Did You Know...
...Chester Carlson was a patent agent who tired of having to make multiple copies of patent applications using the only duplication method available at the time: carbon paper. In 1959 he came up with a new copying system and took it to IBM for evaluation. The "experts" at IBM determined potential sales to be only 5,000 units because people wouldn't want to use a bulky machine when they had carbon paper. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, the company founded on the system is Xerox.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7401427 | Bracket assembly with detachable body for mounting a front license plate to an automotive vehicle A bracket for mounting a front license plate to an automotive vehicle that does not have an integrally designed and designated front license plate mounting location embodied as part of the front exterior of the vehicle that includes an associated integral license pl... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7322249 | Mounting for a probe sensor A robust, easy to mount probe sensor includes an elongated body enclosing a sensor element and an integral flange extending away from the body. The body and flange are formed of material having a relatively low characteristic yield point. First and second generally ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7318567 | Cable management device A cable management device includes a clamping mechanism (110) suitable for attachment to a surface. The clamping mechanism comprises an annular portion (111) having an outside surface (114), an inside surface (115) that forms a perimeter ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7303050 | Fastening element for elevator guide rails A sound-damping and/or vibration-damping fastening element for elevator guide rails includes an anchor rail connected by a damping medium with a support rail. The anchor rail supports the elevator guide rail and is partially embedded in the damping medium. The ancho... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7293755 | Vibration isolation device A vibration isolation device includes two attachment members inter-connected by an elastic member. One of the attachment members comprises a metal tubular member connected to the elastic member, a metal bracket in which the metal tubular member is press-fitted, and ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7284728 | Pipe hanger assembly The pipe hanger assembly is a pipe hanger and a holding assembly for retaining the pipe hanger against a pipe support. The pipe hanger has an inverted, generally U-shaped yoke having a slot defined in the bight of the yoke, a U-shaped saddle for supporting the pipe,... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7191997 | Vibration dampening system A vibration dampening system including a upper mounting portion, a lower mounting portion, and a vibration dampening portion coupling the upper mounting portion and the lower mounting portion. In some embodiments, the upper mounting portion is adapted to operably co... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7090207 | Single-end-mount seismic isolator A single-end-mount seismic isolator for protecting a structure from the effects of seismic shock or other external applied forces includes a load shaft that is secured at its first end to a mounting surface on which the structure is supported. So secured, the load s... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7073754 | Cable support systems Cable Support Systems for supporting an object at a desired distance below an overhead beam or other overhead structure are provided. Novel clamps for clamping to the overhead structure are fitted to support cables that encircle objects to be supported by the cable ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7070153 | Shock-limiting interface, compact (SLIC) A passive/reactive device protects a Payload from injury or damage due to the shock caused by impact or explosion. When the vehicle or structure mounting the Payload receives a shock pulse, the invention limits the acceleration transmitted from the vehicle or struct... | 07/04/2006 |
| 6962230 | Gas exhaust structure of fuel-cell-powered vehicle A gas exhaust structure of a fuel-cell-powered vehicle includes a recess formed in a rear bumper with a surrounding wall. An opening of the recess is covered with louvers to allow ventilation, thereby to form a chamber. A discharge end of the discharge pipe is mount... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6886799 | Structure for mounting heavy article to carrier body A structure for mounting a heavy article 27 to a carrier body 31 via an intermediate member 20, capable of temporarily fixing the heavy article during the mounting operation, wherein the intermediate member 20 is provided in a lower part ... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6739557 | Muffler hanger A muffler hanger includes a metallic body member, an elastic rubber mounting portion, a pair of elastic rubber supporting portions, and an elastic rubber connection portion. The metallic body member includes a bottom plate and a pair of side plates and assumes a U-l... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6727619 | Rotary locking motor retainer in a transmission housing A transmission housing includes a well, for receiving an electric drive motor, and a shaft hole, for receiving an idler gear shaft. The motor well is surrounded at its open end by a plurality of lugs formed in the housing and having inwardly-facing slots for receivi... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6715746 | Vibration isolation device with load dependent stiffness A vibration isolation device is disclosed. More specifically the vibration isolation device of the present invention comprises a fuse for decreasing the mount stiffness when loads above a threshold load value are applied to the device. The fuse for decreasing the mo... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6484976 | Center bearing hanger assembly A center bearing hanger assembly (68) for supporting a drive shaft (62) of a vehicle is provided. The center bearing hanger assembly (68) includes a center bearing (66), which supports the drive shaft, having an outer housing (76). The outer housing (76) ... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6412598 | Temporary fall protection system A temporary safety line system which is employed in protecting construction workers on the job site. The system is adapted to be removably interconnected to the surface of a structural beam, such as an I-beam. The system includes a series of intermediate ... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6402119 | Textile-reinforced rubber exhaust system hanger A molded rubber hanger with a reinforcing belt made from a woven fabric or a continuous yarn. The belt has perforations through which the rubber passes to form a mechanical bond. The perforations may be woven directly into a fabric, or they may be provide... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6392899 | Processor power delivery system A system for delivering power to a processor enables a DC-to-DC converter substrate to be secured to the processor carrier in the Z-axis direction. The ability to assemble converter to the processor in this way facilitates assembly compared to systems in ... