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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5384779 | State machines for configuration of a communications network An apparatus for controlling configuration of a communications network, the network including a trunk having trunk segments and lobe circuits for connecting to nodes. The apparatus comprises an internal trunk circuit, and a plurality of ports. The ports i... | 01/24/1995 |
| 5381402 | Removable disk cartridge for use with a rotary actuated disk drive A removable disk cartridge for use with a rotary actuated disk drive includes an enclosure having a top, a bottom, and a side connecting the top and bottom. The enclosure has a cutout formed by removal of a portion of the top, removal of a facing portion ... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5379419 | Methods and apparatus for accesssing non-relational data files using relational queries A relational data access facility allows relation-type queries to access data stored in non-relational data files by converting relational queries into a set of common commands which are sent to data drivers to obtain the data specified by those queries. ... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5363098 | Byte aligned data compression In a system for compressing, decompressing, and logically manipulating arbitrary bit-maps, the bit-map is aligned along byte boundaries. Each aligned byte is classified as a gap byte if all of the bits of the byte store the same logical value, otherwise t... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5353286 | Configuration controller for a communications network An apparatus for controlling configuration of a communications network includes an internal ring segment for interconnecting a trunk circuit with lobe circuits of the network. The apparatus is provided with lobe ports for connecting to the lobe circuits, ... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5321373 | Combined differential-mode common-mode noise filter An electromagnetic noise filter has a plurality of U-shaped wires passing through a ferrite core. Some of the wires are singly fitted in throughholes, whereas other wires are commonly fitted in throughholes. The wires can be interconnected to provide for ... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5315602 | Optimized stripe detection for redundant arrays of disk drives A system for reducing the number of I/O requests required to write data to an redundant array of inexpensive disks (RAID) of a computer system including a host central processor unit and a memory buffer cache. The system includes determinations for writin... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5315480 | Conformal heat sink for electronic module A system for cooling an electronic module in a computer system. In one embodiment of the invention, predetermined areas of the module, such as those exposed parts that carry electrical currents are covered with an conformable, electrically insulating laye... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5309451 | Data and parity prefetching for redundant arrays of disk drives A method for prefetching the data and parity blocks for generating parity data of a stripe. The method uses a low and high thresholds marker indicative of a first and second level of fullness of the cache to determine whether or not to prefetch the data a... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5308429 | System for bonding a heatsink to a semiconductor chip package A method and apparatus for bonding a heatsink to a semiconductor chip package using localized pressure and conducted heat. A thermally conductive adhesive film is positioned between the heatsink and the package. A heated copper slug is positioned on top o... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5304845 | Apparatus for an air impingement heat sink using secondary flow generators An apparatus is disclosed for fluid dynamically augmenting a heat sink to displace a boundary layer in the cooling fluid adjacent to the surfaces of the heat sink cooling fins. Ribs with a thickness slightly less than the thickness of the boundary layer c... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5303332 | Language for economically building complex, large-scale, efficient, rule-based systems and sub-systems A compiled, rule-based expert system for a data base. The system incorporates compiled declarations to incorporate the concept of strong typing at compile time. Both data and rules can be declared so as to be accessible from one or more modules, as requir... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5302960 | Multi-element susceptibility room An apparatus is disclosed for testing the immunity of an electronic device to interfering electromagnetic radiation. The apparatus includes a room enclosing a bounded space for containing the electronic device to be tested and a plurality of radiating ele... | 04/12/1994 |
