Did You Know...
...that one person who claimed to be the inventor of the television is Russian emigre Vladimir Zworykin? In 1929 David Sarnoff, founder of RCA, asked Zworykin what it would take to develop TV for commercial use. He said: a year and a half and $100,000. In reality, it took 20 years and $50 million! Before his death in 1982 at the age of 92, Zworykin said of his invention: "The technique is wonderful. It is beyond my expectations. But the programs! I would never let my children even come close to this thing."
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6261259 | Needle removal and containment device and method of using same A needle retraction device for removing a needle from a patient. The needle retraction device comprising a housing having an exterior wall which defines an interior compartment. A moveable member, having a pair of spaced apart movable legs or shoulders, s... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6254142 | Exhaust manifold flange for an internal combustion engine An exhaust manifold flange for an internal combustion engine, for sealably connecting at least one stub pipe of an exhaust manifold to a wall of the engine, the flange has a basic part made of sheet steel provided with a bead which extends substantially a... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6246942 | System for evaluating vehicle drive and operation parameters The invention concerns a system for evaluating vehicle, drive and operation parameters of a vehicle to select and adjust by means of a microprocessor a speed ratio of a gear according to predetermined calculation rules, characteristic values and character... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6237380 | Bending device having a control mechanism for controlling joint-type robots of the bending device There is disclosed a bending device, in which working data of feeding pitch between bending points, bending direction angle and bending angel is prepared from design data of a work, and a dividing point is determined to share the bending process by first ... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6224478 | Climate control system A climate control system for a vehicle is disclosed, in which an air flow direction flap 34 is arranged in use to operate in accordance with a control quotient so as to present an air flow in a range of orientations. The orientations are arranged in group... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6220325 | Air guide for a tire pressure regulating device The invention relates to an air guide through steering and rigid axles, particularly in planetary design, in rotary hubs for tire pressure regulation. A sealing ring (1) seals and air guide in the wheel head of a planetary steering axle with sealing lips ... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6213542 | Seal arrangement A seal arrangement to retain a motor vehicle roof liner about a sunroof aperture of that vehicle's body. The arrangement comprises a hook and fleece coupling (15) secured with respective components of said coupling (15) attached to a roof liner and about ... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6214421 | Method of powder coating A method of powder coating at least one surface of a non-conductive object having a plurality of sequential steps. The first step is pretreating the surface of the non-conductive object to ensure that the surface is suitably cleaned. The second step to ap... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6209566 | Hydraulic control systems A hydraulic actuator for a vehicle roll control system includes a fluid pressure transducer 28, housed in a valve block 16, the output characteristic of which is temperature dependent. In order to correct for this the temperature of the fluid is monitored... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6211584 | Magnet and a motor component having a coating with improved anticorrosion and insulation A motor component covered with a novel electrocoating that fails to detrimentally affects magnetic memory medium provided in a hard disc or other is provided. With enhanced edge covering ratio, an improved insulation coating is easily formed on the motor ... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6206470 | Child safety seat A child safety seat for use in a vehicle, comprises a seat body having a seat portion, a backrest and side wings projecting from each side of the backrest at the level of the head of a child occupant of the seat. The side wings are moveable relative to th... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6205782 | Stirling cycle machine A Stirling cycle machine has a piston (11) which reciprocates in a cylinder (12) and defines a hot chamber (23) between the piston (11) and end of cylinder (12). Heat exchange for the working fluid in the hot chamber (23) is effected while the working flu... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6205388 | Process to evaluate start-up for an automatic gearbox The invention relates to a process to evaluate start-up for an automatic vehicle gearbox, said process having the following steps: 1) a signal associated with an engine torque (M_M) or an engine speed (n_M) is emitted from an engine control device (27), a... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6202778 | Motor vehicle and a sump guard and undertray assembly therefor A motor vehicle having a sump guard and an undertray assembly attached to the undercarriage of the motor vehicle for protection of the undercarriage and engine. The undertray is made from a resilient plastics material and is moveably connected to part of ... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6198035 | Musical sound signal generation apparatus There is disclosed a musical sound signal generation apparatus for creating vacant channels by monaural sounding, in which a left/right balance is maintained and the total sound volume can be increased. When there is a key-on, and there is no vacant chann... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6196161 | Pet carrier with rotatable convex lid A pet carrier with a container base (4) having a bottom surface (20), a plurality of side walls (22) that extend from the bottom surface to define a hollow interior compartment (24). A semi-cylindrical stationary convex top (6) is secured to the container... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6193769 | Fuel cell for chafing dishes A fuel cell for use in chafing dishes includes a container with a combustible medium in the container. The combustible medium is primarily propylene glycol. The advantage of such a fuel cell is that it is non-toxic.... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6193627 | Toroidal drive The invention relates to a toroidal drive having a continuously variable ratio and an output pulleys disposed co-axially to an input pulleys, semi-toroidal faces facing each other and at least one friction roller which rolls on the toroidal surfaces and t... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6193520 | Interactive communication system for communicating video game and karaoke software A communication system is proposed for transmitting at least one of the data, the program, and a combination of them from a host facility to a communicator such as a communication terminal device. In this communication system, the data or the program beco... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6193274 | Vehicle subframes A vehicle bumper assembly comprises a bumper armature and a front portion of a subframe both attached by brackets to the front of crumple zones in longitudinal parts of the body structure and to the side sections of the subframe. The subframe front portio... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192751 | Non-invasive low frequency elastic wave fluid level sensing system for sludge laden environments A non-invasive elastic wave fluid level sensing system for use in sludge laden environments, including transmitting and receiving transducers mounted on an outer face of a wall of a container for a fluid and along a propagation path for an elastic wave tr... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6193333 | Vehicle brake control An automatic brake control system for a vehicle in which the brakes 16, 17 are controlled by a control unit 22 to limit vehicle speed when descending a hill is provided with an input from a sensor on the gear selector 28. The control unit has a vehicle sp... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6189650 | Muffler structure There is disclosed a muffler structure in which a valve opened/closed in accordance with exhaust gas pressure in a pipe is prevented from chattering by an inlet pipe provided with a first side hole and an outlet pipe provided with a second side hole with ... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189509 | Device for injecting fuel into a diesel engine The invention concerns a device for injecting fuel into a diesel engine using a pulsating flow pump for improving the fuel performance of the engines by controlling the beginning and the end of the injection. It comprises a device (20) controlling the clo... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6186923 | Increased automatic gear box spontaneity The invention relates to a method for increasing the spontaneity of automatic gear boxes with overlapping gear shifts. The overlapping gear shifts consist of three phases. Upshifting from a first gear ratio to a second gear ratio is aborted and downshifti... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6186883 | Climate control arrangement and a method of controlling that arrangement A climate control arrangement in which an existing automatic climate control system is adapted by an indicator quotient (TOA). A controller adjusts air duct distribution so that differential proportions of air flow can be presented to fixed air duct vents... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6186855 | Set of elements articulated to each other The four elements are each provided with protrusions constituted by forks the branches of which are resilient, which are each provided with a recess and with an embossment. These protrusions engage with each other, their embossments and their recesses hoo... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6186262 | Hydrostatic mechanical wheel drive In a wheel drive with a radial-piston motor (5) and a planet gear (4) a wheel hub (3) being placed on a wheel hub support (1) by means of wheel bearings (10). The wheel hub support (1) can be joined to a transmission connector (4) in a single piece and is... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6185968 | Bending device and bending method There is disclosed a bending device, in which working data of feeding pitch between bending points, bending direction angle and bending angle is prepared from design data of a work, and a dividing point is determined to share the bending process by first ... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6186368 | Manually actuated pump assembly A finger operated pump assembly comprising a pump body having a base supporting an outer housing and an inner housing and defining a first portion of a compression chamber therebetween. A piston is at least partially received within the pump body and is s... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6183393 | Method for reducing jerking during gear shifting The invention relates to a method to reduce jerking during shifting in an automatic gear box. The automatic gear box has a selection lever (22) with a forward drive (D) and reverse (R) operating positions, in addition to a parking position (P) and a neutr... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6183326 | Communication buoy with ice penetrating capabilities A deployable buoy having a nose cone and a tail section interconnected by a housing. The buoy comprises an outer shell and a canister with the outer shell axially moveable relative to the canister. An expansion chamber is provided between the outer shell ... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6182526 | Vehicle control pedals A vehicle brake pedal has a deflecting block projecting from its front surface which is arranged, if the pedal is moved backwards in the event of a frontal impact, to contact a steering column bracket before the top end of the pedal, thereby depressing th... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6179079 | Motor vehicle safety apparatus A motor vehicle is disclosed having a foam pad 13 located in the vicinity of a foot pedal 14, 15. The foam pad 13 has a recess into which the pedal 14, 15 can be fully accommodated when it is fully depressed. The thickness of the foam pad 13 is such that ... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6179310 | Vehicle roll stabilizing system A vehicle roll stabilizing system uses front and rear stabilizer assemblies (23, 24) which each use a stabilizer bar (24) and a hydraulic ram (33, 35) to resist vehicle roll. Selector valves (43, 44) select pressure from a pump (36) or return hydraulic oi... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6179108 | Device for releasing a security device for a vehicle with an automatic transmission in case of emergency Device for releasing in case of emergency a security device for a motor vehicle having an automatic transmission (1) in which the parking lock of the automatic transmission (1) is released by actuating a towing device (2) accessible from outside the motor... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6176439 | Deadman control method and apparatus An enhanced mixing equipment system including a power supply, an actuatable valve, the actuatable valve connected via a line between the power supply and a storage vessel, an actuatable discharge/mixing valve attached to a portion of the storage vessel, t... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6176234 | Mouthpiece for a nebulizer A mouth piece exhalation valve for a nebulizer or breathing circuit. The nebulizer has an internal passageway containing an offset causing an inspiration mist flow to bypass the exhaust valve without impingement. The offset includes a deflector which aids... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6177954 | Miniature inspection system A miniature inspection system for observing an object. The system comprises a camera defining an optical axis defined between the camera and the object when located at an inspection location. A ring light is located concentrically with respect to and alon... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6176811 | Increased-spontaneity automatic gear box A method for increasing the spontaneity is proposed for an automatic transmission, the gear shifts of which are carried out as overlapping gear shifts. Here an upshift from a first to a second gear is not completely terminated and a change back from an up... | 01/23/2001 |
