...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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| 7367742 | Ball and socket joint A ball-and-socket joint for a motor vehicle, especially for the chassis of the motor vehicle has a ball-and-socket joint housing (i), which has a joint opening and in which a bearing shell (5) made of an insulating material is arranged. A ball pivot (4... | 05/06/2008 |
| 4229057 | Bearings A bearing, particularly a railway bearing, is described wherein a thrust disc at one end of the axle is located between axially opposed thrust faces in the bearing housing. One of the thrust faces is provided by a number of arcuate elements assembled into... | 10/21/1980 |