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Method and apparatus for making a drink hop along a bar or counter
A method for generating a drink which appears to hop from a remote spot on the bar or counter and take one or more leaps, before landing in a patron's glass.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7449857 | Servo control device An object of the invention is to provide a servo control device capable of making zero the positional deviation the positional deviation at a constant speed as well as the positional deviation at a constant acceleration or at constant acceleration and jerk, thereby ... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7446495 | Drive circuit for a hair clipper A drive circuit for a hair clipper comprises an electric motor and a control circuit for operating the motor at a constant speed regardless of load conditions. The control circuit has detector means for sensing the supply voltage to the clipper and the clipper curre... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7443122 | Electric drivetrain thermal protection system An electric drivetrain for a mobile machine is disclosed. The electric drivetrain has at least one power consuming device, a sensor associated with the at least one power consuming device, and a controller in communication with the power consuming device and the sen... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7432678 | Motor driving apparatus and control method thereof A motor driving apparatus includes a speed control circuit for outputting a speed control signal on the basis of a target speed command and rotating speed information of a motor, a PWM signal generating circuit for generating and outputting a PWM signal on the basis... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7429838 | Control of a piezoelectric motor A method for controlling a piezoelectric motor, such that control signals of the motor are periodic non-sinusoidal voltage signals. ... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7427849 | Controller for an electric vehicle and driving apparatus for the electric vehicle The present invention provides a controller and driving apparatus for an electric vehicle, which enables a motor to steadily output torque even when there is an increase in the rotation speed of an internal combustion engine that drives a generator. A motor control ... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7420350 | Methods and apparatus for an active front steering actuator An active front steering system includes a motor controller configured to compute a position error from a commanded position value and an actual position value, and then enter one of two modes—a commutation enable mode and a commutation freeze mode—depending upo... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7414375 | Fan voltage regulation control device A fan voltage regulation control device includes a voltage regulation control unit for providing the power to a heat-dispersing fan, wherein the voltage regulation control unit is connected to a temperature detecting element and a voltage detecting unit. The tempera... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7408317 | Apparatus having a motor, controller for the motor, and method of controlling the motor A method, and a system of using the method, of controlling a motor having a rated capacity. The method includes determining the motor has been started, determining a plurality of operating parameters of the motor after the motor has started, determining a threshold ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7187558 | Leadframe-based module DC bus design to reduce module inductance A DC bus for use in a power module has a positive DC conductor bus plate parallel with a negative DC conductor bus plate. One or more positive leads are connected to the positive bus and are connectable to a positive terminal of a power source. One or more negative ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7173827 | Printed board and meter unit provided therewith A printed board has a board, an electrically insulative membrane, formed on the board, and an electrically conductive membrane, formed on the electrically insulative membrane, in its area where a control circuit, including a CPU and etc., is installed. The electrica... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7151228 | Laminating double-side circuit board, manufacturing method thereof, and multilayer printed circuit board using same The present invention comprises a plurality of laminating double-side circuit boards and a plurality sheets of prepreg for interlayer connection that are placed one on another. Via holes extend from the circuit on one side of each laminating double-side circuit boar... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7149092 | Printed circuit board In a printed circuit board of the invention, a first signal wiring layer, a first ground layer, a second ground layer and a second signal wiring layer are laminated via an insulating material. A first signal wiring is formed on the first signal wiring layer and a se... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7079398 | Sash for land grid arrays A conductive sash is etched around the periphery of a land grid array interconnection on a carrier for dense integrated circuit connections. If the array comprises more than one module or module chip domain, the conductive sash is also positioned between the modules... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7079400 | High-frequency circuit A high-frequency circuit comprises a substrate having an electronic component on an obverse side thereof, a first ground pattern formed on almost an entire reverse side of the substrate, a microstrip line formed on the obverse side of the substrate, and a bias line ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7072187 | Circuit assembly and electronic device incorporating such an assembly A circuit assembly (1) and electronic device (30) having a printed circuit board (2), with conductive runners (3) and a ground plane (4). There is electronic circuitry (5) mounted to the circuit board (2) and electric... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7071424 | Multilayer printed wiring board having filled-via structure The present invention provides a multilayer printed wiring board having a filled viahole structure advantageously usable for forming a fine circuit pattern thereon, and having an excellent resistance against cracking under a thermal shock or due to heat cycle. The m... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7068520 | Circuit board made of resin with pin In a flat pin to be used in a circuit board made of resin with pins comprising a rod portion having a diameter of not greater than 0.35 mm and a concentric tabular large diameter portion having a larger diameter than that of the rod portion formed on one end of the ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7068518 | Circuit board device and design support device A circuit board device suppress with a small number of terminal elements unwanted irradiation originating between a power supply layer and a ground layer, even when a configuration of the power supply layer and the ground layer on the circuit board is complex, and a... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7061772 | Electronic circuit with transmission line type noise filter In an electronic circuit having an integrated circuit (110) having a power supply terminal, a noise filter disposed adjacent to the integrated circuit, and a printed board (101) having a pattern for supplying a power supply to the power supply terminal... