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...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...

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Examiner: Verdier, Christopher


Primary examiner statistics: 1235 patents; average approval time: 1234 days
Assistant examiner statistics: 506 patents; average approval time: 604 days

Patents as Primary Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
8113773 Airfoil shape for a compressor vane
8109718 Centrifugal blower
8105025 Collecting chamber and production process
8100647 Method for operating a wind turbine, a wind turbine and use of th...
8100648 Submersible rotor design
8096746 Radial loading element for turbine vane
8092166 Fan
8083481 Method for siting and operating a crop protection wind machine ar...
8079817 Advanced firtree and broach slot forms for turbine stage 3 bucket...
8075277 Method for casting a component and a component comprising at leas...
8075248 Fan assembly
8066472 Method and apparatus for fan shaft bearing lubrication
8061993 Vertical axis turbine
8057157 System for delivering air from a multi-stage compressor to a turb...
8057168 Fan and its impeller and housing
8052389 Internally cooled airfoils with load carrying members
8047790 Near wall compartment cooled turbine blade
8047764 Blade containment structure
8047767 High pressure first stage turbine and seal assembly
8047789 Turbine airfoil
8038389 Method and apparatus for assembling turbine nozzle assembly
8025479 Impeller
8021111 Method for operating a wind turbine, a wind turbine and use of th...
8016563 Turbine blade with tip turn cooling
8016556 Centrifugal fan
8016551 Reverse curved nozzle for radial inflow turbines
8011876 Wind driven power generator
8011882 Vane assembly
8007243 Blower including blades attached to a boss
8007240 Impeller of centrifugal fan and centrifugal fan disposed with the...
8007237 Cooled airfoil component
8001792 Turbine inlet nozzle guide vane mounting structure for radial gas...
8002523 Turbine system and method for extracting energy from waves, wind,...
8002522 Centrifugal pump
7997876 Wind turbine, tower and method for fabricating the same
7993103 Wind turbine blades and methods of attaching such blades to a hub
7988407 Axial fan
7976283 Noise reducer for rotor blade in wind turbine
7976266 Power system
7972105 Turbine anti-rotating stall schedule

Patents as Assistant Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
6375416 Technique for reducing acoustic radiation in turbomachinery
5913659 Apparatus and method for adjusting rotor blade tracking
5857833 Compressor with particle separation
5775876 Ceiling-fan-blade-mounted air freshener apparatus
5755557 Axial flow fan
5735670 Rotor system having alternating length rotor blades and positioni...
5713719 Self flushing centrifugal pump
5709529 Optimization of turbomachinery harmonics
5690469 Method and apparatus for replacing a vane assembly in a turbine e...
5660524 Airfoil blade having a serpentine cooling circuit and impingement...
5657833 Self-contained unitized lubricant delivery apparatus
5649807 Blade configuration for a ventilation fan
5645399 Gas turbine engine case coated with thermal barrier coating to co...
5645400 Composite cuff structure for helicopter rotors
5645403 Metal contoured blade with rolled edges at impact surfaces
5641037 Rail lubrication apparatus
5639149 Glass front merchandiser with invisible hinge and seals
5639208 Rotary turbine and rotary compressor
5638860 Control valve for initial hydraulic surge pressure
5638921 Die mounted unitized lubricant delivery apparatus
5636708 Method and device for broad temperature range vapor lubrication
5636969 Torque tube/spar assembly for variable diameter helicopter rotors
5634770 Molten metal pump with vaned impeller
5634766 Turbine stator vane segments having combined air and steam coolin...
5632597 Thread groove type vacuum pump
5633756 Image stabilizing apparatus
5632467 Valve needle for an electromagnetically actuated valve
5630698 Converter for providing a liquid at a measurement pressure corres...
5630702 Arrangement for influencing the radial clearance of the blading i...
5628616 Downhole pumping system for recovering liquids and gas
5624100 Device for actuating a control member
5622414 Refrigerator display cabinet with thermally insulated pivotable a...
5620306 Impeller
5620304 Rotor system having alternating length rotor blades and positioni...
5620303 Rotor system having alternating length rotor blades for reducing ...
5617893 Vacuum relief valve
5616000 Stator of torque converter for vehicles improved to suppress sepa...
5616004 Axial flow fan
5613832 Means for engaging a remote control unit to a ceiling fan
5611665 Marine propeller and method
 
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