Did You Know...
...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 |
| 5753062 | Fibre reinforced thermoplastic sheet A glass mat reinforced thermoplastic semi-finished sheet material comprising thermoplastic resin and at least two needled continuous and/or chopped glass fibre strand mats is disclosed as well as a method for its manufacturing and its use. Each of said gl... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5681093 | Double-shell supporting device for a back rest of a seat-group structure The present invention provides a double shell supporting device of a plastic material for a backrest of a seat-group structure with an inner shell part adapted to be a support of the back of a person sitting on the corresponding seat and an outer shell pa... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5580646 | Fibre reinforced thermoplastic sheet A glass mat reinforced thermoplastic semi-finished sheet material comprising thermoplastic resin and at least two needled continuous and/or chopped glass fibre strand mats is disclosed as well as a method for its manufacturing and its use. Each of said gl... | 12/03/1996 |
