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 |
| 7285420 | System and method for self-referencing a sensor in a micron-sized deep flow chamber A system and method are described herein for self-referencing a sensor that is used to detect a biomolecular binding event and/or kinetics which occur in a sample solution flowing along side a reference solution in a micron-sized deep flow channel. ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 6943086 | Laser annealing apparatus, TFT device and annealing method of the same A laser beam is concentrated using an objective lens and radiated on a amorphous silicon film or polycrystalline silicon film having a grain size of one micron or less, the laser beam being processed from a continuous wave laser beam (1) to be pulsed using an EO mod... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6850857 | Data fusion of stationary array sensor and scanning sensor measurements The present invention is directed to improving the accuracy with which a stationary array sensor provides cross directional measurements by providing an offset compensation to the stationary array sensor using the output of a scanning sensor associated with the manu... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6708132 | Microsystems integrated testing and characterization system and method An improved microsystems testing and characterization system which allows the system user to identify specific structures, and thereby to initiate an automated testing sequence to be applied to that structure or a series of structures. The integrated control system ... | 03/16/2004 |
| 4979387 | Pendulum position detector An opto-electronic device for accurately defining the position of a pendulum in libration, is disclosed. The chief use intended by the inventor is to enable accurate passive determination of the beat rate of a newly installed or repaired pendulum type clo... | 12/25/1990 |
| 4494211 | Balanced system for ranging and synchronization between satellite pairs A balanced ranging and synchronization (R&S) system for a master(M)-slave satellite pair including a clock, a transmitter, a receiver, a time difference measuring device and a calculating device on both M and S. Each satellite transmits timing signals sy... | 01/15/1985 |
| 4024750 | Frequency tuning system with visual display A visual tuning-aid system for aligning an electronic timepiece to a correct reference frequency is disclosed. A reference oscillator in the system provides a reference signal at a precisely fixed predetermined frequency which is, or is converted to, the ... | 05/24/1977 |
| 3978322 | Measurement system for timer A system for measuring the accuracy of an internal timing source of a device having a light emitting display which is energized at a rate derived from the timing cycle of that timing source includes an optical pickup disposed for receiving light emission ... | 08/31/1976 |
| 3946591 | Method of and system for detecting the rate of an electronic timepiece The operating speed of an electronic timepiece, whose electro-optical indicator is excited by an oscillator with a frequency harmonically related to its stepping rate, is determined by an electrostatic sensor including a monitoring plate capacitively coup... | 03/30/1976 |
| 3937049 | Monitoring system for digital electronic timepiece An electronic timepiece provided with a liquid-crystal cell in a grounded casing, a common electrode on one side thereof and a segmented pattern electrode on the other side has a transparent shield electrode which is grounded to the casing and overlies th... | 02/10/1976 |
