Did You Know...
...that the video game, Pong, was invented by a guy who graduated at the bottom of his engineering class? Nolan Bushnell spent more time running the games at a local amusement park than he did on his studies at the University of Utah. His dreams of working for Disney's amusement empire were dashed when the company wouldn't hire him. Taking a boring job, Nolan daydreamed about electronic versions of popular games. He invented Pong, the first video game, and went on to found Atari Co.
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| 20100203772 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH HIGH PROFILE An electrical connector includes an insulating housing (1a) including a pair of retaining spacers (1b) embedded therein and a number of terminals (2). The insulating housing has a base portion (11) with a concaving room (110<... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100184334 | CONTACT HAVING INCREASED RESILIENCE FOR USE WITH ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR A contact adapted for electrically connecting with an IC package and a printed circuit board, comprises a base portion adapted for being retained to an insulating housing, a solder portion extending from a lower end of the base portion and a turned portion bent downward... | 07/22/2010 |
| 20100178780 | SOCKET ASSEMBLY INCORPORATED WITH ROTATIONALLY MOUNTED PRESSING MEMBER A socket assembly, comprising a socket, a package received in the socket, a pressing member arranged upon the package and downwardly pressing the package and two heat pipes attached to the pressing member. The pressing member is formed with four arch grooves along a per... | 07/15/2010 |
| 20100166410 | CAMERA MODULE ARRAY FOR OBTAINING COMPOUND IMAGES An exemplary camera module array includes lens modules, a first holder, image sensors, a second holder, an optical element, and an image processor. The lens modules are threadedly coupled to the first holder. The image sensors are in optical alignment with the lens modu... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100165155 | CAMERA MODULE WITH PLURAL IMAGING UNITS An exemplary camera module includes a base, a number of image sensors and a number of lens modules. The base includes a bottom surface and a number of sloping surfaces sloped relative to the bottom surface. The sloping surfaces are oriented in different planes from each... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100153588 | COMPUTER EXECUTABLE PROGRAM FOR MANAGING MEDIAS A computer executable program for managing medias is provided. The computer executable program includes a connection detecting module, a searching module, a removing module, and a downloading module. When the connection detecting module detects a communication connectio... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100148029 | INSPECTION DEVICE WITH ROTATABLE ADJUSTMENT MEMBERS An inspection device includes a base to receive an electronic device, a supporting member, a first adjustment member, a second adjustment member, and an inspecting member installed on the second adjustment member. The supporting member includes a horizontal plate movabl... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100136848 | RECEPTACLE CONNECTOR HAVING SHUTTLE TO SELECTIVELY SWITCH TO DIFFERENT INTERFACES A receptacle connector including at least three mating interfaces is provided and includes an insulative housing with a first and second groups of contacts mounted thereon. The first group of contacts serve as first Interface (USB 2.0), and a second group of contacts al... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100133923 | FLAT SPRING PLATE FOR VOICE COIL MOTOR An exemplary flat spring plate for a voice coil motor includes a first plate body, a second plate body, and a disposal body. The disposal body includes a connecting member, and a handle extending from the connecting member. The connecting member is configured for connec... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100130047 | SOCKET CONNECTOR HAVING ADJUSTABLE ALIGNING ARRANGEMENT An electrical connector (1) includes an insulative housing (2) defining a plate-like shape with at least one alignment hole (21) extending therethrough in a vertical direction, and a number of electrical contacts (3) secured in the insulative... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100055986 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH A TONGUE An electrical connector (100) including an insulative housing (1), a plurality of contacts (2) and a pair first insulators (22). The insulative housing (1) has a body portion (11) and a tongue (12) extending from the body... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100053781 | LENS MODULE AND CAMERA MODULE HAVING SAME An exemplary lens module includes a barrel and a plurality of deformable lenses received in the barrel. The barrel includes an inner wall. The inner wall has a plurality of circular retaining portions. The plurality of deformable lenses is deformed and retained in the p... