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A resilient headband in a shape for being mounted on the head of the user. The headband is equipped with a longitudinal slotted member for holding a placard.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7974070 | Multilayer ceramic device and mounting structure therefor An NTC capacitor comprises a capacitor body having a plurality of insulator layers laminated therein, first to third inner electrodes arranged within the capacitor body, and first to third terminal electrodes arranged on outer surfaces of the capacitor body. The fir... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7277267 | Multi-layer capacitive transducer A capacitive transducer of multi-layer construction includes two rotor plates supported by flexible springs, the plates being spaced apart and rigidly connected by a stem. One rotor plate my be used as either a pickup electrode or a grounded target electrode for det... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7203052 | Method of fabricating MEMS tunable capacitor with wide tuning range A MEMS tunable capacitor and method of fabricating the same, includes a plurality of fixed charge plates on a substrate, the plurality of fixed charge plates having a same height, being arranged in a shape of comb-teeth and being electrically connected to one anothe... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7134785 | Capacitance temperature sensor and temperature measuring device A capacitance temperature sensor in which temperature is measured by detecting capacitance of a parallel plate condenser which comprises a dielectric material comprising strontium titanate single crystal in which (a) 30% by weight or less of oxygen-16 or (b) ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7085121 | Variable capacitance membrane actuator for wide band tuning of microstrip resonators and filters A device for varying the capacitance of an electronic circuit is disclosed. The device comprises a flexible membrane located above the electronic circuit, a metal layer connected to the flexible membrane, and bias circuitry located above the membrane. Variation of t... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7055341 | High efficiency cooling system and heat absorbing unit The cooling system allows the liquid coolant discharged from the pump to flow into the evaporation chamber. The liquid coolant passes through the atomizer. Minute droplets of the atomized coolant is discharged from the atomizer into the evaporation chamber. The minu... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7042699 | Vacuum variable capacitor A vacuum variable capacitor is includes of a vacuum container which is formed by sealing both end of a cylindrical insulator with a fixed-side end plate and a movable-side end plate, a movable conductive member which is disposed opposite to the fixed-side end plate ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7042698 | MEMS tunable capacitor with a wide tuning range and method of fabricating the same A MEMS tunable capacitor and method of fabricating the same, includes a plurality of fixed charge plates on a substrate, the plurality of fixed charge plates having a same height, being arranged in a shape of comb-teeth and being electrically connected to one anothe... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7030463 | Tuneable electromagnetic bandgap structures based on high resistivity silicon substrates Electrically tunable electromagnetic bandgap (“TEBG”) structures using a ferroelectric thin film on a semiconductor substrate, tunable devices that include such a TEBG structure, such as a monolithic microwave integrated circuit (“MMIC”), and a method produc... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7031137 | Variable micro-capacitor with a high ratio and a low operating voltage A MEMS micro-capacitor having a variable capacity is disclosed. The MEMS micro-capacitor has at least one fixed electrode (3) positioned on one surface of a substrate (1); bending means with respect to the surface of the substrate including at least on... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6975499 | Vacuum variable capacitor with energization and heat shielding bellows A vacuum variable capacitor includes an energization bellows arranged in a vacuum vessel and having ends mounted to a movable-electrode support plate and a movable side-end plate, respectively, a heat shielding bellows arranged inside the energization bellows and ou... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6926479 | Router plunge depth adjustment mechanism The present invention is directed to a mechanism and method for providing base end plunge router depth adjustment, such as when a router is utilized with a router table. The apparatus and method of the present invention permits accurate and efficient depth adjustmen... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6714400 | Link for watch bracelet The invention concerns a particular link structure (1) for a wristwatch including decorative elements made of hard materials such as ceramics. The sintering step carried out during manufacturing of these decorative elements increase the maximum uncertainties ... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6625004 | Electrostatic actuators with intrinsic stress gradient An electrostatic actuator with an intrinsic stress gradient is provided. The electrostatic actuator comprises an electrode and an electrostatically actuated beam fixed at one end relative to the electrode. The electrostatically actuated beam further inclu... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6433375 | Tunable microwave devices An electrically tunable device, particularly for microwaves, includes a carrier substrate, conductors, and at least one tunable ferroelectric layer. Between the conductors and the tunable ferroelectric layer, a buffer layer including a thin film structure... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6268995 | Double-bellows vacuum variable capacitor A vacuum variable capacitor includes a vacuum bellows for allowing a pressure differential between two volumes inside the capacitor, wherein one of the volumes may be a vacuum volume. The vacuum variable capacitor further includes a conductive bellows dis... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6215644 | High frequency tunable capacitors A tunable capacitor having low loss and a corresponding high Q is provided. The tunable capacitor includes first and second substrates having first and second capacitor plates disposed, respectively, thereon. The capacitor plates may include a high temper... | 04/10/2001 |
