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...that Charles Goodyear performed some of his experiments on rubber while in debtor's prison? He was there so often he referred to it as his "hotel". Chronically in debt because of poor business sense and ill health, Goodyear depended on the generosity of friends and family. Even after he unlocked the secret to vulcanizing rubber, he was unable to improve his financial situation. When he died, his estate was $200,000 in debt.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7910834 | Energy saving cable assemblies An embodiment of the present invention is direct to a cable assembly for use with any power cable for an electrical device. The cable assembly includes a remotely locatable switch for connecting or disconnecting the electrical device from power draw. Another embodim... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7910833 | Energy-saving power adapter/charger An embodiment of the present invention is directed to a power device for an electronic device, such as a charger for a portable rechargeable device and/or an AC adapter. The power device includes switching circuitry for de-powering at least a portion of the power de... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7812259 | Metal-clad cable with foraminous coded label A metal-clad cable having a plurality of spaced apart labels. The labels have coded information about the cable and are conductive and/or include a plurality of openings so as to assure conductivity between an outer sheath of the metal-clad cable and a terminating a... | 10/12/2010 |
| RE41593 | Electrical cable having indicating malfunction means therein Disclosed is an electrical cable assembly in simplest form including at least one conductor, at least one insulator, and at least one attention getting material and/or a visual reacting material such as a thermochromic material or liquid crystal formulation, which w... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7612288 | Techniques for attaching a label to an electronic cable A cable assembly has an electronic cable (e.g., a data communications cable, a power cable, a fiber optic cable, a cable concurrently providing both data and power, etc.), a label to provide identification to the electronic cable, and a label supporter. The label su... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7504586 | Cable and cable identificating method Covered wires easily distinguished from each other on a low cost and a method of distinguishing the covered wires are provided. The first covered wire (1) has a core (5) and a cover portion (6). An outer surface (6a) of the cover p... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7468489 | Cable having internal identifying indicia and associated methods A cable for ensuring the authenticity thereof and discouraging the unauthorized counterfeiting of the cable may include a cable core and an opaque outer jacket surrounding the cable core. The jacket may include identifying indicia visible on an inner surface of the ... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7465878 | Indicia-marked electrical cable An electrical cable includes a sheath that envelops at least two internal conductors, and an indicia visible on the sheath is representative of the internal conductor. ... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7442877 | Wire manufacturing method wire manufacturing apparatus and wire This invention intends to provide a method and apparatus for manufacturing an electric wire, capable of easily changing a color applied to the electric wire. The electric wire manufacturing apparatus intends to manufacture an electric wire composed of a core and a c... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7361840 | Wire recycling method The invention provides an electrical cable reuse method which reduces a long time stock of cables. For assembling a wiring harness, step S1 reuses special electrical cables stocked in an electrical cable storehouse, and the cables having been colored in a fir... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7347015 | Conductor marking device with receiving pockets A marking device for identifying an electrical conductor includes a planar generally annular marker body containing at least one opening for receiving the conductor, and a plurality of coplanar outwardly extending portions containing mutually isolated pockets for re... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7275720 | Actively cooled ceramic thermal protection system An apparatus and method for thermal protection is provided. A thermal protection apparatus includes a porous layer attached to an inner structural member requiring thermal protection. The porous layer serves as both a cooling air plenum and a transpiring medium. The... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7265296 | Flame retardant plenum cable The present invention is a flame retardant cable having an insulated conductor and at least two insulation layers. The cable demonstrates a composite dielectric constant less than or equal to about 2.6 and a composite dissipation factor less than or equal to 0.005 e... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7261680 | Stress and/or temperature-indicating composition for roll covers An industrial roll includes: a substantially cylindrical core and a cover overlying the adhesive layer. The cover typically comprises a polymeric top stock layer which comprises a mixture of a polymeric material and at least one of a piezochromic material and a ther... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7227380 | Synchronous first-in/first-out block memory for a field programmable gate array The present invention comprises a field programmable gate array that has a plurality of dedicated first-in/first-out memory logic components. The field programmable gate array includes a plurality of synchronous random access memory blocks that are coupled to a plur... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7214883 | Electrical signal cable The present invention provides an electrical cable having two or more conductors, one or more multistrip insulators separating the two or more conductors from one another, and a protective cover formed around the two or more conductors and one or more multistrip ins... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7214091 | Audio/video mainframe shaped as an auto head An audio/video mainframe shaped as an auto head includes mainly a frame shell with a front side shaped as an auto front head. Plural A/V output/input terminals and a power terminal are located at two corners of an upper section of the front side, able to be covered ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7211733 | Electric wire, electric wire connection method and wire harness A first marking and a second marking, indicating a connection form, are provided on a covering sheath at a connection position of a first wire serving as a main wire. Therefore, an operation is carried out at a region between the first marking and the second marking... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7203412 | Illuminated anti-trip cable duct The present invention provides a pleasant illuminated anti-trip cable duct for use in protecting wires that cross pathways. The illuminated anti-trip cable duct may also be used to illuminate raceways or paths, such as aisles in auditoriums or churches. The anti-tri... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7202288 | Laser-markable pigments containing an absorber coated with a marker Laser-markable pigments which are distinguished by the fact that an absorber is coated with a marker and optionally with a diffusion barrier are described. Further, processes for the preparation of the laser-markable pigments and methods for using them are described... