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A mouthguard includes a U-shaped upper bite plate which removably fits over upper teeth of a person, with the entire upper bite plate being made from a soft, deformable and edible gummi candy.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5499356 | Method and apparatus for a multiprocessor resource lockout instruction A method and apparatus for providing a resource lockout mechanism in a shared memory, multiprocessor system that is capable of performing both a read and write operation during the same memory operation. The load and flag instruction of the present invent... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5428803 | Method and apparatus for a unified parallel processing architecture A unified parallel processing architecture connects together an extendible number of clusters of multiple numbers of processors to create a high performance parallel processing computer system. Multiple processors are grouped together into four or more ph... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5355397 | Clock start up stabilization for computer systems Utilization circuits, such as logic chip circuits, are prevented from receiving the initial one or more pulses of a train of clock pulses produced after the master system clock is started, while the pulses of that train occurring thereafter are coupled to... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5281026 | Printed circuit board with cooling monitoring system A monitoring system for printed circuit boards which are air-cooled utilizes temperature sensors which have thermal diodes embedded directly into the integrated circuits. The thermal diodes are part of the fully-functioning integrated circuit which utiliz... | 01/25/1994 |
| 5230564 | Temperature monitoring system for air-cooled electric components A monitoring system for printed circuit boards which are air-cooled utilizes temperature sensors which have thermal diodes embedded directly into the integrated circuits. The thermal diodes are part of the fully-functioning integrated circuit which utiliz... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5182473 | Emitter emitter logic (EEL) and emitter collector dotted logic (ECDL) families Logic unit cells are disclosed, consisting of an array of high speed logic gates, the outputs of which are wired together and coupled to a low power driver. High speed and switching rates are achieved by using very fast logic gates which have no gain and ... | 01/26/1993 |
| 5166775 | Air manifold for cooling electronic devices An air manifold mounted adjacent to a circuit board for directing air jets onto electronic devices mounted on the circuit board. The air manifold has an air inlet and a plurality of outlet nozzles positioned along the channel for directing air onto the el... | 11/24/1992 |
| 5162743 | Method and apparatus for optimizing the electrical length of a signal flow path Apparatus and method for determining the electrical length of a signal flow path, such as a twisted-pair conductor, to create conductors of the same electrical length are disclosed. The term electrical length refers to a certain physical distance for a le... | 11/10/1992 |
| 5131859 | Quick disconnect system for circuit board modules A circuit board module for a supercomputer includes quick connections for power, ground, coolant quick connects, and circuit quick connects. The quick connections provide for insertion of modules with substantial savings in time and effort. The electrical... | 07/21/1992 |
| 4984993 | Two-piece edge ZIF connector with sliding block An electrical end connector (10) of the zero insertion force type includes a pair of opposing blocks (21, 40), one of which blocks is slideably mounted in a housing (22). Opposite corresponding pairs of female receptacles (34) and male pins (31) are coope... | 01/15/1991 |
| 4982153 | Method and apparatus for cooling an integrated circuit chip during testing A method and apparatus for testing integrated circuit devices includes a cooling chuck which is extensible within a bore in a cooling chuck body to a position in thermal contact with the integrated circuit device. The temperature of the cooling chuck is r... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4884168 | Cooling plate with interboard connector apertures for circuit board assemblies A cooling plate for heat dissipation is particularly adapted for use within printed circuit board stacks. The cooling plate includes a fluid inlet manifold, fluid pass containing a plurality of heat dissipation fins, and a fluid outlet manifold. Externall... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4807121 | Peripheral interface system A peripheral interface system is disclosed. An input-output processor is provided to receive input-output commands from a central processing unit. Up to four multiplexing units may be connected to the input-output processor, with each multiplexing unit pr... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4636942 | Computer vector multiprocessing control A multiprocessing system and method for multiprocessing is disclosed. A pair of processors are provided, and each are connected to a central memory through a plurality of memory reference ports. The processors are further each connected to the plurality o... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4590538 | Immersion cooled high density electronic assembly An immersion cooling system for high density electronic assemblies such as computers includes a container holding an inert cooling liquid, and stacks of circuit modules arranged in a generally radial pattern within the container. Coolant supply columns an... | 05/20/1986 |
| 4128880 | Computer vector register processing Vector processing in a computer is achieved by means of a plurality of vector registers, a plurality of independent fully segmented functional units, and means for controlling the operation of the vector registers. Operations are performed on data from ve... | 12/05/1978 |
| 4120021 | Cooling system for electronic assembly The chassis for an electronic assembly includes a plurality of cooling bars which are mounted parallel to each other and spaced apart to receive electronic assembly modules. The cooling bars have internal passages for the flow of coolant, and the bars hav... | 10/10/1978 |
