Hand-held portable data terminal having removably interchangeable, washable, user-replaceable components with liquid-impervious seal
The invention is a housing and components assembly permitting rapid and intuitively obvious user replacement of device components. Elements of the assembly, such as the rigid bezel, elastomer and the ... Read More
Inventors: Kunert, Steven R.;, Assignee: Intermec IP Corp. (Woodland Hills, CA) |
Portable electronics device having keypad and removable bezel
The present invention relates to a removable bezel assembly associated with a keypad structure for use with electronics devices, particularly portable devices that are intended to be used in environme... Read More
Inventors: Spence, Gary D.; Ricks, Jeffery D.;, Assignee: Juniper Systems, Inc. (Logan, UT) |
Service system, information processing system and interrogator
Conventional certificates have some problems. For example, since some of the certificates are about the size of a palm of a human, they are inconvenient to carry and therefore usually kept in a home. ... Read More
Inventors: Horiguchi, Akiko; Usami, Mitsuo; Ohki, Masaru;, Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
Handheld device having multiple localized force feedback
An electronic device comprises a housing, an input coupled mechanically to the housing for receiving data, an output coupled mechanically to the housing for presenting information to a user of the ele... Read More
Inventors: Sadler, Daniel J.; Caine, Michael E.; Chang, Angela; Dai, Xunhu; Jensen, Claudia; Zindel, Daniel;, Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Schaumburg, IL) |
Controller for automatic assembling apparatus
The present invention has been made in consideration of the above situation and has as its object to provide a controller for an automatic assembling apparatus which need not be extended unlike a conv... Read More
Inventors: Yamamoto, Toshihiro; Azuma, Yusaku; Yasuhara, Masateru; Tanita, Takeo; Kasai, Shozo;, Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, JP) |
Communication apparatus and a communication system
To resolve these problems, it is one object of the present invention to provide an accounting system that can calculates a charge while taking into consideration the types and quality of information a... Read More
Inventors: Yamamoto, Takahisa;, Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, JP) |
Automatic threshold voltage control circuit and signal converting circuit and method thereof
As mentioned above, the conventionally RC filer circuit is implemented for automatic threshold voltage control, however, the resistor and capacitor occupies a significant chip area of IC, integration... Read More
Inventors: Wang, Yao-Chi;, Assignee: Sunplus Technology Co., Ltd. (Hsinchu, TW) |
Keyboard alignment device
Tool acquisition (wherein the tool is to be securely controlled within the structure of the hand) preparatory to tool usage requires that this appendage be adapted for seizing and grasping. The essent... Read More
Inventors: Grant, Alan H.;, Assignee: |
Flexible printed circuit for split keyboard and method of assembly
OF A PRESENTLY PREFERRED EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENT The present invention solves the problem of connecting a circuit through a hinge in a way that contains and protects the circuit, minimizes the size of a... Read More
Inventors: Sadler, John T.; Snyder, Thomas D.; Mareno, Jason D.;, Assignee: Ericsson, Inc. (Research Triangle Park, NC) |
Touch panel integrated type display apparatus
In view of the circumstance described above, this invention intends to provide a touch panel integrated type display apparatus in which the display plane of a display portion is not got soiled by an i... Read More
Inventors: Kawasaki, Kenichi; Nakada, Hitoshi; Tsuchida, Masami;, Assignee: Pioneer Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
Signal generator including high and low frequency oscillators
According to the present invention, a signal generator having a high frequency quartz oscillator with reduced current consumption includes a circuit containing a low frequency quartz oscillator, means... Read More
Inventors: Zumsteg, Alphonse E.;, Assignee: Societe Suisse pour l'Industrie Horlogere Management Services S.A (Bienne, CH) |
Tracking oscillators
The present invention provides two oscillators, both powered by the same power supply. The output signal frequencies of said oscillators can be varied simultaneously over a wide range. The frequency d... Read More
Inventors: Whitefoot, Alan D.;, Assignee: |
Switch assembly having a rocker switch connected to a remote actuator
It is an object of the present invention to provide an improved electrical switch connected to a remote actuator. It is a further object of the present invention to provide an electrical switch connec... Read More
Inventors: Magiera, Joseph;, Assignee: |
Elastomeric rocker switch assembly
I claim: 1. A rocker switch assembly comprising: an elastomeric base member having formed therein a thin elastomeric web encircling and joined to a switch block, the switch block having upper and lowe... Read More
Inventors: Schooley, John L.;, Assignee: |
Digital displacement encoding system and method
The present invention is a digital displacement encoder and associated methodology that overcomes the above and other drawbacks of conventional systems which digitally encode a user-supplied displacem... Read More
Inventors: Burton, David L.;, Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Angewandten Forschung E.V. (Munich, DE) |
System and method for verifying the radar signature of an aircraft
