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 |
| 6536829 | Vehicle with a protective sun shade in the roof A motor vehicle is equipped with a protective sun shade (13), whose essential mechanical elements are housed in a roof interior space (6), above the headliner (5). The protective sun shade (13) is free of guide rails. Either the sun shade web (14) is suff... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6082808 | Privacy screen for a vehicle A vehicle privacy screen includes a fabric curtain member having top, bottom and two opposing side edges. Integral with the top edge and extending from the two opposing side edges of the curtain member is a continuous, length adjustable strap for securing... | 07/04/2000 |
| 5316363 | Automobile window shade system An automobile window shade system comprising a frame (20) formed of horizontal tubular elements (20a through 20c) and vertical tubular elements (22e through 22f) interconnected by T-shaped connectors (24a through 24f). The frame is installed inside the au... | 05/31/1994 |
| 5232244 | Front windshield impact guarding device for passengers in a vehicle An impact guarding device includes a shield material in sheet form mounted within the passenger compartment of the vehicle in a manner such that the sheet material can move up and down adjacent the inner surface of the windshield. At least the end of said... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5201563 | Motor vehicle windshield curtain control A motor vehicle windshield curtain control comprising a casing transversely fastened behind the windshield of a motor vehicle at a top, two side tracks respectively obliquely extending downward from said casing and fastened behind said windshield at two o... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5095659 | Automobile door modular assembly A vehicle door comprising a door shell, a module, and door hardware components attached on the door module. The door shell comprises an outer belt reinforcement, an outer panel and an inner panel having a hinge and a latch member. The module comprises a c... | 03/17/1992 |
| 5076637 | Vehicle cab window A backhoe loader has an enclosed cab, the opposite sides of which are essentially formed by large side windows. Each side window is formed by front and rear window panels that are mirror images of one another and are joined at their inner edges by a verti... | 12/31/1991 |
| 5039160 | Side-collision protective beam for motor vehicle A side-collision protective beam for a motor vehicle comprises an elongated outer flange extending along a longitudinal axis and having a pair of opposite ends, an elongated inner flange spaced from and extending parallel to the outer flange and having a ... | 08/13/1991 |
| 4363513 | Automobile protecting sun shade In automobiles an arrangement for protecting the interior of the passenger compartment from becoming overheated by sun irradiation and for securing privacy of persons in the car comprises curtains adapted to be drawn over all windows of the car. The curta... | 12/14/1982 |
