US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Friday, May 2:
Italian Inventors Develop Electro-Pneumatic Braking Control Unit
May 02, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Dario Barberis of Turin, Italy, Roberto Tione of Lauriano, Italy, and Roberto Correndo of Carmagnola, Italy, have developed a braking control unit. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electro-pneumatic braking control unit for a railway or ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Inkjet Recording Method
May 02, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Jun Yamanobe of Kanagawa, Japan, has developed an inkjet recorder. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "The inkjet recording apparatus comprises: an ink ejection head in which a plurality of ink ejection ports ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Printing Time Controlling Method
May 02, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Chien-Chih Huang and Chun-Jen Lee, both of Taoyuan, Taiwan, have developed a printing time controller. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides a printing control system for controlling a print-head. The printing control ...
U.S., Chinese Inventors Develop Adjustable Tensioning System for Rimless Eyewear
May 02, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Ira S. Lerner of New York, and Lewis Chan of Tai Po, Hongkong, have developed a tensioning system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Eyewear has a wire that encircles each of a pair of lenses respectively. A tensioning assembly can adjust and ...
Singapore Inventors Develop Circuit Board Formation Method
May 02, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Sunappan Vasudivan, Chee Wai Lu and Boon Keng Lok, all from Singapore, have developed a method of forming a circuit board. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A circuit board is formed by mounting at least one passive component on a first ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Hinge with Connector
May 02, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Chien-Sheng Lo of Taipei, Taiwan, has developed a hinge located in an electronic device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device includes a first body having a first connector and a second body. A hinge located in the ...
Australian Inventors Develop Inkjet Printhead Assembly
May 02, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Kia Silverbrook, Norman Michael Berry, Akira Nakazawa, Paul Ian Mackey and Garry Raymond Jackson, all from Balmain, Australia, have developed a printhead assembly. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pagewidth printhead assembly for an inkjet ...
Australian Inventor Develops Thermal Ink Jet Printhead
May 02, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Kia Silverbrook of Balmain, Australia, has developed a printhead. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is disclosed an ink jet printhead which comprises a plurality of nozzles and one or more heater elements corresponding to each nozzle ....
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Flexible Display Device
May 02, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Takahiro Ochiai, Masahiro Tanaka and Toshiki Kaneko, all from Chiba, Japan, and Yukio Takasaki of Kawasaki, Japan, have developed a flexible display device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flexible display device includes: a flexible ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Circuit Board Control Device Manufacturing Method
May 02, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Takuya Mayuzumi, Masahiro Sasaki and Kiyoomi Kadoya, all from Hitachinaka, Japan, and Shuji Eguchi of Kamagaya, Japan, have developed a control device with electronic components. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A module comprises a metallic ...
Texas Inventor Develops Cable Management Apparatus
May 02, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Allison McGrew of Cedar Park, Texas, has developed a cable management apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cable management apparatus includes a first cable management member. A second cable management member is pivotally coupled to ...
German Inventor Develops Power Switching Supply Output Voltage Control Circuit
May 02, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Ralf Schroder Gen. Berghegger of Glandorf, Germany, has developed a control circuit. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "The present invention refers to a control circuit and an associated method of ...
California Inventor Develops Motherboard Electrically Coupling Computer Module
May 02, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Sean Phillip Hall of Fullerton, Calif., has developed a small-frame computer with overlapping add-in cards. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer module for electrically coupling a motherboard with add-in cards comprises risers ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Internal Liquid Pack Container
May 02, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Hitoshi Matsumoto of Nagano-Ken, Japan, has developed a liquid container. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid container includes a liquid pack having a flexile pouch holding liquid, the flexible pouch having a bent wall which bends ...
Australian Inventors Develop Inkjet Printer
May 02, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Norman Michael Berry, Akira Nakazawa and Kia Silverbrook, all from Balmain, Australia, have developed an inkjet printer. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printer is provided which has a pagewidth printhead assembly and a capping mechanism ....
Japanese Inventors Develop Liquid Ejection Management Method
May 02, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Hidenori Usuda, Norihiro Maruyama and Kazutoshi Shimizu, all from Nagano-ken, Japan, have developed a liquid ejector. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air pressurization pump is driven to apply pressurized air pressure to a main tank ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Multi-Functional Inkjet Print Head
May 02, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Kwang-Ryul Kim of Suwon-si, South Korea, has developed a print head. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inkjet print head including a chamber layer provided with an ink via, at least one ink chamber having a heater, and at least one ink ...
