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...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 |
| RE39611 | Filter with stiffening ribs Annular wire mesh filters for airbag assemblies for passenger vehicles are provided with a series of ribs extending parallel with the axis of the annulus and along the outer wall. The ribs provide added strength to the filter. Also provided is a method of manufactur... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7125042 | Inflator using reversing axial flow An inflator (10) having an inflator body (12) with a plurality of elongate chambers (16, 18, 20, 22) and bores (17, 19, 21) formed therein. In a preferred embodiment, the bores (17, 19, 21) are formed in ends (12a, | 10/24/2006 |
| 6946412 | Flame-resistant, high visibility, anti-static fabric and apparel formed therefrom A fabric for use in safety apparel comprising a first set of yarns comprising modacrylic fibers, and a second set of yarns comprising anti-static fibers. The fabric meets the Federal Test Method Standard 191A, Method 5931 for electrostatic decay, and the Electrostat... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6379627 | Gas generator A solid propellant gas generator incorporating staged gas cooling and filtration so as to generate cool, clean gases having a composition suitable for use as automobile airbag inflator.... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6277166 | Filter with stiffening ribs Annular wire mesh filters for airbag assemblies for passenger vehicles are provided with a series of ribs extending parallel with the axis of the annulus and along the outer wall. The ribs provide added strength to the filter. Also provided is a method of... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6149881 | Pyrolysis method for increasing limonene production and novel oven to facilitate such method The amount of limonene produced during pyrolysis of scrap tire carcass or polyisoprene rubber can be increased by decreasing residence time of the isoprene gas produced during the thermal degradation of polyisoprene rubber in the high temperature reactor ... | 11/21/2000 |
| 5908481 | Inflator filter comprising carbon yarn A solid propellant gas generator incorporates staged gas cooling and filtration so as to generate cool, clean gases having a composition suitable for use in an automobile airbag inflator. Carbon yarn is used as a lightweight primary heat sink within the f... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5849054 | Filter for an inflator The filter for an inflator of the present invention includes a cylindrical compressed mesh unit, which is multi-folded in its substantially entire length, and the multi-folded mesh unit is provided by folding a cylindrical wire mesh knitted from a single ... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5746793 | Reinforced ceramic air bag filters Reinforced ceramic unitary filters for air bags. The filters have a first layer having a high porosity, and a second layer having a low porosity. The first layer is preferably formed of low-cost ceramic grit sintered into a rigid mass, or a rigid reticula... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5527017 | Apparatus for dissolving zinc by means of acid-containing liquid electrolytes An apparatus for dissolving zinc by means of acid-containing liquid electrolytes includes a container for zinc particles to be dissolved, inlet and outlet devices for continuously admitting and discharging fresh or zinc-enriched electrolytes, and collecti... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5419875 | Gas generator with novel nozzle structure A gas generator for air bags is provided which includes a first outer shell and a second outer shell, each having a circular part and an outer wall formed along the outer periphery of the circular part. A gas generating device is installed in the hollow p... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5397544 | Air bag inflation gas generator An air bag inflation gas generator to feed combustion gas for inflation of air bags such as air gas for absorbing collision shocks, life jackets, rafts and escape chutes, that aim to easily and surely control the flow rate of combustion gas into the air b... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5219178 | Air bag inflation gas generator This invention relates to an air bag inflation gas generator to feed gas for inflation of air bags such as air bags for absorbing collision shocks, life jackets, rubber, rafts, and escape chutes. The present invention comprises combustion chambers accommo... | 06/15/1993 |
| 5217697 | Housing for gas generating composition A housing for a gas generating composition comprises an igniter chamber for retaining an igniter material. A combustion chamber is formed around the igniter chamber, and a gas generating composition is disposed in the combustion chamber. A cooling chamber... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5204068 | Filter A filter filters the gas generated by an air bag inflator. The gas comprises an alkali metal oxide. The inflator comprises a non-woven metal fibrous mat and small particles of a silicon compound, reactive with the alkali metal oxide, adhered to strands of... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5156815 | Sublimating and cracking apparatus A sublimating and cracking device which may be used to produce a collimated beam of molecules from a solid source. The device includes an elongated sublimating tube and an elongated cracking tube adapted to be axially oriented off axis to each other. The ... | 10/20/1992 |
