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Mouse device with a built-in printer
A mouse device for use as an input device of a computer is provided that includes a housing in which recording paper is loadable, and a printer unit provided within the housing for printing on the recording paper print information received from the computer.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7558077 | Electronic device An electronic device which enables easily providing a mounting orientation recognition mark thereon while being provided with, on a end surface thereof, input/output terminals surrounded by a ground pattern. A substrate is provided within a case main body. A ground ... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7436678 | Capacitive/resistive devices and printed wiring boards incorporating such devices and methods of making thereof A capacitive/resistive device provides both resistive and capacitive functions. The capacitive/resistive device may be embedded within a layer of a printed wiring board. Embedding the capacitive/resistive device conserves board surface real estate, and reduces the n... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7432580 | Semiconductor device with a substrate having a spiral shaped coil A semiconductor apparatus comprises a substrate, a semiconductor chip fixedly secured on one side of the substrate, a spirally shaped coil formed on the other side of the substrate and electrically connected to the semiconductor chip, and a conductive pattern formed... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7382627 | Capacitive/resistive devices, organic dielectric laminates and printed wiring boards incorporating such devices, and methods of making thereof A capacitive/resistive device provides both resistive and capacitive functions. The capacitive/resistive device may be embedded within a layer of a printed wiring board. Embedding the capacitive/resistive device conserves board surface real estate, and reduces the n... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7366212 | Alterable frequency coherent light generator An alterable frequency coherent light generator for the generation of highly energy efficient coherent light, by means of a power supply connected to a four-lead capacitor, which is connected to a variable resistive device in series with a vacuumed bulb. The direct ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7345891 | Circuit board assembly A circuit board assembly includes a circuit board, an electronic component and a structure coupling the electronic component to the circuit board. The structure retains the electronic component relative to the circuit board at a selected one of a plurality of positi... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7295445 | Holder for surface mount device during reflow Methods and apparatus to couple a device, such as, for example, a surface mount device, with a substrate, such as, for example, a printed circuit, are disclosed. An apparatus, according to one aspect, may include a substrate, a plurality of terminals coupled with th... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7285724 | Bus bar carrier The invention relates to a plastic bus bar carrier having a lower part, an upper part and an adaptor arranged between the lower part and the upper part for the adaptation to different sizes of bus bars. The lower part includes a number of receiving grooves in corres... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7236372 | Surface mounted power supply circuit apparatus and method for manufacturing it A surface mounted power supply circuit apparatus, including a circuit substrate, circuit constituting parts mounted on the circuit substrate, and a sealing member provided on the circuit substrate for covering the circuit constituting parts, at least one portion of ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7211740 | Valve metal electromagnetic interference filter A valve metal electromagnetic interference filter (VMEIF). The filter comprises a porous valve metal pellet with at least three terminals extending therefrom. A dielectric layer at least partially circumvents the sintered porous valve metal pellet. A conductive laye... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7106598 | Passive component assembly for multi-layer modular electrical circuit A method for manufacturing a modular electrical circuit includes the steps of pre-manufacturing a plurality of components having fine features such as resistors, capacitors, inductances, and conductors formed on a dielectric substrate. The pre-manufactured component... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7031170 | Electronic device having a plastic housing and components of a height-structured metallic leadframe and methods for the production of the electronic device An electronic device has a plastic housing. The plastic housing has components of a height-structured metallic leadframe. The components are in a matrix form and contain contact islands and chip islands on the underside of the plastic housing. Furthermore, the elect... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6989995 | Capacitor mounting structure Electrode lead wires for each capacitor are soldered to land patterns of a mounting plate of insulation. Spacers each having a flexible structure composed of a grid of metal lines are mounted on electrode patterns printed on a printed circuit board, and tip portions... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6963028 | IC module, and wireless information-storage medium and wireless information-transmitting/receiving apparatus including the IC wireless An IC module includes a lead frame having terminals that are to be connected to an antenna coil of an IC card, and an IC chip and multilayer chip capacitors for tuning mounted on the lead frame and encapsulated by a resin. The multilayer chip capacitors are mounted ... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6959489 | Methods of making microelectronic packages A method of making a microelectronic package includes providing a substrate having a plurality of conductive leads at a first surface of the substrate. The conductive leads may have first ends permanently attached to the substrate and second ends remote from the ter... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6919506 | Device for fastening an electrical component on a mounting board A device for fastening an electrical component to a mounting board includes a sleeve that at least partially surrounds the electrical component, and a tensioning device that is separate from the sleeve and that holds the electrical component in the sleeve. The tensi... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6890629 | Integrated thin film capacitor/inductor/interconnect system and method A system and method for the fabrication of high reliability capacitors (1011), inductors (1012), and multi-layer interconnects (1013) (including resistors (1014)) on various thin film hybrid substrate surfaces (0501) is disclosed. ... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6828667 | Surface mounting type electronic component A surface mounted electronic component includes a case and a board mounting part. The board mounting part includes a leg bent in parallel with a printed circuit board at its tip, an outer frame soldered to a land of a mounted part on the board, and a projection disp... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6819569 | Impedance equalization module A thin film circuit module for terminating circuit conductors at printed and transmission line circuits. In one form of equalizer construction, thin film circuit elements are deposited on a supporting substrate and wherein one of the capacitor plates defines a circu... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6775123 | Cylindrical asymmetrical capacitor devices for space applications An asymmetrical capacitor system is provided which creates a thrust force. The system is adapted for use in space applications and includes a capacitor device provided with a first conductive element and a second conductive element axially spaced from the first cond... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6761963 | Integrated thin film capacitor/inductor/interconnect system and method A system and method for the fabrication of high reliability capacitors (1011), inductors (1012), and multi-layer interconnects (1013) (including resistors (1014)) on various thin film hybrid substrate surfaces (0501) is disclosed. ... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6757180 | Electronic component base An electronic component base for an electronic component is disclosed to have a top wall adapted to accommodate an electronic component core, diagonally extended wire grooves in the top wall for guiding out lead wires of the loaded electronic component core, a botto... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6693801 | Electronic device An electronic device includes a wiring board, and at least one pair of signal lines that is provided on the wiring board in parallel and has an equal length. A chip is mounted on the wiring board and includes at least one differential driver which outputs... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6665195 | Converter appliance capacitor assembly The invention relates to a capacitor module for a converter. The capacitor module contains a capacitor which can be fastened to a base frame or to a cooling body by means of lateral, mechanical holding devices. In addition, the capacitor comprises at leas... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6654218 | Protection circuit module for rechargeable battery and method of making the same A circuit board (1) is provided upon which a predetermined number of semiconductor elements (5a, 5b, 6), including at least a field-effect transistor for charge and discharge, are mounted. A predetermined number of passive elements (7, 8a~8c, 9a~9g) are a... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6631071 | Capacitor module A reliable capacitor module is provided which can solve the following problem: when a plurality of capacitors is mounted on a wiring board, the wiring board is distorted and deformed by the weight and cracks appear on mounting holes and the main body of t... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6613979 | Electrical circuit suspension system A device and method wherein electrical components are mechanically suspended and electrically interconnected in an insulative elastomeric body, such as silicone, thereby eliminating the need for a circuit board or other circuit substrate. The device can c... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6556453 | Electronic circuit housing with trench vias and method of fabrication therefor An electronic circuit package (400, FIG. 4) includes one or more trench vias (404, FIG. 4). Each trench via makes electrical contact with one or more terminals (526, FIG. 5) of a discrete device (520, FIG. 5) embedded within the package. A trench via can ... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6529385 | Component array adapter Apparatus and methods for connecting a device to an integrated circuit. The apparatus includes an insulating substrate that has two major sides and a number of sites for housing components. Each site has a first node on one of the two sides of the insulat... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6525945 | Method and system for wide band decoupling of integrated circuits An eletronic package comprising a printed circuit board on which are mounted a plurality of decoupling capacitors is disclosed. A carrier component electrically connects an integrated circuit to the printed circuit board through a plurality of solder ball... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6515868 | Printed circuit board Printed circuit board 1 on which LSI2 is mounted comprises first capacitors 4a and 4b for electrically connecting power source terminals 3a and 3b to via holes 8b, first power source wiring 5a, second power source wiring 6a and a second capacitor 7a. In a... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6510060 | Electrical subassembly having a holding device and an electrical component fastened thereto An electrical subassembly includes a holding device having at least one support surface for communicating with a carrier substrate. The device is mechanically fixable to the carrier substrate. An electrical component fixed to the holding device, the compo... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6483711 | Optoelectronic transceiver module with additional grounding A transceiver module which is easily and conveniently assembled, and which is reliable. The transceiver module comprises a housing, an optoelectronic subassembly, a receptacle, a chassis and a PCB. The optoelectronic subassembly is received in the recepta... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6465746 | Oscillator attachment structure preventing interference by beat signal An oscillator attachment structure which prevents interference by a beat signal caused by mixture of a reference oscillation signal from a PLL circuit and an oscillation signal from an oscillator. A plate conductive rubber plate, electrically connected to... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6459590 | Central unit for grouping electronic components of refrigerators, freezers and similar appliances A central unit for grouping electronic and electrical components of refrigerators, freezers and similar appliances, comprising a housing containing at least one electronic card provided with electrical connection means and socket means for connecting the ... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6411493 | Apparatus for generating thrust using a two dimensional, asymmetrical capacitor module An asymmetrical capacitor module for generating thrust includes two conductive elements of similar but different geometries separated by a dielectric member. Improved embodiments provided in the construction of conductive elements of smaller axial extent ... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6407928 | LED surface mount A surface mountable and low profile electrical component which can be electrically coupled to the solder side of a PCB, while other electrical components are mounted to a component side of the PCB. The surface mountable electrical component includes a mou... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6373720 | Module with electronic components A module with electronic components mounted on a carrier and electrically interconnected in accordance with a predefined circuit. Such a module, distinguished by particular variability, ease of assembly, compactness and applicability for high currents, is... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6366468 | Self-aligned common carrier Precision alignment of one or more parts on a common carrier is described. A self-aligned common carrier includes a carrier substrate having one or more pockets formed in the substrate. Each pocket includes a side profile formed in the pocket. A chip havi... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6366194 | Component holder for a hall sensor and process for manufacturing a component holder Known Hall sensors are fastened to a printed circuit board by way of component holders in order to achieve an exact positioning and securing on a printed circuit board in relation to a magnet ring of a rotor of an adjusting motor. A component holder for a... | 04/02/2002 |
