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...that in 1800 ether was first used by partyers as a fun diversion? Sniffing the gas led to hilarious and raucous laughter as people watched each other become more and more intoxicated and silly. Several doctors independently realized the value ether would have to anesthetize surgery patients. Of those who claimed rights to the "discovery," none had a happy ending. One had a seizure and died defending his rights. Another spent his life in an asylum because he had been denied acclaim. A third became addicted to chloroform and, in a New York City jail, he soaked a cloth in the drug, severed an artery and bled to death.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7976335 | LED connector assembly with heat sink A universal mounting supports high intensity LEDs in a lighting fixture with heat removal and electrical connection facilities. A holder includes a peripheral sidewall defining a cavity for accepting a printed circuit board assembly. A support member supports the pr... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7946881 | Socket assembly with heat sink module A socket assembly has a socket and a heat sink module detachably mounted on the socket. The socket has a base, a sliding board mounted on the base, a lid disposed upon the base and an actuator disposed between the base and the cover. The heat sink module has a faste... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7883357 | Electrical connector assembly with heat dissipating device An electrical connector assembly for electrically connecting an electrical package to a printed circular board, includes an electrical connector mounted on a printed circular board, and a heat dissipating device located upon the electrical package. The heat dissipat... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7845972 | Ceramic lampholder with a thermal switch in a radiator thermally bonded to its housing The present invention provides a high-temperature ceramic lampholder with an integral thermal switch for use in recessed or portable recessed lighting fixtures for general lighting in residential, institutional and commercial buildings. Lampholders according to the ... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7766691 | Land grid array (LGA) socket loading mechanism for mobile platforms Techniques for a land grid array (LGA) socket loading mechanism for mobile platforms are described. An apparatus includes a LGA socket mounted to a printed circuit board, and an LGA package seated in the LGA socket. The LGA package includes an LGA package substrate ... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7708584 | Semiconductor circuit arrangement A semiconductor circuit arrangement is disclosed. In one embodiment, a semiconductor module is attached to a board using a screw, with a mechanical and electrical contact being made between module contacts on the semiconductor module and associated board contacts on... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7690941 | Modular jack with cooling slots An active jack, which is a powered device, is installed as the network connection at a workstation which provides the capability to determine the physical location of a destination device, such as a VOIP phone, in real time. Uninterruptible power supplies may be use... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7601021 | Connector assembly A connector assembly is suitable for use with various types of connector chip modules, and includes a heat sink detachably connected to a top of a cover of the connector assembly via a heat-sink fastening member, so that heat produced by the connector chip module on... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7540761 | LED connector assembly with heat sink A universal mounting supports high intensity LEDs in a lighting fixture with heat removal and electrical connection facilities. A holder includes a peripheral sidewall defining a cavity for accepting a printed circuit board assembly. A support member supports the pr... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7524206 | Power-enabled connector assembly with heat dissipation apparatus and method of manufacturing An advanced connector assembly enabled to receive and distribute power signals. In one embodiment, the connector comprises a single port modular jack, and incorporates an insert assembly disposed in the rear portion of the connector housing. The insert assembly incl... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7427210 | Single loading mechanism to apply force to both cooling apparatus and integrated circuit package Embodiments of the invention provide single loading mechanism that both pushes a semiconductor package against a socket and pushes a cooling solution against the semiconductor package. This loading mechanism may take up less motherboard real estate than if two diffe... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7417864 | Gear driven socket activation mechanism A socket activation assembly is configured to close over a component and drive a gear during closure that activates a socket to engage the component. ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7393236 | Integrated thermal and electrical connection system for power devices An electrical system as described herein is suitable for use in an electric or hybrid vehicle. The electrical system includes electrical devices, such as power transistors, coupled to an electrically and thermally conductive bus bar. The respective nodes of the elec... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7361040 | Base with integrated heatsink for compact fluorescent lamps A subassembly (10) for a lamp base, the subassembly (10) has an outer (12) housing having a circumferential wall (14) and a top (16) closing one end (18) of the outer housing (12); at least one lamp receiving aperture... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7357647 | Assembly for controlling a device An assembly for controlling a device. The assembly includes a circuit board and a carrier. The carrier includes a first portion having a flexible arm and a second portion extending at an angle from the first portion. The circuit board extends between and is disposed... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7347739 | Devices, systems, and methods for coupling electrical wiring Certain exemplary embodiments comprise a connector, which can define a plurality of cages. The plurality of cages can define a plurality of cage openings. The connector can comprise a plurality of pins, which can be disposed in an alternating proximal-distal relatio... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7342790 | Heat sink fastening device A central processing unit (CPU) assembly is disclosed having: a CPU; a socket removably receiving the CPU; a heat sink removably attaching atop the CPU; and a fastening device removably fastening the heat sink, the CPU, and the socket together. The fastening device ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7304849 | Compliant thermal cap for an electronic device A cooling structure for an electronic device comprises a compliant cap preloaded over the electronic device. The compliant cap comprises a horizontal top surface and at least one vertical support for the surface, the vertical support comprising a compliant portion a... