Did You Know...
...that it was melting ice cream that inspired the invention of the outboard motor? It was a lovely August day and Ole Evinrude was rowing his boat to his favorite island picnic spot. As he rowed, he watched his ice cream melt and wished he had a faster way to get to the island. At that moment the idea for the outboard motor was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7275285 | Deployment hinge A deployment hinge for deploying an appendage, including a movable portion affixed to the appendage, and a stationary portion affixed to a stationary body. In a non-deployed state, the movable portion is mechanically engaged with the stationary portion and a mechani... | 10/02/2007 |
| 6062527 | Flexurally hinged tripod support boom An improved support boom is disclosed for supporting instrumentation on extraterrestrial vehicles. The support boom includes first and second support legs which are each pivotably mountable at corresponding first ends to a support structure and which are ... | 05/16/2000 |
| 5921876 | Pivotal motor mount for tensioning a belt drive with a one-way restraint allowing pivotal movement in a tensioning direction and preventing movement in a slackening direction An apparatus for use with motor-driven assemblies is described. The motor-driven assembly comprises a motor, a pulley driven by the motor, a driven element and a belt drive connecting the pulley and the driven element. The apparatus comprises a motor base... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5864320 | Synchronous rotation dual-axis mechanical hinge assemblies Dual-axis hinge assemblies comprising mechanical devices which provide integrated synchronous rotation of a support element, such as a space antenna shaft, attached to a vertical hinge shaft about its own axis while simultaneously pivoting the support sha... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5280309 | Single degree of freedom belt drive tensioning system for a plotter apparatus A belt-drive tensioning system for a motor drive positioning system, especially for X-Y digital plotters. The tensioning system employs spring-loading involving motion along only one translational direction to accurately preset and maintain constant the d... | 01/18/1994 |
| 5233818 | Shock absorbing motor mount for a rotary cutter A shock absorbing motor mount for heavy duty rotary cutting machines equipped with a frame and a hydraulic motor, or the like, mounted on the frame for driving a rotating cutting blade is disclosed. The shock absorbing motor mount includes a bearing for r... | 08/10/1993 |
| 4768930 | Hold-down mechanism for a pivotally-mounted motor on an air compressor The invention is directed to a ratchet or hold-down mechanism for a motor which is pivotally connected to a base of a compressor attached to an air receiving tank. The compressor is provided with a base having a pair of legs at one end which terminate at ... | 09/06/1988 |
| 4693444 | Height adjust mechanism A height adjust mechanism which may be advantageously used to set a keyboard to a predetermined number of angles with respect to a support surface upon which the keyboard sits. The apparatus is integral with the keyboard base and includes an adjustment fo... | 09/15/1987 |
| 4598601 | Means for counterbalancing mass in mechanisms such as a robot arm A means for counterbalancing a mass (9) in mechanisms such as a robot arm (1), wherein the robot arm (1) has a fixed support point (2) and is attached to one end of a spring (3) for counterbalancing arm loading. The other, remote point of attachment (6) f... | 07/08/1986 |
| 4503792 | Pivotable motor with mounting pin A sewing machine motor is provided with an elongate pin which is affixed in the end portions of the arms of sheet metal motor end brackets, and which is pivotally mounted in frame affixed resilient end blocks to enable the motor to be adjusted about the a... | 03/12/1985 |
| 4372180 | Gear motor torque reaction absorber A gear motor assembly is disposed in a support structure in such a manner that it may rotate in a plane perpendicular to the output shaft thereof. Stops are provided for preventing the shaft from turning past a predetermined point. The motor assembly is l... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4350104 | Sewing machine motor mount A sewing machine motor is provided with stamped out sheet metal end brackets including arms with disc like end portions which are mounted for pivotal movement in slots in a frame to permit the motor to be adjusted as required to alter tension in a belt dr... | 09/21/1982 |
| 4313729 | Adjustable mount for a belt idler pulley A belt idler pulley support arm (32) is mounted on a support wall by a pivot structure (48) whose position is determined by three individually adjustable mounting members (71, 72, 73). The mounting members (71, 72, 73) for the pivot structure (48) are acc... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4188008 | Farm pump mounting bracket A farm pump mounting bracket comprising a split arm assembly suitable to adjustably support a mounting plate for pump supporting purposes. An adjustable safety retainer interconnects the housing of the farm pump with a portion of the body of the drive mot... | 02/12/1980 |
