Did You Know...
...that several people are credited with the invention of the flush toilet? Most people have heard of Thomas Crapper (1837-1910), the sanitary engineer who invented the valve-and-siphon arrangement that made the modern toilet possible. Another claimant to "the throne" was British inventor Alexander Cumming who patented a toilet in 1775. Then there's a nameless Minoan (a native of ancient Crete) who lived 4,000 years ago who supposedly was ahead of his time and created the first flush toilet!
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20130045832 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING CRANKSHAFT TORQUE DURING A TRANSMISSION SHIFT WITH TORQUE CAPACITY-BASED TORQUE REDUCTION RANGE SELECTION A control system for use with an engine and a transmission in a vehicle is provided that includes at least one controller having a processor with at least one stored algorithm that determines different crankshaft torque capacities associated with different respective to... | 02/21/2013 |
| 20090270224 | GEAR CHANGE CONTROL DEVICE, STRADDLE-TYPE VEHICLE, AND GEAR CHANGE CONTROL METHOD A gear change control device actuates an actuator in response to an input of a gear change command and sets the clutch in an intermediate state between the engaged and disengaged states before a plurality of gears in the transmission are selectively engaged by dog clutc... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090227420 | FAST EXIT MODE ENGINE TORQUE CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS An engine control system of a vehicle comprises a first module and a cylinder deactivation module. The first module selectively adjusts torque output by an engine based on a vehicle torque request that is greater than a driver torque request. The cylinder deactivation m... | 09/10/2009 |
