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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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4878861 | Compliant electrical connector pin A compliant electrical connector pin for press-fit connection to a plated hole in a circuit board is disclosed. A compliant section is provided on the pin to frictionally engage the hole walls, thereby retaining the pin within the hole. The compliant sect... | 11/07/1989 |
| 4755148 | Convertible connector A convertible connector which may be either a male or female pressfit connector uses a common metal shell that is reversed depending upon whether a male or female connector is used, and which receives one of two different insulators depending upon the typ... | 07/05/1988 |
| 4506438 | Apparatus for manufacturing integrated circuit connectors A multiplicity of integrated circuit connector contact sockets mounted to a plurality of carrier strips are moved between pairs of orientation rollers with tails of the contacts protruding upwardly whereby an upper socket portion of one contact is aligned... | 03/26/1985 |
| 4503608 | Card edge connector tool and a method of joining a card edge connector A tool for and a method of inserting a printed circuit board on to a contact assembly is described in which the board is positioned between opposing contact fingers by rotating the circuit board on an alignment pin so that solder pads on the circuit board... | 03/12/1985 |
