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...that the x-ray was discovered purely by accident? When German physicist Wilhelm Konrad von Roentgen was experimenting with cathode rays in 1895, he put an activated Crookes tube in a book and went out to lunch. When he returned, he discovered that a key that had also been placed in the book showed up as an image on the developed film!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6852115 | Multi-functional orthopedic surgical instrument and method of using same An apparatus has been developed to enable a surgeon to perform multiple orthopedic surgical operations, such as orthopedic surgical resectioning, total joint replacement and fixation of fractures, based on a single reference point. The apparatus is adjustable to con... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6809992 | Analog clock with a twenty four hour display A clock with a twenty four hour display includes a minute hand, a second hand, a minute scale, a date display, and an hour scale on a first conchoid. The first conchoid includes an outer loop for the hours of the day from 6-18 hours and an inner loop for the hours o... | 10/26/2004 |
| 7231027 | Encapsulation, compression, and encryption of PCM data A system and method to provide secure access across the untrusted public switched telephone network is described. The system and method can be initiated by a security policy defining actions to be taken based upon at least one attribute of the call. ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7219371 | Safety helmet for heat dissipation The present invention relates to a heat dissipating safety helmet comprising a shell, a liner and a strap. The shell comprises a top portion, a rim, and a visor outwardly extending from the rim, a plurality of spaced longitudinal strips connecting the top portion an... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7216088 | System and method for managing a project based on team member interdependency and impact relationships A system and method for determining interdependencies between project team members working on a development project. The method includes receiving data indicative of a temporal relationship between a first and a second project team member having modified at least on... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7215287 | Multiband antenna The present invention relates generally to a new family of antennas with a multiband behaviour, so that the frequency bands of the antenna can be tuned simultaneously to the main existing wireless services. In particular, the invention consists of shaping at least o... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7202818 | Multifrequency microstrip patch antenna with parasitic coupled elements A multifrequency microstrip patch antenna comprising an active patch and a plurality of parasitic elements placed underneath said active patch, featuring a similar behavior (impedance, directivity, gain, polarization and pattern) at multiple radiofrequency bands. | 04/10/2007 |
| 7200096 | Method and apparatus for the modulation of multilevel data arrays A method and apparatus for modulating multilevel data arrays to make them suitable for storage in multidimensional storage media, such as in holographic storage. In order to get a uniform signal of constant energy at the recording plane, first the multilevel data ar... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7198096 | Stacked low profile cooling system and method for making same A stacked array of low profile heat pipes each with a plurality of micro tubes extended therethrough. The stacked low profile heat pipes are placed into thermal connection with heat producing components. A heat transfer fluid is contained in the micro tubes of the l... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7188064 | System and method for automatic semantic coding of free response data using Hidden Markov Model methodology A system and method for coding text data wherein a first group of text data is coded using a Viterbi algorithm using a Hidden Markov model. The Hidden Markov Model computes a probable coding responsive to the first group of text data. A second group of text data is ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7187076 | Interposer with integral heat sink An area array connector for providing a thermal and an electrical interconnection between a first circuit element and a second circuit element is described. The area array connector includes at least one electrically conductive interconnector adapted to provide an e... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7182890 | Matrix and method of producing said matrix The invention relates to a matrix suitable for use in the replication of a plastic element having a positive microstructure, comprising a first wear-resistant layer that is supported by a carrier element, wherein the matrix comprises a heating means for supplying el... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7180994 | Method and system for operator services automation using an operator services switch A telecommunications system includes a front end automation system, an operator services switch, an automated operator, and an automation data server. The front end automation system interacts with a caller in order to recognize a request of the caller and determine... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7173832 | Multifunction power convertor The present invention relates to a multifunction power convertor in the field of power transmission. The multifunction power convertor consists of a rectifier circuit, a filter circuit connecting with the rectifier circuit, an inverter circuit connecting with the fi... | 02/06/2007 |
| D535952 | Touch and hold connector strip for an electronic token | 01/30/2007 |
| 7167545 | Method and device for automatically issuing information using a search engine Information sought, with associated attributes, is stored in the form of data records. Embodiments provide for inquiry of search arguments for several attributes stored in a data record; comparison of the input search arguments with search arguments stored; selectio... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7159027 | Method and device for communicating data within a network by combining different communication approaches A method and device are disclosed for optimizing use of a plurality of different approaches to communicating data. The device includes a plurality of different components, each component capable of being utilized by the device in communicating data with other device... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7158356 | Elimination of electric-pop noise in a MR device The invention relates to a magnetic recording head comprising: a bottom shield; a top shield; and AMR device with MR and SAL separated by a thin insulating layer; a first insulting gap layer between said bottom shield and said AMR; a second insulating gap layer betw... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7150312 | Stacked low profile cooling system and method for making same A stacked array of low profile heat pipes each with a plurality of micro tubes extended therethrough. The stacked low profile heat pipes are placed into thermal connection with heat producing components. A heat transfer fluid is contained in the micro tubes of the l... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7147045 | Toroidal low-profile extrusion cooling system and method thereof A toroidally shaped LPE with a plurality of microtubes extending through the LPE is disclosed. The LPEs are placed into thermal connection with heat producing components. A heat transfer fluid is contained in the microtubes of the LPEs and removes the heat from the ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7145366 | Electronic circuit with a differential pair of transistors and logic gate comprising such a circuit An electronic circuit includes at least one differential pair of transistors, a control transistor switch, a first current source and a second current source. The second current source is connected to a common emitter node of the pair of transistors in order to acce... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7143311 | Interrupt handler for a data processor A data processor formed on a single integrated circuit and capable of connection to an external memory, the data processor including: a central processing unit; a local memory including a debug memory area; a plurality of interrupt inputs; an interrupt handler coupl... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7139865 | LIFO type data storage device incorporating two random access memories A LIFO type data storage device of 2N depth, N being an integer, includes two random access memories each having at least 2N−1 locations for storing data. A controller controls the reading and writing of data in one or the other of the two me... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7139197 | Voltage regulation system for a multiword programming of a low integration area non volatile memory The invention relates to a voltage regulation system for multiword programming in non volatile memories, for example of the Flash type, with low circuit area occupation, wherein memories comprise at least a memory cell matrix organized in cell rows and columns and w... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7139212 | Memory architecture with segmented writing lines A memory device includes at least one segmented writing line formed by at least one writing segment. A programming circuit is controlled by a line address circuit in a writing mode of the memory device to program at least one memory cell coupled to the segmented wri... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7136395 | Method and system for transmission of headerless data packets over a wireless link Headerless (i.e., zero byte) data packets are sent by a compressor over a radio bearer. The radio bearer includes a synchronized wireless link. A sequential timer-based value is associated with each of the headerless data packets. A decompressor generates a header b... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7131226 | Display device with rail support Disclosed is a display device, elongate mount, and display module for displaying alphanumeric information to passengers of a mass transit vehicle. The display modules are mounted along a single edge to a elongate mount. The elongate mount includes at least one end c... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7133511 | Telephony security system A system and method of telephony resource management and security for monitoring and/or controlling incoming and outgoing calls between an enterprise's end-user stations and a public circuit-switched network and/or a public packet-switched network. A security policy... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7126369 | Transceiver providing high speed transmission signal using shared resources and reduced area A transceiver provides a high-speed transmission signal using shared resources and reduced area. A differential amplifier has its current source/sink connected to a supply terminal. A multiplexing circuit is configured to connect an input of the differential amplifi... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7125807 | Method for manufacturing non-volatile memory cells on a semiconductor substrate A semiconductor substrate has active areas bounded by portions of an insulating layer. A thin layer of tunnel oxide is formed on the substrate and a first layer of conductive material is then deposited. Non-volatile memory cells are manufactured thereon by defining ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7117536 | Silicone grabber A generally C-shaped body for hand protection and grip enhancement includes a finger receiving pocket at a first end of the body and a thumb receiving pocket at a second end of the body. The fingers of a user are placed in the finger receiving pocket, while the thum... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7113377 | Electrostatic discharge protection device comprising several thyristors An electrostatic discharge protection device comprises several thyristors which are connected in parallel between two nodes of an electrical circuit. It also includes a control circuit having an output connected to the control trigger terminal input of each of the t... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7109804 | Precision relaxation oscillator without comparator delay errors A relaxation oscillator for generating an oscillator output signal having a predetermined frequency. The relaxation oscillator includes an interleaved charge pump for providing a restoring charge to an integrator in response to at least one charge pump control signa... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7106183 | Rearview camera and sensor system for vehicles A rearview system component for a vehicle including a housing for attachment to the vehicle, a camera positioned in the housing to have a first axial direction, a first sensor positioned in the housing to have a second axial direction, and a second sensor positioned... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7100543 | Method and apparatus for membrane separation of air into nitrogen and oxygen elements for use in internal combustion engines A method and apparatus for reducing the emissions and improving the performance of an internal combustion engine (40). An input air stream is separated into an oxygen-enriched air stream and a nitrogen-enriched air stream. The nitrogen-enriched air stream is ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7093387 | Fish luring system A fish luring system for luring fish to a fishing lure attached to an end of a fishing line attached to the fishing pole. The fish luring system includes a fishing pole that includes a rod portion and a handle portion. A plurality of eyelets is mounted on the rod po... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7092633 | System and method for configuring optical circuits A system and method for configuring lightpaths within an optical circuit wherein the source node stores requests for a lightpath between the source node and the destination node. Upon receipt of a token at the source node indicating an available space within a wavel... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7092560 | Automated document processing system using full image scanning A document processing system comprises an input receptacle for receiving documents. A transport mechanism receives the documents from the input receptacle and transports the documents past an image scanner and a discrimination unit. An output receptacle receives the... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7092895 | Method and system for assessing stability of a project application by performing regression analysis of requirements document metrics A system and method for determining the stability of a project. One embodiment includes computing at least two project progress parameters of a project for numerically describing elements of the project. Regression parameters are computed based upon the project prog... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7084473 | Semiconductor package with an optical sensor which may be fit inside an object A semiconductor package includes a package body containing an integrated-circuit chip having an optical sensor. The package can be fitted into an object having two parts suitable for being coupled. A board in the object is provided with electrical connection tracks.... | 08/01/2006 |
