...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!
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7428452 | Scheduling method and system for rail networks A method and system for calculating a plan for moving trains on a network to reduce the cost of delays or late running. The method and system can be used to develop a timetable for real time dynamic rescheduling of trains on a network and for assessing proposed chan... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7311318 | Troughed skateboard wheels A wheel is provided for a conveyance such as a skateboard. The wheel is generally cylindrical in form with a tread surface defining a portion of the wheel adapted to contact an underlying surface upon which the wheel is rotatably supported. The tread surface include... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7137675 | Road wheel for tracked vehicles A hollow-shell road wheel for tracked vehicles includes a generally triangular, outer circumferential cavity formed by an outer rim and two wall members that extend radially inward at angles to a generally planar flange at approximately the mid-radius point of the h... | 11/21/2006 |
| 6935667 | Wheels for a wheeled vehicle A wheel assembly for a wheeled vehicle utilizes interchangeable wheel hubs to secure various types of tires to provide better performance and maintenance on the vehicles. The design of the hubs is such that fabrication costs are reduced as well as costs for maintain... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6746064 | Composite wheel for tracked vehicles The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing an all metal, single or dual, flanged composite railroad wheel for rollingly engaging a metal rail. A unitary metal railroad wheel having at least one radially extending wheel flange, for intermittently enga... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6598919 | Wheel assembly for a roller coaster A tire assembly for a wheeled vehicle has a ring-shaped integrally formed outer tire member made of relatively hard and relatively rigid material, and a ring-shaped integrally formed inner tire member. The inner tire member is made of a resilient material... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6375243 | Wheel assembly for a roller coaster A tire assembly for a wheeled vehicle has a ring-shaped integrally formed outer tire member made of relatively hard and relatively rigid material, and a ring-shaped integrally formed inner tire member. The inner tire member is made of a resilient material... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6033119 | Locomotive running wheel block quipped for simplified replacement of worn parts A running wheel block, including a housing having at least one connecting surface for connection to a supporting structure, an inwardly directed rotary bearing holding hub arranged in the housing, a rotary bearing mounted on the hub, and a running wheel m... | 03/07/2000 |
| 5899516 | Railway wheel and manufacturing method of the railway wheel A wheel has both wear resistance and heat-crack resistance sufficient for use in a high-speed railway vehicle. The chemical composition of a base steel comprises 0.4 to 0.75 % C, 0.4 to 0.95% Si, 0.6 to 1.2% Mn and less than 0.2% Cr. The wheel has a pearl... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5899517 | Stress homogenized rail wheel having a wheel disc connecting wheel hub and wheel rim A stress-homogenized track wheel with a wheel disk (3) which connects the wheel hub (1) and wheel rim (2) and decreases in thickness from the hub (1) towards the rim (2), the disk's outer surfaces merging via three-center curves as radial generatrices tan... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5658030 | Trolley wheels Trolley wheels and guide rollers for a monorail trolley system and a method for reducing debris originating from trolley wheels and guide rollers particularly in the production environment of producing iron-sensitive photographic materials.... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5609108 | Track wheel kingpin system for a camera dolly A camera dolly has a track wheel system including a kingpin pivotally supported on a dolly chassis. A kingpin tube extends laterally from the kingpin. An axle is pivotally supported within the tube on pins. A track wheel around a bearing is supported on a... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5533770 | High-strength solid wheels and tires for railroad traction vehicles and cars A steel for high-strength solid wheels and tires for railroad traction vehicles and cars that is more tenacious at the strengths typical of existing steels, and that is less likely to fracture even at constant braking. The steel has a specific ratio betwe... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5026106 | Tram car wheel There is provided a new and useful tram car wheel comprising a metallic hub section, a formed non-metallic wheel on the hub, a pair of cable flanges on the wheel, and an open reinforcing structure in the wheel anchored to the hub section.... | 06/25/1991 |
| 4723807 | Wheel and track system A wheel and track system wherein the track comprises a base and a pair of spaced apart upstanding sides is provided for guiding movement of a vehicle having four wheels over a controlled path and at least two of the wheels are mounted for rolling movement... | 02/09/1988 |
| 4721430 | Railroad track vehicle A vehicle for use in transporting heavy equipment having a hydraulic system including a hydraulic pump, which vehicle has a hydraulic motor arranged to drive a pair of railroad track wheels. The vehicle also has an arrangement such that the hydraulic moto... | 01/26/1988 |
| 4665833 | Miniature electric track and train A miniature electric track and train system which provides a simple and inexpensive arrangement for the simultaneous independent operation of at least two electric engines on the same track.... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4632445 | Cooling device for railway wheels A cooling device especially adapted to be applied to railway car wheels that are subjected to heating by the application of braking pressure to the rims. The cooling structure is suitable for mounting on existing wheels as well as on new wheels. It compri... | 12/30/1986 |
| 4496183 | Vibration-damped wheel for rail vehicles A rail wheel has in one of its rim surfaces, preferably the inner one, a circumferential undercut groove. Vibration-damping elements are connected to the wheel by means of screws which either engage in the undercut groove via appropriately shaped heads, o... | 01/29/1985 |
| 4494464 | Castor wheel carriage A wheeled carriage is proposed which is capable of moving on rails to-and-fro, and of moving on a railless flat floor in any desired direction. The carriage has at least three pivotable wheel units. Each of these units consists of a first wheel and a seco... | 01/22/1985 |
| 4490086 | Self propelled load distributor vehicle A load distribution vehicle which is adapted to run on a rail track on or over a train of open topped cars for the purpose of loading the cars with particulate material such as mineral ore, broken rock, sand, granular food stuff or the like. The vehicle c... | 12/25/1984 |
| 4471990 | Railroad car wheel A railroad car wheel is designed to have an amount of displacement of 40 mm or larger, this amount being the amount of displacement of a rim portion relative to a boss portion of the wheel which is the distance between two lines perpendicular to the axis ... | 09/18/1984 |
| 4355580 | Inexpensive driverless vehicle A driverless vehicle has an inverted U-shaped body with the bight being a horizontal load supporting surface. A pair of wheels is supported by each leg of the body. A friction drive wheel for contact with a drive shaft is supported by the body. An accumul... | 10/26/1982 |
| 4065891 | Rotary floor grain bin A rotary floor comprising a base having an upwardly facing surface and defining a vertically extending center axis, a platform disposed above and in vertical registry with the base, the platform having a bottom side, circular outer and inner lower tracks ... | 01/03/1978 |
| 4022133 | Lateral truck movement control system A device for reducing the lateral movements of a railway vehicle caused by irregularities in the rail. The railway vehicle contains at least one wheel which is mounted for limited rotation around a generally vertical axis. A separate power-operated contro... | 05/10/1977 |
| 3967868 | Storage system A storage system comprising a plurality of generally aligned storage units, each of the units including at least two storage sections arranged in side-by-side relation, the units being supported for movement along a predetermined substantially linear path... | 07/06/1976 |
| 3934921 | Buffer for spring-supported wheels A buffer for spring-supported wheels and a method of producing the buffer are disclosed. The buffer, which is of an elastic material, can be clamped into an annular slot formed by a wheel-rim and a wheel center-disk. The contact elements which provide the... | 01/27/1976 |