A socket assembly for receiving electronic components and comprised of a base having channels therethrough receiving a terminal comprised of an upper receptacle and a terminal post extending through the channels and from beneath the base, and of an upper housing mating with the base and including channels receiving the receptacles of the electrical terminals and terminating in openings at the top of the housing for accepting the pins of the electronic component. The housing is removable for the ...

Integrated circuits comprising arrays of digital logic elements interconnected amongst the circuits by data transmission conductors which are fewer in number than the digital data channels of the arrays, the digital data channels being connected to the data transmission conductors by semiconductor switching elements which are so switched as to produce a multiplexed transmission of digital data between the channels and conductors, the switching of the switching elements of the circuits being sync...

An integrated electronic circuit operating in conjunction with an electromagnetic transducer for sustaining a tuning fork in vibration, the fork serving as a frequency standard for a timepiece. The electronic circuit includes a super-gain transistor whose output is connected through an external power source to the drive coil of the transducer associated with the tuning fork to produce current pulses for actuating the fork. The voltage induced in the phase-sensing coil of the transducer is applie...

A semiconductor integrated circuit comprises a plurality of insulated gate type field effect transistors formed in a common semiconductor substrate. One of the transistors receives an input signal from an external circuit. The gate insulator film of the receiving transistor is thicker than the insulator film of the other insulated gate type field effect transistors formed on the common substrate.

An economical method for life testing complex integrated circuit arrays including numerous internal nodes and requiring a variety of input signal combinations, including in combination with requisite clocking signals the use of one or more ramp voltages as input signals.

An air distribution system integrated into a molded plastic instrument panel for a vehicle body, the instrument panel being capped by a crash pad. The air distribution system comprises a duct integrally molded into the instrument panel and sharing walls in common therewith. The duct is encompassed across its frontal and upper surfaces by the crash pad with an insulating air gap therebetween. The duct is substantially open on its rear side and the open surface is fitted with a molded plastic cove...

An integrated servo actuator including in a single package a force motor, a fluid modulator controlled directly by the force motor, and an actuator movable in response to the characteristic flow of fluid through the modulator. An integral potentiometer mounted in the housing produces a signal which is a function of the actuator position.

A three terminal, four layer latching-type thyristor having its gate brought out from the layer or region adjacent its anode is characterized by having a holding current level which is substantially higher than its turn-on current level and is, therefore, especially well suited for end mark controlled switching systems.

An integrated electro-optic birefringent analyzer is disclosed including an electro-optic birefringent medium whose birefringence varies as a function of an associated electric field and a first polarizing medium integrally structured with the electro-optic birefringent medium for detecting the polarization modulation imposed on radiation by the electro-optic birefringent medium.

A gas turbine having a rotor serving as both compressor and turbine, and utilizing a plurality of non-rotating arcuate members disposed in spaced relation about the periphery of the rotor. These arcuate members are involved in the directing of the flow of combustion products into proximity of the blading of the turbine, to cause its rotation, and by virtue of their advantageous design, these arcuate members not only help establish a cool air boundary against which the combustion products react a...