Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6943460 | Control device for hybrid vehicle A control device for a hybrid vehicle, the hybrid vehicle comprising an engine and a motor as power sources, the control device including: a battery device sending energy to and receiving energy from the motor, a temperature sensor for measuring the temperature of t... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6921984 | Drive system for an industrial truck and a method for the operation of the drive system A drive system for an industrial truck, comprising an internal combustion engine, a three-shaft epicyclic gearing adapted to be connected to the shaft of the internal combustion engine, a first electric motor which is mechanically coupled to the second shaft of the ... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6124645 | Electric motor rotor holding arrangement A hill-holding arrangement for an electrically driven vehicle includes a vehicle with a "gas pedal" which generates a torque command signal TCMD. A switch (314) couples TCMD to a motor controller (316, 14) which drives the motor (40)... | 09/26/2000 |
| 5907191 | Power output apparatus and method of controlling the same A power output apparatus 110 includes a planetary gear 120 having a planetary carrier, a sun gear, and a ring gear, an engine 150 having a crankshaft 156 linked with the planetary carrier, a first motor MG1 attached to the sun gear, and a second motor MG2... | 05/25/1999 |
