Did You Know...
...that the video game, Pong, was invented by a guy who graduated at the bottom of his engineering class? Nolan Bushnell spent more time running the games at a local amusement park than he did on his studies at the University of Utah. His dreams of working for Disney's amusement empire were dashed when the company wouldn't hire him. Taking a boring job, Nolan daydreamed about electronic versions of popular games. He invented Pong, the first video game, and went on to found Atari Co.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8159404 | Multiple frequency antenna A helical element, which is operated in the frequency band of FM broadcast, is wound around the outer periphery of a rod-shaped support member 10. A line-shaped element 12, which is operated in the frequency band of terrestrial digital television broad... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8102322 | Vehicle antenna assembly A vehicle antenna assembly is provided with an antenna and a mounting bracket. The antenna includes an elongated mast section and a base section. The mounting bracket includes a first end with an antenna attachment section fixed to the base section of the antenna, a... | 01/24/2012 |
| 7839345 | Top mount mast antenna reinforcement A mounting apparatus for a top mount mast antenna includes a secondary part to stabilize the antenna attachment screws extending through the antenna base into the fender panel of the automotive vehicle on which the antenna is mounted. The secondary part is preferabl... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7710334 | Complex antenna device A complex antenna device includes: an antenna base having a main surface and first and second ends opposed to each other; a bar antenna including a metal body and disposed upright on a side of the first end of the antenna base; at least one planar antenna mounted on... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7671812 | Wind noise reducing mounting bases for antenna assemblies An antenna assembly is provided that includes an antenna element depending from an antenna mounting base. The mounting base includes a shaft portion that uniformly tapers from a mounting end portion to a projecting end portion. The shaft portion includes grooves, or... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7646351 | Detachable vehicle roof antenna A base side connecting mechanism (30) comprises a holder (40), a plug metal (50) and a sleeve (70). The plug metal (50) has a shaft (51) and a lock pin (52) projecting from the shaft (51) in a radial direction.... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7586453 | Vehicular multiband antenna A coaxial antenna is implemented that combines a VHF and UHF antenna on a common radiating element. The antenna may further include a satellite antenna that, together with the VHF/UHF antenna fits into a whip antenna footprint. ... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7564417 | Antenna device having a non-electrical engagement during pre-lock An antenna device has an antenna main body, a fixing member and a bolt. The antenna main body comprises an antenna element, female connectors provided at a first connector, a female screw section, and an engagement claw inserted into an antenna mount hole to make en... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7439931 | Attachment rack apparatus with antenna An attachment rack apparatus with antenna is provided, including a first connection unit, a second connection unit and an antenna unit. The first connection unit includes a first attachment plate and a second attachment plate. One end of the first and second attachm... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7436368 | Antenna adapter for improved cosite performance An antenna for a military ground vehicle having a radio includes a whip element and a base plate attached to the whip element. The base plate has a first set of dimensions. The antenna also includes an antenna adapter that is attached to the base plate. The antenna ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7431386 | Motor vehicle roof A motor vehicle roof with a roof plate which has a transparent plastic area to which a peripheral plastic edge is molded which is used especially as a cover visor and which extends downward. Furthermore, the roof plate has a nontransparent area with a holding frame ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7429958 | Vehicle-mount antenna assemblies having snap-on outer cosmetic covers with compliant latching mechanisms for achieving zero-gap An antenna assembly generally includes an antenna module mountable to a vehicle body wall. The antenna base module includes a base, a protective cover coupled to the base, at least one antenna element disposed within an interior enclosure collectively defined by the... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7427968 | Antenna device having rotatable structure An antenna device includes an antenna housing having a chamber and a slot formed in one end and formed between two arms and communicating with the chamber, an antenna member having a stud engaged into the slot and rotatably coupled to the antenna housing with a pivo... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7417595 | Mount assembly for two-way radio antenna A mount assembly for mounting a two-way radio antenna to a curved section of a vehicle has top and bottom collars shaped to match the contour of the vehicle curved section. During installation of the mount assembly, the top and bottom collars are positioned on oppos... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7372416 | Antenna flag system A slidable assembly has a cylindrical section with an upper passageway and an axial slit. The slidable assembly also has a support section with an upper strip extending from the upper end of the cylindrical section and a lower strip extending from the lower end of t... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369089 | Antenna with multiple-band patch and slot structures A multiple-band antenna having a plurality of operating frequency bands is provided. The antenna includes a plurality of structures configured for operation in respective ones of the plurality of operating frequency bands, and a plurality of structures configured fo... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7365694 | Antenna unit which can be designed to be small in size In an antenna unit including an antenna and a bottom plate, a unit fixing member is disposed between the antenna and the bottom plate. The unit fixing member is adapted to provisionally fix the antenna unit onto a mobile object and to fix the antenna onto the bottom... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363175 | Query based electronic battery tester An electronic battery tester for testing a storage battery provides a test output indicative of a condition of the battery. Electronic measurement circuitry provides a measurement output related to a condition of the battery. The battery condition is determined base... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7358910 | Vehicle roof antenna with a mounting part for an antenna rod with simultaneous securing of a cover hood An antenna for mounting on a vehicle roof has a base plate adapted to sit on the roof and a threaded fastener separate from the base plate, extending through the base plate and anchored underneath the base plate in the roof. A cover fitted over the base plate is for... