https://patents.google.com/patent/US3432710A
? On Tue, Apr 25, 2023 at 11:57 AM gregebert <[email protected]> wrote: > I think that was a follow-on patent to make the single-character NIMO tube > into a multi-character version. Some of the sales literature shows a > 4-digit display. Neat idea, but by then 7-segment LEDs were getting a lot > cheaper and led to the death of NIMO, Nixie, Numitron, and > electroluminescent. > > It's really amazing how many oddball (by today's standard) technologies > were used for numerical displays. Fifty years from now, I doubt people > will drool over LCD and OLED displays the way we do with NIMO tubes....but > you never know. > > On Tuesday, April 25, 2023 at 10:52:22 AM UTC-7 Dekatron42 wrote: > >> Here's the NIMO patent: >> https://patents.google.com/patent/US3793551A/en?assignee=ELECTRONIC+ENGINEERS+IND+Inc >> >> /Martin >> >> On Tuesday, 25 April 2023 at 19:48:34 UTC+2 Dekatron42 wrote: >> >>> I should have said that it is not the actual NIMO patent but from >>> Industrial Electronic Engineers, lnc from which you can start your search, >>> sorry for any confusion. >>> >>> /Martin >>> >>> On Tuesday, 25 April 2023 at 19:40:13 UTC+2 Dekatron42 wrote: >>> >>>> Here's one to start you off with: >>>> https://patents.google.com/patent/US3761169A/en?oq=3%2c761%2c169 >>>> >>>> There are a few other interesting patents in the reference section too! >>>> >>>> /Martin >>>> >>>> On Tuesday, 25 April 2023 at 18:16:52 UTC+2 Grahame wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi >>>>> >>>>> Does anyone know any patent numbers for the IEE NIMO tubes please? >>>>> >>>>> All I have found so far is Pat Pending. >>>>> >>>>> Ta Grahame >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "neonixie-l" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/f58d63b4-9534-4613-9147-74d264b882fcn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/f58d63b4-9534-4613-9147-74d264b882fcn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CAOX%2BRHKso%3DfMnASTEdzt28Udo%3DgmX44TS4Go9kR%3Dm6j-Hyxa7Q%40mail.gmail.com.
