Did You Know...
...Chester Carlson was a patent agent who tired of having to make multiple copies of patent applications using the only duplication method available at the time: carbon paper. In 1959 he came up with a new copying system and took it to IBM for evaluation. The "experts" at IBM determined potential sales to be only 5,000 units because people wouldn't want to use a bulky machine when they had carbon paper. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, the company founded on the system is Xerox.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6073610 | Control apparatus of internal combustion engine equipped with electronic throttle control device In an internal combustion engine equipped with an electronic throttle control device for electrically driving a throttle valve, a control apparatus includes failure detecting means for detecting a failure of the electronic throttle control device, and con... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6047679 | Control apparatus for an internal combustion engine A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine is applied to vehicles equipped with a so-called drive by wire. When one of several control systems within the control apparatus fails, the drive is urged to obtain repairs. Also, even when all of the ... | 04/11/2000 |
| 5976056 | Control apparatus for a vehicle The present invention relates to a control apparatus for a vehicle equipped with an electronic throttle control unit (drive by wire) as electronic throttle control means and an automatic transmission, and the object of the invention is to provide a contro... | 11/02/1999 |
