Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8161839 | Electrically powered tilt steering device A jacket unit for a steering shaft is pivotally connected to a vehicle body through a first pivot mechanism and a swing arm is pivotally connected to the vehicle body through a second pivot mechanism. A first free part of the swing arm is pivotally connected to the ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8061756 | Electrically operated seat slide apparatus An electrically operated seat slide apparatus includes a lower rail fixed to a floor of a vehicle body, and an upper rail slidably disposed to the lower rail. A seat is connected to the upper rail. A screw shaft is disposed inside the upper rail. A nut is threadedly... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8037782 | Steering column assembly The steering column assembly includes: an upper clamp 7; a distance bracket 8 fixed to an outer tube 4; a clamp bolt 9 including a shank 9b inserted in tilt long holes formed in the upper clamp 7 and telescopic long h... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7891267 | AT selector cover An AT selector cover is disclosed having a base member having a select gate for an automatic mode and a manual mode gate formed along a vehicle's longitudinal direction, a first slide plate slidably held on the base member for sliding capability in the vehicle's lon... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7731289 | Automotive seat reclining device An automotive seat reclining device includes a first rotation member connected to one of a seat back and a seat cushion and having an internal gear and a bearing sleeve coaxial with the internal gear, a second rotation member connected to the other of the seat back ... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7673943 | Seat reclining apparatus for vehicle A seat reclining apparatus for a vehicle, including a stationary bracket and a movable bracket provided integral with a seat cushion and seat back, respectively. The movable bracket is equipped with a driving device. A speed-reduction unit is provided including an i... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7650849 | Indicator for A/T vehicle An indicator for an AT vehicle is disclosed wherein even when a shift lever boot is greatly flexed downward during shift operation of a shift lever, boot penetration restricting device, provided inside an open window of an indicator, prevents the shift lever boot fr... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7614597 | Seat slide for vehicle A seat slide for a vehicle, including a lower rail fixed to a floor of the vehicle, an upper rail fixed to a seat of the vehicle, a lock plate disposed within an inner space between the lower and upper rails and secured to the lower rail, a latch lever with a pawl w... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7588294 | Seat reclining device for vehicle A seat reclining device includes a base member formed with a shaft hole; a rotating member including an internal gear; at least three lock members each including an external gear; a shaft portion formed integrally with the base member and including a convex guiding ... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7536972 | Shift lever apparatus with range position indicator Shift lever apparatus includes: a shift lever adapted to be shifted in a longitudinal direction to select one of ranges in an automatic mode and to be inclined in a lateral direction to select a range in a manual mode; a frame member; a longitudinal slide plate slid... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7506856 | Seat slide device In a seat slide device applicable to an automotive vehicle, a lock mechanism includes: a lock arm disposed on an upper rail to be pivotable around a pivotal center axis; lock pawls formed on the lock arm along the elongate direction of the upper rail; lock holes for... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7406893 | Clearance-free supporting structure for pivotal axle applicable to shift lock unit of multi-stage automatic transmission In a clearance-free supporting structure for a pivotal axle applicable to an operation device of a multi-stage automatic transmission, at least one pair of first projections is formed on a housing between which the pivotal axle is inserted to enable a pivotal moveme... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7354108 | Seat reclining apparatus A seat reclining apparatus includes an internal gear, an external gear, an eccentric drive mechanism, and a base plate. The internal gear is secured to a seatback arm. The external gear includes an external tooth portion being in meshing contact with the internal ge... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7341311 | Vehicle seat reclining device A seat reclining device is comprised of a base member connected to one of a seat back and a seat cushion; a rotating member connected to the other of the seat back and the seat cushion; a lock tooth having an external gear engageable with the internal gear of the ro... | 03/11/2008 |
