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 |
| 6662415 | Fastener for lace A fastener for lace includes an upper plate, a lower plate and first, second, third and fourth rods extending between the upper and lower plates. The upper and lower plates both include a front edge, a rear edge, a first lateral edge and a second lateral ... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6647832 | Wrench having two rigid supporting areas for a pawl A wrench invention includes a handle having a cavity defined by a wall. A head extends from the handle and includes a compartment that is communicated with the cavity. A drive member is rotatably received in the compartment of the head and includes a plur... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6640729 | Paper pallet for four-wheeled motorcycle A paper pallet comprises an upper side and an underside, the upper side having a front end and a rear end. A pair of wheel-receiving compartments is defined in each of the front end and the rear end of the paper pallet for receiving wheels of a four-wheel... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6638178 | Golf club A golf club has a head with a fixing hole defined therein to receive a connecting portion of a shaft fixed therein, and an adjusting means particularly provided therein to enable the head to be adjustable until a desired dynamic balance and stability of t... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6637755 | Chuck device for miniature tool bits A chuck device includes a socket, a ball, a first ring, an elastic element, a sleeve, a second ring and a spindle. The socket includes a first chamber defined therein. The first chamber includes a number of slots for receiving the corners. The socket incl... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6635336 | Luminescent mouse pad To achieve the above-mentioned and other objectives, the present invention provides a luminescent mouse pad including a substrate, a cover including a window defined therein and a frame around the window, and a luminescent laminate sandwiched between the ... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6634957 | Golf club with a weight member A golf club has a weight member provided between a shaft and a head thereof. The weight member is optionally made of materials with high density, and has a weight substantially equal to a weight of a standard head of a conventional golf club minus the wei... | 10/21/2003 |
