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Andrew John Graf, Balmain AU
Bernhard Graf, Graz AT
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| 20120086217 | Power Generation Apparatus - The invention relates to a power generation apparatus ( | 04-12-2012 |
Christian Graf, Paderborn DE
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| 20120126667 | METHOD FOR OBTAINING ELECTRICAL ENERGY FROM THE KINETIC ENERGY OF WAVES - The invention relates to a method for obtaining electrical energy from the kinetic energy waves. According to said method, a device is provided in the water, comprising an electroactive polymer that can expand with the action of the waves. When the electroactive polymer expands, an electrical charge is applied at a specific time for a specific time interval. Said electrical charge is removed during the relaxation of the polymer, except for a residual charge. According to said method, the variables of the electrical target charge required for the operation of the method, and the time intervals for the beginning and end of the charging and discharging of the electroactive polymer are determined. The invention also relates to a system for obtaining electrical energy and to a computer program product comprising commands that can be implemented by a microprocessor for carrying out the calculations in the method according to the invention. | 05-24-2012 |
Dominik Graf, Nabburg DE
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| 20110260441 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR APPLYING AT LEAST ONE IMAGE TO A PLASTIC SUBSTRATE OF A SECURITY DOCUMENT, SECURITY DOCUMENT HAVING A PLASTIC SUBSTRATE WHICH BEARS AN IMAGE - A method for applying at least one image to a plastics substrate of a security document, comprising the following steps: selection of an image section from electronically stored image data of an image by means of a selection device; application of a connecting layer to the plastics substrate, the surface area and surface shape of the connecting layer corresponding to the surface area and surface shape of the selected image section, by means of an application device; and printing the applied connecting layer with a printed image that reproduces the image section, in such a manner that the connecting layer and the printed image are congruent, by means of a printing device. | 10-27-2011 |
Egerhardt Graf, Joinville BR
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| 20100186585 | Piston-and-Cylinder Assembly with a Variable Diametral Clearance, and a Cylinder for Use in a Piston-and-Cylinder Assembly with a Variable Diametral Clearance - A piston-and-cylinder assembly, used in cooling sys terns that may include, for example, refrigerators, air-conditioning systems and the like. In order to solve the problems of volumetric loss (or of cooling capacity) of compressors in general, according to the present invention, one foresees configuring the cylinder ( | 07-29-2010 |
Gudrun Graf, Shenzen CN
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| 20090209843 | METHOD TO ACQUIRE IMAGE DATA SETS WITH A MAGNETIC RESONANCE APPARATUS - In a method to acquire image data sets with a magnetic resonance apparatus in the examination of a patient, and to generate post-processed images, in which different measurement protocols to acquire various image data sets are set manually and the image data sets are acquired, and all measurement protocols are stored in an examination-specific or patient-specific measurement protocol file. The processing parameter sets for post-processing of at least one part of the image data sets are set manually and the post-processed images are generated, and all processing parameter sets are stored in the examination-specific or patient-specific measurement protocol file. The measurement protocols stored in the measurement protocol file are automatically loaded and executed to acquire comparable image data sets in the implementation of a follow-up examination of the same patient. The processing parameter sets stored in the measurement protocol file are automatically loaded, and the newly acquired image data sets are processed to generate comparable post-processed images. | 08-20-2009 |
Hans Graf, Dornbirn AT
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| 20100252639 | DISPLAY MODULE AND DATA STORAGE MEDIUM WITH AN INSERTED DISPLAY MODULE - The invention relates to a module ( | 10-07-2010 |
Jens Graf, Gochsheim DE
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| 20120117283 | ARRANGEMENT COMPRISING A FIRST SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP AND A SECOND SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP CONNECTED THERETO - A data communication method for semiconductor chips including transmitting load control data, pilot data and a transmission clock signal from a first semiconductor chip to one or more second semiconductor chips that are each coupled to one or more electrical loads, driving the electrical loads based on a timing defined by the load control data, deriving a transmission rate by dividing the transmission clock signal by a division factor prescribed by the pilot data, and transmitting diagnostic data at the transmission rate from the one or more second semiconductor chips to the first semiconductor chip. | 05-10-2012 |
Johannes Graf, Tubingen DE
