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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7713733 | Device and methods for detecting the response of a plurality of cells to at least one analyte of interest An apparatus and methods for detecting at least one analyte of interest either produced or consumed by a plurality of cell. In one embodiment of the present invention, the method includes the steps of providing a housing defining a chamber, placing a plurality of ce... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7704745 | Apparatus and methods for monitoring the status of a metabolically active cell An apparatus and methods for monitoring the status of a cell that consumes oxygen. In one embodiment of the present invention, the method includes the steps of confining the cell in a sensing volume, measuring dynamically intracellular or extracellular signaling of ... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7701422 | Active matrix display device The invention relates to an active matrix display device (6) comprising a display panel (2) with a matrix of display pixels (3), and row and column electrodes (11,12) coupled to the display pixels (3). Each of the display pixels ( | 04/20/2010 |
| 7675588 | System for displaying images including a liquid crystal display panel A system for displaying images includes a liquid crystal display panel. The liquid crystal display panel comprises a color filter substrate having a light shielding layer on a peripheral area and a common electrode on a display area and the peripheral area, and an a... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7669485 | System for sensing air velocity without requiring external power supply and a method for operating the same An air velocity sensing system not requiring external power supply is applied to an air duct system, comprising: (1) a sensor module disposed in the air duct for measuring the air velocity therein and for saving the measured air velocity value; and (2) a control mod... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7582898 | Circuit structure with a double-gate organic thin film transistor device and application thereof This invention provides a circuit structure with a double-gate organic thin film transistor device and application thereof. A protection layer covered on an organic thin film transistor structure having a bottom gate is used as another gate insulating layer. A metal... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7579672 | Semiconductor package with electromagnetic shielding capabilities A semiconductor package with electromagnetic shielding capabilities is disclosed. The semiconductor package includes a substrate (101), a plurality of semiconductor dies (102), a plurality of shielding metal elements (103), a plurality of ground... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7554512 | Electroluminescent display devices An active matrix electroluminescent display device has a current sampling resistor within each pixel in series with the display element. A feedback signal represents the voltage drop across the current sampling resistor and the pixel drive signals are modified in de... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7463649 | System and method for checking validity of data transmission A system for checking the validity of data transmission includes a data transmitting computer (1), a data receiving computer (2), and a network (3). The data transmitting computer is used for generating a check-code of original data, and sending... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7450376 | Mounting apparatus for data storage devices A data storage device assembly includes a data storage device having two opposite sidewalls, a supporting bracket, a positioning member mounted on the supporting bracket, a pressing member movably attached to the positioning member, and a driving member movably conn... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7450375 | Mounting apparatus for storage device A mounting apparatus includes a bracket (20), a slidable member (40), a retention member (50), and a pair of shock absorbers (80). The bracket is for receiving a storage device (10) therein, the bracket including a pair of opposite... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7450374 | Mounting apparatus for data storage device A mounting apparatus for a data storage device includes a chassis (10), a data storage device (70) with a groove (72) defined in a sidewall thereof, a supporting bracket (20) fixed to the chassis (10), the supporting bracket (20... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7253360 | Computer enclosure with direct-mounting front bezel A computer enclosure includes a cage (10) and a front bezel (20). The cage includes a top panel (18), a bottom panel (17), and a pair of side panels (11). The top panel, the bottom panel, and the side panels are connected with each... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7184226 | Hybrid lens system and mobile phone employing the same A hybrid lens system includes, in order from an object side to an image side: a first positive lens, a second negative lens, and a third positive lens. The first lens is made of glass material. The second and second lenses are both made of plastic material and respe... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7178966 | Light guide plate with nonuniformly oriented diffusing elements A light guide plate (2) into which light beams are introduced from a light source has a light incident surface (21) receiving the light beams, a light emitting surface (22) transmitting the light beams therethrough, and a bottom surface (23 | 02/20/2007 |
| 7179991 | Case of electronic device and method for fabricating the same A case of an electronic device includes a chassis (10) and a top plate (30). The top plate has a lip (32) extending therefrom. The chassis includes a side plate (14). A cutout (142) is defined in the side plate. A securing portion ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7179125 | Mounting device for connector A mounting device for mounting a connector (30) to a panel (10) includes a shield (20). The panel defines a plurality of slits (15) and a hole (13) therein. Each slit defines a wide portion (151) and a narrow portion (153... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7181351 | Status indicator and status indicating method A status indicator and status indicating method are provided to indicate multi-working statuses of an electronic device with a single status indicator. The status indicator includes an MCU (10, 10′), and an LED circuit. The MCU includes a CPU (101), ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7180746 | Retaining device for heat sink A retaining device (20) for mounting a heat sink (30) to an electronic device (40) includes an unitary metal wire clip (22), a locking device (26) and a camming member (24). The clip includes a pair of spaced apart pressing ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7180744 | Heat sink mounting device A mounting device for a heat sink (200) includes a pair of pivot members (10), two joining members (30), and two pairs of spring members (20). Each pivot member includes a clipping portion (11) for clasping the electric unit (30... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7180463 | Dual-band antenna A dual-band antenna includes a ground point, a feeding element, a first radiation element, a second radiation element, and an impedance element. The ground point is electronically connected to the first radiation element and the second radiation element. The first r... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7174955 | Heat sink A heat sink (10) includes a plurality of fins (12) joined with each other. In one embodiment, each fin includes a main body (13) with an elongated flange (14) and two shortened flanges (16) extending from each of two opposite sides... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7170912 | Laser drilling system and method for flexible printed circuit board A laser drilling system for flexible printed circuit board includes a first mirror, a second mirror, a laser crystal, a third harmonic generator and a second harmonic generator. The first mirror and the second mirror are spaced apart and defined a resonator cavity t... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7148512 | Thermal interface with silver-filled carbon nanotubes An exemplary thermal interface (40) includes a silver colloid base (32), and an array of carbon nanotubes (22) disposed in the silver colloid base uniformly. The carbon nanotubes have nanometer-scale silver filled therein, are substantially para... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7147368 | Measuring device for heat pipe In this study, plate type heat pipes having mesh capillaries were investigated experimentally and theoretically. A test apparatus was designed to test thermal performance of a plate type copper-water heat pipe having one or two layers of #50 or #80 mesh capillary st... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7142431 | Computer enclosure A computer enclosure includes a computer chassis (10), a locking member (30) and a side panel (40). The computer chassis includes a front panel (12), a rear panel (14), a top panel (16) and a bottom panel (18). Two of... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7142430 | Heat dissipating device assembly A heat dissipating device assembly for an electronic components (70), includes a heat sink (10) for contacting the electronic component, and a locking device (20) and a back plate unit (40) for cooperatively mounting the heat sink to the ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7142426 | Heat dissipating device and method for manufacturing it A heat dissipating device includes a heat sink forming a pressing portion thereon and a clip. The heat sink includes a hollow dissipating member and a column-shaped core, and the clip includes an integrally formed body defining a round hole therein. The pressing por... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7141983 | Cold cathode device and vacuum gauge using same A cold cathode device (20) includes a grid (24), a cold cathode (21) positioned under the grid, and a shield electrode (26) positioned above and parallel to the grid. A vacuum gauge includes a shell (32), a collector (39), a... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7140837 | Fan guard A fan guard includes a frame, a bracket connected with the frame and a bearing seat connected with the bracket. A detachable interlocking device is formed between at least one of the combinations of the frame and the bracket, and of the bracket and the bearing seat.... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7140780 | Bearing assembly A bearing assembly includes a sleeve bearing (2) having a mating portion (22) and a center bore (20), a shaft (1) disposed in the center bore, and a rotary block (3) mounted on the shaft and being rotatable therewith. A gap exists ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7140777 | Hydrodynamic bearing assembly A hydrodynamic bearing assembly comprises a bearing (10) defining a bearing hole (12) therein, a shaft (20) rotatably received in the bearing hole with a bearing clearance formed between a bearing surface of the bearing and an outer surface of t... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7139057 | Thin film transistor array substrate A thin film transistor (TFT) array substrate has a plurality of pixel units. A plurality of signal lines and a plurality of scanning lines are formed on the substrate. Each of the plurality of paired and adjacent signal lines and each of the plurality of scanning li... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7130133 | Lens having wavelike lens element A lens that can be used in a digital camera includes in sequence a first lens element (20), a second lens element (30) and a third lens element (40). The first lens element is biconvex, and includes a first aspheric surface (22) and a sec... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7116112 | Apparatus for testing electric cables A cable test apparatus includes a power supply terminal, an open circuit indicator with an anode connected to the power supply terminal, a short circuit indicator, a first interface, a second interface, and a switch. The first interface and the second interface have... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7117116 | Method and system for cutting point cloud automatically A system for cutting point cloud automatically includes an application server (1), client computers (3), and a database (5). The application server includes: a point cloud inputting module (10) for obtaining point cloud data and construct... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7110264 | Mounting apparatus for circuit board A mounting apparatus for mounting a motherboard (30) having several first mounting holes (33) includes a chassis (10), a fixing member (70), and a supporting tray (50). The chassis comprised a post (24) protruding from a bot... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7102890 | Heat sink retention device The retention device comprises a clip and a back plate engaging the clip, the clip comprises pressing members for press the heat sink onto the processor and at least a pair of hooks, the back plate is placed below a printed circuit board on which the processor is mo... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7103399 | Apparatus and methods of cortical surface registration and deformation tracking for patient-to-image alignment in relation to image-guided surgery A cortical surface registration procedure related to a diagnostic or surgical procedure. In one embodiment, the procedure includes the steps of pre-operatively obtaining a first textured point cloud of the cortical surface of a targeted region of a brain of a living... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7099156 | Locking device for heat dissipating device A locking device for mounting a heat sink to a CPU mounted on a printed circuit board, includes a first locking member extending the heat sink and the circuit board and having a block for pressing the heat sink, an operating member pivotably connected to the first l... | 08/29/2006 |
