Did You Know...
...that it was melting ice cream that inspired the invention of the outboard motor? It was a lovely August day and Ole Evinrude was rowing his boat to his favorite island picnic spot. As he rowed, he watched his ice cream melt and wished he had a faster way to get to the island. At that moment the idea for the outboard motor was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5136585 | Digital key telephone system A key telephone system includes a plurality of ports linked by port associated bidirectional communication channels which are synchronously switched by transferring bit states between ones of the channels to provide communication paths between the ports a... | 08/04/1992 |
| 5101317 | Overload protector for telecommunications systems An overload protector for a telecommunications system with an overcurrent protection device for each signal line in a chamber formed between a housing and a base and in which the base carries the line and ground pins and also an overvoltage device for eac... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5058980 | Multimode optical fiber interconnect for pumping Nd:YAG rod with semiconductor lasers Light energy is efficiently coupled into a laser rod in a direction parallel to a resonating mode of the rod through optical fibers. Individual optical fibers having a refractive index lower than the refractive index of the laser rod are placed side by si... | 10/22/1991 |
| 5044763 | Machine for the processing of foodstuffs or for the preparation of pharmaceutical and chemical products A processing machine is provided having a tool comprising at least two identical, diametrically opposite mixing fingers which revolve in the same horizontal plane. These mixing fingers have a round cross-section, are arranged very close above the bowl bot... | 09/03/1991 |
| 5045681 | Optoelectric ripple carry adder The invention comprises a semiconductor substrate with a plurality of photoconductive elements. The photoconductive elements are connected to form a combinational logic ripple carry adder having only AND and OR logic gates. An optic substrate overlies the... | 09/03/1991 |
| 5041173 | Lapping tools Spherical graphite cast iron utilized to prepare a lapping tool is manufactured by casting a molten composition into a mold cavity, and by chilling one side of the resulting casting thereby causing unidirectional solidification, the one side being used as... | 08/20/1991 |
| 5030520 | Electrical conductor, in particular suitable for use as an insoluble anode in electrowinning processes, and in electrochemical processes in general, and process for producing it An electrical conductor is particularly suitable for use as an insoluble anode in electrowinning processes, and is composed of an inner core of copper coated with an outer, thinner layer of a transition metal, preferably selected from among tantalum, tita... | 07/09/1991 |
| 5030555 | Membrane-strip reagent serodiagnostic apparatus and method For the serodiagnosis of a fluid sample, it is particularly advantageous to use a device comprising (A) a supported, porous membrane wherein a first immunoreagent is bound so as to be capable of binding a foreign analyte and forming a complex when the for... | 07/09/1991 |
| 5027345 | Digital key telephone system Relocation and/or replacement of terminal apparatus in telecommunications systems including, but not necessarily limited to, key telephone systems, usually entails reassignment of administration data; for example, features. When a station or terminal appa... | 06/25/1991 |
| 5027393 | Voice conference system using echo cancellers A voice conference system using echo cancelers. The system consists of at least two microphone to send out voice signals to a remote location, and a loudspeaker which receives in voice signals from the remote location. To prevent the microphone from picki... | 06/25/1991 |
| 5025379 | System and method for automatically controlling vehicle speed to desired cruise speed using microcomputer A system and method for automatically controlling a vehicle speed to a desired cruise speed are disclosed in which whether a microcomputer of a control unit is enabled to perform a cruise speed control is determined on the basis of a plurality of determin... | 06/18/1991 |
| 5024151 | Refuse compactor Disclosed is a refuse compactor particularly designed for aircrafts, which comprises a compaction chamber having a movable wall panel that extends parallel to one of the side wall of the compaction chamber, and can be moved away from this side wall throug... | 06/18/1991 |
| 5025210 | Evaluation facilitating circuit device An evaluation facilitating circuit is for selectively evaluating each of block of a logical circuit to be checked which is divided into the plurality of blocks. The evaluation facilitating circuit includes a data hold circuit for selectively latching leve... | 06/18/1991 |
