...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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| 7083801 | Stabilized haloalkynyl microbicide compositions Antimicrobial compositions based on haloalkynyl active ingredients that are chemically stable in the presence of chelated metal ion are disclosed. Particularly preferred is the use of metal ion chelating agents based on selected amine compounds that provide the meta... | 08/01/2006 |
| 6953540 | Continuous process for the preparation of encapsulated cyclopropenes The present invention relates to a continuous method to prepare encapsulated cyclopropenes, a method to purify cyclopropene gas, and a method to prepare an α-cyclodextrin/cyclopropene complex. ... | 10/11/2005 |