"I watched his countenance closely, to see if he was not deranged ... and I was assured by other senators after he left the room that they had no confidence in it."
U.S. Senator Smith of Indiana ; After seeing Samuel Morse demonstrate the telegraph.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7292022 | Current detection resistor, mounting structure thereof and method of measuring effective inductance A mounting structure for current detection resistor device has a feature that voltage detection terminal wiring is configured so as to extend along a current path in the resistor body first, and then, to bend at right angles to the current path, while maintaining el... | 11/06/2007 |
| 6909355 | Illumination-type rotary variable resistor An illumination-type rotary variable resistor. A housing includes a round bottom plate, a cylindrical outer wall protruding in a first direction, and a cylinder. This housing houses an annular insulating substrate having a resistor film and LED conductive film on it... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6897761 | Ball grid array resistor network A ball grid array resistor network has a planar substrate formed of an organic material. The substrate preferably is a printed circuit board. The substrate has a top and bottom surface. A ball pad is located on the bottom surface. A low temperature resistor is locat... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6690258 | Surface-mount positive coefficient thermistor and method for making the same A surface-mount positive coefficient thermistor includes a plate-like positive coefficient thermistor element, a pair of electrodes on the respective two main surfaces of the positive coefficient thermistor element, a pair of metal terminals each having a... | 02/10/2004 |
| 5945905 | High power resistor A high power resistor includes a substrate of an insulating material having opposed first and second surfaces, and a strip of a resistance material on the first surface of the substrate. The resistance strip has side edges which are spaced from the side e... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5420562 | Resistor having geometry for enhancing radio frequency performance A resistor having a novel physical geometry is provided. The physical geometry of the resistor minimizes the current paths through the resistor such that the reactance components of the resistor is minimized for radio frequency operation. The resistor is ... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5151676 | Film resistance terminator A microwave film resistance terminator that includes a film resistor having the sufficient terminating characteristics even at high microwave frequencies. The invention uses a structure including a second film resistor (40) for cancelling inductive reacta... | 09/29/1992 |
| 5142268 | Elimination of discrete capacitors in R/C networks The resistor network of the present invention uses nodal common points with branch conductors for distribution of electrical power to a plurality of resistors. Separating the branch conductors are electromagnetic shields which isolate individual resistors... | 08/25/1992 |
| 4412183 | AC Resistor attenuator and associated amplifier circuits An AC resistor attenuator with low parasitic capacitance coupling and, thus, a substantially constant attenuation value over a relatively wide frequency range is disclosed. The AC resistor attenuator comprises a first elongate resistor substantially entir... | 10/25/1983 |
| 4034283 | Compensated voltage divider A voltage divider comprising a coaxial array of spaced parallel, capacitive plates connected to one another by respective resistive elements disposed between the plates.... | 07/05/1977 |
| 3938070 | Trimming potentiometer in T or Pi network connection with parallel resistance paths A trimming potentiometer in which three parallel resistance paths are located in a plane on an insulating plate. Wiper contacts are displaceable in the same direction on the resistance paths, and are attached to a common carrier which is longitudinally di... | 02/10/1976 |