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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 |
| 7278340 | Apparatus for removing and installing a tie rod An apparatus 10 for attaching or detaching a housing 45 for attaching a steering tie rod 43 to a steering rack 40 is disclosed. The apparatus 10 comprises at least one locating member 14, 15, an opening 16 in the loca... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7240741 | Knock-on sweep structure and tools therefor Sweep retaining structure includes a spring wire retainer with a base supported in a groove on the underside of the wedge support which mates with a stem portion of the sweep. The wedge support is apertured, and a central curved portion of the retainer passes throug... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7102631 | Display panel with signal transmission patterns A liquid crystal display of compact size is disclosed. The liquid crystal display has a tape carrier package and a single integrated PCB for processing a gate driving signal and data driving signal. The tape carrier package includes a base substrate, a gate driver I... | 09/05/2006 |
| 6305251 | Universal wrench A universal wrench includes a handle that is made of flat parts that are connected by pins and are provided with a coating. The flat parts have clamping parts on their ends and have offsets which form a support slot for a clamping body. The clamping body ... | 10/23/2001 |
| 5927159 | Ratchet wrench A ratchet wrench including a fixed jaw and a movable jaw attached to a body of the ratchet wrench and having V-shaped nut gripping portions opposing each other. The fixed jaw is pivoted to a forward end portion of the body and biased to rotate toward the ... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5829327 | Open-end ratchet wrench A wrench includes a pair of jaws mounted to a handle. A first jaw is mounted for selective actuation by an actuator between a stationary position with respect to a second jaw so that the jaws engage and rotate the workpiece when the wrench handle is rotat... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5706710 | Reversible/adjustable spanner A reversible/adjustable spanner includes an elongate body having a handle and a fixed jaw, a release button mounted above the body, a movable jaw, and an adjusting member. A substantially U-shaped plate is connected to the release button to move therewith... | 01/13/1998 |
| 4854198 | Hand wrenching tool The invention is a wrenching tool useful for loosening the locking collars of frangible fasteners which are commonly used in the aerospace industry. The tool has a socket head with an end of reduced thickness to provide a land on which is pivotally receiv... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4750390 | Hand wrenching tool for installation of torque limited fasteners The invention is a wrenching tool useful for installation of the frangible, or torque-limiting, fasteners which are commonly used in the aerospace industry. The tool has a head with a post that is seated in the wrenching ring of fastener and is pivotally ... | 06/14/1988 |
