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...that the Band-Aid Bandage was invented by a Johnson & Johnson employee whose wife had cut herself? Earl Dickson's wife was rather accident prone, so he set out to develop a bandage that she could apply without help. He placed a small piece of gauze in the center of a small piece of surgical tape, and what we know today as the Band Aid bandage was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7210673 | Method for relieving spring seat mounting stresses A spring assembly includes a spring seat clamped to a leaf spring at a center portion. The spring seat includes a cutout for distributing clamping stresses in a substantially uniform manner across the leaf spring. The cutout provides a relief for a central portion o... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7108253 | Mounting assembly A mounting apparatus for use within a suspension system having a frame member, a control arm, and an elongated suspension member extending between the frame member and the control arm is disclosed. The mounting apparatus includes a cup, a seal, a resilient element, ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 6659482 | Composite spring and control arm A steering assembly is provided for a vehicle including an upper connection, typically provided by an upper control arm. A knuckle includes an upper and lower portions with the upper portion supported by the upper connection. A lower assembly of the prese... | 12/09/2003 |
| 5415426 | Flex arm suspension An independent vehicle suspension including triple jointed arm assemblies mounted to a centrally positioned spindle assembly. The angled configuration of the arms allow the spindle assembly to travel in any direction within the plane of suspension travel.... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5251930 | Suspension system with transverse leaf spring A suspension system on a motor vehicle includes a transverse leaf spring interconnecting knuckles on which road wheels are rotatably supported. The suspension system includes a pair of knuckle members on which the road wheels are rotatably mounted, an elo... | 10/12/1993 |
| 4997202 | Suspension system A suspension system in a motor vehicle has a suspension including at least a resilient member extending transversely of the motor vehicle and having one end operatively coupled to a knuckle, the resilient member supporting a vehicle body of the motor vehi... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4903984 | Suspension device A suspension device in a motor vehicle has at least one component separate from a damper and to which vertical movement of a road wheel can be transmitted. The component comprises a resilient member supported on a vehicle body at a portion spaced from ano... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4854606 | Vehicle suspension assembly Suspension assembly consisting of a bearing structure capable of being fixed to the chassis of a vehicle. The structure holds the composite leaf spring in position to the ends of which the wheel supports are fixed. The supports are connected to the struct... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4772044 | Vehicle suspension system with flexible control arm A flexible, resilient control arm is rigidly connected at an inner end thereof to a side of a vehicle frame and pivotally connected at an outer end thereof to a wheel assembly. A rigid control arm may be pivotally connected at an inner end thereof to the ... | 09/20/1988 |
| 4768807 | Wheel suspension A motor vehicle wheel suspension has a composite leaf spring arranged transversely supporting a wheel support. A pivot retainer and tuneable rubber bushing arrangement supports the spring on the vehicle frame so that the spring is positively retained ther... | 09/06/1988 |
| 4509774 | Composite control arm apparatus Composite control arm apparatus combines the functions of dimensional integrity and flexibility to replace a control arm and a spring in the suspension of an automotive vehicle. Different embodiments of composite control arm apparatus are shown, some of w... | 04/09/1985 |
