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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 |
| 7367747 | Adjustable and extending transport cradle for watercraft A cradle assembly for moving and positioning a watercraft with respect to a support module. The cradle assembly comprises a plurality of horizontally varying cradle beams, a cradle wall extending upward from the cradle beams and a transportation track traversing the... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7270297 | Hoist for aircraft cabin construction A device is provided for hoisting a module for mounting into an overhead space, such as the crown of an aircraft fuselage. The device includes a frame that supports the module, and a lifting device that lifts the first frame to properly place the module. The lifting... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7112007 | Cradle for item transportation and storage, especially watercraft storage A cradle assembly for moving and positioning an item with respect to a support module in a storage assembly with the item including a bottom. The cradle assembly comprises a plurality of cradle beams, at least one cradle wall vertically extending upward from the plu... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7025537 | Subterranean structures and methods for constructing subterranean structures One embodiment of the present invention provides for a subterranean structure, having a continuous ribbon slab having a plurality of flights fabricated from concrete. The ribbon slab defines periodic openings therein which generally align between adjacent flights. A... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6336781 | Installation for parking motor vehicles in a space-saving manner The invention relates to an installation for parking motor vehicles (5) in a space-saving manner, having a plurality of parking spaces (2) arranged on top of each other and designed to hold the motor vehicles (5). The invention provides for a lifting devi... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6212832 | Silo structure of vehicle parking system The silo structure of a vehicle parking system includes multi-layers of parking floors Twelve sector-shaped parking spaces are separated equally at 30° angle intervals around the central axis of the silo structure. An elevator carrier moves vertically in... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6077017 | Vehicle handling system A vehicle handling system is provided for an automated parking garage. The system includes a loading platform dimensioned to support a vehicle, the loading platform including gratings each formed by a plurality of spaced-apart, parallel bars. The system a... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6065921 | Apparatus for parking and retrieval of a vehicle The invention includes a device for parking vehicles for supplying and delivering at an entry/exit position, wherein the device is provided with vertically displaceable lifting devices with which one carrying platform at a time is displaceable in vertical... | 05/23/2000 |
| 5915907 | Apparatus for turning articles in storage structures A storage structure has an entry chamber for receiving articles, a storage area for storing the articles, a lift passage for connecting the entry chamber and the storage area, and a lift for conveying the articles through the lift passage between the entr... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5829941 | Radial mechanized garage parking system The present invention refers to improvements provided by a robotized, radial type parking system, allowing twelve vehicles to be parked per floor without the need of areas for vehicle maneuvering or circulation, and which can be used in any urban area, es... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5707199 | Apparatus for storing objects in a storage block A device is disclosed for storing objects in a storage block having identical storage places arranged behind, next to or above each other in the X, Y and Z directions and at least one lifting member associated to the storage block. Each storage place is e... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5690462 | Parking device for motor vehicles A parking device including a base frame, a top frame, four cylindrical poles mounted between four corners of the base and top frames, each of the cylindrical poles having two tubular members slidably mounted thereon, an upper platform fixedly mounted on t... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5678972 | Facility for the space-saving parking of motor vehicles The mechanical facility, according to the invention, for the space-saving parking of motor vehicles has at least one entrance and exit EA and a multiplicity of parking spaces EP, and a multiplicity of stacking carriages SW, which are arranged one beside t... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5601390 | Conveyor-type three dimensional parking system A conveyor-type three dimensional parking system which comprises a storage structure having an entrance port and an exit port. A conveyor assembly is built into the storage structure for holding a plurality of motor vehicles. A pair of gates are provided ... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5551831 | Method and apparatus for elevating a cargo container chassis for storage A method, apparatus and system for elevating a cargo container chassis for storage in a substantially vertical position. The chassis is positioned on a lifting platform having a hinged axis around which the platform may tilt upwardly. The platform is then... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5487636 | Time and cost efficient storage facility A multi-level storage facility comprising a plurality of vertically stacked storage chambers, each of a size to accommodate an item to be stored, such as a vehicle. Each chamber contains a platform, and all of the chambers are accessible from a common fac... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5478182 | Automatic parking garage In an automatic parking garage with a storage silo having a circular periphery, the storage silo having a cylindrical inner shaft and including a plurality of radially positioned parking compartments opening toward the inner shaft on a plurality of stacke... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5203660 | Multisory parking space A multistory parking space that is provided with an entrance and exit area, an elevator, power carriers and parking pallets. A vehicle in the entrance and exit area is transported by the elevator to the power carriers, and then the vehicle is transported ... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5185978 | Place-on type assemblable structure A place-on type assemblable structure includes a foundation beam and an assembly body assembled on the foundation beam. The foundation beam is placed on the surface of the ground via a pluarlity of jack means provided for the fondation beam. The level of ... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5090862 | Multi-level vehicle parking system A multi-level structure includes a number of parking levels, each level defines a number of parking stations which are arranged circularly. Four elevators are provided in a middle portion of the structure, each of the elevators is vertically movable in or... | 02/25/1992 |
| 5067866 | Device for garaging motor vehicles The device has two substantially vertical fixed guides along which sliders actuated by hydraulic cylinders can slide. The sliders support platforms which are each adapted to accommodate a motor vehicle. A bracket for each platform is associated with each ... | 11/26/1991 |
| 5046910 | Main body structure for underground parking lot and underground parking lot using the structure A main body structure for an underground parking lot has an outer wall formed in a substantially cylindrical shape to define a space under the ground. A radial structural body is formed in and connected to the outer wall to support the same on the inside ... | 09/10/1991 |
| 4971505 | Architectural structure for occupancy and parking The present invention is to provide, for use on a limited site, an integrated architectural structure comprising particular personal occupancy space, particular automotive vehicle parking space, and particular access space communicating therebetween, all ... | 11/20/1990 |
| 4850784 | Cross flow multilevel parking system In an automated multilevel rotary parking system double flow through vehicle paths including endless conveyors and elevators together with rotary parking platforms maximize vehicle handling capabilities. Vehicle flow paths are particularly arranged to fac... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4826384 | Apparatus for storing chassis An apparatus for storing a plurality of chassis in a vertically spaced relationship, which comprises a structure and a pallet support mechanism including a plurality of long guide members suspended from the structure via lifting and rotating mechanisms, i... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4820107 | Delivery vestibule system and method for automobile conveyor garaging and other storage and retrieval functions A novel delivery method and vestibule system for underground and similar conveyors, particularly longitudinally traveling conveyors carrying successive automobile-storage platforms, involving under an open vestibule floor area, conveyor loop structures th... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4778324 | Architectural structure for occupancy and parking The present invention is to provide, for use on a limited site, an integrated architectural structure comprising particular personal occupancy space, particular automotive vehicle parking space, and particular access space communicating therebetween, all ... | 10/18/1988 |
| 4583902 | Method and system for storing wheeled frames of detachable cargo container type trailers The wheeled frame remaining after removal of the detachable cargo container, is gripped by clamping mechanism of a carrying unit mounted on a tractor or lift truck, then elevated above the ground and pivoted from its normal horizontal disposition to verti... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4362459 | System for storing and transporting guided missiles and similar flying bodies System for storing and transporting guided missiles and similar flying bodies includes a storage building and movable storage structures for supporting multiple guided missiles. The storage building is sized so that a row of the storage structures can be ... | 12/07/1982 |
