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Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover
An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7360308 | Coaxial via structure for optimizing signal transmission in multiple layer electronic device carriers A coaxial via structure is adapted to transmit high speed signals or high intensity current through conductive layers of an electronic device carrier. The coaxial via structure comprises a central conductive track and an external conductive track separated by a diel... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7333493 | Method for prevention of out-of-order delivery of data packets A method for sequencing delivery of information packets from a router having several processing elements to a receiving processing installation, wherein delivery of the packets must be completed in the order the packets arrive at the router. A linked list of packets... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7325516 | Mobility assistance vest for the lame or elderly animal A mobility assistance vest can be easily donned by placing the vest inside up under the dog, then pulling the right and left side sections together over the top line fastening the Velcro strips, and then pulling the chest section by the front shoulder straps through... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7319578 | Digital power monitor and adaptive self-tuning power management A method and apparatus are provided for determining power events on an I/C chip for undissipated power to the chip, and wherein the chip includes a plurality of separately regulatable power consumers. A structure is provided for monitoring the occurrence of each pow... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7305571 | Power network reconfiguration using MEM switches A structure and method for power distribution to a network for an integrated circuit chip complex are provided. The chip complex has at least two sectors, each having at least one power providing connection with at least one of said connections beings individually a... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7303639 | Method for producing Z-axis interconnection assembly of printed wiring board elements A method of forming a member for joining to form a composite wiring board. The member includes a dielectric substrate. Adhesive tape is applied to at least one face of said substrate. At least one opening is formed through the substrate extending from one face to th... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7302605 | Method and structure for replacing faulty operating code contained in a ROM for a processor The invention provides replacement operation code for specific defective lines of operation code contained in a ROM often on an ASIC chip which code is used in a processor. ROM memory constitutes the best use of chip space and is the most economical to manufacture o... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7274666 | Method and system for managing traffic within a data communication network A flow control method and system including an algorithm for deciding to transmit an arriving packet into a processing queue or to discard it, or, in the case of instructions or packets that must not be discarded, a similar method and system for deciding at a service... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7265561 | Device burn in utilizing voltage control According to the present invention, a method of controlling the burning in of at least one I/C device in a burn in tool is provided. For high power device, the tool has a heat sink positioned to contact each device being burned in, and has a socket for mounting each... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7254729 | Processing system and memory module having frequency selective memory A memory module and an apparatus having a memory module for generating an internal clock synchronized to an external clock, the memory module being operated based on the internal clock as an operation clock and includes a first DLL circuit for generating a first int... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7240430 | Manufacturing methods for printed circuit boards A method of forming a plurality of solid conductive bumps for interconnecting two conductive layers of a circuit board with substantially coplanar upper surfaces. The method comprises the steps of applying a continuous homogenous metal layer onto a dielectric substr... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7235148 | Selectively roughening conductors for high frequency printed wiring boards A printed wiring board is formed from two or more layers, one of which has circuit lines formed thereon, and wherein the surfaces of the circuit lines are roughened only in areas that require good copper to laminate adhesion. The remainder of the circuit line surfac... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7230571 | Quadband antenna for portable devices A compact sized integrated quadband antenna for portable devices used in wireless applications is provided to provide wireless wide area network quadband coverage for world wide applications. The antenna design includes a combination of F-shaped and variations of L-... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7199309 | Structure for repairing or modifying surface connections on circuit boards A method to replace an electrical interface on a printed circuit board having a plurality of contact pads on a top surface, the contact pads being connected to conducting material extending through said circuit board. For the contact pad being replaced, drilling a h... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7200696 | System method structure in network processor that indicates last data buffer of frame packet by last flag bit that is either in first or second position A method and structure for determining when a frame of information comprised of one or more buffers of data being transmitted in a network processor has completed transmission is provided. The network processor includes a plurality of control blocks, one for each da... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7149749 | Method of inserting and deleting leaves in tree table structures A technique is provided to either insert or delete a leaf in a Patricia tree having a direct table and a plurality of PSCB's which decode portions of the pattern of a leaf in the tree without shutting down the functioning of the tree. A leaf having a pattern is iden... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7129557 | Autonomic thermal monitor and controller for thin film devices A thermal monitor diode is provided that comprises a silicon thin film on an insulator mounted on a silicon substrate. An opening extends through the silicon thin film and through the insulator and partially into the silicon substrate and terminates at an end wall. ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7116664 | Lookups by collisionless direct tables and CAMs A structure and technique for preventing collisions using a hash table in conjunction with a CAM to identify and prevent collisions of binary keys. A portion of the hash value of a binary key, which does not collide with a portion of the hash value of any other refe... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7101782 | Method of making a circuitized substrate A circuitized substrate and a method of making the circuitized substrate are provided. The circuitized substrate includes a substrate having a conductive pad thereon. A first layer of solder enhancing material is positioned on the conductive pad, the first layer of ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7091424 | Coaxial via structure for optimizing signal transmission in multiple layer electronic device carriers A coaxial via structure is adapted to transmit high speed signals or high intensity current through conductive layers of an electronic device carrier. The coaxial via structure comprises a central conductive track and an external conductive track separated by a diel... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7085850 | Stateless message processing scheme for network processors interactions A stateless message-passing scheme for interactions between a network processor and a coprocessor is provided. The network processor, when receiving data frames for transmission from a network element to another network element encapsulates the entire packet that it... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7085933 | Computer system apparatus and method for improved assurance of authentication A computer system, method of operation, and program product which gives a clear indication to a user when a computer system has transitioned to a trusted state. ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7082484 | Architecture for advanced serial link between two cards A global architecture for a serial link connection between two cards which must transmit data across wired media is provided. The architecture comprises a transmitter portion and a receiver portion. The transmitter portion includes a structure and circuitry to take ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7078802 | Method for bonding heat sinks to overmold material and resulting structure A method and resulting electronic package in which a heat sink is secured to the package's dielectric material (e.g., overmold). The surface of the dielectric is roughened (e.g., using an abrasive paper or pad) to enhance the subsequent dielectric-heat sink bond in ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7079409 | Apparatus and method for power savings in high-performance CAM structures This invention reduces power consumed during CAM search operations in a CAM/RAM structure utilizing a segmented match line structure. This device is useful when it is known that a portion or portions of the compare data inputs vary infrequently. The apparatus someti... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7072274 | Adaptive mounting system for data storage devices An apparatus and method reduce the transfer of vibration to and/or from a data a data transfer mechanism in a data storage device by coupling an adaptive mount responsive to an electrical stimulus to the data transfer mechanism. In one embodiment of the invention, a... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7063756 | Enhanced design and process for a conductive adhesive The present invention provides a new device and method for enhancing the electrical properties of the thick metal backer/electrically conductive thermoset adhesive/printed circuit board or card assembly. The enhanced electrical properties are obtained by providing a... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7059060 | Device for recording events and measuring growth in an individual's life A device for recording both chronological events and physical growth events of an individual or group of individuals' lives. The device includes linear measuring device having at least first and second opposed sides. The first side has a linear measurement scale ins... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7045562 | Method and structure for self healing cracks in underfill material between an I/C chip and a substrate bonded together with solder balls A method of self-healing cracks in a cured epoxy base underfill material between an I/C chip and a substrate is provided. A plurality of capsules is dispersed in the epoxy base. Each capsule has a curable thermosetting adhesive encapsulated in a rupturable shell to ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7037819 | Method of making a circuitized substrate A circuitized substrate and a method of making the circuitized substrate are provided. The circuitized substrate includes a substrate having a conductive pad thereon. A first layer of solder enhancing material is positioned on the conductive pad, the first layer of ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7038469 | Method of determining localized electron tunneling in a capacitive structure A method of determining electron tunneling values at various locations in a capacitor structure having a first and a second conductive plate with a dielectric material disposed there between, wherein each plate has first and second ends, including the steps of: dete... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7024574 | Method and structure for switching between two battery units for driving an electrically driven device Electric apparatus, computer apparatus, controller, and battery switching method and program is provided to prevent a system shutdown caused by a reduction of electric power from a battery. A computer apparatus is constructed to be able to accept and be powered by a... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7002181 | Thin film transistor and use of same Disclosed are a thin film transistor capable of controlling gray level of an organic LED element by discretely controlling current levels, a method of manufacturing the thin film transistor, an array substrate including the thin film transistor, a display device, an... | 02/21/2006 |
| 7001827 | Semiconductor wafer front side protection There is provided a method for making a wafer including the steps of providing a substrate having a first surface, an opposite second surface, and at least one side edge defining a thickness of the substrate, the at least one side edge having a first peripheral regi... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6995475 | I/C chip suitable for wire bonding A method of forming wire bonds in (I/C) chips comprising: providing an I/C chip having a conductive pad for a wire bond with at least one layer of dielectric material overlying the pad; forming an opening through the dielectric material exposing a portion of said pa... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6988882 | Transfer molding of integrated circuit packages A method, mold and apparatus for encapsulating and underfilling an integrated circuit chip assembly. The mold has a first portion and a second portion with the first portion having first and second cavities and at least one channel interconnecting the first and seco... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6986198 | Method of forming printed circuit card A method of forming a printed circuit card with a metal power plane layer between two photoimageable dielectric layers is provided. Photoformed metal filled vias plated through holes are in the photopatternable material, and signal circuitry is on the surfaces of ea... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6985362 | Printed circuit board and electronic package using same A printed circuit board on which a semiconductor chip is flip chip mounted, comprising a circuit pattern to which a conductive bump, provided in a corner portion of a semiconductor chip, is connected, an insulating layer for holding the circuit pattern, and a protec... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6972722 | Antenna unit and wireless communication apparatus An antenna unit is provided in a wireless communication apparatus which performs wireless communication. The antenna unit has a radio wave resonance part through which a radio wave is transmitted or received, an antenna ground part electrically connected to the radi... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6969436 | Method and structure for producing Z-axis interconnection assembly of printed wiring board elements A method of forming a member for joining to form a composite wiring board. The member includes a dielectric substrate. Adhesive tape is applied to at least one face of said substrate. At least one opening is formed through the substrate extending from one face to th... | 11/29/2005 |
