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 |
| 6609258 | Disposable bag and fastener for a parts washer A kit for a parts washer includes a flexible bag adapted to fit inside the parts washer, and a fastener to hold an open end of the flexible bag.... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6597374 | Activity based remote control unit A remote control for controlling a plurality of controllable devices includes a processor, a display screen coupled to the processor, and memory coupled to the processor. The memory includes a program module to solicit information from a user regarding op... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6575031 | Transducer for measuring displacement of a vehicle spindle A transducer includes a body mountable to a vehicle spindle and a plurality of accelerometers coupled to the body. The plurality of accelerometers measure acceleration of the body. A calculation circuit coupled to the plurality of accelerometers receives ... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6571210 | Confidence measure system using a near-miss pattern A method and system of performing confidence measure in a speech recognition system includes receiving an utterance of input speech and creating a near-miss pattern or a near-miss list of possible word entries for the utterance. Each word entry includes a... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6561368 | Telescoping tube assembly with a cabling system A telescoping tube assembly includes a frame and a first longitudinal tube section mounted on the frame. A second longitudinal tube section is disposed within the first longitudinal tube section and adapted for telescoping motion into and out of the first... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6557932 | Roof assembly for a vehicle A roof assembly for a vehicle having an opening in its fixed roof has a stationary part to be fixed to the roof and a closure element supported by the stationary part. The closure element is slidably guided along guideways in the stationary part at its si... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6533349 | Open roof construction for a vehicle An open roof construction for a vehicle having an opening in its fixed roof comprises a stationary part with at least one guide rail, which is to be secured to the roof. An adjustable closure panel is supported by a mechanism which is capable of sliding m... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6526837 | Screw action grip with adjustable stiffness and alignment guides A test specimen holder for holding a test specimen in a material testing machine includes screw operated actuators with removable blocks of material. Preferably, a plurality of blocks of material is provided with a varying degree of compliance. Alignment ... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6523770 | Winding mechanism for a sun screen In a winding mechanism for a sun screen comprising a winding tube which is rotatable about a central axis for winding and unwinding the sun screen and driving means for said winding tube, the central axis is curved and the winding tube is flexible. A poss... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6513866 | Open roof construction for a vehicle An open roof construction for a vehicle for a vehicle having an opening in its fixed roof comprises a stationary part to be fixed to the roof. The stationary part includes at least one stationary guide rail at the edge of the roof opening, which extends i... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6505159 | Apparatus and method for providing speech input to a speech recognition system An apparatus and a method for providing input speech into a computer having a speech recognition system and an input device remote from the computer. The input device includes a microphone, an indicator and a user operated switch. To provide input speech,... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6499799 | Open roof construction for a vehicle An open roof construction for a vehicle comprising a roof opening provided in the roof of the vehicle which can be closed by means of a foldable assembly. A flow-influencing panel is pivotable outwardly from a position substantially in line with the roof ... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6496979 | System and method for managing application installation for a mobile device A method and system of installing applications for a plurality of mobile devices from a storage source, wherein each mobile device is of a different type, includes storing on the storage source a plurality of applications. Each application is designed for... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6494529 | Open roof construction for a vehicle An open roof construction for a vehicle having an opening in its fixed roof comprises a panel for selectively closing or at least partially opening the roof opening. An operating mechanism for the panel comprises a plate-shaped link, which is connected to... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6493758 | Offline viewing of internet content with a mobile device A method and system for transferring offline browsing content information of a wide area network from a host computer to a mobile device includes connecting the mobile device to the host computer and obtaining characteristic information of the mobile devi... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6491338 | Open roof construction for a vehicle An open roof construction for a vehicle having a roof opening that can be closed by a movable closure element. A sliding sunscreen is positioned under the closure element, wherein the sunscreen at least partially is a material that exhibits variable light... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6490563 | Proofreading with text to speech feedback A computer implemented system and method of proofreading text in a computer system includes receiving text from a user into a text editing module. At least a portion of the text is converted to an audio signal upon the detection of an indicator, the indic... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6485093 | Open roof construction for a vehicle An open roof construction for a vehicle comprising a roof opening that can be closed by a panel of which at least the rear edge can be pivoted upward and downward. A three-dimensional body is provided on the underside of said panel to influence the air fl... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6471286 | Open roof construction for a vehicle An open roof construction for a vehicle having an opening in the fixed roof comprises a stationary part for attachment to the roof, having stationary guide rails on either side of the roof opening and slidable slides with operating mechanisms therein. A c... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6464292 | Open roof construction for a vehicle An open roof construction or assembly for a vehicle having an opening in its fixed roof comprises a stationary part to be fixed to the roof. An upper closure element supported by said stationary part is adjustable between a closed position, in which it cl... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6457369 | Loading assembly having a soft actuator A loading assembly for applying a load to a test specimen includes a container having a volume of compressible fluid for providing a spring. A cylinder having a bore operably connected to the container. A piston is slidable in the bore and is operably cou... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6454346 | Open roof construction for a vehicle, and a vehicle having such open roof construction The invention relates to improvements in open roof constructions, which are particularly, but not exclusively of the rail-to-rail type. The side beams of these open roof constructions are generally attached directly to the reinforcement beams on the longi... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6450568 | Open roof construction for a vehicle There is disclosed an open roof construction for a vehicle, comprising a roof opening formed in the roof of the vehicle, which can be closed by means of at least one closure element which can be moved forward and backward between an open position and a cl... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6449589 | Elimination of left recursion from context-free grammars A method for transforming a first set of rule expressions forming a first grammar to a second set of rule expressions forming a second grammar includes identifying at least one left-recursive category of the first grammar; and applying a left-corner trans... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6447056 | Vehicle having an open roof construction and such open roof construction A vehicle having an open roof construction comprising a fixed roof provided with at least two openings which are separated from each other by a central part, and a stationary part fixed to the roof, at least two adjustable closure elements supported by sa... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6431987 | Spherical swivel with elastomeric positioning device A spherical swivel includes a base assembly having a clevis and a ball joined to the clevis. A swivel eye is movably joined to the ball. An elastomeric band positioning device includes an elastomeric band that is secured at opposite ends to the base assem... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6429658 | Engine ignition timing device An ignition timing device for timing an engine having a timing port includes a sensor securable in the timing port to provide a timing mark signal. An ignition sensor is adapted to provide an ignition signal. A comparator receives the timing mark signal a... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6419310 | Open roof construction for a vehicle An open roof construction for a vehicle having an opening in its fixed roof comprises a frame and an adjustable closure element. Said closure element is adjustable between a closed position, in which it closes the roof opening, and an open position, in wh... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6419309 | Open roof construction for a vehicle An open roof construction for a vehicle having an opening in its fixed roof comprises a frame to be fixed to the roof. The frame includes guide rails extending on either side of the roof opening. At least one adjustable closure element is adjustable betwe... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6412859 | Folding roof for a vehicle A folding roof for a vehicle having an opening in its fixed roof comprises a frame to be mounted in the opening, which frame comprises a passage opening and a flexible cover for selectively closing or releasing the opening. A control beam which is attache... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6394540 | Open roof construction for a vehicle An open roof construction for a vehicle having an opening in its fixed roof comprises a frame to be fixed to the roof, which includes at least one guide rail extending in the longitudinal direction of the open roof construction. A closure element supporte... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6390544 | Open roof construction for a vehicle An open roof construction for a vehicle having an opening in its fixed roof comprises a frame with stationary guide rails extending on either side of the roof opening and operating mechanisms which are movable therein. Each operating mechanism comprises a... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6375253 | Open roof construction for a vehicle and cover frame for attachment to the underside thereof An open roof construction for a vehicle having an opening in a fixed roof comprises a frame to be fitted in the opening of the fixed roof. The frame includes a part which extends under the roof of the vehicle, and a cover strip for covering said frame in ... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6364406 | Open roof construction for a vehicle An open roof construction for a vehicle having an opening in the fixed roof comprises a frame to be fixed to the roof and an adjustable panel supported by the frame and being adjustable between a closed position closing the roof opening and an open positi... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6353354 | Pulse-width modulated bridge circuit within a second bridge circuit A circuit for providing a current through a load includes a first bridge circuit connectable to the load. The first bridge circuit selectively applies a voltage across the load. A second bridge circuit is connected to the first bridge circuit and is conne... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6343833 | Open roof construction for a vehicle An open roof construction for a vehicle having an opening in its fixed roof comprises a frame to be fixed to the roof and a closure element supported by the frame. Said closure element is adjustable between a closed position, in which it closes the roof o... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6325452 | Folding roof for a vehicle A folding roof for a vehicle having an opening (2) in its fixed roof (1) comprises a stationary part (3) to be fixed to the roof, an adjustable cover (5) supported by said stationary part, which functions as the closure element. The cover is adjustable be... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6322137 | Folding roof for a vehicle A folding roof for a vehicle having an opening in its fixed roof comprises a stationary part to be fixed to the roof, which includes guide rails disposed at the longitudinal edges of the opening. An adjustable closure element supported by the frame is adj... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6310785 | Zero voltage switching DC-DC converter A DC-DC power converter includes input terminals and a rectifier circuit. An additional circuit is connected to the input terminals and the rectifier. The latter circuit is adapted to generate a varying voltage at output terminals of the rectifier that va... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6310458 | Blended velocity estimation A system and method for calculating the speed of a moving member having an output device providing an output periodic signal as a function of displacement of the moving member includes measuring a time duration for a plurality of first periodic occurrence... | 10/30/2001 |
