Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4105885 | Hand operated instruments having non-magnetic safety switch Operator controlled devices in the form of hand operated instruments in which a ring worn by an operator is configured to be insertable into a recess in a hand holdable portion of the instrument. The recess includes a fixed contact configuration that is e... | 08/08/1978 |