Did You Know...
...that the video game, Pong, was invented by a guy who graduated at the bottom of his engineering class? Nolan Bushnell spent more time running the games at a local amusement park than he did on his studies at the University of Utah. His dreams of working for Disney's amusement empire were dashed when the company wouldn't hire him. Taking a boring job, Nolan daydreamed about electronic versions of popular games. He invented Pong, the first video game, and went on to found Atari Co.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8181692 | Method and apparatus for production of a cast component A system for producing cast components from molten metal. One form of the present invention includes a system for the precision pouring of molten metal within a casting mold. The precision pouring system is driven by a pressure differential. ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8176736 | EGR apparatuses, systems, and methods One embodiment is a unique system which is operable to provide a mixture of charge air and exhaust to an internal combustion intake at a sub-ambient temperature. Further embodiments, forms, objects, features, advantages, aspects, and benefits shall become apparent f... | 05/15/2012 |
| D659581 | Ring | 05/15/2012 |
| 8173439 | Measurement system with optical referencing A system is described for determining the concentration of an analyte in a liquid by absorption measurement comprising a test element with a detection area which contains at least one reaction area with reagents for detecting the analyte which cause a change in the ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172517 | Passive guide vane control A system for passively controlling a variable position guide vane in a turbo-machine. The system includes a shaft rotatable about an axis with an airfoil connected thereto. The shaft is biased toward a closed position, but will open in response to fluid flowing thro... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172516 | Variable geometry turbine A variable geometry turbine comprises a turbine wheel (9) supported in a housing (1) for rotation about an axis. A nozzle ring (5) is moveably mounted within a cavity (19) provided within the housing for adjustment of the width of an annu... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171726 | Software, methods and systems including soot loading metrics One embodiment is a method including a unique soot loading metric. The method includes treating exhaust with a soot filter, sensing information including a pressure differential of the soot filter, a temperature of the soot filter, an ambient pressure, an air flow, ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171707 | Corn stalk rollers Corn stalk rollers, comprising a plurality of roller assemblies pivotally mounted to and spanning the corn head of a corn harvest combine; an apparatus to bias the plurality of roller assemblies into contact with the ground while the corn harvest combine is harvesti... | 05/08/2012 |
| D659045 | Ring | 05/08/2012 |
| D659028 | Watch case | 05/08/2012 |
| 8170867 | System for extracting information from a natural language text In the method of extraction, the words of the text are encoded by comparing them with the contents of a lexicon of tool words (essentially articles, prepositions, conjunctions, and verbal auxiliaries), and nominal groups are then identified by searching subsets of t... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167538 | Torque monitoring apparatus A torque monitoring apparatus is disclosed herein. The torque monitoring apparatus includes a hub extending along an axis of rotation between first and second opposite ends. The torque monitoring apparatus also includes a plurality of spokes positioned on the hub an... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166942 | Start-up control of internal combustion engines An electric power generation system (20) is disclosed, which includes an electric power generator (22) driven by a four-cycle internal combustion engine (30). The engine (30) includes a plurality of reciprocating cylinders (C1-C... | 05/01/2012 |
| D658079 | Watch case | 04/24/2012 |
| 8157503 | Thermal management system In one embodiment a gas turbine engine is disclosed having a heat exchanger at least partially disposed in a bypass duct. In one form the gas turbine engine is a high bypass ratio engine. The heat exchanger may be coupled with a directed energy weapon to provide coo... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8154251 | System and method for controlling vehicle idling and maintaining vehicle electrical system integrity A battery charge maintenance system for a vehicle is provided. ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8147755 | Drum type container for analytical elements A drum type container for analytical elements comprises a casing defining a compartment with a plurality of portions For receiving respective ones of the analytical elements. The container further comprises a base assembly to which the casing is rotatably mounted. T... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8147181 | Device for inhibiting the flow of oil along a rotating shaft An oil control device inhibits the flow of oil along a shaft (8) rotating about an axis. The oil control device comprises an annular body (19) for rotation with said shaft (8) and includes a first face (30) extending generally radially fr... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146562 | System, method and apparatus for fuel injector diagnostics A method includes providing a system having a fluid flow, a fuel injector and an oxygen sensor disposed in the fluid flow, where the oxygen sensor is downstream of the fuel injector. The method includes determining a first air fuel ratio, changing an injection rate ... | 04/03/2012 |
| D656414 | Assembled watch casing body and watch case | 03/27/2012 |
