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...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 |
| 8188644 | Nanostructured composite electrode A nanostructured composite electrode is provided that includes a pair of conductive metal foils and a multiplicity of ordered nanostructures formed on each conductive metal foil. The ordered nanostructures include functionalized carbon multi-walled nanotubes electro... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8154184 | Electron beam apparatus and image display apparatus using the same The present invention provides an electron beam apparatus provided with an electron-emitting device which has a simple structure, shows high electron-emitting efficiency and stably works. This electron beam apparatus has an insulating member and a gate formed on a s... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8115373 | Self-regenerating particulate trap systems for emissions and methods thereof A method and system for treating emissions includes charging particles in an exhaust stream, producing one or more radicals, and oxidizing at least a portion of the charged particles with at least a portion of the produced radicals. At least a portion of the charged... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8076832 | Electron emitter structure and associated method of producing field emission displays A method of forming an electron emitter structure for use in a field emission display, or as a field emission backlight for an LCD display is provided. The electron emitter structure is formed by depositing mask elements onto an laminar Al substrate, and etching the... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8022608 | Electron-emitting device, electron-emitting apparatus, electron source, image display device and information display/reproduction apparatus By applying a drive voltage Vf [V] between first and second conductive films, when electrons are emitted by the first conductive film, an equipotential line of 0.5 Vf [V] is inclined toward the first conductive film, rather than toward the second conductive film, in... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7999453 | Electron emitter and a display apparatus utilizing the same A field effect electron emitting apparatus comprising an insulating layer having an array of pores is disclosed, each pore has at least one nano-wire electron emitter which is shorter than the pore, and/or each pore may have a plurality of nano-wire electron emitter... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7965024 | Electron emission device and method of manufacturing the same An electron emission device includes a substrate, a first electrode on the substrate, a second electrode electrically insulated from the first electrode, a first insulating layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, an electron emission source hole ... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7956525 | Flexible nanostructure electronic devices A flexible electronic device is made up of nanostructures. Specifically, the device includes a flexible substrate, a film of nanostructures in contact with the flexible substrate, a first conducting element in contact with the film of nanostructures, and a second co... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7898161 | Diamond electron radiation cathode, electron source, electron microscope, and electron beam exposer An object is to provide an electron emitting cathode achieving high luminance, low energy dispersion, and long life. It is therefore an object to provide a diamond electron emitting cathode graspable on a sufficiently stable basis, sharpened at the tip, and improved... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7898160 | Method and apparatus for modifying object with electrons generated from cold cathode electron emitter Apparatus and method for modifying an object with electrons are provided, by which the object can be uniformly and efficiently modified with the electrons under a pressure substantially equal to atmospheric pressure even when having a relatively wide surface area to... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7884533 | Electron beam apparatus and image display apparatus using the same The present invention provides an electron beam apparatus provided with an electron-emitting device which has a simple structure, shows high electron-emitting efficiency and stably works. This electron beam apparatus has an insulating member and a gate formed on a s... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7839067 | Carbon film having shape suitable for field emission A carbon film of the present invention has an elongated needle shape whose radius decreases toward a tip. The shape is, preferably, a shape in which a field concentration coefficient β in the Fowler-Nordheim equation is expressed by h/r where r denotes the radius i... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7808169 | Electron emitting device and electromagnetic wave generating device using the same Provided is an electron emitting device which can achieve high electron emission efficiency even in the case where excitation energy is low. The device includes a carbon nanotube layer which is formed on an SiC substrate and is made up of plural carbon nanotubes ver... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7791258 | Activation effect on carbon nanotubes Particles, which may include nanoparticles, are mixed with carbon nanotubes and deposited on a substrate to form a cold cathode. The particles enhance the field emission characteristics of the carbon nanotubes. An additional activation step may be performed on the d... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7786658 | Electron-emitting device and image display apparatus using the same An electron-emitting device has an insulating layer having a side surface, a recess portion formed on the side surface of the insulating layer, a gate electrode which is arranged above the recess portion, and a wedge-shaped emitter which is arranged on an edge of a ... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7723908 | Flat panel display incorporating a control frame A flat panel display including: a plurality of electrically addressable pixels; a plurality of thin-film transistor driver circuits each being electrically coupled to an associated at least one of the pixels, respectively; a passivating layer on the thin-film transi... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7714492 | Electron emission material and electron emission panel having the same An electron emission material includes an electron emission material main body, a base metal layer disposed on the electron emission material main body, and a thermal electron emission layer disposed on the base metal layer. ... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7683528 | Structure, electron emitting device, secondary battery, electron source, and image display device The present invention prevents the oxidization of a member of carbon fibers and improves the electric connection between the carbon fibers and the member of carbon fibers. In the present invention, a member 5 of carbon fibers 4 includes: a first elemen... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7642702 | Electron source, image display apparatus, image reproducing apparatus, wiring board, and electronic device To provide an electron source including: a wiring board having: a substrate provided with a groove on its surface; a first conductive member which is arranged along the groove in the groove; and a second conductive member which is arranged above the first conductive... