"Flight by machines heavier than air is unpractical and insignificant, if not utterly impossible."
Simon Newcomb, astronomer ; Said in 1902, less than two years before the first flight at Kitty Hawk
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7969272 | Planar core structure Generally, a low-profile planar core structure for use in magnetic components and related processes are presented herein. More specifically, the planar core structure provides a relatively large winding area that reduces heat dissipation, reduces leakage inductance,... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7900218 | Tray used in an optical disk drive The present invention relates to a tray used in an optical disc drive. At least two aligning means arranged in the tray for marking an aligning line at a front side and a back side of the tray, respectively. The aligning line is used for determining the dimensional ... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7831401 | Power outage detection in a switched mode power supply Generally, a DC/DC converter and its associated devices and processes are presented herein. The DC/DC converter may be a switched mode converter that includes a plurality of switching devices that couple between the first and second power supply rails. A transformer... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7688597 | Power supply circuit with three-dimensionally arranged circuit carriers, and production method The present invention relates to a power supply circuit comprising at least one transformer which is connected to a primary side circuit and to a secondary side circuit. The present invention further relates to a method for producing such a power supply circuit. To ... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7650173 | Combined antenna module with single output An antenna module on a vehicle having an antenna for receiving satellite radio signals and an antenna for receiving GPS signals. The two antennas may or may not be on a common ceramic substrate. Either of the two antennas may be a ceramic patch antenna or a helical ... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7649254 | Conductive stiffener for a flexible substrate A structure is disclosed for connecting an electrically-connectable metal stiffener to a ground connection within a flexible substrate, the stiffener comprising nickel-gold plated stainless steel. In one embodiment the stiffener is secured to the flexible substrate ... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7526683 | Dynamic self-tuning soft-error-rate-discrimination for enhanced availability of enterprise computing systems A method for use in a computer system provides a dynamic, “self tuning” soft-error-rate-discrimination (SERD) method and apparatus. Specially designed SRAMs or other circuits are “tuned” in a manner that gives them extreme susceptibility to cosmic neutron ev... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7525604 | Windows with electrically controllable transmission and reflection A window having electrically controllable transmission and reflection includes a layer of liquid crystal material and polarizers on either side thereof. Different combinations of absorptive and reflective polarizers are disclosed. These different combinations can be... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7508000 | Method of fabricating self-aligned silicon carbide semiconductor devices Methods of constructing silicon carbide semiconductor devices in a self-aligned manner. According to one aspect of the invention, the method may include forming a mesa structure in a multi-layer laminate including at least a first and second layer of silicon carbide... | 03/24/2009 |