Did You Know...
...that several people are credited with the invention of the flush toilet? Most people have heard of Thomas Crapper (1837-1910), the sanitary engineer who invented the valve-and-siphon arrangement that made the modern toilet possible. Another claimant to "the throne" was British inventor Alexander Cumming who patented a toilet in 1775. Then there's a nameless Minoan (a native of ancient Crete) who lived 4,000 years ago who supposedly was ahead of his time and created the first flush toilet!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7389924 | Electronic card connector An electronic card connector including a plastic main body having a carrier board section. An electronic card receiving region is defined between two electronic card receiving channels. An entrance of the electronic card receiving region is formed at front end of th... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7083441 | Electronic card connector with fake card An electronic card connector with fake card, including a main body. A front end of the main body is inward recessed to form an electronic card socket in which two different types of electronic cards can be inserted to respectively correspondingly connect with termin... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7081020 | Slide-out electronic card connector A slide-out electronic card connector includes a seat body and a slide cavity being defined between two opposite sides of the seat body. Multiple terminals are inlaid in the seat body. A cartridge snugly slidably disposed in the slide cavity of the seat body. An ele... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7039439 | Cover body sliding/location structure of subscriber identity module connector A cover body sliding/locating structure of SIM connector includes a plastic main body formed with multiple terminal cavities in which multiple terminals are inlaid. Two sides of one end of the plastic main body being respectively formed with two guide pins. A cover ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7004771 | Electronic card connector capable of driving both sides of an electronic card to extract the electronic card An electronic card connector capable of driving both sides of an electronic card to extract the electronic card. The electronic card connector includes a main body formed with an insertion socket. A terminal seat being disposed at front end of the insertion socket. ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6979201 | Three-in-one socket of an electronic card connector A three-in-one socket of an electronic card connector includes a plastic main body which is formed with a first, a second and a third types of terminal mounting orifice sections. The first type of terminal mounting orifice section is formed with two rows of terminal... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6948964 | Electronic card connector with fixed lateral arms An electronic card connector with fixed lateral arms, including: a plastic main body in which multiple terminals are inlaid, at least one lateral arm projecting from each side of the main body, the two lateral arms defining therebetween an electronic card receptacle... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6939156 | Electronic card connector An electronic card connector includes a plastic main body having two lateral arms respectively extending from two sides of the main body and two grounding members respectively inserted with the lateral arms of the main body. Each grounding member has a U-shaped sect... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6843663 | Electronic card connector An electronic card connector including a plastic main body having two lateral arms respectively extending from two sides of the main body and two grounding members respectively inserted with the lateral arms of the main body. Each grounding member has a U-shaped sec... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6805589 | Memory card socket with drawer-type cartridge seat A memory card socket with drawer-type cartridge seat, including a seat body and a cartridge seat. The seat body includes a bottom board section and a top board section which define therebetween a slide cavity. Multiple terminals are inlaid in the seat body. The cart... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6805570 | Subscriber identity module connector with cover board grounding structure A SIM connector with cover board grounding structure includes a plastic main body formed with multiple terminal cavities in which multiple terminals are inlaid. At least one grounding plate has a first end being fitted on a lateral edge of the plastic main body. A s... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6764314 | Multiple-contact micron connector A multiple-contact micron connector including a base seat main body and a socket main body inserted in a longitudinal insertion channel of the base seat main body. Two sides of the insertion channel are formed with multiple terminal receptacles. Two sides of the soc... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6736671 | Electronic card connector An electronic card connector including a pin socket having two step sections at different heights. The lower connector has straightly extending conductive terminals bridged with the step sections from a lateral side of the pin socket. The upper face of the pin socke... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6733326 | Flexible printed circuit connector capable of resisting against lateral pressure A flexible printed circuit connector capable of resisting against lateral pressure, includes an insulating base seat in which multiple terminals are inlaid. Each of two sides of the insulating base seat being formed with an insertion hole. Two pivot members, first e... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6716073 | Electrically connecting terminal structure An electrically connecting terminal structure made of a metal sheet with unified thickness and including a first terminal section and a second terminal section. The second terminal section is bent from a lateral side of front end of the first terminal section and in... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6669512 | Sorting device of electronic card connector socket A sorting device of electronic card connector socket, which is mounted in the wider socket or the slot of the socket. A gate board is resiliently pivotally mounted in the wider socket for blocking the passage of the socket. Each sorting member is resilien... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6585210 | Secure pen holding mechanism Secure pen holding mechanism including a seat body formed with a slide socket, a resilient locating latch hook bottom end of which is inlaid in a wall of the slide socket and a holding body having a slide body and at least one resilient clamping arm. The ... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6345998 | Flexible printed circuit connector Flexible printed circuit connector including: an insulating base seat each end of which is formed with an insertion hole; multiple conductive members inlaid in the insulating base seat for electrically contacting with the flexible printed circuit; two met... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6334786 | Subscriber identification module card fixing seat with slidable and laterally latching cover Subscriber identification module card fixing seat with slidable and laterally latching cover, including: a base seat, a top face of the base seat being recessed to form a receiving cavity in which a subscriber identification module card can be snugly rece... | 01/01/2002 |
