Did You Know...
...that the Eveready Battery began as an invention called the "electric flowerpot," which was a tube with a battery and light bulb inside? The idea was to fasten this gizmo to the side of a flowerpot so it would illuminate the flowers from the bottom. The idea died on the vine and the businessman who licensed the flower pot, Conrad Huber, was left with a pile of useless tubes -- until he found a way to market them as batteries to light the world!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7880490 | Wireless interface probe card for high speed one-shot wafer test and semiconductor testing apparatus having the same A wireless interface probe card includes a substrate member and a transmission member. The substrate member has a plurality of probe terminals arranged at a constant pitch. The probe terminals may directly contact a plurality of pads arranged at a constant pitch on ... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7786721 | Multilayer type test board assembly for high-precision inspection There is provided a multilayer type test board assembly for high-precision inspection. The multilayer test board assembly comprises: a plurality of test boards separated from each other according to their functions, having input/output signal terminals, and includin... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7438563 | Connector for testing a semiconductor package In one embodiment, a connector is made using a mixture of insulating silicone powder and conductive powder. The connector comprises a connector body formed from the insulating silicone powder and on or more preferably regularly arrayed conductive silicone members th... | 10/21/2008 |
