Abstract: A liquid dispensing cooler for beverages in the form of an insulated ice chest having an insulated base, insulated side walls, insulated end walls and an insulated cover; a spigot mounted in one of the chest walls above the base and having a controllable dispensing valve adjacent an exterior surface of the chest wall; at least one inverted bottle having a valve body mounted thereon, said valve body having locking grooves and splines formed thereon on upper portions and having an air venting means integrally formed by crenellations on lowermost portions thereon; a reservoir with a reservoir top wall having a circular opening with locking grooves and splines formed thereon adapted to engage and to support an inverted bottle through said grooves and splines on the valve body; and a delivery tube communicating between the reservoir and the spigot to permit gravity flow of liquid from the reservoir to the spigot.

Abstract: The invention relates generally to wafer level, chip scale semiconductor device packaging compositions capable of providing high density, small scale circuitry lines without the use of photolithography. The wafer level package comprises a stress buffer layer containing a polymer binder and a spinel crystal filler in both a non-activated and a laser activated form. The stress buffer layer is patterned with a laser to thereby activate the filler, and the laser ablation path can then be selectively metalized.

Abstract: A transmission module on desktop monitor includes at least a set of conversion control chips, one of which being mounted on a desktop monitor while the other one being mounted on a notebook computer or a personal computer; a transmission interface connected to each of the two conversion control chips for transmitting signals on the conversion control chips; and one or more of a sound output port, a sound input port, a microphone port, a plurality of USB ports, a set of P/S ports, a monitor connection port, a serial port, a parallel port, and a 1394 port, being provided on the desktop monitor and electrically connected to the conversion control chip mounted on the desktop monitor. In this manner, I/O interfaces on the notebook computer or the personal computer are extended to the desktop monitor.

Abstract: A wireless AV transmitting set includes a remote controller main body having an internal memory device and an external connecting recess for stably holding a digital AV player therein, and a first pair of electric contacts, via which data is transmitted and power is supplied to the remote controller main body and the digital AV player in the connecting recess; a seat having a receiving recess for holding the remote controller main body and a second pair of electric contacts corresponding to the first pair of electric contacts for supplying an external power source to the remote controller main body received in the receiving recess; and a wireless transmitter provided on the remote controller main body for wirelessly transmitting AV data files stored in the digital AV player or the memory device to an external playing device for playing. Therefore, the remote controller main body has expanded functions.

Abstract: A monitor includes a display mechanism having a display screen located on a front side thereof, and a video retrieving unit and an audio retrieving unit located at predetermined positions in the vicinity of the display screen; an adjusting mechanism connected to and located behind the display mechanism, and including a rotating unit connected to a rear lower portion of the display mechanism, and an elevating unit connected at an upper end to the rotating unit; and abase being fixedly connected to a lower end of the adjusting mechanism and provided at a bottom surface with a rotary disc. With these arrangements, the video and audio retrieving units of the display mechanism may be adjusted to a desired vertical height, inclination angle, and/or horizontal angle via the adjusting mechanism and the rotary disc of the base.

Abstract: A computer display capable of receiving wireless signals include a computer display provided with an antenna assembly for receiving wireless digital and analog A/V signals; and a female connector provided in the display for connecting the signals received via the antenna assembly to an external demodulating device, which is connected at a male connector thereof to the female connector in the display. The signals received by the antenna assembly is demodulated and converted by the external demodulating device, and transmitted to a personal computer via a transmission device for operation. The external demodulating device and the antenna assembly have a uniform specification for use with a computer display having the same specification to demodulate wireless signals.

Abstract: This invention is to reveal a kind of flat display panel, in particular a kind of flat display panel with special surface design including at least a flat display panel main body, the top having a front view frame, the said front frame can fix an LC display panel inside the front view frame; a base, installed at the bottom of the said flat display panel main body, through the base the said flat display panel main body can be firmly installed on flat surface; and a 3D pattern having flat, regular or irregular indentation patterns that could defect light and installed on the outer surface of the said front view frame product.

Abstract: An adaptation structure for a video game console includes an adaptation mechanism provided with a conversion control unit, a first connection interface, a second connection interface, and a power supply unit; an output equipment provided with a first link unit to engage in corresponding communication with the first connection interface; and the video game consol provided with a second link unit to engage in corresponding communication with the second connection interface; accordingly, the adaptation mechanism links to and communicate with the output equipment and the video game console thus to avoid complicated wire distribution and running to achieve the purpose of easy mounting for use and dismounting for storage of the adaptation structure.

Abstract: A monitor with multi-module communication function includes a display screen framed in a housing, and a base, to a top of which the housing is mounted. At least one set of USB sockets and at least one set of PSTN jacks are externally provided on the housing or the base at predetermined positions; and an automatic switch circuit and a microprocessor with a memory are internally provided in the housing. The automatic switch circuit is connected to a personal computer and a VoIP phone via the USB sockets, and to a PSTN phone and a PSTN system provider via the PSTN jacks. Therefore, a user can make and receive VoIP calls via the PSTN phone at reduced call cost.

