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...that power steering was invented by independent inventor Francis W. Davis? As chief engineer in the 1920s of the truck division of the Pierce Arrow Motor Car Company, he saw how hard it was to steer heavy vehicles. So that he would be able to keep the profits from his future invention, Davis left his job, rented a small engineering shop in Waltham, Mass., and developed a hydraulic power steering system that led to power steering.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7865504 | Native file to shared resource locator naming File and folder names are converted between their native format and a shared resource locator format. To send information on a file or folder, the file or folder name is parsed into various components and those components are converted to components in the shared re... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7743039 | File operations with multiple level file locking techniques File systems which provide several different and improved locking capabilities. An application on a client workstation communicates through a client driver to a server which interfaces with a metadata database, which contains locking information about the files. App... | 06/22/2010 |
| RE40949 | Server-side recycle bin system A server-side recycle bin system for retaining computer files and information is disclosed. The system comprises a local computer system, and a server including a server-side recycle bin. One or more persistent storage devices, providing the files and directories to... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7389349 | Electronic messaging system for adjusting computer polling period based on user's predicted messaging activity A messaging system is disclosed that provides dynamic polling of a message server for use in a stateless communication system. The polling interval may be determined by a user, or it may be determined based on current message activity or on statistics derived from h... | 06/17/2008 |
| 6950987 | Remote document management system A remote document editing system and method are disclosed that permit users of wireless devices having limited capabilities to remotely edit and manage documents located and stored on a central or network server. The document to be edited is separated into text and ... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6832366 | Application generator A method and system are provided for the creation and use of custom-configured, database-backed, remotely accessible applications. Users of client devices (60) access an application generator server (30) via a network (50), providing configurati... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6611836 | Server-side recycle bin system A server-side recycle bin system for retaining computer files and information is disclosed. The system comprises a local computer system, and a server including a server-side recycle bin. One or more persistent storage devices, providing the files and dir... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6594677 | Virtual tape storage system and method An archiving system allows a user to select files to be archived using a terminal connectable to a remote computer via a long distance telecommunication connection. The files may be selected from any memory accessible to the terminal including locally acc... | 07/15/2003 |
