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U.S. Senator Smith of Indiana ; After seeing Samuel Morse demonstrate the telegraph.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7399517 | Cushion pad for shoes A cushion pad for shows includes a top plate, a bottom plate and a flexible mediate portion connected between the top plate and the bottom plate. The flexible mediate portion includes a plurality of straight plates perpendicularly connected to the top plate and the ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7303050 | Fastening element for elevator guide rails A sound-damping and/or vibration-damping fastening element for elevator guide rails includes an anchor rail connected by a damping medium with a support rail. The anchor rail supports the elevator guide rail and is partially embedded in the damping medium. The ancho... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7234153 | Vibration damper for dampening vibrations at low frequencies Electronics are fitted in vehicles, such as boats, ships, trains, buses, lorries, normal cars etc. The electronic items are exposed to jolts and other non-uniform actions. Particularly with regard to jolts, electronic items or apparatuses in which there are also mec... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7152299 | Method of assembling a loudspeaker Electro-dynamic loudspeakers typically include a diaphragm having a conductor applied to one of its surfaces. The diaphragm is secured to a frame. The conductor is connected to a power supply for providing electrical current through linear traces of the conductor th... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7117972 | Vibration isolation mount for garage door opener The invention provides a vibration isolation mount for a motorized garage door opener system. The mount includes a substantially planar first mounting plate with apertures configured for mounting to structure inside a garage, and a substantially planar second mounti... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7064908 | Laser beam jitter reduction device on a laser optical bench In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a device including a first optical table, a second optical table, and at least one optical mount coupled to the first and second optical tables and configured to support at least one optical component. The f... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7031150 | Mounting apparatus for data storage device A mounting apparatus for mounting a data storage device (10) to a chassis (20), includes a drive bracket (30), a support bracket (40) received in the drive bracket and a latch (50) attached to a side wall (34) of the drive b... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6999909 | Process for designing an optimal vibration isolation mount for a disc drive An optimal vibration mount for a disc drive is designed by computing external, Ξ, and internal, Θ, disturbance models for the disc drive and defining an inertia matrix, M, for the disc drive. A state estimator, such as a Kalman filter, is defined based on the iner... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6672560 | Vibration-isolating mounting bracket assembly for television supporting frame A television supporting frame includes a peripheral frame structure and mounting bracket assemblies extending between opposite portions of the frame structure for mounting a television in a vibration-isolated relationship thereto. Each bracket assembly in... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6618249 | Thermal cooling system for densely packed storage devices A cooling system (27) for use with a storage system (10) having a storage device (18) includes a drive rail (22), a rail channel (24) that is adjacent to and at least partly bounded by the drive rail (22), and a fluid source (20) that provides a fluid to ... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6477039 | Image display device An image display device includes a display panel, and a housing that includes a frame body arranged on the circumference of the display panel and a back cover arranged on the back of the display panel. The frame body has a structure for sandwiching therei... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6317317 | Insertion cartridge for hard disc of portable computer An insertion cartridge for hard disc of a portable computer. The cartridge includes an upper cover and a lower cover mated with each other. Two sides of each of the upper and lower covers are formed with at least one fixing plate. When the upper cover is ... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6311945 | Passive vibration isolation device A passive vibration isolation device includes a support frame, an instrument support platform and a plurality of vibration isolators. The support frame is adapted to rest on a support surface. The instrument support platform is adapted to support an instr... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6272011 | Hard diskdrive mobile rack A hard diskdrive mobile rack formed of a hollow rack, a top cover and a buffer unit for mounting in the mainframe of a computer to carry a hard diskdrive for storing data, wherein the rack body has an opening for the loading of a hard diskdrive, and an el... | 08/07/2001 |
| 5028032 | Bearing arrangement for supporting a swinging body A bearing arrangement for the support of a swinging body. The bearing arrangement in which the swinging body is provided with a rotatable bearing shaft. The bearing shaft is supported in the bearing assemblies having deformable bearing bodies. The bearing... | 07/02/1991 |
| 4955578 | Resiliently fastened support device for a microphone A resiliently fastened support device for supporting an arrangement carrying a microphone, such as, a tripod tube, a gooseneck, a plug-type connection or the like. The support device is connected to an end of the arrangement which faces away from the micr... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4812932 | Vibration proof supporting structure for disk-type information memory unit Disclosed is a file memory unit having a casing for accommodating a head positioning mechanism and a magnetic recording disk virtually in sealed manner, and a frame for supporting the casing resiliently. The unit has the provision of a shock absorbing fac... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4763870 | Traffic signal head A traffic signal hanger is disclosured in which an elastomeric member is provided intermediate a traffic signal support arm and a traffic signal housing which elastomeric member provides advantagous damped pivoting of the signal housing relative to the su... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4717130 | Power unit suspension system The invention relates to a shock and vibration damping suspension system for mounting a power unit in relation to an engine bed or the like. The power unit comprises a motor or engine and a power transmission arrangement coupled thereto, preferably an inb... | 01/05/1988 |
| 4705257 | Shock and vibration isolation mounting Shock and vibration isolation mounting apparatus for releasably mounting a computer disk drive, or the like. Two pair of mounting assemblies are used for attaching to the drive and to respective ones of opposed surfaces between which the drive is disposed... | 11/10/1987 |
| 4642948 | Tension retention anchorage An apparatus comprising only tension-bearing members serves to interconnect first and second bodies and carry both tension and compressive forces between the bodies. A first tension-bearing member, such as a cable, is connected between first and second po... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4296907 | Support assembly for an exhaust system of a motor vehicle A support assembly for an exhaust system of a motor vehicle is disclosed. This assembly comprises a U-shaped channel bracket adapted to be mounted on the body of the vehicle. A strip bracket is adapted to be fixed at one end portion to the exhaust system ... | 10/27/1981 |
| 4258937 | Connecting device for an equipment unit suspended from a system which subjects said unit to differential movements of displacement An equipment unit such as the primary pump of a liquid metal cooled reactor is suspended from the reactor vault roof by means of complementary bearing zones formed respectively in top flanges of the pump and in stationary supporting flanges secured to the... | 03/31/1981 |
| 3970272 | Engine mounting Means for mounting an engine to a tractor or the like to minimize transmission of vibration between the engine and the tractor or the like, wherein metal to metal contact is avoided and the engine is firmly held down in position on the tractor or the like... | 07/20/1976 |
| 3942599 | Apparatus for supporting catalytic converters on motor cars A catalytic converter installed in the exhaust system of an engine of a motor car is mounted on a member arranged to vibrate substantially integrally with the engine through a bracket and a cushion member.... | 03/09/1976 |