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Method of swinging on a swing

A method of swing on a swing is disclosed, in which a user positioned on a standard swing suspended by two chains from a substantially horizontal tree branch induces side to side motion by pulling alternately on one chain and then the other.

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Class 340/14.69 - Switching element


Subclass of Class 340 - Communications: electrical
Definition: Subject matter wherein the semiconductor changes between
No. of patents: 21
Last issue date: 09/13/2011


NumberTitleIssue Date
8018326Matrix switch
A matrix switch is provided with a plurality of input-terminals, a plurality of output-terminals, a plurality of connector switch elements connecting the plurality of input-terminals with the plurality of output-terminals, a plurality of input-terminal shunts associ...
09/13/2011
7340548On-chip bus
This disclosure involves an on-chip bus architecture involving an on-chip bus that includes a collector node and at least one device node. Each device node is in communication with an on-chip device. The collector node is capable of conducting the multiple outstandi...
03/04/2008
7326171Adjustable bone bracket
An improved apparatus and method is provided for supportably mounting an implantable hearing aid device to a patient's skull. The apparatus includes a support member adapted for supporting a hearing aid device and a plurality of mounting legs extending laterally fro...
02/05/2008
7271743Switch arrangement and a switch matrix structure for a keypad
A switch arrangement comprises a photoconductor to be illuminated. The switch arrangement also comprises a conductor which is intended to further transmit light escaping from the photoconductor and directed to the conductor by a local contact, wherein the conductor ...
09/18/2007
7151432Circuit and method for a switch matrix and switch sensing
Aspects of a switch matrix circuit are provided. In accordance with a circuit aspect, a plurality of switches are organized in a row and column configuration. Coupled to the plurality of switches is a current sensing circuit. The current sensing circuit includes a t...
12/19/2006
7117281Circuit, system, and method for data transfer control for enhancing data bus utilization
In a system having a plurality of bus masters, system and method for enhancing data bus utilization are disclosed. This system comprises: a data bus connected to a peripheral apparatus and composed of a plurality of unit data buses each capable of carrying out data ...
10/03/2006
6965299High-speed, low-power crossbar switch
In a crosspoint switch, both input buses and output buses are driven at low swing. Self-timed, differential, push-pull, low swing driver circuits drive the input buses and are provided in the crosspoints to drive the output buses. Clocked, regenerative sense amplifi...
11/15/2005
6943849Connection apparatus for CCTV systems
A video signal connection apparatus comprises an array of individual video signal connector contacts arranged in a matrix having connector contact rows and connector contact columns, the individual video signal connector contacts extending in a first connection dire...
09/13/2005
6771162Active cell crosspoint switch
A high-speed, low distortion N×M crosspoint switch selectively routes input signals arriving at any of N input terminals to one or more of M output terminals. The crosspoint switch includes a switch cell array having N rows and M columns of switch cells. Each of N ...
08/03/2004
6525650Electronic switching matrix
A high density electronic switching matrix (ESM) includes several splitting modules (200) arranged along a first axis, each including a signal input (202) and several splitter outputs (204). The ESM (500, 600) further includes several switching modules (4...
02/25/2003
6515579Switching apparatus for routing communication channels through a satellite payload
Active switch matrix apparatus that is used in a satellite communications system that provides for reconfigurability of the communication channels of the communications system. The active switch matrix apparatus has redundan channels and components that p...
02/04/2003
6323755Dynamic bus locking in a cross bar switch
A cross-bar switch which includes a plurality of master bus ports, the master bus ports adapted to receive a plurality of master buses; a plurality of slave bus ports, the slave bus ports adapted to receive a plurality of slave buses; a switching mechanis...
11/27/2001
6208041Drive control device, module and combined module
Current sense voltages (VCSl~V.sub.CSn), which are the detected values of n (ࣙ2) IGBTs connected in parallel, are converted into digital form, and thereafter, are subjected to an operation processing. After the current sense voltages (VC...
03/27/2001
5319361Circuit managing numbers of accesses to logic resources
A circuit managing numbers of accesses to logic resources, such as buffer memory data cells in a time switching system. The circuit is structured around a counting cell matrix including a synchronous counter storing an instananeous number of accesses rela...
06/07/1994
4731594Planar active component microwave switch matrix and air bridge for use therewith
A microwave planar switch matrix for selectively connecting various ones of M inputs to N outputs. The switch matrix includes a semi-insulative substrate on one side of which are conductors arranged in rows and columns, the interconnection of the rows and...
03/15/1988
4697095Chip-on-chip semiconductor device having selectable terminal connections
A circuit configuration in a chip for a semiconductor device based on so-called chip-on-chip technology. The chip has a selecting circuit which switches, according to the control signals supplied thereto, an input of an internal circuit formed on the chip...
09/29/1987
4472691Power divider/combiner circuit as for use in a switching matrix
A one port-to-M port passive signal power divider circuit (or combiner circuit) where M>2 and .noteq. 2N, M and N are integers, includes M - 1 two-way in-phase passive power dividers having a signal delay D through each path in one or more dela...
09/18/1984
4406997Method and means for minimizing the effect of short circuits in flat panel displays
A flat panel display device comprising a matrix of X and Y drive lines and a plurality of selecting field effect transistors (FETs) is described. Each FET is selectively operable by applying a potential across a unique pair of X and Y drive lines for cont...
09/27/1983
4134132Circuit arrangement for display boards having luminous elements arranged in a matrix
Circuit arrangement for the shaded (gray-scale) displaying of images on display boards having individual luminous elements arranged in a matrix, wherein switching circuits of the luminous elements are connected to row and column bars, and each bar is coup...
01/09/1979
4075431Speech path system
A speech path system for a telephone exchange having crosspoint switches of a speech path network comprising semiconductor switching devices of four or more layers, including a memory circuit for storing the operating conditions of said switching devices,...
02/21/1978
4068214Asynchronous logic array
An asynchronous logic array capable of directly implementing Petri net specification of digital systems is disclosed. The array can be used in general synthesis of asynchronous digital circuits and systems. The parallel nature of the array gives the reali...
01/10/1978
 
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