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 |
| 7178640 | Brake actuator A brake actuator includes an annular housing (10b) having first and second opposite radial faces (A and B). Cavities are formed in the housing (10b), some opening onto face (A) and some onto radial face (B). Two pistons (16) are di... | 02/20/2007 |
| 6752247 | Method and an assembly for braking a selectively moveable assembly having a controllably varying amount of self energization An electromechanical brake assembly 10 having a pair of selectively movable and dissimilar self energization wedge members 24, 26 which are respectively and independently controlled by motors 30, 34, and which have respectively dissimilar angles... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6318513 | Electromechanical brake with self-energization An electromechanical brake, in particular for vehicles, has an electric actuator which generates an actuation force and acts on at least one frictional element so as to press the latter, in order to bring about a frictional force, against a rotatable comp... | 11/20/2001 |
| 5908092 | Fluid operated brake device A brake device has a housing in two parts releasably connected together by bolts. Co-operating pressure fluid passages in the two housing parts communicate pressure fluid from a source to actuators within the housing, and include separable plug and socket... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5072651 | Direct drive type rotation dividing table A direct drive type rotation dividing table includes a dividing table mounted on an output shaft of a rotor which is accommodated in a housing together with a stator. A clamp mechanism for maintaining the dividing table at a stopped position includes a cy... | 12/17/1991 |
| 4630528 | Fluid motor with arresting and disarresting means In a vehicle or device a fluid motor is employed to drive rotary members, such as wheels, propellers, tracks. The motor is provided with an arrangement which includes a control means and an axially moveable member. By utilizing the control means, for exam... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4363383 | Brake with axially expanding brake shoes A brake having axially-expanding brake shoes, comprises an actuating block radially located in a peripheral annular groove formed in a rotating member. The actuating block possesses along its axis, a plurality of cylinders in which slide pistons which app... | 12/14/1982 |
