Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6247489 | Check valve A valve is disclosed. The valve has a housing that defines a central area and has at least two flow ports therethrough. A cover is provided that has a flapper assembly pivotally attached thereto. The cover is removably attachable to the housing in a plura... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6118660 | Circuit module with improved heat transfer An electronic assembly having one or more heat producing semiconductor components in the form of a chip or die has improved heat dissipation properties. The semiconductor components are formed into subassemblies comprising one or more of the semiconductor... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6036917 | Corrosion resistant austenitic stainless steel An alloy having a composition, by weight, of about 0.025% or less carbon, about 0.5 to about 4.1% manganese, about 5.5 to about 6.2% silicon, about 11 to about 15% chromium, about 9.0 to about 15.5% nickel, about 0.8 to about 1.2% molybdenum and about 0.8... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6007209 | Light source for backlighting A light source for a display panel of the type used in notebook computers. The light source consists of a housing having diffusively reflecting bottom and side interior surfaces that form a cavity. The housing defines an aperture that is juxtaposed with a... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5980662 | Method for batch annealing of austenitic stainless steels Methods are provided for annealing coils of austenitic stainless steels through the use of a batch annealing process. The preferred methods involved selecting compositions of austenitic stainless steel alloys having a sufficiently low weight percentage of... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5954112 | Manufacturing of large diameter spray formed components using supplemental heating A process for manufacturing large diameter, spray formed billets, rings, or tubular forms by spraying atomized molten metal onto a rotating surface. The rotating surface has a collector surface that is maintained at a predetermined temperature or reheated... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5954296 | Aircraft canopy fracture system An aircraft canopy fracturing system includes a canopy having fore and aft portions and a region that is severable from the canopy to provide an opening therethrough for the egress of aircraft occupants. The severable region has a shape that inhibits pass... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5950657 | Modulating action non-flowing pilot operated relief valve A non-flowing pilot operated relief valve system having modulating action includes a relief valve and a pilot valve. The pilot valve includes a body forming a channel, an inlet port, a control port, and a vent port. A portion of the channel forms an inlet... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5860451 | Fluid admixture systems Apparatus for providing an admixture of first and second fluids has a first body having opposite ends, a chamber between such opposite ends, an inlet for first fluid into that chamber, and an aperture for the admixture at an end of that chamber. That appa... | 01/19/1999 |
