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 |
| 6652916 | Coating material comprising a mixture that consists of at least one wetting agent and of ureas and/or urea derivatives serving as thixotropic agents The invention relates to a coating material containing a binding agent and a cross-linking agent as well as a thixotropic agent based on ureas and/or ureas derivatives, whereby the coating material additionally contains a wetting agent that improves the w... | 11/25/2003 |
| 5175206 | Polyester-modified vinyl resin A silyl group-containing, polyester-modified vinyl resin comprising (A) 3 to 45% by weight of units of a polyester resin including a polymerizable unsaturated group, (B) 5 to 30% by weight of units having a group of the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R | 12/29/1992 |
| 4501872 | Moisture curable compositions containing reaction products of hydrophobic polyols and organosilicon-containing materials Disclosed is a liquid composition comprising a homogeneous reaction product of a hydrophobic polyol and an organosilicon-containing material. The organosilicon-containing material comprises an organosilicon-containing substance free of functional groups a... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4120837 | Organosiloxanes useful in molding compositions based on unsaturated polyesters and unsaturated monomers Molding compositions, based on unsaturated polyester resins, unsaturated monomers, catalysts, inorganic and/or organic fillers and/or reinforcing agents, dyestuffs and/or pigments, lubricants and optionally inhibitors, containing a siloxane of the formula... | 10/17/1978 |
| 3997485 | Ambient temperature, moisture curable coating compositions which form films having excellent gloss An ambient temperature, moisture curable coating composition which dries to form films having excellent gloss characteristics comprises a blend of (1) a silicon-containing acrylic interpolymer; (2) a graft copolymer having an alkyd resin backbone and a po... | 12/14/1976 |
| 3946132 | Tire cord containing glass fibers sized with a starch based size An improved textile forming size for glass fibers utilized in the preparation of rubber coated glass fiber tire cord is described in which a starch based forming size has incorporated therein a non-inoic wetting agent, a silane coupling agent and a paraff... | 03/23/1976 |