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"During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet."
Al Gore ; The basis for the later misquote by US Republicans that Gore had "invented" the Internet. Gore was the leading political champion of the modern-day Internet.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7275903 | Light weight fastener for use on interference fits in automation A fastener for installation into an interference fit hole within a structure. The fastener may be installed through automated installation methods. The fastener includes an enlarged protruding head at a proximal end of the fastener. Distal the head is a substantiall... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7247099 | Screw with a partially hardened functional tip and process for the production thereof In a process for the production of a screw comprising a low-alloy carbon steel, having a head, an adjoining holding portion and a functional tip which, in the outer region of limited radial depth, is of a greater hardness than the holding portion, in which the screw... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7196767 | Apparatus with compartment for high vacuum and use of construction element for constructing a compartment for high vacuum An apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a compartment for containing a high vacuum environment. The compartment is partly defined by and/or includes a surface that has a subsurface that includes a first zone and a second zone. The second zone is located be... | 03/27/2007 |
| 6881019 | Method and structure for locknut with substantially rigid locking member A structure and method for a locknut with a substantially rigid locking member is provided. The locking nut has an elongated body relative to a comparable standard, non-locking nut. The elongated body allows the nut to provide a standard length of thread for engagin... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6814629 | Terminal system with deformed screw A screw terminal assembly for a wiring device includes a terminal base with a bore having an internal thread. A screw having a shank with an internal thread and a head at one end is threadedly engaged in the bore. A portion of the external thread is deformed adjacen... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6538894 | Front insertion fastener system An apparatus is provided for retaining a threaded fastener in an aperture of a support. The apparatus includes a flange position to limit the insertion of the apparatus within the aperture of the support. The apparatus also includes a body extending axial... | 03/25/2003 |
| 5181310 | Method of making a threaded insert assembly A method of making a threaded insert assembly for sheet material wherein a threaded insert that is a single unitary element is installed in a closely fitting hole in the sheet material with its threads occupying the hole. The sheet material around the hol... | 01/26/1993 |
| 4796581 | Centrifugal rpm governor for internal combustion engines The governor includes a torque-control capsule actuated by a governor member that adjusts in accordance with rpm and disposed in a force-transmitting member subject to the force of a governor spring, by means of which torque-control capsule both the onset... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4411570 | Tamper-proof fastener A tamper-proof fastener consists of a screw body having a flat-faced head portion and a threaded shank portion having at least one slit extending in a radial direction and located in an end of the shank opposite the head portion, the slit forming at least... | 10/25/1983 |
