...that the first rickshaw was invented in 1869 by an American Baptist minister, the Rev. E. Jonathan Scobie, to transport his invalid wife around the streets of Yokohama?
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8067904 | Electronic ballast with dimming control from power line sensing The present invention discloses an electronic ballast with dimming control from power line sensing for a fluorescent lamp, comprising: a control voltage generator, used to generate a control voltage according to a switching count of a power line; an oscillator, used... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8044651 | Efficient PWM controller This patent discloses an efficient PWM controller for generating a pulse signal in response to a feedback signal, capable of operating in a normal mode or a green mode, comprising: a capacitor for building a saw-tooth signal by current integration, the saw-tooth sig... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7999495 | Electronic ballast with dimming control from power line sensing The present invention discloses an electronic ballast with dimming control from power line sensing for a fluorescent lamp, comprising: a line switching sensing circuit, used to generate a switching sensing signal by performing a voltage comparison operation on a DC ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7999494 | Electronic ballast with dimming control from power line sensing The present invention discloses an electronic ballast with dimming control from power line sensing for a fluorescent lamp, comprising: a line switching sensing circuit, used to generate a switching sensing signal by performing a voltage comparison operation on a DC ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7982413 | Electronic ballast with dimming control from power line sensing The present invention discloses an electronic ballast with dimming control from power line sensing for a fluorescent lamp, comprising: a line switching sensing circuit, used to generate a switching sensing signal by performing a voltage comparison operation on a DC ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7876085 | Quasi-resonant valley voltage detecting method and apparatus The present invention discloses a quasi-resonant valley voltage detecting method, comprising the steps of: generating a valley detection signal by detecting a valley of a first quasi-resonant signal; generating a count value by counting the valley detection signal; ... | 01/25/2011 |