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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:
Apr. 01, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Melissa D. Boyd, Corvallis, OR (US);
Paul H. McClelland, Monmouth, OR (US);
Marshall Field, Corvallis, OR (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 2/132 ; B23K 1/301 ; H01H 6/100 ; H01H 3/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 2/132 ; B23K 1/301 ; H01H 6/100 ; H01H 3/700 ;
Abstract
A resistor array including a series of spaced first conductor members, a series of initially substantially non-conductive switches respectively connecting adjacent first conductor members to one another, at least one second conductor member in spaced relation to the first conductor members, and a series of resistors extending from respective first conductive members to the at least one second conductor member.