Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6957279 | Selectable logical identifier mapping The present invention is directed to a configurable input/output interface and method for data transfer between a host and a target in a network environment. A method for providing data transfer between a host and a target in a network environment by a configurable ... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6688523 | System for reading optical indicia A portable hand-held reader unit includes a photosensor array, optics for focusing optical indicia on the array, a decoder for remotely decoding optical indicia, and a communication link between the hand-held reader and the decoder for communication betwe... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6606629 | Data structures containing sequence and revision number metadata used in mass storage data integrity-assuring technique A data structure contains sequence number metadata which identifies an input/output (I/O) operation such as a full stripe write on a redundant array of independent disks (RAID) mass storage system, and also contains revision number metadata which identifi... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6573767 | Power ground short circuit, with adjustable activation delay and activation time period A power ground short circuit with adjustable activation delay and activation time period eliminates latent voltages in the power down/ off discharging circuitry. The circuit uses an internal back up power storage device to supply power on power down. A co... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6562615 | Apparatus for the preparation of chlortetracycline-containing animal feed compositions The present invention provides improved chlortetracycline-containing animal feed compositions and processes and apparatuses for their preparation. In certain embodiments, raw fermentation broth comprising chlortetracycline is divided into two portions. Th... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6558135 | Two stage oil free air compressor A two stage reciprocating piston oil free air compressor having an improved service interval. In a first stage, a first wobble piston is reciprocated in a first cylinder to compress ambient air to an intermediate pressure. In a second stage a second wobbl... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6553166 | Concentric optical cable with full duplex connectors A concentric optical cable and connector capable of full duplex transmission of optically encoded information is disclosed. The concentric optical cable comprises at least a core optical conductor suitable for conducting a light beam encoded with a first ... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6542004 | Output buffer method and apparatus with on resistance and skew control A pre-buffer circuit configured to generate one or more output control signals in response to a bandgap reference based control circuit. The one or more output control signals control output ON resistance and slew rate so as to limit variations in ringing... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6540834 | Wallpaper dispensing apparatus A wallpaper dispensing apparatus includes a tray with a ridge projecting from the bottom and extending transversely between the side walls to divide the tray into a forward pool section and a rearward trough section. A removable cover is attached to the f... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6541718 | Full power switch assembly for portable generators A full power switch assembly for a portable generator that is capable of instantly communicating the presence and operation of a full power switch to the user is disclosed. The full power switch assembly includes a first outlet for supplying electrical po... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6532991 | Air compressor assembly including a handle capable of attaining a plurality of positions The present invention is directed to an air compressor assembly including a handle assembly capable of assuming a plurality of positions. In a first aspect of the present invention, an air compressor assembly includes an air reservoir suitable for storing... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6532990 | Air compressor assembly including a lifting handle The present invention is directed to an air compressor assembly including a lifting handle. An air compressor assembly suitable for lifting includes an air reservoir suitable for storing compressed air under pressure, the reservoir having a front-end port... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6531927 | Method to make a phase-locked loop's jitter transfer function independent of data transition density The present invention discloses a novel method and apparatus for making a jitter transfer function of a phase-locked loop independent from the data transition density. The present invention is further discloses a phase-locked loop which has a loop bandwid... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6518795 | Design simplicity of very high-speed semiconductor device The present invention discloses a novel method and system for accessing a semiconductor device at multiple operating speeds. The novel method and system of the present invention allows access to a semiconductor device by a pipeline circuit in which modifi... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6506107 | Sander A pad sander skirt which flares out over the periphery of the sanding pad and which is coupled to a lower housing so that it swivels about the body of the sander. The skirt and lower housing can be selectively swivelled in a rotational manner to a positio... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6504413 | Buffer improvement The present invention is directed to a buffer improvement for higher speed operation. A buffer may include at least two buffer stages, which may include a first buffer stage and a second buffer stage. A voltage conversion circuit is disposed between the f... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6502230 | Circuit modeling The present invention is directed to a system and method of modeling electrical circuits. The present invention may provide improved software for predicting microchip interconnect delays, and in general for an improved semiconductor manufacturing models. ... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6498999 | Method and apparatus for design verification of an integrated circuit using a simulation test bench environment A simulation test bench environment for testing a circuit is described. The test bench environment uses high-level task routines executed by one or more bus functional device models to generate input test vectors. A timing and protocol checker verifies bo... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6496374 | Apparatus suitable for mounting an integrated circuit The present invention is directed to an apparatus suitable for mounting an integrated circuit (IC) including a frame suitable for receiving an integrated circuit (IC). The frame includes at least one leg coupled to the frame, the leg suitable for engaging... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6487819 | Magnetic weather strip A weather strip for use on a vehicle comprises an engaging portion for securing a weather strip to a vehicle and a weather strip body comprising a compressible portion and a magnetic sealing portion. The magnetic sealing portion provides a seal acting in ... