Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7018260 | Electrode, manufacturing method thereof, and metal vapor discharge lamp A first electrode part in a rod shape is placed on an upper side, and a second electrode part in a rod shape having a higher melting point than that of the first electrode part is placed on a lower side, so that ends of the first and second electrode parts are broug... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6966811 | Method of fabricating an incandescent halogen lamp having flattened filament support leads An incandescent halogen lamp used in connection with a vehicle headlamp system in which stray light attributable to reflection off of internal lamp components is reduced while the structural integrity of the lamp is maintained. The halogen lamp includes two filament... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6800011 | Electrode producing method A flash discharge tube includes a pin-shaped cathode. The pin-shaped cathode has an electrode core of tungsten having a first end portion. A lead of nickel has a second end portion connected with the first end portion. In the electrode producing method, the electrod... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6774547 | Discharge lamp having a fluted electrical feed-through A fluted feed-through for a discharge lamp includes a fluted ceramic core with plural channels and plural individual molybdenum or tungsten wires running in different ones of the plural channels. The wires are twisted together at the ends of the feed-through. The fe... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6769947 | Method for manufacturing a lamp electrode An electrode E is manufactured through a series of steps that lend themselves to implementation on a machine tool. Electrode components 100, 158, 190 are joined or welded to other electrode components 62, 100, 158 and then cut to length from a continuo... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6607416 | Method and apparatus for setting X-ray tube filaments An apparatus (20) for setting a filament (22) on an electrode (24) comprises a body (52) having a central member (54) with a longitudinal axis (A--A), a first end member (56) and a second end member (58). The first and second end members (56, 58) are loca... | 08/19/2003 |
| 5140217 | Electric lamp having a push-in filament insert for filament mounting An electric lamp having a filament with open coiled ends and filament inserts have an end insertable into the open filament ends without threading cooperation and lockingly engage the filament turns. The ends of the filament inserts provide a resilient ra... | 08/18/1992 |
