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 |
| 8144479 | Wireless communication module A wireless communication module includes: amounting board including a dielectric frame and a dielectric panel that are stacked together, the frame defining a frame space; at least one electronic component mounted on the mounting board and extending into the frame sp... | 03/27/2012 |
| 7471395 | Light-emitting module and methods for optically aligning and assembling the same An optical alignment method is for a light-emitting module that includes a housing unit, a light-emitting unit disposed in the housing unit, and a lens unit. The optical alignment method includes: (a) through image-capturing techniques, finding a light-emitting poin... | 12/30/2008 |
| D583367 | Transceiver | 12/23/2008 |
| D583366 | Wireless transceiver | 12/23/2008 |
| 7443668 | Hard disk drawing device A hard disk drawing device includes: a latch housing having a front wall that is formed with a pair of guiding holes; a pair of fastening plates extending rearwardly from the latch housing in a longitudinal direction and adapted to hold a hard disk therebetween; a p... | 10/28/2008 |
| D579018 | Portable barcode scanner | 10/21/2008 |
| 7430115 | Apparatus for mounting removably a disk drive in an electronic device An apparatus includes a casing and a latch unit. The latch unit includes first and second latch members, first and second interlocking members, a driving member, and an operating member. The first latch member is provided on a disk drive. The first interlocking memb... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7423869 | Hard disk drawing device A hard disk drawing device includes: a latch seat adapted to be connected to a hard disk; a handle member connected to the latch seat, movable between first and second positions along an axis, and defining a variable line perpendicular to the axis; and a latch membe... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7400900 | Mobile terminal A mobile terminal includes a power managing unit coupled to a control unit, and a switch unit coupled to the control unit and the power managing unit. The switch unit is operable so as to enable the power managing unit to supply electric power to the control unit. T... | 07/15/2008 |
| D571560 | Display | 06/24/2008 |
| 7359187 | Apparatus for mounting removably a disk drive in an electronic device An apparatus includes a casing, an electrical connector, and a latch unit. The electrical connector is provided in the casing, and is coupled electrically to a terminal of a disk drive when the latter is received in the casing. The latch unit includes a latch member... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7312518 | Miniaturized multi-chip module and method for manufacturing the same A miniaturized multi-chip module suitable for application to wireless transmission devices includes a substrate, integrated circuit chips mounted on and connected electrically to the substrate, and an interposer mounted on one surface of the substrate. The interpose... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7278865 | Electronic device with a grounding mechanism An electronic device includes: a conductive housing having an upright end wall formed with an opening; a mother board mounted in the conductive housing and having an end that is disposed adjacent to the upright end wall of the conductive housing, and a grounding tra... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7203772 | Bluetooth device with user-reconfigurable device name A Bluetooth device includes a processing unit and a memory unit. The memory unit has a default device name stored therein, and stores program instructions for configuring the processing unit to perform a method for reconfiguring the default device name of the Blueto... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7170451 | Antenna device having ultra wide bandwidth characteristics An antenna device having ultra wide bandwidth characteristics includes: a dielectric substrate having first and second surfaces that are opposite to each other in a normal direction; a radiating element formed on the first surface of the dielectric substrate and def... | 01/30/2007 |
| D526003 | Cash register | 08/01/2006 |
| 6997743 | Card-securing device for securing a card to a main printed circuit board A card-securing device has a plate body for securing a card to a printed circuit board. The plate body includes a main plate, and a pair of side-securing plates and an end-securing plate which extend transversely from the main plate. Each of the side-securing plates... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6991490 | Electronic device with a waterproof connector port cover An electronic device includes a housing and a connector port cover. The housing is provided with a connector port accessible via an access hole, and an anchor hole disposed proximate to one end of the access hole. The connector port cover is operable for covering an... | 01/31/2006 |
