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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 |
| 7966813 | Sealing element for a brake cylinder of a vehicle braking system A sealing element seals a pressure piston which is movably arranged in a housing of a brake cylinder. The sealing element may be inserted into a ring-shaped groove which is provided in the housing. The sealing element includes an outer sealing lip for contact with a... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7059305 | Internalized component for fuel tanks An assembly is provided for internal placement of a component within a vehicle fuel tank. The assembly generally includes a two housing elements biased apart to retain the component within the fuel tank. The component may be non-destructively and selectively attache... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7048871 | Process for producing a deicing/anti-icing fluid In a process for producing a deicing/anti-icing fluid, a byproduct stream is obtained from a process that produces monoalkyl esters of long chain fatty acids. The stream includes water, glycerol, and an alkali-containing compound. The stream is converted to a deicin... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6502025 | Relative steering angle sensor diagnostic for momentary signal dropout Diagnostic monitoring of electrical signals from a quadrature sensor used for vehicle steering angle detection includes comparing the signals with a fault threshold (i.e., out-of-range voltages). A controller distinguishes between events of short enough d... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6416139 | Vehicle brake control assembly with an integral vehicle motion sensor Secondary circuit board which carries an acceleration sensor is mounted upon a primary circuit board in an anti-lock brake system control unit. The secondary circuit board is mounted at an angle to the primary circuit board and the acceleration sensor is ... | 07/09/2002 |
