Did You Know...
...that while attempting to develop a super strong glue, 3M employee Spencer Silver accidentally developed a glue that was so weak it would barely hold two pieces of paper together? However, his colleague Art Fry needed the glue. Fry sang with his church choir and marked the pages of his hymnal with small scraps of paper that often fell out. He used Silver's glue to hold the papers in place. Today we call this invention Post-it Notes.
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
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| 20090101102 | Compact Output Speed Reduction System An appliance set comprising an appliance for receiving a rotational drive at an input shaft; an internal combustion engine having a crankshaft and an oil pump having at least one gear driven from the crankshaft; and a coupling that mechanically couples the input shaft t... | 04/23/2009 |
| 20090101101 | Load control device for engine of work vehicle A device for use in a work vehicle such as a wheel loader, capable of reliably preventing engine stall due to rapid application of high hydraulic load, without causing problems such as deterioration in fuel efficiency or vehicle performance and waste of energy. When the... | 04/23/2009 |
| 20090038301 | SECONDARY AIR SUPPLY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE A secondary air supply device for an internal combustion engine includes an air pump that can be actuated while the internal combustion engine is stopped. An air passage connects the air pump and an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine and an air supply con... | 02/12/2009 |
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| 20070137593 | Drive assembly for driving a rotary member, in particular a combustion engine water pump shaft In a drive assembly for driving a pulley of a water pump of a combustion engine, a movable supporting arm is fitted idly with a drive wheel, and is loaded by a torsion spring to bring the drive wheel into angular engagement with the pulley fitted to the shaft of the pum... | 06/21/2007 |
| 20070095335 | Four-cycle engine and motorcycle comprising four-cycle engine A four-cycle engine including an engine case configured to accommodate a crankshaft; a pump configured to suction air from an inner space of the engine case; and an air suction passage through which the inner space inner space of the engine case and the pump communicate... | 05/03/2007 |
| 20070095306 | Water-cooled internal combustion engine A water-cooled internal combustion engine configured so as to facilitate the change of the cooling system, thereby reducing costs. The crankcase of the water-cooled internal combustion engine is adapted to journal a crankshaft. The crankcase is covered by a crankcase co... | 05/03/2007 |
| 20070079778 | Cylinder block for integral gas compressor and internal combustion engine A cylinder block for an integral gas compressor and internal combustion engine. The cylinder block has a bank of compressor cylinders and a bank of engine cylinders, such as in a V-shaped configuration. Valve train openings are machined into the cylinder block adjacent ... | 04/12/2007 |
| 20070074700 | Power Tool A power tool has an internal combustion engine having a crankcase and a reciprocating piston. The interior of the crankcase is delimited by the reciprocating piston. A pump for conveying a fluid is provided, wherein the pump is driven by a fluctuating pressure in the cr... | 04/05/2007 |
| 20060102137 | ENGINE SHUT DOWN USING FLUID PUMP TO CONTROL CRANKSHAFT STOPPING POSITION Systems and methods for controlling stopping position of a crankshaft during shutdown of an internal combustion engine control a fluid pressure to control a corresponding drive torque of a fluid pump. Kinetic energy of the engine at shutdown may be used to control fluid... | 05/18/2006 |
| 20050263127 | Double sheave accessory drive pulley The present invention provides a pulley assembly adapted to transmit torque from a drive pulley to first and second driven accessories. The pulley assembly generally includes a housing and an auxiliary drive component. The auxiliary drive component is rotatably supporte... | 12/01/2005 |
| 20050072397 | Control device for at least one consumer, such as a camshaft adjuster, automatic transmsion and the like, of motor vehicles A control device for at least one consumer of a motor vehicle, having an engine and at least one pump for supplying a medium via at least one pressure line to the at least one consumer, is configured to supply the medium to the at least one consumer before the engine is... | 04/07/2005 |
| 20050016509 | External drive supercharger An external drive supercharger is described. The external drive supercharger includes an impeller, a multibelt pulley adapted to a drive source, an impeller pulley drivingly coupled to the impeller, and an external drive belt having at least one rib coupled to the multi... | 01/27/2005 |
