Author: claimsbot

1. Built-in electric air pump for inflatable products, including a housing, a panel cover, an impeller, a motor, an intake, an air valve orifice, an air valve and an air passage part forming a motor chamber, an impeller chamber communicated with said motor chamber and an air passage communicated with said impeller chamber in said housing, wherein an air passage directional chamber is formed by said air passage part, which is the junction of said air passage, said intake and said air valve orifice; an air passage directional valve is mounted within said air passage directional chamber; a motor chamber’s air inlet is located on the wall of said air passage directional chamber; and said air passage directional valve has a heat dissipation and pressure release outlet which is used for pressure release, air exhaust and heat dissipation during the inflation process and used for drawing-in cool air from the environment during the deflation process.
2. Built-in electric air pump according to claim 1, wherein said air passage directional chamber is a cylindrical chamber which communicates with said air passage, said intake, said air valve orifice and said motor chamber.
3. Built-in electric air pump according to claim 2, wherein said air passage directional valve is a cylindrical valve which is associated with said cylindrical chamber, including upper and lower ends, a central rotating shaft and first and second passages which are located between the upper and lower ends and separated by a middle clapboard.
4. Built-in electric air pump according to claim 3, wherein the upper end of said first passage has an air inletoutlet which communicates with said intake.
5. Built-in electric air pump according to claim 3, wherein the upper end of said second passage has a heat dissipation and pressure release outlet which communicates with said second passage and said intake and is used for pressure release, air exhaust and heat dissipation during the inflation process and used for drawing-in cool air from the environment during the deflation process.
6. Built-in electric air pump according to claim 3, wherein a coniform sealing element, a barrier block, a positioning pole and a switch pressing element are mounted around the upper end of said air passage directional valve.
7. Built-in electric air pump according to claim 3, wherein the lower end of said second passage has a convolute pushing element.
8. Built-in electric air pump according to claim 1, further including an additional seal assembly.
9. Built-in electric air pump according to claim 8, wherein said additional seal assembly includes a sealing cover and a sealing ring which are movably mounted on said intake.
10. Built-in electric air pump according to claim 1, wherein said air valve which comprises an air valve sleeve, an air valve spring, an air valve pedestal, an air valve brace, a sealing strip and an air valve mesh enclosure, is mounted on said air valve orifice through an air valve sealing ring.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A NAND non-volatile two-bit memory cell comprising:
a cell stack and two select stacks disposed on an active area of a substrate, each select stack respectively disposed on a side of the cell stack with a sidewall between the cell stack and a respective select stack;
wherein the cell stack comprises a first dielectric layer disposed over the substrate, a charge accumulation layer capable of holding charge in a portion thereof to store information disposed over the first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer disposed over the charge accumulation layer and a control gate disposed over the second dielectric layer, and the select stack comprises a third dielectric layer disposed over the substrate and a select gate disposed over the third dielectric layer, the select gate being capable of inverting an underneath channel region to function as a source or a drain of the memory cell.
2. The memory cell of claim 1, wherein the memory cell is programmed by source side injection of electrons.
3. The memory cell of claim 1, wherein the charge accumulation layer comprises a nonconductive material.
4. The memory cell of claim 1, wherein the charge accumulation layer comprises silicon nitride whose thickness is approximately 60-80 angstroms.
5. The memory cell of claim 1, wherein each side of the charge accumulation layer can separately retain charge to store one bit of information.
6. The memory cell of claim 1, wherein the select gate comprises polysilicon.
7. The memory cell of claim 1, wherein the side wall comprises an inner layer of silicon nitride and an outer layer of silicon dioxide.
