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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6076503 | Electronically controlled carburetor The present invention involves a carbureted fuel system for an internal combustion engine for small utility implements. The engine includes a crankcase with a cylinder bore. The crankcase rotatably supports a crankshaft having a flywheel and a magnet disp... | 06/20/2000 |
| 4957082 | Vehicle control system A vehicle control system embodying an engine driving the vehicle and, selectively, a power takeoff shaft. When the power takeoff shaft is being driven, a governor controls the speed of the engine. A device is provided for detecting the shaft speed and the... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4359992 | Method of controlling fuel supply to internal combustion engine The calculation of an adjustment value, which is determined by the concentration of oxygen in the exhaust gas, the opening of a throttle valve provided in an intake air passage to the engine, the engine temperature, etc., is started every time a predeterm... | 11/23/1982 |
