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 |
| 5016026 | Load recording rope thimble A thimble (10) for the eye (4) of a rope (2) is provided with a sleeve (40) which receives the pin (32) of a shackle (30) and a bar (42) which attaches this sleeve to the inside wall of the thimble. The load in this beam is measured and recorded by means ... | 05/14/1991 |
| 4591881 | Arm-deflecting system for recording apparatus Disclosed herein is an arm deflecting drive system for strip chart recorders. The drive system mechanism includes a variable resistance structure which produces a position signal indicative of the angular position of the deflecting arm, which signal is pr... | 05/27/1986 |