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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 |
| 6227081 | Pliers with force augmentation and self-adjustment capability Pliers with self-adjustment capability for applying a grasping force to a workpiece and for augmenting the grasping force applied to the workpiece which include a first plier member, a second plier member, a first pivot, a second pivot and a first biasing... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6155142 | Pliers with force augmentation and self-adjustment capability The invention includes pliers with self-adjustment capability for applying an initial grasping force to a workpiece and for augmenting the initial grasping force applied to the workpiece. The pliers are structured such that angular displacement of a handl... | 12/05/2000 |
| 5537897 | Split socket with movable facets and drive assembly A split socket having movable fitting contacting facets and a drive transfer assembly are disclosed which are particularly well suited for manipulating line fittings. The split socket preferably includes first and second movable dogs pivotably mounted at ... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5456143 | Open end ratchet wrench An open-end ratchet wrench has a pair of elongated plates that are pivotally mounted to a pair of spaced jaws on the wrench handle and that include at least one elongated surface for engaging a face of a workpiece onto which the jaws are inserted. A sprin... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5148725 | Ratchet action open ended spanner A spanner which comprises a handle and jaws, the jaws comprising an upper jaw and a lower jaw, the upper jaw being articulated by means of an upper hinge pin to a distal part of the handle and the lower jaw being articulated by means of a lower hinge pin ... | 09/22/1992 |
| 4913011 | Self-adjustable ratchet wrench A snap-fit self-adjusting ratchet wrench which has two guided jaws which move linearly against each other along a guided pin, and which are hinged to a handle by pins. The hinges on the jaw to the handle are designed with override leverage wherein the gri... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4348921 | Open end wrench An open ended wrench is disclosed for engaging a nut or other object when moved in one direction and disengaging from the nut or object when moved in an opposite direction. The wrench consists of a first and a second jaw mounted on a handle and an adjusti... | 09/14/1982 |
