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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 |
| 8152881 | Housing for a centrifugal fan, the centrifugal fan, and electronic device having the centrifugal fan A housing for a centrifugal fan includes a surrounding wall extending upwardly from a periphery of a bottom wall with an air inlet, and including a surrounding wall body defining an opening, a protruding wall body extending outwardly from the surrounding wall body, ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8123830 | Filter element with particle-trapping crevice A filter element includes a flow-through element and a floor element that abut one another to form a crevice along a crevice length between the flow-through element and the floor element. The crevice traps a portion of particles that become dislodged from the flow-t... | 02/28/2012 |
| 7909902 | Modified hexagonal perforated pattern Described herein are various embodiments of a modified hexagonal perforated pattern and objects within which the pattern is formed. For example, according to one representative embodiment, an apparatus includes an object and a perforated pattern formed in the object... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7854781 | Mount for air filter and bezel assembly A mount for a bezel/air filter assembly for use in mounting the bezel/air filter assembly directly to the rack or cabinet in which electrical equipment is mounted or contained. The mount is affixed to the rack or cabinet rather than to the electrical equipment mount... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7803206 | Electronic device filter assembly A filter assembly includes a sleeve coupled to an external surface of an electronic device and disposed at least partially over an airflow vent of the electronic device, the sleeve configured to receive insertion of a filter element therein. ... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7727297 | Reduced fiber disk/shroud filter for removing contaminants from an enclosure The invention relates to a device for filtering contaminants, such as particulates and vapor phase contaminants, from a confined environment such as electronic or optical devices susceptible to contamination (e.g. computer disk drives) by providing an improved reduc... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7611557 | Reversed pressure relief valve A reversed pressure relief valve that is used in connection with a computer hard disk drive so as to vent pressurized gases contained within the disk drive while not permitting debris to enter the drive mechanism or the valve. More specifically, the present inventio... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7601192 | Recirculation filter The invention relates to an improved electrostatic filter and filter media for filtering contaminants, such as particulates and vapor phase contaminants, from a confined environment such as electronic or optical devices susceptible to contamination (e.g. computer di... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7591868 | Filter for electronic enclosure A filter including a base portion along with a flange extending from the base and a top surface plus a bottom surface is disclosed. The filter also includes an outlet. During use the filter is placed within an electronic enclosure, generally with the bottom surface ... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7569088 | Method and apparatus for circulating air through a hard disk drive Hard disk drive housing including at least one inlet, at least one outlet. The inlet is situated near spindle and above disk in hard disk drive. The outlet is situated near outside diameter of disk. When disk rotates, air pressure near the inlet is lower than air pr... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7513923 | Variable impedance air filter for electronic systems In one embodiment, a removable air filter is mounted proximate to where electrical equipment is mounted in a case. The filter has at least two sections with different finite air impedances. The filter is constructed of a filter media mounted inside of a frame. When ... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7445654 | Method and apparatus for adsorbing molecules from an atmosphere inside an enclosure containing multiple data storage devices Disclosed is a method and apparatus for a storage system having an adsorbtive element capable of adsorbing gas home molecules from gas for the storage system. In one configuration the storage system can include an enclosure adapted to contain a plurality of data sto... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7404836 | Focused flow filter A filter assembly for use in a disk drive assembly is disclosed. The filter assembly is configured to remove contaminants within the drive assembly and to prevent entry of contaminants into the drive assembly. In one implementation the filter assembly includes a hou... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7367997 | Electronic enclosure filter for very small spaces The present invention is directed to an improved electronic enclosure filter for very small spaces, such as small disk drives. The filter includes an exposed electrostatic layer that functions to catch and retain particulate contamination within the filter. The filt... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369356 | Disk drive breathing filter including an inner tube within a collecting material storing portion of a permeable envelope In a case having an almost sealed structure are provided a disk-shaped recording medium, a drive motor, a head which performs information processing, a head actuator which moves the head with respect to the recording medium, and a breathing filter. The breathing fil... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7354473 | NBC-building protection system and method A combined building air-conditioning unit and NBC protection system, containing an enclosed space housing a building air-conditioning unit and further including a plurality of chambers, a first chamber having an ambient air inlet port, one prefilter and a blower for... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7350544 | Station for controlling and purging a mini-environment A SMIF type mini-environment (1) can be connected onto a purge station (2). The purge station comprises a leaktight purge compartment (2b) whose top face includes a closable transfer passage (2c) facing the bottom face (1... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7351274 | Air filtration system control An intense field dielectric air filtration system associated with an air conditioning unit includes a microprocessor based control system which may be connected to the thermostat of the air conditioning unit to energize the air filtration system in response to a cal... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7335244 | Air-purifying device for a front-opening unified pod An air-purifying device for a front-opening unified pod to purify the air in it is provided. The air in the front-opening unified pod 51 is sucked through one of its breathing holes 58a and directed into an air-purifying device (M) that includes... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7332019 | Air filtration system An air filtration system includable in and for HVAC equipment includes one or more intense field dielectric filter units and a field charging unit retained in a support structure or cabinet by a removable door which includes control circuitry and contactors engageab... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7329299 | Plate-shaped work piece transporting apparatus It is an object of the present invention to provide a plate-shaped work piece transporting apparatus that has a fan, a dust-removal filter disposed above this fan, and a plate-shape porous member disposed above the dust-removal filter. By forming a chamber in which ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7325410 | IT equipment cooling A system for cooling gas heated by passing the gas over heat-producing equipment to cool the equipment comprises a heat exchanger including a first heat transfer mechanism configured to transfer heat from the heated gas to a first coolant, and a first condensing mod... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7323027 | Fan fixture and housing assembly containing the fan fixture A fan fixture includes a base having a chamber to receive a fan, the chamber of the base having two adjacent side faces formed with a slot and an air inlet respectively, a cover detachably mounted on the base to fix the fan in the chamber of the base and having a pl... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320721 | Chemical filter and fan filter unit having the same In a fan filter unit for filtering and continuously supplying clean air into a clean room, the fan filter unit includes a chemical filter for removing chemical contaminants contained in the air, a fan for sucking and blowing out the air, and a particle filter for re... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7318859 | Modular adsorbent filters A compact sorbent filter for selectively sorbing contaminants and method of removing contamination from an enclosure with a filter is disclosed. Filters of the present invention comprise two or more modular adsorbent units that can be foldably connected and possibly... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7306659 | Adsorbent breather filter The invention relates to a device for filtering contaminants, such as particulates and vapor phase contaminants, from a confined environment such as electronic or optical devices susceptible to contamination (e.g. computer disk drives) by improving performance and p... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7303605 | Snap together filter A fluid filter is provided with a snap-together housing for the filter media. The housing is designed with two main parts that are easily snapped together to encapsulate the filter media. The filter housing is substantially cylindrical, and contains an inlet on one ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7300485 | Cooling fan for electronic devices An apparatus includes a rigid housing having a plurality of sides removably engaged with the electronic device and a plurality of passageways for effectively channeling air through first and second directions. The apparatus further includes at least one rotary fan m... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7300500 | Adsorbent-formed object and an adsorbent unit An adsorbent molded article comprising granular absorbant and binder having sustained adsorption over an indefinite period; an adsorbent unit employing said adsorbent molded article; and a housing employing said adsorbent molded article or adsorbent unit. ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7291208 | Grooved active and passive adsorbent filters The invention relates to a device for filtering contaminants, such as particulates and vapor phase contaminants, from a confined environment such as electronic or optical devices susceptible to contamination (e.g. computer disk drives) by improving performance and p... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7276097 | Load-lock system, exposure processing system, and device manufacturing method A load-lock system includes a load-lock chamber arranged between a storage port which stores a substrate and a process chamber which processes the substrate in a process space maintained at a pressure lower than that in the storage port, and a dehumidifying unit whi... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7276108 | Filter device and cleaning method therefor A filter device. The filter device comprises a first shaft, a second shaft separated from the first shaft by a predetermined distance, a filter looped around the first shaft and the second shaft and moved as the first and the second shafts rotate, and a brush contac... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7265823 | System for the detection of macrodefects A system for the detection of macrodefects is disclosed, the system being surrounded by a housing (50) and being subdivided into a first segment (6), a second segment (8), and a third segment (10). Provided in the second segment (8... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7259963 | Rack height cooling A data center includes an electronic equipment rack having a front face and a back face and a cooling unit positioned adjacent to the rack, the cooling unit having a front face and a back face, the cooling unit being configured to exhaust cooled air from the front f... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7247089 | Automatic recirculation airflow damper An automatic recirculation airflow damper for use in electronic enclosures utilizing multiple air moving devices to cool electronic components within the enclosure. When an air moving device is removed, the damper automatically closes an orifice associated with the ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7236359 | Environmental control system for personal computers An environmental control unit for a personal computer tower case includes an enclosure configured to substantially enclose the tower case and an air conditioning unit configured to draw air from a first region of the enclosure, cool the air to within a selected rang... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7207671 | HEPA filter printhead protection An air flow restriction device relates to an ink jet printhead enclosure with body, a load supportable moveable lid with an opening disposed on the body, and a chamber within the body. Continuous web media is disposed in the chamber with at least one ink jet printhe... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7185764 | Wafer shipping device and storage method for preventing fluoridation in bonding pads A wafer-shipping device and a wafer storage method for protecting bonding pads from fluoridation. First, at least one through hole is drilled in the shipping box. The wafer is then placed in the shipping box. A packaging bag containing the shipping box is put into a... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7166142 | Filter constructions containing breather and recirculation filter elements Filters and filtering methods for placement in an electronic enclosure, such as a hard disk drive housing, are disclosed. In one embodiment the filter includes a housing having a top, a base, and at least one sidewall extending from the top to the base, the housing ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7157301 | Semiconductor package security features using thermochromatic inks and three-dimensional identification coding Numerous embodiments of an apparatus and method for generating an identification feature are described. In one embodiment of the present invention, portions of an identification character printed with thermochromatic ink are distributed within a three-dimensional ma... | 01/02/2007 |
