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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110083578 | BATTERY-POWERED RAIL VEHICLE A rail consist having at least one propulsion car having traction motors and at least one working car having working motors. Energy storage units are provided on the consist to provide power to the traction motors and the working motors. The energy storage units provide... | 04/14/2011 |
| 20070066193 | Reprofiling device for the rails of railroads that captures waste A device for the continuous reprofiling of the rails of railroads includes at least one abrasive rail reprofiling unit (2) guided along the railroad tracks and comprising at least one abrasive disk (3) that can be pressed against a rail (1). This de... | 03/22/2007 |
| 20050255800 | Portable rail cutting apparatus A portable rail cutting apparatus is presented herein. The portable rail cutting apparatus comprises a housing encasing a motor, the motor configured to drive a rotary abrasive blade, a drive pulley coupled to the motor, a driven pulley coupled to the rotary abrasive bl... | 11/17/2005 |
