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A microwave oven adapted for use within a motor vehicle dashboard area. The microwave oven has a removable storage cassette, and slidable platforms for securing and serving containers of beverages and foods.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7206154 | Method and apparatus for balanced shield shunts, leads and pads for electrical noise reduction in read heads A symmetrical read element circuit for reducing electrical and magnetic noise using signal processing, such as a differential preamplifier. The circuits are symmetrically created on both sides of the read element so that the noise is balanced on both leads of the se... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7194662 | Method, apparatus and program storage device for providing data path optimization The present invention is a method, apparatus and program storage device for providing data path optimization for redundant data paths. The present invention provides data path optimization that increases the data access throughput and availability to a device by usi... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7193802 | Apparatus for providing dynamic equalizer optimization An apparatus for providing dynamic equalizer optimization is disclosed. The present invention solves the above-described problems by providing equalizer coefficient updates that converge towards the same solution as the direct method without having to first write a ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7190543 | Method and apparatus for optimizing flying height control using heated sliders A method and apparatus for optimizing flying height control using heated sliders is disclosed. A first heater is provided in a slider for implementing a first operating characteristic and a second heater is provided in the slider for implementing a second operating ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7180714 | Apparatus for providing a ballistic magnetoresistive sensor in a current perpendicular-to-plane mode A method and apparatus for providing a ballistic magnetoresistive sensor in a current perpendicular-to-plane mode is disclosed. A nickel nano-contact is provided in a current perpendicular-to-plane sensor. The nano-contact switches its magnetization with the switchi... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7180615 | One click printing in a web browser A method and apparatus for implementing one click printing in an application such as a web browser. The present invention exploits the “pull print” method without requiring copying of the URL. An application is enhanced so that when the user clicks on the link f... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7177041 | Method and apparatus for detecting and processing print jobs that request backchannel data The present invention detects the presence of commands requesting backchannel data in a print job and directs the flow of print jobs accordingly. If commands requesting backchannel data are detected, the jobs are routed directly to the interpreter and the print engi... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7171509 | Method and apparatus for host messaging unit for Peripheral Component Interconnect busmaster devices Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) device contains Host Messaging Unit (HMU) which is operative to off load host processor and PCI device processor from PCI bus transfer overhead. HMU is configurable to asynchronously retrieve host processor commands from circu... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7170617 | Method and apparatus for determining how to process incoming print jobs The present invention efficiently directs the flow of print jobs and efficiently controls the spooling and printing of print jobs. The multiplexer system analyzes jobs received from client systems through print channels. The multiplexer determines the attributes of ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7167259 | System and method for merging line work objects using tokenization and selective compression A method, apparatus, and information bearing medium for merging display items in encoded form involve providing display items to be merged in an encoded format, such as a run length encoded format (e.g., modified enhanced run length encoded format). The display item... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7164371 | Method and apparatus for data coding for high density recording channels exhibiting low frequency contents A method and apparatus for data coding for high-density recording channels exhibiting low frequency contents is disclosed. Coding is used that satisfies both Running Digital Sum (RDS) and Maximum Transition Run (MTR) properties, which are desirable for achieving hig... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7148072 | Method and apparatus for oxidizing conductive redeposition in TMR sensors A method and apparatus for oxidizing conductive redeposition in TMR sensors is disclosed. A TMR barrier layer is etched. Redeposition material is oxidized and the barrier is healed using an oxidizing agent selected from the group consisting of ozone and water vapor.... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7127660 | Method, apparatus and program storage device for correcting a burst of errors together with a random error using shortened cyclic codes A method, apparatus and program storage device for correcting a burst of errors together with a random error using cyclic or shortened cyclic codes is disclosed. The present invention solves the above-described problems by providing a received word to a syndrome reg... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7123440 | Hermetically sealed electronics arrangement and approach A hermetic sealing approach involves welding an Aluminum cover onto a low-cost Aluminum housing. According to an example embodiment of the present invention, a metal housing having a base and sidewalls extending upward therefrom is adapted to receive and couple to a... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7123430 | Method and apparatus for providing write pre-compensation using a read timing path A method and apparatus for providing write pre-compensation using a read timing path is disclosed. The present invention generates a first phase clock signal having a first phase and being synchronized with a read signal of a read path, generates a second phase cloc... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7123429 | Method and apparatus for providing write pre-compensation using a read timing path A method and apparatus for providing write pre-compensation using a read timing path is disclosed. The present invention generates a first phase clock signal having a first phase and being synchronized with a read signal of a read path, generates a second phase cloc... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7120824 | Method, apparatus and program storage device for maintaining data consistency and cache coherency during communications failures between nodes in a remote mirror pair A method, apparatus and program storage device for maintaining data consistency and cache coherency during communications failures between nodes in a remote mirror pair. A link between a mirror pair of storage systems is monitored. During a link failure between a fi... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7117583 | Method and apparatus using a pre-patterned seed layer for providing an aligned coil for an inductive head structure A method and apparatus using a pre-patterned seed layer for providing an aligned coil for an inductive head structure. The method uses an aligned process where the base plate imprint is fabricated on an electrically insulating layer and the reversed image is fabrica... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7085859 | Method, apparatus and program storage device for automatically presenting status from a host bus adapter until an error is detected A method, apparatus and program storage device for automatically presenting status from a host bus adapter until an error is detected is provided. Data is transmitted between the host bus adapter and a host. The host performs data transmission validation and determi... | 08/01/2006 |
