...that in the early 1940s GE engineer James Wright was charged with a task of utmost importance to the war effort: develop a cheap substitute for rubber that could be used to produce tires, gas masks and a whole host of military gear. Wright tackled the task diligently -- and wound up inventing Silly Putty.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8091767 | Substrate manufacturing apparatus, substrate manufacturing method, ball-mounted substrate, and electronic component-mounted substrate A substrate manufacturing apparatus manufactures a ball-mounted substrate and has a ball mounting apparatus which includes a ball vacuum chucking apparatus including a vacuum chucking head that carries out a vacuum chucking process to chuck balls at edges of inlets ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 7834645 | Variable capacitance circuit, voltage measuring apparatus, and power measuring apparatus A variable capacitance circuit includes a capacitance changing structure constructed by connecting a first construction unit, a second construction unit, a third construction unit, and a fourth construction unit, which each include a first electric element that hind... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7530277 | Measuring apparatus A measuring apparatus has a display unit that can be favorably viewed when a measured object is clamped by a clamp-type sensor regardless of the orientation and position of the measured object. The measuring apparatus includes a first main unit on which the clamp-ty... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7466145 | Voltage measuring apparatus and power measuring apparatus A voltage measuring apparatus measures the voltage of a measured object and includes a detection electrode capable of being disposed facing the measured object, a variable capacitance circuit that is connected between the detection electrode and a reference potentia... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7454725 | Apparatus and computer readable medium having program for analyzing distributed constant in a transmission line The invention is aimed to analyze the characteristics of a transmission line only by inputting the specific distributed parameters without mesh dividing the transmission line to be analyzed into minimal unit required for the analysis. An arithmetic operation section... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7355493 | Filter element A filter element includes a coil part formed in an overall tubular shape by layering a pair of signal transmitting belt-shaped conductors and a grounding belt-shaped conductor with a belt-shaped insulator in between and winding so that the grounding belt-shaped cond... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7148768 | Filter element A filter element includes a coil part formed in an overall tube-like shape by layering a signal transmitting belt-like conductor and a grounding belt-like conductor with a belt-like insulator in between and winding so that the grounding belt-like conductor is outsid... | 12/12/2006 |
| 6570149 | Photodetector having a control block for maintaining a detection signal within a predetermined tolerance range There is disclosed a photodetector which is capable of attaining an enhanced detection accuracy, and at the same time permits reduction in the size and manufacturing costs thereof. An avalanche photodiode detects an incident light, in a state of a predete... | 05/27/2003 |
| 4433339 | Direct-writing recorder A direct-writing recorder of dot type causes an area of a record paper (70) which is to be printed to oscillate in a direction perpendicular to the paper plane for contact with a printing element (22) on a pointer (21) at a given periodic interval. A vibr... | 02/21/1984 |