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 |
| 7150495 | Use of a fender and a hood in combination with an air bag, fender retaining and support means, a fender, a fender module, and a hood for a motor vehicle The present invention relates to the use, at the front of a motor vehicle, of a fender and of a hood defining a fender-hood junction leaving predetermined clearance between an edge of the hood and an edge of the fender, in combination with an air bag for deploying t... | 12/19/2006 |
| 4015870 | Front protection device for motor vehicles This invention relates to a pedestrian protection device for motor vehicles which comprises essentially a hinged member adapted to be raised to an operative position from a normally lower inoperative position on the motor vehicle. More particularly, this ... | 04/05/1977 |
