Did You Know...
...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 |
| 8184486 | Tunable current driver and operating method thereof A tunable current driver comprising a semiconductor memory device and a selective transistor is provided, in which one of the source/drain pair of the semiconductor memory device is electrically coupled with a lighting device, and one of the source/drain pair of the... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181949 | Micro-adjustable parallel bench vise A micro-adjustable parallel bench vise includes a slide holder having a top dovetail rail, a vise body having a bottom dovetail groove coupled to the dovetail rail of the slide holder and holding a fixed jaw member, a screw holder slidably mounted in the top side of... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8178458 | Dielectric ceramic composition A dielectric ceramic composition is disclosed. The dielectric ceramic composition of the present invention comprises BaTiO3 as the main component and one or more subcomponents. The one or more subcomponents include Sc2O3, MgCO3 | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177486 | Fan frame A fan frame has at least one protrudent connector and at least one recessed connector. The at least one protrudent connector is formed on a corner of a surface of the fan frame. The at least one recessed connector is formed on another corner of the same surface of t... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8171784 | Gas cylinder residual gas volume indicator A gas cylinder residual gas volume indicator includes a carrier having a weight-receiving part and a pressure-applying part, a hydraulic cylinder having a cylinder body holding a hydraulic fluid and a cylinder piston stopped against the pressure-applying part of the... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171706 | Wrapping machine A wrapping machine has a body, a heater, a lifting platform and a controller. The body has a base, a top board, an upper cover, an exhaust box and a vacuum pump. The top board is detachably mounted on the top of the base. The upper cover is pivotally connected to th... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8168698 | Method of using hyperbranched polyamine to exfoliate inorganic clay into random form of nanosilicate platelet A method for producing random form of nanosilicate platelets comprises mixing and acidifying an exfoliating agent with an inorganic acid to form an acidified exfoliating agent; intercalating layered inorganic silicate clay with the acidified exfoliating agent to for... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8168091 | Polyvinyl alcohol film composition, and polarizing plate employing the same The invention provides a polyvinyl alcohol film composition including: (A) 100 parts by weight of polyvinyl alcohol; and (B) 0.001 to 30 parts by weight of a multi-hydroxyl polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS). The POSS is soluble in polar solvents, but insol... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8162295 | Reaction vessel assembly with gas exchange means A reaction vessel assembly achieves enhanced aeration or gas exchange in its gas-in-liquid multiphase mixing reaction through the use of its mixing energy and gas-lift venting, and without the traditionally practiced external line gas sparging. It combines the best ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8158358 | Method for gender identification of eagles with probe-based real-time PCR and the sequences used for gender identification of eagles A method for gender identification of eagles includes: providing a DNA of an eagle; performing a probe-based real-time PCR using the DNA as a template, a universal primer pair P2/P8 as a primer pair and a first probe and a second probe as probes, wherein the 5′ en... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8147091 | Linear solid-state lighting with shock protection switches A linear light-emitting diode (LED)-based solid-state device comprising at least two shock protection switches, at least one each at the two ends of the device, fully protects a person from possible electric shock during re-lamping with LED lamps. ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8139299 | Lens activating device A lens activating device includes at least one elastic piece, at least one stationary piece and a movable piece. At least one elastic piece has at least four sheet portions and four sets of elastic portions. Each set of the elastic portions are serpentine and connec... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8138263 | Flexible, low dielectric loss composition and method for preparing the same A flexible, low dielectric loss composition, used to fabricate a flexible substrate, is provided. The composition includes: SrTiO3 and/or Ba(Sr)TiO3 ceramic particle, with a particular size between 30 nm and 2 μm, in an amount of 20-80% by wei... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8128384 | Tube loading assembly for peristaltic pump A spring mounted tube pressing member for peristaltic pumps allows loading and unloading of an elastic tube section between the tube pressing member and a continuously revolving rotor assembly by selectively moving between a locked position for fluid transfer and an... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8123424 | Ink feeder for felt-tip ink pen An ink feeder for a felt-tip ink pen and communicable with an ink reservoir defined in the ink pen includes a main body made of a rigid material to internally define a feeding bore; a plurality of micro raised portions radially inward protruded from and circumferent... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8114497 | Optical disc and manufacturing method thereof A method of manufacturing an optical disc comprises the steps of: (1) forming a substrate including an inner supporting section and an outer information recording section, the inner supporting section having a thickness larger than that of the outer information reco... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8114471 | Method for making a transfer pattern thin film A method for making a transfer-pattern thin film includes the step of preparing a compound mixture by mixing a hard coat material and a release material with a water-based, neutral or oil-based solvent, and the step of applying the compound mixture thus obtained to ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8113191 | Flame tamers and arrangement thereof for barbeque grills Flame tamers for bridging on a barbeque burner box above heat sources of a barbeque grill to distribute heat energy evenly over the barbeque cooking surface have protruding openings extending toward one more of the peripheral walls of the barbeque burner box so that... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8113091 | Hammer with a socket hole blocking device A hammer includes a metal hammerhead having a socket hole, a wooden handle fastened to the socket hole, and a socket hole blocking device blocking the socket hole. The socket hole blocking device includes a cap, which is fitted into the socket hole in flush with the... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8110710 | Process for producing bis-alkoxylated diols of bisphenol a from spent polycarbonate discs(PC) or PC waste This invention provides one-pot reaction for digesting polycarbonate waste with alkylene glycol in the presence of a basic catalyst at 180° C. under normal atmospheric pressure. The digested product mixture was found to consist of bisphenol A (BPA) and monoalkoxyla... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8109322 | Heat plate type cooler module A heat plate type cooler module includes a heat plate, which is formed of a bottom cover plate and a top cover plate and having a working fluid filled in a vacuum chamber between the top cover plate and the bottom cover plate; heat pipes each having a cold end and a... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8109123 | Riveting unit for electric rivet gun A riveting unit is assembled with an electric rivet gun, including a transmission unit, a clamping jaw having a locating portion driven by the transmission unit to be moveable between a first position and a second position, a first sensor detecting whether the locat... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8108970 | Hinge mechanism and an electronic device therewith A hinge mechanism has at least one hinge assembly, a rail assembly and a sliding bracket. The hinge assembly has a hinge and a lifting seat. The hinge is adapted to pivotally connect a cover and a base of an electronic device. The lifting seat is attached to the cov... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8104976 | Adaptive device for shifting imaging axis across fiber-optic endfaces in multi-fiber connector for inspection A device for shifting the imaging axis of a microscope across the endfaces of a multi-fiber connector for inspecting the endfaces comprises: a supporting body attached to the optical tube of a microscope and having an extended portion; a swinging lever mounted at on... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8101874 | Watertight junction box A watertight junction box includes a box body, a lower floating plate, an upper floating plate, a lock cap, a modular cable inserted into the box body and kept in contact with sharp copper contacts, a holding down plate for holding down an external power wire on the... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8101038 | Double-sided metal clad laminate and fabrication method thereof The invention discloses double-sided metal clad laminates and fabrication methods thereof. A plurality of polyamic acid coatings is co-extruded on a first metal foil and heat imidization to provide a multilayer polyimide film. A second metal foil is hot pressed on t... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8093829 | Lamp driving device with open voltage control A lamp driving device with an open voltage control comprises a DC power source, a square wave switch, a square wave controller, an LC resonant circuit, a driver transformer and a current detector; wherein the square wave switch outputs a square wave signal to the LC... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8088855 | Powder coating method and paint thereof Disclosed is a powder coating method and paint thereof. First, a metal object is applied a voltage. Second, paint is rubbed to carry a static charge, wherein the static charge is opposite to the voltage applied to the metal object. The statically charged paint is th... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8088662 | Fabrication method of trenched metal-oxide-semiconductor device A fabrication method of a trenched metal-oxide-semiconductor device is provided. Firstly, an epitaxial layer is formed on a substrate. Then, a plurality of gate trenches is formed in the epitaxial layer. Afterward, a spacer is formed on the sidewall of the trench ga... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8088490 | Varnish, prepreg, and substrate thereof A halogen-free varnish includes (A) resin, (B) curing agent, (C) flame inhibitor (flame-retarding agent), (D) accelerator and (E) additives. Resin of (A) has novolac epoxy resin, DOPO-CNE and DOPO-HQ-CNE. Curing agent of (B) includes Benzoxazine resin and phenol nov... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8088452 | Powder coating method and paint thereof Disclosed is a powder coating method and paint thereof. First, a metal object is applied a voltage. Second, paint is rubbed to carry a static charge, wherein the static charge is opposite to the voltage applied to the metal object. The statically charged paint is th... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8088447 | Sulfonated polyether ether ketone ketone, film utilizing the same, and method for manufacturing the same A series of crosslinkable sulfonated poly(ether ketone)s containing cycloalkenyl groups were synthesized by aromatic nucleophilic substitution reaction. To decrease the swelling of fuel cell membranes, crosslinking of theses polymers by radical polymerization has be... | 01/03/2012 |
| D651776 | Dust collector | 01/03/2012 |
| 8085952 | Combination equalizer and calibrator circuit assembly for audio system A combination equalizer and calibrator circuit assembly includes a calibrator formed of a frequency control circuit, a signal generator, an amplifier circuit connected with a microphone, a compare circuit and a display circuit and connected to the front end of an eq... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8084043 | Subunit vaccine of in veterinary uses The present invention declaims the use of Pasteurella lipoprotein E (PlpE) as a subunit vaccine and the use of vaccines containing PlpE to protect animals from diseases caused by P. multocida. The results of vaccination and challenge experiments showed... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8076435 | Acrylic copolymers with high heat-resistance and preparation thereof An acrylic copolymer with high heat-resistance is provided. The acrylic copolymer includes repeat units of a monomer of Formula (1) and repeat units of a methacrylic monomer derivative: wherein x is 1-3 and y is 0-3. The ac... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8074323 | Inverted-type hinge and a portable electronic device A portable electronic device with an inverted-type hinge has a cover connected to a stationary bracket, a side shell connected to a tilting assembly, a cover connected to an inverting assembly and a sliding assembly being eccentric to a tilting shaft. With cooperati... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8067568 | Method for diagnosing spinal muscular atrophy A method for diagnosing spinal muscular atrophy is provided. The method includes providing a biological sample of a subject containing a nucleotide of SMN gene, amplifying SMN exons 1, 2a, 2b, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 by a unive... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8062198 | Inversion table An inversion table has a mounting bracket, a backrest, an ankle clamp assembly and a heating device. The mounting bracket has a rear supporting frame and two front supporting legs to form a triangle. The rear supporting frame has two pivotal points. The backrest is ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8058387 | Soluble polythiophene derivatives The present invention discloses a soluble polythiophene derivative containing highly coplanar repeating units. The coplanar characteristic of the TPT (thiophene-phenylene -thiophene) units improves the degree of intramolecular conjugation and intermolecular π-π in... | 11/15/2011 |
