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...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 |
| 4762596 | Process for removal of hydrogen halides or halogens from incinerator gas A process for reducing the amount of halogens and halogen acids in high temperature combustion gases and through their removal, the formation of halogenated organics at lower temperatures, with the reduction being carried out electrochemically by contacti... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4731571 | Control for stabilizing the alignment position of the rotor of a synchronous motor A method and apparatus for damping oscillations in the rotor load angle of a synchronous motor to provide stable rotational alignment in high precision applications. The damping method includes sensing the angular position of the rotor and utilizing the p... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4714661 | Molten carbonate fuel cell A molten electrolyte fuel cell with an array of stacked cells and cell enclosures isolating each cell except for access to gas manifolds for the supply of fuel or oxidant gas or the removal of waste gas, the cell enclosures collectively providing an enclo... | 12/22/1987 |
| 4687717 | Bipolar battery with array of sealed cells A lithium alloy/metal sulfide battery as a dipolar battery is disclosed with an array of stacked cells with the anode and cathode electrode materials in each cell sealed in a confining structure and separated from one another except across separator mater... | 08/18/1987 |
| 4670405 | Sensor array for toxic gas detection A portable instrument for use in the field in detecting and identifying a hazardous component in air or other gas including an array of small sensors which upon exposure to the gas from a pattern of electrical responses, a source of standard response patt... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4654192 | Temperature actuated automatic safety rod release A temperature-actuated apparatus is disclosed for releasably supporting a safety rod in a nuclear reactor, comprising a safety rod upper adapter having a retention means, a drive shaft which houses the upper adapter, and a bimetallic means supported withi... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4643955 | Molten carbonate fuel cell reduction of nickel deposits A molten carbonate fuel cell with anode and cathode electrodes and an eleolyte formed with two tile sections, one of the tile sections being adjacent the anode and limiting leakage of fuel gas into the electrolyte with the second tile section being adjac... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4642140 | Process for producing chalcogenide semiconductors A process for producing chalcogenide semiconductor material is disclosed. The process includes forming a base metal layer and then contacting this layer with a solution having a low pH and containing ions from at least one chalcogen to chalcogenize the la... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4600656 | Electroless metal plating of plastics Process for plating main group metals on aromatic polymers is carried out by the use of a nonaqueous solution of a salt of an alkali metal in a positive valence state and a main group metal in a negative valence state with contact between the solution and... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4591414 | Method of determining methane and electrochemical sensor therefor A method and instrument including an electrochemical cell for the detection and measurement of methane in a gas by the oxidation of methane electrochemically at a working electrode in a nonaqueous electrolyte at a voltage about about 1.4 volts versus R.H.... | 05/27/1986 |
| 4564567 | Electronically conductive ceramics for high temperature oxidizing environments A high temperature, ceramic composition having electronic conductivity as measured by resistivity below about 500 ohm-cm, chemical stability particularly with respect to cathode conditions in a molten carbonate fuel cell, and composed of an alkali metal, ... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4562036 | Shock wave absorber having apertured plate The shock or energy absorber disclosed herein utilizes an apertured plate maintained under the normal level of liquid flowing in a piping system and disposed between the normal liquid flow path and a cavity pressurized with a compressible gas. The degree ... | 12/31/1985 |
| 4560533 | Fast reactor power plant design having heat pipe heat exchanger The invention relates to a pool-type fission reactor power plant design having a reactor vessel containing a primary coolant (such as liquid sodium), and a steam expansion device powered by a pressurized water/steam coolant system. Heat pipe means are dis... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4559924 | Thin film absorber for a solar collector This invention pertains to energy absorbers for solar collectors, and more particularly to high performance thin film absorbers. The solar collectors comprising the absorber of this invention overcome several problems seen in current systems, such as exce... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4540642 | Cell design for lithium alloy/metal sulfide battery The disclosed lithium alloy/iron sulfide cell design provides loop-like positive and negative sheet metal current collectors electrically insulated from one another by separator means, the positive collector being located outwardly of the negative collect... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4529670 | Fuel cell having dual electrode anode or cathode A fuel cell that is characterized by including a dual electrode anode that is operable to simultaneously electro-oxidize a gaseous fuel and a liquid fuel. In alternative embodiments, a fuel cell having a single electrode anode is provided with a dual elec... | 07/16/1985 |
| 4510212 | Solid oxide fuel cell having compound cross flow gas patterns A core construction for a fuel cell is disclosed having both parallel and cross flow passageways for the fuel and the oxidant gases. Each core passageway is defined by electrolyte and interconnect walls. Each electrolyte wall consists of cathode and anode... | 04/09/1985 |
| 4508797 | Hermetically sealed electrical feedthrough for high temperature secondary cells A passthrough seal is disclosed for electrically isolating the terminal in a lithium/metal sulfide cell from the structural cell housing. The seal has spaced upper and lower insulator rings fitted snuggly between the terminal and an annularly disposed ups... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4500488 | Encapsulated fuel unit and method of forming same This invention teaches an encapsulated fuel unit for a nuclear reactor, such as for an enriched uranium fuel plate of thin cross section of the order of 1/64 or 1/8 of an inch and otherwise of rectangular shape 1-2 inches wide and 2-4 inches long. The cas... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4499663 | Method of fabricating a monolithic core for a solid oxide fuel cell A method is disclosed for forming a core for use in a solid oxide fuel cell that electrochemically combines fuel and oxidant for generating galvanic output. The core has an array of electrolyte and interconnect walls that are substantially devoid of any c... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4483323 | Tensioning device for a stretched membrane collector Disclosed is a solar concentrating collector comprising an elastic membrane member for concentrating sunlight, a frame for holding the membrane member in plane and in tension, and a tensioning means for varying the tension of the membrane member. The tens... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4478784 | Passive heat transfer means for nuclear reactors An improved passive cooling arrangement is disclosed for maintaining adjacent or related components of a nuclear reactor within specified temperature differences. Specifically, heat pipes are operatively interposed between the components, with the vaporiz... | 10/23/1984 |