8. A NAND non-volatile two-bit memory cell array comprising:
a plurality of memory cells arranged in rows and columns, the memory cells in the same column connected in a series to form a cell string;
a plurality of select transistors, each end of the cell string respectively connected to one select transistor; and
a plurality of bit line pairs, each bit line pair including an even bit line and an odd bit line, the even bit line connected to both select transistors disposed at one end of two adjoining cell strings, the odd bit line connected to both select transistors disposed at an opposite end of the same two adjoining cell strings;
wherein the memory cell comprises a cell stack and two select stacks disposed on a substrate, the select stacks respectively disposed on each side of the cell stack with a sidewall between the cell stack and a respective select stack, a select stack disposed between two cell stacks being shared by two adjoining memory cell, the cell stack comprising a first dielectric layer disposed over the substrate, a charge accumulation layer capable of holding charge in a portion thereof to store information disposed over the first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer disposed over the charge accumulation layer and a control gate disposed over the second dielectric layer, the select stack comprising a third dielectric layer disposed over the substrate and a select gate disposed over the third dielectric layer, the select gate being capable of inverting an underneath channel region to function as a source or a drain of the memory cell.
9. The memory cell array of claim 8, wherein electrons are injected into a portion of the charge accumulation layer by source side injection during a programming operation.
10. The memory cell array of claim 8, wherein the charge accumulation layer comprises a nonconductive material.
11. The memory cell array of claim 8, wherein the charge accumulation layer comprises silicon nitride whose thickness is approximately 60-80 angstroms.
12. The memory cell array of claim 8, wherein each side of the charge accumulation layer can separately retain charge to store one bit of information.
13. The memory cell array of claim 8, wherein the side wall comprises an inner layer of silicon nitride and an outer layer of silicon dioxide.
14. The memory array of claim 8, wherein a selected side of a selected memory cell in a selected cell string is programmed by applying a voltage of approximately 9V to the control gate of the selected cell memory, applying a voltage of approximately 1.5V to the select gate at the selected side, applying a voltage of approximately 7V to other control gates and select gates, and applying a voltage difference of approximately 4.5V across two ends of the selected cell string.
15. The memory cell array of claim 8, wherein each cell string has 16, 32 or 64 memory cells.
16. The memory cell array of claim 8 further comprising a plurality of depletion mode transistors.
17. A method for fabricating a NAND non-volatile two-bit memory cell array, comprising steps of:
forming a first dielectric layer over an active layer in a substrate;
forming a non-conductive layer for charge accumulation layers over the first dielectric layer;
forming a second dielectric layer over the non-conductive layer;
forming a first conductive layer for control gates over the second dielectric layer;
patterning the non-conductive layer, the second dielectric layer and the first conductive layer to form cell stacks;
forming two-layer side walls adjacent to both sides of each cell stack to prevent the control gates from being oxidized in the process; and
forming a second conductive layer for select gates.
18. The method for fabricating a NAND non-volatile two-bit memory cell array of claim 14, wherein the two-layer side wall comprises an inner layer made of silicon nitride and an outer layer made of silicon dioxide.
19. The method for fabricating a NAND non-volatile two-bit memory cell array of claim 15, wherein the inner layer has a thickness of approximately 30 angstroms and the outer layer has a thickness of approximately 150 angstroms.
20. The method for fabricating a NAND non-volatile two-bit memory cell array of claim 14, further comprising steps of:
forming depletion mode transistors; and
forming even-string select transistors and odd-string select transistors.

1. A method for starting a computer device, comprising the steps of:
(a) initiating a startup of the computer device;
(b) determining whether an operating error exists in a primary memory device of the computer device which prevents the running of an operating system of the computer device saved on the primary memory device;
(c) determining, if it is determined in said step (b) that the error exists, whether the startup initiated in said step (a) is a warm start or cold start;
(d) downloading a secondary operating system from a secondary memory located in a remote server and storing the secondary operating system in a random access memory of the computer device if it is determined that the startup is a cold start in said step (c), the random access memory being separate from the primary memory device, wherein the remote server detects a characteristic of the computer device, selects a secondary operating system appropriate for the device based on the detected characteristic, and transmits the secondary operating system to the computer device for storage in the random access memory; and
(e) running the secondary operating system on the computer device after completing the downloading of said step (d).
