Did You Know...
...that in the early 1940s GE engineer James Wright was charged with a task of utmost importance to the war effort: develop a cheap substitute for rubber that could be used to produce tires, gas masks and a whole host of military gear. Wright tackled the task diligently -- and wound up inventing Silly Putty.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7189312 | Under water cable system having an earthing electrode An earthing electrode assembly and method for providing a submerged electrical apparatus with an earth path, the electrode assembly having an earthing electrode, an attachment device for attaching the electrode assembly to a cable, and an insulated electrical connec... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7081187 | Internal cathodic protection system A cathodic protection system for internal surfaces of a pipeline is provided which includes a flexible anode assembly having a first and a second end and having at least one flexible anode wire having a first end and a second end. First and second removable pressure... | 07/25/2006 |
| 6858117 | Cathodic protection device for flexible pipes The flexible pipe comprises a plastic sealing sheath and an inner plastic sheath which define an annular space in which structural elements are placed. The structural elements comprising at least one armor ply consisting of metal wires wound helically with a long pi... | 02/22/2005 |
| 4798657 | Cathodic protection system A protective apparatus adapted for limiting corrosive effects of a liquid stored in a metallic storage tank. The apparatus includes anode means for carrying an impressed current to produce an electrolytic effect and inhibit corrosive interaction between t... | 01/17/1989 |
| 4292149 | Current rope anodes The invention provides a submergeable structure provided with cathodic protection means comprising a flexible impressed current anode assembly including at least one elongate electrode wound around a rope and lying in the depressions between the strands o... | 09/29/1981 |