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7042735 | Fitting substrate for connection and fitting substrate for connection for use in disk array control apparatus The invention efficiently mounts substrates to back planes and accomplishes high quality signal transfer. Connectors to which N adaptor substrates are fitted and connectors to which M bus switch substrates are fitted are provided to a multi-layered back plane. Signa... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7038920 | System to mount electrical modules According to some embodiments, a system includes a holder to hold an electrical module, the module having an electrical circuit and a conductive module pad electrically coupled to the electrical circuit. A system may also include a flexible circuit coupled to the ho... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7016201 | Device for protecting a drawer electromagnetically For a drawer, equipped with electronics cards and inserted into a drawer-receiving structure through an opening provided in the front face of the drawer-receiving structure, a device for electromagnetically protecting the cards is formed by the front face of the dra... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7012810 | Leadframe-based module DC bus design to reduce module inductance A DC bus for use in a power module has a positive DC conductor bus plate parallel with a negative DC conductor bus plate. One or more positive leads are connected to the positive bus and are connectable to a positive terminal of a power source. One or more negative ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7006360 | Stack-type semiconductor package having one or more semiconductor packages stacked therein One or more semiconductor devices are packaged inside a stack-type semiconductor package. The stack-type semiconductor package has a printed circuit board having a circuit pattern. A first semiconductor memory device (first device) is stacked on the PCB and is elect... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6995985 | Power plane region of printed circuit board with power blocks having an arc-shaped boundary A multi-layer printed circuit board includes at least a ground plane for providing a ground level, at least a signal plane having a plurality of trace regions for transmitting signals, at least a power plane region having a plurality of power blocks for individually... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6982880 | Foldaway electronic device and flexible cable for same A foldaway electronic device includes a base unit having opposing lateral surfaces and an end portion, a cover unit having opposing lateral surfaces, each of which corresponds to one of the lateral surfaces of the base unit, and an end portion that is rotatably atta... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6982387 | Method and apparatus to establish circuit layers interconnections A method and associated structure for forming a conductive path within a laminate. A conductive element is presses into an opening in the laminate such that portion of at least one end of the conductive element extends beyond a surface of the laminate. A compressive... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6975517 | Embedded preemphasis and deemphasis circuits Exemplary techniques for providing an embedded preemphasis circuit and/or a deemphasis circuit in a printed circuit board (PCB) or other circuit device are disclosed. In particular, a technique for preemphasizing and/or deemphasizing transmitted signals in a PCB-bas... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6972964 | Module board having embedded chips and components and method of forming the same A module board has embedded chips and components. A substrate has at least one large cavity and at least one small cavity, in which the large cavity passes through the substrate and a passive component is set in the small cavity. A heat-dissipation sheet is set at t... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6970362 | Electronic assemblies and systems comprising interposer with embedded capacitors To reduce switching noise, the power supply terminals of an integrated circuit die are coupled to the respective terminals of at least one capacitor embedded in an interposer that lies between the die and a substrate. In an embodiment, the interposer is a multilayer... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6963492 | Lockable retractable locating frame of a BGA on-top test socket A lockable retractable locating frame of a BGA on-top test socket includes a push-and-lock mechanism that further comprises an accommodation room, a slider, and a sliding slot for riding the slider. The slider further includes a driving portion for receiving foreign... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6961247 | Power grid and bump pattern with reduced inductance and resistance Disclosed are novel methods and apparatus for efficiently providing power buses and bump patterns with reduced inductance and/or resistance. In an embodiment, an apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a plurality of power and ground bus pairs. Each power and... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6958918 | Contact unit A contact unit described includes a contact plate and a connection plug 4 for an adjusting device. A position sensor is disposed on the contact plate whose electrical contact results over conductor tracks 13 molded into the contact plate. The contact p... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6956173 | Wiring board comprising granular magnetic film In order to provide a wiring board comprising a magnetic material effective in suppressing spurious radiation in semiconductor devices and electronic circuits and the like that operate at high speeds, a wiring board (15) comprises an insulative base material ... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6956747 | Semiconductor device There is disclosed a semiconductor device comprising at least one first pad being formed above a substrate and given a first potential, at least one first conductive layer being formed between the first pad and the substrate so as to be electrically connected to the... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6954363 | Electrical connector having improved electrostatic discharge protection An electrical connector (1) includes an insulative housing (2), a number of signal and power contacts (3, 4), a first and a second shell-halves (51, 52), and a grounding strip (6). The grounding strip includes a bar portion (60 | 10/11/2005 |
| 6954362 | System and method for reducing apparent height of a board system A system and method for reducing an apparent height of a board system are provided. The board system may include, for example, a carrier, a component, a printed circuit board and/or a solder material. The component is mounted on a first side of the carrier. The prin... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6953899 | Wiring board comprising granular magnetic film In order to provide a wiring board comprising a magnetic material effective in suppressing spurious radiation in semiconductor devices and electronic circuits and the like that operate at high speeds, a wiring board (15) comprises an insulative base material ... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6952352 | Integrated circuit chip package with formable intermediate 3D wiring structure A formable wiring structure, an interposer with the formable wiring structure, a multichip module including the interposer and in particular a microprocessor and L2, L3 cache memory mounted on the interposer. The formable wiring structure includes wiring layers sepa... | 10/04/2005 |
