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 |
| 6543152 | Measuring cable travel sensor A measuring cable travel sensor includes a housing accommodating a measuring cable drum and a rotary spring urging the cable drum in the direction of winding of a measuring cable thereon. At least one braking magnet is arranged either on the cable drum or... | 04/08/2003 |
| 5317812 | Wire feeding and measuring apparatus An improved wire feeding and measuring apparatus having a pair of cooperating feed belts to feed a wire in an axial direction. A drive wheel is located downstream of the feed belts and rotates in contact with the wire at a slightly faster speed than the f... | 06/07/1994 |
| 5109598 | Method and apparatus for feeding cable to a cable processor The method and the apparatus for the performance of the method for feeding cable into an automatic cable-processing machine allows to move normal cables (18) and cables of reduced wall thickness at high speeds. The cable (18) is driven by the driving surf... | 05/05/1992 |
| 5060395 | Closed loop wire feeding and measuring apparatus and method of operating same Apparatus (10) comprising rotatable feed belts (16,18) driven by a reversible electric servo-motor (20) which is operated by a pre-programmed electronic controller (30) feeds accurately measured lengths of a wire strand (12), regardless of wire slippage w... | 10/29/1991 |
| 4387295 | Pneumatic penetration sensor for oil drilling A device for accurately measuring the position of a traveling block in a drilling rig or the like which is supported by means of a cable wrapped around a drum winch assembly. A pneumatic sensor coupled to the drum provides a predetermined number of output... | 06/07/1983 |
| 4233742 | Apparatus for area measurement of elongated strips Apparatus for area measurement of elongated strips of different widths is described, which strips may be film to be treated, the strip to be measured preferably being initially delivered between driven rolls carried on parallel shafts, the strip passing o... | 11/18/1980 |
| 4216688 | Panel cutting machine and method A panel cutting machine having a table with an endless belt conveyor and a pair of rollers mounted thereon for advancing a fabric to be cut to a desired length across and beyond a line of cut of a cross-cutter and along the table toward a sensor located a... | 08/12/1980 |
| 4156970 | Apparatus for area measurement of elongated strips Apparatus for area measurement of elongated strips of different widths is described, which strips may be film to be treated, the strips to be measured being delivered manually or driven between rolls carried on parallel shafts, the number of rolls on one ... | 06/05/1979 |
| 3962730 | Removal of faulty material in the manufacture of non-metallic webs A process of manufacturing a non-metallic web in which a fault is marked by means of a metal label, layers of the web are stacked on one another, the web is divided into pieces and the individual pieces, still in their stacks, are inspected by means of a ... | 06/15/1976 |
