...that the x-ray was discovered purely by accident? When German physicist Wilhelm Konrad von Roentgen was experimenting with cathode rays in 1895, he put an activated Crookes tube in a book and went out to lunch. When he returned, he discovered that a key that had also been placed in the book showed up as an image on the developed film!
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120127039 | WIRELESS MOUSE A wireless mouse includes a mouse housing, a printed circuit board assembly assembled in the mouse housing, and an antenna mounted on a front end of the printed circuit board assembly. The front end of the printed circuit board assembly defines two fastening holes space... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127045 | PORTABLE RADIO A portable wireless device having a casing formed by assembling a first casing and a second casing, includes an annular elastic member sandwiched between the first casing and the second casing, a flexible printed board integrally formed with the annular elastic member a... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127042 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS In one embodiment, a communication apparatus includes a substrate, an antenna disposed on the substrate, a first communication part transmitting or receiving a signal at a predetermined frequency via the antenna, a first conductor plate, a terminal disposed on the subst... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127040 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HOUSING ASSEMBLY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF A housing assembly includes an outer housing, a support member, an antenna cover, a foam member, and an adhesive member. The outer housing defines an antenna opening. The support member is positioned in the outer housing, and encloses the antenna opening. The support me... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127043 | PORTABLE RADIO A portable radio having a housing 10 made up of a combination of a first case 11 and a second case 12 includes: an annular resilient member 13 sandwiched between the first case 11 and the second case 12; a flexible printed board... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127044 | PORTABLE WIRELESS DEVICE Provided is a portable wireless device capable of preventing deterioration in performance of an antenna caused by reverse phase current. The portable wireless device (100) comprises at least two box-shaped housings each of which is formed by fitting respective an... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127041 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL HOUSING SET WITH AN ANTENNA The present invention provides a mobile communication terminal and a mobile communication terminal shell provided with an antenna. The mobile communication terminal comprising a housing, a stylus holding structure for inserting a stylus and provided on the housing, and ... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120105288 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH ANTENNA DEVICE AND SOLAR PANEL Disclosed is an electronic device including an antenna device which is constituted by a plate like radiator being provided on a top surface side of a plate like dielectric and a plate like grounding conductor being provided on a back surface side of the plate like diele... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120105287 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL A mobile communication terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to communicate with at least one other terminal; a body including a metal frame having a specified length and a width; a power feeding portion formed on an internal circuit board in the t... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120105286 | MOBILE TERMINAL An antenna unit and a mobile terminal having the same are provided. the mobile terminal includes a terminal body having a circuit board for processing wireless signals, a first radiator disposed to overlap the circuit board with being spaced apart from the circuit board... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120068894 | WALL-MOUNTED ELECTRICAL DEVICE WITH MODULAR ANTENNA BEZEL FRAME An electrical device configured to install within a wall mounted electrical box. The electrical device includes a bezel frame configured to fit within a faceplate. The bezel frame includes an antenna element. The device further includes a radio frequency circuitry compo... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120068890 | HIGH SPEED DIGITAL INTERCONNECT AND METHOD In some developing interconnect technologies, such as chip-to-chip optical interconnect or metal waveguide interconnects, misalignment can be a serious issue. Here, however, a interconnect that uses an on-chip directional antenna (which operates in the sub-millimeter ra... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120068895 | PORTABLE WIRELESS DEVICE A portable wireless device includes: a first housing including therein an antenna element and a circuit board disposed in parallel therewith; a second housing disposed to overlap with the first housing; and a tilt holding member including a hinge part which rotatably co... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120068891 | CHIP TO DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDE INTERFACE FOR SUB-MILLIMETER WAVE COMMUNICATIONS LINK In some developing interconnect technologies, such as chip-to-chip optical interconnect or metal waveguide interconnects, misalignment can be a serious issue. Here, however, a interconnect that uses an on-chip directional antenna (which operates in the sub-millimeter ra... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120068892 | Antenna with Dual Polarization and Mountable Antenna Elements A wireless device having a mountable antenna element and an antenna array that operate simultaneously and efficiently on a circuit board within a wireless device. The mountable antenna element may be coupled to a ground layer of the circuit board. The antenna array may ... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120068893 | ANTENNA STRUCTURES HAVING RESONATING ELEMENTS AND PARASITIC ELEMENTS WITHIN SLOTS IN CONDUCTIVE ELEMENTS Electronic devices may include radio-frequency transceiver circuitry and antenna structures. The antenna structures may include antenna resonating elements such as dual-band antenna resonating elements that resonate in first and second communications bands. The antenna ... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120050017 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTIPLE READING INTERFACE WITH A SIMPLE RFID ANTENNA A multi-field antenna able to receive a signal over one field selected from a plurality of different fields of the antenna includes an interface to connect the antenna to a signal processing device, such as an RFID reader, to receive and process the signal. The antenna ... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120052916 | MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE HAVING FREQUENCY SELECTIVE GROUNDING AND RELATED METHOD A mobile wireless communications device includes a portable housing having a metallic front housing forming a peripheral sidewall as a metallic ring. A circuit board is carried by the portable housing and forms a chassis ground plane. A wireless communications circuit i... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120050114 | ANTENNAS MOUNTED UNDER DIELECTRIC PLATES Electronic devices are provided that contain wireless communications circuitry. The wireless communications circuitry may include radio-frequency transceiver circuitry and antenna structures. The antenna structures may include antennas such as inverted-F antennas that c... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120050115 | ANTENNA ASSEMBLY AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME An antenna assembly includes a slide mechanism, a chassis, and an antenna. The slide mechanism includes a fixed plate and a slide plate slidably mounted on the fixed plate. The chassis is mounted on the slide plate. The antenna is mounted on the chassis. The antenna is ... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120050116 | ANTENNA MODULE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH THE SAME An antenna module includes an antenna body, a signal feeding element and a conducting element. The signal feeding element is mounted on the antenna body, and the antenna body can move between a first position and a second position relative to the signal feeding element.... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120052830 | ANTENNA, COMMUNICATION MODULE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, POSITION ESTIMATING DEVICE, POSITION ESTIMATING METHOD, POSITION ADJUSTING DEVICE, AND POSITION ADJUSTING METHOD An antenna includes: a differential linear antenna that includes two antenna elements, which have a predetermined length, arranged so as to be separated from each other for to be symmetrical with respect to a line that becomes a reference and provided with voltages havi... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120046002 | ANTENNAS FOR HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICES WITH CONDUCTIVE BEZELS A handheld electronic device may be provided that contains wireless communications circuitry. The handheld electronic device may have a housing and a display. The display may be attached to the housing using a conductive bezel. The handheld electronic device may have on... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120044112 | LOCAL AREA NETWORK ANTENNA FOR A MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE An antenna for a mobile device is described. The antenna includes a housing formed from a metal material. The housing functions as a ground plane for the antenna and an RF shield for at least one electronic component of the mobile device. An insulating material covers a... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120044113 | ANTENNA UNIT AND ELECTRIC APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME An antenna unit includes a substrate (120), an antenna (110) located on one major surface of the substrate (120), a dielectric plate (130) opposed to the major surface of the substrate (120), and a dielectric layer (190) interpo... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120044115 | External Case for Redistribution of RF Radiation Away From Wireless Communication Device User and Wireless Communication Device Incorporating RF Radiation Redistribution Elements A case for a wireless tablet computer device includes a number of RF resonant loop elements and elongated RF director coupling strip elements mounted in the case and configured such that RF radiation is coupled from an internal antenna of the wireless device out of the ... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120044114 | BUILT-IN ANTENNA AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING ANTENNA EFFICIENCY A built-in antenna of a portable terminal and a method of forming the same are provided. The built-in antenna includes a first conductor having a specific length and used for a ground, a second conductor disposed with a specific distance in parallel to the first conduct... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120038520 | OMNI-DIRECTIONAL ANTENNA SYSTEM FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION A wireless device having an improved antenna system is disclosed comprising one or more antenna, preferably circularly polarized antenna, for transmitting or receiving a signal, and one or more floating ground planes, wherein the floating ground plane preferably is elec... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120038519 | MULTI-LOOP ANTENNA SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME A multi-loop antenna system includes a substrate having opposite first and second surfaces, a first loop antenna disposed on the first surface, and a second loop antenna disposed on one of the first and second surfaces. Each of the first and second loop antennas is oper... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120038515 | ARM-WORN RFID READER An RFID reader is configured to be worn on the arm of a user and includes a housing with a bottom surface for facing the arm of a user and a top surface facing away from the arm. A securement structure engages the arm of the user to secure the housing. An antenna is mou... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120038516 | Portable Electronic Device A portable electronic device is provided. The portable electronic device includes a housing, a circuit board, an amplifier, an antenna and a short element. The circuit board is disposed in the housing, wherein the circuit board includes a first edge and a second edge, a... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120038518 | HOUSING OF PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME A housing includes a base and an antenna radiator. The base includes a first injection layer and a second injection layer. The first and second injection layers are formed by injecting of moldable plastic and combining to each other. The antenna radiator is sandwiched b... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120038517 | ANTENNA MODULE AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE HAVING THE SAME An antenna module includes a first antenna and a second antenna which work at the same frequency. The first antenna includes a first feed portion, a first radiation portion, and a first ground portion. The second antenna includes a second feed portion and a second radia... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120032860 | RECEIVER In order to solve a problem that, if a reinforcing plate of a housing is used as an antenna in a receiver, a desired antenna gain is less likely to be obtained and therefore an antenna gain is degraded, a receiver for receiving information transmitted by a radio wave in... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120032858 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING ANTENNA PATTERN EMBEDDED IN CASE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME An electronic device having an antenna pattern embedded in a case and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The electronic device includes: a radiator embedded within a case and having an antenna pattern part for transmitting and receiving a signal; a smart ... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120032859 | MARK ANTENNA AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE The present invention discloses a mark antenna used for receiving and transmitting a wireless signal. The mark antenna comprises a ground point, a feed point and a radiation part connecting to the ground point and the feed point, and particularly the radiation part is a... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120026133 | ANTENNA INCLUDING ELEMENTS OF AN INDUCTIVE TOUCH SCREEN AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE FOR USE THEREWITH An antenna includes an antenna section and a ground plane. The ground plane includes a plurality of inductors that provide a high impedance at the operating frequency of the antenna. The plurality of inductors are implemented via a plurality of inductive elements of an ... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120026046 | ANTENNA INTEGRATED WITH A PORTABLE COMMUNICATION DEVICE A radio is presented in which a short-range antenna, along with a speaker, is contained within a non-conductive speaker bracket. The antenna is a PIFA that is bent and extends through the speaker bracket so that the distance between the free end of the PIFA and various ... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120019418 | MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE WITH ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE CONTINUOUS RING AND RELATED METHODS A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing that may include an electrically conductive continuous ring defining a perimeter of the portable housing. The electrically conductive continuous ring may be configured to function as an antenna. The ... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120019419 | Flat Screen With Integrated Antenna The invention relates to a flat screen (E) that comprises an active pixel matrix (M), an electrode that is common to said pixels (C), and a conductive strip (R) preferably in the form of a ring that is connected to said common electrode and at least partially surrounds ... | 01/26/2012 |