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 |
| 8186325 | Heat shield having locating and retention features A heat shield assembly includes shroud or housing fabricated from a heat shielding material having at least one pair of spring arms extending from side walls of the shroud for engaging a member to which the heat shield assembly is to be attached, and one or more ret... | 05/29/2012 |
| 7571704 | Internal combustion engine provided with electrical equipment holder An internal combustion engine has a cylinder block 20 and is provided with an electrical equipment box A disposed outside the cylinder block 20. A plurality of electrical parts including an ECU 52, a relay box 53 and couplers 54, 55 | 08/11/2009 |
| 7374009 | Control box mounting bracket A control box mounting bracket is attached to a vehicle body frame. The control box mounting bracket mounts an engine control box on the vehicle body frame and in the periphery of the control box mounting bracket. The control box mounting bracket includes an attachi... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7363908 | Electric parts attaching structure and attaching method for throttle body, and throttle body An electric parts attaching structure for a throttle body includes: a throttle body (12) having an intake passage (16) in which a throttle valve (24) is arranged, and a housing (20) for accommodating electric parts formed on the outside t... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7341038 | Engine cover with embedded leads An engine cover for at least partially enclosing a portion of an engine. The engine cover includes a body having an inwardly-facing surface for facing an engine and an outwardly-facing surface opposite the inwardly-facing surface. The body also includes a plurality ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7290516 | Electrical connection device for injection devices of internal combustion engines In order to simplify an electrical connection device for injection devices, to make them more reliable and to simplify their installation, it is proposed that the electrical connection device has a printed circuit board (1) with printed circuit board tracks (... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7219646 | In-line multicylinder combustion engine There is provided an in-line multicylinder combustion engine of a type, in which the length and the width of the combustion engine can be reduced; which can be assembled compact in size with its center of gravity lowered in position; in which mass centering in the c... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7185624 | Fuel injection control apparatus of engine The invention provides a fuel injection control apparatus of an engine in which a temperature sensor for detecting an engine temperature is inexpensive and a wiring to a control unit is made unnecessary, thereby restricting a system cost low. A control unit (5 | 03/06/2007 |
| 7117860 | Coil housing for a motorcycle Described herein is a coil housing for receiving a plurality of coils for a two-cylinder motorcycle having a plurality of spark plugs and ignition coils. The invention consists of a plurality of coil receptacles conjoined by frame mounting means for attaching the co... | 10/10/2006 |
| 6969935 | Vehicle alternator An alternator is vertically mounted to an engine in a vehicle. The engine is arranged such that a crank shaft is vertical with respect to the ground and a crank shaft pulley is fixed to a lower end of the crank shaft such that a rotation axis of the crank shaft pull... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6948472 | Arrangement structure for a motorcycle ignition switch apparatus, and motorcycle incorporating same To improve the degree of freedom in attachment of an ignition switch apparatus, and to make the ignition switch apparatus less likely to be influenced by heat from an engine and by electrical noise interference, an ignition switch apparatus is provided including an ... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6941921 | Outboard motor having seal structure for exhaust release pipe An outboard motor includes an elastic seal lid attached to an under cover to form a hermetic seal between the under cover and an exhaust release pipe while closing an opening of the under cover from which an outlet portion of the exhaust release pipe projects outwar... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6871639 | Wire guide A wire guide (101) is disposable on a device such as a fuel injector (103). The wire guide (101) includes a channel (215) having one or more intermittently spaced fingers (213) along an open side of the channel (215). The fi... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6843217 | Integrated electrical connectors for fuel injectors An independent electrical module 26 distributes an electrical signal to the terminals 24 of a fuel injector device in an engine. The module 26 comprises a self-supporting plastic lead frame 28 with copper ribbons 30 disposed on the... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6694929 | Water-cooled engine control An electronic control unit for a combustion engine having a water coolant passageway in heat transfer adjacency to the unit and adapted to remove heat from the unit. An ECU for combustion engine, comprising: electrical input circuits, electrical control c... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6672272 | Cylinder head cover assembly having electrical connection Modern internal combustion engines require the provision of an electrical connection to electrically controlled devices disposed within a cylinder head cover. Prior mechanisms for providing such electrical connections have been complex and awkward to asse... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6584949 | Wire guide for electronically controlled fuel injection systems There is provided a wire guide for guiding and protecting wires from moving parts underneath the valve cover in a diesel engine. The wire guide has a channel portion connected to a base for securing the wire guide to the cylinder head. The base may be com... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6487995 | Engine controller and enclosure assembly An electronic device and enclosure assembly is provided for use with an engine arrangement having a plurality of cavities. The assembly comprises an enclosure including a main body having a base panel. The base panel includes a plurality of openings align... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6334420 | Outboard motor An outboard motor comprises an engine holder, an engine disposed above the engine holder in a mounted usable state of the outboard motor, the engine being an in-line multi-cylinder type and comprising a crankcase in which a crankshaft extends vertically p... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6240903 | Wiring arrangement for engine fuel injector An injector harness arrangement for electric connection between an electronic control unit and a fuel injector located inside a head cover of the engine. The head cover is divided in its height direction, and the injector harness penetrates the head cover... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6050236 | Covering device for an internal combustion engine A covering device for an internal combustion engine shortens the harness used for driving fuel injection valves (and thus minimizes resistance, noise and voltage drop) and improves access to components for fuel leakage checking. Opening portions 20A, 20B ... | 04/18/2000 |
| 5813381 | Harness holder fixing structure in engine A harness holder is disposed to extend along the inside of a cover member which covers a driving pulley and a timing belt, and a harness extending from a crank angle sensor is supported in the harness holder and prevented from contacting the belt and/or p... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5694895 | Outboard engine structure In an outboard engine, an electric device is attached, utilizing a cooling water passage cover for closing a recessed part constituting part of a cooling water jacket, to the cover via a boss part, thus providing a compact electric device mounting structu... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5630390 | Compact outboard engine structure An upper intake pipe and a lower intake pipe interconnecting a left bank and a throttle body are disposed along a left side of a V-shaped multi-cylinder engine having a vertically placed crankshaft. The lower intake pipe is disposed by utilizing a waste s... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5568794 | Electric circuit device provided on components necessary for controlling engine of vehicle The work for connecting a wiring harness in assembling an engine, especially, in assembling components in an engine compartment, is simplified by connecting a wiring harness for transmitting electric signals at the same time the components are assembled. ... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5501188 | Engine starter mounting arrangement An outboard motor having a starter motor and other electrical components which are mounted adjacent the crankcase of the engine but in spaced relationship thereto by a mounting plate for providing heat insulation.... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5469820 | Auxiliary power unit for a hybrid electrical vehicle An auxiliary power system includes an engine balance system, an integrated alternator/starter, a thermal management system, noise-vibration-harshness control system, an emissions/fuel economy system, an APU master control unit, and a vehicle control syste... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5203292 | Wiring arrangement for electric parts of an outboard motor A wiring arrangement for an outboard motor including a printed circuit board fitted within a magneto generator cover that is secured to the top of the engine of the outboard motor overlying the rotor. The printed circuit board has projecting portions that... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5072704 | Personal watercraft vehicle engine An engine (10) includes a starter (28) mounted to the top portion (11a) of a crankcase (11). Further, engine (10) utilizes a flywheel (23) which has its teeth (23c) as an integral one-piece unit.... | 12/17/1991 |
| 5060625 | Ignition system wiring harness and spring clip retainers therefor Ignition system wiring harnesses are used to carry discrete electrical signals to the fuel igniter devices of spark ignited engines. Externally mounted wiring harnesses are subjected to damage which can cause the engine to run inefficiently. The subject i... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5011442 | Auxiliary power generation means for outboard motors An auxiliary power generation device is provided for use in outboard motors having a typically horizontal flywheel with a recoil starter mounted thereabove. The device includes an alternator adapted for installation between the flywheel and the recoil sta... | 04/30/1991 |
| 4955343 | Cylinder block An internal combustion engine includes a cylinder block, and a plurality of main bearing caps secured to the cylinder block at a predetermined portion. A flange integral with the cylinder block has first and second end walls extending from the cylinder bl... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4849665 | Anti-vibration mounting for vehicle alternator An alternator for a vehicle includes a stator mounted on the inner periphery of first and second bowl-like brackets separated by a plane perpendicularly crossing an output shaft, and a core integrally fixed to the shaft and surrounded by the first and sec... | 07/18/1989 |