| 4477541 | Solid electrolyte structure A solid electrolyte structure for fuel cells and other electrochemical devices providing oxygen ion transfer by a multiplicity of exposed internal surfaces made of a composition containing an oxide of a multivalent transition metal and forming small pore-... | 10/16/1984 |
| 4476196 | Solid oxide fuel cell having monolithic cross flow core and manifolding This invention discloses a monolithic core construction having the flow passageways for the fuel and for the oxidant gases extended transverse to one another, whereby full face core manifolding can be achieved for these gases and their reaction products. ... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4476197 | Integral manifolding structure for fuel cell core having parallel gas flow Disclosed herein are manifolding means for directing the fuel and oxidant gases to parallel flow passageways in a fuel cell core. Each core passageway is defined by electrolyte and interconnect walls. Each electrolyte and interconnect wall consists respec... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4476198 | Solid oxide fuel cell having monolithic core A solid oxide fuel cell for electrochemically combining fuel and oxidant for generating galvanic output, wherein the cell core has an array of electrolyte and interconnect walls that are substantially devoid of any composite inert materials for support. I... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4465744 | Super ionic conductive glass An ionically conducting glass for use as a solid electrolyte in a power or secondary cell containing an alkali metal-containing anode and a cathode separated by an alkali metal ion conducting glass having an ionic transference number of unity and the gene... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4455286 | High-temperature sorbent method for removal of sulfur containing gases from gaseous mixtures A copper oxide-zinc oxide mixture is used as a sorbent for removing hydrogen sulfide and other sulfur containing gases at high temperatures from a gaseous fuel mixture. This high-temperature sorbent is especially useful for preparing fuel gases for high t... | 06/19/1984 |
| 4442078 | Method of removing hydrogen sulfide from gases utilizing a zinc oxide sorbent and regenerating the sorbent A spent solid sorbent resulting from the removal of hydrogen sulfide from a fuel gas flow is regenerated with a steam-air mixture. The mixture of steam and air may also include additional nitrogen or carbon dioxide. The gas mixture contacts the spent sorb... | 04/10/1984 |
| 4440837 | Positive electrode current collector for liquid metal cells A current collector for the positive electrode of an electrochemical cell with a positive electrode including a sulfide. The cell also has a negative electrode and a molten salt electrolyte including halides of a metal selected from the alkali metals and ... | 04/03/1984 |
| 4415524 | Apparatus for and method of monitoring for breached fuel elements This invention teaches improved apparatus for the method of detecting a breach in cladded fuel used in a nuclear reactor. The detector apparatus uses a separate bypass loop for conveying part of the reactor coolant away from the core, and at least three s... | 11/15/1983 |
| 4415412 | Production of anhydrous aluminum chloride composition and process for electrolysis thereof A process for producing an anhydrous aluminum chloride composition from a water-based aluminous material such as a slurry of aluminum hydroxide in a multistage extraction process in which the aluminum ion is first extracted into an organic liquid containi... | 11/15/1983 |
| 4325217 | Solid state engine with alternating motion Heat energy is converted to mechanical motion utilizing apparatus including a cylinder, a piston having openings therein reciprocable in the cylinder, inlet and outlet ports for warm water at one end of the cylinder, inlet and outlet ports for cool water ... | 04/20/1982 |
| 4263381 | Sintering of beta-type alumina bodies using alpha-alumina encapsulation A method of sintering a shaped green, beta-type alumina body comprising: (A) inserting said body into an open chamber prepared by exposing the interior surface of a container consisting essentially of at least about 50 weight percent of alpha-alumina and ... | 04/21/1981 |
| 4259178 | Coke from coal and petroleum A carbonaceous coke is manufactured by the delayed coking of a slurry mixture of from about 10 to about 30 weight percent of caking or non-caking coal and the remainder a petroleum resid blended at below 50° C.... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4251600 | Method of preparing a sintered lithium aluminate structure for containing electrolyte A porous sintered tile is formed of lithium aluminate for retaining molten lectrolyte within a fuel cell. The tile is prepared by reacting lithium hydroxide in aqueous solution with alumina particles to form beta lithium aluminate particles. The slurry is ... | 02/17/1981 |
| 4248686 | Cross flow electrofilter and method A filter for clarifying carbonaceous liquids containing finely divided solid particles of, for instance, unreacted coal, ash and other solids discharged from a coal liquefaction process is presented. The filter includes two passageways separated by a poro... | 02/03/1981 |
| 4244706 | Process for gasifying carbonaceous material from a recycled condensate slurry Coal or other carbonaceous material is gasified by reaction with steam and oxygen in a manner to minimize the problems of effluent water stream disposal. The condensate water from the product gas is recycled to slurry the coal feed and the amount of addit... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4244898 | Method of preparing porous, rigid ceramic separators for an electrochemical cell Porous, rigid separators for electrochemical cells are prepared by first calcining particles of ceramic material at temperatures above about 1200° C. for a sufficient period of time to reduce the sinterability of the particles. A ceramic powder that has ... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4238721 | System and method for charging electrochemical cells in series A battery charging system capable of equalizing the charge of each individual cell at a selected full charge voltage includes means for regulating charger current to first increase current at a constant rate until a bulk charging level is achieved or unti... | 12/09/1980 |
