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...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 |
| 8121058 | Cognitive IP radio with repeaters An operational mechanism enables extending the range of cognitive networks through the use of repeater transceivers and selective routing. ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8064369 | System and method for increasing distribution distance of XDSL type signals An XDSL signal distribution system is provided having a regenerator unit located a predetermined distance from a central office XTU unit for extending the distribution reach of the system. The regenerator is arranged to decode the payload of transmitted XDSL signals... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7415242 | Method and system for proximity detection for an in-building wireless repeater A repeater for a wireless network might use a first communication interface to detect the presence of a wireless device. Alternatively, another network element might use the first communication interface to detect the presence of the wireless device and then provide... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7388852 | Physical layer assisted retransmission The present invention provides a fast and efficient retransmission technique, which allows a link control layer to request retransmission of frames upon receiving information from an underlying physical layer that an unsuccessful attempt to transmit data was detecte... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7295806 | Using directional antennas to enhance wireless mesh networks The principles of the present invention provide for using directional antennas to adaptively communicate in a wireless mesh network. A number of infrastructure components are included in a wireless mesh network environment. Each infrastructure component includes an ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7106819 | Plural subscriber system utilizing synchronized timeslots on a single frequency A wireless digital telephone system containing at least one emulated base station plus one or more subscriber stations, the emulated base station comprising a station similar to the subscriber station but having the capability of initiating a synchronization process... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7079779 | Repeater apparatus, communication equipment, communication system thereof and repeating method A repeater apparatus (1001) is constituted from infrared transmitter sections (1s, 2s, 3s) and infrared receiver sections (1r, 2r, 3r) as well as connection control sections (... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7065054 | Method and apparatus for automatic activation of a clock master on a stackable repeater A method of automatically activating a clock master circuit in a stack of repeaters includes selectively connecting a first on pin in a first repeater to a voltage source when the first repeater is powered on. The first on pin is connected to a power state output pi... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7046697 | Fast ethernet multiport repeater The invention combines the repeater functions outlined in the IEEE 802.3 Standards, ยง27, and the 100BASE-TX PCS and PMA. The disclosed FEMR provides four ports in the PQFR packet of its 100 pins. Such extension ports allow multiple serial connections of the FEMR's,... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6888881 | Repeater A relay station is composed of a main reception antenna 1 for receiving both a radio wave of a parent station and a go-around radio wave of a relay station, a subsidiary reception antenna 2 for receiving the go-around radio wave of the relay station, a... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6711223 | Base station emulator A wireless digital telephone system containing at least one emulated base station plus one or more subscriber stations, the emulated base station comprising a station similar to the subscriber station but having the capability of initiating a synchronization process... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6313663 | Full swing voltage input/full swing output bi-directional repeaters for high resistance or high capacitance bi-directional signal lines and methods therefor A bidirectional full swing voltage repeater implemented on a signal line of an integrated circuit, which includes a first enable node for providing a first enable signal and a second enable node for providing a second enable signal. There is included a fi... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6175875 | Multicast filtering A repeater for a computer network, and a network incorporating such a repeater are described in which repeater communication addressed to a subset of the devices connected to the repeater are transmitted in a corrupt or scrambled form to other network dev... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6108312 | Method and apparatus for automatic activation of a clock master on a stackable repeater An apparatus for automatically activating a clock master circuit in a stack of Fast Ethernet repeaters includes a first stackable Fast Ethernet repeater is disclosed. The first stackable Fast Ethernet repeater includes a first on pin having a first on pin... | 08/22/2000 |
| 5940403 | Quarter-rate 2B1Q ISDN architecture with embedded differential delay compensation for extending range of DDS communications The transmission distance for DDS subscriber lines over a repeaterless four-wire link is extended to customer premises beyond the standard four-wire loop range of approximately 18 kft (56 kbps, 56 kbps with secondary channel capability, and 64 kbps) by em... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5872809 | Methods and apparatus for a common denominator transceiver design for data transmission A transceiver for exchanging data with a transmission channel using any of the 100BaseT2, 100BaseTX, or 100BaseT4 standards, which includes a receive circuit for receiving analog data from the transmission channel. The receive circuit includes a first swi... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5734675 | Receiver sharing for demand priority access method repeaters A shared receiver demand priority repeater for use in a shared receiver demand priority repeater network having at least two transmission media, has a demand priority repeater core. A receiver is coupled to the demand priority repeater core. A multiplexer... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5077554 | Control system for communication between units In control system for communication between units, each unit stores an adjacent-unit identifying number fixedly corresponding to each unit adjacent to one of the units, and forms a relative address, the relative address of the originating unit being "nil"... | 12/31/1991 |
| 4704733 | Cell enhancer for cellular radio telephone system having diversity function A cell enhancer for use by one cellular provider in a cellular radio-telephone system particularly in a cell including a diversity function includes a first amplifier system for amplifying both up-link and down-link signals between a first set of upstream... | 11/03/1987 |
