...that when IBM conducted a market study of Chester Carlson's invention in 1959, the company concluded that it would take only 5000 units of his new product to saturate the market? IBM therefore declined to be part of the new product introduction. Too bad for IBM. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, and his new product was the beginning of the Xerox Corporation. It is estimated that every day, worldwide, 3,000,000,000 copies are made!!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7847193 | Current conductor for an electrical device, especially bus bar conductor for an electrical medium voltage installation A current conductor for an electrical device including an electrically conducting central section having a first side and a second side. The central section is configured to receive at least one inserted electrical component. Two electrical conducting shield section... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7372415 | Glass antenna jack for vehicle Disclosed are a glass antenna jack for a vehicle comprising a jack connector, a jack terminal, and a locking structure engaging the jack connector and the jack terminal and a vehicle comprising the same. ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7361044 | Socket that engages a pin grid array An example socket includes a plurality of contacts and a base. The base includes exterior walls and interior walls which extend between the exterior walls to form openings within the base such that each opening in the base includes one of the contacts. At least some... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7323636 | Aerial cable spacer with cable retaining arm having non-rectangular plus-shaped cross section and angled pawl locking member An aerial cable spacer is provided with a cable retainer and vertically disposed strengthening tabs or ribs. The cable retainer includes a cable retaining arm. A mid portion of the cable retaining arm has a non-rectangular plus “+” shaped cross section. The plus... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7290748 | Breakaway support for overhead lines The breakaway support for overhead lines is a coordinated failure control device. The breakaway support for overhead lines sacrifices itself to ensure that the supporting structure is not damaged. The device has an intentional weak link. The breakaway support for ov... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7170187 | Low stress conductive polymer bump Disclosed is a laminated (or non-laminated) conductive interconnection for joining an integrated circuit device to a device carrier, where the conductive interconnection comprises alternating metal layers and polymer layers. In addition, the polymer can include dend... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7136278 | Enclosed electrical switchgear and method of manufacture A company switch-type of electrical switchgear is disclosed having improved safety characteristics and having a reduced profile. The electrical connections are typically all enclosed in one area facing one direction such that access to the connections can be control... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7123202 | Antenna window with high-frequency component An antenna window with a high-frequency electric component placed fixedly on one of its surfaces, which is electrically connected to a conductor structure provided on the same surface of the window. The high-frequency component has at least one flat coupling electro... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7093858 | Tracer wire snap clamp A clamp for attaching a pipeline tracer wire to a pipeline riser has an elongated riser grip which is resiliently flexible to snap onto the riser. An elongated conduit with a V-shaped groove extends integrally along the outer wall of the riser grip. The conduit rece... | 08/22/2006 |
| 6965074 | Pole-top insulator A pole-top insulator for carrying overhead electrical cables on pole legs or similar supporting structures located along power lines. One or more self-supporting tubular supporting arms made of electrically insulating composite material to which supporting cables ar... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6840783 | Press-fit bus bar distributing power A press-fit bus-bar for distributing power along a backplane or a printed circuit board includes a number of flat bus bar conductors fabricated from an electrically conductive material. Each bus bar conductor is separated from adjacent bus bar conductors by layers o... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6781063 | Multi-layer insulation system for electrical conductors A multi-layer insulation system for electrical conductors, an insulated electrical conductor, a process for preparing an insulated conductor, and an insulated conductor prepared by such a process are provided. The insulated electrical conductors are lightweight, qua... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6657122 | Multiple parallel conductor for windings of electrical devices and machines A multiple parallel conductor (1), particularly a transposed conductor, for windings of electrical devices and machines is described, which has a plurality of individually electrically insulated partial conductors (3) that together are provided with a com... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6649847 | Resin block insulating system A resin block insulating system comprising a plurality of resin blocks laid so as to cover a high-voltage part. Each of the resin blocks has a side surface opposite to a side surface of an adjacent resin block via a gap formed therebetween. The side surfa... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6618941 | Method of forming freestanding metal dendrites A technique for making acicular, branched, conductive dendrites, and a technique for using the dendrites to form a conductive compressible pad-on-pad connector are provided. To form the dendrites, a substrate is provided on which dendrites are grown, pref... