...that it was melting ice cream that inspired the invention of the outboard motor? It was a lovely August day and Ole Evinrude was rowing his boat to his favorite island picnic spot. As he rowed, he watched his ice cream melt and wished he had a faster way to get to the island. At that moment the idea for the outboard motor was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4485180 | High frequency dielectric ceramic compositions A high frequency dielectric ceramic composition is described, said composition being represented by the formula: Ba(Zrx Zny Taz)O7/2-x/2-3y/2, wherein 0.02ࣘxࣘ0.13, 0.28ࣘyࣘ0.33 and 0.59ࣘzࣘ0.65 (where ... | 11/27/1984 |
| 4484251 | Current restriction element responsive to applied voltage A current restriction device for alternate circuit with small size, low producing cost and low power loss has been found by using a ferro-electric body with rectangular hysterisis characteristics. Said device is used for instance as a ballast for restrict... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4482934 | Temperature compensating titanate ceramic capacitor with nickel or copper electroless metal electrodes A ceramic dielectric composition for temperature compensating capacitors comprising 64-70.5% by weight of SrTiO3, 28-34% by weight of CaTiO3 and 1.5-4.5% by weight of Bi2 O3 or Bi2 O3.nTiO.sub.2 | 11/13/1984 |
| 4475144 | Dielectric ceramic of barium titanate, lithium oxide and zinc fluoride, a capacitor and a process The present invention provides a dielectric ceramic composition having excellent electric properties and able to be sintered at a temperature between 750° and 1000° C. According to the invention, said composition comprises from 90 to 98% by weight of ba... | 10/02/1984 |
| 4468472 | Composition for ceramic dielectrics A composition for ceramic dielectrics comprising BaO, CeO2, ZrO2, CaO and TiO2 in sintered state. The composition can also contain at least one of MnO2, Cr2 O3, FeO, NiO, and CoO as additive. ... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4461844 | Ceramic composition of high dielectric constant A ceramic composition of a high dielectric constant is provided, which consists of 100 mol parts of barium metatitanate (BaTiO3), (2/3)(7b1;1) mol parts of cerium dioxide, and 7b1;1 mol parts of titanium dioxide (TiO2), and to wh... | 07/24/1984 |
| 4460936 | Condenser A condenser including a dielectric material exhibiting a ferroelectric phase wherein the dielectric constant-temperature characteristic of the condenser exhibits hysteresis loss of not more than 5% is provided. The dielectric constant-temperature characte... | 07/17/1984 |
| 4447855 | Dielectric ceramic composition on the base of thermally stable barium titanate and capacitor using such composition The invention relates to dielectric ceramic compositions on the base of barium titanate, allowing class BX capacitors to be used. According to the invention, the compositions are characterized in that they comprise from 80 to 94% by weight barium titanate... | 05/08/1984 |
| 4447853 | Ceramic capacitor There is disclosed a ceramic capacitor comprising a polycrystalline ceramic dielectric material disposed between electrodes of conductive material with the polycrystalline ceramic dielectric material having a thickness not more than 30 μm and a particle ... | 05/08/1984 |
| 4439814 | Laser adjustable capacitor and fabrication process A thick film hybrid circuit capacitor particularly suitable for laser trimming and a process for its fabrication. The fabrication steps include the application of a green dam glass after the firing of the dielectric and top conductor of the capacitor to p... | 03/27/1984 |
| 4430255 | Non-ohmic device using TiO2 An electrical device having a nonlinear current-voltage characteristic is described which uses TiO2, a Group IIA element such as barium, calcium and strontium in an amount greater than 0.0 and generally less than approximately 1.0 mole percent,... | 02/07/1984 |
| 4408254 | Thin film capacitors A capacitor is formed by placing between two electodes a thin film of amorphous titanate which has been ion implanted with noble gas ions.... | 10/04/1983 |
| 4400759 | Dielectric ceramic composition having a base of barium titanate, lithium oxide and cupric fluoride, a capacitor in which a composition of this type is employed, and a method of production of said composition A dielectric ceramic composition which has excellent electrical properties and can be sintered at a temperature within the range of 750° C. to 1000° C. contains 90 to 98% by weight of barium titanate, 0.5 to 2.5% by weight of lithium oxide and 1.5 to 8%... | 08/23/1983 |
| 4400760 | Dielectric ceramic composition having a base of barium titanate, lithium oxide and cadmium fluoride, a capacitor in which a composition of this type is employed, and a method of production of said composition A dielectric ceramic composition which has excellent electrical properties and can be sintered at a temperature within the range of 750° C. to 1000° C. contains 85 to 97% by weight of barium titanate, 0.5 to 2.5% by weight of lithium oxide and 2.5 to 12... | 08/23/1983 |
| 4396721 | Glass ceramic materials having controllable temperature coefficients of dielectric constant Glass ceramic materials having controllable temperature coefficients of dielectric constant or capacitance (TCC) are provided. The ceramic component of the composition possesses paraelectric properties at least over the temperature range of -55° C. to 12... | 08/02/1983 |
| 4392180 | Screen-printable dielectric composition Thick film dielectric compositions suitable for screen-printing comprising a substituted perovskite, an inorganic dopant, and a low temperature-devitrifiable frit or glass. Upon firing the dielectric composition is highly hermetic.... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4388416 | Ceramic dielectric compositions for temperature compensating capacitors Ceramic dielectric compositions for temperature compensating capacitors, exhibiting a high dielectric constant, a relatively small temperature coefficient of dielectric constant and a very excellent linearity of the temperature coefficient, comprising 1.2... | 06/14/1983 |