Arizona Inventors Develop Article with Mounting Substrate
May 02, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Juan Landeros and Jason Zhang, both of Gilbert, Ariz., and Lejun Wang of Chandler, Ariz., have developed a packaged semiconductive die with integrated circuitry. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An article includes a mounting substrate, a ...
New Hampshire Inventor Develops Electronic System with Backplane
May 02, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Christopher S. Heard of Brookline, N.H., has developed printed circuit boards used in electronic assemblies. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "electronic system having a backplane designed for efficient routing of ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Image Formation Method
May 02, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Naoki Kusunoki of Kanagawa, Japan, has developed an image forming apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The image forming apparatus comprises: a droplet ejection head which ejects a droplet of a liquid having electrorheological ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Ink Cartridge, Ink-Jet Printer
May 02, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Naoki Katayama of Kariya, Japan, Toyonori Sasaki of Anjo, Japan, and Tomohiro Kanbe of Bisai, Japan, have developed an ink cartridge. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ink cartridge has an ink tank in which the ink is stored, and a shutter ...
British Inventor Develops Three-Phase Electronic Electricity Meter
May 02, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Alex C. Knill of Cambridge, Great Britain, has developed a power supply. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "three-phase electronic electricity meter that includes a power supply circuit operable to create a constant ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Pivoting Apparatus with Shielding Function
May 02, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Long-Jyh Pan of Shijr, Taiwan, has developed a pivoting apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pivoting apparatus with a shielding function rotatably connects a main body and a folder of a foldable device. The pivoting apparatus ...
Australian Inventor Develops Inkjet Printer Nozzle Assembly
May 02, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Kia Silverbrook of Balmain, Australia, has developed a nozzle assembly. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nozzle assembly is provided for an inkjet printer. The assembly includes a wafer arrangement defining an ink supply channel. A border ...
Spanish Inventors Develop Aerosol Extraction Method
May 02, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Joaquim Brugue, Lluis Valles, Emilio Cano and Alfonso Cameno, all from Barcelona, Spain, have developed an aerosol extraction method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol extraction system for a fluid-ejection device is disclosed that ...
German Inventors Develop Power Supply Method
May 02, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Bernhard Erdl of Munich, Germany, and Heiner Friedrich of Lobenstein, Germany, have developed a power supply. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "power supply, including a step-up converter, a resonant converter, and ...
Arizona Inventors Develop Circuit Boards Shock Absorbing System
May 02, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Mark D. Summers of Phoenix, and Edoardo Campini of Mesa, Ariz., have developed a circuit boards shock absorbing system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shock absorbing system may be mounted on a circuit board, such as a carrier card, to ...
Australian Inventors Develop Valve Actuator Ink Refill Unit
May 02, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Kia Silverbrook, Akira Nakazawa, Christopher Hibbard, Paul Ian MacKey, Norman Micheal Berry and Garry Raymond Jackson, all from Balmain, Australia, have developed an ink refilling unit. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refill unit for ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Liquid Droplet Ejection Method
May 02, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Hiroto Sugahara of Ama-gun, Japan, has developed a drop ejector. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid droplet-ejecting apparatus includes a liquid flow passage and a liquid discharge surface which is formed with a plurality of nozzles ...
Pennsylvania Inventors Develop Androgen Receptor Modulators Utilization Method
May 02, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Robert S. Meissner of Schwenksville, Pa., and James J. Perkins of Churchville, Pa., have developed androgen receptor modulators and methods of use thereof, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. 7,351,698 on ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Eye Refractive Power Measurement Apparatus
May 02, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Kazunari Shimizu of Gamagori, Japan, Yukinobu Ban of Nishio, Japan, and Toshiyuki Kawai of Toyohashi, Japan, have developed a power measuring device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An eye refractive power measurement apparatus capable of ...
Florida, Virginia Inventors Develop Low Power Clear Channel Assessment Method
May 02, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- William M. Shvodian of McLean, Va., and Richard D. Roberts of West Melbourne, Fla., have developed a wireless transceiver. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "A method is provided for performing a clear ...
British Inventors Develop Bacterial Infection Prevention Compounds
May 02, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- John Michael Berge and Catherine Simone Victoire Frydrych, both of Harlow, Great Britain, and Richard Lewis Jarvest of Stevenage, Great Britain, have developed a microbial infection treatment compound. According to a description of the invention, released by the ...
New Jersey Inventors Develop Proteins Target-Specific Site Identification Method
May 02, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Yi-Qun Shi and and Hui-Zhi Cai, both of East Brunswick, N.J., Shubh D. Sharma of Cranbury, N.J., Margarita Bastos of Plainsboro, N.J., and Ramesh Rajpurohit of Hillsboro, N.J., have developed a peptide specific site determination method. According to the U.S ....
