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...that the Eveready Battery began as an invention called the "electric flowerpot," which was a tube with a battery and light bulb inside? The idea was to fasten this gizmo to the side of a flowerpot so it would illuminate the flowers from the bottom. The idea died on the vine and the businessman who licensed the flower pot, Conrad Huber, was left with a pile of useless tubes -- until he found a way to market them as batteries to light the world!

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Examiner: Hannon, Thomas R.


Primary examiner statistics: 2720 patents; average approval time: 2719 days
Assistant examiner statistics: 485 patents; average approval time: 599 days

Patents as Primary Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
7984663 Robot head comprising spindle drive
7614793 Needle/roller bearing
7461977 Pivot assembly
7461978 Bearings, races and components thereof having diamond and other s...
7461979 Retention of ball bearing cartridge for turbomachinery
7458723 Linear guide with cage chain
7458720 Linear motion rolling guide unit
7458722 Magnetic spacer
7458721 Linear motion rolling guide unit
7458725 Method and device for sealing a bearing
7458724 Pressure biased lubricant valve
7455459 Oil bath encoder seal
7455457 Hydrodynamic bearing device and a recording disk drive equipped w...
7452134 Bearing assemblies with seals
7452135 Friction damper for a bearing
7452136 Bearing apparatus for a wheel of vehicle
7448805 Thrust dynamic pressure bearing, spindle motor using thereof, and...
7448804 Fluid bearing device
7445386 Retaining device for a linear transmission system
7441961 Seal device for bicycle steering bearing assembly
7441959 Bearing mechanism for spindle motor in magnetic disk drive
7441957 Fluid dynamic bearing
7438475 Bearing unit, and motor and electronic equipment, both equipped w...
7438474 Spacer structure for cross rollers
7435005 Seal for an antifriction bearing
7435001 Hydrodynamic bearing device, method for manufacturing the same, s...
7435002 Bearing unit
7431509 Bearing with rotation sensor and method of incorporating the same...
7431503 Bearing support structure for actuator
7431512 Compact lightweight bearing assembly
7431508 Bearing assembly with pin having composite circular outer profile
7431505 Fluid lubrication bearing apparatus
7431504 High temperature damper for a roller bearing
7429132 Hydrostatic air bearing with a porous metal ring
7427162 Rolling element
7427163 Self-aligning antifriction bearing and cage for said self-alignin...
7422373 Spherical roller bearing sealing assembly
7422371 Active hybrid FDB motor
7422372 Bearing and developing apparatus
7419302 Linear guide device and rolling element accommodating belt for th...

Patents as Assistant Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
4880319 Bearing assembly
4824262 Unlubricated sliding member
4817306 Footwear article with attached carrying bag
4815862 Self-contained linear bearing unit and linear bearings embodying ...
4815152 Pool cover movement limiting device
4815865 Hydrodynamic plain radial bearing
4815864 Adjustable tension foil bearing
4815867 Side assembled clip for self-aligning bearing
4808013 Bearing assembly
4808014 Attaching structure for ceramics bearing
4808015 Clutch release bearing assembly including a double-acting sliding...
4806025 Holding device for automatic self-aligning ball metal
4805319 Cushioning and impact absorptive means for footwear operative com...
4804277 Bearing mounting system
4802774 Gas bearing for guiding relative movement of precision machine pa...
4799807 Rolling bearing with rolling retainers
4799804 Four track-type endless rectilinear motion guide unit
4799805 Four track-type endless rectilinear motion guide unit
4799809 Rolling bearing with rolling retainer members
4798478 Self-aligning fluid bearing
4798481 Rolling bearing slewing ring
4798482 Double-row roller bearing assembly
4798480 Bearing system with active reservoir between two axially spaced ...
4797014 High-speed anti-friction bearing particularly for airplane power ...
4797009 Dynamic pressure air bearing
4795278 Bearing assembly
4795273 Propeller shaft bearing arrangement
4795220 Thrust bearing
4795280 Locking mechanism
4795275 Hydrodynamic bearing
4793719 Precision roller bearing rock bits
4792242 Tight bearing suitable for exceptionally heavy duty conditions
4792243 Bearing
4792245 Bearing device
4789252 Bearing system with water exclusion
4789253 Axially pre-tensioned rolling contact bearing arrangement
4789251 Cooling networks for PCD bearing surfaces
4787758 Roller bearing with cylindrical rollers
4779999 Drawer guide
4780002 Bearing for lawn trimmer cutter head
 
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