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 |
| 7467442 | Hose clamp A hose clamp includes a binding belt, which has a recess and a protruding portion respectively disposed at front and back sides of one end thereof, a plurality of through holes disposed around the recess, and a plurality of retaining portions in communication with t... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7093328 | Connection of a hose clamp and a hose A connection of a hose clamp and a hose has a rubber-elastic ring that surrounds the hose detachably and with elastic pretension. The ring is positioned underneath a clamp strap of the hose clamp. The ring has radial hook-shaped first projections for locking the cla... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7055223 | Band clamp with reaction member A band clamp comprising a sleeve and a tightening mechanism that includes at least one fastener, such as a nut and bolt, as well as a reaction member which is constructed of a single piece of sheet metal. The reaction member is disposed between the end flanges of th... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7014547 | Portable grinding machine with protective cover A portable grinding machine (10) includes an elongated housing (12, 14) and an output shaft (16) projecting at a right angle to the housing axis for receiving a disk-shaped rotary clamping tool. The output shaft is encompassed by a substantially... | 03/21/2006 |
| 5458380 | Pipe joint A pipe joint incldues joint main body having securing through holes respectively formed at positions spaced apart from the two ends of the joint main body by a given distance in the longitudinal direction thereof for securing hook portions, and a pluralit... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5299344 | Reinforcing arrangement for open hose clamps, especially screw-type hose clamps A clamp structure with a clamping band whose ends are drawn together by a screw-type tightening mechanism that includes a first band tightening member secured near one band end, a second band tightening member secured near the other band end and a screw m... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5170540 | Adjustable screw-type clamp A self-retightening screw-type clamp with predetermined adjusting range for a given clamp size, attained by a predetermined number of apertures provided in the inner band portion of a separate band part in conjunction with a sleeve member of predetermined... | 12/15/1992 |
| 4521940 | Hose clamp A hose clamp with a clamping band having two ends which are drawn together by a screw-type mechanism that includes a first band-tightening member secured near one band end, a second band-tightening member secured near the other band end, and a screw membe... | 06/11/1985 |
| 4286361 | Hose clamp A hose clamp wherein one end of the clamping band is movable to any desired longitudinal position of the band so as to initially take up the slack of the band during installation of the hose clamp. This same end is held without being permanently attached ... | 09/01/1981 |
