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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 |
| 7340840 | Blade housing for low friction rotary knife A power operated knife comprises a blade supporting structure supporting an annular blade for rotation about a central axis. The blade and blade supporting structure are engagable along bearing contact locations that are spaced apart in a direction parallel to the a... | 03/11/2008 |
| 6719460 | Swash-plate drag bearing An arc-shaped rolling bearing segment (14) comprising a cage (16) and rolling elements (15) for a swash plate pivoting bearing of a hydraulic axial piston machine is characterized in that the cage (16) and the support peg (17) are ... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6626792 | Gear bearings A gear bearing having a first gear and a second gear, each having a plurality of teeth. Each gear operates on two non-parallel surfaces of the opposing gear teeth to perform both gear and bearing functions simultaneously. The gears are moving at substanti... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6293365 | Mechanical linkage device with self-regulating stabilizer suitable for any rotating element Mechanical linkage device with self-regulating stabilizer suitable for any rotating element. The device enables a rotary element (38) to be movingly connected to the support (12) on which it is rotatingly mounted. The device is characterized by comprising... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6149312 | Roller bearing A roller bearing comprising an inner and an outer ring in concentrical arrangement, a series of roller elements being arranged in the space between said rings and being in contact with raceways provided in said rings. The bearing is characterized in that ... | 11/21/2000 |
| 4884902 | Roller bearing executing swivel motions with device for the synchronous guidance of the bearing cage The invention concerns a roller bearing for performing swivel motions including a mechanism for synchronously guiding the roller bearing cage, including a roller bearing cage having a journal with a rotatable pinion gear flexibly and elastically mounted t... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4856917 | Device for the synchronous guidance of a roller bearing cage for a roller bearing executing swivel motion The invention concerns a device for synchronous guiding a roller bearing cage for a roller bearing performing swivel motions, the device comprising a roller cage and bearing parts which swivel relative to one another, the roller cage provided with a pinio... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4629340 | Roller bearing assembly An improved roller bearing assembly of the type comprising an inner race having a cylindrical riding track; an outer race coaxial with the inner race, having an inner cylindrical riding track facing the outer riding track of the inner race; and a series o... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4618271 | Serial bearing assembly Bearing assemblies use serial bearings in order to extend the operational speeds for the bearings. Speed distribution planetary gears are mounted upon an intermediate ring disposed between two other rings. Each of the rings has bearing surfaces which are ... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4470646 | Rolling contact bearing with threaded planet rollers and play cancelling device A rolling contact bearing comprises a central screw 1 threaded on its outside surface and a nut 13 threaded on its inside surface. Rollers 4 are disposed between screw 1 and nut 13 and have threads that are in mesh simultaneously with those of the screw a... | 09/11/1984 |
| 4085980 | Toothed rolling contact devices Radial and axial load bearing devices in which loads are transferred from a race through rollers to a second race, the races having projections which fit into recesses in the rollers, thus providing separation between the rollers and also avoiding sliding... | 04/25/1978 |
| 4040689 | Antifriction roller bearing An antifriction roller bearing having a bearing assembly comprising an outer race, an inner race, and rolling bearings interposed between said races, in which assembly the rolling bearings each comprise a roller having its ends in thrust load transmitting... | 08/09/1977 |
| 4037893 | Rolling-contact bearings with threaded or grooved planet rollers This rolling-contact bearing is of the type comprising an internal screw, an external nut and, therebetween, in proper engagement with said screw and nut, a plurality of threaded planet rollers held at the proper relative angular spacing by means of their... | 07/26/1977 |
| 3998506 | Toothed rolling contact devices Radial and axial load bearing devices in which loads are transferred from a race through rollers to a second race or other rollers, the rollers and races having projections which fit into recesses in the other, thus providing separation between the roller... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3963286 | Antifriction roller bearing An antifriction roller bearing having a bearing assembly comprising an outer race, an inner race, and rolling bearings interposed between said races, in which assembly the rolling bearings each comprise a roller having its ends in thrust and load transmit... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3955861 | Oscillating bearing supports An oscillating bearing support for supporting an intermediate shaft of a power transmission with universal joints particularly in motor vehicles. An inner sleeve supports the shaft for rotation therein. An outer support sleeve is fixed to a fixed support.... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3938865 | Cageless roller bearing A roller bearing construction that eliminates the need for a cage or separator to align and position the rollers. Gear teeth formed on the rollers and races function as spaced apart planetary gear sets to insure correct roller alignment and spacing, reduc... | 02/17/1976 |
