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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6935535 | Hot wax dispenser A hot wax storage tank is supported by an arm extending vertically upward from a base. A heating element on the tank heats the wax to its vicious liquid state suitable for application on a client. A conduit connects an outlet in the bottom of the tank to the input o... | 08/30/2005 |
| 4809327 | Encrtption of messages employing unique control words and randomly chosen encryption keys In a communication network, a transmitting station sends encrypted messages for selective decryption in any one of several receiving stations. To that end, the transmitting station stores a single set of several encryption keys, each of which is for encry... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4791983 | Self-aligning liquid-cooling assembly An assembly for cooling an array of IC packages which have respective non-coplanar heat dissipating surfaces, comprises: a frame that is attachable to the array and has multiple beams, each of which is positioned to overlie some of the IC packages; respec... | 12/20/1988 |
| 4791562 | Data processing system in which modules logically "OR" number sequences onto control lines to obtain the use of a time shared bus A data processing system includes a plurality of data processing modules coupled to a bus and to a set of control lines. These modules request the use of the bus by sending respective sequences of at least two binary numbers during successive cycles on th... | 12/13/1988 |
| 4789096 | Method of soldering joints by moving them through a target area on which a stream of hot gas is focused A method of soldering component leads to I/O pads on a printed circuit board, without desoldering any other circuit components which were previously soldered to the board near the pads, includes the steps of: forming a mechanical assembly in which respect... | 12/06/1988 |
| 4782529 | Decryption of messages employing unique control words and randomly chosen decryption keys In a communication network, a transmitting station sends encrypted messages to several receiving stations. Each receiving station stores one and the same set of decryption keys; and it stores a control word which is a series of bits that is unique to that... | 11/01/1988 |
| 4770899 | Method of coating copper conductors on polyimide with a corrosion resistant metal, and module produced thereby A module, for interconnecting integrated circuits, is comprised of a substrate, a layer of polyimide disposed thereon, and a plurality of spaced apart copper conductors on the layer of polyimide. This module is dipped into a solution of palladium chloride... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4760276 | Power supply system, for segmented loads, having phantom redundancy A power supply system for segmented loads, and having phantom redundancy, is comprised of multiple sets of power supplies, with each set having an output terminal for furnishing load current at a certain voltage. A respective load is connected to the outp... | 07/26/1988 |
| 4753290 | Reduced-stress heat sink device A heat sink for adhesive attachment to an integrated circuit package has a base plate with gapped areas dividing the plate into sectors. A series of radial fin elements extend from the base plate except at the gapped areas where a bridging fin element spa... | 06/28/1988 |
| 4750631 | Anti-slosh apparatus for liquid containers In order to avoid the sloshing of liquid within a container caused by movement of the container, the single bulk volume of the liquid is retained in the form of a plurality of separated mini-volumes. This is accomplished by providing a chamber formed by u... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4750107 | Printer-tape data link processor with DMA slave controller which automatically switches between dual output control data chomels A peripheral controller (data link processor) controls data transfers between a host computer and a plurality of tape peripheral units and a single printer peripheral unit. A master microprocessor commands three subordinate controllers to permit concurren... | 06/07/1988 |
| 4750086 | Apparatus for cooling integrated circuit chips with forced coolant jet The capability of the microbellows cooling technique to remove heat from multi-chip modules is enhanced with a highly conductive, rigid, heat spreader. The heat spreader has a planar surface urged against a planar surface of the chip by the flexible micro... | 06/07/1988 |
| 4750081 | Phantom ESD protection circuit employing E-field crowding An integrated circuit chip having improved static discharge protection comprises a semiconductor substrate with a major surface, a plurality of transistors that are integrated into the surface, patterned conductors that interconnect the transistors and ro... | 06/07/1988 |
| 4749885 | Nonsaturating bipolar logic gate having a low number of components and low power dissipation A two input nonsaturating bipolar logic gate consists of just two bipolar transistors plus a pair of resistors plus two voltage buses. One resistor has a resistance RC and it is connected from one of the voltage buses to the collector of both t... | 06/07/1988 |
| 4750113 | Dual function I/O controller An I/O controller functions to provide management of, control of, while functioning as two "virtual" data link processors for at least two separate types of peripheral terminal units, thus enabling data transfers between a host computer and any selected o... | 06/07/1988 |
| 4747047 | Data transfer system using two peripheral controllers to access dual-ported data storage units A data transfer network includes a group of disk drive peripheral units, each has dual ports for connection to two separate peripheral-controllers. A host computer can initiate either peripheral-controller to access selected disk drive units for Read/Writ... | 05/24/1988 |
| 4744024 | Method of operating a bus in a data processing system via a repetitive three stage signal sequence Disclosed is a data processing system which is comprised of a plurality of devices that carry on conversations with each other over a time-shared bus. These conversions can consist of a message from a device A to a device B which is immediately followed b... | 05/10/1988 |
