Did You Know...
...that the Eveready Battery began as an invention called the "electric flowerpot," which was a tube with a battery and light bulb inside? The idea was to fasten this gizmo to the side of a flowerpot so it would illuminate the flowers from the bottom. The idea died on the vine and the businessman who licensed the flower pot, Conrad Huber, was left with a pile of useless tubes -- until he found a way to market them as batteries to light the world!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7267195 | Exhaust device with or without dilution based on two controllable outputs An exhaust gas distribution device for the engine of a vehicle, wherein said device incorporates means to control the evacuation of the gases towards a classical exhaust system or else towards a specific exhaust system, said specific exhaust system incorporating mea... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7188560 | Fastening device for a gun barrel A fastening device for a gun barrel with respect to the turret of a carrier vehicle of the type incorporating a cheek integral with an oscillating mass carrying the gun barrel and an articulated part fastened to said turret, wherein said articulated part is fastened... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7174834 | Explosive shell having improved resistance to shocks An explosive shell comprising a fusible explosive load placed in a casing incorporating an opening, such shell comprising shimming means placed in the vicinity of the shell opening, such shimming means comprising a ring made of an elastic material placed between a f... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7152533 | Sabot for sub-calibre projectiles A sabot for a projectile comprising at least two segments intended to surround and drive a sub-caliber penetrator, such sabot comprising a calibered thrust plate, wherein said sabot incorporates a body made of a light material, said body having at least one longitud... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7105790 | Process to control the trajectory of a spinning projectile A process to control the trajectory of a spinning projectile. The projectile's accelerations are measured by means of an inertial unit in three axes within a reference linked to the projectile so as to prepare the piloting commands for the projectile's trajectory. T... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7063020 | Perforating ammunition A perforating ammunition having a penetration body delimiting an internal cavity closed by a base which penetration body includes a front nose with at least one insert integral with the nose, the insert being a material denser than that of the body and arranged in a... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7059561 | Deployment device for a fin A deployment device for a fin of a projectile incorporating a hinge fixed to the projectile body which allows said fin to make a pivoting movement along at least one axis, wherein said hinge comprises a support for said fin mounted able to tilt over with respect to ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7034494 | Servo-control unit for a variable prestressed load The invention relates a servo-control unit for a load (2) driven in rotation by motorization means (1) connected to the Load by two reduction gears (3, 4) and comprising several sensors for measuring their movements It includes a prestressing mo... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7007586 | Device providing an electrical connection between a weapon and a piece of ammunition A device to provide an electrical connection between a power generator integral with a weapon and a first contact area integral with a piece of ammunition, said device comprising a conductive rod carried by a breech of the weapon and able to translate with respect t... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6942159 | Method for extending bar code PDF 417 coding capacities A process for increasing the data encoding capacity of the PDF 417 bar code. After the data is compressed, the data is read by the data acquisition hardware which is linked to the scanning hardware connected to an information system. The data is distributed, using s... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6886774 | Method for piloting a spinning projectile A method of projectile control provides a control order for an organ allowing the yaw piloting of a spinning projectile. The control order causes a modification of a yaw piloting parameter of the projectile, the parameter that needs to be controlled being fin deflec... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6805058 | Sabot for fin-stabilized ammunition The invention relates to a sabot for fin-stabilized ammunition composed of segments assembled around a sub-calibrated penetrator. The sabot is characterized in that it includes at least three longitudinal bars of a substantially constant width, each having indentati... | 10/19/2004 |
| 5212342 | Container for receiving propellant charges The field of invention is containers able to receive a propellant charge. A container (1, 12, 13) according to the invention, which is designed to be joined to another container at one of its end faces is characterized by the joining means having on the o... | 05/18/1993 |
