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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7247633 | Pyrimidine compounds and their use A compound of the general formula (I): wherein R1, R2, X, Y and Z are as described in the specification. ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7188880 | Rapid medical evacuation system for trauma patients A system comprising an assembly of structures and supports operable for installation in a vehicle for the purpose of transporting at least one medical attendant, one patient disposed on a stretcher, and a driver on a small utility vehicle having a flat horizontal su... | 03/13/2007 |
| 6976696 | Transportable medical apparatus An undercarriage for transporting a stretcher includes a support base, which is adapted for supporting a stretcher, a first pair of legs pivotally mounted to the support base, and a second pair of legs pivotally and slidably mounted to the support base. The first pa... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6352294 | Wheel for a track travel moving body, moving body provided with same, rail and travelling equipment using rail A wheel comprises a main body, a tread making a contact with a top face of the rail head of a rail, and a flange. At least at a portion of the wheel tread which is in contact with the rail, there is provided a tread-forming component formed of a ceramic-p... | 03/05/2002 |
| 4818041 | Idler wheel assembly for track-type vehicle An idler wheel assembly for a track-type vehicle has a hub member and a plurality of replaceable wear segments positioned around the circumference of the hub. A plurality of U-shaped grooves in the circumferential surface of the hub receive resilient mean... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4463683 | Rack and pinion drive trolley with slip-ring drive wheel A motor-driven overhead trolley conveyor is described which comprises a rail having horizontal sections and inclined sections. Rack sections or chain sections are associated to the inclined sections. Each trolley comprises its own drive motor. In the hori... | 08/07/1984 |
| 4183572 | Railway flanged wheel vibration dampening assembly The present noise damping apparatus is especially intended for damping the noise caused by wheels running on rails. For this purpose there is provided a noise screen connected to at least one surface of the rail wheel in a force transmitting, yet removabl... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4097941 | Emergency cot with spring-biased retractable wheel carriage An emergency cot for transporting patients and the like includes a basic patient supporting frame structure of conventional type having supporting wheel structure mounted on a wheel carriage which is connected to the frame support of the cot by suitably c... | 07/04/1978 |