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7303427 | Electrical connector with air-circulation features A preferred embodiment of an electrical connector includes an electrical conductor for transmitting electrical power, and a housing. The electrical conductor is mounted in the housing so that the housing and the electrical conductor define a channel for circulating ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7303428 | Electrical connector assembly with fastening means An electrical connector assembly (100) includes an electrical connector (2) with a first plurality of holes (230) thereon, a heat sink (3) mounted onto the electrical connector and including a second plurality of holes (300) thereo... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7291036 | Photovoltaic connection system A photovoltaic connection system for maximum current output and heat dissipation properties. The connection system includes a connection box with improved heat transfer capability to permit higher current output capacity. Diodes are surface-mounted on a printed circ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7289330 | Heat sink assembly having a fan mounting device A heat sink assembly (100) includes a heat sink (10) having a plurality of fins (14), a fan handle (24) buckled with the fins and a fan (30) mounted on the heat sink (10) via the fan handle. The fan handle includes a retaini... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7277281 | Heat dissipation device having wire fixture A heat dissipation device is for use in a computer enclosure, the computer enclosure having a group of wires (20) therein. The heat dissipation device includes a heat sink assembly. A wire fixture (60) is mounted on the heat sink assembly and configure... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7264485 | Power connectors and contacts The present invention relates to electrical connectors, and, in particular, to power connectors and to improved contact structures and methods related thereto. ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7247031 | Electric junction box and its assembling process Printed boards are arranged vertically such that the outer circumferential part of an upper printed board projects outward beyond the outer circumferential part of a lower printed board, and the projected outer circumferential part is contained in a printed board ho... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7244141 | Electric connector box In a heat radiator plate, a mounting bracket extending from a peripheral edge portion of the heat radiator plate, an auxiliary heat radiator plate portion extending along the mounting bracket and positioned between the mounting bracket 39 and a body through a... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7242583 | System for loading a heat sink mechanism independently of clamping load on electrical device A system for coupling a heat sink to an electrical device independently of a clamping member that is used to place a coupling force between the electrical device and a substrate to which the electrical device is to be electrically connected. The system includes a cl... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7232332 | Support and grounding structure Various embodiments of a heat sink assembly are disclosed. In one embodiment, the heat sink assembly includes a processor mounted onto a circuit board; a heat sink located in thermal contact with the processor at the side of the processor opposite circuit board; and... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7230830 | Semiconductor device socket In a state wherein front ends of latch members 18A and 18B are apart from each other so that the upper surface of an alignment plate/positioning member 24 is outside, a pressing section 12PU of a heat sink member 12 is brought into... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7209627 | Lightpipe with multiple projections A lightpipe includes at least first and second projections extending outwardly from the body of the lightpipe, where the first projection is opposite the second projection. ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7198412 | Holder of optical transmission lines and multi-core optical wave-guide A holder of optical transmission lines encompasses an insulating base body defined by a mounting face to mount an optical device chip, an opposing face opposing to the mounting face and side faces which connect between the mounting face and the opposing face, one of... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7182627 | High illumosity lighting assembly A lighting assembly includes a circuit board having light emitting diodes, a heat conductive plate, a soldering plate removably connected to the circuit board and having multiple LED holes to correspond to the LEDs on the circuit board and a fixing plate securely co... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7160122 | Power connectors and contacts The present invention relates to electrical connectors, and, in particular, to power connectors and to improved contact structures and methods related thereto. ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7153157 | Terminal block jumper An electrically insulated body carries one of more jaw members which are mountable over threaded terminals in a meter socket to provide a bypass connection between line and load socket terminals to enable a watthour meter to be removed and reinstalled relative to th... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7140893 | Light source device for medical endoscope A light source device for a medical endoscope system comprises a lamp unit including a xenon lamp and a heat sink, with fins, certain ones of which form electrodes, a lamp housing into which the lamp unit is removably which is provided with first power electrodes an... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7133285 | Electronics connector with heat sink A heat sink includes a body and a heat transmitting member coupled thereto. The body and member are arranged such they each contact a different section of an electronic component, e.g., a PCMCIA card. The heat sink can be integrated into an electronic component conn... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7131859 | Heat dissipating cages for optical transceiver systems The invention relates to an optical transceiver system for use in a host device including an optical transceiver receptacle or cage with a heat dissipating structure mounted thereon. The heat dissipating structure is electronically powered by an external source in t... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7106595 | Apparatus including a thermal bus on a circuit board for cooling components on a daughter card releasably attached to the circuit board A daughter card includes a number of circuit modules generating heat and a spring member transmitting the heat to a thermal bus extending along a circuit board adjacent to one side or to each side of a connector to which the daughter card is releasably attached. One... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7101197 | Press-fit terminal, printed board connection structure using the press-fit terminal, and electrical connection box In printed boards arranged in a vertical relationship, outer peripheral portions of an upper printed board are projected outward from outer peripheral portions of a lower printed board. Conductive bodies with terminal holes are arranged side by side on the upper and... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7090519 | Card connector The present invention provides a card connector in which heat dissipation of a card can be performed by means of a heatsink without requiring any operation of the heatsink by the consumer. The card connector comprises a heatsink for contacting one surface of the car... | 08/15/2006 |