| 5022976 | Process and jig for plating pin grid arrays A receiving jig for PGAs comprises a rectangular base-plate made of a corrosion-resistant metal which has at least one hole. The lengths of the edges of the base-plate have at least the dimensions of the PGA housing. Arranged on the metal baseplate are ba... | 06/11/1991 |
| 5022723 | Panoramic periscope for two spectrum ranges The panoramic periscope has a panoramic head and a tube. In the panoramic head is mounted a viewing mirror movable in elevation and azimuth, upstream of which is arranged an at least bispectral front window. Various measuring or observation devices, for e... | 06/11/1991 |
| 5020311 | Method and a device for producing highly compressed cylindrical bales from loose stalk material The invention relates to a method and to a device for producing highly compressed cylindrical bales from loose stalk material, such as hay or straw, which is picked up continuously and is compressed to form a rotating compressed roll which flows continuou... | 06/04/1991 |
| 5016496 | Shift control system for engine braking in an auxiliary transmission A shift control system for an automatic transmission comprises a shift valve for an auxiliary gear train, an orifice bypass passage and an accumulator for low gear train. The shift valve includes a spool which is movable between a first position where the... | 05/21/1991 |
| 5016704 | Air conditioner system for automotive vehicle A heater unit of an automotive air conditioner includes a partition wall which separates a heater body into first and second air mix chambers, a communication path for communicating with the first and second air mix chambers, a separation door for closing... | 05/21/1991 |
| 5017668 | Room temperature curable resin composition A room temperature curable resin composition comprising a copolymer of (A) with (B) shown below: (A) An acrylic group-containing silane compound represented by the following Formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R1 represents a monovalent hydroca... | 05/21/1991 |
| 5015153 | Compressor cutoff control responsive to shaft position The load torque of a compressor for circulating refrigerant in a refrigerating cycle changes with the rotational position of the shaft of the compressor, and the phase difference between the primary current and voltage of an induction motor for driving th... | 05/14/1991 |
| 5016045 | Image reading apparatus An image reading apparatus is provided which comprises an original table cover having an image projection window, and a lid member having a reflector on the inner surface thereof, movably attached to the original table cover. Image projection light from a... | 05/14/1991 |
| 5015448 | Particulate material suitable for selectively separating metal cations from aqueous solutions, process for its production, and use thereof The invention relates to particulate material for separation of metal cations from aqueous solutions. These particles contain complexing agents dispersed in a continuous aqueous phase which is embedded in or is a constituent of a hydrophilic gel and/or is... | 05/14/1991 |
| 5012693 | Drive mechanism for rear-view mirror assembly of motor-driven folding type A drive mechanism for an automatic rear-view mirror assembly of a motor-driven folding type. The driving mechanism includes an electric motor fixed on a mirror housing. The mirror housing is supported rotatably on a shaft fixed to a mirror base which is s... | 05/07/1991 |
| 5014194 | System for reducing I/O controller overhead by using a peripheral controller for producing read, write, and address translation request signals In a data processing system which is for use in combination with at least one peripheral device and comprises an input-output processor connected to a first and a second bus, a main memory connected to the first bus, a peripheral controller connected to t... | 05/07/1991 |
| 5011499 | Tanning agent formulation for manufacture of semifinished leather products A tanning agent formulation obtained by reacting 1 mole of an aliphatic ω,ω'- dialdehyde having 2-8 carbon atoms in the form of an aqueous solution of about 3-60% strength with about 0.2-4 moles of a hydroxy compound of the formula R1 --O--[(... | 04/30/1991 |
| 5009464 | Structure for draining liquid for a vehicle and method for forming the structure A water-tight structure for draining liquid and method for forming the structure applicable to a hatch-roof (T-bar roof) type vehicle are disclosed in which a V-shaped groove of a first weatherstrip disposed aside a center pillar of a vehicle body, the op... | 04/23/1991 |