German Inventors Develop Cardiovascular Disorder Treatment Compounds
May 02, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Ursula Schindler of Bad Soden, Germany, Karl Schoenafinger of Alzenau, Germany, and Hartmut Strobel of Liederbach, Germany, have developed a sulfonylamino carboxylic acid N-arylamides as guanylate cyclase activators, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced ....
Swiss, French Inventors Develop Central Nervous System Disorder Treatment Compound
May 02, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Pari Malherbe of Muttenz, Switzerland, Raffaello Masciadri of Basel, Switzerland, Andrew William Thomas of Birsfelden, Switzerland, Eric Prinssen of Guebwiller, France, and Will Spooren of Franken, France, have developed a central nervous system (CNS) disorder treatment ...
Massachusetts Inventors Develop Topiramate Salt
May 02, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Jules Remenar and Matthew L. Peterson, both of Framingham, Mass., and Om Almarssoo of Shrewsbury, Mass., have developed a topiramate salt making method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention encompasses novel salts of topiramate, ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Glass Part Revolving Structure
May 02, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Yasuhiro Tajima of Sabae, Japan, has developed a revolving structure. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A revolving structure for a glasses part for revolving a second member relative to a first member is provided with a rotational shaft ...
California Inventors Develop Glycopeptide Phosphonate Derivatives
May 02, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Michael R. Leadbetter of San Leandro, Calif., and Martin S. Linsell of San Mateo, Calif., have developed a glycopeptide antibacterial derivative. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are glycopeptides that are substituted with one or ...
French Inventors Develop Metabolic Derivatives
May 02, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Olivier De Lacharriere of Paris, and Stephanie Nouveau of Boulogne, France, have developed a skin pigmentation mark treatment derivative. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to "the use of dehydroepiandrosterone or at ...
British Inventors Discover Anti-Microbial Molecules
May 02, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Christopher John Secombes of Aberdeen, Great Britain, and Olga Pleguezuelos of London, have discovered a novel cathelicidin molecule. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to anti-microbial and immunostimulatory molecules of ...
Washington Inventors Develop Cancer Treatment Method
May 02, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Sean Doyle, Pallavur V. Sivakumar and Wayne R. Kindsvogel, all from Seattle, Kevin M. Klucher of Bellevue, Wash., and Chung Chan of Sammamish, Wash., have developed an autoimmune disorder treatment method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the ...
German Inventors Develop Tumors Gene Therapeutic Treatment Vector
May 02, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Ralph Meyer and Mirella Meyer-Ficca, both of Waldbockelheim, Germany, Jan-Heinerr Kupper of Kusterdingen, Germany, and Reinhard Kandolf of Hechingen, Germany, have developed a tumor-treatment vector. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The ...
Maryland Inventors Discover Human NK-3 Related Prostate Specific Gene
May 02, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Wei-Wu He of Columbia, Md., and Kenneth C. Carter of North Potomac, Md., have discovered a prostate cancer detection method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a novel member of the NK family of homeobox genes ....
Florida Inventors Develop Light Polarizing Ophthalmic Lens
May 02, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Herbert Mosse and Richard Muisener, both of St. Petersburg, Fla., have developed an ophthalmic lens. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a light polarizing ophthalmic lens comprising a substrate made of organic ...
Illinois Inventor Develops Cardiovascular Disorder Treatment Composition
May 02, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Anil Gulati of Naperville, Ill., has developed a fever treatment method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composition and method of treating fever, and optionally treating pain, is disclosed. The composition and method utilize a nonopioid ...
British Inventors Develop Caspase Inhibitors
May 02, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Michael Mortimore of Burford, Great Britain, Andrew Miller of Upton, Great Britain, John Studley of Abingdon, Great Britain, and Jean-Damien Charrier of Wantage, Great Britain, have developed a caspase inhibitor. According to a description of the invention, ...
California Inventors Develop Subject's Eye Gaze Tracking Method
May 02, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Ronald Waldorf of Beverly Hills, Calif., and Barbara Mauch of Inglewood, Calif., have developed an image-based system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The image-based system is used to observe and document eye responses which can be used to ...
Swiss Inventors Develop Eye Treatment Device
May 02, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Konrad Fischer of Bern, Switzerland, and Juan Manu Teijido of Auvernier, Switzerland, have developed an eye treatment. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for examining/treating an eye has a base body and an attachment body, which can ...