| 5080870 | Sublimating and cracking apparatus A furnace having a sublimating section, a cracking section oriented off axis to the sublimating section, and a valve for controlling flux between the sections. The valve includes an annular plug having at least one longitudinal slot. The plug is retractab... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5004586 | Gas generating apparatus for inflating air bag A gas generating apparatus for inflating an air bag which comprises a housing with an open joint portion connecting to the air bag and having a combustion chamber formed at the center inside the housing body wherein a high pressure gas is generated upon c... | 04/02/1991 |
| 4743429 | Oxygen generator with a pressure tank and a cartridge holder for combustible oxygen cartridges Oxygen generator for cartridges, having a pressure tank and a cartridge holder connected thereto. The cartridge holder is divided by a gas-tight separable joint into two halves, and its interior is in communication through an opening with the interior of ... | 05/10/1988 |
| 4671270 | Portable oxygen inhaler A portable oxygen inhaler comprises a chlorate candle, a mask, a tube connecting the chlorate candle and the mask, and a handily-sized case housing these and other component parts as an integral unit. When an actuation pin provided on the chlorate candle ... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4628970 | Apparatus for refilling compressed-gas bottles Apparatus for refilling compressed-gas bottles, having a threaded connector and valve, especially for small gas bottles. A cartridge holder serves to hold jacket-less, oxygen-yielding cartridges whose oxygen can be transferred from the interior of the car... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4547342 | Light weight welded aluminum inflator A gas generator or inflator particularly for the inflation of inflatable protective bags that are used in vehicle safety systems includes first and second aluminum structural components. The first component, a diffuser shell having outlet ports, includes ... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4427635 | Chemical oxygen generator A chemical oxygen generator is disclosed which includes a pressure vessel surrounding the container containing the chemical. In a space between the tank containing the chemical and the wall of the pressure vessel, a supply of pressurized oxygen is provide... | 01/24/1984 |
| 4316874 | Gas generator utilizing granular silicon carbide as coolant A gas generator for instantaneously supplying a gas to an inflatable bag such as a gas bag for protection of a car passenger from injuries in a collision, of the type comprising a solid gas-generating composition confined in a reaction chamber defined in ... | 02/23/1982 |
| 4305908 | Gas generator A gas generator comprises a housing accommodating a combustion chamber with a hollow solid-reactant charge, and a cooling chamber with a solid sublimating coolant, separated by a partition with an axial passage, and a sleeve with a perforated side surface... | 12/15/1981 |
| 4302217 | Hydrogen supply system A system for supplying hydrogen to an apparatus which utilizes hydrogen contains a metal hydride hydrogen supply component and a microcavity hydrogen storage hydrogen supply component which in tandem supply hydrogen for the apparatus. The metal hydride hy... | 11/24/1981 |
| 4200615 | All-pyrotechnic inflator An all-pyrotechnic inflator, for generating an inflating gas, includes: an elongated enclosure means, a linear ignitor, and a pyrotechnic material. The elongated enclosure means has a longitudinal axis and an outlet means for passage of the gas. The linea... | 04/29/1980 |
| 4158696 | Air cushion restraint inflator assembly A gas generating device is disclosed which includes a substantially cylindrical outer sleeve defining groups of gas exit ports and a substantially cylindrical inner sleeve for containing a reactable gas-generating material defining groups of gas entrance ... | 06/19/1979 |
| 4066415 | Gas generator for inflatable life raft A gas generator for an inflatable life raft having a gas-generating chamber filled with a gas-generating composition which generates gas by chemical reaction, either a chemical cooling chamber or a physical cooling-and-filtering chamber or both, a gas pas... | 01/03/1978 |
| 3986456 | Pyrotechnic gas generator having a movable combustion chamber A pyrotechnic gas generator for inflating safety cushions in vehicles, including a device for regulating the operating pressure and/or limiting the maximum gas pressure in the generator, comprises a combustion chamber defined in a cup-shaped member having... | 10/19/1976 |
| 3985076 | Gas generator An electric squib igniter and a gas generant composition surrounding it are enclosed in a hermetically sealed container. This is enclosed in an inner housing which is surrounded by an annular outer housing. An annular filter surrounds the gas generant com... | 10/12/1976 |
| 3958949 | Gas generator with a combustion chamber laterally surrounded by a cooling chamber A gas generator for generating a large volume of gases at moderate temperature in an extremely short time comprises a central combustion chamber containing a solid pyrotechnic charge and an ignition device therefor. The combustion chamber is laterally sur... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3950263 | Gas cooling and filtering agent for air bag gas generator A solid material such as an inorganic carbonate, a salt of a strong inorganic acid and a weak base, or a weak inorganic acid cools gas passing therethrough generated from an azide of an alkali or alkaline earth metal. Toxic, molten particles resulting fro... | 04/13/1976 |
| 3934984 | Gas generator A gas generator for an air bag or the like including an ignitor, a propellant, an outlet, and a cooling chamber positioned between the propellant and the outlet. The cooling chamber is filled with hollow balls with surface openings which are an effective ... | 01/27/1976 |