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| 20120058231 | Tubular Bag Packaging and Method for Producing Such Tubular Bag Packaging - A tubular bag packaging for bar-shaped food products is made of a film with first and second longitudinal edges. The film has a first seal section at the first longitudinal edge. A flap section at the second longitudinal edge has a second seal section along the second longitudinal edge. The film is closed at the seal sections by forming a continuous back seam in longitudinal direction as a fold-over seam. The film is sealed at transverse edges by transverse seams. The back seam has end face edges adjoining the transverse seams. The flap section has a linear separation cut as a tearing aid disposed on at least one of the end face edges and extending away from the end face edge in longitudinal direction. The film in the area of the second seal section with linear separating cut has a pressure deformation line that extends in longitudinal direction. | 03-08-2012 |
Johann F. Graf, Gumpoldskirchen AT
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| 20090139829 | Device for sorting coins, tokens, chips and the like - An apparatus is provided for sorting coins, tokens, chips and the like having a chute which has at least one inlet and a plurality of outlets and which possesses a flat, substantially rectangular cross-section, in which a movable shunt is associated with at least one of the outlets, the shunt being movable between a channeling away position engaging into the chute and a passage position. It is proposed to provide the chute with at least three or also more outlets and to arrange them in a special manner in order to achieve a compact construction without any larger height losses despite the increased number of outlets. The chute has at least two flat side outlets which are arranged above one another in the falling direction through the chute and which branch off the chute at a flat side of the chute and which also have a base outlet which substantially branches off the chute in the falling direction, with a respective shunt being associated with the flat side outlets. The flat side of the chute in this respect is the chute side which is disposed opposite one of the two flat sides of the coins falling through the chute. The chute advantageously has a pressed flat cross-section which is preferably rectangular, has two oppositely disposed wide flat sides and two oppositely disposed narrow sides and forces the coins falling or sliding through the chute into a predetermined direction. The flat sides are in this respect not disposed opposite the cylindrical jacket surfaces of the coins and/or tokens or chips, but opposite the flat sides showing the coin embossing such as value numbers or heads. The coins are accordingly channeled away transversely to their flat sides via the flat side outlets. The plurality of flat side outlets arranged above on another have the great advantage in this respect that the coin sorting body can be made in particularly compact form since the flat side outlets can be arranged very closely above one another independently of the coin diameter and the shunts associated with the flat side outlets also only require a very limited switch path which can be a great deal smaller than it could be if the coins were channeled off via their jacket surface sides. In addition, the small required switch paths permit very short switch times for the shunts, whereby a high throughput can be achieved. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090209324 | Gaming, Gambling and/or Entertainment Device - A gaming, betting and/or entertainment machine, in particular a coin- and/or cash-operable gaming or betting machine, has a housing, a data processing unit accommodated in the housing, at least one display device for displaying game and/or entertainment signals, and an operating device for machine operation, which is disposed on the housing. The housing has a modular structure and a plurality of modules to be attached to each other, which each are preassembled with the electronic components attached thereto. A first housing module, which carries the data processing unit and possibly the operating means, includes a first connection interface, by which a respective second housing module, which carries the respective display device, can selectively be attached to the first housing module. The data processing unit in the first housing module advantageously has a detection device for self-detection of the respectively connected electronic components in or on the respectively attached further housing modules. This provides for a plug-and-play configuration of the machine. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20100048285 | ELECTRONIC GAMING AND/OR GAMBLING MACHINE - The present invention relates to an electronic gaming and/or gambling machine, in particular to a slot machine which is coin operable or is operable by monetary equivalents, comprising a display apparatus for the display of at least one game and optionally additional information, with the display apparatus having at least a first and a second screen on which at least one screen display, preferably a main game, and one second screen display, preferably a bonus game and/or additional information, can be displayed as well as a control panel for the actuation of the gaming and/or gambling machine. In accordance with the invention, the electronic gaming and/or gambling machine is characterized in that a switching device is provided which is actuable by a machine user by an input device for the switching of the first screen representation from the first screen to the second screen and of the second screen representation from the second screen to the first screen or to a further screen and/or vice versa. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100197397 | ELECTRONIC GAMING MACHINE - The present invention relates to a gaming machine and/or entertainment machine, in particular in the form of slot machines and/or gambling machines operable by coins and/or by monetary equivalents, having a plurality of screens for the presentation of information, in particular of game contents and/or of game information, which are directed toward a machine operating position, and having a control device for the control of the screens and/or for the control of game procedures. It is proposed to arrange a plurality of screens staggered behind one another and overlapping one another so that the viewing window onto at least one screen remains behind the actual screen surface of the screen with respect to format and/or size in order to accommodate a maximum number of screens in a compact arrangement, on the one hand, and in order not to be restricted to the desired field of view with respect to the formats of the screens to be used. Provision is made in accordance with the invention that at least one of the screens is arranged partly or fully hidden behind at least one further screen viewed from the machine operating position. | 08-05-2010 |
Jürgen Graf, Wels AT
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| 20110294336 | MOUNTING FOR A DC-AC CONVERTER AND METHOD FOR FITTING A DC-AC CONVERTER - The invention relates to a mounting ( | 12-01-2011 |
Kevin C. Graf, Calgary CA
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| 20100193250 | Cutting Structure for Casing Drilling Underreamer - An underreamer earth-boring tool is connected to a bottom hole assembly for casing drilling applications. The underreamer has a tubular body with a longitudinal axis. Arms are pivotally mounted to the body and movable between retracted and extended positions. An array of cutting elements is mounted to each of the arms. Each of the arrays is swept back so that the cutting elements farther from the axis than others rotationally lag the others. | 08-05-2010 |
Leslie Graf, Balwyn AU
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| 20110289226 | POLICY CO-ORDINATION IN A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - In order to address the problem of allowing a GGSN of a UMTS core network to work towards multiple Policy Control Functions (PCFs) co-located with P-CSCF nodes using the COPS protocol, a policy control function coordinator (PCF-C) is implemented between the GGSN and the P-CSCF. A single COPS connection is established between the GGSN and the PCF-C while a COPS connection is established between the PCF-C and each of the P-CSCF nodes. Decisions made at the PCFs are routed to the GGSN via the PCF-C, and responses generated at the GGSN are routed to the appropriate PCFs via the GGSN. This architecture avoids conflicts which might otherwise arise with the COPS protocol. | 11-24-2011 |
Leslie Gary Graf, Balwyn AU
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| 20110216761 | System And Method Of Communicating A Priority Indication In A Call Control/Bearer Control Telecommunication System - The present invention relates generally to telecommunication services, and in particular, to communicating priority indications between telecommunication nodes in a telecommunication system having a separated call control and bearer control architecture. The present invention provides a number of solutions which map or assign the call level priority to the bearer level. | 09-08-2011 |
Mario Graf, Achern DE
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| 20120109708 | EVALUATING PATTERN-BASED CONSTRAINTS ON BUSINESS PROCESS MODELS - Methods and related systems for evaluating pattern-based constraints on business process models provide specifications for business process models, related structural patterns, and constraints on structural patterns so that instances of structural patterns can be identified in models and constraints on these instances can be evaluated. Model elements may include tasks that correspond to prescribed activities, events that correspond to states of the model, and gateways that control process flow between model elements. Identifying instances of structural patterns within models may include assigning classes or textual labels to model elements and then employing a search query or production rule to search over the model elements for instances of the structural patterns. | 05-03-2012 |
Markus Graf, Rulzheim DE
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| 20110224809 | Method for Operating an Automation System - A method for operating an automation system which executes, as an automation solution, a control program having a plurality of software modules, where the method comprises replacing at least one software module comprising an old software module at the runtime of the control program with a new software module wherein the new software module is loaded into a memory of the automation system, an old data area associated with the old software module is compared with a new data area associated with the new software module, program code instructions for converting data for or from the old data area into data for or from the new data area is generated, and a program code instruction for invoking the old software module is replaced with program code instructions for invoking the generated program code instructions for data conversion and for invoking the new software module. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20120023277 | Method for Operating an Automation Device - A method for operating an automation device comprising at least one master unit and at least one slave unit that is connected by a first bus, wherein messages are transmitted over the first bus while controlling a technical process. The messages comprise a process image data area for planned field devices, which are connected to the at least one slave unit by a second bus, and a planned reserved process image data area that is intended for possible expansions of the automation device with further field devices is connectable to the at least one slave unit. In accordance with the invention, the method is used to expand the automation device with field devices, i.e., field devices that comply with the Fieldbus Foundation specification, during control operation (RUN operation). | 01-26-2012 |
Michaela Graf, Tenerife (adeje) ES
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| 20080313870 | Closure For Joining At Least Two Pieces Of Material - Disclosed is a closure for joining at least two pieces of material, especially layers of material ( | 12-25-2008 |
Otto P. Graf, Teningen DE
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| 20110315610 | DEVICE FOR CATCHING RAINWATER - In a device (V) for catching rainwater from a downpipe (F) comprising an opening ( | 12-29-2011 |
Reinhard Graf, Murau AT
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| 20110087230 | ACCESSORY FOR IMPLANTING A HIP ENDOPROSTHESIS, AND METHOD FOR MANIPULATING THE SAME - The application relates to a method of orienting a bone-milling cutter and an impact instrument for a hip-prosthesis cup in an acetabulum. The method includes initially positioning a manipulation cup by a manipulation joint head and representing this position by at least one guide rod or fixation rod that is fixed in a bone. The method also includes removing the manipulation cup and adjusting a position of both the bone-milling cutter and the impact instrument with respect to either the guide rod itself or a guide rod that is attached to a holding device disposed on at least one fixation rod. | 04-14-2011 |
Richard Graf, Wien AT
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| 20100218701 | Crash module for a rail vehicle - A crash module for a rail vehicle is provided. The crash module includes a crash element, a frontal impact plate and a rear connecting plate, wherein a guide element is provided between the frontal impact plate and the rear connecting plate. The guide element has the form of a plate and is oriented essentially in a longitudinal direction of the rail vehicle. | 09-02-2010 |
Sabine Constanze Graf, Tuttlingen DE
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| 20120089012 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NAVIGATING A CUTTING TOOL DURING ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY USING A LOCALIZATION SYSTEM - The invention provides methods and apparatus for accurately cutting bones with a surgical cutting device, such as a sagittal saw, using a surgical navigation system without use of a complex cutting jig. A surgical navigation system is used to navigate a guide tube to be used to drill a k-wire into the bone. The k-wire will act as a guide to control at least one degree of freedom of a saw blade for making a cut in the bone. In an exemplary high tibial osteotomy procedure, in which two intersecting planar cuts must be made in the tibia in order to remove a wedge of bone, a surgical navigation marker is mounted on the guide tube. The surgeon uses the surgical navigation system to navigate the guide tube to the desired varus-valgus angle and height of the first cut and then drills a k-wire into the tibia at that varus-valgus angle using the guide tube. The process is repeated for the second cut. The surgeon then uses the two k-wires as guides for controlling the varus-valgus angle of a sagittal saw for the two planar cuts. The surgeon rests the saw blade flat on the respective k-wire to define the varus-valgus angle of the cut. The saw itself also is navigated, with the surgical navigation system providing a display showing the surgeon at least (1) the varus-valgus angle, (2) the cut depth, and (3) the anterior-posterior slope. The anterior-posterior slope and the depth of the cut is controlled freehand by the surgeon. | 04-12-2012 |
Tobias Graf, Eppelheim DE
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| 20120136899 | ACTIVATION FRAMEWORK FOR TENANT-SPECIFIC FOLLOW-UP - A system may include one or more tenant-specific databases and a tenant-independent database storing metadata defining data stored in each of the at least one tenant-specific databases. In some aspects, an instruction is received to activate first metadata of a tenant-independent database, at least one adoption task to be performed is determined based on the first metadata, at least one adoption request corresponding to the at least one adoption task is added to a queue, the at least one adoption request is dispatched from the queue to a tenant-specific activator corresponding to a tenant-specific database, and the at least one adoption task corresponding to the at least one adoption request us performed to conform data of the tenant-specific database to the first metadata. | 05-31-2012 |