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...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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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20080234017 | System and method for automatically deslugging an agricultural combine A deslugging method and system for an agricultural combine, providing several semi- and fully automated operating modes or routines for removing or dislodging a slug of crop and/or other material from the threshing system and/or a feeder of the combine for conveying cro... | 09/25/2008 |
| 20080194305 | Bearing assembly and cleaning system in combine harvesters An improved bearing assembly for mounting a drive shaft and bearings, having an upper impeller drive shaft for the tailings conveyor of a combine harvester occupy the same space as the cleaning system rail and seal of a chaffer sieve, is disclosed. The assembly has a fl... | 08/14/2008 |
