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 |
| 7949330 | System and method for providing weather warnings and alerts A method is provided for providing weather data to a vehicle comprising the steps of: (a) receiving a broadcast signal containing weather data referenced to a plurality of cells arranged in a grid corresponding to a geographic map; (b) determining the present locati... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7945940 | Security rating method Security rating method and a graphical tool for decision making especially for setting priorities which tool comprises at least one diagram (1) having a first scale (2) which reaches in a first direction along a first axis (3), at least a first ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7941946 | Article of footwear for sailing An article of footwear for water sports disclosed. The article may be worn by a helmsman on a sailboat. The article may include provisions to facilitate increased traction and support for a foot of the helmsman. ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7941943 | Ball control insert An article of footwear can receive an insert having ball control elements. The ball control elements protrude through a tongue of the upper to engage other surfaces. The inserts may be purchased separately from the article of footwear and interchanged to be used in ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7941941 | Article of footwear incorporating foam-filled elements and methods for manufacturing the foam-filled elements An article of footwear may have an upper and a sole structure secured to the upper. The sole structure has a plurality of support elements, and each of the support elements include a shell and a core. The shell defines an interior void and is formed from a polymer m... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7937768 | Flexible shin guard A shin guard includes a plate made of a rigid material sandwiched between two layers of flexible material, such as foam. The two flexible layers are attached to each other around a periphery of at least one of the flexible layers. The plate includes a center panel a... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7930841 | Article of footwear for water sports An article of footwear for water sports, especially canoeing, is disclosed. The article of footwear includes an upper attached to a sole forming a first live hinge and a strap system attached to the sole forming a second live hinge. The second live hinge is disposed... | 04/26/2011 |
| D636317 | Vehicle door | 04/19/2011 |
| D636310 | Vehicle mirror | 04/19/2011 |
| D636309 | Vehicle mirror | 04/19/2011 |
| 7922767 | Disk fusion implant An embodiment provides an implant prosthesis. In some cases, the prosthesis can take the form of an implant strip that may be implanted through the use of a surgical procedure that minimizes incision sizes and may be considered less invasive than typical spinal impl... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7921475 | Impact attenuating chin protector An impact attenuating chin protector comprises a hard outer shell with a narrowed central area to better dissipate impact forces and an inner foam member. The foam member includes a series of alternating foam columns and recesses with perforations at controlled loca... | 04/12/2011 |
| D636102 | Vehicle headlight | 04/12/2011 |
| D636101 | Vehicle tail light | 04/12/2011 |
| 7918708 | Illuminated magnetic module for toy construction kit An embodiment of the invention provides a toy construction kit comprising a light element and a construction element. The light element comprises a housing having a first end and a second end, the housing defining a compartment, a magnet disposed in the compartment ... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7918041 | Footwear cooling system An article of footwear including a cooling system is disclosed. The article of footwear includes a sole system. The sole system includes a first compression chamber and a second compression chamber, each configured to compress during motion. The compression of the f... | 04/05/2011 |
| D635348 | Portion of a shoe upper | 04/05/2011 |
| D635344 | Portion of a shoe upper | 04/05/2011 |
| 7913669 | Method for controlling cylinder deactivation A method of controlling a cylinder deactivation system is disclosed. Information from one or more sensors is received by a control unit. The control unit compares the current values of a parameter with one or more prohibited ranges in order to determine if cylinder ... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7913661 | Protective system for a crank angle sensor A system for protecting a crank angle sensor is disclosed. The system includes a protective member, a heat insulating member and an airflow deflecting member. The heat insulating member insulates against heat from adjacent heat sources. The airflow deflecting member... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7913427 | Article of footwear for riding An article of footwear for riding is disclosed. The article includes a second portion of an upper having a second coefficient of friction that is greater than a first coefficient of friction associated with a first portion of an upper. The article further includes a... | 03/29/2011 |
| D634923 | Portion of a shoe outsole | 03/29/2011 |
| 7912783 | System and method for facilitating unified trading and control for a sponsoring organization's money management process An embodiment of the present invention provides a system, method, process, software and standards that enable a unified trading and control process utilized by sponsoring organizations and asset managers (money managers) for sub advised or externally managed investm... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7912607 | Method for crash testing a motor vehicle A method for crash testing a motor vehicle is disclosed. The method provides a crash test routine where an inflatable restraint is deployed using a single deployment pattern throughout at least one government regulation zone. This helps to prevent overlap of a trans... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7912575 | Control device in feeding line The present invention relates to a control method in the feeding of plate shaped workpieces to a work station, comprising feeding of the workpiece (8) to a control station (1) at which control station (1) it is controlled that the desired number... | 03/22/2011 |
| D634868 | Vehicle lamp cover | 03/22/2011 |
| D634686 | Vehicle tailgate | 03/22/2011 |
| D634682 | Vehicle hood | 03/22/2011 |
| D634531 | Shoe upper | 03/22/2011 |
| D634530 | Shoe upper | 03/22/2011 |
| D634529 | Portion of a shoe upper | 03/22/2011 |
| D634250 | Wheel | 03/15/2011 |
| D633839 | Vehicle door | 03/08/2011 |
| D633834 | Vehicle bumper | 03/08/2011 |
| D633832 | Vehicle grille | 03/08/2011 |
| D633831 | Vehicle grille | 03/08/2011 |
| D633823 | Vehicle exterior | 03/08/2011 |
| 7891940 | Water wave power system A system for generating energy using water waves includes a unit having two rotors connected by a ramp. The unit is positioned at or near the surface of a body of water and oriented so that the waves break on the ramp and travel along the length of the ramp. Each ro... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7891035 | Article of footwear having a worn appearance and method of making same An article of footwear made from new or substantially new materials is manufactured with vintage treatment processing to give the article of footwear a vintage or well-worn appearance. The article of footwear may be treated with discoloring substances, such as dyes ... | 02/22/2011 |
| D633027 | Wheel | 02/22/2011 |
