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Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover
An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.
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| 7587502 | Enabling rent/buy redirection in invitation to an online service A system and method are directed towards enabling a user to access a client service such as a client game program that interacts with an online service such as a multiplayer game. A client probe detects execution of the client service on a first client device, and s... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7560899 | Circuit and method for adjusting safety time-out with charge current A method and circuit for adjusting a safety time-out in charging devices based on a charge current. According to one embodiment, a signal that is based on the charge current is employed to control an output of an oscillator, which controls an operation of a safety t... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7535195 | Battery charger that employs current sharing to simultaneously power an application and charge a battery Circuitry for powering a load and charging of a battery from a power source by a smart power supply is provided. The smart power supply controls the maximum current for battery charging based in part upon variables such as the maximum rate of charge of the battery a... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7515310 | Programmable gain amplifier with hybrid digital/analog architecture Circuits, devices, and methods for enabling the digitization of scanned images with an Analog Front End (AFE) circuit. The AFE circuit includes a sampler for sampling a signal produced by an image sensor and in response generating analog image samples. The AFE circu... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7509595 | Method and system for enabling energy efficient wireless connectivity An apparatus and method that enables several different factors associated with the implementation of a particular wireless application to be considered in the design of an energy efficient wireless connectivity solution for an integrated circuit. Factors regarding t... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7506029 | Establishing communication between a messaging client and a remote device running a browsing application A first device running a messaging application, such as an instant messaging (IM) application, engages in messaging communication with a remote device running a browsing application. The remote device user is not associated with the messaging network of the first de... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7497311 | Drive engagement apparatus A drive arrangement (1) is disclosed where a driving gear (13) is engageable with a shaft (14) by engaging an axially movable sleeve (19) with a dog (23). One of the sleeve (19) or dog (23) is drivably connected to th... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7459886 | Combined LDO regulator and battery charger A method and circuit for simultaneously charging a battery and providing supply voltage to a load. The circuit includes a low-drop-out voltage (LDO) regulator and a constant-current, constant-voltage (CC-CV) regulator. In one embodiment, CC-CV regulator provides a c... | 12/02/2008 |
