Did You Know...
...that several people are credited with the invention of the flush toilet? Most people have heard of Thomas Crapper (1837-1910), the sanitary engineer who invented the valve-and-siphon arrangement that made the modern toilet possible. Another claimant to "the throne" was British inventor Alexander Cumming who patented a toilet in 1775. Then there's a nameless Minoan (a native of ancient Crete) who lived 4,000 years ago who supposedly was ahead of his time and created the first flush toilet!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8123896 | Laminating system It is an object of the invention to improve the production efficiency in sealing a thin film integrated circuit and to prevent the damage and break. Further, it is another object of the invention to prevent a thin film integrated circuit from being damaged in shipme... | 02/28/2012 |
| 7776177 | Method for installing a roofing membrane A method for affixing covering products to building structures is described. The covering product includes a thermoplastic membrane, a layer in which a fabric that includes an adhesive coating, and a release liner. The layer is affixed to a primary surface of the me... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7491289 | Methods of forming metal foil ply replacement in composite structures Laminate structures and methods for forming same are disclosed. In one embodiment, a laminate structure includes a metal-polymer composite lamina. The metal-polymer composite lamina has a first face and a second face spaced apart, and extends to a terminal edge. The... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7431784 | Method and apparatus for producing data carriers equipped with an integrated transponder A method for producing data carriers equipped with integrated transponders is disclosed in which the transponders are supplied in a transponder web and are covered on one side with a label, wherein the transponders are separated and aligned before being assembled wi... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7390374 | Leather or leather-like composite material A leather or leather-like composite material that supports a layer of soft foam laminated to its back side, the outside of which foam is flocked with textile staple fibers. When this material is manufactured, the back side of a leather or a leather-like material is ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7336883 | Indexing optical fiber adapter The device includes an indexing adapter, two port monitors, a light source, and two fiber optic connectors. The indexing adapter has only three fiber optic connector receptacles. Two of the three fiber optic connector receptacles are situated adjacent to the third f... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7304377 | Package substrate, integrated circuit apparatus, substrate unit, surface acoustic wave apparatus, and circuit device On a piezoelectric substrate 23, there are provided surface acoustic wave devices F1 and F2 in which predetermined circuit patterns are formed, and a package substrate 11 comprising side vias 16 formed in a caved manner in ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7303645 | Method and system for hermetically sealing packages for optics A method for hermetically sealing devices. The method includes providing a substrate which includes a plurality of individual chips. Each of the chips includes a plurality of devices and each of the chips are arranged in a spatial manner as a first array. The method... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7293705 | Radio frequency identification method and system of distributing products A method and system for vending products from a defined area, such as a micro-warehouse with a door. The method includes fitting each product with a radio frequency identification tag, positioning the plurality of products in a micro-warehouse, sensing opening and c... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7284270 | IC card and card certification method An IC card comprising: a core layer comprising therein an electronic element having a memory medium; an image receptive layer recording at least either text information or image information; and an optical variation element layer comprising an optical variation elem... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7273165 | Printing system A printing system capable of writing RFID data consistent with print information printed on a print-information recoding medium into an RFID chip carried on the print-information recording medium. The printing system includes a printer engine for printing print info... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7267286 | System and method for batch conversion of RFID tag to RFID label A system for batch conversion of RFID tag onto a label in a liner, to produce a RFID label, the system having at least a RFID tag dispenser having a plurality of RFID tags, a liner having a plurality of labels, each label spaced apart and marked with pitch marks, a ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7261792 | Method of producing piezoelectric component and piezoelectric component A surface acoustic wave element is mounted onto a mounting substrate having a terminal electrode via a bump by flip chip bonding. The surface acoustic wave element is covered with a resin film. The periphery of the surface acoustic wave element mounted on the mounti... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7258276 | Radio frequency identification method and system of distributing products A method and system for vending products from a defined area, such as a micro-warehouse with a door. The method includes fitting each product with a radio frequency identification tag, positioning the plurality of products in a micro-warehouse, sensing opening and c... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7244332 | Smart label web and a method for its manufacture The Invention relates to a method for the manufacture of a smart label web. The smart label web comprises smart labels placed one after another and/or side by side and comprising a circuitry pattern and an integrated circuit on a chip therein. In the method, an elec... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7243837 | Media converter RFID security tag The device includes a fiber optic cable, a transponder, a media converter, an antenna, and a transceiver. The transponder is attached to the fiber optic cable. The media converter is mountable to a bulkhead. The antenna is attached to the media converter. The transc... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7235150 | Multi-channel laser pump source for optical amplifiers An optical assembly, such as a multiple output diode laser pump source for EDFAs, is formed by pressing an optical array emitter chip against a standoff structure protruding from a submount such that the emitter chip deforms to match the curvature of the standoff st... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7235151 | Adhesive transfer device The present application generally relates to adhesive transfer devices. One embodiment of the application discloses a hand-held actuatorless adhesive transfer device. Another embodiment of the application discloses an adhesive transfer device for applying adhesive t... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7227470 | RFID label application system A method of tracking and identifying a plurality of items using a label containing an electronic article surveillance (EAS) device such as an RFID tag. An EAS device-containing label is attached to at least one, but less than all, of the items. At least one identify... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7220335 | Three-piece disposable undergarment with stretchable crotch member and method for the manufacture thereof A method of manufacturing an undergarment includes moving a web of body panel material in a longitudinal machine direction and cutting the web of body panel material along the longitudinal machine direction to thereby form a rear body panel web and a front body pane... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7211163 | Labeling assembly A labeling assembly and method of using same for releasably supporting a label and identifying a feature of an object upon which the labeling assembly is adapted for installation. The labeling assembly includes a protective layer having a release surface for releasa... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7197798 | Method of fabricating a composite apparatus A method for fabricating a piezoelectric macro-fiber composite actuator comprises making a piezoelectric fiber sheet by providing a plurality of wafers of piezoelectric material, bonding the wafers together with an adhesive material to form a stack of alternating la... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7200006 | Compliant thermal interface for electronic equipment A thin metallic sheet having an array of alternating domes, directed away from opposite sides of the sheet, to bridge a gap between a top surface of a processor package and a bottom surface of a heat sink. The sheet is positioned between the processor package and he... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7176799 | Assembling pressure sensitive labels with RFID tags Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags are adhered to the underside of sheet labels, to form assemblies which can be applied to articles. Pressure sensitive adhesive labels are removed from a liner which then runs on a loop, back to nip rollers, where the labels... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7165728 | Radio frequency identification for transfer of component information in fiber optic testing The device includes a connector, a transponder, an optical test unit, an antenna, and a transceiver. The transponder is attached to the connector. The antenna is attached to the optical test unit. The transceiver is electrically connected to the antenna. When the co... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7165720 | Radio frequency identification method and system of distributing products A method and system for vending products from a defined area, such as a micro-warehouse with a door. The method includes fitting each product with a radio frequency identification tag, positioning the plurality of products in a micro-warehouse, sensing opening and c... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7151310 | Package substrate, integrated circuit apparatus, substrate unit, surface acoustic wave apparatus, and circuit device On a piezoelectric substrate 23, there are provided surface acoustic wave devices F1 and F2 in which predetermined circuit patterns are formed, and a package substrate 11 comprising side vias 16 formed in a caved manner in ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7147028 | Label application system Techniques to apply a label to an object are described. ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7141137 | Method of making laminated wood beams with varying lamination thickness throughout the thickness of the beam A method of forming a laminated beam includes assembling a plurality of individual wood laminations in a juxtaposed relationship, and joining the assembled laminations together to form a laminated beam. The assembled laminations define a tension zone of individual w... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7097913 | Decorative article having translucent wood veneer A wood-based decorative article has a finish with grain enhanced by coloring or dyeing. A coated veneer sheet of sliced wood is prepared by bonding a reinforcing member onto the coated veneer by an adhesive. Injection molding is carried out by injecting a molten syn... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7098136 | Structure having flush circuit features and method of making Embedded flush circuitry features are provided by providing a carrier foil having an electrically conductive layer therein and coating the electrically conductive layer with a dielectric material. Circuitry features are formed in the dielectric material and conducti... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7098858 | Ruggedized multi-layer printed circuit board based downhole antenna The specification discloses a printed circuit board (PCB) based ferrite core antenna. The traces of PCBs form the windings for the antenna, and various layers of the PCB hold a ferrite core for the windings in place. The specification further discloses use of such P... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7087131 | Method and device for producing card-like information carriers A method for producing information carriers in the form of cards, in particular credit cards, passes, identification cards, admittance cards etc., the laminating process including placing at least one card template which is to be sized, preferably a laminate consist... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7083691 | Method for producing an elastic, air-permeable laminate film A method for the production of an elastic, air-permeable laminate film is disclosed, whereby material webs made of a fiber non-woven fabric are applied to both sides of an elastomer layer, and the multi-layered material subsequently runs through an ultrasound bondin... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7081375 | Semiconductor package having thermal interface material (TIM) A semiconductor package and a method for forming the same are provided. The semiconductor package comprises a chip having an active surface and a back surface. The semiconductor package further comprises a substrate having an upper surface and a lower surface opposi... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7045186 | RFID manufacturing concepts Radio frequency identification labels are made in a high speed and effective manner in a variety of different ways utilizing a number of different sources of RFID inlets, each inlet including an antenna and a chip. A plurality of webs are matched together and RFID l... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7025850 | Methods and apparatus for masking a workpiece Methods and apparatus for masking a planar surface and providing information at the point of use of an assembly including the planar surface are disclosed. In one advantageous method in accordance with the present invention, a masking material comprising a substrate... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7023347 | Method and system for forming a die frame and for transferring dies therewith A method, system, and apparatus for a die frame, and for transferring integrated circuit dies therewith, is described. In one aspect for making a die frame, a wafer that comprises a plurality of dies is attached to a surface of a tape structure. A grid of grooves is... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7008500 | High pressure lamination of electronic cards Plastic cards with included electronic elements are made by laminating a carrier sheet bearing multiple electronic elements between top and bottom plastic sheets. The laminated composite is die cut into separate cards. Prior to lamination the carrier sheet is perfor... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7005020 | Process for fabricating of a speaker enclosure having any preselected external, shape containing internal cavities shaped with preselected enhancements for each preselected driver mounted within said external shaped enclosure A process for the fabrication of a speaker enclosure for a set of drivers utilizing a series of templates including a base template having an external circumferential edge, corresponding to the preselected external shape of the enclosure, a preselected number of gui... | 02/28/2006 |
