Nikola Tesla Born Jul 10 1856 – Died Jan 7 1943 Electro-Magnetic Motor Alternating Current Patent Number 381,968 (.PDF) Inducted to National Inventors Hall of Fame™ in 1975 Nikola Tesla invented the induction motor with rotating magnetic field that made unit drives for machines feasible and made AC power transmission an economic necessity. In 1887 […]
Alexander Graham Bell Born: March 3, 1847, Died: August 2 1922 Telephone/Telegraphy Patent No. 174, 465 Inducted to National Inventors Hall of Fame™ in 1973 Alexander Graham Bell’s invention of the telephone grew out of his research into ways to improve the telegraph. On April 6, 1875, Bell was granted the patent for the multiple […]
Thomas Alva Edison Born Feb 11 1847 – Died Oct 18 1931 Electric Lamp Patent Number: 223,898 (.PDF) Inducted to National Inventors Hall of Fame™ in 1973 Invention Impact Throughout his career, Edison consciously directed his studies to devices that could satisfy real needs and come into popular use. Indeed, it may be said that […]
The question answered here is whether or not you can patent an idea? Remember you can get a patent for the “thing” you make not the idea. “Thoughts become things…choose the good ones!” “Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will.” […]
As a father of four, Richard P. Conway was helping one of his children learn how to ride a bike and while trying to hold on and run behind the bicycle, he thought, “there has to be a better way.” From there his journey as an Inventor to new product developer began. He has since […]