Did You Know...
...that in the early 1940s GE engineer James Wright was charged with a task of utmost importance to the war effort: develop a cheap substitute for rubber that could be used to produce tires, gas masks and a whole host of military gear. Wright tackled the task diligently -- and wound up inventing Silly Putty.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5198987 | Wiring-pattern-determination system A wiring pattern determination system includes a label setting unit for setting labels from a starting point to an ending point by performing a labeling utilizing a maze running, and a reference point setting unit for setting a corner of a wiring pattern ... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5157618 | Programmable tiles Disclosed is a set of functional components (tiles), consisting in part of subgate elements, which, by their design, facilitate the creation of dense integrated circuits, without forfeiting the capability of modifying the functionality of individual tiles... | 10/20/1992 |
| 5142469 | Method for converting a programmable logic controller hardware configuration and corresponding control program for use on a first programmable logic controller to use on a second programmable logic controller A method is provided for converting a hardware configuration and corresponding control logic program for use on a first programmable logic controller (PLC) to an equivalent hardware configuration and control logic program for use on a second PLC. A graphi... | 08/25/1992 |
| 5109353 | Apparatus for emulation of electronic hardware system A system for physical emulation of electronic circuits or systems includes a data entry workstation where a user may input data representing the circuit or system configuration. This data is converted to a form suitable for programming an array of program... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5093797 | Apparatus for inspecting packaged electronic device A printed circuit board inspecting apparatus, in which image data of a packaged circuit board under inspection obtained by picking up the image of the circuit board are processed through predetermined processing procedure for examining packaged states of ... | 03/03/1992 |
| 5068823 | Programmable integrated circuit using topological and parametric data to selectively connect and configure different high level functional blocks thereof An apparatus architecture is provided which permits an easily programmed apparatus to serve as an equivalent of an integrated circuit chip, and/or as a building block for a large system. The apparatus is connected to a communications bus which receives ap... | 11/26/1991 |
| 4931946 | Programmable tiles Disclosed is a set of functional components (tiles), consisting in part of subgate elements, which, by their design, facilitate the creation of dense integrated circuits, without forfeiting the capability of modifying the functionality of individual tiles... | 06/05/1990 |
| 4357678 | Programmable sequential logic array mechanism A programmable sequential logic array mechanism is provided for performing logical operations and solving logical equations. The mechanism includes a search array subsystem for receiving a plurality of binary input signals. The search array subsystem incl... | 11/02/1982 |