Swedish, British Inventors Develop Trycyclic Lactam Indole Derivatives
May 02, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Thomas Helleday of Stockholm, Sweden, and Nicola Curtin of Tyne and Wear, Great Britain, have developed a therapeutic compound. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to trycyclic lactam indole derivatives and triacyclic ...
REP. SCHAKOWSKY ISSUES STATEMENT ON FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF 'MISSION ACCOMPLISHED'
May 02, 2008 ... Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill. (9th CD), issued the following statement: U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), a founding member of the Out of Iraq Caucus, released the following statement today on the fifth anniversary of President Bush's speech aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln under a ...
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY SEEKS COMMENT ON PROPOSED AIR QUALITY PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT FOR WESTERN AIRCRAFT FACILITY, BOISE
May 02, 2008 ... The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news release: The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is seeking public comment on a proposed air quality permit to construct for the aircraft interior refurbishing facility operated by Western Aircraft, Inc ....
NEW CHAIRMEN, NEW MEMBER APPOINTED TO WYOMING HEALTH CARE COMMISSION
May 02, 2008 ... Gov. Dave Freudenthal, D-Wyo., issued the following news release: Governor Dave Freudenthal today announced that physician Larry Kirven and attorney Rex Arney will serve as co-chairmen of the Wyoming Health Care Commission. The new chairmen will succeed Dixie Roberts following her ...
Italian Inventors Develop Antibiotic Substance
May 02, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Ameriga Lazzarini of Legnano, Italy, Luciano Gastaldo of Pogliano Milanese, Italy, Gianpaolo Candiani of Gorgonzola, Italy, Ismaela Ciciliato of Busto Arsizio, Italy, Daniele Losi of Rovellasca, Italy, Flavia Marinelli of Milan, Italy, Enrico Selva of Gropello Cairoli, ...
Maryland, Virginia Inventors Develop Category Five Enhanced Compliant Patch Panel
May 02, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Mark Eastman of Eldersburg, Md., and Gregory K. Sherrill of Herndon, Va., have developed a category five enhanced (Cat5e) compliant patch panel. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A patch panel that provides a more flexible test bed for copper ...
German Inventors Develop Electrical Component Shielding Plate
May 02, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Mario Festag and Uwe Fischer, both of Berlin, have developed an electrical component shielding plate. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A housing-shaped shielding plate for shielding of an electrical component, in particular a ...
Israeli Inventors Develop Motor Neurone Disease Treatment Method
May 02, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Michal Eisenbach-Schwartz of Rehovot, Israel, Esther Yoles of Nahal Soreq, Israel, and Jonathan Kipnis of Modiin, Israel, have developed a nerve degeneration protection vaccine. According to a description of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & ...
Michigan Inventor Develops Electrical Connector Housing
May 02, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Cecil Brown of Canton, Mich., has developed an electrical connector. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "electrical connector housing including a base; and a cover. The cover is adapted to connect to the base to ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Slim Data Card Reader
May 02, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Ping-Yang Chuang of Taipei City, Taiwan, has developed a slim data card reader. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A slim card reader is disclosed. One end of a shell body has a plugging slot plugged with a memory card, and there are metal ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Fibers Softener Composition
May 02, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Yasuki Ohtawa, Tohru Katoh, Uichiro Nishimoto, Yoshio Hatayama and Yohei Kaneko, all from Wakayama, Japan, have developed a fiber softener composition. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a softener composition ...
Utah Inventors Develop Sterilant Compositions
May 02, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Daryl J. Tichy and Brian G. Larson, both of Orem, Utah, have developed a hard surface cleaning sterilant. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is drawn to disinfectant or sterilant compositions, which are human safe, e.g., ...
California Inventors Develop Releasable Plug Connector System
May 02, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- David Robert Goetz and William Tan, both of Los Angeles, have developed a releasable plug connector system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office the invention relates to a "connector system for coupling to an audio jack of an audio player. The ...
New York Inventor Develops Coaxial Cable System Components Nut Seal Assembly
May 02, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Raymond W. Palinkas of Canastota, N.Y., has developed a coaxial cable system nut seal assembly. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "An integrated seal assembly is provided, as is a coaxial cable system ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Photoelectric Combined Connector
May 02, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Takeshi Kumazawa, Takeshi Yamazaki and Takumi Yoshida, all from Tokyo, have developed a photoelectric combined connector. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A photoelectric combined connector includes a first connector and a second connector ....
California Inventors Develop Electrical Connector with Grounding Pin
May 02, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- Steven Sprouse, Suresh Upadhyayula and Patricio Collantes, all from San Jose, Calif., and Ka Ian Yung of Mountain View, Calif., have developed an electrical connector with grounding pin. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor ...