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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| D562162 | Temperature indicator | 02/19/2008 |
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| 6230996 | Pulverizer/grinder system A pulverizer/grinder configured, its principle embodiment, to process drilling mud having cuttings utilizing a shaft on a horizontal axis having multiple rotors emanating therefrom. The rotors are surrounded by a cylindrical housing having inner walls sit... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6170136 | Cremated remains display upon a substrate system and method therefore A presentation system and method of preparation thereof for the display of cremated remains. Further, the system teaches a particular methodology for the artistic application of cremated remains upon a substrate for presentation. The present system contem... | 01/09/2001 |
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| 6122825 | Method of constructing a sampler having barriers and passages An in-stream sample collection and conditioning system which is easier to implement and maintain, more cost effective, and more reliable than existing systems. The preferred embodiment of the present system contemplates a modular system adaptable to a var... | 09/26/2000 |
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