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...that it was melting ice cream that inspired the invention of the outboard motor? It was a lovely August day and Ole Evinrude was rowing his boat to his favorite island picnic spot. As he rowed, he watched his ice cream melt and wished he had a faster way to get to the island. At that moment the idea for the outboard motor was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5877712 | I-NRZI modulator using parallel-bit-word at precoder, as for inclusion in magnetic recording apparatus In digital signal recording apparatus using I-NRZI modulation for recording, the need for intermittently reading or intermittently writing buffer storage is eliminated by using parallel-bit preceding to generate the channel words that are selected between... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5778139 | Digital video data recording with outer-error-correction coding of trick-play data and apparatus for use therewith A method and apparatus for recording/reproducing an ATV or DVB signal are provided. During recording, normal- and trick-play data are extracted from the signal transmitted with a transport packet structure. The extracted normal-play data are mapped into f... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5764308 | Method of adjusting hue and device therefor A method of adjusting hue in color video signals partitions the region of all available hues into subregions in accordance with the signs of U and V components of input color video signals, which U and V signals are respectively proportional to blue-minus... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5748231 | Adaptive motion vector decision method and device for digital image stabilizer system A digital image stabilization device receives correlation data generated from a plurality of local motion estimation areas and adaptively decides a motion vector according to irregular image environment. To do this, statistical variables and local motion ... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5745312 | Calculating, at rate faster than I-NRZI modulation clock rate, ones and zeroes for insertion into I-NRZI modulation In digital signal recording apparatus using I-NRZI modulation for recording, the need for intermittently reading or intermittently writing buffer storage is eliminated by using parallel-bit precoding to generate the channel words that are selected between... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5729647 | Error-correction-code coding and decoding procedures for the transmission and reception of digital video data The error-correction coding function of an SD-VCR for recording and reproducing an ATV signal is modified to exclude trick-play data from outer error-correction coding in two-dimensional Reed-Solomon coding of normal play data, to improve error-correcting... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5725973 | Photo mask and method for manufacturing same A photo mask and method for manufacturing the same increase the capacitance of a capacitor by improving the proximity effect of a mask pattern. The photo mask includes a transparent substrate, an opaque mask pattern for defining an optical transmission ar... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5726543 | Sensorless, brushless DC motor start-up circuit using intermittently-accelerated-rate clock A start-up circuit for a sensorless, brushless DC motor modifies a conventional start-up circuit to include an intermittently-accelerated-rate clock generator for supplying a clock signal intermittently accelerated in rate to a shift register that is ... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5717298 | Brushless DC motor start circuit that suppresses field excitation during alternate polyphase commutation states when starting During start-up a telegraph-start circuit for a DC motor withholds exciting current from the stator field coils during alternative ones of the polyphase commutation signals used when the motor is running. This produces a high starting torque at an initial... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5696015 | Method of fabricating capacitor structures for inclusion within semiconductor devices A side-by-side capacitor structure in which the side-by-side capacitors are formed using a common dielectric layer, with a capacitor plate electrode shaped as an electrostatic shield for preventing stray capacitance between the side-by-side capacitors. Mo... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5675485 | Switching mode power supply controller A controller for a switching mode power supply has connections for receiving direct operating potential, a voltage comparator for comparing a fraction of the direct operating potential to a first direct reference potential for developing a voltage compara... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5668497 | Direct-current voltage generating circuit intermittently activated for reducing electric power consumption Disclosed is a DC voltage generating circuit for reducing an electric power consumption in a semiconductor memory device. The DC voltage generating circuit comprises: a refresh counter for setting a refresh cycle; a power source supply controller for logi... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5666458 | Reproduction error correction circuit for a video reproduction system, and the method for operating it A reproduction error correction circuit for a video reproduction system includes a line-storage memory for temporarily storing composite video signal samples, which memory is operated to provide both for time-base correction and for drop-out compensation.... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5661601 | Projection method and projection system and mask therefor A projection method uses a modified illumination method for a lithography process of semiconductor device, and a projection system and mask use the projection method. An object is exposed by removing the vertical incident component of light passed through... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5642065 | Zero-voltage switching circuitry, as for use in resonant inverters Switching loss in push-pull switching transistors in a resonant inverter or the like, is minimized by assuring the switching of each of the transistors into conduction occurs when the voltage across its principal conduction path is zero-valued, or substan... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5642241 | Digital signal recording apparatus in which interleaved-NRZI modulated is generated with a lone 2T precoder A lone precoder of 2T type generates interleaved non-return to-zero, invert-on-ONEs (I-NRZI) modulation for digital signal recording apparatus used for recording in parallel tracks on a record medium, the interleaved codes providing for the inclusion of p... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5631884 | Compact-disc changer using the same optical pickup device used for playing disc for sensing roulette position A roulette-type disc changer includes a tray, a roulette rotatably mounted on the tray, on the upper surface of which a plurality of discs are loaded, and a pickup portion installed below the tray and having a deck on which an optical pickup for emitting ... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5627935 | Error-correction-code coding & decoding procedures for the recording & reproduction of digital video data The error-correction coding function of an SD-VCR for recording and reproducing an ATV signal is modified to exclude trick-play data from outer error-correction coding in two-dimensional Reed-Solomon coding of normal play data, to improve error-correcting... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5623452 | Dual port memory device A dual port memory device having a plurality of memory blocks which are divided from a memory cell array formed on same semiconductor substrate comprises a first memory block which shares a RAM port with a second memory block adjacent to one part thereof ... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5621606 | Capacitor utilizing high dielectric constant material A side-by-side capacitor structure in which the side-by-side capacitors are formed using a common dielectric layer, with a capacitor plate electrode shaped as an electrostatic shield for preventing stray capacitance between the side-by-side capacitors. Mo... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5608576 | Projection method and projection system and mask therefor A projection method uses a modified illumination method for a lithography process of semiconductor device, and a projection system and mask use the projection method. An object is exposed by removing the vertical incident component of light passed through... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5608677 | Boosting voltage circuit used in active cycle of a semiconductor memory device A voltage boosting circuit for a semiconductor memory device has a clock generator for supplying a chip master clock determining an active state and a stand-by state in respective response to first and second states thereof, for generating a detector cont... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5606527 | Methods for detecting short-circuited signal lines in nonvolatile semiconductor memory and circuitry therefor Alternative methods for detecting a short-circuit between signal lines in an electrically erasable and programmable nonvolatile semiconductor memory device use circuitry for detecting short-circuited signal lines. One method includes the steps of: floatin... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5600812 | Variable-length-code decoders storing decoding results and corresponding code-bit-length information in memory A decoder uses look-up table memory for variable-length coding (such as Huffman coding) that comprises concatenated variable-length codes, most species of which codes can each be analyzed as being composed of a pointer subcode of variable bit-length and a... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5594506 | Line sync detector for digital television receiver A line sync detector for a digital television receiver receives digital television data including line synchronization code groups of four symbols having successive values of +S, -S, -S and +S at the beginning of each data line, S being a prescribed sampl... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5587804 | Reproduction error correction circuit for a video reproduction system & the method for operating it A reproduction error correction circuit for a video reproduction system includes a line-storage memory for temporarily storing composite video signal samples, which memory is operated to provide both for time-base correction and for drop-out compensation.... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5581582 | Automatic frequency control method and apparatus therefor An automatic frequency control apparatus includes a sampling portion for sampling the signal transmitted according to a phase-shift keying method, a phase difference detector for detecting the phase difference between the currently sampled signal and the ... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5574565 | Data placement on tape for a digital video tape recorder suitable for high speed picture playback A video tape includes a plurality of parallel slant tracks formed therein. Each track includes a plurality of successively recorded sync blocks. In each sync block, a respective portion of a first digital signal recorded therein represents a predetermined... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5572402 | Hard disk drive mounting assembly for a computer A hard disk drive mounting assembly for a computer comprises a hard disk drive case held in the computer body by pins oppositely protruding from respective lower portions of the exterior surfaces of a pair of opposed sides of the hard disk drive case, hav... | 11/05/1996 |
| 4761821 | Radio frequency signal transmission system with carrier frequencies at opposite edges of the channel A radio frequency transmitter simultaneously transmits both a local oscillator frequency and that frequency modulated by an information content signal. A receiver receives a carrier wave that is at the opposite edge of a channel from that of the local osc... | 08/02/1988 |
| 4758895 | Storage registers with charge packet accumulation capability, as for solid-state imagers A CCD storage register for storing an area array of picture elements in a solid-state imager comprises a plurality of charge transfer channels in a parallel array. Charge transfer stages in those channels have corresponding charge storage sites facilitati... | 07/19/1988 |
| 4758744 | Decoder circuitry with reduced number of inverters and bus lines A decoder circuit for fully decoding N input variables includes 2N logic gates arranged into 2N-1 pairs of gates, with each gate having N inputs, and one output. The decoder also includes (N-1) inverters for producing the complements... | 07/19/1988 |
| 4758529 | Method of forming an improved gate dielectric for a MOSFET on an insulating substrate A method for forming a silicon dioxide layer on a silicon island on an insulating substrate includes the steps of initially providing an insulating substrate having a major surface on which a silicon island is disposed. The surface of the silicon island i... | 07/19/1988 |
| 4755481 | Method of making a silicon-on-insulator transistor A silicon-on-insulator (SOI) device is fabricated by forming at least one island of semiconductor material on a surface of an insulating material. Silicon is then formed on the areas which surround the at least one island. The silicon is oxidized to form ... | 07/05/1988 |
| 4751554 | Silicon-on-sapphire integrated circuit and method of making the same An SOS integrated circuit includes a plurality of spaced islands of single-crystalline silicon on a surface of a sapphire substrate. A conformal layer of silicon oxide is on the surface of the sapphire substrate between the islands and extends along a por... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4741212 | Method for determining structural defects in semiconductor wafers by ultrasonic microscopy A method and apparatus for determining the location and size of structural defects in a body of solid material, particularly regions of thermoplastic deformation in semiconductor wafers. An acoustical focused beam generated by an ultrasonic transducer, ha... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4735919 | Method of making a floating gate memory cell A method of making a floating gate memory cell which relies on control gate to floating gate conduction to charge and discharge the floating gate. The gate oxide and inter-level dielectric thicknesses are independently controlled by using a mask which can... | 04/05/1988 |
| 4735917 | Silicon-on-sapphire integrated circuits A process for forming a silicon-on-sapphire integrated circuit comprises forming a layer of a conformal dielectric material, such as silicon dioxide, over a sapphire substrate having at least one island of silicon on a major surface thereof; forming a lay... | 04/05/1988 |
| 4733039 | Method of laser soldering An additive that absorbs light at a given wavelength is added to a solder flux composition for use in laser soldering wherein the laser emits light of said given wavelength. The additive reduces the power required to melt the solder-flux combination and t... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4732838 | Method of forming a patterned glass layer over the surface of a substrate Patterned glass layers which are defect-free and have smooth surfaces are formed by a method wherein a mixture of glass frit and a photoresist composition is applied to the surface of the substrate; the layer is photolithographically patterned by exposing... | 03/22/1988 |
