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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 12, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Veso S Tijanic, Etobicoke, CA;
Matthew D Dennis, Bolton, CA;
Coeman L Wong, Toronto, CA;
Van H Le, Kitchener, CA;
Assignee:
Mark IV Industries Limited, Mississauga, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09F / ; H05K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
361801 ; 361809 ; 361807 ; 361767 ; 40449 ; 40442 ; 40447 ; 273239 ; 273236 ; 273237 ;
Abstract
A display array including a board resembling a printed circuit board or printed wiring board to which are pivotally mounted a plurality of display elements whose appearance in a viewing direction is controlled by a sense of magnetization of a core which extends through a bore in the board. A conducting coil formed on the surface of the board is located so that current in the coil will magnetize the core.