Did You Know...
...that in the early 1940s GE engineer James Wright was charged with a task of utmost importance to the war effort: develop a cheap substitute for rubber that could be used to produce tires, gas masks and a whole host of military gear. Wright tackled the task diligently -- and wound up inventing Silly Putty.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7883602 | Electrode assembly for the removal of surface oxides by electron attachment An apparatus and a method comprising same for removing metal oxides from a substrate surface are disclosed herein. In one particular embodiment, the apparatus comprises an electrode assembly that has a housing that is at least partially comprised of an insulating ma... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7671309 | Microwave combustion system for internal combustion engines A microwave combustion system is presented that can replace the conventional spark plug in an internal combustion engine. One or more microwave pulses are provided to a microwave feed in a plug that sits in the cylinder. A microwave generated plasma generated by the... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7485385 | Process for solid oxide fuel cell manufacture The present invention provides a method for conveniently manufacturing a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) at a cost that is less than five-hundred dollars per kilowatt of electricity. The method comprises forming an electrode layer and depositing an electrolyte material... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7425692 | Thermal processing system having slot eductors In a system for thermally processing materials, at least one slot eductor is disposed in a wall or roof surface of the furnace chamber to provide circulation of gas within the furnace chamber. ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7014673 | Filtering apparatus A filtering apparatus for a reflow oven includes a contaminated-gas inlet for receiving contaminated gas from a reflow oven; a filtering device configured to filter the received contaminated gas; a returned gas outlet for returning filtered gas to the reflow oven; a... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6742978 | Wafer indexing device An indexing device including a housing, a cassette support mechanism, a cassette, and transport apparatus carried by the housing. The transport apparatus includes a bed of rollers having a common plane and a drive assembly coupled to the bed of rollers. The cassette... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6729834 | Wafer manipulating and centering apparatus Apparatus for manipulating wafers comprising a fixture including seats each for receiving and supporting a wafer in a seated condition and an element mounted for reciprocal movement in opposition to the fixture between a retracted condition and an extended condition... | 05/04/2004 |
