Did You Know...
...that several people are credited with the invention of the flush toilet? Most people have heard of Thomas Crapper (1837-1910), the sanitary engineer who invented the valve-and-siphon arrangement that made the modern toilet possible. Another claimant to "the throne" was British inventor Alexander Cumming who patented a toilet in 1775. Then there's a nameless Minoan (a native of ancient Crete) who lived 4,000 years ago who supposedly was ahead of his time and created the first flush toilet!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6541885 | Magnetic bearing assembly The invention relates to a magnetic bearing assembly of a rotor in a stator, with at least one magnetic bearing (1) comprising a stator part (2) and a rotor part (3) arranged coaxially thereto in the operating position without contacting the stator part. ... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6355599 | Radiation curable coating composition for superconducting wire This invention provides a radiation curable coating composition for superconducting wires. The coating composition comprises at least one (meth)acrylate terminated urethane oligomer, at least one adhesion promoter, at least one (meth)acrylate functionaliz... | 03/12/2002 |
| 5763971 | Superconducting bearing device A superconducting bearing device comprises a permanent magnet portion fixedly mounted on a rotary body concentrically therewith, and a superconductor opposed to the magnet portion and spaced apart therefrom radially of the rotary body, the magnet portion ... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5633547 | Magnetic bearing A magnetic thrust bearing (110) comprises a magnet (112) mounted on a shaft (114) and a plurality of equi-angularly spaced superconductors (116) mounted on a static structure (118). Each superconductor (116) is mounted onto the static structure (118) by a... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5446018 | Superconducting bearing device A superconducting bearing device for supporting a rotary shaft (rotary body) 2 in a noncontact state for rotation at a high speed. A superconducting bearing 4 for supporting the rotary shaft 2 in a noncontact state relative to a housing 1 comprises perman... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5438038 | Superconducting bearing device stabilized by trapped flux A superconducting bearing device includes a permanent magnet on a rotor, with a superconductor placed opposite the magnet. Flux trapped in the superconductor during cooling helps to stabilize the rotor. More specifically, the permanent magnet is mounted o... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5410199 | Vertically carrying superconduction motor A vertically carrying apparatus comprising a carrying capsule that has a space for accommodating an object which is to be carried, the capsule incorporating a horizontal superconducting coil, and armature coils that are vertically arranged side by side ou... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5396205 | Unspliced superconducting coil device with high stability A tightly wound superconducting coil device includes a cooling medium vessel, a coil winding disposed in the cooling medium vessel, the coil winding including an unspliced superconducting wire and having a configuration such that a cooling medium disposed... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5330967 | Superconducting bearing device stabilized by trapped flux A superconducting bearing device includes a permanent magnet on a rotor, with a superconductor placed opposite the magnet. Flux trapped in the superconductor during cooling helps to stabilize the rotor. More specifically, the permanent magnet is mounted o... | 07/19/1994 |
| 4858511 | Superconductive levitated armatures for electromagnetic launchers An electromagnetic railgun launcher and armature. The armature is made from superconducting material and is levitated between the rails of the launcher by the Meissner effect. The Meissner effect is created by cooling the armature and subjecting it to a m... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4324185 | Permanent-magnet-levitated transportation system A vertically stable permanent magnet levitation system for use in transportation comprises a pair of spaced parallel ferromagnetic rail members, a cobalt-rare earth permanent levitation magnet with transverse polarity orientation positioned between the ra... | 04/13/1982 |
| 4307668 | Transportation system unitizing permanent magnets for levitation of a vehicle A vehicle-suspension type of permanent magnet-levitation transportation system has an elevated track structure defining a bed with a ferromagnetic levitation track on the underside thereof and a spaced parallel control track composed of ceramic magnetic m... | 12/29/1981 |
| 4160181 | Method for generating auxiliary electric energy on a vehicle To generate auxiliary electric energy on a suspension vehicle, a generator is driven by a magnet pole wheel, which is set in rotation by utilizing the eddy current effect upon movement relative to an electric conductor rail.... | 07/03/1979 |
| 3951074 | Secondary lift for magnetically levitated vehicles A high-speed terrestrial vehicle that is magnetically levitated by means of magnets which are used to induce eddy currents in a continuous electrically conductive nonferromagnetic track to produce magnetic images that repel the inducing magnet to provide ... | 04/20/1976 |
| 3937148 | Virtually zero power linear magnetic bearing A linear magnetic bearing provides magnetic support by means of permanent magnets and control by means of electromagnets and an electronic control system such that virtually zero power is required to maintain the bearing in suspension. Persisting net forc... | 02/10/1976 |