| 5010475 | Consistency ensuring system for the contents of a cache memory A consistency ensuring system has at least one main memory and a plurality of processors each having a corresponding instruction cache memory and operand cache memory. Each of the plurality of processors includes a flush address array device, an address c... | 04/23/1991 |
| 5008529 | Photoelectric switching apparatus of reflection type projecting red and infrared light The projection lights including the red and infrared lights are projected from a light projecting device (3) onto a reflex reflector (7) arranged at a position which is away from the light projecting device by a predetermined distance. The reflex reflecto... | 04/16/1991 |
| 5008588 | Wedge-type lamp bulb assembly A wedge-type lamp bulb assembly consists of a bulb containing a filament and a wedge-shaped base extending from the bulb. Several lead wires connected to the filament are led out from the bottom of the wedge-shaped base, and folded along the front and rea... | 04/16/1991 |
| 5007980 | Liquid encapsulated zone melting crystal growth method and apparatus A method and apparatus for growing an extended length single crystal of a Group III-V or II-VI material such as GaAs by moving a crucible containing a seed crystal and precompounded crystal material encapsulated in a molten encapsulant preferably vertical... | 04/16/1991 |
| 5005441 | Line pressure control for automatic transmission An automatic transmission is disclosed wherein an accumulator back-up pressure is variable in response to engine load and also to the progress of a shift taking place. A line pressure solenoid is provided which controls a signal pressure supplied to an ac... | 04/09/1991 |
| 5006443 | Radiation sensitive reproduction composition and element with perfluoroalkyl group containing polymer Polymers comprising perfluoralkyl groups, reproduction layers containing these polymers and use thereof for waterless offset printing. The novel perfluoralkyl group-containing polymers comprise polymers or polycondensates and have, in each case as substit... | 04/09/1991 |
| 5005797 | Door mirror for vehicles The door mirror according to the present invention is a so-called tiltable door mirror for vehicles. The bearing member to bear the shaft of the mirror base which is to be fixed to the vehicle door is formed integrally with the synthetic resin-made mirror... | 04/09/1991 |
| 5005179 | Semiconductor device A semiconductor device having a current blocking layer and confinement current passing part formed on a semiconductor layer, and an electrode metal layer disposed on said current blocking layer and confinement current passing part, wherein the current blo... | 04/02/1991 |
| 5003956 | Electronic fuel injection control system for a multi-fuel internal combustion engine and method therefore In a multi-fuel engine which is operated on gasoline, alcohol or a mixture of the two, upon an alcohol sensor being diagnosed as being out of order, an alcohol correction factor in the injection pulse width calculation is clamped at an arbitrary value and... | 04/02/1991 |
| 5005133 | System and method for automatically controlling a vehicle speed to a desired cruising speed An improved system and method for automatically controlling a vehicle speed to a desired cruising speed are disclosed in which a vehicle speed is detected, a target vehicle cruising speed is set on the basis of a vehicle driver's intention, a driving char... | 04/02/1991 |
| 5003187 | Method and apparatus for surveying the surface of an object by projection of fringe patterns For sensing the surface of an object, a number of gratings with linear line patterns of different periods on a common carrier are successively projected onto the surface. Images of the line patterns deformed at the object surface are detected and stored b... | 03/26/1991 |
| 5003481 | Anti-skid brake control system for automotive brake system including projection of vehicular speed representative data An anti-skid brake control system derives a projected vehicular speed representative data by summing a time dependent acceleration and deceleration value and a latched wheel speed data which is periodically updated. The time dependent acceleration and dec... | 03/26/1991 |
| 5003435 | Automotive lamp assembly The automotive lamp assembly according to the present invention comprises a divergent-type concave mirror formed by a central reflecting area in which the optical axis lies and peripheral reflecting areas continuously extending rightward and leftward from... | 03/26/1991 |
| 5003385 | Stereoscopic television system A stereoscopic television system has first and second openings through which light rays reflected from an object to be viewed enter. The system includes a first polarizer polarizing the light rays passing through the first opening and a second polarizer p... | 03/26/1991 |
