Did You Know...
...that the Eveready Battery began as an invention called the "electric flowerpot," which was a tube with a battery and light bulb inside? The idea was to fasten this gizmo to the side of a flowerpot so it would illuminate the flowers from the bottom. The idea died on the vine and the businessman who licensed the flower pot, Conrad Huber, was left with a pile of useless tubes -- until he found a way to market them as batteries to light the world!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7204035 | Displacement measuring system for a piston-cylinder assembly A piston rod is guided with freedom of axial movement in a cylinder, where the position of the piston rod is detected by a first position-measuring device, which travels along with the piston rod, and by a second position-measuring device on the cylinder side. The t... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7032562 | Adjustable guide plate assembly An adjustable pushrod guide plate assembly including a first plate and a second plate. Each plate defines an adjustment slot. The plates are in an at least partially overlapping configuration, the slots are optionally aligned, and a shaft is disposed at least partia... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6506143 | Apparatus for finishing inside diameter of work In a finishing apparatus, a plurality of works are retained at distances from each other in a direction of an X-axis. A single spindle is disposed on a table movable in the direction of the X-axis, the spindle has an axis parallel to an axis of each of bo... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6003238 | Method for facilitating the installation of an axially adjustable driveshaft assembly in a vehicle A method for pre-positioning the driveshaft sections of an axially adjustable driveshaft assembly prior to installation within a vehicle to facilitate the installation process. An installation tool is provided with first and second members which are movab... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5930908 | Alignment tool for phasing of splined slip joint driveshaft components An alignment fixture to rotationally align driveshaft components includes a first driveshaft component having a yoke secured to it, the yoke having opposed arms with openings for receiving universal joint bearings, with the openings being aligned on a yok... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5873173 | Device for measuring length and vertical clearance of engine connecting rods A device for measuring length and vertical clearance of engine connecting rods comprising a base which is attached to an upstanding member in a hinged fashion. A vertical guide slot of substantial length is disposed within the upstanding member along a lo... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5814724 | Method and device for determining piston engine wear A device and a method for determining big end bearing and wrist pin bearing wear in a piston engine without complete disassembly of the engine. The device includes a probe rod which moves in response to the movements of the piston in a cylinder being test... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5744705 | Method and apparatus for engine testing The invention relates to a method of, and apparatus for, determining the clearance between wear surfaces of a reciprocating piston engine and the surrounding cylindrical bore of the engine block, without need for physical contact with the piston. As parti... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5657545 | Fixture for identifying phase angle relationships in a steering shaft assembly A fixture for identifying the phase angle relationships between two universal joints secured to the ends of a steering shaft assembly includes first and second universal joint assemblies which are connected together by a shaft assembly. The shaft assembly... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5507100 | Push rod gauge A push rod gauge for finding the optimum length of push rods in a push rod engine. The gauge has a mounting bracket which is affixed to a cylinder head after the rocker arm has been removed, a push rod holding channel is held by the face plate and has mea... | 04/16/1996 |
| 4040763 | Method and fixture for reaming piston pin bushings in connecting rods The invention discloses a fixture for holding the connecting rod from an internal combustion engine for the purpose of precision reaming the bushing in the piston pin end of said connecting rod. The fixture is uniquely adaptable to various connecting rod ... | 08/09/1977 |
