International Business Machines Corporation

Motorola Corporation

Tyco Fire + Security Gmbh

Richard D Alvarez

Gilbert Fernandez

Kelvin Lee Hunter

Michael R Gardner

Carlos M Esquivia-Lee

Photra Som

Stephen F Danowski

Systems and methods for operating a security tag. The methods comprise: disposing a portion of an article between at least a first pad and a second pad of the security tag; applying a compressive force to the portion of the article disposed between the first and second pads; and concurrently providing by the first and second pads (A) a non-slip grip on the portion of the article and (b) prevention of article staining caused by at least one of oxidization, a chemical interaction, and outgassing.

Security tag with stain prevention pads

A mobile communication device has a radio contact ( ) that has a moveable portion ( ) that is located in correspondence with a contact pad ( ) of a circuit board of the ( ) of the mobile communication device. The moveable portion is biased away form the contact pad. The radio contact is held in place by a boot ( ) that is attached to the housing of the mobile communication device. An external connector has a connector contact ( ) that has a moveable portion ( ) for mating with the moveable portion of the radio contact. As the external connector is attached to the mobile communication device, the connector contact pushes the radio contact until it touches the contact pad, and then the moveable portion of the connector contact move to absorb any further travel of the external connector.

Antenna switching system for a mobile communication device

This invention relates to a personal computer having facility for ready variation in the amount of memory capability available on the microprocessor local bus. The personal computer has a microprocessor, a high speed local bus coupled to said microprocessor, a system bus, a bus controller coupled to and providing communication between the local bus and system bus, and a local bus memory facility coupled to and physically separable from the local bus. The local bus memory facility is provided by a substrate, preferably a printed circuit card, for mounting and providing coupling connections among components mounted thereon, at least one volatile memory component mounted on the card, and a memory controller mounted on the card and coupled to the volatile memory component, local bus and bus controller, with the memory controller regulating communications between the volatile memory component and microprocessor.

System having microprocessor local memory expansion capability through

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Richard D Alvarez