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Patent No. 5719655

System for magnetically attaching templeless eyewear to a person

A system of eyewear that eliminates the need for hinges on the frames of the eyewear.

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Attorney: Skjerven Morrill MacPherson Franklin & Friel LLP, MacDonald; Thomas S.


Number of patents: 21
Last date: November 09, 1999

NumberTitleIssue Date
5982635Signal adaptor board for a pin grid array
An interconnect structure adapts one or more signals conducted between a printed circuit board (PCB) and an integrated circuit (IC) including leads, the IC having signal requirements not provided by the PCB. The interconnect structure includes sockets tha...
11/09/1999
5907277Device for detecting a counter-steer condition
Provided is a counter-steer condition detecting device which is suited to be used in combination with steering control systems based on the control of the magnitude of the effort required for the vehicle operator to steer the vehicle depending on the beha...
05/25/1999
5897334Method for reproducing printed circuit boards for semiconductor packages including poor quality printed circuit board units and method for fabricating semiconductor packages using the reproduced printed circuit boards
A method for reproducing a PCB strip for semiconductor packages, wherein a poor quality PCB unit included in the PCB strip is replaced with a normal quality one, thereby achieving a reduction in the amount of package materials used and an improvement in t...
04/27/1999
5872399Solder ball land metal structure of ball grid semiconductor package
A solder ball land metal structure of a ball grid array semiconductor package capable of obtaining a maximum contact area between a solder ball land metal element and a solder ball fused on the land metal element. A solder mask defined type land metal str...
02/16/1999
5868265Container cap including a primary cap and a secondary cap joined by a hinge
Provided is a convenient container cap which can be integrally molded from synthetic resin material, and comprises a primary cap adapted to be fitted on an opening of a container and provided with an outlet opening in a top wall thereof, and a secondary c...
02/09/1999
5859475Carrier strip and molded flex circuit ball grid array
A grid array assembly method and apparatus uses a flex circuitry substrate and includes providing a series of conforming flex circuitry substrates, the flex circuitry substrates include bonding pads and metallization on a first surface and, holes in the s...
01/12/1999
5858149Process for bonding semiconductor chip
An improved process for bonding a semiconductor chip to a substrate is disclosed. In the process, a gold bump is formed on an aluminum bond pad of the chip thus forming a flip chip. A screen with an opening is placed on the substrate prior to dotting insu...
01/12/1999
5857554Conveyors
A conveyor, comprising a conveyor frame having a pair of spaced side members each having a plurality of mounting means to mount a plurality of rollers in spaced relation between the side members, each roller being provided with a bearing means having a so...
01/12/1999
5855442Combined whiteboard marking pen and eraser
A whiteboard marking pen includes an ink-containing pen casing having an ink applicator extending from a first end of the casing and a plug socket in a second end of the pen casing; a cylindrical pen cap including a socket end surrounding the ink applicat...
01/05/1999
5854741Unit printed circuit board carrier frame for ball grid array semiconductor packages and method for fabricating ball grid array semiconductor packages using the same
A unit printed circuit board (PCB) carrier frame used in the fabrication of a heat sink-attached ball grid array (BGA) semiconductor packages and a method for BGA semiconductor packages using the unit PCB carrier frame. The unit PCB carrier frame has a pl...
12/29/1998
5854511Semiconductor package including heat sink with layered conductive plate and non-conductive tape bonding to leads
A semiconductor package provided with a heat sink adapted to discharge heat from the package. The package has an oxidation film formed on an upper surface portion of the heat sink to which a semiconductor chip is attached, thereby improving the bonding be...
12/29/1998
5839318Coaxial engine starter system
In a coaxial engine starter comprising a pinion (6) connected to the output shaft (4) which is driven by an electric motor (3), via a helical spline (19), a switch unit (7) for selectively closing a power supply line to the electric motor, and a solenoid ...
11/24/1998
5815935Apparatus for examining wheel alignment
Detection of angles associated with wheel alignment of a vehicle can be carried out properly at all times according to the present wheel alignment examining apparatus irrespective of the size of a wheel to be examined. The present apparatus includes a sen...
10/06/1998
5813939Vehicle drive system including a torque splitter
In a vehicle drive system having a torque split arrangement, it is difficult to have all the rotating parts of the system to be properly balanced. In particular, when a rotational speed difference is produced between the two output elements, relatively ma...
09/29/1998
5799764Cage having a bearing for use in a one-way clutch
A one-way clutch assembly includes a cage, a plurality of sprags maintained in position by the cage and a plurality of spring members also maintained in position by the cage for keeping the sprags in normal position by applying resilient forces. The one-w...
09/01/1998
5783098Decapsulator and method for decapsulating plastic encapsulated device
An apparatus and method for selectively etching an encapsulant forming a package of resinous material around an electronic device includes a source of etchant solution and an etching assembly including an etch plate and a movable cover, the etch plate and...
07/21/1998
5782329One-way clutch assembly having dual spring supported sprags
A one-way clutch assembly includes a generally ring-shaped cage provide with a plurality of pairs of openings spaced apart from one another in the circumferential direction, a plurality of sprags, each pivotally movable in a corresponding opening, a pair ...
07/21/1998
5779825Process for manufacturing electrode material
The present invention relates to the methods for the manufacture of an electrode material applicable to special bonding of a metal of the light metal group or for spot resistance welding. The method of making an electrode material of Cu--Al2 O
07/14/1998
5779014One-way clutch mounting structure
A one-way clutch includes an outer ring 8, an inner ring 9 and a plurality of clutch members 10 interposed between the outer and inner rings 8 and 9. The present invention provides a one-way clutch mounting structure by having the outer ring of one-way cl...
07/14/1998
5778792Method for forming a pattern on a surface of an aluminum extrusion
A method for forming a pattern on the surface of an aluminum extrusion comprises the steps of cleaning the surface of the aluminum extrusion; forming a film on the cleaned surface of the aluminum extrusion; providing a base color coating on the surface of...
07/14/1998
5760487Coaxial engine starter system
In a coaxial engine starter comprising a pinion connected to the output shaft which is driven by an electric motor, via a helical spline, a switch unit for selectively closing a power supply line to the electric motor, and a solenoid device consisting of ...
06/02/1998
 
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