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...that while attempting to develop a super strong glue, 3M employee Spencer Silver accidentally developed a glue that was so weak it would barely hold two pieces of paper together? However, his colleague Art Fry needed the glue. Fry sang with his church choir and marked the pages of his hymnal with small scraps of paper that often fell out. He used Silver's glue to hold the papers in place. Today we call this invention Post-it Notes.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8180569 | Car information system, map server and on-board system The present invention discloses highly accurate driving control of a vehicle using map data. A car information system for controlling a driving control unit group is located in a vehicle. The car information system includes a map database for storing map data, a sup... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8130975 | On-vehicle acoustic apparatus There is provided an acoustic apparatus whose front-side exterior appearance construction can be freely changed and which can be easily added with a new function. A freely detachable control panel 2 is provided to an acoustic apparatus body 1 mo... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8086198 | Radio broadcasting receiver and method for seeking radio broadcasting A broadcasting receiver suitable for receiving a broadcasting signal transmitted in an IBOC signal format, comprises: a channel seek directing means for directing to start a channel seeking operation that selects selectable channel in an order of frequency; a channe... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8046714 | Method, program and device for displaying menu A menu displaying method for displaying a menu containing a plurality of menu items on a display screen comprises a menu item arrangement step of arranging the menu items in a prescribed three-dimensional virtual body to squarely face the display screen so that each... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8042126 | Disc player There is provided a disc player which can be reduced in the number of parts and in cost, and which can be designed to be thin and provided with a function of sufficiently self-holding a lock state. A drive unit 9 is constructed by a base plate 13 | 10/18/2011 |
| 8041484 | Abnormality reporting device for vehicle and control program There are provided an abnormality reporting device that can generate vibration which can be easily perceived by a driver even when the driver is in a vibrating vehicle during running, and a control program therefore. The abnormality reporting device is equipped with... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8014237 | Disk device To provide a disk device, which can reliably lead and house a disk into a disk housing section requiring only a small space. The disk device is provided with: a pick arm 130 which swings and inserts a drive unit for playing a disk D into a space create... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7971211 | Disk drive, disk feeding device, and disk loading mechanism The present invention provides a disk drive with a compact size that makes it possible to effectively utilize space within a disk drive and permits a straightforward layout of members. The disk drive comprises a disk holder 10 that has a plurality of h... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7954117 | Disk selecting device and disk device with a drum cam to separate disks A disk selecting device for storing a plurality of disks that can be separated to provide a space for receiving a disk drive unit to play a selected disk within the disk selecting device. A plurality of trays are mounted within the disk selecting device including a ... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7913266 | Disk drive, disk feeding device, and disk loading mechanism The present invention provides a disk drive with a compact size that makes it possible to effectively utilize space within a disk drive and permits a straightforward layout of members. The disk drive comprises a disk holder 10 that has a plurality of h... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7893927 | Touch screen device with guiding surface In a display touch sensor, there configured a guide shape which protrudes from a surface of the touch sensor placed on a display surface of a display and fringes with the surface of the touch sensor with a line using a concave portion as a vertex, and a main CPU for... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7881176 | Floating lock device To provide a floating lock device which can smoothly and continuously perform an operation of swinging-in and swinging-out a drive unit and switching between a floating state and lock state with a reduced space and simple configuration. The floating lock device comp... | 02/01/2011 |
| D628544 | Digital audio player | 12/07/2010 |
| D628977 | Radio receiver | 12/14/2010 |
| 7840971 | Disk holder, disk alignment mechanism and disk drive A disk holder, disk alignment mechanism and disk drive employing same that for permitting accurate alignment of a disk are provided. The disk drive comprises a disk holder 10 that comprises a plurality of holder plates 11 that individually hold ... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7836464 | Disk holder, disk alignment mechanism and disk drive A disk holder, disk alignment mechanism and disk drive employing same that for permitting accurate alignment of a disk are provided. The disk drive comprises a disk holder 10 that comprises a plurality of holder plates 11 that individually hold ... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7825988 | Vehicle-mounted displaying device employing TV program displaying method A vehicle-mounted device is configured to execute a predetermined function as a foreground process and a TV function as a background process. The vehicle-mounted device is provided with a displaying device. An image corresponding to the predetermined function is dis... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7818122 | Navigation device, method and program A navigation device, method, and program provides output information on service facilities that exist on a road such as an expressway. A display provides a map in a general road display mode that includes facilities such as general roads, family restaurants, and con... | 10/19/2010 |
| D625701 | Digital audio player | 10/19/2010 |
| D625306 | Handheld computer terminal | 10/12/2010 |
| D625285 | Digital audio player | 10/12/2010 |
| D623970 | Navigation system with digital audio player | 09/21/2010 |
| D622734 | Digital disc player | 08/31/2010 |
| 7783059 | Acoustic device A body device includes: a plurality of sound sources; a speaker and a headphone for outputting sound signals from those sound sources; and a mode setting unit capable of setting a single mode, in which the sound signals from one sound source are output in response t... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7774805 | Disk clamping device To provide a disk clamping device which can reduce a required space for performing disk clamping in the disk device. The disk clamping device comprises: a pick arm 130 which is swung into and swung out of a space created by splitting trays 250 capable ... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7774802 | Disk holder, disk alignment mechanism and disk drive A disk holder, disk alignment mechanism and disk drive employing same that for permitting accurate alignment of a disk are provided. The disk drive comprises a disk holder 10 that comprises a plurality of holder plates 11 that individually hold ... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7689931 | Display control device The display control device includes: display control means for displaying a plurality of button groups each having at least one button in a monitor and for focusing and displaying any of the buttons displayed in the monitor; and button changing means including an in... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7685611 | Disk device, disk-transporting device, and disk-loading device The present invention provides a disk drive of a compact size that can effectively utilize internal space within a disk drive and permit a straightforward arrangement of parts. The disk drive includes a disk holder that has a plurality of holder plates that individu... | 03/23/2010 |
| D611060 | Digital audio player | 03/02/2010 |
| D611059 | Digital audio player | 03/02/2010 |
| D608230 | Navigation system | 01/19/2010 |
| D608229 | Navigation system with audio player | 01/19/2010 |
| D608228 | Portable navigation with digital audio player | 01/19/2010 |
| 7626896 | Disk drive and drive unit driving mechanism with disk selector for spacing disk holding members A disk drive and drive unit driving mechanism includes a disk holder with a plurality of holder plates that can receive individual hold disk in a stacked configuration. Disk selectors can form a space above and below a desired disk to be played by contacting and rai... | 12/01/2009 |
| D603367 | Digital audio disc player | 11/03/2009 |
| D599789 | Digital audio player | 09/08/2009 |
| D599774 | Digital audio player | 09/08/2009 |
| D599773 | Digital audio player | 09/08/2009 |
| 7583568 | Focus control device and method of adjusting focus gain prior to focus-servo operation An optical pickup 4 that converts the reflected light from a laser light irradiated onto a disc into an electrical signal, is provided with an objective lens 42 that performs the irradiation of the laser light and reception of the reflected light and a... | 09/01/2009 |
| D597424 | Navigation system with digital audio player | 08/04/2009 |
