Did You Know...
...that the Band-Aid Bandage was invented by a Johnson & Johnson employee whose wife had cut herself? Earl Dickson's wife was rather accident prone, so he set out to develop a bandage that she could apply without help. He placed a small piece of gauze in the center of a small piece of surgical tape, and what we know today as the Band Aid bandage was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5951170 | Tapered resilient sleeve bearing assembly At least two rigid segments of a tapered bearing sleeve are interconnected y deformable elastomeric sections for rotational support of a shaft or pin about a fixed axis established within a housing into which the bearing sleeve is inserted and held therein... | 09/14/1999 |
| 4644624 | Method for manufacturing a flanged half bearing A process for the manufacture of half bearings with flanges rigidly connected thereto, made of a steel plate with an antifriction layer, in which the plain (i.e. not yet flanged) half bearing and a pair of flanges are produced and worked separately, and s... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4448551 | Method and apparatus for shaft support for turbine pumps This is a method for supporting a pump shaft, or the like, within a tubing wherein bearing supports are provided which can be inserted and removed from the tube for maintenance purposes, or the like, with or without disturbing the location of the tube, an... | 05/15/1984 |
