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 |
| 5592978 | System for controlling a chain link fence weaving machine An improved system for operating a chain link fence weaving machine. The system includes an electronic motor coupled to a main spindle shaft of the weaving machine. A trough is disposed adjacent to a weaving blade attached to the main spindle and coupled ... | 01/14/1997 |
| 4572249 | Apparatus for the manufacture of wire net fabric A fabric manufacturing device having a drive to rotate a coiling mandrel (the so-called weaving blade), which, in order to avoid the difficulties of positioning the mandrel by means of motor, transmission, coupling and brake and in order to improve the pr... | 02/25/1986 |
