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 |
| 8042878 | Interface disc for a vehicle wheel Interface disc for a vehicle wheel, comprising: at least one substantially central attachment element designed to allow the said disc to be attached to a wheel; a plurality of substantially radial arms connected to... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7303240 | Fitting structure of vehicle wheel cover A fitting structure for a vehicle wheel cover, having an open loop formed by a curved bar, an elongate connecting cover, an adjusting nut and a plurality of fitting seats mounted to the loop. The loop has at least one end terminated with a bent portion and the other... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7168768 | Rubber coated wheel A vehicle wheel includes a central hub region and a rim coaxial with the central hub region. The rim is configured to receive a motor vehicle tire and includes an exposed annular surface visible when the tire is received on the rim. A middle region extends from the ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7093909 | Visual and thermal shield system There is disclosed herein a visual and thermal shield system that effectively obscures visual indicators and thermal signatures of wheel assemblies of a military vehicle to thereby address longstanding military concerns for vehicle and crew survivability. Our device... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7079042 | System for providing illuminated displays on a vehicle tire or wheel assembly A system for providing illuminated displays on a vehicle or wheel assembly includes one or more tire marking devices for integration with tire sidewalls or vehicle wheels. Such tire marking devices may include a plurality of point lights sources (such as LEDs or OLE... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7004549 | Wheel cover retention apparatus An ornamental wheel cover integrally retained on the lug nuts of a vehicle wheel that provides positive positioning of the cover to the lug nuts. The cover is provided with a number of elongated tubular extensions axially projecting therefrom that are each partially... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6932434 | Extensional hubcap docking structure An extensional hubcap docking structure. The structure includes anchoring mounts positioned on the back surface of a hubcap. Clip components are coupled onto the anchoring mounts, and elastic components are situated between each hubcap anchoring mount and clip compo... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6860568 | Wheel rim cover for a vehicle A wheel cover is constructed to include an inner cap for covering a vehicle wheel, the inner cap having back mounting lugs for fastening to a wheel rim. The inner cap has a plurality of through holes and a plurality of stub barrels around the through holes protrudin... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6726290 | Wheel cover A wheel cover in the invention has a wheel cover body including fixing bases fixed thereon and each having at least one first hook hole; securing members connected to the fixing bases and each having at least one second hook hole; springs each having both ends for r... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6712432 | Wheel cover simulating a high profile automotive wheel and tire A wheel cover (20) that simulates a high profile automotive wheel and tire. The wheel cover (20) includes a base mounting plate (26) that is removably attached to a wheel (22) using conventional methods. A face plate (38), which is... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6688703 | Wheel rim cover A wheel rim cover includes a cover body and a decorative cover combined at an outer side of the cover body. The cover body has a plurality of fixing members protruding sidewise on an inner surface spaced apart equidistantly in a circle and fixed with a ci... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6575537 | Double deck wheel cover A double deck wheel cover includes an inner part, and an outer part. The inner part is detachably fitted on a central portion of a wheel. The outer part has spaced connecting plates projecting from the inner side through corresponding slots of the inner p... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6435621 | Rim extension device A rim extension device for simulating the appearance of low profile tires. The rim extension device includes a disk. The disk has a front surface and a back surface. The disk has a hole therethrough substantially positioned in a medial portion of the disk... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6257675 | Mounted tire/wheel assembly having a hubcap A mounted assembly of a mounting wheel, a tire provided with sidewalls between a tread and parts of the tire intended to come in contact with said wheel after mounting of the tire on the wheel and a wheel hubcap fastened to the wheel. The mounted assembly... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6254194 | Thermal signature reduction cover for hub and wheel The invention is a structure for reducing the thermal signature of an assembly on a vehicle that includes a hub, a wheel on the hub and a tire on the wheel. The structure comprises a generally planar cover disposed outboard of the assembly so that an air ... | 07/03/2001 |
| 5531508 | Heavy construction equipment tire guard A rigid but slightly flexive circular guard plate is provided and mounted from the outer rim portion of a vehicle wheel having a pneumatic tire mounted thereon, the guard plate at least closely opposing the outer side wall of the associated tire and being... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5511857 | Wheel cap for automobile A mechanism for connecting a flexible annular molding to a peripheral edge part of a wheel cap body which prevents an appearance of a wheel cap having the annular molding and the wheel cap body from being degraded when the annular molding is detached from... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5501510 | Structure for connecting flexible annular molding to wheel cap body An attaching structure of a wheel cap for attaching a flexible annular molding to a wheel cap body of a car, by which the former is easily and surely attached to the latter. An engaging leg of the flexible annular molding includes a proximal portion, a fi... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5372406 | Wheel cover for automobile A wheel cover includes a wheel cover body and a flexible annular member positioned therearound. The wheel cover body is formed in approximately a disk form, and a plurality of a through-holes are formed at the outer periphery thereof. The body of the flex... | 12/13/1994 |
| 4533183 | Military wheel-tire assembly A mechanism for protecting the tires of military vehicles from destruction y enemy small arms fire. The mechanism includes a plate or disk of armor material radiating from the vehicle wheel to a point slightly less than the expected radial deformation of t... | 08/06/1985 |
| 4434830 | Pneumatic tire A pneumatic tire having better aerodynamic characteristics than conventionally shaped tires is disclosed. A radial cross-section of the tire has an external contour on each side of its mid-circumferential plane, exclusive of indicia on the sidewalls or tr... | 03/06/1984 |