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6576845 | Device for connecting a window with electrical functions A window unit including a transparent window, at least two functional electric elements mounted on the transparent window, each of the functional electric elements being provided with an electrical contact face arranged on the window near the edge of the ... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6570097 | Connector A connector with inhibited crosstalk for high speed signal circuits, where the connector contains an insulator formed from a resin composition obtained by incorporating 5 to 85% by weight of a ceramic dielectric powder having a dielectric constant of 30 o... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6552273 | Bus bar module A bus bar module (10) includes a bus bar (11) made of a metal material integrally molded into an insulating layer (12) made from resin. The bus bar module (10) also includes a distortion absorptive section (15) for absorbing distortion resulting from diff... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6545224 | Plate-like insulating member and method of fixing electric wire to plate-like insulating member A wire fixing portion (70) prevents an electric wire (4) from withdrawing from a wire receiving groove (61). The wire fixing portion (70) includes retaining pawls (71), an engagement member (72), etc. The retaining pawl (71) is elastically deformable betw... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6534720 | Device for connecting a window with electrical functions In a device for connecting several functional electric elements arranged on a transparent window, such as antennas for example, by a single flexible cord element and of its connection conductors to sets which follow, the contact faces (10) of the function... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6498304 | Insulator for an electrical conductor provided with an outer shield The invention relates to an insulator for an electrical conductor provided with an outer shield, especially a so-called coaxial cable or shielded twin cable, in order to achieve an insulation at the shield that insulates against DC and low frequency AC si... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6472605 | Frangible work cover for breaker box A frangible cover, generally made of a synthetic material, such as plastic, which fits over and grips the "hot" or energized bus bars in an electrical breaker box and fits under the insulating panel fingers in the breaker box. In this arrangement, the nov... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6323432 | Manufacture of dendrites and their use A technique for making acicular, branched, conductive dendrites, and a technique for using the dendrites to form a conductive compressible pad-on-pad connector are provided. To form the dendrites, a substrate is provided on which dendrites are grown, pref... | 11/27/2001 |
| 5452871 | Support bracket for communication cable An improved support bracket which is adapted to be mounted on a utility pole for supporting communication cable which is an integrally formed pair of arms in a generally V shape having outer ends terminating in a pair of reversely curved diverging mountin... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5445348 | Auxiliary cable attachment An auxiliary cable mounting attachment is disclosed which allows mounting a third communication cable at a position displaced from superjacent power lines and existing communication cables. The attachment clamps to an existing support bar without modifica... | 08/29/1995 |
| 4728749 | Utility pole assembly Ceramic elements which can be clamped together by means of a tension rod so as to form a cross-arm assembly for a utility pole. The elements are provided with recesses which receive electrical conductors, with clips being provided so as to retain the cond... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4458141 | Electric heater and coil support insulator therefor An electric heater incorporating simple support structure therefor. A frame is insulated from an electric resistance heater coil by insulated supports mounted within beam members of the frame. The supports incorporate structural features enabling the use ... | 07/03/1984 |
| 4458102 | Transmission line composite beam suspension assembly A suspension system supports a plurality of high voltage electrical conductors forming part of a transmission line in a predetermined spaced pattern relative to one another. The system includes a rigid compression strut arranged to extend generally horizo... | 07/03/1984 |
| 4337390 | Electric heating element An improved electrical heating element is constructed to increase the amount of electrical wire per unit space available for plug-type convection heating units. The heating element includes a metal frame structure with a plurality of spaced support elemen... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4198538 | Suspension insulator A suspension insulator for supporting a high voltage power cable suspended from a transmission tower includes an elongated rod for supporting a load in tension, a plurality of insulating shells serially disposed along the rod and end connectors for attach... | 04/15/1980 |
| 4150252 | V-suspension insulator assemblies for suspending multiple conductors A V-suspension insulator assembly for suspending multiple conductors is disclosed, in which an angle of intersection of axial lines of connecting hardwares for connecting an inverted-U shape upper yoke to which V-suspension insulator strings for suspendin... | 04/17/1979 |
| 4053706 | Suspension bracket and apparatus A suspension bracket and apparatus for a bundle conductor has a yoke plate suspended at opposite sides thereof by respective insulator strings. To reduce high voltage gradients across the lowermost insulators of the strings, one or more of the sub-conduct... | 10/11/1977 |
| 3957238 | Convertible system for providing a connection between a supporting pole and electric cables The connection system comprises a support consisting of a flanged sole-plate which is secured to a pole by means of straps and carries a longitudinal guide rib on which are slidably fitted separate and detachable retaining members in stacked relation resp... | 05/18/1976 |