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 |
| 7311957 | Sound absorbing material and process for making A sound absorbing material having a homogenous mixture of an organic man-made fiber, an inorganic man-made fiber, a co-binder, and a cellulose material wherein the organic man-made fiber is polyester, the inorganic man-made fiber is fiberglass, and the co-binder is ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 6936083 | Treated backing and method of making the same A treated backing comprises a fabric and a composition that comprises epoxy resin preparable by reaction of epichlorohydrin with at least one of bisphenol A or bisphenol F, polyfunctional (meth)acrylate, dicyandiamide, and photoinitiator. ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6875711 | Friction material with friction modifying layer having symmetrical geometric shapes A friction material has a first layer of a base material and a second layer of at least one type of friction modifying particle having substantially symmetrical geometric shapes on a top surface of the base material. The second layer has an average thickness of abou... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6130176 | Fibrous base material for a friction lining material comprising less fibrillated aramid fibers and carbon fibers The present invention relates to a fibrous base material for use in a non-asbestos, non-metallic friction material comprising less fibrillated aramid fibers, carbon particles, cotton fibers, carbon fibers and at least one filler material, and the non-asbe... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6121168 | Wet type paper friction material with combined improved friction characteristics and compression fatigue strength A wet paper friction material, mainly used for a slip lock-up of an automatic transmission, obtained by impregnating a paper material with a thermosetting resin, thermosetting, and molding under pressure, to attain compatibility between a good frictional ... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6083854 | Wet wipes with low viscosity silicone emulsion systems The present invention relates in general to a variety of emulsion compositions, and more particularly, to emulsion compositions and methods for preparing these emulsion compositions which employ novel polymeric emulsifaction techniques. The emulsion compo... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6001750 | Fibrous lining material comprising a primary layer having less fibrillated aramid fibers, carbon fibers, carbon particles and a secondary layer comprising carbon particles The present invention relates to a fibrous base material comprising a primary layer of less fibrillated aramid fibers, carbon particles, carbon fibers, phenolic novoloid fibers, and at least one filler material, optionally cotton fibers, and a secondary l... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5858883 | Fibrous lining material comprising a primary layer having less fibrillated aramid fibers and synthetic graphite and a secondary layer comprising carbon particles The present invention relates to a fibrous base material comprising a primary layer of less fibrillated aramid fibers, synthetic graphite and at least one filler material, and a secondary layer of carbon particles on at least one surface of the fibrous ba... | 01/12/1999 |
| 4503115 | Plate-shaped molded article and process for its preparation and use Disclosed is a decorative molded article, for example, in the form of a flat plate for structural application such as constructional panels, which comprises a core of wood and/or cellulose fibers, pressed together with a thermosetting synthetic resin unde... | 03/05/1985 |
| 4137357 | Plastic thermoset laminates High pressure plastic thermoset laminates which possess excellent post-forming characteristics comprise a substrate consisting of a blended fabric which has a thermosetting plastic impregnated therein. The blended fabric itself consists of a mixture of a ... | 01/30/1979 |
| 4022942 | Process of preparing fibrous sheet from high-ortho phenolic resole resin varnish The invention relates to high ortho phenolic resole resins and varnishes. The phenolic resole resins are produced by reacting under acidic conditions formaldehyde with a phenol in the presence of a divalent electropositive metal ion. The resulting novel r... | 05/10/1977 |
| 3944703 | Fibrous batts impregnated with aqueous dispersions based on heat-hardenable phenolic resins Aqueous dispersions of heat-hardenable phenolic resins are disclosed. They are characterized by excellent stability and by a low Pollution Index; they are capable of being infinitely diluted with water, and they are especially desirable for use in applica... | 03/16/1976 |