2. The method of claim 1, wherein said step (d) further comprises connecting the computer device to the remote server via a transceiver.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the transceiver comprises one of a dial-up modem, a cable modem, an internet connection, an antenna, and a satellite signal transceiver.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the characteristic comprises one of a type of the computer device and a memory capacity of the random access memory of the computer device.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein said step of selecting a secondary operating system appropriate for the device includes selecting parts of the operating system that support a primary functionality of the computer device and selecting parts of the operating system that support an ancillary function of the computer device based on the characteristic.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein said step (d) further comprises the step of determining, by the remote server, a user profile including user-specific settings for the computer device, and wherein said step of selecting a secondary operating system appropriate for the device is based on the characteristic and the user profile.
7. The method of claim 6, wherein said step of selecting a secondary operating system appropriate for the device includes selecting parts of an operating system that support a primary functionality of the computer device and selecting parts of the operating system that support an ancillary function based on the characteristic and the user profile.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein said step (b) comprises one of determining a failure to receive a correct status signal from the primary memory device, determining a failure of a signature check on the primary memory device, and determining an occurrence of at least two repeated resets of a watchdog timer during the startup of said step (a).
9. The method of claim 1, wherein said step (c) comprises determining whether the startup is a cold start by detecting whether a cold start indicating bit in the random access memory is reset.
10. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of defining a portion of the random access memory in which the secondary operating system is stored in said step (d) as a virtual disk.
11. The method of claim 1, wherein the secondary memory comprises an external memory medium comprising one of a floppy disk and an electronic memory storage device.
12. The method of claim 1, wherein the secondary operating system comprises only the parts of the operating system that are necessary for a primary functionality of the computer device.
13. A method of for starting a computer device, comprising the steps of:
(a) initiating a startup of the computer device;
(b) determining whether an operating error exists in a primary memory device of the computer device which prevents the running of an operating system of the computer device saved on the primary memory device;
(c) determining, if it is determined in said step (b) that the error exists, whether the startup initiated in said step (a) is a warm start or cold start;
(d) downloading a secondary operating system from a secondary memory located in a remote server and storing the secondary operating system in a random access memory of the computer device if it is determined that the startup is a cold start in said step (c), the random access memory being separate from the primary memory device, wherein the remote server detects a user profile including user-specific settings for the computer device, selects a secondary operating system corresponding to the user profile and transmits the secondary operating system to the device for storage in the random access memory; and
(e) running the secondary operating system on the computer device after completing the downloading of said step (d).
14. The method of claim 13, wherein said step of selecting a secondary operating system includes selecting parts of the operating system that support a primary functionality of the computer device and selecting parts of the operating system that support an ancillary function of the computer device based on the user profile.
15. A method of for starting a computer device, comprising the steps of:
(a) initiating a startup of the computer device;
(b) determining whether an operating error exists in a primary memory device of the computer device which prevents the running of an operating system of the computer device saved on the primary memory device;
(c) determining, if it is determined in said step (b) that the error exists, whether the startup initiated in said step (a) is a warm start or cold start;
(d) downloading a secondary operating system from a secondary memory and storing the secondary operating system in a random access memory of the computer device if it is determined that the startup is a cold start in said step (c), the random access memory being separate from the primary memory device;
(d1) initiating a warm start of the computer device after said step (d), wherein a supply of power to the random access memory is maintained during a standby mode so that the secondary operating system remains stored on the random access memory for use during a warm start; and
(e) running the secondary operating system on the computer device after completing the downloading of said step (d).
16. The method of claim 15, wherein said secondary memory in said step (d) is located in a remote server.
17. The method of claim 15, wherein the secondary memory is located in the computer device.
18. A computer device having a system for recovering from a primary memory error that prevents proper start up of a primary operating system, said computer device comprising:
a central processing unit;
a primary memory device connected to said central processing unit and containing a stored operating system for said computer device;
a random access memory connected to said central processing unit and separate from said primary memory device;
a non-volatile memory connected to said central processing unit and storing a software module executable for initializing said computer device during a startup of said computer device and for determining whether said primary memory device contains an operating error that prevents said primary memory device from running the stored operating system; and
means for connecting said computer device to a secondary memory, wherein said software module of said non-volatile memory is further executable for establishing a connection of said computer device to the secondary memory for retrieving a secondary operating system from the secondary memory and for downloading the secondary operating system from the secondary memory to said random access memory when it is determined that said primary memory device contains an error that prevents the running of the operating system, and wherein said software module of said non-volatile memory further comprises means for maintaining a supply of power to said random access memory during a warm start of the computer device so that the stored contents of said random access memory are not lost during a warm start.
