Did You Know...
...that one person who claimed to be the inventor of the television is Russian emigre Vladimir Zworykin? In 1929 David Sarnoff, founder of RCA, asked Zworykin what it would take to develop TV for commercial use. He said: a year and a half and $100,000. In reality, it took 20 years and $50 million! Before his death in 1982 at the age of 92, Zworykin said of his invention: "The technique is wonderful. It is beyond my expectations. But the programs! I would never let my children even come close to this thing."
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| 20050204846 | Device for the attachment of a derailleur to a bicycle and derailleur comprising such an attachment device A device for the attachment of a derailleur to a bicycle, in particular for the attachment of a front derailleur to a support welded on a seat tube of a bicycle adjusts the position of the derailleur along at least one axis substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal ... | 09/22/2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 20050204847 | Rotatable control lever mount A control lever mount assembly suitable for use in connection with an off-road motorcycle. The lever mount assembly includes a lever-supporting portion, or perch, which is configured to rotatably support a control lever. A sleeve is secured to the handlebar and supports... | 09/22/2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 20050204848 | Multi-joint robot and control device thereof It is an object of the invention to provide an articulated robot capable of reducing a number of axes, making the robot light-weighted, reducing fabrication cost and promoting a working efficiency by mounting two or more of hands at a single unit of the robot and sharin... | 09/22/2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 20050204849 | Stopper apparatus and robot A mechanical stopper offering a relative rotation range exceeding 360°, scarcely generating abrasion powder and the like and having a simple structure is provided. In the stopper apparatus, provided in a rotation axis section wherein a re... | 09/22/2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 20050204850 | Industrial robot A joint structure is employed for an articulated type robot in which a speed reducer of one-stage speed reducing structure and a servo motor are directly connected to each other for the joint of the rotary base B1 and the lower arm A1 and for the joint of ... | 09/22/2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 20050204851 | Roll-pitch-roll surgical tool A robotic surgical tool includes an elongate shaft having a working end and a shaft axis, and a pair of linking arms each having a proximal end and a distal end. The proximal end is pivotally mounted on the working end of the shaft to rotate around a first pitch axis to... | 09/22/2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 20050204852 | One-touch manual telescope and tilt steering column The invention provides a locking device for a tilting and telescoping steering column. The locking device provides a single mechanism for substantially preventing movement of the upper steering column jacket relative to the lower steering column jacket and also for prev... | 09/22/2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 20050204853 | Rotational cable shortening device A rotational cable shortening system for shortening the effective length of a cable by bending a section of the cable. The shortening system comprises a rotatable bridged channel through which the cable is threaded. Upon rotation of the bridged channel, the cable is def... | 09/22/2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 20050204854 | BICYCLE SHIFTER A trigger shifter for operating a bicycle gear change device that includes a housing mountable to handlebar, a cable spool for pulling and releasing a control cable connected to the gear change device, a pull lever mechanism and a release lever mechanism. The pull lever... | 09/22/2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 20050204855 | Vehicle brake apparatus A vehicle brake apparatus includes (a) a brake operating member operable by a vehicle driver; (b) a variable output mechanism which is disposed between the brake operating member and an output member, for mechanically changing a multiplying ratio of an output force in r... | 09/22/2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 20050204856 | Adjustable shift lever assembly An adjustable gearshift pedal lever for motorcycles and the like designed for attachment to a shift arm. The lever may be designed in a variety of offset lengths that allow for an increase or decrease between the lever and the motorcycle footpeg. In addition, the lever ... | 09/22/2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 20050204857 | Steering wheel for a motor vehicle A steering wheel (13) for a motor vehicle includes a steering wheel module (1) supporting electrical/electronic subassemblies (18). The steering wheel module is inserted from a front side of the steering wheel into a center of the steering wheel in ... | 09/22/2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 20050204858 | Single inertia bending damper A vibration damper for controlling the torsional and bending vibrations in a rotating shaft is provided. The vibration damper includes a hub, an inertia element, and an elastic element that possess a first shear modulus in a first direction and a second shear modulus in... | 09/22/2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 20050204859 | Bicycle pedal and crank apparatus A pedal with a shaft fixed to the pedal body instead of a spindle that turns relative to the pedal body. The shaft is fixed relative to the pedal body. The pedal shaft rotates relative to the crank arm instead. A sealed cartridge ball bearing is mounted to the end of a ... | 09/22/2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 20050204860 | Bicycle pedal and crank apparatus A pedal with a shaft fixed to the pedal body instead of a spindle that turns relative to the pedal body. The shaft is fixed relative to the pedal body. The pedal shaft rotates relative to the crank arm instead. A sealed cartridge ball bearing is mounted to the end of a ... | 09/22/2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 20050204861 | Transmission case for lube return and method The invention provides a transmission case that includes a rear housing that partially encloses transmission components about a center axis. The rear housing sealingly connects to a main housing at one end and to a drive unit extension at another end. The rear housing h... | 09/22/2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 20050204862 | Method and apparatus for selectively configuring a hybride electro-mechanical vehicular transmission The present invention provides an improved hybrid electro-mechanical vehicular transmission that may be selectively configured to accommodate a two-wheel drive or a four-wheel drive vehicular configuration. This is accomplished using a two-wheel drive adapter housing af... | 09/22/2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 20050204863 | Power transmission device and assembling method for a motorcycle A power transmission device includes a drive shaft, one end of which extends beyond a drive-side transmission case, a drive wheel mounted onto the one end of the drive shaft, a driven wheel journaled by a driven-side transmission case that is mounted onto the driven-sid... | 09/22/2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 20050204864 | Thick-film dielectric and conductive compositions Conductive powder and paste compositions are formed having desirable electrical and physical properties. The conductive powder and paste compositions may be used in combination with dielectric powder and thick-film paste compositions, which are formed having high dielec... | 09/22/2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 20050204865 | Method for extracting magnetically hard alloy nanoparticles and magnetic recording material Disclosed is a method for extracting magnetically hard alloy nanoparticles, which comprises preparing a magnetic alloy nanoparticle dispersion by heating an organometallic compound containing a metal constituting a magnetically hard ordered alloy with a polyol compound ... | 09/22/2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 20050204866 | Alloy composition suitable for molten magnesium environments A castable and machinable alloy suitable for submersion in a molten magnesium or magnesium aluminum melt has the following composition:
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