| 4379854 | Low temperature firing (1800°-2100° F.) of barium titanate with flux (lead titanate-bismuth titanate-zinc oxide and boron oxide) A mixture of powders of barium titanate, a Curie point shifter and a lead titanate-bismuth titanate metal oxide flux which may be fired in a single step at 1800° F. to 2100° F. to produce a dense ceramic body with high dielectric constant. The ceramic i... | 04/12/1983 |
| 4377840 | Screen-printable dielectric composition Thick film dielectric compositions suitable for screen-printing comprising a perovskite, a bismuth-substituted pyrochlore, and a low temperature melting-devitrifiable glass. Upon firing the dielectric composition is highly hermetic.... | 03/22/1983 |
| 4353047 | (1-x)BaO.xTiO2 System dielectric material for use in a microwave device The present invention provides a dielectric material adapted for microwave integrated circuits (MIC) and an electric circuit making use of said dielectric material. More particularly, an oxide dielectric material principally consisting of (1-x)BaO.xTiO | 10/05/1982 |
| 4347167 | Fine-grain semiconducting ceramic compositions A semiconducting internal boundary layer ceramic composition having a fine grain structure suitable for use in thin-layer multilayer capacitors is made in one step by firing a mixture comprising a major amount of finely divided strontium titanate, a minor... | 08/31/1982 |
| 4339544 | Ceramic dielectric composition A ceramic dielectric composition of a ternary system Pb(Mg1/3 Nb2/3)O3 -Pb(Zn1/3 Nb2/3)O3 -PbTiO3, comprising 69.05-69.60% by weight of Pb3 O4, 2.41-4.00% by ... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4325763 | Method of manufacturing ceramic capacitors A ceramic capacitor is prepared by corting an electrode paste on the opposite surfaces of a green ceramic body. The electrode paste contains an inorganic binder having the same composition as the green ceramic body. Then the green ceramic body is sintered... | 04/20/1982 |
| 4324750 | Method for making high K PLZT ceramic capacitor A powder blend consisting essentially of precursors of a single antiferroelectric compound of lead-barium-lanthanum-zirconate titanate doped with silver, includes at least 0.7 mole percent bismuth permitting a near-full reaction to be achieved at calcinin... | 04/13/1982 |
| 4308571 | Low temperature-sinterable dielectric composition and thick film capacitor using the same A low temperature-sinterable dielectric composition is provided, whose sintered composition when prepared by firing a uniform mixture consisting of lead ferrotungstate, lead titanate and manganese dioxide at a temperature of not higher than 1,000° C. has... | 12/29/1981 |
| 4283752 | Ternary niobate dielectric compositions A dielectric material which meets the temperature requirements for X7R grade capacitors consists of a fired ternary niobate composition. A dielectric constant of at least 2000 and a limited change in dielectric constant with temperature is present in comp... | 08/11/1981 |
| 4226735 | Dielectric ceramic composition and process for its production containing MgTiO3 and Pb3 O4 having a quantitative relationship A dielectric ceramic composition consists essentially of strontium titanate, magnesium titanate, bismuth oxide, titanium oxide, and lead oxide, these components being present in the following compositional proportion when expressed by the formulas, SrTiO | 10/07/1980 |
| 4149173 | Capacitor dielectric with internal barrier layers and a method for its production A capacitor dielectric is disclosed with inner blocking layers in which two crystalline main phases are present in about equal portions in order to achieve an improvement in the loss factor of the insulation resistance, the voltage dependency of the diele... | 04/10/1979 |
| 4131903 | Capacitor dielectric with inner blocking layers and method for producing the same A capacitor dielectric with inner blocking layers is disclosed wherein the portion of copper located in intermediate layers between the crystallites is enriched toward the crystallite surfaces. The dielectric is produced by a heating speed of 200 to 800°... | 12/26/1978 |
| 4131479 | Transparent ceramics A transparent, complex oxide ceramic having the formula: wherein x is 0.01-0.50, Me' is at least one metal selected from the group of Ca, Ba, and Pb, and Me" is Nb and/or Ta. The present ceramics can be used in the fabrication of gas discharge tubes and for in... | 12/26/1978 |
| 4130694 | Amorphous metal oxide material between electrodes of a cell Amorphous niobates and tantalates of the alkali metals lithium, potassium, and sodium which may be off-stoichiometric with regard to the related octahedrally coordinated crystalline compositions manifest high values of dielectric constant and ionic conduc... | 12/19/1978 |
| 4048546 | Dielectric powder compositions Finely divided dielectric powder compositions having the formula (Srx Pb1-x TiO3)a (PbMg0.5 W0.5 O3)b wherein x is 0-0.10, a is 0.35-0.5, b is 0.5-0.65, and a plus b equals one,... | 09/13/1977 |
| 3997457 | Ceramic dielectric composition A ceramic dielectric compositon is provided which consists essentially of a sintered metal oxide mixture expressed by the formula: where Me is at least one divalent metal selected from lead and strontium, and x, y, z, u and v are numbers falling within the fol... | 12/14/1976 |
| 3969252 | Dielectric ceramic compositions of BaTiO3 -BaZrO3 -CaTiO3 system A dielectric material is provided consisting essentially of a composition based on the general formula: Wherein x=y=z = 1.0 and in which x, y and z have the following ranges: 0.4 ࣘ x ࣘ 0.89, 0.1 ࣘ y ࣘ 0.3 and 0.01 ࣘ z ࣘ 0.3, respectively, said... | 07/13/1976 |