...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 |
| 5417478 | Electrohydraulic braking system with carbon-pile voltage regulator A braking system for a vehicle such as a trailer having electric brakes which utilizes a carbon-pile voltage regulator. A piston of the regulator is responsive to hydraulic pressures occurring in the tow vehicle brake system to bias the disks to increase ... | 05/23/1995 |