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Mouse device with a built-in printer
A mouse device for use as an input device of a computer is provided that includes a housing in which recording paper is loadable, and a printer unit provided within the housing for printing on the recording paper print information received from the computer.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4868511 | Digital sequencing circuit A digital sequencing apparatus produces a series of contiguous enable gates or strobe signals. The apparatus includes an even number, and at least two alternating stages of cross-coupling NOR gates alternating with cross-coupled NAND gates where one of th... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4863090 | Room temperature attachment method employing a mercury-gold amalgam A method of bonding molybdenum and zinc sulfide devices (10, 12) together comprising the steps of lapping the surface of the nickel layers to about a 20,000 Angstrom smoothness, placing nickel layers (16, 16') of about 700 Angstroms respectively on the de... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4864137 | Optical sensing system An optical sensing system is described which generally comprises an infrared sensor, and a curved diffraction-limited window disposed in front of the sensor such that the optical axis of the sensor is parallel to and displaced from the symmetry axis of th... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4858490 | Two motor redundant drive mechanism Motors (42,44) each have a pinion driving ring gear (62). Motor (42) is mounted on the platform and motor (44) is mounted on ring gear carrier (56). Rotation of either motor rotates carrier (56), hubs (40) and shaft (30).... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4858764 | Adjustable carrier device for ceramic substrates and the like An adjustable carrier device is disclosed for storage and handling of fragile panel-like structures such as semiconductor wafers, ceramic substrates, LCD panel displays, printed wiring boards and the like. The device is adjustable to receive structures of... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4857930 | Circuit for reducing differential nonlinearities in multi-stage digital-to-analog converters A switched capacitor array (20) for use in a digital-to-analog converter (10), an analog-to-digital converter (60), or other digitally controlled circuit is disclosed. The array includes a plurality of switched capacitors (C(0) through C(15)) of substanti... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4855916 | Anti-skid braking system control method An anti-skid braking system control method determines the brake torque on a wheel of a road vehicle to prevent wheel lock-up while retaining braking force. The method utilizes a wheel slip-wheel acceleration phase plane (400), which is divided into at lea... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4852436 | Cam-controlled turning machine Apparatus and method is disclosed for forming an elliptical surface in a mirror 10. The mirror blank is rotated about a given axis and the cutting tool tip 24 is pivoted about an axis C which is generally perpendicular to and spaced from the workpiece axi... | 08/01/1989 |
| 4849028 | Solar cell with integrated interconnect device and process for fabrication thereof A solar cell assembly wherein a solar cell is provided with electrical layer contacts for both the p-type semiconductor layer and the n-type semiconductor layer which are exposed on a top side of the solar cell, so that electrical contact to both layers c... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4842106 | Rate controllable damping mechanism A rate controllable damping mechanism is disclosed. The mechanism includes a chamber disposed within a housing; an element mounted for movement within the chamber; a damping material, preferably a low melting temperature metal alloy, in the chamber for pr... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4833029 | Honeycomb facesheet material and honeycomb made therewith A honeycomb facesheet material, and honeycomb made therewith, wherein the facesheet includes a layer of graphite paper bonded to a layer of graphite cloth, woven from widely spaced graphite fibers. The facesheet is impregnated with an epoxy resin during m... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4831334 | Envelope amplifier A high efficiency envelope amplifier is disclosed. The invention includes a power supply, a comparator and several switches. The power supply is capable of providing multiple outputs. The comparator measures the amplitude of an input signal against one of... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4825646 | Spacecraft with modulated thrust electrostatic ion thruster and associated method An axial electrostatic ion thruster for use on a dual-spin stabilized spacecraft is disclosed. The thruster is mounted on the spun portion of the spacecraft and continuously fired for an integral number of spin periods to provide north-south velocity and ... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4814785 | Wideband gridded square frequency selective surface A wideband frequency selective surface 10 is disclosed which includes a square grid 12 having a first plurality of parallel conductive lines perpendicularly intersecting a second plurality of parallel conductive lines to provide a plurality of squares. Th... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4812788 | Waveguide matrix including in-plane crossover An assembly of waveguides and coupling apertures located within walls separating the waveguides is formed within a planar configuration. The coupling apertures are arranged either singly or in pairs, with one coupling aperture behind the other coupling ap... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4812790 | Toothed coupling iris An iris is located in a common wall separating two microwave enclosures such as waveguides and cavities for coupling electromagnetic power between the two enclosures. The iris is formed of an aperture elongated in one direction to define a longitudinal ax... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4810982 | Coaxial transmission-line matrix including in-plane crossover An assembly of coaxial tranmission lines and coupling devices, formed of closely spaced center conductors of the coaxial lines, is formed within a planar configuration. The coupling devices are arranged either singly, or in pairs with one coupling device ... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4802234 | Mode selective band pass filter A microwave band pass filter for filtering electromagnetic signals has a set of cavities arranged serially, with a block of dielectric material filling each cavity to define regions of each cavity which are loaded with dielectric material and regions whic... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4777459 | Microwave multiplexer with multimode filter A microwave multiplexer has a set of independently tuneable signal channels coupled to a common waveguide. Each of the channels has input and output 3 dB couplers which are joined by cylindrical radiators carrying circularly polarized waves. Both TE and T... | 10/11/1988 |
| 4752925 | Two-hop collocated satellite communications system A two-hop communications system utilizing two collocated spacecraft (Se and Sw) and two remote intersatellite exchange (RISE) means (Re and Rw) provides for communications between ground stations located in two or more defined subregions. Each satellite i... | 06/21/1988 |
| 4719619 | Synchronizer for communications processor A signal processor (11), such as a spectrum analyzer or SAW demodulator, defines a signal stream from a frequency division multiplexed (FDM) input (13) to a time division multiplexed (TDM) output (41). The signal stream includes a bivariate processor (23)... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4710588 | Combined photovoltaic-thermoelectric solar cell and solar cell array A solar cell generates an electrical voltage with contributions from both photovoltaic and thermoelectric effects, when a high thermal gradient is impressed across a semiconductor p/n solar cell. To achieve a substantial thermoelectric voltage contributio... | 12/01/1987 |
| 4692559 | Thin GaAs solar cell structures A process for fabricating layered semiconductor structures, particularly thin gallium arsenide solar cells, on reusable substrates. The structure is fabricated by depositing a selectively removable layer such as gallium aluminum arsenide onto a substrate,... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4691159 | Partial shunt switching limiter for a spacecraft solar-panel or like power-source array This regulating system for an array of solar panels or the like consists of a tap connection into the array, and a boost switching regulator connected to the tapped array. The tap connection divides the array into first and second portions, and the switch... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4688006 | Phase compensated hybrid coupler A phase compensated waveguide hybrid coupler is formed with a pair of waveguides of rectangular cross section and sharing a common short wall. An aperture in the short wall provides for the coupling of electromagnetic energy between a first of the wavegui... | 08/18/1987 |
| 4677403 | Temperature compensated microwave resonator A microwave resonator is disclosed which includes a temperature-compensating structure within the resonator cavity configured to undergo temperature-induced dimensional changes which substantially minimize the resonant frequency change otherwise caused by... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4603975 | Apparatus and method for nighttime and low visibility alignment of communicators A method and apparatus associated therewith for acquiring and maintaining a high quality communication by communication means of the type that includes a detector and focusing means for directing encoded incoming radiation to said detector. Means are prov... | 08/05/1986 |
| 4567363 | Switched capacitor transresistance amplifier A transresistance amplifier particularly adapted for use in a radiation detection system. The amplifier includes a feedback gain stage with a switched capacitor load. The amplifier is arranged to provide an average detector voltage approximating zero thus... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4560874 | Reference channel for sensing optical contamination A simple lightweight apparatus for sensing excessive contamination on the faces of an array of light or infrared detectors comprises mounting a light or infrared-emitting diode near one or more of the detectors. When the diode is energized, the associated... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4544843 | Radiation detector with built-in test capability A device having a light emitter coupled to direct light to a portion of a photodetector to provide Built-In Test Equipment (BITE) capability for an optical sensor. A light emitting diode and a photodiode are mounted side by side on the upper surface of a ... | 10/01/1985 |
| 4479139 | Charge coupled device open circuit image detector An open circuit photodiode includes a capacitor plate formed monolithically with a forward biased P-N junction diode. The capacitor plate, together with one side of the P-N junction, forms a capacitor which is charged by the photocurrent of the diode. The... | 10/23/1984 |
| 4472715 | Dual spectrum fire sensor with discriminator A fire sensor discriminates between fires and the flash caused by a projectile piercing the wall of a protected area. The sensor system comprises first and second radiant energy detectors, each sensitive to radiation within different spectral bands. Each ... | 09/18/1984 |
| 4469944 | Optical discriminating fire sensor A fire sensor system that can discriminate between a hydrocarbon fire and the effects of a penetration flash has four channels. A first channel of the system detects electromagnetic radiation in a spectral band of relatively long wavelength and a second c... | 09/04/1984 |
