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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8154150 | Power line communication system A power line communication system which enables high quality communication utilizing a pair of power lines connected to a vehicle mounted battery, has a pair of communication lines connected to a pair of power lines, respectively, to communicate a high frequency sig... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8138942 | Remote control transmitting device An annular operation unit is formed as an outer shape to cover entire outline of a surface of a case, and inputting switches and displaying unit are attached inside of an opening at the center side of the annular operation unit, allowing the annular operation unit t... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8134453 | RF communication system An RF communications system including a controlled apparatus configured to receive a RF signal transmitted from a remote control transmitter on a channel that the controlled apparatus can receive, without providing a response signal to the remote control transmitter... | 03/13/2012 |
| D652804 | Switch | 01/24/2012 |
| D652391 | Switch | 01/17/2012 |
| 8068013 | RF communication module and RF communication system A RF communication system includes a RF communication module capable of controlling either an IR communication system-controlled device or a controlled device not equipped with a reception circuit for receiving IR signals remotely with RF signals. The RF communicati... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8062078 | Press-contact pogo pin connector A press-contact pogo pin connector is provided which has a machining cost lower than those of conventional connectors, can be easily reduced in height, and does not cause instantaneous interruption. A molded insulating housing has a cylinder hole. A pin installed in... | 11/22/2011 |
| D649117 | Connector | 11/22/2011 |
| 8025533 | LED illumination apparatus Parts exchange or the like is not easy with an LED illumination apparatus that uses an LED attached to a socket of a conventional fluorescent light fixture. Other problems also exist such as unfavorable operability and reliability, and necessitating additional parts... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8021192 | LED illumination apparatus Parts exchange or the like is not easy with an LED illumination apparatus that uses an LED attached to a socket of a conventional fluorescent light fixture. Or if there is no problem in parts exchange, other problems exist such as unfavorable operability and reliabi... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8015690 | Shield method for electronic component enclosure and shield material The objective of the present invention is to provide a shield method and shield material enabling to hold a flexibility degree with an enclosure shape and to make electronic component enclosures small and thin types. The shield method for electronic component enclos... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7997939 | Plug A plug includes a plug housing and a metal terminal group. The metal terminal group includes a mating electrode group on the first end side thereof and a connection electrode group on the second end side, the mating electrode group including mating electrode section... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7962040 | Remote control transmitter A remote control transmitter includes a transparent protective filter that covers a light emitting device in the light emitting direction. The filter is formed as a strip shaped, long and thin plate that is made from a transparent material that has a refractive inde... | 06/14/2011 |
| D635103 | Switch | 03/29/2011 |
| 7901217 | Module socket A low-profile module socket includes a socket housing, which is open at a module insertion surface and at an opposing surface, and includes peripheral wall parts and a plurality of contacts. Each contact connects at one end to a module on the inside of the socket ho... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7883351 | Socket for mounting electronic component A socket for mounting an electronic component that can connect an electronic component always in a correct orientation is provided. Socket-side engaging parts (9) are provided at a plurality of places of a peripheral wall (3) of a socket housing (5 | 02/08/2011 |
| 7880821 | Touch panel A touch panel for use in an ultra-high resolution display includes a transparent film substrate having one surface made of PET or the like and a transparent electrode film made of ITO film or the like that is formed on the transparent film substrate. A surface of th... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7819674 | Surface mounting lug terminal and method for mounting the same A surface mounting lug terminal formed of a metallic plate having terminal leads and positioning projections can readily be positioned on a printed board with high precision by fitting the positioning projections into positioning cutouts formed in the printed board.... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7816903 | Single-phase 3-wire power line connection determination apparatus and connection determination method In a method for determining whether multiple power outlets in a 3-wire power line connection are connected to a same outer wire (P1 or P2), the hot terminal of a first power outlet is identified and a first zero cross time of the hot terminal to which ... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7800518 | Pulse modulation method A pulse modulation method divides code comprising 4N-bit data into 2-bit units of data. For each pulse signal having a fixed pulse width tw, a code modulated signal is generated by pausing between pulse pause intervals Tr. An adjusted time width of between ½ and 1 ... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7677935 | Right-angle connector A connector forms a connection by inserting a socket connector and a plug connector into a housing. The housing is configured by integrally forming a plug insertion recessed part and a socket insertion recessed part in an L shape. A socket terminal of the socket con... | 03/16/2010 |
| D611434 | Lever push switch | 03/09/2010 |
| 7661965 | Surface mounting lug terminal and method for mounting the same A surface mounting lug terminal formed of a metallic plate having terminal leads and positioning projections can readily be positioned on a printed board with high precision by fitting the positioning projections into positioning cutouts formed in the printed board.... | 02/16/2010 |
| D606049 | Earphone | 12/15/2009 |
| D605925 | Connector for a cell phone | 12/15/2009 |
| 7628628 | Connector having floating structure A connector assembly having a floating structure includes a connector moveably mounted in a cradle housing. A part of this connector connects to and detaches from another connector facing, through a spacing, a connector-mounting window of the cradle housing. The con... | 12/08/2009 |
| D602443 | Switch | 10/20/2009 |
| 7602932 | Microphone attachment device Presented is device that attaches a microphone to a circuit substrate and includes a main holder unit holding a microphone and a main socket unit holding the main holder unit. Mounted in the main holder unit are inner contact pieces coming into contact with output t... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7594818 | Socket for electronic part installation A socket for mounting on a substrate includes a terminal exposure part that exposes the plurality of substrate connection terminals of the contacts at lower opposing edges of the socket, and a central part that includes a bottom surface bulging part that protrudes d... | 09/29/2009 |
| D599785 | Earphone | 09/08/2009 |
| D598010 | Pair of earphones | 08/11/2009 |
| D596589 | Switch | 07/21/2009 |
| D596585 | Switch | 07/21/2009 |
| D594415 | Electrical connector | 06/16/2009 |
| D594414 | Housing for electric connector | 06/16/2009 |
| 7090761 | Method of producing metal ferrules, and device therefor A method of producing metal ferrules and an apparatus therefore enable metal ferrules to be produced with high productivity and high dimensional accuracy by arranging a plurality of long-sized core wires. A jig receives a metal to be electroformed and is placed in a... | 08/15/2006 |
| D593041 | Remote controller | 05/26/2009 |
| D593033 | Housing for electric connector | 05/26/2009 |
| D592602 | Contact for electric connector | 05/19/2009 |
| D592150 | Contact for electric connector | 05/12/2009 |