| D656053 | Jewellery | 03/20/2012 |
| D656052 | Watch dial | 03/20/2012 |
| D656044 | Watch case | 03/20/2012 |
| 8134468 | High reliability pest detection A pest detection device includes a housing with a sensor and one or more bait members. The sensor includes one or more of a chisel-shaped electrically conductive trace carried on a substrate, a low resistance electrically conductive ink defining an electrical pathwa... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8133464 | Hydrogen production from formic acid The present invention relates to a method of producing hydrogen gas and carbon dioxide in a catalytic reaction from formic acid, said reaction being conducted in an aqueous solution over a wide temperature range and already at room temperature (25° C.). The reactio... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8129195 | Method for the production of an analytical element A method is provided for producing an analytical element comprising at least one test field for analyzing a liquid sample, wherein provision is made for a carrier on which a polymer fabric is arranged. At least one portion of the polymer fabric is irradiated with UV... | 03/06/2012 |
| D655348 | Placard holder | 03/06/2012 |
| 8124718 | Aminoplast resin of high performance for lignocellulosic materials A process for preparing an aqueous aminoplastic urea-formaldehyde resin suitable for use in bonding lignocellulosic materials, which provides products of very low formaldehyde emission while maintaining superior performance. ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8124289 | Multistage combustor and method for starting a fuel cell system A multistage combustor is configured for starting a fuel cell system, and includes a partial oxidation (POX) burner having an inlet for receiving a flow of a fuel/oxidant mixture, the POX burner being configured to partially oxidize fuel in the fuel/oxidant mixture ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8120363 | Voltage drop compensation for an electric power storage device charging system A system includes an electrical energy storage device that may be in the form of one or more batteries, a charger to selectively charge the electrical energy storage device, and charger cabling sized to electrically interconnect the storage device and the charger to... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8117964 | Process and apparatus for providing identity marks on security documents An intaglio-printing press for printing security documents comprising a plate cylinder (4) with at least one engraved printing plate (6), an impression cylinder (3), a wiping device (10) and an inking system, (5, 7a-8... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8117828 | Constant volume combustor having a rotating wave rotor A pressure wave apparatus utilizing the principles of pulsed detonation and wave rotor technologies. The apparatus includes inlet and outlet ports that interface with a plurality of fluid flow passageways on a rotor. A buffer gas is routed through some of the inlet ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8115997 | Projection screen A projection screen includes: a lenticular layer including rear and front surfaces, the front surface being formed with a plurality of convex microstructures; a reflecting layer formed on the front surface of the lenticular layer and having a plurality of convex sur... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8114318 | Ionic liquid electrolyte The present invention relates to electrolytes comprising tetracyanoborate and an organic cation as components of electrolytes in electrochemical and/or optoelectronic devices, in particular solar cells. This ionic liquid has low viscosity and can be used as electrol... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8109942 | Computer-aided methods, systems, and apparatuses for shoulder arthroplasty A method for performing shoulder arthroplasty or hemiarthroplasty is provided. The method includes generating navigational reference information relating to position and orientation of a body part forming at least a portion of the shoulder joint. The reference infor... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8109298 | Aircraft duct system A duct system comprises a duct region to be monitored and an aircraft leakage monitoring element (2). The aircraft leakage monitoring element comprises a sensor wire which is designed, at least in one section, in the shape of a coil with a plurality of windin... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8107603 | Contact number encapsulation system A contact number encapsulation system is disclosed that is operable to consolidate a plurality of contact numbers associated with a given user into a single contact number. The system includes a call processing application that uses information contained in a SIP me... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8105865 | Liquid charge transporting material The present invention relates to optoelectronic and/or electrochemical devices comprising an organic charge transporting material which is liquid at a temperature of ≦180° C. In particular in dye-sensitised solar cells, quantum efficiency higher than with prior a... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8105020 | Turbocharger A turbocharger comprises a turbine wheel (5) mounted within a housing assembly (1, 3) for rotation about a turbine axis, a gas flow inlet passage (8) upstream of the turbine wheel (5), and a gas flow control mechanism (10, 16, 32) ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8103427 | EGR flow compensation for a diesel air handling system A method is disclosed for adjusting a target EGR mass flow in response to a current charge flow and target EGR fraction. The method includes interpreting an air-fuel ratio and a target air-fuel ratio. The method further includes interpreting a charge flow and a targ... | 01/24/2012 |
