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...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 |
| 7868254 | Shield flat cable and manufacturing method thereof A manufacturing method of a flat shield cable has a step of arranging a plurality of flat conductors including a ground line parallel with each other in one plane at a pitch P, a step of forming a flat cable by laminating a first insulating film on the flat conducto... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7745731 | Transmission cable A transmission cable and method for manufacturing same are provided. A plurality of signal lines are formed on one side of an insulating layer and ground lines are formed between the signal lines. The ground lines are electrically connected with a shield layer forme... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7696439 | Layered metal structure for interconnect element A layered metal structure is provided in accordance with an aspect of the invention. The structure can be used, for example, to fabricate a conductive interconnect element for conductively interconnecting one or more microelectronic elements. The layered structure i... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7678997 | Large area circuitry using appliqués An appliqué for forming a surface coating to a substrate is disclosed. The appliqué contains a sectioned metal foil that provides a large area electrical circuit for connecting electrical devices. The appliqué may provide additional functions including lightning ... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7642463 | Transparent conductors and methods for fabricating transparent conductors Transparent conductors with nanowires having silver oxide complexes and methods for fabricating such transparent conductors are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, a transparent conductor comprises a substrate and a transparent conductive coating disposed overlyi... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7569773 | Wired circuit board A wired circuit board has a plurality of insulating layers, a conductive layer having a signal wiring extending in a longitudinal direction which is covered with the insulating layers, and a signal connecting terminal provided on a longitudinal end of the signal wir... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7525047 | Cable having translucent, semi-transparent or transparent ESD dissipative layer and/or metallic layer A cable in one embodiment includes a plurality of leads; and an electrostatic discharge (ESD) dissipative layer operatively coupled to the leads, the ESD dissipative layer being characterized as being at least one of translucent, semi-transparent or transparent. A c... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7479602 | Flat cable The invention provides a flat cable including an insulator and a plurality of connectors disposed in the insulator. The conductors in the insulator are arranged in at least three layers. The width of the conductors in the middle layer is less than or equal to that o... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7449640 | Alignment features for dicing multi element acoustic arrays A method and system include a cable including a plurality of conductors terminating at a leading edge of the cable, and markers disposed at the leading edge providing visual reference points at one or more predetermined positions, the markers being separate from the... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7429702 | Transmission cable and method for manufacturing the same A transmission cable and method for manufacturing same are provided. A plurality of signal lines are formed on one side of an insulating layer and ground lines are formed between the signal lines. The ground lines are electrically connected with a shield layer forme... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7408117 | Three-dimensional moulded planar cable, method for production and use thereof A three-dimensional moulded planar cable, includes a laminate made from at least one conductor track, bonded between two insulation layers and at least one support layer, connected to each other by an adhesive layer. The cable is applied to a positive moulding tool,... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7399929 | Flexible flat cable A flexible flat cable is provided. The FFC comprises multiple conductors with widths of 0.3(±0.03)mm arranged in a parallel manner with a pitch of 0.5 (±0.05)mm, the first insular material and the second insular material sandwiching these conductors from both side... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7388155 | Electrical cable employing resistance conductors An electrical cable that minimizes frequency sensitive group delay for consumer products and industrial use. A method constructing an electrical cable that minimizes frequency sensitive group delay for consumer products and industrial use. The cables utilize flat co... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7381064 | Flexible flat cable termination structure for a clockspring The present invention is directed towards a flexible flat cable of a vehicular clockspring whose conductors are directly attached to the contacts of a mounting header. The flat cable comprises a series of conductors “printed” in-between a pair of insulating laye... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7371967 | Protective cable guide and separator assembly A protective cable guide and separator assembly. A first handle is coupled to first ends of a plurality of RF cables and a second end is coupled to second ends of the plurality of RF cables. At least one resilient portion is between the first and second handle porti... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7368842 | Armature windings and dynamo-electric machine using the same An armature winding includes a plurality of strand groups each having strands transposed and bound in at least two rows and multiple tiers, and a main insulator for covering the strand group. The strands belonging to a strand group on one side of a central strand gr... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7367527 | Reinforced insulation product and system suitable for use in an aircraft An acoustical and thermal insulation product suitable for use in an aircraft is provided, comprising: an insulation layer formed from a sheet of insulation material, wherein the sheet of insulation material is arranged to form a series of undulations defining a seri... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7358437 | Electrical wire and method of fabricating the electrical wire An electrical wire includes at least one electrifiable conductor, and a return conductor formed around the at least one electrifiable conductor, such that the at least one electrifiable conductor is completely entrapped by the return conductor. ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7348494 | Signal layer interconnects Inner layer traces on a multilayer printed wiring board are exposed to enable direct interconnection with another device such as a printed wiring board. The traces may be exposed by removing at least some of the dielectric substrate material around the traces, or by... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7341476 | Inter-member connection structure, method of manufacturing the same, and electronic apparatus including inter-member connection structure An inter-member connection structure is provided. The inter-member connection structure has a contact-attached sheet having spiral contactors and a flexible printed circuit having electrode portions thereon that face each other. An elastic member and a fixed member ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7341462 | Connector terminal fabrication process and connector terminal An upper tier terminal is provided with a fitting portion and a board attachment portion. When the upper tier terminal is being fabricated, a first wire member which is a component of the fitting portion and a second wire member which is a component of the board att... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7332677 | Multiconductor cable assemblies and methods of making multiconductor cable assemblies A multiconductor cable assembly and a method of making a multiconductor cable assembly are disclosed. The multiconductor cable assembly comprises a conductor and a covering comprising a thermoplastic composition. The thermoplastic composition comprises a poly(arylen... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7326463 | Conductive circuits or cables manufactured from conductive loaded resin-based materials Circuit conductors and cables are formed of a conductive loaded resin-based material. The conductive loaded resin-based material comprises micron conductive powder(s), conductive fiber(s), or a combination of conductive powder and conductive fibers in a base resin h... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7314998 | Coaxial cable jumper device The present invention relates to a coaxial cable having a flat portion, so that the cable can be used, for example, as a jumper cable that passes through a window sill or a door. Because the cable is flat, it can easily pass through a crack in the door or window wit... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7315001 | Cable fixing structure A cable fixing structure mounted in a case of an electronic device allowing a cable to cross over a circuit board erectly mounted therein, then pass to another end of the electronic device, includes a carrier, having a ledge part mounted thereon, and a press part, c... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7312398 | Flexible flat cable, method and apparatus for assembling the same A flexible flat cable and an apparatus for assembling the flexible flat cable are provided. The flexible flat cable has a conductive wire group including conductive wires disposed parallel to each other and arranged in a synthetic resin cover, in which both end port... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7304246 | Design for linear broadband low frequency cable Embodiments of the present invention describe a cable assembly comprising at least two conductors wherein the width of the cross-sectional profile of each said at least two conductors is substantially larger than the height wherein each conductor is in electric cont... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7301104 | Double-sided flexible printed circuits A double-sided flexible printed circuit comprises: an electrically insulating base; a first copper layer having a first conductive pattern; a second copper layer having a second conductive pattern, the second conductive pattern disposed offset from the first conduct... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7297872 | Flat cable Flat cables having an external diameter of coaxial cables of 0.15 to 0.35 μm, at least a portion of the outer circumference of each coaxial cable fastened to a laminated sheet composed of a porous polytetrafluoroethylene. The flat cables are constructed so that the... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7294787 | Enhanced armor wires for wellbore cables Cables used with wellbore devices to analyze geologic formations adjacent a wellbore are disclosed. The cables include one or more armor wires formed of a high strength core surrounded by a corrosion resistant alloy clad. The cables may be employed as a slickline or... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7288716 | Transparent conductor A transparent conductor includes a film-shaped or plate-shaped support and a transparent conductive layer that is disposed on the support and has a surface formed as a rough surface. The surface of the transparent conductive layer is formed so that a maximum peak he... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7288721 | Electrical cables Disclosed are durable corrosion resistant wellbore electrical cables including a coated electrical conductor, a polymeric protective layer for trapping coating flakes, a first insulating jacket disposed adjacent to the polymeric protective layer and having a first r... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7281318 | Method of manufacturing a composite structural member having an integrated electrical circuit A method of manufacturing a composite structural member with an integrated electrical circuit is provided. The structural member includes a plurality of layers of structural reinforcement material, and two or more electrical devices are disposed at least partially b... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7278608 | Reinforced insulation product and system suitable for use in an aircraft An acoustical and thermal insulation product suitable for use in an aircraft is provided, comprising: an insulation layer formed from at least one sheet of insulation material, and a plurality of elongated reinforcing members for reinforcing the insulation product, ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7267552 | Signal transmission cable with adaptive contact pin reference A signal transmission cable with adaptive contact pin reference structure includes a first cable having a connecting edge; a second cable having a connecting edge; a component lay-out section having a first lateral edge adjacent to the connecting edge of the first c... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7265298 | Serpentine and corduroy circuits to enhance the stretchability of a stretchable electronic device A stretchable electronic apparatus and method of producing the apparatus. The apparatus has a central longitudinal axis and the apparatus is stretchable in a longitudinal direction generally aligned with the central longitudinal axis. The apparatus comprises a stret... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7258423 | Recording head unit, method of manufacturing the same, and recording apparatus using the unit A flexible circuit board (15) has one end portion (15a) soldered to a connection terminal row of a side surface (13e) of an ink-jet recording head (13), and extends upwardly from the ink jet recording head (13). The f... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7256345 | Cable and manufacturing method therefor A cable 1 is configured of connecting portions 12 on both ends for connecting to external connecting terminals and an intermediate portion 13. Each connecting portion 12 has electroconductive portions 14 for connecting with externa... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7231711 | Packaging structure of a driving circuit for a liquid crystal display device and packaging method of driving circuit for a liquid crystal display device A packaging structure of a driving circuit for a liquid crystal display device comprises a base film, a plurality of first metal lines being formed on the base film and being disposed with a certain distance between neighboring first metal lines, an insulating film ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7219423 | Manufacturing process for a flex connector of an electrical system A modular multi-component power distribution system is provided having a plurality of modular components which includes a bus-bar-like power distribution assembly (PDA), branching connectors, flex connectors, and receptacles. A manufacturing process relates to the m... | 05/22/2007 |
