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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7054132 | Variable capacitance element A variable capacitance element includes a movable element provided above a substrate using supporting portions and support beams so as to be displaced from the substrate. An insulating film and a movable electrode are provided on a conductor facing surface of the mo... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6954348 | Tunable MEMS capacitor Various embodiments of tunable capacitors are disclosed. One embodiment is in the form of a tunable capacitor (368) having a pair of stationary capacitor electrodes (392) that are fixed to and disposed the same distance above a substrate (388) i... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6490147 | High-Q micromechanical device and method of tuning same A high-Q micromechanical device such as a capacitor and method of tuning same by electrostatically moving the capacitor's dielectric are provided. The high-Q, tunable, micromechanical capacitor is realized using an IC-compatible, electroplated-metal, surf... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6404614 | Voltage tuned dielectric varactors with bottom electrodes A voltage tunable dielectric varactor includes a substrate having a first dielectric constant and having generally a planar surface, first and second electrodes positioned on the generally planar surface of the substrate, the first and second electrodes b... | 06/11/2002 |
| 5557495 | Variable capacitor and method A variable capacitor and method of varying capacitance in which two pressurally engaged plates having electrically conductive patterns on facing surfaces are separated by a low friction polytetrafluoroethylene (Teflon™) dielectric disk so that the plate... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5555486 | Hybrid metal/metal oxide electrodes for ferroelectric capacitors Ferroelectric capacitors with hybrid electrodes including both a conducting oxide and a noble metal may be used to achieve devices having improved performance over capacitors with either platinum or ruthenium oxide electrodes. These hybrid electrode struc... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5229912 | Trimmer capacitor In a trimmer capacitor comprising a stator having a stator electrode, a rotor having a rotor electrode and a shaft holding the rotor in a rotatable manner with respect to the stator, the stator is formed of resin containing a dielectric ceramic material. ... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5122922 | Variable capacitive sensor element In a preferred embodiment, a capacitive sensor element which includes a metal plate which is flat and smooth and hard-coated with a dielectric material, such as an oxide. The dielectric surface slidingly contacts a smooth metal plate, such as hardened ste... | 06/16/1992 |
| 4089093 | Method of manufacturing a variable capacitor A method of manufacturing variable capacitors having dielectric-coated sheets. The dielectric is permanently connected to the sheets and is provided by vapor deposition before assembly of the capacitors. The dielectric is preferably a polyparaxylylene mat... | 05/16/1978 |
| 3996503 | Variable capacitor A variable capacitor includes a plurality of stator plates supported on spaced parallel rods. A plurality of rotor plates supported on a shaft are arranged so that each rotor plate is placed a predetermined distance from the surface of the adjacent stator... | 12/07/1976 |
| 3949280 | Miniature variable capacitor and method of manufacture A miniature variable capacitor comprises a stator plate group having a plurality of stator plates stationarily held in mutually spaced-apart state with specific spacing therebetween by spacers interposed between mutually adjacent plates, a rotor plate gro... | 04/06/1976 |