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7193155 | Communication cables including colored conductors or fibers and methods for making and using the same A communications apparatus for transmitting various communication signals is described. The communications apparatus contains at least two conductors or fibers where the first conductor or fiber comprises a first color and the second conductor or fiber comprises a s... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7182628 | Cable connector having interchangeable color bands Interchangeable identification bands are manually stretchable over coaxial cable TV connectors to identify the intended application of the connector and can be used alone or in combination with other color designations, such as, color designations for different cabl... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7148422 | Ignition wire with grafted coating and method of making An ignition wire includes a conductive core, an insulation layer surrounding the core, an insulating jacket surrounding the insulation layer and a coating layer which is grafted and bonded to at least a portion of an exterior surface of the insulating jacket. The co... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7145080 | Off-set communications cable A cable includes an outer sleeve for offsetting an inner jacket from a central axis of the outer sleeve in order to reduce crosstalk between adjacent cables. In one embodiment, an inner surface of the outer sleeve includes a plurality of fingers of different length ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7145081 | Electric wire An electric wire, in which a color of an outer surface of the electric wire is securely prevented from coming off, is provided. The electric wire (1) includes a core wire (4), coating (5), mark (23) and coating layer (6). The coati... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7134200 | Device and method for identifying cables A device and method for identification marking of cables, especially electric cables, that are continuously provided with unambiguous markings at least in their end sections. The cable is cut such that the marking of interest is visible directly behind the shell of ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7126374 | Multi-level routing architecture in a field programmable gate array having transmitters and receivers A routing architecture in a field programmable gate array (FPGA) having a plurality of logic clusters wherein each logic cluster has at least two sub-clusters. The logic clusters are arranged in rows and columns and each logic clusters has a plurality of receiver co... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7119573 | Field-programmable gate array low voltage differential signaling driver utilizing two complimentary output buffers A low voltage signaling differential signaling driver comprising a first output line coupled to a delay circuit, a first multiplexer and a first output buffer. The first output line is also coupled to an inverter, a second multiplexer and a second output buffer.... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7118407 | Power plug with overloaded display A power plug with overloaded display providing users with a function of a warning display for protecting the power plug from over-heated melting and from shorting and catching on fire. The plug includes an embedded positioned block arranged on a periphery of electri... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7111272 | Parallel programmable antifuse field programmable gate array device (FPGA) and a method for programming and testing an antifuse FPGA The present invention comprises apparatus and a method for simultaneously programming multiple antifuses in a multiple tile field programmable gate array (FPGA). The invention comprises an FPGA having a plurality of logic modules with programmable elements. The logi... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7091421 | Linear object identification tag, and installation instrument and installation method for same, linear object with connector The linear object identification tag 10 can be attached to and detached from a linear object 40. This tag has a clip body having a pair of clip parts 1a, 1b openably joined to a base part 6, and a holding part 8, 9... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7087841 | Communication cable and method of installing same A communication cable for being used in ducts or tubes comprising an outer jacket (1) which is formed with ribs (4) spaced around the periphery of the jacket and extending along the length of the cable. The new profiled cable has a lower index of frict... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7085457 | Underground electrical cable with temperature sensing means An electrical cable having a holding member arranged within the cable for an optic fiber, which can be used for temperature sensing and/or communications. The holding member can replace one or more strands of the cable, be placed inside an interstice of the cable, b... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7075334 | Repeatable block producing a non-uniform routing architecture in a field programmable gate array having segmented tracks The apparatus comprises a repeatable non-uniform segmented routing architecture in a field programmable gate array having a plurality of sets of routing tracks having a first and last track position proceeding in a first direction and having at least one programmabl... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7064276 | Communication cable, and communication wire protecting tube A communication cable having a communication wire and an armor including at least two synthetic resin layers, and protects the communication wire in a loose state. The communication wire protecting tube includes at least two synthetic resin layers, and inserts the c... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7064274 | Applicator and method of application for snap wrap marker An applicator and method of application for a snap wrap marker which may be operated in one embodiment from ground level by a workman with the applicator at the end of a long pole. The pre-coiled plastic marker (for example) is manually uncoiled and its ends positio... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7057112 | Electric wire An electric wire includes a core unit, and a sheath surrounding the core unit. The sheath includes an inner layer surrounding the core unit, and a transparent outer layer surrounding the inner layer. The outer layer has a cross-section including a plurality of first... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7057113 | Electric wire An electric wire includes a core unit including at least two sheathed wires that are helically twisted together about a central axis, and a sheath surrounding the core unit. Each of the sheathed wires includes an insulation layer and a conductive core surrounded by ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7044771 | Cable connector having interchangeable color bands Interchangeable identification bands are manually stretchable over coaxial cable TV connectors to identify the intended application of the connector and can be used alone or in combination with other color designations, such as, color designations for different cabl... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6997738 | Wire-identification plugs for electronic devices A kit for marking a predetermined position of at least one wire connected to an electronic device includes at least one male plug that has an elongated prong section integral with the body. The prong section includes an end portion spaced forwardly of the body and i... | 02/14/2006 |
