Did You Know...
...that the video game, Pong, was invented by a guy who graduated at the bottom of his engineering class? Nolan Bushnell spent more time running the games at a local amusement park than he did on his studies at the University of Utah. His dreams of working for Disney's amusement empire were dashed when the company wouldn't hire him. Taking a boring job, Nolan daydreamed about electronic versions of popular games. He invented Pong, the first video game, and went on to found Atari Co.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8044732 | Continuously tunable inductor and method to continuously tune an inductor A continuously tunable inductor with an inductive-capacitive (LC) voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) having a primary coil. The inductor includes a separate isolated secondary coil, a set of transistors composing a closed loop with the secondary coil, a magnetic co... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8023393 | Method and apparatus for reducing tip-wear of a probe The present invention relates to a method of reducing the wear of a tip of a probe when the tip is in contact with a surface of a substrate and when the probe is mounted on a support structure. A method is provided where a load force is applied to the probe, thereby... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7955128 | Electrical power system, method and assembly having nonconductive support bar A method, system and assembly for transferring electrical power adapted to provide power to a grounded aircraft is provided. The assembly comprises a first and second insulated electrical conductor and a plug body, attached to ends of these conductors. A first conta... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7848109 | Assembly and method for ruggedizing computer racks and/or electronic cage assemblies A method and incorporated assembly for enhancing structural rigidity of a computer rack used for housing electronic components is provided. In one embodiment, the assembly comprises a casing made of a lighter weight material and having protrusions. The protrusions a... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7724524 | Hybrid immersion cooled server with integral spot and bath cooling A hybrid immersion cooling apparatus and method is provided for cooling of electronic components housed in a computing environment. The components are divided into primary and secondary heat generating components and are housed in a liquid sealed enclosure. The prim... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7710715 | Assembly and method for enhancing structural integrity and improving serviceability of electronic card disposed in a computing environment Securing and supporting electronic components in a computer node disposed on a computer rack. The method comprises the steps of first disposing a tray having one or more wedge block assemblies in the rear of said rack such that each wedge block assembly can be moved... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7683267 | Collapsible EMC gasket A method and associated assembly is provided for a collapsible EMC gasket is provided. In one embodiment, the gasket comprises a flexible conductive sheet disposed between corner of a first and a second surface of a computer frame capable of housing electronic compo... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7660111 | Removable cooling duct with interlocking dovetail connections for an air tight thermal seal A method and incorporated assembly is provided for cooling of an electronic device or component. The assembly comprises a thermal duct having a fixed duct portion and a removable duct portion. The portions each have complementary interlocking components to secure th... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7646609 | Method and apparatus for achieving rigid attachments for computer components A method and apparatus used for actuation is provided. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises an actuation body having a gradually tapered wider end received at one end by an expandable member and at an opposing end by a drive shell. The actuation body being mov... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7646600 | Structural support module to prevent common interface deflection A method and incorporated assembly is provided to enhance structural integrity and prevent interface deflection in a computer rack having a midplane and capable of housing a plurality of nodes. The assembly comprises at least one structural filler book capable of be... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7643307 | Fail safe redundant power supply in a multi-node computer system A data processing system and method providing a jumper which provides standby power from a redundant power supply to one of at least two critical functions in a frame having bays for holding at least two nodes. The redundant power supply supplying power to one of th... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7547231 | Large array connector for coupling wafers with a printed circuit board A large array connector is disclosed. The connector includes a plate comprising front, rear, top, bottom, first side, and second side portions. A plurality of guide blocks provide rigid support to at least the plate. A first guide block is mechanically coupled to a ... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7540757 | Fail-safe lockout for blind mate card A lockout mechanism for a card assembly having a blind connection to an electronic component includes a card disposed in a housing and articulable in the housing in a direction substantially perpendicular to a direction of insertion of the card assembly into the ele... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7539013 | Automatic air blockage assembly and method for computing environments A method and incorporated automatic air blockage assembly door is provided. The assembly comprises an air blockage door secured to a frame, capable of moving from a first to a second position via a pivot block and a shaft. The movement of the door is enabled by secu... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7528514 | Centrifugal magnetic clutch A centrifugal magnetic clutch device includes, an input shaft and, a plurality of input magnets that are rotatable about an axis of the input shaft, and are radially movable relative to the input shaft axis, and are rotationally fixed to the input shaft. The device ... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7519951 | Multi-attribute dynamic link library packaging A method of packaging a dynamically linked computer program function comprising: establishing an attribute, each attribute exhibiting a plurality of at least one of variations, characteristics and parameters associated with the dynamically linked computer program fu... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7519067 | Method, system, and computer product for controlling input message priority An operating system allows assignment of an input message priority to a particular socket. This priority is used by the operating system to determine what socket's inbound packets get discarded when the server resources are constrained. Sockets of a lower priority t... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7516293 | Increased performance using mixed memory types A memory unit includes a system memory controller coupled to a plurality of memory clock oscillators and a plurality of respective voltage controllers, wherein each memory clock oscillator and respective voltage controller are coupled to a memory receptacle and thus... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7505251 | Actuation mechanism for mating electronic card interconnect systems An actuation assembly and method is provided for mating electronic unto a computer rack comprising a main housing engageably securable to a slide assembly. The slide assembly is capable of being secured to a side of the computer rack and having sliding features such... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7494365 | Connector ejector lever with a light pipe and method of manufacture An electrical connector includes a connector body having a first end and an opposite second end. The connector body is configured to receive and electrically connect with an electric module. An ejector lever is pivotally mounted to at least one of the first and seco... