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 |
| 7322835 | Battery latch mechanism A latch mechanism for securing a battery module (70) includes a bracket (10), and a pair of latch members (50). The bracket includes a recess (18), a back plate (16) defining a pair of cutouts (162), and a pair of fixing fra... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7070302 | Ornamental lighting assembly An ornamental lighting assembly includes a plurality of lighting units, each of which includes a plurality of upright posts, a plurality of lamps mounted respectively on the posts, hollow upper and lower spacing ribs parallel to each other and extending through the ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 5984699 | Method of fabricating a semiconductor device A lead frame is formed by subjecting a frame base to a forming process, a semiconductor chip is fixed on leads formed in the lead frame and wires are provided in the semiconductor chip, and then a package which accommodates the semiconductor chip is forme... | 11/16/1999 |
| 4664465 | Clip device The present invention provides a device for mounting a lamp socket, particularly for a candelabrum lamp having an elongated branch support having a passage for passing wires between the socket and an electrical source. The elongated support has a threaded... | 05/12/1987 |