19. The computer device of claim 18, wherein said means for connecting comprises a transceiver, and wherein said central processing unit is connectable to a remote server via said transceiver when it is determined that said permanent memory device contains an error that prevents running of the operating system.
20. The computer device of claim 19, wherein said transceiver comprises one of a dial-up modem, a cable modem, an internet connection, an antenna, and a satellite receiver.
21. The computer device of claim 19, further comprising means for transmitting a characteristic of said computer device to the remote server via said transceiver and said secondary operating system includes parts of the operating system necessary for a primary functionality of said computer device based on the transmitted characteristic.
22. The computer device of claim 21, wherein the secondary operating system further comprises parts of the operating system that support ancillary functions of the computer device based on the transmitted characteristic.
23. The computer device of claim 21, wherein the characteristic comprises one of a model number of said computer device and a memory capacity of said random access memory of said computer device.
24. The computer device of claim 21, further comprising means for transmitting a user profile including user-specific settings for said computer device, wherein the secondary operating system is based on the transmitted characteristic and the transmitted user profile.
25. The computer device of claim 24, wherein the secondary operating system includes parts of the operating system that support a primary functionality of said computer device and parts of the operating system that support an ancillary function of the computer device based on the transmitted characteristic and the transmitted user profile.
26. The computer device of claim 19, further comprising means for transmitting a user profile including user-specific settings for said computer device to the remote server via said transceiver, the secondary operating system corresponding to the transmitted user profile.
27. The method of claim 26, wherein the secondary operating system includes parts of the operating system that support a main functionality of the computer device and parts of the operating system that support an ancillary functions of the computer device based on the transmitted user profile.
28. The computer device of claim 18, wherein said secondary memory comprises one of a floppy disk and an electronic memory.
29. The computer device of claim 18, wherein said secondary memory is located in said computer device.
30. The computer device of claim 18, wherein said secondary operating system comprises only the parts of the operating system that are necessary for a primary functionality of said computer device.
31. A computer device having a system for recovering from a primary memory error that prevents proper start up of a primary operating system, said computer device comprising:
a central processing unit;
a primary memory device connected to said central processing unit and containing a stored operating system for said computer device;
a random access memory connected to said central processing unit and separate from said primary memory device;
a non-volatile memory connected to said central processing unit and storing a software module executable for initializing said computer device during a startup of said computer device and for determining whether said primary memory device contains an operating error that prevents said primary memory device from running the stored operating system; and
means for connecting said computer device to a secondary memory, wherein said software module of said non-volatile memory is further executable for establishing a connection of said computer device to the secondary memory for retrieving a secondary operating system from the secondary memory and for downloading the secondary operating system from the secondary memory to said random access memory when it is determined that said primary memory device contains an error that prevents the running of the operating system, wherein said random access memory defines a portion that is identified by said central processing unit as a virtual disk within which the downloaded secondary operating system is stored.
32. A computer device having a system for recovering from a primary memory error that prevents proper start up of a primary operating system, said computer device comprising:
a central processing unit;
a primary memory device connected to said central processing unit and containing a stored operating system for said computer device;
a random access memory connected to said central processing unit and separate from said primary memory device;
a non-volatile memory connected to said central processing unit and storing a software module executable for initializing said computer device during a startup of said computer device and for determining whether said primary memory device contains an operating error that prevents said primary memory device from running the stored operating system; and
means for connecting said computer device to a secondary memory, wherein said software module of said non-volatile memory is further executable for establishing a connection of said computer device to the secondary memory for retrieving a secondary operating system from the secondary memory and for downloading the secondary operating system from the secondary memory to said random access memory when it is determined that said primary memory device contains an error that prevents the running of the operating system, wherein said computer device comprises a set top box for a television.
