Did You Know...
...that it was melting ice cream that inspired the invention of the outboard motor? It was a lovely August day and Ole Evinrude was rowing his boat to his favorite island picnic spot. As he rowed, he watched his ice cream melt and wished he had a faster way to get to the island. At that moment the idea for the outboard motor was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6486743 | Device for driving and detecting oscillator When output signal of an oscillator are binarized by binarization means, a timing signal for driving a sequence controller for controlling a correction portion is rested temporarily. The process for overwriting the contents of an E2 ROM of the ... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6483356 | Sinusoidal signal generating circuit providing small phase difference with respect to reference signal and apparatus for driving oscillating element with circuit A sinusoidal signal generating circuit for ensuring a small phase difference with respect to a reference signal is provided. The sinusoidal signal generating circuit comprises a capacitor for charging/discharging, a charging unit for charging a predetermi... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6397676 | Piezoelectric oscillator and signal detection apparatus using the same A driving signal is provided to six electrodes (driving electrodes) on one of the surfaces of each of three vibration legs of a three-pronged tuning-fork-type piezoelectric oscillator. Two output electrodes from among six electrodes (output electrodes) on... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6288474 | Drive detection device for gyroscope A pair of electrodes are formed on the front surface and the rear surface of each vibrator in a longitudinal direction, and dielectric polarization is performed in the direction from the front surface to the rear surface. When I/V converters constituted b... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6255760 | Driving apparatus of piezoelectric vibrator Two current outputs are converted into voltage outputs by I/V converters, and further converted into digital outputs D1 and D2 by binarizing circuits. The outputs are added by an adder in a phase shifter, and converted into an output like a triangular wav... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6016018 | Electronic apparatus incorporating battery An battery-driven electronic apparatus incorporating battery has a source battery, a driven circuit driven by the battery, a pair of external terminals connected to the both ends of the source battery and a capacitor provided between the source battery an... | 01/18/2000 |
| 5894269 | Theft monitoring apparatus A theft monitoring apparatus does not require any complicated synchronous relationship for the signals received from a plurality of antennas, permits easier installation and maintenance and inspection, and does not adversely affect the appearance of a sho... | 04/13/1999 |
