2003-09-05
Granted: 2006-11-15
Abstract: The present invention provides a license plate comprising a laminate that comprises:  (i) a transparent polymeric support sheet (13); (ii) a transparent retroreflective sheet (11); (iii) one or more transparent adhesive layers (12) adhering said transparent polymeric support sheet (13) and said transparent retroreflective sheet (11) together; and (iv) indicia (14).  The license plate can be removably mounted to a light source for back lighting the license plate. The invention further describes a method of making the license plate and to a license plate assembly.
Patent EP-1335318-B1 (EP)
Inventor: PHILIPP HARALD
IPC: G06F3/041
Filed: 2003-01-16
Granted: 2005-07-20
Abstract: Capacitive touch screens are commonly used as pointing sensors to provide a man-machine interface for computer driven systems. These screens commonly suffer from a 'handshadow effect' error associated with the undesired proximity detection of a portion of a relatively large object (such as a hand) comprising or associated with a smaller pointing portion or object (such as finger tip), where the smaller pointing portion is closer to a touch sensing surface than is the rest of the object. This error can be removed from an indicated touch position by using a history profile of data derived from the screen both just prior to its being touched, and just after the touch is detected. The earlier data in the historical sequence provide a measure dominated by the handshadow, while the data taken at or after the time of touch are more strongly influenced by the position of the finger tip. Thus, a variety of predictive or extrapolation methods can be used to either correct the raw signals occurring during touch, or processed to determine a new final value of the touch. <IMAGE>
Patent EP-1398859-B1 (EP)
Inventor: DAVIS DAVID R
IPC: H02G9/06
Filed: 2003-08-28
Granted: 2007-06-27
Abstract: A flexible harness wrap for protecting bundles or cables laid therein is disclosed. The harness wrap includes a first row having a first plurality of slots and a second row having a second plurality of slots. A method of making a flexible harness wrap for protecting bundles or cables laid therein is also disclosed. <IMAGE>
Patent EP-1461049-B1 (EP)
Inventor: EKMAN-ORDEBERG GUNVOR
IPC: A61K38/095
Filed: 2003-01-02
Granted: 2008-05-14
Abstract: A method of treating protracted labor in a pregnant woman comprises administering to a pregnant woman an effective amount of a depolymerized low molecular weight heparin treated with periodate to eradicate antithrombin III binding affinities, thereby exhibiting an anticoagulant activity of 10 BP units/mg or less and an average molecular weight not higher than 10000 Da to prime or curatively treat the cervix and myometrium and for treatment of slow progress of labor. A method for prophylactic priming or curative treatment of the cervix and the myometrium for establishing effective labor in a pregnant woman comprises administering to a pregnant woman an effective amount of a depolymerized low molecular weight heparin as described to prophylactically prime or curatively treat the cervix and myometrium and for establishing effective labor in the pregnant woman.
Patent EP-1593227-B1 (EP)
Inventor: HERZBERG HANAN
IPC: H04L5/14
Filed: 2003-02-04
Granted: 2009-03-25
Abstract: A method of analyzing the performance of a modem connection. The method includes connecting a line interface to a communication link carrying signals of a modem connection, between a pair of end modems, collecting signals passing on the communication link, between the end modems, through the line interface, determining quality or transmission characteristics regarding the modem connection, responsive to signals collected through the line interface, and displaying information on the determined characteristics.
Patent EP-1480883-B1 (EP)
Inventor: PERKINS ANDREW
IPC: B65D81/00
Filed: 2003-02-13
Granted: 2010-05-05
Abstract: Machine and method for making air-filled packing cushions from a roll of prefabricated film material having a longitudinally extending inflation channel near one edge of the material and chambers which communicate with the channel through laterally extending passageways. The roll rests on a pair of spaced apart, horizontally extending rollers. The film material is fed from the roll to an inflation tube which extends into the inflation channel, air is introduced into the chambers through the inflation tube to inflate the cushions, and a longitudinally extending seal is formed across the passageways between the channel and the chambers after the cushions are inflated.
Patent EP-1481215-B1 (EP)
Inventor: BREYTENBACH FREDERIK GERT JOHANNES
IPC: F41A3/74
Filed: 2003-02-20
Granted: 2010-01-13
Abstract: This invention relates to a breech assembly of a gun adapted to fire caseless charges, ignited and enhanced with electrothermal chemical (ETC) charges. The gun utilizes charges as propellant and a plasma generator cartridge (PGC) for generating plasma when an electrical current is applied thereto. The breech assembly comprises a breech ring, a tilting block assembly, with a spindle installed and a sliding block for supporting or locking the tilting block assembly in a sealed position. The tilting block assembly is movable between a PGC firing orientation and a PGC loading/removal orientation. The breech assembly further includes a crank means, which includes a guide means for rotating the tilting block assembly from the PGC firing orientation to the PGC loading/removal orientation.
