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...that power steering was invented by independent inventor Francis W. Davis? As chief engineer in the 1920s of the truck division of the Pierce Arrow Motor Car Company, he saw how hard it was to steer heavy vehicles. So that he would be able to keep the profits from his future invention, Davis left his job, rented a small engineering shop in Waltham, Mass., and developed a hydraulic power steering system that led to power steering.
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| 20070188321 | Alarm system The present invention relates to an alarm system intended to trigger an alarm signal upon deviation from at least one environment-dependent reference predetermined for a specific environment. The alarm system comprises at least one portable unit intended to be placed in... | 08/16/2007 |
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| 20070132575 | EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION AND DIRECTIONAL SIGNALING APPARATUS An emergency notification and directional signaling apparatus includes an alarm remotely mountable from and responsive to an emergency event detector and alarm. The remote alarm activates one of a supplementary visual and audible alarm which may include one or more diff... | 06/14/2007 |
| 20070103325 | Apparatus for fire detection in an electrical equipment rack An apparatus for fire detection in an electrical equipment rack includes a suction pipe system which communicates with the rack monitored through at least one suction opening and through which a representative air sample is drawn from the rack, an early fire detection m... | 05/10/2007 |
| 20070090944 | Home-monitoring system A method and system for securing neighborhoods against crime. In one system, a short range wireless LAN technology, e.g., WiFi or WiMax, is employed to relay sensor information, including that from cameras, in real-time to a security server in a neighbor's house, which ... | 04/26/2007 |
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| 20060152356 | Disaster preventing system using digital radio communication A disaster prevention system using a wireless digital communication is disclosed. The object of the present invention is capable of outputting a fire alarm when a fire occurs, displaying a location of the fire, and also driving an initial fire fighting device installed ... | 07/13/2006 |
| 20060109344 | CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL, RADIOLOGICAL, AND NUCLEAR WEAPON DETECTION SYSTEM COMPRISING ARRAY OF SPATIALLY-DISPARATE SENSORS AND SURVEILLANCE EQUIPMENT A chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapon detection system is disclosed that comprises an array of spatially-disparate hazardous material sensors and an array of spatially-disparate video cameras. The telemetry from the sensors and the video feed from the... | 05/25/2006 |
| 20060109125 | System for RF detection and location determination of merchandising materials in retail environments A system and method for using a plurality of spaced receiver/transmitters controlled by a centralized BRT that includes a programmable device for selecting successive pairs of receiver/transmitters for interrogating at least some RF tags associated with respective objec... | 05/25/2006 |
| 20060087422 | Position detecting device A position detecting device selects sensors arranged in the order of sensor 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 in an X-axis direction and a Y-axis direction. In a first selection pattern, the device selects a sensor in the order of sensor 1, 6, 2, 5, 3, and 4.... | 04/27/2006 |
| 20060066452 | System for controlling ignition sources when flammable gas is sensed Upon detection of a flammable gas condition, an intelligent thermostat regulates operation of appliances that have sources of ignition which could be the source of or may ignite the flammable gas. This hazardous condition is detected by a flammable gas detector and is c... | 03/30/2006 |
| 20060049933 | Method and apparatus for tactical planning A method and apparatus as provided for aiding in the strategy and tactical planning for emergency response teams by dividing a site into a plurality of locations and making 360° photographs of the site from each location. The site is interrogated at each location to ob... | 03/09/2006 |
| 20050275525 | Method and apparatus for graphical display of a condition in a building system with a mobile display unit A method and apparatus uses a stored model of a building system to render an image showing a condition sensed of the building control system on a mobile display unit. The mobile display unit may be wirelessly integrated into the building control system. The mobile displ... | 12/15/2005 |
| 20050242943 | Method for inspecting and monitoring building, structure, or facilities accompanying them A method for performing maintenance inspection and monitoring of various structures and facilities by arranging a sensor on a moving portion of the facility of a building or a portion where wiring is difficult. The method includes a step of constructing a sensor network... | 11/03/2005 |
| 20050128070 | Building emergency path finding systems and method Signals from a plurality of detectors are evaluated to establish an ingress or an egress path or paths to and from a region. Where the detectors indicate flame or smoke concentrations, the ingress paths lead first responders to the source of the flame or smoke while egr... | 06/16/2005 |
