Did You Know...
...that the video game, Pong, was invented by a guy who graduated at the bottom of his engineering class? Nolan Bushnell spent more time running the games at a local amusement park than he did on his studies at the University of Utah. His dreams of working for Disney's amusement empire were dashed when the company wouldn't hire him. Taking a boring job, Nolan daydreamed about electronic versions of popular games. He invented Pong, the first video game, and went on to found Atari Co.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4073665 | Microwatt thermoelectric generator A microwatt thermoelectric generator suitable for implanting in the body. The disclosed generator utilizes a nuclear energy source. Provision is made for temporary electrical connection to the generator for testing purposes, and for ensuring that the heat... | 02/14/1978 |
| 4045247 | Thermocouples of tantalum and rhenium alloys for more stable vacuum-high temperature performance Thermocouples of the present invention provide stability and performance reliability in systems involving high temperatures and vacuums by employing a bimetallic thermocouple sensor wherein each metal of the sensor is selected from a group of metals compr... | 08/30/1977 |
| 4036665 | Thermopile for microwatt thermoelectric generator Athermopile for a microwatt thermoelectric generator suitable for implanting in the body. The thermopile comprises a series of semiconductive thermoelectric elements such as P- and N-type bismuth telluride deposited as a thin film on a substrate such as a... | 07/19/1977 |
| 4032363 | Low power high voltage thermopile An electrical power generating array of a semiconductor, laminar structured thermopile for producing low values of electrical power at high values of direct output voltage and a method for its manufacture including the step of lapping opposed semiconducto... | 06/28/1977 |
| 4026726 | Nuclear battery shock-support system In a nuclear battery utilizing the Seebeck Effect to produce an electric voltage, a shock support system is disclosed wherein thermally conductive spring means and alignment caps support a thermoelectric converter between a heat sink and an independently ... | 05/31/1977 |
| 4024420 | Deep diode atomic battery A deep diode atomic battery is made from a bulk semiconductor crystal containing three-dimensional arrays of columnar and lamellar P-N junctions. The battery is powered by gamma rays and x-ray emission from a radioactive source embedded in the interior of... | 05/17/1977 |
| 4020368 | Electric power generator An electric power generator of the type employing a nuclear heat source or the like and a thermoelectric converter is described wherein a transparent thermal insulating medium is provided inside an encapsulating enclosure to thermally insulate the heat so... | 04/26/1977 |
| 4018625 | Thermo-electric assemblies A thermo-electric assembly comprises a plurality of metal layers, of alternately different metals, with dielectric layers between them, the layers being produced by deposition from the vapor-phase in a vacuum. Each dielectric layer separates adjacent meta... | 04/19/1977 |
| 4002497 | Thermoelectric batteries A thermoelectric battery comprises a thermoelectric module in the form of a matrix of rods of alternately p- and n-type semi-conductor material connected together in the manner of a thermopile. The thermoelectric module is suspended in a casing in contact... | 01/11/1977 |
| 3989547 | Thermoelectric generator having a resiliently mounted removable thermoelectric module An electrical generator having an Isotopic Heat Capsule including radioactive fuel rod 21 as a primary heat source and Thermoelectric Modules 41 and 43 as converters. The Biological Shield for the Capsule is suspended from Spiders at each end each consist... | 11/02/1976 |
| 3989546 | Thermoelectric generator with hinged assembly for fins A cylindrical casing has a central shielded capsule of radioisotope fuel. A plurality of thermonuclear modules are axially arranged with their hot junctions resiliently pressed toward the shield and with their cold junctions adjacent a transition member h... | 11/02/1976 |
| 3984258 | Microwatt thermoelectric generator A microwatt thermoelectric generator suitable for implanting in the body. The disclosed generator utilizes a nuclear energy source. Provision is made for temporary electrical connection to the generator for testing purposes, and for ensuring that the heat... | 10/05/1976 |
| 3981750 | Electrical generator A nuclear heart pacer having a heat-to-electricity converter including a solid-state thermoelectric unit embedded in rubber which is compressed to impress hydrostatic precompression on the unit. The converter and the radioactive heat source are enclosed i... | 09/21/1976 |
| 3980502 | Microwatt thermoelectric generator A microwatt thermoelectric generator suitable for implanting in the body. The disclosed generator utilizes a nuclear energy source. Provision is made for temporary electrical connection to the generator for testing purposes, and for ensuring that the heat... | 09/14/1976 |
| 3980503 | Microwatt thermoelectric generator A microwatt thermoelectric generator suitable for implanting in the body. The disclosed generator utilizes a nuclear energy source. Provision is made for temporary electrical connection to the generator for testing purposes, and for ensuring that the heat... | 09/14/1976 |
| 3979226 | Thermal generator with parallel circuits An improved thermal generator is described which includes a plurality of film thermocouples which are vapor-deposited on an insulating carrier material. The improvement resides in the fact that at least two rows of the thermocouples, arranged on the carri... | 09/07/1976 |
| 3970450 | Modified iridium-tungsten alloy A novel iridium alloy composition containing dopant level additions of aluminum, iron, nickel, rhodium and thorium is useful as a containment vessel for isotopic heat sources.... | 07/20/1976 |
| 3957541 | Implantable thermoelectric generator having thermopile compression wires Thermopile mounting comprising elongated thermoelectric elements with insulation therebetween arrayed into a thermopile block, electrical interconnections for said elements, a hot plate and a cold plate at each end of the thermopile and a plurality of ten... | 05/18/1976 |
| 3951692 | Microwatt thermoelectric generator A microwatt thermoelectric generator suitable for implanting in the body. The disclosed generator utilizes a nuclear energy source. Provision is made for temporary electrical connection to the generator for testing purposes, and for ensuring that the heat... | 04/20/1976 |
| 3945854 | Long-life thermoelectric generator Thermoelectric long-lasting microgenerator which may be implanted in the human body, using a cylinder containing a radioactive isotope as a heat source and the human body as a cold source. The connection between the heat source and the thermoelectric elem... | 03/23/1976 |
| 3944438 | Generation of electrical power A heat-to-electricity converter is disclosed which includes a radioactive heat source and a thermoelectric element of relatively short overall length capable of delivering a low voltage of the order of a few tenths of a volt. Such a thermoelectric element... | 03/16/1976 |
| 3934162 | Miniaturized nuclear battery The present invention relates to a miniaturized nuclear battery, consisting of several in series connected cells, wherein each cell contains a support which acts as positive pole and which supports on one side a ଲ-emitter, above said emitter is a ra... | 01/20/1976 |
| 3931532 | Thermoelectric power system A thermoelectric power system particularly adaptable for use in outer space in which a nuclear reactor heats a working fluid, which in turn supplies heat to a plurality of thermoelectric generators spaced about a ring-shaped support. A first heat pipe is ... | 01/06/1976 |