Patent EP-1513644-B1 (EP)
Inventor: KLUGE CHRISTIAN
IPC: B23D27/02
Filed: 2003-03-22
Granted: 2007-04-25
Abstract: The invention relates to bolt cutters (10) for cutting through rod-shaped materials, especially fittings comprising at least two parallel rods or bars (30, 31). In order to enable the parallel rods or bars (30, 31) to be cut in an off set manner, two pairs of jaws with knife-edged joints ( 11, 12; 13, 14) are arranged at a distance from each other.
Patent EP-1494877-B1 (EP)
Inventor: STEWART WILLIAM DAVID
IPC: B60C23/04
Filed: 2003-04-14
Granted: 2010-03-03
Abstract: A tire monitor for use in conjunction with a remote tire monitoring system of a vehicle includes in one embodiment a dual-axis accelerometer and a control circuit. The control circuit determines position information such as the right/left position of the tire monitor on the vehicle in response to an acceleration signal from the dual axis accelerometer. The tire monitor transmits tire data and the position information to a control unit of a remote tire monitor system. The control unit determines additional position information such as front/rear position of the transmitting tire monitor by detecting signal strength of the transmission. This allows the system to automatically re-learn the position of tire monitors on the vehicle, even after tire rotation.
Patent EP-1499900-B1 (EP)
Inventor: BITZER FRANZ
IPC: F16H61/00
Filed: 2003-04-10
Granted: 2005-11-23
Abstract: The method involves determining the revolution rate of the part from a number of components in a system subject to oscillations that are coupled in relation to their rotatability by measuring the revolution rate of a component in or at an oscillation node and computing the revolution rate of the part from the measured revolution rate and the transmission ratio between the component and the part. An independent claim is also included for the following: a method of determining the slipping of a continuously variable transmission or CVT, a conical disk gearbox and a method of controling a CVT gearbox.
Patent EP-1627430-B1 (EP)
Title: Boitier de circuit integre a substrat flexible
Inventor: FERNANDEZ ELSTAN ANTHONY
IPC: H05K7/20
Filed: 2003-05-28
Granted: 2008-10-01
Abstract: L'invention concerne un boîtier de circuit intégré, comprenant un substrat laminaire flexible (1). Ledit substrat (1) comporte une couche flexible (5) de matériau thermoconducteur, sur une de ses faces. La couche (5) s'étend à travers une ouverture (9) ménagée dans le substrat (1) flexible. Un premier circuit intégré (11) est monté sur la couche (5), dans l'ouverture (9) et est relié par microcâblage au substrat (1). Une puce à protubérances (21) est montée sur le premier circuit intégré (11). Les deux circuits intégrés (11, 21) sont intégrés dans un corps en résine (23).
Patent EP-1484979-B1 (EP)
Inventor: NIELSEN ULRICH CARLIN
IPC: A22B5/00
Filed: 2003-03-18
Granted: 2006-08-09
Abstract: Method and system for monitoring the processing of items such as pieces of meat, including carcasses of pigs, calves, beeves and so on, also poultry, fish etc., where use is made of an identification for the individual animal and/or the individual item or part item. The processing involves cutting-up into smaller pieces, inasmuch as a registration of identification for a piece of meat, a carcass or the like is effected. The piece of meat (22) is processed into a plurality of processed pieces at a coarse parting station (2), and the processed pieces of meat are transported further, preferably in a predetermined sequence. The processed pieces of meat are each allocated to one of a multiple of workstations (20,60,64), taking into account predetermined criteria, including the capacity of the individual workstations, for example while paying regard to where capacity is available and/or the expectation of capacity soon to be available, inasmuch as an identification for said respective workstations is registered and the allocated pieces of meat are processed at the respective workstations while use is made of visual instruction. Hereafter, a further transport is established of the whole or parts of the yield from the cutting-up of the allocated piece of meat, such as one or more cuts. The further transport is similarly registered so that traceability is established for the pieces of meat, including also for the cuts.
Patent EP-1540849-B1 (EP)
Inventor: PAN JUNG-LIN
IPC: H04B1/707
Filed: 2003-09-09
Granted: 2009-02-11
Abstract: A wireless communication apparatus for performing an extended algorithm (EA) with over-sampling, the apparatus comprising: 
- a first input (105) receiving a signal; 
- a second input (110) for receiving a channel impulse response; 
- a first zero padding unit (115) for zero padding the received signal in the tail until the length of sequence achieves length Lm and output a first output; 
- a second zero padding unit (125) for zero padding the channel impulse response in the tail until the length of the extended sequence achieves length Lm and outputting a second output; 
- a first processing unit (135) for performing a discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) or fast Fourier transform (FFT) on the zero padded received signal; 
- a second processing unit (140) for performing a DFT or FFT on the zero padded channel impulse response; 
- a conjugate unit (145) for conjugating the transformed zero padded channel impulse response; and 
- a multiplier (150) for multiplying the transformed zero padded received signal with the conjugated transformed zero padded channel impulse response.