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6386487 | Stretching device for electric cables A stretching and connection device for electric cables leading to a submersible electric machine such as a pump or a turbine operating in a tank or shaft (1) and which is surrounded by flowing water during operation, the device including a metal wire (8) ... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6311945 | Passive vibration isolation device A passive vibration isolation device includes a support frame, an instrument support platform and a plurality of vibration isolators. The support frame is adapted to rest on a support surface. The instrument support platform is adapted to support an instr... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6192611 | Banner support assembly A banner support assembly adapted to be mounted to an upstanding post including a pair of horizontally extending arms fixed in spaced relation to the post and first and second housing members adapted to receive an elongated banner's first and second slidi... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6147154 | Chloroprene rubber composition A chloroprene rubber composition which contains carbon black and of which the breaking elongation A and the static modulus in shear B of the vulcanizate satisfy the following formula: Aࣙ-36.4×B+1090 (1) where A is the breaking... | 11/14/2000 |
| 5934423 | Pipe restraint and method for using the same A pipe restraint and methods for its use are disclosed. The pipe restraint includes a hollow cylindrical housing of varying diameter. A shaft having first and second wedges is received by the housing. The housing is attached to a fixed structural member, ... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5908187 | Connector system for mounting an exhaust pipe to a truck cab The inventive device is a connector for mounting a vertical exhaust pipe to a truck cab. In one embodiment, the connector includes a bracket, a resilient member, a rigid bushing, a rod, and a clamp. The bracket is mountable to the cab in the proximity of ... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5887455 | Washing machine A washing machine includes an external cabinet, an outer tub installed inside the external cabinet, a spin basket rotatably installed inside the outer tub and a plurality of suspension units for suspending the outer tub with respect to the external cabine... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5884891 | Suspension system for washing machine An easy to assemble upper ball joint assembly for a wash tub suspension system is described. In accordance with one embodiment, the upper ball joint assembly includes a socket configured to be located within a keyed opening in the suspension system upper ... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5657649 | Full-automatic washing machine having a vibration damping assembly A full-automatic washing machine which can effectively prevent an undesirable vibration is disclosed. The washing machine has a vibration damping assembly having a base plate formed integrally with a outer tub, a bended plate extended transversely above a... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5544927 | Twist-in visor mount A visor mounting system includes a visor pivot rod with an end which extends through a bezel and a non-circular locking plate which cooperates with the bezel and pivot rod for allowing the visor to be initially inserted in an aperture in the underlying ro... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5528913 | Washing machine with snubbers for limiting unbalanced load vibration excursions A plurality of snubbers for a washing machine dampens and isolates unbalanced load excursions by using the positive displacement pumping action of air being forced through an orifice in each snubber. One end of each snubber is attached to the washing mach... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5513504 | Clothes basket and balance ring subassembly for a horizontal axis clothes washing machine A rotatable subassembly for a horizontal axis clothes washing machine, such subassembly having a rotatable clothes basket and a pair of balance rings. The clothes basket has a generally longitudinally extending and generally horizontally oriented axis of ... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5507463 | Ignition noise reduction system An elastomeric, electrically conductive coupling member facilitates suspending a vehicle exhaust system from the underside of the vehicle while concomitantly effectively grounding out the exhaust system through an electrical connection to the underside of... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5490400 | Vibration-isolating apparatus for a clothes washing machine and method of assembly A clothes washing machine includes an outer tank, a plurality of vertical suspenders hung by their upper ends adjacent respective corners of the tank, and a water container disposed within the tank and supported at lower ends of the suspenders. The upper ... | 02/13/1996 |
| 5487524 | Mounting assembly with forced absorption characteristics A mounting assembly for an electrical appliance such as television receiver or the like that has a mounting arm that extends from a mounting bracket affixed to a support surface includes a forced or vibration absorption assembly. This assembly includes an... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5458313 | Disc spring constant compensating and hanging apparatus A disc spring constant compensating and hanging apparatus comprises a fixed frame, two swinging frames, two spring units, a movable platen, a hanger plate and two displacement guide bars. The spring unit consists of front platen, rear platen, disc spring ... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5394306 | Shock absorbent packaging apparatus The present invention provides a mechanism for kinetic energy dissipation which allows the bulk of the mass (e.g., a portable terminal) to be decelerated over some working distance such that the deceleration force is below the damage point. The present in... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5380502 | System for suspending reactor tubes in a reactor A spring-biased system for suspending a reactor tube in a reactor (e.g. a hydrogen reforming furnace) which allows the tension in each reactor tube to be easily monitored while the reactor is in operation. The suspension system includes high precision spr... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5358068 | Safety system including cable tensioner and shock absorber A removable safety system for construction workers which is mounted on an I-beam to provide a cable hand hold to which a safety lanyard may be fastened. The system includes a cable tensioner and shock absorber assembly that is utilized to pretension the c... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5257516 | Washing machine A washing machine having the cabinet decoupled from the suspension system in order to eliminate undesirable resonance mode walking conditions. The cabinet is frictionally attached to the washer supporting feet. With this arrangement, the effect of the cab... | 11/02/1993 |
| 5249440 | Washing machine A washing machine having improved resistance toward frictional walking. The washer comprises a cabinet, a tub assembly disposed in the cabinet for processing a wash load and a suspension including a truss-like pedestal for supporting the tub assembly and ... | 10/05/1993 |
