Did You Know...
...that the Eveready Battery began as an invention called the "electric flowerpot," which was a tube with a battery and light bulb inside? The idea was to fasten this gizmo to the side of a flowerpot so it would illuminate the flowers from the bottom. The idea died on the vine and the businessman who licensed the flower pot, Conrad Huber, was left with a pile of useless tubes -- until he found a way to market them as batteries to light the world!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8138386 | Method for converting hydrocarbons with zeolite shaped catalyst The invention provides methods for converting hydrocarbons as starting material by industrial fixed-bed reaction processes with a zeolite shaped catalyst which has a low content of inorganic binder and a high pore volume and which shows high catalytic activity, long... | 03/20/2012 |
| D647745 | Toilet tissue holder | 11/01/2011 |
| 7840649 | Method and device for setting up a virtual electronic teaching system with individual interactive communication A method and device for setting up a virtual electronic teaching system with individual interactive communication is proposed. Various methods and devices for carrying out tele-teaching or e-learning sessions have been previously suggested. These methods and devices... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7762604 | Vehicle seating arrangement A vehicle seating arrangement adapted for use in connection with a vehicle having an increased cargo and/or passenger carrying capacity is provided. The vehicle seating arrangement comprises a front or first row seat coupled to a vehicle body, a second row seat and ... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7756607 | Floor reaction force estimation method for two-legged walking mobile body The direction of a component vector on a plane perpendicular to a predetermined axis of a floor reaction force acting on landing legs of a two-legged walking mobile body is determined such that the direction of a moment generated around a center-of-gravity of the bo... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7658053 | Method and device for packaging flat articles A method for packaging flat articles, whereby the flat articles (1), when in a transport flow (3), are covered on both sides by a packaging material (2a, 2b) and a welding beam (11) establishes cross-connections betwe... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7560844 | Permanent magnet rotary motor A permanent magnet rotary motor is provided in which cogging torque can be reduced and an increase in copper loss can also be prevented. A first divided core unit 13 is combined with a second divided core unit 15, thereby constituting a stator core ... | 07/14/2009 |
