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 |
| 6976788 | Thrust bearing In a thrust bearing supporting a load in a thrust direction in a rotary portion, a size of a curved surface in the forward side of a lubricating groove with respect to a relative rotating direction of an opposing sliding member is set to be larger than a size of a c... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6419049 | Main shaft bearing lubricating apparatus for sealing-type reciprocating compressor A main shaft bearing lubricating apparatus for a sealing-type reciprocating compressor having a rotor provided to a rotary shaft and rotating about the rotary shaft with respect to a main shaft bearing with a trust washer between, and a reciprocating pist... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6132094 | Multiple groove thrust bearing A thrust bearing having a radial taper in its top (land) surface provides improved load distribution when used in high-pressure positive displacement swashplate piston pumps. The thrust bearing includes a plurality of grooves in its land surface which car... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6045266 | Supercharger thrust bearing A supercharger thrust bearing for use in a machine rotatable at a high speed includes radial oil grooves formed in a pad surface. Gradients are formed at the outward radial ends of the oil supply grooves such that the groove depth sequentially diminishes ... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6024495 | Axial sliding bearing The object of the invention is to provide a simple and cost-effective solution for reducing the wear and consequently for increasing the life of axial sliding bearings. For this purpose, the profiled annular surface (24, 24') of the lubricating gap (25, 2... | 02/15/2000 |
| 4863291 | Bearing assembly An improved modular bearing assembly capable of operation for radical and thrust loads under starved and flooded lubricant conditions with low power losses. A journal bearing alone may be employed or journal and thrust bearings. Thrust bearings per se are... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4789250 | Thrust bearing or axial journal bearing, in particular for slow-running machines A thrust or journal bearing which is suitable for use in particular in slow-running machines is intended to have as large as possible a bearing surface with a minimum diameter and at the same time to have optimal running properties and long life in normal... | 12/06/1988 |
| 4501505 | Thrust bearing A thrust bearing for use with a shaft having a collar mounted thereon, comprising a base ring, a thrust bearing shoe having a leading edge connected to a trailing edge by an inner diameter edge and an outer diameter edge and having a working face with a b... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4385845 | Flywheel apparatus for storing electrical energy A highly reliable device for stopping the operation of a flywheel apparatus for storing electrical energy in the event of interruption of power supply includes a thrust plate 11 connected to the rotatory part of the apparatus, and having a lower surface d... | 05/31/1983 |
