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 |
| 7219631 | High torque, low velocity, internal combustion engine An Internal Combustion Engine including a plurality of reciprocating pistons disposed about the periphery of a central housing, and a pair of drive cams responsive to the displacement of the pistons for driving one or more output drive shafts. A piston rod cross mem... | 05/22/2007 |
| 6978743 | Intake device for a W-12 reciprocating piston internal combustion engine In an intake device for a W-12 reciprocating piston internal combustion engine with three rows of cylinders of four cylinders each, a structurally favorable and functionally advantageous arrangement is achieved with two intake distributors, each of which is connecte... | 12/27/2005 |
| 5615642 | Motorcycle engine A motorcycle engine having a pair of cylinders, a piston disposed in each-cylinder, rotatably mounted flywheels, a crank pin mounted on the flywheels, and a connecting rod assembly for coupling the crank pin to the pistons. The connecting rod assembly inc... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5502964 | Exhaust system The invention relates to an exhaust system for a W-12 reciprocating piston internal combustion engine with three rows of cylinders of four cylinders each, with outlet channels connected to the exhaust lines, in which there are two separate exhaust runs to... | 04/02/1996 |
| 4794887 | Reciprocatory internal combustion engines A three-cylinder four-stroke internal combustion engine has first and third diametrically opposed pistons and a third piston arranged to reciprocate on an axis at right angles to that of the cylinders. A connecting link assembly is connected at its upper ... | 01/03/1989 |