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7354001 | Insert molded antenna Systems and methods are disclosed for insert-molding various electronic and mechanical parts as part of a housing of an electrical device. The insert molded components can comprise antennas, flex members and circuits, electronic, mechanical, and interface units that... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7339548 | Mountable and adjustable aerodynamic antenna apparatus and method Exemplary embodiments of mountable and adjustable antenna apparatuses and methods are disclosed. In one exemplary embodiment, a mountable and adjustable antenna apparatus includes a top housing member, a bottom housing member, and an antenna assembly being disposed ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7321340 | Multipurpose antenna hub A hub assembly (10) includes a hub (12) which can be attached to the mast (11) of an antenna by fastening assemblies (41) at a selected position along the mast (11). The hub (12) can carry rods (46) in horizontal slot... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7312761 | Antenna device mounted on vehicle A base member is adapted to be mounted on a vehicle body. A proximal end of a rod-shaped antenna body is pivotably provided on the base member. The antenna body includes an antenna element. A first conductive member is disposed in the base member and provided with a... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7287501 | Control device of internal combustion engine A coil driving a contact of an ignition and injection relay is connected to a connection line of a main relay and an ECU. When an ignition switch is turned off, the ECU drives an ignition device and an injection device for a prescribed period thereafter. Then, the E... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7286099 | Rotation-independent helical antenna A helical antenna having a central axis defined between a base end and a distal end comprises a helical conductor wound about the central axis and having a feed line disposed at the base end and along the central axis, and may also include an elongated dielectric co... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7277059 | Monopole antenna assembly A monopole antenna assembly mounted onto a bracket (2) of an electronic device includes an electronic connector (1) having a long contact (12) extending outwardly. The long contact acts as a radiating element of a monopole antenna. The long cont... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7277739 | Communication device A communication device. The communication device comprises a body, a circuit board, an antenna unit and a cap. The body is host receiving the circuit board therein, and the antenna unit electronically connected to the circuit board is located at one side of the body... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7274341 | Antenna mounting structure A structure for mounting an antenna device on a first side of a panel body is disclosed. A first fixation member includes a first end having a first width, a second end, and a slit connecting the first end and the second end. A protrusion is protruded from the anten... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7271773 | Antenna mounted on vehicle In an antenna adapted to be mounted on a vehicle body, a base member supports a base end of the antenna element. A screw member is extended from the base member and adapted to be inserted into a though hole formed in the vehicle body. A wall member is extended from ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7259727 | Antenna mounting device An antenna mounting device includes a housing having a chamber formed by an outer peripheral wall, a suction cup and a base casing received in the housing, the base casing includes a lower seat and an upper seat disposed on top of an outer peripheral fence, a ring m... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7256741 | Antenna with multiple-band patch and slot structures A multiple-band antenna having a plurality of operating frequency bands is provided. The antenna includes a plurality of structures configured for operation in respective ones of the plurality of operating frequency bands, and a plurality of structures configured fo... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7256745 | Fixing device for fixing an object to a fixing plate and antenna apparatus using the fixing device For fixing an object to a fixing plate by a fixing portion of the object and a fixing member, a fixing device includes a first screw member formed on the object and a second screw member corresponding to the first screw member. The fixing member includes a bottom pl... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7250914 | Composite antenna for a tire A composite antenna and method for tire monitoring systems is configured as a core composed of polymeric material and a conductive metallic layer in intimate surrounding contact with the core. The polymeric material provides elasticity to the core to enable the core... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7246537 | Wire-wound leadscrew assembly with a preloaded leadscrew wire nut, and its fabrication A leadscrew assembly includes a leadscrew having a leadscrew thread wire helically wound about a leadscrew axis in a plurality of cylindrical leadscrew-thread turns and having a leadscrew-thread pitch. A leadscrew wire nut assembly includes a nut-assembly wire helic... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7236136 | Antenna device An antenna device is attached to an outer face of a plate member having a through hole connecting the outer face and inner face of the plate member. A cover defines a space for covering an antenna element. A tubular projection extends from the cover so as to communi... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7232099 | Bracket for holding accessories on a boat A bracket for holding accessories on a boat includes a pair of mounting plates which are laterally spaced apart from one another and interconnected by a plurality of threaded screws and wing nuts, wherein the mounting plates have a set of aligned open through surfac... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7221968 | Dedicated short-range communication apparatus for motor vehicle An on-vehicle DSRC apparatus includes a main body (11) a signal processing unit provided in the main body (11), an external storage medium insertion slot (12), an antenna array (22) electrically connected to the signal processing unit to ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7218284 | Antenna unit An antenna unit includes an antenna module that receives radio waves sent from a satellite or earth, a cover member that has enough inner space to house the antenna module and has an opened bottom surface, and a bottom plate that closes the opened bottom surface of ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7218283 | Motor-vehicle antenna mount A flat base plate sits atop a motor-vehicle panel and is formed with a mounting pin extending downward through the panel. A flat antenna circuit board sits on the base plate, and a connector cable extends upward through the pin and through the base plate and is conn... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7215291 | Antenna device An antenna main body comprises an antenna element, female connectors provided at a first connector, a female screw section, and an engagement claw inserted into an antenna mount hole H to make engagement with a lower side face of a roof panel R. A fixing member comp... | 05/08/2007 |
