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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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| 7389051 | Illuminator including optical transmission mechanism An illuminator including an optical transmission mechanism includes a transmission-side electric circuit for forming electric signals modulated in response to information, a light source for emitting intensity-modulated light in response to the electric modulated si... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7375366 | Carbon nanotube and method for producing the same, electron source and method for producing the same, and display A carbon nanotube has a carbon network film of polycrystalline structure divided into crystal regions along the axis of the tube, and the length along the tube axis of each crystal region preferably ranges from 3 to 6 nm. An electron source includes a carbon nanotub... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7363648 | Cable modem tuner An IF input signal corresponding to a selected reception channel is applied through an SAW filter to an IF-AGC circuit, the amplitude of the signal is adjusted to a prescribed level, and the signal is thereafter supplied to a down converter unit. The down converter ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7332765 | Variable resistance functional body and storage device A variable resistance functional body has an insulator interposed between a first electrode and a second electrode and interposed between a third electrode and a fourth electrode. The insulator contains a plurality of conductive particles. The conductive particles a... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333518 | Transmission method and transmission system as well as communications device A transmission method according to the present invention is capable of transmitting and receiving a data signal and information signal among a plurality of devices by full-duplex operation, wherein, when the information signal consecutively repeats a single pattern,... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7329858 | Optical encoder and electronic equipment having same An optical encoder includes a mobile object having a plurality of aligned slits, a light-emitting portion for emitting light toward the mobile object, and a light-receiving portion 103 for receiving the light which has passed the mobile object. The light-rece... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7295258 | Display device and liquid crystal display device having a back frame configuration that increases torsional strength In a display device in which a display panel is supported from the back by a back frame, the back frame is composed of a pair of long side portions and a pair of short side portions each having an angular structure in section. Whereby, torsional strength is increase... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7295096 | Inductor, resonant circuit, semiconductor integrated circuit, oscillator, and communication apparatus An inductor of the present invention includes a plurality of insulating layers being stacked and coil patterns respectively provided on predetermined layers of the insulating layers. The coil patterns are provided on at least two of the insulating layers, and electr... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7291867 | Optical semiconductor device, electronic device, and method for producing optical semiconductor device A resin molded portion 5 is provided with a first protruding molded portion 17 that protrudes from a first inclination portion 11 and a second protruding molded portion 18 that protrudes from a second inclination portion 12. The fi... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7274721 | Monolithic multi-wavelength laser device including a plurality of lasing parts and method of fabricating the same A monolithic multi-wavelength laser device according to the present invention comprises a substrate, a first-wavelength lasing part having a ridge portion and a second-wavelength lasing part having a ridge portion, while each of the first-wavelength lasing part and ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7268747 | Electronics with two and three dimensional display functions A mobile phone is electronics with 2D and 3D display function, having a first casing and a second casing linked to allow the phone to be foldable, and including a first display unit located inside with the phone folded, and selectively switching and displaying 2D an... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7264907 | Photomask having central and peripheral line patterns Each of patterns on two types of photomasks, including identical central pattern portions, each having a line pattern on the center of a substrate, and peripheral pattern portions around the central pattern portions, and having distances between the central pattern ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7262992 | Hearing aid A hearing aid comprising a data memory includes a plurality of semiconductor memory cells. The semiconductor memory cell has a gate insulating film formed on a semiconductor substrate, on a well region provided in the semiconductor substrate, or on a semiconductor f... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7258955 | Color filter substrate, color filter substrate manufacturing method, and color filter substrate manufacturing device A high-quality color filter substrate is manufactured simply and at low cost by using a color filter substrate manufacturing method of applying a coloring liquid to a substrate surface of a translucent substrate so as to form at least colored layer, including: conta... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7256979 | Ion generator, and electric apparatus and air conditioning apparatus incorporating the same A booster coil is stored in a coil storing room provided in the bottom section of a common case having an opening on one side, and is insulation-molded with a filler. A circuit substrate is inserted into the common case and supported by a supporting edge which is pr... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7242156 | Light-emitting semiconductor device pulse drive method and pulse drive circuit A pulse drive method for a light-emitting semiconductor devices having a plurality of light-emitting elements emitting light at different wavelengths and comprising first lit steps in which light-emitting element(s) of any of the emitted wavelengths is/are made to l... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7226315 | Electric connector having a receiving portion for receiving prying force when the connector is coupled to a mating connector In an electric connector including a conductive shell fitting portion to be fitted to a mating connector, a receiving portion is arranged within the shell fitting portion to receive a load by plying force between the electric connector and the mating connector. It i... | 06/05/2007 |
