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 |
| 7607321 | Apparatus and method for single-sided loading of a furnace or other process station Solutions permit or facilitate faster and/or easier processing involving loading or unloading of a work module into a process station. For example, the work module may be a processing tube or the like and the process station may be a heating station such as a tube f... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7386998 | Method of manufacturing holder-mounted optical element A cylindrical holder material having a thin deformed portion is located in a press forming die. An optical element material is installed inside the holder material and the holder material and the optical element material are heated to their respective softening temp... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7318329 | Method of making a container from a bottle A bottle is separated along at least one or two severance planes and the base of the bottle is discarded leaving the body portion behind. The body portion having a rim (10) is inverted to form the bowl of the goblet. Under heat and rotation, the original mout... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7305853 | Method of manufacturing a glass panel A method of manufacturing a glass panel and a glass panel manufactured such a method, comprising a pair of glass plates opposed to each other to define a void therebetween by a number of space-maintaining members arranged along plate surfaces with predetermined inte... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7303457 | Method of bonding display substrates by application of an electric current to heat and melt a bonding material After sealing layers are formed on peripheral edge parts of a front substrate and a rear substrate, the front substrate and the rear substrate are disposed to be opposed to each other. Current paths are formed in the sealing layers, and power supply is begun. An ele... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7290404 | Gemstone material The invention provides a gemstone material having therein embedded a plurality of dichroic particles. Methods of producing the gemstone material are also provided. The gemstone material can be provided in the form of a slab, faceted gemstone, or cabochon. ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7281809 | Open lattice mirror structure and method of making same A method of making a mirror structure includes assembling a supporting isogrid framework, assembling an isogrid back plane, interconnecting the supporting isogrid framework with the isogrid back plane by a truss core, and disposing an optical surface on the supporti... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7265554 | Electric potential measuring device and image forming apparatus An electric potential measuring device includes a detection electrode of a conductive material disposed in opposition to an object and a movable structure includes a first solid material portion of another dielectric and a second solid material portion of another di... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7255768 | Anodic bonding structure, fabricating method thereof, and method of manufacturing optical scanner using the same Provided are an anodic bonding structure, a fabricating method thereof, and a method of manufacturing an optical scanner using the same. Provided anodic bonding structure having a substrate and a glass substrate arranged above the substrate, includes at least one di... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7247990 | Crevice-less end closure member comprising a feed-through An end closure member (1) with a feed-through (5) having a feed-through entry opening (8) and a feed-through exit opening (9) and connection means (10) for forming a gas-tight connection between the end closure member (1) an... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7204102 | Method of sealing glass A method of forming an air-tight scal between two pieces of glass is described. It comprises the steps of: (a) introducing a layer of indium or indium alloy between opposing surfaces of the glass pieces; and (b) heating the indium or indium alloy layers and the glas... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7204738 | Method of forming a metal halide discharge tube and apparatus therefore A method of forming a metal halide discharge tube comprises: arranging a tubular body (110) in an essentially vertical orientation; disposing a loose-fit T-plug (100) having a cylindrical portion (106) and an annular flange (104) in an up... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7192841 | Method of wafer/substrate bonding A method of bonding two components by depositing an amorphous and non-hydrogenated intermediate layer (2) on one of the components (1,4) and arranging the components (1,4) in spaced relationship with the intermediate layer (2) therebetwee... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7165424 | Method of joining glass plates In order to provide a method of manufacturing a glass panel which, in time of a baking process, restrains an internal stress generated in both of glass plates (1, 2) to prevent a decline in strength, and restrains inorganic and organic substances remaining wi... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7153759 | Method of fabricating microelectromechanical system structures A method of simultaneously bonding components, comprising the following steps. At least first, second and third components are provided and comprise: at least one glass component; and at least one conductive or semiconductive material component. The order of stackin... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7144288 | Process for producing a discharge lamp by softening a support element outside of a discharge chamber A process for producing a discharge lamp which is designed for dielectric barrier discharges in which, during a filling step, before the discharge chamber is closed, a part of the discharge vessel is held in a raised position by a support element which is then at le... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7132778 | Surface acoustic wave modulator An acoustic wave identification transponder device, having a substrate, an electroacoustic transfer generating an acoustic wave in said substrate and a set of encoding elements disposed in a path of the acoustic wave for modifying the acoustic wave, having elements ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7115182 | Anodic bonding process for ceramics A method of bonding components comprising the following steps. At least a first ceramic component and a second ceramic component are provided. A first conductive layer is formed over the upper surface of the first ceramic component. An intermediate film is formed ov... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7081178 | Glass panel A method of constructing a glass panel which comprises two confronting edge sealed glass sheets, the method comprises the steps of providing a solder glass band around the margin of one surface of each glass sheet, forming, at a first temperature, an hermetic bond b... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7069747 | Mirror blanks from inflatable balls A method for constructing a mirror blank, including arranging hollow glass balls, on a front face sheet, and in close proximity to each other to permit fusing upon expansion; restricting the expansion of the hollow glass balls with a bounding structure during expans... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7040121 | Sealing lighting device component assembly with solder glass preform by using infrared radiation Disclosed is a method for sealing and affixing a component assembly for an electrical lighting device to a glass lamp envelope. The assembly used in the process comprises the component, such as an electrode lead wire and a solder glass perform. The process is useful... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7022198 | Microwave assisted reactive brazing of ceramic materials A method for joining similar materials to create multi-component assemblies so the joint materials share similar physical, chemical, and electrical characteristics with the base materials. The method includes aligning the materials, applying joining material, focusi... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7007509 | Method of making glass compositions for ceramic electrolyte electrochemical conversion assemblies and assemblies made thereby A method of making a glass composition consisting essentially by mol percent of about 55 | 03/07/2006 |
| 6988338 | Lid with a thermally protected window A lid includes a frame, a window which is transmissive to radiation and has a peripheral edge sealingly coupled to the frame, and thermal insulating structure which thermally insulates the peripheral edge of the window. In one embodiment, the thermal insulating stru... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6976372 | Sealing lighting device component assembly with solder glass preform by using induction heating Disclosed is a process for sealing component assembly to an electrical lighting device using induction healing. The assembly comprises the component, such as an electrode lead wire, and a solder glass perform. The process is useful, for example, in hermetically seal... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6974517 | Lid with window hermetically sealed to frame, and a method of making it An apparatus (10) includes a digital micromirror device (16) disposed within a housing (11) that has an opening (13) hermetically sealed by a lid (17). The lid includes a radiation transmissive window (22) with peripheral ed... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6965485 | Structure and method for fixing lens of optical module A lens fixing structure for an optical module of a scanner, a multi-function printer, a fax machine or a copy machine is disclosed. The lens fixing structure for an optical module of a scanner, a multi-function printer, a fax machine or a copy machine, wherein the o... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6954578 | Substrate for mounting optical component and method of manufacturing the same A substrate for mounting an optical component such that a cylindrical lens can be passively aligned in an exact position, and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The substrate includes a groove, which is recessed into the substrate to have a slanted sid... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6939189 | Method of forming a patterned phosphor structure for an electroluminescent laminate The invention provides a method of forming a patterned phosphor structure having red, green and blue sub-pixel elements for an AC electroluminescent display. The method involves selecting first and second phosphors, each emitting light in different ranges of the vis... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6926843 | Etching of hard masks Lines are fabricated by patterning a hard mask to provide a line segment, the line segment having a first dimension measured across the line segment; reacting a surface layer of the line segment to form a layer of a reaction product on a remaining portion of the lin... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6924890 | Measuring method for individual fibers of cables In a method for measuring relevant parameters of individual fibers of single-mode and multimode fibers of glass- or plastic-fiber cables, measuring radiation is reflected at the end of the test fiber to the fiber input by a mirror, particularly a Schmidt mirror havi... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6921310 | Gas-discharge display panel and process for manufacturing the display panel A display panel is provided that has a multilayer structure made of a colored glass layer having a desired shape and optical characteristics and a non-colored glass layer having high transparency, as well as high productivity. The display panel has a non-colored gla... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6901772 | Method for producing a gas discharge lamp A method for producing containers for gas discharge lamps, which consists in melting glass by incident light radiation. ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6826928 | Methods for positioning and bonding elements in substrates Devices and techniques for placing and bonding identical elements to holes in a substrate where spacer balls and a reference surface are used to achieve the desired accuracy. ... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6828263 | High temperature sealing material Glass composition for use as sealing material in fuel cells, comprising a glass matrix with main components consisting of SiO2, Al2O3, and one or more compounds from group I metal oxides and/or group II metal oxides, and a filler mat... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6820445 | Attachment of optical elements The invention features a method for attaching a surface of a first optical element to a surface of a second optical element. The method includes: providing a bonding glass on at least one of the surfaces, wherein the bonding glass is selected to match the refractive... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6818314 | Chemical resistant glass fusing composition and process for metal motor vehicle and building industry articles A chemical, thermal, and electrical corrosion resistant dry mix for use in fusing glass to metal motor vehicle and building industry articles. A chemical, thermal, and electrical corrosion resistant composition for fusing glass to metal motor vehicle and building in... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6808744 | Method for preparing and regenerating a composite crucible A composite crucible for pulling up monocrystalline silicon, which is superior in shape stability and suitable for a large-sized one is provided. The composite crucible is characterized in that a carbonaceous material as an outer layer and a quartz glass as an inner... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6800375 | Chemical resistant glass fusing composition and process for metal motor vehicle and building industry articles A chemical, thermal, and electrical corrosion resistant dry mix for use in fusing glass to metal motor vehicle and building industry articles. A chemical, thermal, and electrical corrosion resistant composition for fusing glass to metal motor vehicle and building in... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6729162 | Electric furnace extension method and extension apparatus for optical fiber glass preform An electric furnace extending method and apparatus for an optical fiber glass body alignment when connecting the extension use body and pulling member and making it possible to immediately start the extension after the fusing of the connection portion. A centering m... | 05/04/2004 |
