Did You Know...
...that it was melting ice cream that inspired the invention of the outboard motor? It was a lovely August day and Ole Evinrude was rowing his boat to his favorite island picnic spot. As he rowed, he watched his ice cream melt and wished he had a faster way to get to the island. At that moment the idea for the outboard motor was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6422096 | Load cell A load cell comprises a member for receiving forces applied by the load, and a plurality of force sensing elements supported by the member and arranged with respect, to each other to independently sense differently directed components of the applied force... | 07/23/2002 |
| 5419210 | High capacity weigh module A strain gauge transducer includes several features for enhancing operating life and improving measurement accuracy. Load force is applied transversely to the longitudinal axis of a load member that is configured to flex in the transverse direction in res... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5128676 | Variable conversion rate analog-to-digital converter A high resolution and high speed analog to digital converter for use with a transducer in measuring parameters such as weight, which may stay the same or which may change in the system, the converter having an integrator which integrates for a fixed perio... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5045827 | Low-force transducer A low level strain gage transducer including housing which supports a strain member having a fixed end member and a free end member in the form of a cup, the free end member supported by a folded arm arrangement including one or more arms which permits th... | 09/03/1991 |
| 5005429 | Weigh module A new strain gage transducer comprises a support bar for measuring a load force. A base supports one end of the support bar in cantilever fashion in an orientation generally orthogonal to the direction in which the load force is to be applied. A load port... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4982185 | System for synchronous measurement in a digital computer network A synchronous distributed measurement system in a digital computer network comprising a master node and a plurality of slave nodes interconnected by communications links to form a ring. The master mode includes a message transmitter for transmitting a syn... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4854179 | Coaxial load cell An electrical strain-gaged load cell whose central and peripheral load-transmitting portions are coaxial with one another about an axis of applied loading includes intermediate interconnections formed by several planar-surfaced elongated shear-sensing bea... | 08/08/1989 |
