Did You Know...
...that the Eveready Battery began as an invention called the "electric flowerpot," which was a tube with a battery and light bulb inside? The idea was to fasten this gizmo to the side of a flowerpot so it would illuminate the flowers from the bottom. The idea died on the vine and the businessman who licensed the flower pot, Conrad Huber, was left with a pile of useless tubes -- until he found a way to market them as batteries to light the world!
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
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| 20110098854 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING A MULTIPLE-MACHINE ARRANGEMENT In a method and device to control a multiple-machine arrangement with at least one first controller and one second controller, specific data packages for the controllers are generated, these specific data packages are transferred to the controllers, the transferred data... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110022229 | MASTER INTERFACE AND DRIVING METHOD OF SURGICAL ROBOT A master interface and a driving method for a surgical robot are disclosed. The master interface is mounted on a master robot, to manipulate a slave robot connected with the master robot, and includes: a main handle coupled to the master robot; a sub-handle coupled to t... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110022217 | WORK MOUNTING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MOUNTING This object aims to provide a work mounting system which has an improved usability and can be miniaturized. A work mounting system (1) is used to mount a sunroof member (3) on the inner panel (2A) of a body (2). The work mounting system (1... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20100198388 | Production plant, particularly for suitcases and trunks A production plant, particularly for suitcases and trunks, such suitcases and trunks comprising at least two half-shells mutually associated so as to form at least one internal containment compartment. The plant comprises: at least one station for loading at least one h... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20090276071 | MUTEX-MEDIATED CONTROL OF SPATIAL ACCESS BY APPLIANCES MOVEABLE OVER A COMMON PHYSICAL SPACE A configurable mutual exclusion function oversees movement of appliances mobile over a common physical space in an automated laboratory workstation. A configurable mutex is allotted for each moveable appliance and is configurable to protect a task site when obtained for... | 11/05/2009 |
| 20090196716 | Scalable stocker with automatic handling buffer Scalable storage can be achieved with linear array storage of wafers, comprising two linear arrays of storage compartments on opposite walls, with a middle transfer mechanism. Together with a buffer station for automatic material handling system, a scalable bare wafer s... | 08/06/2009 |
| 20090143911 | High throughput method of in transit wafer position correction in system using multiple robots Methods correcting wafer position error are provided. The methods involve measuring wafer position error on a robot, e.g. a dual side-by-side end effector robot, during transfer to an intermediate station. This measurement data is then used by a second robot to perform ... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090132057 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING THE MOVEMENTS OF A PLURALITY OF MECHANICAL UNITS A control system is disclosed for controlling the movements of a plurality of mechanical units. The control system includes a plurality of independent control units, each including one or more control programs having instructions for controlling movements of at least on... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20080138178 | High throughput serial wafer handling end station An ion implantation apparatus, system, and method are provided for transferring a plurality of workpieces between vacuum and atmospheric pressures, wherein an alignment mechanism is operable to align a plurality of workpieces for generally simultaneous transportation to... | 06/12/2008 |
| 20080010705 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A HAPTIC DEVICE A method of compensating for motion of objects during a surgical procedure is provided. The method includes determining a pose of an anatomy of a patient; determining a pose of a surgical tool of a surgical device; defining a relationship between the pose of the anatomy... | 01/10/2008 |
| 20080010706 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A HAPTIC DEVICE A method for controlling a surgical device is provided. The method includes manipulating the surgical device to perform a procedure on a patient; determining whether a relationship between an anatomy of the patient and a position, an orientation, a velocity, and/or an a... | 01/10/2008 |
