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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8041221 | Method and apparatus for coupling optical signal with packaged circuits via optical cables and lightguide couplers Method and apparatus for coupling electrical and communication circuits, included in a packaged semiconductor comprising photo receivers, photo transmitters and photovoltaic cells, through lightguide and optical fiber cables. The packaged semiconductor combinations ... | 10/18/2011 |
| D590470 | Kickboard | 04/14/2009 |
| 7100734 | Electric-powered power steering apparatus An assist apparatus for electric-powered power steering apparatus is provided to have a torque sensor, steering shaft, preload pad 70, a torsion coil spring 30, and an electric motor 31. With the preload pad 70 and torsion coil spring ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 6947032 | Touch system and method for determining pointer contacts on a touch surface A system and method for determining pointer contacts on a touch surface includes a touch surface to be contacted by a pointer. At least one imaging device having a field of view looks generally along the touch surface. At least one processor communicates with the at... | 09/20/2005 |