| 5788376 | Temperature sensor A temperature sensor apparatus comprising: a capacitor with first and second conductors and a dielectric material between the conductors; a frequency generator coupled to the capacitor and providing an excitation signal thereto; a processor coupled to the... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5635812 | Thermal sensing polymeric capacitor A thermal sensing polymeric device (110) such as a capacitor is fabricated from a layer of a copolymeric material (112) including polyvinylidene fluoride and a fluorinated ethylene. The fluorinated ethylene may be selected from the group including trifluo... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5574620 | Electrical component resistant to damage by infrared radiation In an electrical component that contains materials that can physically and/or chemically change under the influence of heat (infrared) radiation required during processing of the component and which in particular, is suitable for employment on printed cir... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5483414 | Electrical impedance detector for measurement of physical quantities, in particular of temperature Electrical impedance detector for measurement of physical quantities, in particular of temperature. The detector comprises electrodes (11,14), between which the electrical impedance (C;R) that represents the physical quantity to be measured is measured. B... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5407276 | Diamond temperature and radiation sensor A temperature sensor comprises a body of insulating diamond material and a pair of spaced apart electrical contacts applied to the body. The body has a predetermined thickness between the contacts, and the contacts have a predetermined area, so that the s... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5359491 | Capacitive sensor comprising a conductive front surface for forming a capacitor plate, and a coaxial cable shielded by a mineral insulator The capacitive sensor comprises a sensor body which includes a housing, a conductive front surface and insulation means provided between the conductive surface and the housing; it also comprises a coaxial cable of the type shielded by a mineral insulator ... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5349831 | Apparatus for cooling heat generating members An apparatus for cooling heat generating members such as semiconductor devices on a multichip module. A discharge device discharges cooling liquid for contacting the heat generating members and cooling them. A mixing device mixes the now high temperature ... | 09/27/1994 |
| 4920450 | Temperature dependent capacitor A temperature dependent capacitor formed from thermostatic bi-metallic strips is used to compensate the resonant frequency of a microstrip patch antenna array structure for dielectric constant thermal effects.... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4883366 | Temperature sensor A temperature sensor includes a capacitor having electrodes between which a dielectric body having its dielectric constant variable depending on the variations of ambient temperature is interposed, and a CR oscillating circuit utilizing the capacitor. The... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4710550 | Method of using a dielectric probe to monitor the characteristics of a medium A dielectric probe for use with conventional frequency and time domain impedance analyzers comprises two chemically resistant electrodes deposited in an interdigitated pectinate configuration on particular non-conductive substrates, the spaces between the... | 12/01/1987 |
| 4639697 | Temperature compensation circuitry A surface acoustic wave (SAW) device provides a phase shift and a first predetermined phase shift variation as a function of temperature. A passive network including a passive, reactive component is thermally and electrically coupled to the SAW device. An... | 01/27/1987 |
| 4545254 | Materials and methods for pressure and temperature sensors at cryogenic temperatures Capacitive pressure and temperature sensing devices for use at cryogenic temperatures are provided utilizing a quantum ferroelectric pyrochlore ceramic material as the dielectric. The ceramic material has the formula: where M is Pb, Ca, Sr, Ba, or mixtures the... | 10/08/1985 |
| 4419310 | SrTiO3 barrier layer capacitor Formulations for a variety of air sintered ceramic barrier layer capacitors are provided wherein from 0.3 to 1.7 mole % of donor material is added to a strontium titanate and the relative amounts of strontium and titanium have been adjusted so that large-... | 12/06/1983 |
| 4405080 | Electronic temperature control from a mechanical temperature responsive means By means of a moveable insulating member that has two electrically conductive areas that are separated by a nonconductive area it is possible to build a mechanically controlled electronic thermostat. The temperature sensing is accomplished by a temperatur... | 09/20/1983 |
| 4361799 | Over-temperature sense and locate device The invention is an over-temperature sensor and locator utilizing a temperature sensitive cable comprising (1) an electrical conductor, (2) a dielectric, and (3) a solid, conductive polymeric, positive temperature coefficient of resistance composition. An... | 11/30/1982 |
| 4348611 | Ferroelectric or pyroelectric sensor utilizing a sodium nitrite layer A pyroelectric or ferroelectric sensing element consists of a substrate with a thin layer of sodium nitrite. Electrodes may be applied to both sides of the sodium nitrite layer, or, alternatively, only one electrode may be used. In one embodiment, an arra... | 09/07/1982 |
| 4322775 | Capacitive pressure sensor The disclosure relates to a capacitive pressure transducers which includes a flexible diaphragm. The flexibility of the diaphragm varies with temperature and thus different capacitance values result from the same pressures at different temperatures. To co... | 03/30/1982 |
| 4279155 | Bourdon tube transducer A bourdon tube transducer has included a bourdon tube with a conductive plate electrically separated from the bourdon tube and in parallel with the bourdon tube. As the pressure varies, so does the electrical reactance between the bourdon tube and the con... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4213797 | Radiant energy to electric energy converter Radiant energy is converted into electric energy by irradiating a capacitor including an ionic dielectric. The dielectric is a sintered crystal superionic conductor, e.g., lanthanum trifluoride, lanthanum trichloride, or silver bromide, so that a multipli... | 07/22/1980 |
| 4195326 | Predetermined temperature coefficient capacitor A screen printed capacitor to provide a predetermined temperature coefficient of capacitance. The capacitance device utilizes a common electrode with a uniform dielectric layer in conjunction with two side-by-side base electrodes resulting in opposite pol... | 03/25/1980 |
| 4164147 | Temperature sensing apparatus A temperature sensor particularly adapted for use with digital displays or controls comprises an oscillator circuit coupled to a capacitor formed of ferroelectric material in order to provide a linear relation of frequency with temperature. Both chip and ... | 08/14/1979 |
| 4109456 | Ceramic capacitor A ceramic capacitor operatively connected to a piezoelectric oscillator for compensating for the temperature dependence of the oscillator frequency is provided for thereby optimizing the accuracy of an electronic timepiece.... | 08/29/1978 |
| 4084101 | Apparatus for converting radiant energy to electric energy Radiant energy is converted into electric energy by irradiating a capacitor including an ionic dielectric having a dipole layer only on or near its surface. The dielectric is selected from the group consisting of the rare earth trifluorides and trichlorid... | 04/11/1978 |