33. A computer readable memory storing a software module having computer executable instructions for starting up a computer device with a primary memory device with an operating system stored thereon and a random access memory, the primary memory device being separate from said random access memory, the computer readable memory comprising:
computer executable instructions for determining whether an operating error exists in the primary memory device of the computer device which prevents the running of the operating system of the computer device, in response to an initiation of a startup of the computer device;
computer executable instructions for determining whether the startup is one of a warm start and a cold start, if it is determined that the error exists in the primary memory device of the user;
computer executable instructions for downloading a secondary operating system from a secondary memory and storing the secondary operating system in the random access memory of the computer device if it is determined that the startup is a cold start;
computer executable instructions for initiating a warm start of the computer device after the secondary operating system is saved in the random access memory, wherein a supply of power to the random access memory is maintained during the warm start so that the secondary operating system remains stored on the random access memory during the warm start; and
computer executable instructions for running the secondary operating system on the random access memory of the computer device.
34. The computer readable memory of claim 33, wherein said secondary memory is located in a remote server.
35. The computer readable memory of claim 34, wherein said computer executable steps for downloading the secondary operating system comprise computer executable steps for connecting the computer device to the remote server via a transceiver.
36. The computer readable memory of claim 35, wherein the transceiver comprises one of a dial-up modem, a cable modem, an internet connection, an antenna, and a satellite signal transceiver.
37. The computer readable memory of claim 34, wherein said computer executable steps for downloading the secondary operating system comprise computer executable steps for transmitting a characteristic of said computer device to the remote server via said transceiver.
38. The computer readable memory of claim 37, wherein the characteristic comprises one of a type of the computer device and a memory capacity of the random access memory of the computer device.
39. The computer readable memory of claim 37, wherein said computer executable steps for downloading the secondary operating system comprise computer executable steps for transmitting a user profile of said computer device to the remote server via said transceiver.
40. The computer readable memory of claim 33, wherein said computer executable instructions for determining whether there exists an error that prevents the running of the operating system of the computer device comprises computer executable instructions for one of determining a failure to receive a correct status signal from the primary memory device, determining a failure of a signature check on the primary memory device, and determining an occurrence of at least two repeated resets of a watchdog timer during the startup.
41. The computer readable memory of claim 33, wherein computer executable instructions for determining whether the startup is one of a warm start and a cold start comprises computer executable instructions for determining whether the startup is a cold start by detecting whether a cold start indicating bit in the random access memory is reset.
42. The computer readable memory of claim 33, wherein the secondary memory comprises an external memory medium comprising one of a floppy disk and an electronic memory storage device.
43. The computer readable memory of claim 33, wherein the secondary memory is located in the computer device.
44. The computer readable memory of claim 33, wherein the secondary operating system comprises only the parts of the operating system that are necessary for a primary functionality of the computer device.
45. A computer readable memory storing a software module having computer executable instructions for starting up a computer device with a primary memory device with an operating system stored thereon and a random access memory, the primary memory device being separate from said random access memory, the computer readable memory comprising:
computer executable instructions for determining whether an operating error exists in the primary memory device of the computer device which prevents the running of the operating system of the computer device, in response to an initiation of a startup of the computer device;
computer executable instructions for determining whether the startup is one of a warm start and a cold start, if it is determined that the error exists in the primary memory device of the user;
computer executable instructions for downloading a secondary operating system from a secondary memory and storing the secondary operating system in the random access memory of the computer device if it is determined that the startup is a cold start;
computer executable instructions for defining a portion of the random access memory in which the secondary operating system is stored as a virtual disk; and
computer executable instructions for running the secondary operating system on the random access memory of the computer device.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A ring mechanism for holding loose-leaf pages, the ring mechanism comprising:
a housing having a longitudinal axis;
a pair of hinge plates supported within the housing for pivoting movement relative to the housing between a first hinge plate position corresponding to a closed configuration of the mechanism and a second hinge plate position corresponding to an open configuration of the mechanism, each of said hinge plates supporting thereon two or more ring members, wherein each of the ring members on one of said hinge plates engages a corresponding ring member on the other of said hinge plates to form a continuous ring when the hinge plates are in said first hinge plate position and the mechanism is in said closed configuration; and
a lever pivotally connected to said housing and arranged to pivot about an axis oriented perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis of the housing and extending upwardly relative to the housing, the lever having a camming surface which engages at least one of said hinge plates to drive the hinge plates from one of said first and second hinge plate positions to the other of said first and second hinge plate positions when the lever pivots from a first lever position to a second lever position.