| 4733293 | Heat sink device assembly for encumbered IC package A heat sink device assembly providing a radially finned heat sink with a tapered base is provided for application to surface-encumbered integrated circuit packages for heat dissipation purposes. The device involves a patterned set of radial fin elements, ... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4729086 | Power supply system which shares current from a single redundant supply with multiple segmented loads A power supply system includes a plurality of dedicated power supplies, each of which has a separate output terminal for furnishing output current to just one respective load. Each dedicated power supply has a switch for turning the supply on and off inde... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4727354 | System for selecting best fit vector code in vector quantization encoding A system and apparatus for encoding a set of input vector components by initiating a sequential search through a codebook memory to put out a series of associated error code vectors which can be compared in sequence over a period of time in order to selec... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4721996 | Spring loaded module for cooling integrated circuit packages directly with a liquid A liquid cooled circuit module comprises an integrated circuit package; a cover having a rim which lies against the integrated circuit package, the cover being shaped to form a passage for the liquid between the integrated circuit package and the cover; a... | 01/26/1988 |
| 4721831 | Module for packaging and electrically interconnecting integrated circuit chips on a porous substrate, and method of fabricating same A module for packaging and electrically interconnecting integrated circuit chips comprises: a porous ceramic substrate which has a major surface that is pitted by a portion of the pores. Voltage planes and ground planes lie internal to the substrate, and ... | 01/26/1988 |
| 4720779 | Stored logic program scanner for a data processor having internal plural data and instruction streams A program scanner for a processor having multiple internal streams of instruction and data flow scans a sequence of incoming codes, and employs a plurality of rams to detect various types of syllables in that code. The contents of these rams are signals i... | 01/19/1988 |
| 4719625 | Method of recovering from transmission errors in a local area network by transmitting and receiving silence on all network ports A method of recovering from a transmission error in a station having first and second input-output ports which are respectively coupled to two other stations in a communication network includes the steps of: receiving on the first port, messages which are... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4719627 | Memory system employing a low DC power gate array for error correction An error-correcting memory system includes a storage module which receives an address during a read cycle and which reads data bits and check bits at the address, and it further includes a low DC power logic circuit which corrects errors in the data bits ... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4717064 | Wave solder finger shield apparatus A set of titanium guide bars are shaped with inner angular finger shields to isolate designated underside edge areas of a printed circuit board being conveyed across a molten solder bath in a wave solder machine.... | 01/05/1988 |
| 4715438 | Staggered radial-fin heat sink device for integrated circuit package A radial fin heat sink whereby a spreader plate supports a series of radial fins which are staggered around a central open cylindrical area designed to receive a flow of air by impingement. The radial fins comprise a pattern of variable lengths which foll... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4710935 | Parity detection system for wide bus circuitry A parity checking system for establishing integrity of data transfer on a wide bus. Each set of "4" bus lines of a multiple line bus is passed from a driver chip to a corresponding receiver chip. An added parity driver chip senses each corresponding bit l... | 12/01/1987 |
| 4701845 | User interface processor for computer network with maintenance and programmable interrupt capability A processor forms part of a computer network wherein the processor, designated as the User Interface Processor, operates to initialize and maintain and communicate to remote diagnostic terminals for purposes of confirming integrity of the system and also ... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4698738 | Parallel connected power supplies having parallel connected control circuits which equalize output currents to a load even after one supply is turned off A power supply system comprises several power supplies, each of which has output terminals that are coupled in parallel to supply respective DC output currents at the same time to a single load. Each power supply also has a branch of a control circuit, an... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4698812 | Memory system employing a zero DC power gate array for error correction An error-correcting memory system includes a storage module which receives an address and which reads data bits and check bits at the address, and it further includes a zero DC power gate array which corrects errors in the data bits by decoding multiple m... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4698728 | Leak tolerant liquid cooling system A leak tolerant cooling system, for cooling electrical components with a liquid comprises: a frame holding a plurality of printed circuit boards, each of which have electrical components attached thereto; a top reservoir, mounted on the frame above the bo... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4697139 | Logic circuit having testability for defective via contacts An integrated circuit having improved testability for defects includes a group of logic gates having respective input terminals and output terminals; a conductor that intercouples the output terminal of one logic gate in the group to respective input term... | 09/29/1987 |
| 4695946 | Maintenance subsystem for computer network including power control and remote diagnostic center A maintenance processor forms part of a computer network wherein the processor (also designated as the User Interface Processor) operates to initialize and maintain and communicate to remote diagnostic terminals for purposes of confirming integrity of the... | 09/22/1987 |
| 4682058 | Three-state logic circuit for wire-ORing to a data bus A three-state logic circuit comprising a logic gate on a semiconductor chip which includes first and second conductors, respective resistors connected to the conductors, terminals for receiving input signals, and transistors for generating complementary o... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4680075 | Thermoplastic plug method of fabricating an integrated circuit package having bonding pads in a stepped cavity An integrated circuit package is fabricated by assembling a stack which is comprised of a plurality of thin flat epoxy-glass layers, adhesive layers between the epoxy-glass layers, and a staircase-shaped cavity. This cavity extends from an outer epoxy-gla... | 07/14/1987 |
| 4677370 | Method of testing wire bonds for defects using a magnetic field In an integrated circuit package of the type in which multiple conductors are bonded between an integrated circuit chip and the body of the package, wire bonds are tested for defects by a method which includes the steps of: placing the integrated circuit ... | 06/30/1987 |
