Did You Know...
...that it was melting ice cream that inspired the invention of the outboard motor? It was a lovely August day and Ole Evinrude was rowing his boat to his favorite island picnic spot. As he rowed, he watched his ice cream melt and wished he had a faster way to get to the island. At that moment the idea for the outboard motor was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7883017 | Bank card/optical magnifier system A card in a rectangular configuration has horizontal upper and lower edges, vertical left and right side edges, front and rear faces, and horizontal and vertical mid lines. Indicia on the front face of the card is in the form of alphanumeric characters. A plurality ... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7740178 | Set of contactless smart tickets Set of tickets in the form of a continuous strip (35, 85) of multilayer detachable tickets featuring, between two adjacent tickets (30 and 31, 80 and 81), cross precuts (32, 82) alternating with ticket linking bridges (33, 83 | 06/22/2010 |
| 7384003 | Apparatus and methods for preventing engagement of stacked embossed cards An apparatus and methods for preventing engagement of stacked embossed cards is disclosed. The methods include the steps of embossing a sheet of cards in at least two unique embossment patterns, separating the cards from the sheet, and collating the cards using at l... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7384000 | Durable plastic mini card and method for testing its durability A mini card has a size smaller than a card that conforms to established standards, and includes a hole for attachment to a key ring or other external device. Increased durability is provided by means of a substrate that includes a core made of PVC material, sandwich... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7257558 | System and method for conducting a financial transaction between a sender and recipient of a mail piece In a postage payment system, a secure integrated circuit (IC) card is used to manage postage funds, and created encrypted postage indicia. Among other things, the system is capable of performing charge-back accounting of postage expenses and generating mail contents... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7213764 | Foldable transaction card A transaction card having one or more folds therein to provide a compact and easily stored transaction card is provided. Moreover, a foldable transaction card having one or more holes or apertures therein for holding a keychain, or other device for attaching the tra... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7191951 | Price indication label and method of using the same The present invention relates to a price indication label comprising an detachable label body which has a price indication region capable of indicating a current price in an advertisement region capable of advertising information for sales promotion. In order to imp... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7185814 | Layer structure and method of manufacture for optical memory strip (OMS) This invention discloses an optical memory strip and a data card that has at least an optical memory strip as a cutoff piece bonding and attaching to the data card for storing data accessible with an optical read/write head. The data card can further includes at lea... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7159785 | Core piece and non-contact communication type information carrier using the core piece An inexpensive non-contact communication type information carrier with good handling capability and productivity, characterized in that an IC chip 1 formed integral with the antenna coil 3 is mounted in a recessed portion 6 of a core piece body ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7143951 | Transponder label A transponder label including a transponder film, a chip mounted on the transponder film and an adhesive layer. The adhesive layer has a thickness that is equal to the thickness of the chip. The adhesive layer also has a recess in an area of the chip, which recess h... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7140547 | Data storage configuration having a display device A portable data storage configuration has a card base and a display device, the display device being fixed to the card base. The display device is only partially connected to the card base by the fixed connection. This mounting technique results in that almost no la... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7069374 | Optical disc drive having a control board and driving unit in separate locations An optical disc drive that includes a driving unit including a spindle motor to rotate an optical disc, an optical pickup to access the optical disc, and a connection board connected to a computer. A control board to control the driving unit, is installed at an inte... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7063265 | Baggage tag and method for using baggage tag A baggage tag in which a recording layer is formed on one side of a laminate, a circuit element is placed on the side opposite to the recording layer of the laminate, the laminate is a laminate of a paper sheet and a plastic film. The Clark degree of the laminate in... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7035953 | Computer system architecture with hot pluggable main memory boards The specification discloses a server system implementing hot pluggable memory boards in an architecture using X86 processors and off-the-shelf operating system, such as Windows® or Netware, which do not support hot plugging operations. Thus, the specification discl... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7016136 | Method and system for adjusting a magnetic tape head A method of adjusting a magnetic head of the invention includes the steps of: setting a cleaning cartridge into a drive unit; identifying the set cartridge as the cleaning cartridge by checking a cleaning bit in a non-volatile memory; performing an adjustment-operat... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6863219 | Apparatuses and methods for forming electronic assemblies Apparatuses and methods for forming displays are claimed. One embodiment of the invention includes a contact smart card wherein fluidic self assembly is used to build the microelectronic structures on the display such that a contact smart data is transmitted unidire... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6766958 | Holographic ROM system A holographic ROM system includes a light source for emitting a laser beam; an expanding unit for expanding the laser beam; and a mask for modulating a certain portion of the expanded laser beam to thereby generate a signal beam which is directly provided to a holog... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6536674 | Process for manufacturing a contactless smart card with an antenna support made of fibrous material The present invention relates to a contactless smart card manufacturing process and more specifically to a manufacturing process for a contactless smart card for which the antenna is on a fibrous material such as paper. This process includes a manufacturi... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6530526 | Device for transmitting information by means of acoustic signals In a device for generating acoustic signals, a mechanical profile which contains information in a coded form is arranged on the surface of a plastic card, can be lead over an edge for generating sounds which contain information, and has at least two adjac... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6502755 | Optical data storage card The optical data-storage card includes an optical data-storage medium layer supported on the card. The data-storage medium layer includes a plurality of data storage tracks for storing data therein. Each of the tracks having at least an arc-segment wherei... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6484945 | Smart card having circuit disabling A Smart Card has an electronic circuit connected to a source of potential capable of destroying at least a portion of the electronic circuit. The potential is normally short circuited, but the path of the short circuit traverses a frangible portion of the... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6446874 | Method of fabricating an electronic module or label, module or label obtained and medium including a module or label of this kind The present invention relates to a method of fabricating at least one electronic module or label which is adapted to be rendered adhesive. The method includes the following steps: an insulative film is supplied including at least one contact and/or antenn... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6341727 | Arrangement for immobilizing a data medium in a data interchange device The invention proposes an arrangement of the type comprising a unit into which a badge is introduced manually into a housing in the unit, and which comprises a lever for immobilizing the badge in an active position in the unit and an electromagnet made to... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6294032 | Method and apparatus for assembling and attaching plastic cards and printed card-carriers A method of bringing together and joining plastic cards, which are provided with an identification mark, and printed card carriers associated with the respective plastic cards, comprises the following steps: providing the plastic card and the printed card... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6135355 | Method and apparatus for impeding the counterfeiting of cards, instruments and documents To impede the counterfeiting of a valuable instrument (e.g., a cash card, negotiable instrument or any document), an issuance mark is formed on the instrument at a programmed distance from a reference mark located on the instrument. The information pertai... | 10/24/2000 |
| 5971130 | Workpiece identification providing method, workpiece, workpiece identifying method and apparatus thereof, and sheet metal machining apparatus A workpiece identifying method is provided, being characterized in that a plurality of identification areas of plural columns and rows are plotted in an identification mark providing region provided in the area of the unused portion of a workpiece or a pr... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5959289 | Card and information recording card and method of using the same A magnetic card (10) has a base card (11), a magnetic stripe (12) formed on the base card (11), and a plurality of optical fibers (15) extended within the base card (11) substantially perpendicularly to the magnetic stripe (12). The magnetic stripe (12) c... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5929412 | Method and device for counting cut sheets A method is provided for counting cut sheets such as bank notes. A loose bundle of cut sheets is supported in a predetermined posture, and the cut sheets of the supported bundle are successively fed obliquely relative to an edge of each remaining cut shee... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5877941 | IC card and method of fabricating the same An IC card and a method of fabricating the same are provided in which the IC card substrate is formed of a blackened metal core plate to improve thermal, electrical and mechanical stability of the IC card.... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5822190 | Card type memory device and a method for manufacturing the same A card type memory device comprises a semiconductor chip having a nonvolatile semiconductor memory formed with external connection terminals and a metal frame comprising bed sections and external terminal electrode sections with a step section formed betw... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5675135 | Electronic franking machine having improved security capabilities An electronic franking machine has a data reader for reading data stored in a microcircuit fitted in a chip card and includes a receptacle with respect to which are disposed a predetermined location and a punching mechanism.... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5581073 | Machine and human readable label The present invention provides machine and human readable information for a data cartridge or other item to be stored. In one embodiment, a label, on which human readable information is printed or similarly marked, is applied to cover an indicator area of... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5461221 | Codeable card for card reader A codeable card includes a coding area formed on one side of a card body and having a number of opaque elements to be removed for coding number. A cover layer has portion secured to the card body and has the other portion secured to the coding area before... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5294786 | Optical data card for an exerciser A data card for storing individual data for the use of an exerciser, such as a stationary bicycle. The data card includes a base having a transparent plate and a photo intercepting film formed on the plate for intercepting light except for a plurality of ... | 03/15/1994 |
| 5264683 | Method of collating photographic prints with photographic film A process for collating photographic film with prints made therefrom. During a reception process of a photofinishing order, data indicative of a customer's ID number recorded on an envelope is recorded in a magnetic recording layer of a photographic film.... | 11/23/1993 |
| 5091771 | Compact package for electronic module A very compact package for an electronic data module, which includes battery-backed memory. A two-part metal container is used, which has two shallow concave pieces which fit together. The integrated circuit (in a low-height package, such as a flat-pack o... | 02/25/1992 |
| 5031026 | Thin semiconductor card The reliability of a thin semiconductor card, such as an IC card, is enhanced by stress absorbing part such as deformable part for absorbing externally applied stress, thereby preventing the stress from damaging the card main body, the semiconductor modul... | 07/09/1991 |
| 4916299 | Card recepticle housing An actuator assembly is mounted in a housing and is actuatable by a solenoid carried in the housing. The housing also includes, integral therewith, a card reading arrangement.... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4908503 | Article for identifying pieces of timber An identification device, especially a plate for identifying articles, particularly pieces of rough timber, comprising a flat rigid support (1), to which are affixed information marks (2) visible from the outer face (3) of the supports (1), the inner face... | 03/13/1990 |
| 4889437 | Ticket issuing machines This invention is concerned with a ticket issuing machine system including a keyboard 6 to enter into the machine details of a ticket to be issued a printer 1 to print out ticket information on the ticket depending upon the data entered into the keyboard ... | 12/26/1989 |