2. The ring mechanism of claim 1, wherein the camming surface is sloped.
3. The ring mechanism of claim 2 wherein the camming surface constitutes a first camming surface shaped and arranged for moving the hinge plates from the first hinge plate position to the second hinge plate position, the mechanism further comprising a second camming surface shaped and arranged for moving the hinge plates from the second hinge plate position to the first hinge plate position.
4. The ring mechanism of claim 2, wherein the lever is located generally at a longitudinal end of the housing.
5. The ring mechanism of claim 4 further comprising a pivot pin attached to the housing and pivotally mounting the lever.
6. The ring mechanism of claim 1, further comprising a locking member which slides within said housing and which has a locking element extending therefrom, said locking member being coupled to said lever in a manner such that 1) when the lever is in said first lever position, the locking member occupies a first locking member position in which the locking element blocks pivoting movement of said pivot plates, and 2) when the lever is in said second lever position, the locking member occupies a second locking member position in which the locking element extends into a locking element opening in the hinge plates.
7. The ring mechanism of claim 6 further comprising an intermediate connector connected at one end to the lever and connected at an opposite end to the locking member.
8. The ring mechanism of claim 1, wherein said lever comprises a barrel with a generally helical slot formed in a sidewall thereof and a handle extending from said barrel and said hinge plates comprise fingers extending from ends thereof, said camming surface being provided by a surface of said helical slot and said fingers being received within said generally helical slot.
9. The ring mechanism of claim 8, further comprising a locking member which slides within said housing and which has a locking element extending therefrom, said locking member being coupled to said lever in a manner such that 1) when the lever is in said first lever position, the locking member occupies a first locking member position in which the locking element blocks pivoting movement of said pivot plates, and 2) when the lever is in said second lever position, the locking member occupies a second locking member position in which the locking element extends into a locking element opening in the hinge plates.
10. The ring mechanism of claim 9, wherein said generally helical slot has a tail portion that is aligned with or parallel to lower and upper surfaces of the barrel, whereby rotation of said lever from said first lever position toward said second lever position initially causes said locking member to begin moving from said first locking member position toward said second locking member position before causing said hinge plates to pivot from said first hinge plate position toward said second hinge plate position.
11. The ring mechanism of claim 10, further comprising a spring which biases said locking member toward said first locking member position.
12. The ring mechanism of claim 11, wherein said spring is attached at one end to at least one of said hinge plates and at an opposite end to said locking member.
13. The ring mechanism of claim 1, wherein said lever comprises an upstanding wall and said camming surface is formed by an upper surface of said upstanding wall.
14. The ring mechanism of claim 13, further comprising a locking member which slides within said housing and which has a locking element extending therefrom, said locking member being coupled to said lever in a manner such that 1) when the lever is in said first lever position, the locking member occupies a first locking member position in which the locking element blocks pivoting movement of said pivot plates, and 2) when the lever is in said second lever position, the locking member occupies a second locking member position in which the locking element extends into a locking element opening in the hinge plates.
15. The ring mechanism of claim 14, wherein said lever is spaced from ends of said hinge plates such that when said lever is in said first lever position a gap exists between said camming surface and an end of one of said hinge plates whereby rotation of said lever from said first lever position toward said second lever position initially causes said locking member to begin moving from said first locking member position toward said second locking member position before causing said hinge plates to pivot from said first hinge plate position toward said second hinge plate position.
16. The ring mechanism of claim 13, further comprising a pivot spring which biases said lever toward said first lever position.
17. The ring mechanism of claim 16 wherein the pivot spring is in contact with the lever.