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Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) received Patent No. 121,992 for "An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments." He later received two more patents: one for a self-pasting scrapbook and one for a game to help players remember important historical dates.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7050885 | Pulse count accumulator for pulse count motor control system A pulse count accumulator includes a plurality of counters and a communication port. The plurality of counters are each coupled to a different one of a plurality of actuators and a value of each of the counters corresponds to a position of a corresponding one of the... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6943522 | Servo controller A servo controller includes a mechanical characteristic compensation unit for attenuating components having predetermined frequencies and corresponding to characteristics of a machine, which are included in a position instruction signal corrected by a finite impulse... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6731088 | Vehicle seat The vehicle seat (10) comprises at least one electrically powered functional member (24, 26, 28, 30, 31, 32, 34, 38). This functional member comprises an active element (24E, 26E, 28E, 30E, 31E, 32E, 34E... | 05/04/2004 |
| 5734243 | Dual control of windshield wiper system A circuit for implementing dual wash/wipe controls in an automotive vehicle having right- and left-side driver stations. The circuit can be used with existing wash/wipe control switches and comprises solid state diodes, a single selector switch, and a sin... | 03/31/1998 |
| 4499463 | Apparatus for controlling electrical receivers occupying at least two states The present invention relates to a control installation for several electrical receivers, such as motors for example, able to occupy at least two states. Each installation comprises individual control devices respectively associated with receivers and a g... | 02/12/1985 |
| 4230977 | Speed control for electric motor A speed control system for an electric motor is provided for use, for example, in dental offices to control dental drill motors, and the like, which in one embodiment provides speed control from either a foot-operated potentiometer or a panel hand-operate... | 10/28/1980 |
