Did You Know...
...that when IBM conducted a market study of Chester Carlson's invention in 1959, the company concluded that it would take only 5000 units of his new product to saturate the market? IBM therefore declined to be part of the new product introduction. Too bad for IBM. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, and his new product was the beginning of the Xerox Corporation. It is estimated that every day, worldwide, 3,000,000,000 copies are made!!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6000376 | Method and device for controlling and internal combustion engine A method and an arrangement for controlling an internal combustion engine of a vehicle wherein a desired torque value is pregiven, this desired torque value being separated into at least two desired values. The desired values serve to adjust the charge of... | 12/14/1999 |
| 4998781 | Brake device for a hydraulic vehicle brake system The invention relates to a brake device for a hydraulic vehicle brake system. In this device, a return feed pump located in a feed pump housing is supported at several points between an assembly housing and a fastening plate and is movable relative to the... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4886037 | Ignition system for an internal combustion engine To prevent spurious sparks from arising at a spark plug (6) connected to the secondary (3) of an ignition coil upon sudden current rise through the primary (2) when a switching transistor (4) serially connected with the primary becomes conductive, the pri... | 12/12/1989 |
| 4483297 | Fuel injection pump for internal combustion engines A fuel injection pump is proposed, which has a centrifugal governor disposed in the suction chamber of the fuel injection pump, the governor having a sleeve displaceable on a piston, and a pressure chamber enclosed in the interior of the governor sleeve, ... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4240103 | Method for the additive and multiplicative spurious signal compensation A method and a circuit for the additive and multiplicative spurious signal compensation of a video signal are proposed. For additive spurious signal compensation, a signal is derived from the "black level" signal, stored, read-out in synchronism with the ... | 12/16/1980 |
