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Napoleon Bonaparte ; When told of the Robert Fulton steamboat
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7190101 | Stator coil arrangement for an axial airgap electric device including low-loss materials A dynamoelectric, rotating electric machine includes a stator assembly that includes stacked stator coil windings. The machine is preferably a polyphase, axial airgap device. Improved slot filling results from the stacked stator coil configuration. Device performanc... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7079033 | ID registration method for tire pressure sensor, ID registration apparatus, ID registration tool for tire pressure monitoring system, and tire with air pressure sensor Provided is a tire pressure monitoring system capable of preventing mistaken registration of ID due to radio interference. In the system, a tire pressure monitoring apparatus is switched into an ID registration mode while an ID is read out from a bar code or the lik... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7034427 | Selective alignment of stators in axial airgap electric devices comprising low-loss materials An axial gap dynamoelectric machine comprises first and second stators disposed coaxially with an intermediate rotor. The stators are selectively aligned with an axial offset between the positions of their respective teeth and slots. The stators comprise toroidal co... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6948905 | Horizontal wind generator A horizontal wind generator comprises a horizontal windmill drivingly coupled to an electrical generator. The windmill includes a vertical drive shaft mounted for rotation in a base, with a plurality of wind drive units being mounted in wind catching positions at sp... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6827557 | Amorphous alloy powder core and nano-crystal alloy powder core having good high frequency properties and methods of manufacturing the same A method of manufacturing an amorphous alloy core including the steps of mixing an amorphous alloy powder with a solution made by dissolving a polyimide/phenolic resin binder in an organic solvent, evenly coating the binder in liquid phase on the surface of the allo... | 12/07/2004 |
| 5181835 | Hydraulic pump A hydraulic pump having a pump body formed by stacked plates mounted end-to-end. First and second ports for delivery and return of hydraulic fluid are formed through a port plate that is surmounted by a valve plate through which first and second main valv... | 01/26/1993 |
| 5174724 | Wind-electric water pumping system Disclosed is a two cylinder water well pumping system which uses the wind as a primary driving force with an alternate electric motor drive for use when the wind force is not adequate. The wind drives a square wheel turbine which in turn drives a swash pl... | 12/29/1992 |
| 4498017 | Generating power from wind A wind machine turns a shaft to activate a multi-stage positive displacement pump having intake and discharge means respectively coupled to intake and discharge fluid lines in a recirculating hydraulic system. Control means regulates the operative positio... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4496847 | Power generation from wind A wind machine turns a shaft to activate a multistage pump having intake and discharge means respectively coupled to intake and discharge fluid lines. Control means regulates the operative positions of the intake means or discharge means to remove selecte... | 01/29/1985 |
| 4496846 | Power generation from wind A wind machine turns a shaft to activate a multistage pump having intake and discharge means respectively coupled to intake and discharge fluid lines. Idling means is provided for each stage and constricting means is located in series with each stage betw... | 01/29/1985 |
| 3957397 | Conversion of wind energy to mechanical energy An omnidirectional windmill mounted on and affording traction power to a carriage traveling an endless path about a nutating wheel that is drivingly coupled to means for pumping water from a lower fish farm to an upper fish farm in a system whereby such p... | 05/18/1976 |