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Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover
An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7328354 | Apparatus and method for real-time adjusting system performance of a computer An apparatus for adjusting system performance of computer is fabricated on a motherboard. The apparatus comprises a plurality of performance monitor means and a performance control chip. The performance monitor means are connected separately to bus lines which are a... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7325147 | Personal computer operation environment presetting system and method based on detecting an input AC power source voltage on the personal computer when a wireless LAN card is mounted therein An input power source voltage detecting unit 1 detects the input AC power source voltage on an electronic device, and a country discriminating unit 2 discriminates the country with the electronic device present therein according to the detected voltage... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7323794 | Independent control of output current balance between paralleled power units An information handling system power supply system has a plurality of power supply units (PSUs) with outputs connected in parallel and a current balancing circuit for equalizing current from these outputs. A pseudo output current value may be added to the actual out... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7324914 | Timing closure for system on a chip using voltage drop based standard delay formats A timing closure analysis associated with SoCs uses voltage drop based standard delay formats (SDFs). Static timing analysis (STA) is implemented using multiple SDFs, one for each mode (ATPG Test, BIST Test, Functional) as contrasted with doing STA with only one wor... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7321521 | Assessing energy requirements for a refreshed device Method and apparatus for assessing a time interval during which a refresh device can be maintained in a self-refresh mode by an associated energy source. The refresh device is initially operated in a self-refresh mode to maintain the device in a selected state. The ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7321976 | Information processing apparatus, power supply control method for plural information processing apparatuses, and storage medium therefore A representative computer requests performing a power-down process to other computer and notifies each of other computers of a next power-up date and time each time a power-down date and time comes, and has each power supply control device to enter the date and time... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7320077 | Power supply controlling apparatus of a device connected to a serial bus The present invention relates to an apparatus and method of a Universal Serial Bus (USB) device to control power supply for USB devices coupled to a host through a USB and to control power supply for the coupled USB devices based on whether the USB devices are opera... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7319404 | Non-invasive, low cost method and apparatus for the transmission, display and detection of internal computer status A method and apparatus for permitting diagnostics in a PC is described. Signals, imperceptible to a user, are transmitted through the LED used to indicate on/off power status. A small hand-held device may be used for detecting and interpreting the signals and to pro... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7318170 | Protection of non-volatile memory component against data corruption due to physical shock This invention provides a method to operate a terminal (100), as well as a terminal that operates in accordance with the method. The method includes, in response to initiating a data write operation with a non-volatile memory device (132), activating a... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7315951 | High speed non-volatile electronic memory configuration A high speed non-volatile electronic memory configuration and method is disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the high speed non-volatile electronic memory configuration may be realized comprising a high speed volatile memory, a non-volatile memory coup... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7315808 | Correlating on-chip data processor trace information for export In producing data processor emulation information, program counter values used by a data processor are provided in a program counter trace stream, and a synchronization marker is inserted into the program counter trace stream. Trace information indicative of a data ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7315954 | Hardware switching apparatus for soft power-down and remote power-up The invention is a hardware switching apparatus for initiating a soft power-down and a remote power-up in a computer system. The apparatus includes a power supply, a switching device having a first switch position and a second switch position, a switching circuit, a... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7315955 | Circuit for turning off charging function to a battery of a system based on information set by user during the system in power-off state A power supply circuit for a computer system includes an AC adapter designed to be connectable to the computer system and supplying power to the system, a main battery and a second battery that are designed to be connectable to the computer system and get charged wi... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7315484 | Memory controller capable of estimating memory power consumption A memory controller capable of estimating memory power consumption includes a memory control unit, a command dispatch device, plural bank state machines and a power-state and current-accumulation device. The memory control unit generates control signals based on a m... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7315097 | Power saving control method and device in electronic device, and power saving electronic device A power saving control method includes providing a latch circuit that is supplied with current for operation from a power source even if a switch circuit is turned off, so that the switch circuit is controlled to be turned off when the latch circuit is in a latched ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7313706 | System and method for managing power consumption for a plurality of processors based on a supply voltage to each processor, temperature, total power consumption and individual processor power consumption An electronic processing system contains a power supply subsystem and a multi-processor module. Programmable control circuitry manages power consumption in the electronic system by allocating priority among a plurality of competing demands, such as total power consu... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7313709 | Instruction set with thermal opcode for high-performance microprocessor, microprocessor, and method therefor A method (and system) of managing heat in an electrical circuit, includes using a thermal instruction appended to an instruction to be processed to determine a heat load associated with the instruction. ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7312614 | Commutator for power supply testing A commutator for power supply testing includes a printed circuit board (PCB), a plurality of connectors soldered on the PCB and coupling a power supply with an electronic load, a plurality of indicator light showing whether the power supply coupled to the commutator... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7313714 | System and method for managing groups of modular power supplies for powering subcomponents of a computer system A system and method for dynamically managing a plurality of power supplies for a computer system has a plurality of first circuits, each of the first circuits responsive to an electrical condition of each of the plurality of power sources. A second circuit is couple... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7310760 | Apparatus and method for initializing an integrated circuit device and activating a function of the device once an input power supply has reached a threshold voltage An apparatus for generating a function activation signal to activate a function in an integrated circuit device comprises a power-on circuit receiving a power input and initializing and generating a test activation signal, a test circuit receiving the test activatio... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7308590 | Automatic dynamic processor operating voltage control A technique to adjust a processor's operating voltage dynamically while preventing a user from placing the processor into a harmful operating voltage state in relation to the core/bus frequency ratio of the processor. More particularly, embodiments of the invention ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7305568 | Backup system for multi-source audio apparatus In a backup system 310, 340, 350, or 360, a controller 300 controls operation of a multi-source audio apparatus MMSA. An operation status holder 310 holds operation status information Dbk of the multi-source audio apparatus MMSA. A non-vo... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7305573 | Determining whether characteristics of a local area network node allow it to receive power over communication cabling A power supply subsystem for providing electrical power to a local area network node over communication cabling, the power supply subsystem containing: a power management and control unit; programmable current limiting circuitry responsive to the power management an... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7305572 | Disk drive input sequencing for staggered drive spin-up Disk drive spin-up is staggered to reduce peak power requirements. Spin-up of the drives is controlled by selectively delaying voltage inputs to the disk drives. Alternately, spin-up of the drives is controlled by staggering the timing of communications to the disk ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7302698 | Operation of trusted state in computing platform A computing entity comprises a trusted monitoring component having a first processing means and a first memory means, the trusted monitoring component being a self-contained autonomous data processing unit, and a computer platform having a main processing means and ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7302593 | Method for remotely querying a blade server's physical location within a rack of blade servers A system and method to determine a physical location of a blade server. In one embodiment, electromagnetic fields are from at least two electromagnetic sources are radiated. The two electromagnetic sources are mounted on a rack of blade servers. Power levels of the ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7299370 | Method and apparatus for improved reliability and reduced power in a processor by automatic voltage control during processor idle states A method and apparatus automatically transferring to an enhanced low-power state of a processor is disclosed. In one embodiment, either all or a portion of a processor core clock distribution grid may be powered down in these enhanced low-power states. In one embodi... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7299368 | High power architecture for power over Ethernet Power sourcing equipment providing a plurality of power sources for connection over communication cabling to a single powered device, the power sourcing equipment comprising: a first power source; a second power source; a control circuit; a current sensor adapted to... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7296164 | Power management scheme for external batteries In a method and system for managing power provided to a load, a power supply system includes a first power peripheral operable to receive and convert a first type of power to a second type of power. Also included in the power supply system is a second power peripher... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7295949 | Energy efficient achievement of integrated circuit performance goals A system and method for meeting performance goals in an electronic system in an energy efficient manner. Various aspects of the present invention may comprise operating an electrical circuit at a current level of performance and a current level of energy efficiency ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7296171 | Selecting a power state based on predefined parameters An algorithm automatically selects a power state based on device configuration parameters. The selected power state may then be returned and/or automatically implemented in a shutdown of the device. The parameters can include whether the device supports a system bat... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7295935 | Analyzing and/or displaying power consumption in redundant servers A method of analyzing power consumption in an information handling system is provided. A voltage associated with a current share signal may be determined. A power load associated with the information handling system may be determined based at least on the determined... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7296172 | Power control and management method for uninterruptible power system and servers A power control and management method for servers connected to an uninterruptible power system (UPS) comprises: detecting current power supply statuses of the UPS and the servers; detecting instantaneous status data of the UPS and the servers to generate a server po... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7295936 | Electronic battery tester with relative test output An electronic battery tester for testing a storage battery determines a condition of the battery. The condition is a relative condition and is a function of a dynamic parameter of the battery and an empirical input variable. ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7292377 | Image processing apparatus capable of reducing power consumption while connected to an external device A power control circuit (120) is driven by electric power supplied from a controller (200) as an external device via a cable (150), and controls opening/closure of a switch (104) in accordance with instructions from the controller (200... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7293187 | Image sensing apparatus and power managing method If supply of power from a main power source is insufficient but power being supplied from a communication interface (such as a USB interface) is sufficient, an image sensing apparatus (such as a digital video camera or digital camera) supplies power from the communi... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7293197 | Non-volatile memory with network fail-over An NVRAM fail-over controller including a NVRAM device connected to a host computer, the host computer having the ability to directly control the NVRAM device. The NVRAM fail-over controller includes an embedded processor that is powered by back-up power. The NVRAM ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7293188 | Low voltage detection system A low voltage detection (LVD) system for a logic device includes a first LVD circuit (110) to provide an indicator when a supply pin voltage (109) falls below a first voltage level, and a second LVD circuit (116) to provide an interrupt (118 | 11/06/2007 |
| 7290154 | Probabilistic and introverted switching to conserve energy in a digital system A processor having binary switches is configured to operate at a predetermined probability value that the logical value of each switch is correct. A supply voltage is coupled to the binary switches. A randomized signal detector is configured to detect a randomized s... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7290171 | Device driver and device A device connected to a bus and a device driver for controlling the device, capable of preventing the device from falling into a forced use suspension (disable) state. Prior to notice of power consumption by a USB device connected to the bus(USB), the device driver ... | 10/30/2007 |
