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Tiedge was recognized for his visionary and innovative industry-changing contributions at Lippert Components during an RV/MH Hall of Fame induction ceremony Monday, Aug. 16, in Elkhart. The 80-year-old holds 27 U.S. patents — he earned his first in 1978 — and has five more pending, one for a combustion generator that produces electricity from a campfire.