Did You Know...
...that the video game, Pong, was invented by a guy who graduated at the bottom of his engineering class? Nolan Bushnell spent more time running the games at a local amusement park than he did on his studies at the University of Utah. His dreams of working for Disney's amusement empire were dashed when the company wouldn't hire him. Taking a boring job, Nolan daydreamed about electronic versions of popular games. He invented Pong, the first video game, and went on to found Atari Co.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7985067 | Compact radiant burner device with two heating surfaces, and application The invention relates to a radiant gas burner device comprising a first cylindrical chamber (1) and a first injector (2) for feeding the first chamber with a combustible gas mixture, the first chamber (1) comprising an external peripheral heatin... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7891974 | Portable fluid warming system The present invention relates to a portable apparatus for warming biocompatible fluids for use in the treatment of injured patients and a method of heating a biocompatible fluid to treat a patient experiencing hypothermia. The present invention may be used to warm i... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7891973 | Appliance for connecting a gas-heated radiant element An appliance for providing air and gas to a gas burner includes a gas tube and an air tube. The gas tube comprises an aperture for providing gas inwards to the air tube. The air tube comprises a first aperture for receiving a back tube of the gas burner. The gas tub... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7726967 | Radiant burner A gas-fired burner unit for providing combustion and infrared radiation includes at least one plenum for receiving at least the gas, and at least one perforated metal plate mounted for receiving at least the gas from the plenum and supplying at least the gas to the ... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7713056 | Catalytic combustor A catalytic combustor is configured to accelerate the combustion processing of anode off gas in the combustor to reduce the amount of unburned hydrogen discharged to the outside of the combustor. Anode off gas and cathode off gas discharged from the fuel cell are fe... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7708555 | Gas-fired heating unit The gas-fired heating unit has an atmospheric gas burner including a mixing chamber and a burner medium covering the mixing chamber, a combustion chamber in which the atmospheric gas burner is arranged, a fuel gas/air supply system that has respective inlets for fue... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7611351 | Radiant gas burner A radiant gas burner is provided having a casing adapted for connection with an air-gas mixing and supply system including a flux dissector and a mixer. The burner further includes a metallic mesh emitter inside the casing having lower and upper meshes. The lower me... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7410619 | Catalytic combustors keeping contained medium warm in response to hydrostatic valve The medium (9), such as water, of a container (10), such as a fuel cell accumulator, is kept above freezing by a hydrogen/oxygen catalytic combustor (13) fed hydrogen from a source comprising a mechanical thermostatic valve (25) in therma... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7390190 | Flame arrestor with reflection suppressor A combination of a flame arrestor with a reflection suppressor is provided which not only arrests an advancing flame front, but also suppresses or mitigates a reflection wave that is generated by a pressure wave that passes through the combination and continues on t... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7364712 | Catalyst for purifying methane-containing waste gas and method of purifying methane-containing waste gas This invention provides a catalyst for removing hydrocarbons from a combustion gas containing methane and containing an excess of oxygen, which comprises iridium supported on zirconium oxide; and a method of removing hydrocarbons from a combustion gas containing met... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7347086 | System and method for burner-based accelerated aging of emissions control device, with engine cycle having cold start and warm up modes A method for accelerated aging of an automotive catalytic converter under conditions incorporating cold start simulations. ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7316563 | Combustor with integrated counter-flow heat exchanger A combustor includes a combustor head with an integrated counter-flow heat exchanger. The combustor head defines a combustion chamber and has a surface accessible for external delivery of thermal energy. The counter-flow heat exchanger has a fuel channel extending b... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7313919 | Gas turbine combustor A gas turbine combustor has a combustion chamber into which fuel and air are supplied, wherein the fuel and the air are supplied into said combustion chamber as a plurality of coaxial jets. ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7314527 | Reactor system A gas delivery system for delivering a gas to a reactor. The reactor has a reactor chamber, a gas inlet port, and a gas exhaust port. The gas delivery system included a torch chamber having an outer wall extending along a first axis. A torch injector extends into th... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7291010 | Combustion light-emitting device and corresponding method of fabrication A light-emitting device comprises a structure defining an orderly and periodic series of cavities of nanometric dimensions, in which a process of catalytic combustion is confined. The dimensions and/or the distance between the micro-cavities are selected to obtain a... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7285351 | Apparatus for dilution of discharged fuel An apparatus for dilution of discharged fuel of a fuel cell is provided, which has an inlet for guiding purged hydrogen gas coming from the fuel cell, a reservoir for storing the purged hydrogen gas guided through the inlet, and a cathode exhaust gas pipe penetratin... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7279137 | Burners and combustion apparatus for carbon nanomaterial production The invention provides improved burners, combustion apparatus, and methods for carbon nanomaterial production. The burners of the invention provide sooting flames of fuel and oxidizing gases. The condensable products of combustion produced by the burners of this inv... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7277801 | Method for testing catalytic converter durability The present application relates in general to methods for testing the performance of an automotive catalytic converter under conditions simulating those which occur in motor vehicles over extended driving conditions. ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7275929 | Device and method for reducing fireplace particulate emissions A fireplace afterburner is presented including a shell having a first open shell end for receiving fireplace emissions and a second open shell end for expelling fireplace emissions, a flue inside said shell having a first flue end which can be closed, and a second f... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7263991 | Outdoor gas fireplace A portable outdoor fireplace is provided. The portable outdoor fireplace has a housing that supports a gas burner. The outdoor fireplace also has removable side panels to expose the burner. ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7261557 | Portable fluid warming system The present invention relates to a portable apparatus for warming biocompatible fluids for use in the treatment of injured patients. The present invention may be used to warm intravenous fluids for trauma resuscitation or to warm air from a ventilator circuit. The p... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7259199 | Tire with rubber containing in-situ resin There is disclosed a pneumatic tire having a component containing a rubber composition comprising (A) a sulfur-vulcanized rubber compound; and (B) the reaction product of (1) a methylen... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7241136 | Catalytic combustion burner made from a porous material and flask equipped with such a burner The catalytic combustion burner made from a porous material is designed to cooperate with a wick that will carry a combustible composition to the burner that penetrates into the pores of the porous material, and comprises a peripheral zone that supports a catalyst a... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7241137 | Flame arrestor A flame arrestor for a flowing explosive gas (4), having a flame barrier (10, 20, 30) with a large number of defined passage gaps (17, 18), whose gap cross section is set with regard to the properties of the flowing gas (4), is cooled eff... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7229279 | Combustion chamber subassembly for a heating device, particularly a vehicle heating device A combustion chamber subassembly for a vehicle heating device, includes a housing with a housing wall and a fuel feed through the housing wall, a fuel distribution element covering the housing wall on the side facing toward a combustion chamber and together with the... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7204966 | Method and apparatus for improved fired heaters A fired heater is adapted for increasing the output of a plant where the furnace capacity is considerably improved without corresponding increase in the pressure drop. The described technique utilizes a parallel thermal path in contrast to the conventional series th... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7201572 | Ceramic fiber composite and method for making the same A ceramic fiber composite comprises ceramic fibers bonded together by an at least partially ceramic binder formed from a nanoclay and at least one of a ceramic precursor material or a ceramic material. The present invention also concerns methods of forming ceramic f... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7200998 | Gas turbine combustor and operating method thereof A gas turbine combustor has a combustion chamber into which fuel and air are supplied, wherein the fuel and the air are supplied into said combustion chamber as a plurality of coaxial jets. ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7188476 | Gas turbine combustor and operating method thereof A gas turbine combustor has a combustion chamber into which fuel and air are supplied, wherein the fuel and the air are supplied into said combustion chamber as a plurality of coaxial jets. ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7181885 | Insect trapping apparatus An insect trapping apparatus and associated method attracts insects, such as mosquitos, by emitting a carbon dioxide gas as an insect attractant and producing a heat signature from the insect trap characteristic of a warm blooded animal and a blue light of a wavelen... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7180264 | Fuel flexible thermoelectric generator with battery charger A micro-generator for providing electrical power to a battery charger capable of charging lithium ion, lithium polymer and other rechargeable batteries of the type which power portable electronic devices and MEMS. The micro-generator includes a micro-combustor and a... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7163666 | Thermally tolerant support structure for a catalytic combustion catalyst The present invention provides a support structure for a catalyst disposed within an outer containment. Several unique arrangements and connections of supporting struts that form the structure provide a number of significant advantages and improvements. The support ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7160362 | Method and device for cleaning air A method of cleaning air, including a humidifying operation for humidifying the air containing chemical contaminants by a humidifier and taking a part of the gaseous contaminants in the air into excessive moisture to remove the contaminants from the air, and a dehum... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7157066 | Combustion process for synthesis of carbon nanomaterials from liquid hydrocarbon The present invention provides a combustion apparatus for the production of carbon nanomaterials including fullerenes and fullerenic soot. Most generally the combustion apparatus comprises one or more inlets for introducing an oxygen-containing gas and a hydrocarbon... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7150863 | Polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons for fullerene synthesis in flames This invention provides improved methods for combustion synthesis of carbon nanomaterials, including fullerenes, employing multiple-ring aromatic hydrocarbon fuels selected for high carbon conversion to extractable fullerenes. The multiple-ring aromatic hydrocarbon ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7138093 | Heat exchanger device A heat exchanger device is configured for use with a catalytic heater having a planar heat radiating surface. The device includes an inlet header, an outlet header and heat exchanger tubes communicating therebetween. A frame supports the headers and the heat exchang... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7137811 | Catalytic combustion burner system and flask fitted with such a system The system has a catalytic combustion burner which comprises on its upper part a peripheral zone supporting a catalyst and a central zone without a catalyst creating a vaporisation zone. The system further comprises a sleeve made of porous material comprising a cavi... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7094049 | Quartz glass single hole nozzle for feeding fluid and quartz glass multi-hole burner head for feeding fluid The present invention provides a quartz glass single hole nozzle for feeding fluid capable of performing high-precision control of a flow rate, a burner for heat processing equipped with the quartz glass single hole nozzle, a quartz glass multihole burner head for f... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7086855 | Apparatus having improved wind resistance that is a synergistic combination of a windshield and a brooder heater pilot assembly The invention is an apparatus that is a synergistic combination of a windshield and a pilot light assembly for a gas burner heater. The apparatus provides reliable operation of the gas burner heater in high air flow conditions, where the air flow would normally caus... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7077643 | Microcombustors, microreformers, and methods for combusting and for reforming fluids The present invention provides microcombustors, microreformers, and methods of steam reforming alcohols over a catalyst. The microcombustors can be manufactured with a very small size and can operate at very low temperature. Surprisingly superior results and propert... | 07/18/2006 |