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6487692 | Reed-Solomon decoder A Reed-Solomon decoder capable of correcting two symbol errors in a codeword of a Reed-Solomon RS(128,122,7) code over a Galois field GF(128) is provided. In an exemplary embodiment, the Reed-Solomon decoder is suitable for use in cable modems with little... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6486712 | Programmable switch A programmable switch includes at least one or more pass transistors having a control voltage that is greater than the data path reference voltage that is selected by a corresponding pass transistor. The control voltage is provided by a higher voltage pow... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6487463 | Active cooling system for an electronic device A system for actively cooling an electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device may be divided into a plurality of regions each containing one or more electrical or electronic components. A temperature sensor is positioned in each region to sense t... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6483354 | PCI-X driver control Process voltage temperature compensation are used for a bus driver; specifically, a PCI-X 2.0 DDR Standard bus driver. Performance is improved by enhancing the speed of the PCI-X buffer by removing the statically controlled gate stages and providing for o... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6480955 | Methods and apparatus for committing configuration changes to managed devices prior to completion of the configuration change A system and method for managing device configuration changes. The system and method preferably comprises a management station which issues a configuration change request to a management device and waits for a reply from the managed device. The managed de... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6480105 | Method and apparatus for alerting owners of recommended vehicle maintenance A method for alerting a vehicle owner of recommended maintenance on the vehicle the initial step of entering vehicle identification data into a computer system. The computer system includes a database with vehicle maintenance data, a processor for process... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6476737 | Rate 64/65 (d=0, G=11/I=10) run length limited modulation code The present invention describes a system and method for encoding a sequence of 64 bit digital data words into a sequence of 65 bit codewords having constraints of (d=0, G=11/I=10) for recording upon a magnetic medium within a magnetic recording channel ar... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6471162 | Railroad maintenance-of-way personnel warning system apparatus and method therefor A railroad maintenance-of-way personnel warning system and method therefor provides advanced detecting and warning of oncoming trains encroaching the construction area. Magnetometer sensors detect an oncoming train whereby a warning signal is transmitted ... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6468048 | Portable air compressor having stable base and tie-down points A portable air compressor of the type having a horizontal compressed air storage tank is disclosed wherein the air compressor includes a stable base having a width at least substantially equal to the diameter of the compressed air storage tank. The air co... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6442738 | RTL back annotator An RTL back annotator for applying back annotated data to the RTL code of an RTL simulation for verifying actual timing performance for an ASIC array after layout during RTL simulation parses through annotation data from the back annotation file for the A... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6438046 | System and method for providing row redundancy with no timing penalty for built-in-self-repair (BISR) in high density memories A system and method for providing row redundancy for BISR of high density memory arrays without a timing penalty decreases capacitance of the memory array bitlines at least during accessing of rows of redundant memory of a memory array. In this manner, th... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6433598 | Process, voltage and temperature independent clock tree deskew circuitry-active drive method A clock tree deskew circuit dynamically minimizes skew in clock signals that synchronize operation of synchronized circuit components of an integrated circuit. The clock tree deskew circuit reduces the clock tree skew in repeated intervals over a period o... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6431844 | High pressure pump having integral start valve A high pressure pump suitable for use in devices such as pressure washers or the like is disclosed wherein the pump's head assembly includes an integral start valve for allowing the fluid through the head assembly so the engine may be more easily started.... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6431194 | Condensate removal protection apparatus and method therefore The present invention discloses an apparatus and method for protecting a condensate removal device from damage that may be caused when the condensate removal device comes into contact with foreign objects. The present invention discloses placing a shield ... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6434657 | Method and apparatus for accommodating irregular memory write word widths A method and apparatus for accommodating irregular memory write word widths allow for writing to multiple rows in a memory so as to reduce or eliminate holes in the address read space. First and second memory blocks are provided that include a first bitce... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6429714 | Process, voltage and temperature independent clock tree deskew circuitry-temporary driver method A multilevel clock tree uses a temporary clock buffer or reference signal in a clock tree deskew circuit to dynamically minimize skew in a variable delay clock signal that synchronizes operation of synchronized circuit components of an integrated circuit.... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6395369 | Garage door message banner A garage door banner for partially covering the front of a conventional garage door. The banner is easily attached so as not to change its position after successive up and down garage door cycling operations. The banner is attached via elastic strips to t... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6396699 | Heat sink with chip die EMC ground interconnect An apparatus for mounting a heat sink to a chip package such as a BGA type chip package or the like is disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, ground bumps are formed on the die substrate of the chip package and on the heat mating surface of the heat sink ... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6392489 | Precise integrated current mirrors A high precision current control circuit (current mirror) is disclosed. As in prior current mirrors, a reference voltage is generated from the input reference current. An operational amplifier is placed between the reference diode and the bases of the con... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6390213 | Maneuverable self-propelled cart A maneuverable self-propelled cart having a drive assembly including independently suspended drive wheels for propelling the cart over rough or uneven surfaces. The drive assembly is comprised of a drive wheel carriage having at least two drive wheels. Th... | 05/21/2002 |