The invention is a method and system for determining the radar signature of a pair of aircraft in flight. In detail, the system includes a radar system, having a transmitter and receiver, located in t... Read More
Inventors: Pellett, Larry F.; Kennedy, Scott;, Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation (Palmdale, CA) |
Ternary data transmission system
According to the invention, direct current wander of a duobinary data signal is compensated for by subtracting the data signal from a delayed version thereof to derive a ternary change representative ... Read More
Inventors: Keiper, Jr., Francis P.;, Assignee: Lear Siegler, Inc. (Santa Monica, CA) |
Remote controlled garage door opening system
In accordance with a key feature of the present invention, a form of code hopping embodying a unique sequential decryption/comparison technique is incorporated into the operation of a remote control s... Read More
Inventors: Waggamon, Dennis W.; Marneweck, Willem J.; Delport, Vivien N.; Bruwer, Frederick J.;, Assignee: Overhead Door Corporation (Dallas, TX); Microchip Technology, Inc. (Chandler, AZ) |
Code learning system for a movable barrier operator
The invention relates, in general, to an apparatus for controlling an actuator in response to receiving a coded transmission. The apparatus includes a portable radio frequency transmitter, a fixed rad... Read More
Inventors: Fitzgibbon, James J.;, Assignee: The Chamberlain Group, Inc. (Elmhurst, IL) |
Techniques for implementing non-uniform constraints in modulation encoded data
The present invention provides techniques for implementing non-uniform constraints on data that is modulation encoded in order to achieve uniform constraints on the overall stream containing encoded a... Read More
Inventors: Blaum, Mario; Cideciyan, Roy D.; Eleftheriou, Evangelos S.; Galbraith, Richard Leo; Lakovic, Ksenija; Mittelholzer, Thomas; Oenning, Travis; Wilson, Bruce A.;, Assignee: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V. (Amsterdam, NL) |
Remote control having an optical indicia reader
The present invention disclosed and claimed herein, in one aspect thereof, comprises a method for a user to access information on a network. A remote control device is provided operating in a first an... Read More
Inventors: Philyaw, Jeffry Jovan;, Assignee: L.V. Partner, L.P. (Dallas, TX) |
Pipelined analog-to-digital converter (ADC) with 3-bit ADC and endpoint correction
In accordance with the presently claimed invention, a pipelined analog-to-digital converter (ADC) is provided in which one less pipeline stage is needed while the output ADC stage has its resolution i... Read More
Inventors: Aude, Arlo;, Assignee: National Semiconductor Corporation (Santa Clara, CA) |
Trocar-cannula device
In accordance with the invention, a trocar device is provided which comprises a trocar cutting element such as an electrosurgical cutting element, an insulating sheath surrounding the cutting element,... Read More
Inventors: Gentelia, John S.; Longo, Sharyn E.; Bowers, Thomas F.;, Assignee: Conmed Corporation (Utica, NY) |
Transmitter for remote convenience system having coiled, extendable antenna
In accordance with the present invention, a remote convenience transmitter is provided having an extended broadcast range without an increase in transmitter power. The transmitter includes an extendab... Read More
Inventors: Rayford, Joan F.;, Assignee: TRW Inc. (Lyndhurst, OH) |
Cellular/portable phone holder
OF THE INVENTION The above described drawing figures illustrate the invention, a combination comprising a storage pouch 10 constructed from a single piece of a flexible sheet material, preferably cow... Read More
Inventors: Lind, Harvey;, Assignee: Sur Grip Holsters, Limited (Calgary, CA) |
Personal on-demand audio entertainment device that is untethered and allows wireless download of content
A principal object of the present invention is to provide an audio entertainment device that allows wireless operation. A second object of the present invention is to provide an audio entertainment de... Read More
Inventors: Neoh, Chong Lim;, Assignee: FreeSystems Pte, Ltd. (Singapore, SG) |
Remote control for activating household video products and services
The present invention provides a controller for a home entertainment system that provides more consistent results by generating a status query regarding the initial status of the components and servic... Read More
Inventors: Staller, Joshua D.;, Assignee: Qwest Communications International, Inc. (Denver, CO) |
Low cost electromagnetic energy absorbers manufactured from conductive loaded resin-based materials
A principal object of the present invention is to provide effective electromagnetic energy absorbers. A further object of the present invention is to provide a method to form electromagnetic energy ab... Read More
Inventors: Aisenbrey, Thomas;, Assignee: Integral Technologies, Inc. (Bellingham, WA) |
Magneto-radar detector and method
The present invention is directed to a method of detecting a mechanically excited object at a harmonic frequency of a varying magnetic field utilizing radar motion sensors. Another aspect of the prese... Read More
Inventors: McEwan, Thomas E.;, Assignee: The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, CA) |
Digital electrochromic circuit with a vehicle network
The present invention provides a new and unique combination of a digital electrochromic mirror system, a vehicle accessory and a vehicle network, and, more particularly, a combination of a digital ele... Read More
Inventors: Drummond, John P.; Lynam, Niall R.;, Assignee: Donnelly Corporation (Holland, MI) |
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