...that in the early 1940s GE engineer James Wright was charged with a task of utmost importance to the war effort: develop a cheap substitute for rubber that could be used to produce tires, gas masks and a whole host of military gear. Wright tackled the task diligently -- and wound up inventing Silly Putty.
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20080023265 | Combination Silencer The invention relates to a silencer being designed with sound absorptive material (13, 23) and a conduit section (1, 2) with one or more conduits (1) for leading gas flow into the silencer and with one or more outlets (2) for leading gas form... | 01/31/2008 |
| 20070205045 | Muffler for an exhaust system The present invention relates to a muffler for an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine, including a housing having at least one absorption chamber which is filled with an absorbent material that has an absorbent effect for airborne sound, a straight-through p... | 09/06/2007 |
| 20070125594 | Muffler assembly with sound absorbing member A muffler is disclosed that includes a housing, an inlet pipe, an outlet pipe, a first partition with first apertures, and a second partition with second apertures. The first partition and housing define a first chamber with which the inlet pipe communicates. The second... | 06/07/2007 |
| 20060006022 | Apparatus for filtering ultrasonic noise within a fluid flow system A method is employed to attenuate ultrasonic noise propagating in a flow stream of a fluid flow system. In particular, the method attenuates the noise propagating between a noise source and a reference point in the flow stream (wherein the reference point and the noise ... | 01/12/2006 |