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7586248 | Electron emission device, method for manufacturing the device, and electron emission display using the same A method of manufacturing an electron emission device where the withstanding voltage characteristics are not deteriorated due to carbon remnants. With the method, cathode electrodes, a first insulating layer and gate electrodes are sequentially formed on a substrate... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7583015 | Electron-emitting device, electron-emitting apparatus, electron source, image display device and information display/reproduction apparatus By applying a drive voltage Vf [V] between first and second conductive films, when electrons are emitted by the first conductive film, an equipotential line of 0.5 Vf [V] is inclined toward the first conductive film, rather than toward the second conductive film, in... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7573186 | Electrode for electrochemical measurement The present invention provides an electrode for electrochemical measurement including a carbon nanotube, a catalyst causing a specific chemical reaction, and an insulator in which the carbon nanotube and the catalyst are embedded, wherein a part of the catalyst is e... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7550907 | Field emission element with carbon nanotube yarn A field emission element (100) includes an elongated solid body (110), a carbon nanotube yarn (112) and an electrically conductive adhesive agent (114). The carbon nanotube yarn wraps round the elongated solid body. The electrically condu... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7545088 | Field emission device A field emission device (10) is provided that prevents electrical breakdown. The field emission device (10) comprises an anode (40) distally disposed from a cathode plate that includes an insulating substrate (12) having a portion exposed... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7508122 | Planar gated field emission devices In a field emitter (100) including a substrate (110), the substrate (110) has a substantially non-conductive top substrate surface (112). A conductive cathode member (130) is disposed on the top substrate surface (112) and h... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7495377 | Field emission display (FED) and method of manufacture thereof A Field Emission Display (FED) and a method of manufacturing the FED are provided. The FED includes a substrate; a plurality of under-gate electrodes formed parallel to one another on a top surface of a substrate; a plurality of cathode electrodes formed perpendicul... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7489069 | Field emission light source and a related backlight device A light source (100) provided herein generally includes a substrate (110), a cathode (120), an isolating layer (122), a light-permeable anode (152), and at least one fluorescent layer (154). The substrate has a surface, and ... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7468578 | Group III-nitride layers with patterned surfaces A fabrication method produces a mechanically patterned layer of group III-nitride. The method includes providing a crystalline substrate and forming a first layer of a first group III-nitride on a planar surface of the substrate. The first layer has a single polarit... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7453193 | Electronic device containing a carbon nanotube An electronic device in which a substrate with a pair of electrodes is provided and a carbon nanotube is formed or arranged in relation to the electrodes. ... | 11/18/2008 |
| RE40566 | Flat panel display including electron emitting device A display device consisting of an electron-emitting device which is a laminate of an insulating layer and a pair of opposing electrodes formed on a planar substrate. A portion of the insulating layer is between the electrodes and a portion containing an electron emi... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7432646 | Thermal electron emission backlight device A thermal electron emission backlight device comprises: a first substrate and a second substrate disposed in parallel and separated by a predetermined distance from each other; a first anode electrode and a second anode electrode facing the first anode electrode, th... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7429820 | Field emission display with electron trajectory field shaping An apparatus for focusing electrons being emitted from a field emission device comprises a cathode metal layer (20,44,52) formed over a first portion of a substrate (12,41,51) to partially define a sidewall (23) for a trench (25) in a sec... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7427765 | Electron beam column for writing shaped electron beams An electron beam column comprises a thermal field emission electron source to generate an electron beam, an electron beam blanker, a beam shaping module, and electron beam optics comprising a plurality of electron beam lenses. In one version, the optical parameters ... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7411341 | Gated nanorod field emitter structures and associated methods of fabrication The present invention relates to gated nanorod field emission devices, wherein such devices have relatively small emitter tip-to-gate distances, thereby providing a relatively high emitter tip density and low turn on voltage. Such methods employ a combination of tra... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7388325 | Flat display device A flat-type display device is provided. The flat-type panel display includes a cathode panel having a plurality of electron emitter areas formed on a support; and an anode panel having formed on a substrate a plurality of fluorescent regions and an anode electrode c... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7385344 | Electron emission device including dummy electrodes An electron emission device having various functional electrodes in addition to the electrodes serving to emit electrons includes: first and second substrates facing each other, and cathode and gate electrodes arranged on the first substrate within an effective elec... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7372194 | Electron emission source composition for flat panel display and method of producing electron emission source for flat panel display using the same Disclosed is an electron emission source composition for a flat panel display using the same, comprising carbon nanotubes, a vehicle, and an organotitanium or an organometallic compound, and a method of producing the electron emission source composition having impro... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372197 | Field emission device and field emission display including dual cathode electrodes A field emission device and a field emission display (FED) having dual cathode electrodes. The field emission device includes a substrate; a first cathode electrode formed on the substrate; a cathode insulating layer formed on the first cathode electrode, and having... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372193 | Cold cathode light emitting device with nano-fiber structure layer, manufacturing method thereof and image display A cold cathode light emitting device includes a plurality of first electrodes, a plurality of insulating layers, a plurality of second electrodes and a third electrode. The insulating layers are laminated on the first electrodes. The second electrodes are provided o... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7368867 | Field emission device with cathode wires and carbon nanotubes A carbon nanotube (CNT) electron emitter source is provided according to the present invention. The CNT electron emitter source includes a dielectric glass substrate (101), a plurality of cathode connectors (102), a plurality of metal wires (103... | 05/06/2008 |