Abstract: A display with external device module includes a display panel and a base connected to the display panel via a connecting section. The base is provided with at least one USB connector for external devices, loudspeakers, and at least one receiving slot for mobile electric products; and the connecting section is provided with an all-in-one card reader slot. A control chip inside the base receives signals from the USB connector, receiving slot, all-in-one card reader slot, and loudspeakers. The received signals are then transmitted via a connector provided on the base to a computer host for operation, and any result from the operation is then transmitted to the base and/or the display panel. The mobile electric products may be connected to the computer host via the display with external device module without occupying extra space.

Abstract: An audio-video (AV) receiving device according to this invention, particularly the AV receiving device with the built-in memory, is disclosed, comprising an AV receiving device body in which a wireless receiver is provided to receive wireless AV signals; a video converter provided in the AV receiving device body to convert the received wireless AV signals to digital ones and transmit them to the computer for playback; and a memory module provided in the AV receiving device body to store the received wireless AV signals in the AV receiving device body instead of the computer, and to serve as a storage space for dada that is applied in a computer designed with the same specifications.

Abstract: The present new model is to reveal a kind of projector, and in particular a kind of projector with build-in iPod insertion slot including a projector main body, the said projector main body is installed an insertion slot, through the insertion slot an iPod electronic device can be plugged into the insertion slot; a metal connecting port installed at the base of the insertion slot and for the connection to a control processor, the control processor is installed inside the projector main body, responsible for the control and operation of signal input and output of the projector main body, and through the control processor the iPod electronic device in connection can be controlled and read out indirectly. Such projector combined with insertion slot saves the complicated external connection setup, saves space effectively, and projectors can be designed with better and more practical shape for iPod products.

Abstract: A display with external device module includes a display panel and a base connected to the display panel via a connecting section. The base is provided with at least one USB connector for external devices, loudspeakers, and at least one receiving slot for mobile electric products; and the connecting section is provided with an all-in-one card reader slot. A control chip inside the base receives signals from the USB connector, receiving slot, all-in-one card reader slot, and loudspeakers. The received signals are then transmitted via a connector provided on the base to a computer host for operation, and any result from the operation is then transmitted to the base and/or the display panel. The mobile electric products may be connected to the computer host via the display with external device module without occupying extra space.

Abstract: A display with built-in video processor includes a display being internally provided with a female connector for transferring received signals to the built-in video processor, which demodulates the received digital audio/video signals and displays the signals on a panel of the display; and an external signal receiver for receiving and demodulating wireless digital audio/video signals. The external signal receiver has a male connector for connecting to the female connector in the display, so as to demodulate and transmit the received wireless digital audio/video signals to the video processor via the female connector for processing and displaying on the panel. The external signal receiver has a uniform specification for use with computer displays, LCD-TVs, plasma TVs, or digital projectors having matching specification to receive wireless signals.

Abstract: An electrically operated pump assembly operable on a variable frequency power source includes a pump having an input shaft, and a variable frequency motor operatively coupled to the input shaft. The variable frequency motor includes a first winding having a first number of poles, and a second winding having a second number of poles, wherein the first winding is selectively energizable in a first frequency range of the predetermined frequency range, and the second winding is selectively energizable in a second frequency range of the predetermined frequency range.

Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods for the multiple release of a drug in the gastrointestinal tract of a subject through the use of an oral multiple drug release system. The system provides site-specific release of the drug to both the small intestine and the colon in the form of multiple controlled doses for long-lasting efficacy, thereby reducing the drug dosing frequency.

Abstract: A novel tablet and methods for making the tablet are provided. The tablet comprises at least one particle containing a pharmaceutically active agent and a gel-forming material comprising a first polymer, a second polymer, and a gelation facilitator agent, and has a sustained release profile for the active agent.

Abstract: A flame arrestor for a fuel pump having housing extending intermediate an upstream end defining an inlet port and a downstream end defining an outlet port coupled in fluid communication with the outlet port along a fluid flow path. The fuel pump further has a motor operably coupled to a pumping element. The arrestor is provided as a body received within the housing intermediate the outlet port and the motor. The arrestor body, which is formed of an open-cell foam material having an average pore size and thickness selected as being both fluid permeable and adapted to prevent an ignition source from propagating therethrough, is disposed in the fluid flow path such that fuel from the pumping element tank may be pumped to the outlet port through the body with the ignition source being prevented from passing into the outlet port.

Abstract: A methodology that provides for control of lot release control in a production environment. The method provides a start-order release system to achieve output maximization and cycle time minimization. This is accomplished using a lot release method that allows for multiple products that have different due dates and different process flows. Linear programming techniques are used to provide optimum start and customer delivery dates and maintain high resource utilization.