Did You Know...
...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 |
| 7604100 | Rotary damper A rotary damper includes a driven-to-rotate member having integrally a driven-to-rotate part for coupling to a drive member and a first inner cylindrical wall, the first inner cylindrical wall including a locking part at a bottom end of the first inner cylindrical w... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7584573 | Glass fixing grommet A glass fixing grommet fixes a glass with a hole to a mount and includes first and second supporting plates. The first supporting plate is attached on one surface of the glass and has a first cylinder portion with a bolt inserting hole for inserting a bolt therein. ... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7556449 | Clip for attaching strip member A clip attaches a strip member to at least a part of an opening of a groove formed on a panel. The clip for attaching a strip member includes a first portion or car body side joining portion to be attached to a bottom surface of the groove, and a second portion or s... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7451888 | Lid opening and closing apparatus with mechanism for assisting opening and closing of lid A lid opening and closing apparatus includes a base having an open portion; a lid having a rotational shaft and supported on the base to be rotatable around the rotating shaft for opening and closing the open portion; and a connecting device with one spring disposed... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7380569 | Valve body for backflow prevention valve A valve body main unit has a circular step surface facing a circular valve seat surface of a valve chamber formed on a terminal end part of a fuel supply path to a fuel tank and a circular groove with one groove wall extending from the circular step surface, and is ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7374220 | Drive device for driving two members and shielding system for vehicle A drive device for driving two members includes one drive source; a rotating member connected to the drive source; and a drive member connected to the rotating member via a coupling device. The drive member stops upon releasing the connection from the rotating membe... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7353922 | Air damper An air damper includes a cylinder having a bottom, a piston received inside the cylinder to move freely back and forth coaxially, and an orifice provided in the piston. The piston is formed of a synthetic resin, and has a piston rod extending toward a side of the cy... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7347655 | Hole plug A hole plug includes a head portion and a foot portion projecting from a back surface of the head portion to be inserted into a hole to be blocked. The foot portion has a cylindrical shape formed of several uprising plates extending from the back surface of the head... | 03/25/2008 |
| D564870 | Clip | 03/25/2008 |
| 7328873 | Pipe clamp A pipe clamp for attaching a pipe to a fixing member includes a connecting portion formed of a hard material, a pipe holding portion formed of a hard material, and a vibration-proof member formed of a soft material and disposed between the connecting portion and the... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7281773 | Sliding assisting apparatus A sliding assisting apparatus assists a movable body to move between a drawn-out position and a drawn-in position. The apparatus includes a unit main body to be attached to a main body or the movable body, and a pair of strikers to be attached to the main body or mo... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7254871 | Cord lock holder with cord lock, and structure thereof A cord lock includes a female member with a cylindrical shape, a male member movable along an axial direction of the female member and receiving a part of the female member, and an urging device for urging the male member in a direction to project from the female me... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7243639 | Valve for fuel tank A valve for a fuel tank includes an upper space or chamber communicating with a ventilation channel; a lower chamber disposed inside a fuel tank; a communicating part for communicating the upper space with the lower chamber; and a float body disposed inside the lowe... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7243970 | Lid operating device and storage device using the same A lid operating device for switching a lid between a closed position and an open position relative to a main body includes a first urging device for urging the lid from the closed position to a mid position before reaching the open position, and a second urging devi... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7234735 | Locking device A locking device includes an operating button and a lock member disposed in a case. When the operating button is pressed against an urging force of a spring member, the lock member switches from a locked position for restricting a movable member to move relative to ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7231841 | Operating mechanism for reciprocating component An operating mechanism for a reciprocating component includes a moving member having a mounting section for attaching the reciprocating component, and a base with a guide. The guide has a backward path guide section and a forward path guide section that faces the ba... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7231692 | Damping mechanism of opening and closing member, and container holder and automobile door including the same A damping mechanism for an opening and closing member that opens and closes an opening while changing a center of rotation has an arm with damped rotational speed to support a shaft part of the opening and closing member. A position of the shaft part with respect to... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7219943 | Remote control unit storage device A control unit storage device includes a storage member having a recess portion for retaining a control unit, an engaging and releasing unit attached to the storage member, and a supporting unit formed in the storage member. The engaging and releasing unit engages o... | 05/22/2007 |
