Did You Know...
...that it was melting ice cream that inspired the invention of the outboard motor? It was a lovely August day and Ole Evinrude was rowing his boat to his favorite island picnic spot. As he rowed, he watched his ice cream melt and wished he had a faster way to get to the island. At that moment the idea for the outboard motor was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7077771 | Automatic stepless speed-changing mechanism An automatic stepless speed-changing mechanism mainly includes a pivotal shaft, a plurality of mounting discs mounted along the pivotal shaft and provided with radially extended guide rails, a plurality of axial rods separately axially extended through the guide rai... | 07/18/2006 |
| 4129044 | Variable gear ratio chain drive system for bicycles A finite range infinitely variable gear ratio chain drive system incorporates a drive sprocket assembly having a plurality of radially displaceable sprocket gears. Each of the sprocket gears is mounted upon a shaft extending intermediate two spaced apart ... | 12/12/1978 |
