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...that while attempting to develop a super strong glue, 3M employee Spencer Silver accidentally developed a glue that was so weak it would barely hold two pieces of paper together? However, his colleague Art Fry needed the glue. Fry sang with his church choir and marked the pages of his hymnal with small scraps of paper that often fell out. He used Silver's glue to hold the papers in place. Today we call this invention Post-it Notes.
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US Patent 6141505 - Electronic device
US Patent Issued on October 31, 2000
Estimated Patent Expiration Date:
August 25, 2017Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
Estimated Patent Expiration Date:
August 25, 2017Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.AbstractA device comprising a main body and a sub-body that is rotatably supported on a side surface of the main body, wherein a bearing is located on either the main body or the sub-body and a shaft that engages with said bearing is located on the other unit, the shaft having an extension that extends into the main body or the sub-body that has the bearing and a connecting area that is formed throughout the lengths of the shaft and the extension; there is a notch that is connected to the connecting area around the circumference of the extension; and a flexible printed circuit board is placed such that it runs through the connecting area inside the shaft, exits the notch of the extension along its circumference and wraps around the extension. | InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 917138 filed on 08/25/1997US Classes:396/535, Body structure or housing348/376, Portable or hand-held361/749, Flexible board396/383, Selective or adjustable viewing position396/542Having printed circuit detailField of Search396/535, Body structure or housing396/542, Having printed circuit detail396/541, Modular body396/448, Lens cover396/383, Selective or adjustable viewing position396/374, Electronic361/749, Flexible board361/789, Having flexible connector174/117FF, Conductor itself is flat439/67, Flexible panel439/11, Movement about axis439/12, Including stacked plates used as conductor439/13, Rotary movement439/14, Between cable and screw-type contact shell439/15, Part comprising hand wheel, e.g., steering wheel439/164, Relatively movable about axis439/445, WITH OR HAVING FLEXIBLE GUARD OR SUPPORT FOR CABLE OR CONDUCTOR439/447, Resilient348/373, Support or housing348/376, Portable or hand-held348/383MODULAR IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEMExaminersPrimary: Mathews, AlanAttorney, Agent or FirmUS Patent References3353463, 3602118, 4106037, Flash device for use with a cameraIssued on: 08/08/1978 Inventor: Nakamura , et al.4302624, Electric wall outlet protector Issued on: 11/24/1981 Inventor: Newman4493542, Photographic camera with handle grip Issued on: 01/15/1985 Inventor: Ohmura , et al.4596454, Photographic lens barrel assembly Issued on: 06/24/1986 Inventor: Kawai , et al.4864348, Structure for installing flexible printed circuit board Issued on: 09/05/1989 Inventor: Fujiwara , et al.5009610, Light switch and outlet guard Issued on: 04/23/1991 Inventor: Woskow5043822, Video camera apparatus Issued on: 08/27/1991 Inventor: Ichiyoshi, et al.5495377, Apparatus for attaching a printed circuit cable to an actuator arm in a disc drive assembly utilizing alignment pins Issued on: 02/27/1996 Inventor: Kim5732305, Camera having centralized electrical connection area Issued on: 03/24/1998 Inventor: Satou5845167Camera with a barrier Issued on: 12/01/1998 Inventor: Funahashi, et al. Foreign Patent References
International ClassesG03B 017/02H04N 005/30 Foreign Application Priority Data1996-08-30 JP |
