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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5331507 | Clip for mounting a heat sink on an electronic device package A resilient heat sink clip has a pair of legs joined together at one end by an acruate member. The other ends of the legs each terminate in a hook. The arcuate member bears against a heat sink while pressing it into thermal contact with an electronic devi... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5291585 | Computer system having system feature extension software containing a self-describing feature table for accessing I/O devices according to machine-independent format A computer system with self-describing feature table, accessible by device drivers. Thus a simple process can access these feature tables to fully customize the device drivers at installation, or at boot; or the device driver can branch on the data in the... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5276832 | Computer system having a selectable cache subsystem A cache subsystem for a computer system which includes a cache memory and a cache control means. When the processor subsystem of the computer system requests data, information related to the location of the data within the memory subsystem of the computer... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5261068 | Dual path memory retrieval system for an interleaved dynamic RAM memory unit A digital computer having a dual path memory retrieval system for a dynamic RAM memory unit comprised of any number of interleaved memory banks. The system includes means for asserting and deasserting an access signal to specified locations of the interle... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5245231 | Integrated delay line A delay line within an integrated circuit and calibrated by an external time period (calibration clock). The speed of devices in the integrated circuit is assessed using the calibration clock, and this speed then controls how many delay cells within the d... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5241643 | Memory system and associated method for disabling address buffers connected to unused SIMM slots A memory circuit for use in a data processing system is accessed by address signals and includes interconnection circuitry for at least one memory module. The memory circuit further includes an address buffer for transmitting the address signals to the in... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5241303 | Portable computer with physical reconfiguration of display connection for stylus and keyboard entry A computer system which is reconfigurable to provide separate ergonomically advantageous positions for keyboard input and for stylus input. A primary system chassis contains a bay in its underside where a detachable keyboard can be stored. For one-hand st... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5239445 | Method and apparatus for simultaneous operation of two IDE disk drives An apparatus and method for a computer system to rapidly access at least two IDE disk drives. Use of standard forty pin connectors and forty wire ribbon cable having certain pairs of wires uniquely twisted so as to allow the system to independently access... | 08/24/1993 |
| 5228319 | Desktop computer locking assembly A digital computer system has a lock hold-down assembly for security. The assembly is secured at a standard expansion card slot in the computer unit, and includes a bracket mounted inside the unit, accessible through the slot. In the preferred embodiment,... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5225629 | Snap-in EMI contact associated with a digital computer To reduce the electro-magnetic interference (EMI) of a digital computer, the EMI contact of this invention is snapped into place in the chassis of the computer and the cover for the computer is then placed over the chassis with the contact surfaces of the... | 07/06/1993 |
