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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7503525 | Pivotable pylon for external carriage of aircraft stores A pivotable pylon for carrying stores, such as ordinance, sensors and pods external to an aircraft includes an elongated strongback coupled against an external surface of the aircraft and generally parallel to the longitudinal axis thereof. An elongated pivoting str... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7487900 | Apparatus for diffusion bonding, brazing and joining Apparatus for diffusion bonding, brazing, or joining between respective surfaces of two parts, e.g., the exterior wall of a first annular cylinder and the interior wall of a concentric second annular cylinder, includes a cylindrical body having a circumferential cav... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7477842 | Miniature camera In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a miniature camera has a first stage and a first optical element formed to the first stage. A motion control assembly is configured to provide movement of the first stage in one degree of freedom while inhib... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7477400 | Range and speed finder A range/speed finder can be incorporated into a personal electronic device. In one example, a personal electronic device includes an automatic focus system adapted to focus an image of an object and a processor in communication with the automatic focus system adapte... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7448855 | Droop stop mechanism for helicopter rotor blade A droop stop mechanism for a helicopter rotor blade includes a pair of opposing stops disposed on opposite sides of the blade's flap hinge. An interposer is mounted at the end of an arm on a rotatable shaft for rotation in a plane perpendicular to the hinge. A torsi... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7438263 | Optimal aircraft window shape for noise control A window for a subsonic passenger aircraft that provide maximum optical visibility while minimizing the amount of exterior acoustic noise transmitted through the windows to the passenger cabin during flight of the aircraft includes at least one substantially transpa... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7408200 | Thin film transistor array panel and manufacturing method thereof A thin film transistor array panel is provided, which includes: a substrate; a first signal line formed on the substrate; a second signal line formed on the substrate and intersecting the first signal line; a thin film transistor including a gate electrode connected... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7365723 | Liquid crystal display and driving method thereof A liquid crystal display includes a signal controller having a luminance controller receiving image data from an external graphic source and controlling the luminance of the image data such that the luminance at the gray expressed by a specific data value of the ima... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362402 | Wires for liquid crystal display and liquid crystal display having the same A wire for a liquid crystal display has a dual-layered structure comprising a first layer made of molybdenum or molybdenum alloy, and a second layer made of molybdenum nitride or molybdenum alloy nitride. To manufacture the wire, a layer made of either a molybdenum ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7330224 | Liquid crystal display device having a wire securing member A liquid crystal display device capable of securing the lamp wire to the mold frame is disclosed. The liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel for displaying an image, a back light assembly for providing a light to the liquid crystal dis... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7327416 | Back light assembly and liquid crystal display device having the same Disclosed are a back light assembly for preventing discoloration and deformation caused by heat generated from a lamp, and a liquid crystal display device for displaying an enhanced image. The back light assembly includes a receiving container, a lamp, a glass subst... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7327430 | Liquid crystal display module and an assembly method therefor A display module of an LCD device having a rear case shaped as a four-cornered container having sidewalls on each of its four edges; a backlight assembly formed by depositing and fixing a reflector plate, a light guide plate, and a series of sheets onto a mold frame... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7311559 | Terminal strip contacting adapter An adapter enables an automated tester to make electrical contact with a plurality of terminal posts of a terminal strip of an aircraft's electrical power system simultaneously, and includes a housing, a plurality of spring-loaded contactors protruding through a flo... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7303987 | Contact structure of a wires and method manufacturing the same, and thin film transistor substrate including the contact structure and method manufacturing the same In a method of fabricating a thin film transistor array substrate for a liquid crystal display, a gate line assembly is formed on a substrate with a chrome-based under-layer and an aluminum alloy-based over-layer while proceeding in the horizontal direction. The gat... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7301170 | Thin film transistor array panel and method for manufacturing the same The present invention provides a TFT array panel and a manufacturing method of the same, which has signal lines including a lower layer of an Al containing metal and an upper layer of a molybdenum alloy (Mo-alloy) comprising molybdenum (Mo) and at least one of niobi... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7295196 | Liquid crystal display panel with signal transmission patterns A liquid crystal display of compact size is disclosed. The liquid crystal display has a tape carrier package and a single integrated PCB for processing a gate driving signal and data driving signal. The tape carrier package includes a base substrate, a gate driver I... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7278226 | Footwear with enhanced impact protection Footwear providing enhanced protection against extreme landing impacts includes a sole having an elastomeric mid-sole with elastomeric pads combined in a heel recess thereof such that the pads act in series with each other and in parallel with the mid-sole during co... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7279730 | Light sensing element, array substrate having the same and liquid crystal display apparatus having the same In a light sensing element having simplified structure, an array substrate having the light sensing element and an LCD apparatus having the light sensing element, the light sensing element includes a first electrode, a control electrode and a second electrode. An al... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7259807 | Method of manufacturing thin film transistor array panel and liquid crystal display A method of manufacturing a thin film transistor array panel is provided, which includes: forming a gate line including a gate electrode on a substrate; depositing a gate insulating layer; forming a semiconductor layer on the gate insulating layer; forming an ohmic ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7227611 | Adaptive and interactive scene illumination Apparatus for adaptively and interactively lighting a scene includes a digital light projector that includes a light emitter and a digital light processor optically coupled to the emitter such that the emitter light is projected onto respective individual fields of ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7176494 | Thin film transistor for liquid crystal display and method of manufacturing the same Disclosed is a thin film transistor (TFT) for a liquid crystal display (LCD) and a method for manufacturing the same that allows the number of photomasks used in a photolithography process to be decreased as compared to conventional methods. A passivation film is fo... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7173683 | Wire for liquid crystal displays, liquid crystal displays having the same, and manufacturing methods thereof A wire for a liquid crystal display has a dual-layered structure comprising a first layer made of molybdenum or molybdenum alloy, and a second layer made of molybdenum nitride or molybdenum alloy nitride. To manufacture the wire, a layer made of either a molybdenum ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7156347 | Pivotable pylon for external carriage of aircraft stores A pivotable pylon for carrying stores, such as ordinance, sensors and pods external to an aircraft includes an elongated strongback coupled against an external surface of the aircraft and generally parallel to the longitudinal axis thereof. An elongated pivoting str... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7152487 | Nondestructive verification of minimum tensile elongation of manufactured parts The minimum tensile elongation specification of a manufactured part, such as metal castings, forgings and premium mill products, is verified in-situ using a simple, inexpensive, nondestructive apparatus and method in which a through-hole is formed in the part to be ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7102604 | Liquid crystal display having common voltages A liquid crystal display including a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix includes a variable common voltage generator. The variable common voltage generator includes a frame memory storing image data for one frame, an average gray calculator calculating the ave... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7098072 | Fluxless assembly of chip size semiconductor packages A method for assembling semiconductor packages (10) includes forming corresponding pairs of conductive pads (14, 16, 20, 22) on respective surfaces of a die (12) and an interconnective substrate (18). Each pad in each pair includes an upp... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7093615 | Water saving faucet valve A water saving faucet valve includes an elongated body having inlet and outlet ends, and high and low pressure chambers interconnected by a coaxial flow channel. A valve stem is slidably retained in the flow channel to move between a lowered position, in which water... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7020988 | Footwear with enhanced impact protection Footwear providing enhanced protection against extreme landing impacts includes a sole having an elastomeric mid-sole with elastomeric pads combined in a heel recess thereof such that the pads act in series with each other and in parallel with the mid-sole during co... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6256015 | Computer mouse cover A cover for a computer mouse has a concavo-convex shell having a concave lower surface shaped to conform generally to the upper surface of a computer mouse and a front section that tapers forwardly and downwardly from a front end of the mouse to form a ro... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6246015 | Printed circuit board for ball grid array semiconductor packages A printed circuit board for BGA semiconductor packages has structure for effectively grounding the PCB to a grounded mold during molding of the package, thus preventing any accumulation of electrostatic charge on the package, and hence, any damage to the ... | 06/12/2001 |
| 5692324 | Athletic shoe having plug-in module An athletic shoe (20) includes a sole (22), an upper (25), and a tongue (26), as well as fasteners (28), such as shoelaces. Incorporated into the sole (22) of the athletic shoe (20) is a receptacle (30) for receiving and retaining a plug-in module (32) in... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5657556 | Footwear sole component and production method Lightweight, inexpensive footwear sole components (14, 18), comprising a midsole portion (14) and an outsole portion (18), are formed by a method that eliminates the need for adhesively attaching the two portions to each other, and comprises the steps of ... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5651195 | Sports sandal A sports sandal includes sole and a partial upper. The partial upper includes a plurality apertures that accommodate a lace therethrough. The lace tension is selectively adjustable and the partial upper is flexible and contoured to fit snugly about the we... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5546681 | Footwear with flashing lights Footwear for improving the visibility of the wearer includes a processing circuit that responds to operation of switch to turn a lighting system disposed in the footwear off and on. The switch is responsive to pressure from the foot of the wearer. When a ... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5437110 | Adjustable shoe heel spring and stabilizer An adjustable shoe heel spring and stabilizer device provides the wearer of a shoe the ability to adjust the energy absorption and return characteristics of the shoe to suit their particular needs. An operable adjustment device is located on an exterior s... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5416987 | Speed closure for footwear A speed closure (100) for footwear (10) comprises an elastic instep strap (110) having ends (111, 112) on opposite sides of the wearer's foot. The ends of the strap terminate in pulleys (114, 115) interleaved between the tongue (28) and respective ones of... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5381608 | Shoe heel spring and stabilizer A thin, heel-sized plate formed of a composite sandwich of thermoplastic resin and carbon-glass fiber cloth has a pair of upwardly-flanged lateral edges, front and rear ends, and an integral, rearwardly-extending, upwardly-inclined, vertically-acting spri... | 01/17/1995 |
| 5303485 | Footwear with flashing lights Footwear (1) adapted to enhance the visibilty of the wearer contains a light source (12), a power source (14), circuitry (15, 16, 17) to connect the power source (14) to the light source (12) , and a pressure switch (18) disposed in the sole (5) of the fo... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5285586 | Athletic shoe having plug-in module An athletic shoe (20) includes a sole (22), an upper (25), and a tongue (26), as well as fasteners (28), such as shoelaces. Incorporated into the sole (22) of the athletic shoe (20) is a receptacle (30) for receiving and retaining a plug-in module (32) in... | 02/15/1994 |
| 4869139 | Rotating driver with automatic speed and torque switching A driver with automatic speed and torque switching including two different drive trains which operate in parallel and are driven at the same time by a motor. One drive train provides a high-speed output while the other provides a low-speed output. A singl... | 09/26/1989 |
