Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7848084 | Gas-insulated equipment A gas-insulated equipment such as a gas-insulated switchgear provided according to the invention can efficiently improve dielectric strength of an entire electrode system considering electric field distribution of the electrodes and conductors and improving insulati... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7835140 | Gas-insulated electric power apparatus The present invention provides a gas-insulated electric apparatus which includes: a vertically-arranged gas insulation main tank; a first gas insulation branch pipe connected to and making right angle with the gas insulation main tank; a second gas insulation branch... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7796374 | Power switchgear A power switchgear includes a circuit breaker including a container filled with an insulating gas, a stationary contact arranged in the container, and a movable contact that makes a movement to make contact with the stationary contact; an operation unit including a ... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7742283 | Gas-insulated equipment A gas-insulated equipment such as a gas-insulated switchgear provided according to the invention can efficiently improve dielectric strength of an entire electrode system considering electric field distribution of the electrodes and conductors and improving insulati... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7417846 | Gas-insulated switchgear For simple structure and easy manufacture, module tanks have a common standardized size so that the same tank is applicable even when the components to be accommodated are changed. The basic structure of the module is arranged so that all of the interrupter, the dis... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7075778 | Hybrid gas-insulated switchgear A hybrid gas-insulated switchgear constitutes an electrical circuit for a single-line diagram unit by arranging one first standardized module and two second standardized modules in a single row such that the central axes of tanks are generally aligned and electrical... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7019394 | Circuit package and method of plating the same A circuit package includes a base portion and a first metal pattern disposed on a substrate surface. Second and third metal patterns are disposed on another substrate surface, and electrically coupled to first and second vias. The third metal pattern forms a gap to ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6865072 | Metal-enclosed switchgear A tank filled with an insulating gas accommodates insulator tubes incorporating vacuum-valve breakers for individual phases. One end of each insulator tube is fixed to the inside of the tank. Each vacuum-valve breaker is installed generally on a common longitudinal ... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6831828 | Gas-insulated switchgear A compact and economical gas-insulated switchgear is provided. The gas-insulated switchgear includes: a grounding metal housing 1 filled with insulating gas, and in which the disconnector part 2 having a moving side electrode part 2a and ... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6614648 | Bus line conductor container and gas insulated switchgear device using the same In a gas insulated switchgear device, a phase transposing unit for bus line conductors is provided in a bus line tank without providing a separate bus line extending unit. A bus line container includes a plurality of tanks connected in a straight line sha... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6563696 | Solderless laser assembly A connect and disconnect assembly for connecting and disconnecting a laser diode having leads to a printed circuit board (PCB). The assembly includes a heatsink that connects with the printed circuit board by providing cap screws through the PCB which are... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6560091 | Gas insulated switchgear In order to shorten the length of connection buses and reduce a cost, in the present invention, a plurality of T-branched circuit breaker units 12 are arranged in a direction perpendicular to the T-branch direction, and the plurality of circuit breaker un... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6556428 | Gas insulated switchgear A gas insulated switchgear includes a plurality of T-branched circuit breaker units arranged in a direction perpendicular to the T-branch direction, and connected by first connection bus units and second connection bus units in series alternately in a rec... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6538877 | Gas insulation switch To provide a gas insulation switch reducing the SF6 gas use amount without damaging the insulation performance and arc extinguishing performance, the present invention uses SF6 gas as insulating gas to be charged in the grounding tan... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6373687 | Gas insulation switch To provide a gas insulation switch reducing the SF6 gas use amount without damaging the insulation performance and arc extinguishing performance, the present invention uses SF6 gas as insulating gas to be charged in the grounding tan... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6292356 | Gas insulation switch A gas insulation switch has a container charged with insulating gas which contains an electric conductor and at least a pair of contactors. The container is divided into a plurality of sections. For the sections which have no switching devices or separabl... | 09/18/2001 |
| 5991148 | Metal-enclosed gas-insulated switchgear assembly This metal-enclosed, gas-insulated switchgear assembly is provided with at least one multiphase switch panel which is mounted on a foundation surface (8), with in each case at least one power breaker (1, 2, 3) per phase which extends along a longitudinal ... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5502435 | Method and system for monitoring circuit breaker gas pressure A method and system are provided for monitoring the pressure of gas in a gas filled circuit breaker container based on a temperature compensated gas pressure signal which is compared with a signal representing a desired gas pressure in the container to pr... | 03/26/1996 |
| 4827373 | High-voltage compressed-gas circuit breaker A high-voltage compressed-gas circuit breaker has contact plates with a contact face for the incoming cables. The position of these contact faces and the attachment bores on the contact faces for the connection of cables will vary depending on the form of... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4823232 | High-voltage compressed-gas circuit breaker A high-voltage compressed-gas circuit breaker having terminal plates with a contact face for incoming cables. The position of these contact faces and the attachment devices on the contact faces for the connection of the cables varies according to the form... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4769740 | Pressurized gas-insulated three-phase encapsulated high-voltage circuit breaker A pressurized gas-insulated circuit breaker includes a substantially tubular encapsulating housing having ends, a plurality of circuit breaker poles in phases, at least one of which is disposed in the encapsulating housing, and current feed lines. Each li... | 09/06/1988 |
| 4005345 | Multi-phase gas-type circuit-interrupter substitution modular construction A simplified-type of multi-phase compressed-gas circuit-interrupter installation is provided in which costly and complicated I-beam base structures are eliminated, and the low-pressure gas-reservoir tank is so used and located as to provide a lower main s... | 01/25/1977 |