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100053573 | HANDHELD PROJECTOR A handheld projector includes a housing, a projection lens module defining an optical axis, and an adjusting member movably mounted inside the housing. The projection lens module includes a sleeve, an outer barrel fixing the sleeve therein, an inner barrel received in t... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100041254 | SOCKET FOR BURN-IN TESTS A socket adapted for interconnecting an IC package (3), such as TSOP (Thin Small Outline Package), and a circuit board, includes a socket body (1), a plurality of contacts (2) received in the socket body, and an operating member (5) movable m... | 02/18/2010 |
| 20100039007 | SERVER CARRIER ASSEMBLY A server carrier assembly includes a server carrier configured for receiving a server therein, and a cable collecting structure mounted to the server carrier. The cable collecting structure includes a bracket and at least one receiving portion extending from the bracket... | 02/18/2010 |
| 20100035483 | ELECTRICAL CONTACT WITH INTERLOCKING ARRANGMENT An electrical contact comprises an upper contact pin, a lower contact pin and a spring enveloping between the upper contact pin and the lower contact pin. The upper contact pin has an upper contacting portion and a guiding portion, and the lower contact pin is coupled t... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20100034413 | MICROPHONE DEVICE A microphone device includes an enclosure, a nontransparent supporter, a light source, an annular-shaped optical sensor, a lens and a vibrating membrane. The enclosure has a bottom portion and a sidewall extending from the bottom portion. An opening is defined in the en... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20090320665 | TRIMMING APPARATUS A trimming apparatus includes a base, a ridge portion protruding from the base, a sliding block mounted on the base, a fixing member, and a trimming tool. The base defines a sliding groove. The sliding block is slidably engaged in the sliding groove and defines a holdin... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090310660 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A SUITABLE IMPEDANCE FOR A MODEM A system includes a plurality of modules which are configured for determining a suitable impedance for a modem. The plurality of modules send signals with a plurality of signal frequencies to a telephone and receive feedback signals from the telephone under each of a pl... | 12/17/2009 |
| 20090291615 | ARTIFICIAL EYE An artificial eye includes a frame, an eyeball, a pupil and a magnetic member. The frame defines a substantially spherical-shaped cavity and an opening communicating with the cavity. The eyeball is substantially spherical shaped and rotatably received in the cavity. The... | 11/26/2009 |
| 20090265782 | MOBILE STATION AND METHOD FOR AVOIDING ATTACKS A mobile station wirelessly communicates with an access point during an awake mode of the mobile station through a wireless network and avoids attacks from an attacking station. The mobile station includes a detecting module, an attack-proof module, and a data transmiss... | 10/22/2009 |
| 20090261489 | METHOD FOR MAKING LENSES A method for making a plurality of lenses, is provided. Each of the lenses has an optical structure on at least one side thereof. The method includes steps of: providing a lens material sheet having a first surface and an opposing second surface; providing a press-moldi... | 10/22/2009 |
| 20090237819 | RESILIENT PLATE AND LENS ACTUATOR WITH SAME A resilient plate includes a plate shaped body. A through hole is defined in the center of the plate shaped body. A plurality of slots is defined in the plate shaped body and the slots cooperatively surrounding the through hole. Each of the slots includes a first substa... | 09/24/2009 |
| 20090178516 | HAND TOOL A hand tool comprises a support, a handle, at least two spindles, a driver, at least two followers and at least two spanners. The handle is rotatably mounted on a middle portion of the support. The at least two spindles are respectively fixed to two opposite ends of the... | 07/16/2009 |
| 20090159779 | LIGHT CURING APPARATUS A light curing apparatus including a carrier device and a light source with a lamp. The light curing apparatus also includes a light intensity detection device, a data processing unit and a display unit. The light intensity detection device is configured for detecting t... | 06/25/2009 |
| 20090147382 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING LENS INTO LENS BARREL A device for assembling a lens into a lens barrel is provided. The device includes a pressing rod and a sensing module positioned above the pressing rod. The pressing rod includes a first end and a second end opposite to the first end. The first end defines a first surf... | 06/11/2009 |
