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...that while attempting to develop a super strong glue, 3M employee Spencer Silver accidentally developed a glue that was so weak it would barely hold two pieces of paper together? However, his colleague Art Fry needed the glue. Fry sang with his church choir and marked the pages of his hymnal with small scraps of paper that often fell out. He used Silver's glue to hold the papers in place. Today we call this invention Post-it Notes.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7856299 | Checking of repairs for electronic vehicle systems The solution is arrived at with a computer-based diagnostic tester which can exchange information with the control devices installed in the motor vehicle using a diagnostic program via a diagnostic interface and via data lines. The motor vehicle-mounted control devi... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7673724 | Brake mechanism A brake mechanism includes a connecting element that is fixed to a wheel axle of a motor vehicle or is embodied monolithically therewith, and a fastening flange of a disk brake caliper. The fastening flange is fixed to the connecting element. The brake mechanism is ... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7586953 | Method for monitoring a communication media access schedule of a communication controller of a communication system The invention refers to a method for monitoring a communication media access schedule of a communication controller (5) of a communication system (1) by means of a bus guardian (6). The communication system (1) comprises a communication m... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7586933 | Network comprising an interconnecting network and several network nodes that are coupled to said interconnecting network The invention concerns a network comprising an interconnecting network and several network nodes that are coupled to said interconnecting network and are designed to adapt their local communication time schedule to the communication time schedule of at least one oth... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7551998 | System having a control unit and a status acquisition device as well as a method for testing/diagnosing such a system In a system having a control unit for triggering a restraint system for vehicles, and having a status acquisition device, such as a seat occupation device, from which a data record describing the presence or the non-presence of the condition is transmitted to the co... | 06/23/2009 |
| 6714327 | Use of a holographic video screen as a display surface in a vehicle The use of a holographic video screen which appears black, gray or colored in ambient light as the display surface in a vehicle, wherein a driver can view the screen while driving without taking his eyes of the road. Additionally, the display system containing such ... | 03/30/2004 |
| 7533934 | Vehicle seat A vehicle seat includes a seat cushion having seat upholstery and a seat back having a seat back upholstery which are held in a seat framework that is anchored to a vehicle floor in a longitudinally shiftable manner, and includes at least one swivelable holding brac... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7455140 | Method for guaranteeing reliability of emergency operating conditions of a motor vehicle tyres In a method for ensuring safe tire emergency running operation in a motor vehicle that is equipped with tires that have emergency running properties when the tire pressure is greatly reduced or absent altogether, a device is provided for detecting an emergency runni... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7430261 | Method and bit stream decoding unit using majority voting A method and a bit stream decoding unit for bit stream decoding has a bit stream comprising a number of consecutive samples. In order to provide for rapid and, in particular, reliable decoding of the bit stream, a detection window comprising a number of samples is d... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7421984 | Method for adjusting a coolant flow by means of a heating cut-off valve The invention relates to a method for actuating the valves in the three-way thermostat and in the heating cut-off valve of a cooling system. The valve setting in the cooling system is in this case selected such that during the warm-up phase of the engine, until the ... | 09/09/2008 |
| D572185 | Front face of a vehicle wheel | 07/01/2008 |
| D570760 | Front face of a vehicle wheel | 06/10/2008 |
| 7383720 | Method and device for testing for leaks A method and a device for testing whether planar material, in particular films, are leakproof. The planar material is continuously conveyed in a continuous process through a test chamber which has a test gas chamber on one side of the planar material and a measuring... | 06/10/2008 |
| D570759 | Front face of a vehicle wheel | 06/10/2008 |
| D570762 | Front face of a vehicle wheel | 06/10/2008 |
| D570761 | Front face of a vehicle wheel | 06/10/2008 |
| 7386370 | Temperature management in ring topology networks The invention relates to a method for temperature management in a network (1) with ring topology, wherein control devices (2) exchange data via the network (1) by means of transmitting/receiving units. The object of the present invention is to f... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7380632 | Safety system for operating at least one electrically actuated locking apparatus of a door of a motor vehicle A safety system for operating at least one electrically actuated locking apparatus of a door of a motor vehicle has a crash sensor for sensing an imminent accident event. Upon sensing an accident event with a crash sensor within a first specified interval of time, t... | 06/03/2008 |
| D570275 | Front face of a vehicle wheel | 06/03/2008 |
| D570274 | Front face of a vehicle wheel | 06/03/2008 |
| D570008 | Taillight for a vehicle | 05/27/2008 |
| D569768 | Vehicle, toy, and/or other replicas | 05/27/2008 |
| 7377581 | Roof structure for a vehicle and method for producing said structure The invention relates to a roof structure for a vehicle with a roof panel (1), with side wall panels (2) and with a front and rear roof frame (10, 11), the roof panel (1) having a front side (3) and a rear side (4) and a lon... | 05/27/2008 |
| D569776 | Front face of a vehicle wheel | 05/27/2008 |
| 7378986 | Device and method for radio-based danger warning In a method and apparatus for radio-based issuing of warnings of hazards to the driver of a vehicle having a data receiver, the data receiver receives data from at least one data transmitter of at least one other vehicle, and evaluates the received data. The receive... | 05/27/2008 |
| D569323 | Front face of a vehicle wheel | 05/20/2008 |
| D569322 | Front face of a vehicle wheel | 05/20/2008 |
| D569315 | Rear portion of a vehicle, toy, and/or other replicas | 05/20/2008 |
| D569531 | Taillight for a vehicle | 05/20/2008 |
| D569532 | Taillight for a vehicle | 05/20/2008 |
| 7374223 | Vehicle seat and method for controlling the same Vehicle seat which effects a sideways movement of the occupant sitting on the vehicle seat during a lateral impact or directly before a lateral impact. The sideways movement takes place away from the side of the vehicle which faces the impact and toward the center o... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7374833 | Device for a fuel cell supply A device used for air supply of a fuel cell has an expander and a compressor that is at least partially driven thereby. The hot gases of combustion at least occasionally flow through the expander. After flowing through the expander, the exhaust gases emit at least a... | 05/20/2008 |
| D569530 | Taillight for a vehicle | 05/20/2008 |
| 7370553 | Steering spindle arrangement and a method for the production thereof A steering spindle arrangement having a first component remote from the steering wheel and a second component near the steering wheel, with one of the mutually facing ends of the one component dipping into the hollow end of the other component, and with the two ends... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367437 | Shifting device In a shifting device, for a power transmission having a sliding sleeve which is arranged on a transmission shaft and which can be brought into operative engagement with at least one corresponding clutch member and which is limited in its sliding movement by at least... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7364201 | Vehicle occupant restraint system A vehicle occupant restraint system comprises a safety belt arrangement with a belt webbing, a belt buckle and one of an end- and deflection fitting. The restraint system further comprises two tracks with which a vehicle seat is connected and which, for displacement... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7361320 | Exhaust gas purification unit with reducing agent supply The invention proposes an exhaust-gas purification unit for purifying the exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine which is preferably operated in lean-burn mode, in particular a diesel engine used in motor vehicles, in which a particulate filter and a SCR cat... | 04/22/2008 |
| D566865 | Headlight for a vehicle | 04/15/2008 |
| D566642 | Front face of a vehicle wheel | 04/15/2008 |
| 7357402 | Arrangement for vibration damping in a vehicle In an arrangement for vibration damping in a vehicle, including a vehicle body with an auxiliary frame and support bearings for supporting a component on the auxiliary frame, wheels supported on the auxiliary frame by links and a spring-and-damper strut or a spring ... | 04/15/2008 |
