...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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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 3952797 | Semi conductor cooling system A semi-conductor cooling system formed of a container having a wall portion made of soft yieldable material which is adapted to contact the surface of a semi-conductor device. A porous member is disposed within the container adjacent the inner surface of ... | 04/27/1976 |
| 3947868 | Air-cooled converter assembly, having heat sinks shaped as isosceles triangles An air cooled converter assembly employing disc thyristors in which the disc thyristors are clamped between conducting heat sinks, arranged in pairs side-by-side transversely to their common axis, with the disc thyristor thereby clamped essentially parall... | 03/30/1976 |
| 3942586 | Cooling arrangement for flat semiconductor components An improved cooling arrangement for flat semiconductor components such as disc-type thyristors in which the semiconductor component is clamped between two solid cooling elements with each cooling element carrying at least one heat pipe with attached cooli... | 03/09/1976 |
| 3940786 | Device for connecting leadless integrated circuit package to a printed circuit board This invention relates to a device which electrically connects a leadless integrated circuit package to a printed circuit board. More particularly, the device includes a square frame having a plurality of contacts arranged along each side of the housing. ... | 02/24/1976 |