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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8171836 | Pre-weakened skin seam for an air bag deployment cover An outer cover layer, for a panel that defines a rupturable deployment door of an air bag deployment system in an automotive vehicle, is formed with an invisible pre-weakened tear seam prior to being overlaid onto the panel. The outer cover layer material is pre-wea... | 05/08/2012 |
| 7862056 | Steering gear inertia damper A tunable mass damper for use in a vehicle steering system in which a rack and pinion gearing subsystem would otherwise transfer resonant vibrations to the vehicle steering wheel. The mass damper element is a generally cylindrical mass supported and suspended around... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7784820 | Air bag deployment chute An integrated air bag support structure that includes a support base for attachment to the rear side of a substrate. The support base is configured to surround a door support panel and both are configured for attachment to the rear side of a substrate in an area tha... | 08/31/2010 |
| 4508280 | Tape deck with take-up reel rotation sensor configured to prevent tape windup on the capstan or pinch roller A tape deck, which incorporates a non-contacting take-up reel rotation sensing means and associated sensing circuit for enabling the capstan and take-up reel drive mechanism. A magnetic field sensor is positioned across an air gap from a take-up reel moun... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4471308 | Method of diagnosing component failure in a DC voltage regulator The determination of specific faulty components in an automotive type DC voltage regulator is accomplished by detecting the presence or absence of harmonic frequencies, of the base operating frequency of an associated DC voltage generator, on terminals of... | 09/11/1984 |
| 4376583 | Surface inspection scanning system A system for laser scanning a relatively movable reflective surface element and inspecting that surface by monitoring the reflected energy in both light and dark channel receivers. Flaws occurring on the surface of the element, depending on the types of f... | 03/15/1983 |
| 4247942 | Jam resistant communication system 1. In a communication system, a first delay line having multiple spaced taps, means for supplying successive input pulses to said delay line, whereby in response to each input pulse variously delayed pulses appear at the taps of said delay line, means for... | 01/27/1981 |