| D542710 | Buckle | 05/15/2007 |
| 7216402 | Door handle system A door handle system includes a door opening lever rotationally supported on a support member, and a damper having a linear piston sliding mechanism. The door opening lever has an angle change device for changing an angle when the door opening lever is actuated. The... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7207209 | Fuel evaporation gas leakage detecting system and method of detecting fuel evaporation gas leakage A leak detecting system detects fuel gas leakage of a fuel tank. The detecting system includes a fuel pump, a jet pump, and a bent valve, which are disposed in the fuel tank. A fuel flow path system includes a relief line connected to the fuel pump for relieving an ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7207425 | Rotary damper A rotary damper includes a housing; a viscous fluid filled in the housing; a rotor disposed inside the housing and having a shaft part partially protruding from the housing and a resistance part provided on the shaft part for moving in the viscous fluid inside the h... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7201409 | Retracting locking mechanism for operable unit in stop position A retracting locking mechanism for an openable unit includes a striker attached to one of the openable unit and a fixed unit, and a catcher attached to the other of the openable unit and the fixed unit. The catcher includes an inner part, and an outer part for housi... | 04/10/2007 |
| D539296 | Rotary damper | 03/27/2007 |
| 7195291 | Locking device A locking device for locking an opening-and-closing moving body in a stopped position includes a striker body disposed on one of a striking part of the opening-and-closing moving body and a struck part of a non-moving body hitting against the striking part of the mo... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7188871 | Door lock mechanism and door lock unit A door lock mechanism includes a lock claw, a spring attached to the lock claw for urging the same in a direction toward a lock state, a lock release operation piece linked to the lock claw for moving the lock claw in a direction toward a lock release state against ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7189112 | Attaching member to panel hole, and clamping tool An attachment device to a panel hole includes a female part fitted into the panel hole, and having a pass-through part on a side thereof, and a male part having a leg part inserted into the female part. The leg part has an elastic coupling claw projecting outward fr... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7188718 | Clutch device for transmitting drive power to transmission receiving member A clutch device for transmitting drive power to a transmission-receiving member includes a main shaft; an input side rotating body; an output side rotating body; an inner sleeve body; an outer sleeve body; a braking device; a first coil spring; a first main connecti... | 03/13/2007 |
| D535870 | Cord lock | 01/30/2007 |
| 7125063 | Lid mechanism and center console box A lid mechanism includes a divided lid for closing an opening extending in a longitudinal direction in a closed position, and a lid operating mechanism disposed below the opening closed by the divided lid. The divided lid has at least a front lid for closing a front... | 10/24/2006 |
| D528564 | Oil piston damper | 09/19/2006 |
| 7083207 | Bumper attachment clip A bumper attachment clip for attaching and fixing a bumper to a vehicle body includes first and second sections, and an elastic part situated between the first and second sections to be elastically deformable between the first and second sections. At least two attac... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7065829 | Damper device A damper device applies damping force to a movable body assembled on a fixed body. The damper device includes a damping part, a clutch case attached to one of the fixed body and the movable body in a state having received the damping part, and a rack part moving or ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7066436 | Box device A box device includes a box body having a housing portion with an upper opening, and a front movable member and a rear movable member slidably disposed in front and rear directions in the box body for opening and closing the upper opening of the housing portion. The... | 06/27/2006 |
| D523375 | Buckle | 06/20/2006 |
| 7063225 | Opening-closing mechanism and opening-closing device using same In an opening-closing mechanism of a door member for shifting the door member from a closed position for closing an opening portion of a base member to an open position and vice versa, the door member includes a pair of arm portions. Each arm portion includes a circ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7051985 | Drawer device A drawer device or container holder includes a member disposed in a closed position to be able to draw into an open position, a driving device attached to the member to move the member between the closed position and the open position, and a sensing device for sensi... | 05/30/2006 |
| D521240 | Pad for a bag | 05/23/2006 |
| 7037025 | Attaching device for fuel tank band An attaching structure attaches a part to a band, and includes a clip for attaching the part to the band. The clip includes a clip main member, which has a lower portion and an upper portion with a gap corresponding to a cross section of a portion of the band where ... | 05/02/2006 |
| D519411 | Buckle | 04/25/2006 |