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7491900 | EMC gasket filler and method An electromagnetic gasket includes a first conductive shell having a pair of first side walls and a pair of first end walls extending from a first bottom wall defining a first opening, the pair of first side walls each having at least one first outward bias position... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7473139 | Universal EMC gasket An electromagnetic gasket includes a conductive shell having a pair of side walls and end walls extending therefrom defining at least one opening. The pair of side walls and the end walls have at least one outward bias and at least one inward bias positioned thereon... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7462072 | Apparatus for associating a cable with an electronic device and improving electromagnetic compatability shielding between the cable and the electronic device Disclosed is an apparatus for associating a cable including a braid with an electronic device and improving electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) shielding between the cable and the electronic device, the apparatus including a tubular member including an outer dimensi... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7458842 | Connector ejector lever with a light pipe and method of manufacture An electrical connector includes a connector body having a first end and an opposite second end. The connector body is configured to receive and electrically connect with an electric module. An ejector lever is pivotally mounted to at least one of the first and seco... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7430698 | Method and system for an on-chip AC self-test controller A method and system for performing AC self-test on an integrated circuit that includes a system clock for use during normal operation are provided. The method includes applying a long data capture pulse to a first test register in response to the system clock, apply... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7416431 | Pivoting apparatus for mating a power supply with a riser card and method for doing the same Disclosed is a pivoting apparatus comprising a pivot base defining a connection cavity, a pivot slot including an L-shape, and an alignment slot including a curvature that bulges towards a riser card, a key structure extending from at least one of the riser card and... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7404252 | Method for fastening two coplanar edges without a weld A method and apparatus for fastening two substantially coplanar edges without a weld is disclosed. The method includes: configuring a dovetail feature on a first edge; configuring a complementary dovetail feature receptacle on a second edge to receive the dovetail f... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7403390 | Ultra dense multipurpose server A server including a cooling fan assembly and an input/output assembly at opposite ends of the server, and a processor assembly located between the cooling fan assembly and input/output assembly. The server also includes a cover plate that covers the processor assem... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7378968 | Detecting the position of an RFID attached asset Provides asset position detecting apparatus and methods for determining the correspondence relation between an asset attached to an RFID tag and the position in which the asset is located in a predetermined space range. An example apparatus includes: a movable RFID ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7377811 | Method and apparatus for associating a cable with an electronic device and improving electromagnetic compatability shielding between the cable and the electronic device Disclosed is an apparatus for associating a cable including a braid with an electronic device and improving electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) shielding between the cable and the electronic device, the apparatus including a tubular member including an outer dimensi... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7378603 | Enhanced blind-mated input/output card cassette packaging concept An improved method and a cassette assembly for protecting electronic components, comprising of a housing that encloses the electronic components disposed over an insulator. The housing also encases a scissor jack component that can move from a first to a second posi... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7373369 | Advanced execution of extended floating-point add operations in a narrow dataflow A method and system for performing floating point additive arithmetic operations of long operands in a narrow dataflow. The operands include first and second floating point numbers having first and second mantissas, respectively, the second operand greater than the ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7357675 | Universal EMC gasket An electromagnetic gasket includes a conductive shell having a pair of side walls and end walls extending therefrom defining at least one opening. The pair of side walls and the end walls have at least one outward bias and at least one inward bias positioned thereon... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7357682 | Method and apparatus for fastening two coplanar edges without a weld A method and apparatus for fastening two substantially coplanar edges without a weld is disclosed. The method includes: configuring a dovetail feature on a first edge; configuring a complementary dovetail feature receptacle on a second edge to receive the dovetail f... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7353861 | Transpiration cooled heat sink and a self contained coolant supply for same A transpiration cooled heat sink, a self contained coolant supply and a method of using a transpiration cooled heat sink and a self contained coolant supply is provided and includes a heat sink base structure, the heat sink base structure having a coolant inlet for ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7353429 | System and method using hardware buffers for processing microcode trace data Debugging microcode is facilitated by a hardware assist that takes over from the microcode the basic management of handling the data for a trace entry, thereby reducing the load on the microcode to a single micro-instruction per trace operation and thereby permittin... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7343963 | Hybrid heat sink performance enhancement using recirculating fluid A method and incorporated heat sink that is cooled both thorough air flow and liquid circulation is provided. The heat sink is disposed close to electronic components and used for their cooling. It comprises a finned structure positioned such that air can easily pas... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7346050 | Method, system, and storage medium for delay optimization for scheduling in bufferless crossbar switches A control topology for distributed scheduling has a two-dimensional fanout broadcast network, which may include logical partitioning. Logically, a switch is in the center and line cards are in a two-dimensional grid. There are multiple broadcast networks along rows ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7308679 | Method and computer program product for providing a meta-data programming language level interface A method for providing a meta-data programming language level interface is disclosed. The method includes receiving an object name from a client program via a meta-data retrieval API, where the object name corresponds to an object located in a runtime environment th... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7285962 | Method and apparatus for evaluating susceptibility to common mode noise in a computer system A system for injecting noise signals onto power generated by a power source comprising: a voltage source; a device under test having a power input in operable communication with the noise introduction apparatus; and a noise introduction apparatus interposed between ... | 10/23/2007 |
