Did You Know...
...that several people are credited with the invention of the flush toilet? Most people have heard of Thomas Crapper (1837-1910), the sanitary engineer who invented the valve-and-siphon arrangement that made the modern toilet possible. Another claimant to "the throne" was British inventor Alexander Cumming who patented a toilet in 1775. Then there's a nameless Minoan (a native of ancient Crete) who lived 4,000 years ago who supposedly was ahead of his time and created the first flush toilet!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7162350 | Vehicle motion control device A control of a vehicle motion control device 10 is as follows during an oversteer restraining control. Specifically, when tire inflation pressure is appropriate, the device sets braking force exerted on each of front and rear wheels at the outer side of the t... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7081430 | Exhaust gas purifying catalyst An exhaust gas purifying catalyst that provides the excellent low-temperature activity and also develops the good catalytic activity of rhodium to produce a good purifying performance economically. The exhaust gas purifying catalyst comprises an alumina on which rho... | 07/25/2006 |
| 6910746 | Motion control device of vehicle A motion control device 10 for a vehicle exerts braking force only on the rear wheel at the inner side of the turning direction for generating a yawing moment on the vehicle only in the turning direction of the vehicle when an absolute value of an actual late... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6902502 | Continuously variable transmission A continuously variable transmission including a driving pulley, a driven pulley, an endless dry-type belt wound around both pulleys, a tension-adjusting device for pressing the slack side of the belt to generate belt tension, stroke mechanisms provided on both pull... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6884191 | Stepless speed change unit A continuously variable transmission having an endless V belt running across a driving pulley and a driven pulley, a transmission ratio changing mechanism for changing the running diameters of the belt around the pulleys radially in opposite directions to each other... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6363900 | Synthetic resin-made intake manifold and manufacturing method thereof A synthetic resin-made intake manifold including a volumetric air-intake section communicating with an intake air supply source through an inlet pipe and a plurality of outlet pipes for connecting the volumetric air-intake section to cylinders of an inter... | 04/02/2002 |
| 5046951 | Wiring apparatus for making an electrical connection between a steering wheel and a steering column of a motor vehicle The present invention is concerned with a wiring apparatus for making an electrical connection between a steering wheel and a steering column for a motor vehicle. According to the wiring apparatus of the present invention, a flexible wiring member is hous... | 09/10/1991 |
| 4998379 | Vehicle window regulator A vehicle window regulator displaces a window at a faster speed when the window is near its fully closed position than when the window is near its fully open position. The speed is controlled by the meshing of the peripheries of two gears, each periphery ... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4495484 | Alarming apparatus of vehicle A vehicle such as an automobile includes various auxiliary devices for implementing auxiliary functions such as electrical equipment, windows, doors, a parking brake, a transmission and the like, in addition to a principal scheme for a running operation o... | 01/22/1985 |
| 4407132 | Control apparatus and method for engine/electric hybrid vehicle A hybrid vehicle comprises an internal combustion engine and a motor/generator, which are controlled by a microcomputer. The internal combustion engine is rendered capable of a running operation in a region of a better fuel consumption characteristic. Out... | 10/04/1983 |
| 4353055 | Alarming apparatus of vehicle A vehicle such as an automobile comprises various auxiliary devices for implementing auxiliary functions such as electrical equipment, windows, doors, a parking brake, a transmission and the like, in addition to a principal scheme for a running operation ... | 10/05/1982 |
| 4335429 | Control apparatus for engine/electric hybrid vehicle A hybrid vehicle comprises an internal combustion engine, a relatively large motor/generator and a relatively small motor/generator, which are controlled by a microcomputer based on the required torque of the vehicle as a function of time. When the engine... | 06/15/1982 |
| 4305254 | Control apparatus and method for engine/electric hybrid vehicle A hybrid vehicle comprises an internal combustion engine and a motor/generator, which are controlled by a microcomputer. The internal combustion engine is rendered capable of a running operation in a region of a better fuel consumption characteristic. Out... | 12/15/1981 |