Patent EP-1625101-B1 (EP)
Inventor: NELLES HEINZ
IPC: B22F3/10
Filed: 2003-09-19
Granted: 2009-04-15
Abstract: A porous near-net-shape metallic parts with an open porosity of at least 10% by volume is made by first forming an injectable mass of a metallic powder of stainless steel, Ti, NiTi, or a titanium alloy, at least one thermoplastic binder, and at least one place holder. The mass then injection molded into the shape of the part to be produced, cooled, set in a capillary-active material, and subjected to a first-stage binder removal to produce an open porosity. The place holder is then removed at least partially from the part with a fluid, and the part is subjected to a thermal binder-removing process. Finally the part is sintered.
Patent EP-1556970-B1 (EP)
Inventor: ZEITFUSS MICHAEL P
IPC: G01S19/14
Filed: 2003-09-30
Granted: 2012-08-15
Abstract: L'invention concerne un procédé et un système permettant de suivre un objet par génération de coordonnées GPS dudit objet et d'un relèvement associé au déplacement de cet objet. Les coordonnées GPS comprennent une latitude, une longitude et une altitude qui sont traitées. Elles peuvent être traitées afin de corréler l'altitude de l'objet avec un identificateur qui identifie un niveau dans une structure. Une icône représentant l'objet peut ensuite être précisément localisée dans une première visualisation d'un modèle tridimensionnel. Un indicateur peut être associé à l'icône afin d'indiquer le niveau, le relèvement et/ou les coordonnées GPS de l'objet. Les coordonnées GPS de cet objet peuvent être comparées à une seconde localisation de l'objet afin de déterminer des instructions d'acheminement. L'objet peut être une personne, un véhicule, un navire ou un aéronef.
Patent EP-1564116-B1 (EP)
Inventor: SAIZ RIOS FRANCISCO
IPC: B62D49/08
Filed: 2003-10-23
Granted: 2008-12-17
Abstract: Stabilizing system for tractors, being useful, preferably for tractors with four-wheel drive for agricultural use, and which, in their front part have a support for mounting inertial mass, in such a way that the stabilizing system (1) comprises a first body (2) that is fastened to the front support (6) of the tractor, to whose first body (2) fastened to the front support (6) of the tractor a second support body (3) of an inertial mass (7) is connected, by means of at least one rotating arm rotatably connected to the first body (2) and at least one elastic part rotatably connected to both of them. <IMAGE>
Patent EP-1551924-B1 (EP)
Inventor: SIGWORTH WILLIAM D
IPC: C08H8/00
Filed: 2003-09-23
Granted: 2007-01-10
Abstract: L'invention concerne un procédé de préparation de matériau composite, qui comporte les étapes consistant à : A) encoller une fibre naturelle à l'aide d'un organosilane réactif ; B) mélanger la fibre naturelle collée à une résine de polyoléfine ; et C) ajouter un agent de couplage de polyoléfine fonctionnalisé au mélange de fibre naturelle et de résine de polyoléfine pour produire le matériau composite.
Patent EP-1539818-B1 (EP)
Inventor: NORTH WILLIAM G
IPC: A61P35/00
Filed: 2003-07-16
Granted: 2010-12-15
Abstract: The present invention discloses antibodies, antigen binding fragments, peptides and peptidomimetics immunoreactive with provasopressin and compositions thereof, methods of phenotyping tissue samples, methods of treating cancer, and kits for phenotyping test biopsy samples and bodily fluids for breast cancer, small cell lung cancer, ductal carcinoma in situ, and atypical ductal hyperplasia.
Patent EP-1521959-B1 (EP)
Inventor: STEARNS DANIEL G
IPC: A61K49/00
Filed: 2003-07-15
Granted: 2010-09-08
Abstract: The present invention provides systems and methods for obtaining a three-dimensional (3D) representation of one or more light sources inside a sample, such as a mammal. Mammalian tissue is a turbid medium, meaning that photons are both absorbed and scattered as they propagate through tissue. In the case where scattering is large compared with absorption, such as red to near-infrared light passing through tissue, the transport of light within the sample is described by diffusion theory. Using imaging data and computer-implemented photon diffusion models, embodiments of the present invention produce a 3D representation of the light sources inside a sample, such as a 3D location, size, and brightness of such light sources.
Patent EP-1613176-B1 (EP)
Inventor: HOEGH LARS
IPC: A23L7/109
Filed: 2003-11-04
Granted: 2007-03-07
Abstract: A method of improving the hydration of pasta or pasta products, comprising adding to the pasta or to pasta dough or to pasta dough ingredients an effective amount of an oxidoreductase which is at least capable of oxidizing a carbohydrate. Preferably the oxidoreductase is at least capable of oxidizing maltose.