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 |
| 7048391 | Personal reflector An apparatus comprises a structure having first and second opposite reflective sides and adapted to be removably attached to clothing. A method for signaling the presence of a user comprises providing a structure having first and second opposite reflective sides bei... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6490819 | Decorative sheet A decorative sheet including a pattern with a third-dimensional appearance is provided. The decorative sheet has a reflective layer for reflecting incident light. On the reflective layer, a transparent layer is formed. On the transparent layer, a light sh... | 12/10/2002 |
| 5783265 | Sign, preferably registration sign for vehicles, and method for the manufacture thereof The present invention relates to a sign, preferably a registration sign for vehicles, which sign (2) includes a portion or member (16) consisting of a portion of a film web (6) or of a row of separate film portions, whereby said portion (16) is provided w... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5672381 | Printing of reflective sheeting A weather resistant sign and a method of printing a sign including the steps of providing a sign component and an image definition, applying dry toner powder to surface portions corresponding to the image definition, and fusing the applied toner. Preferab... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5227194 | Reflecting vehicle license plate and sign and method of making same This invention pertains to a procedure for making reflecting plates, having reflective film, to be used for vehicle licenses and identification, whose identification characters are raised or depressed and then blocked with a paint or substance, using roll... | 07/13/1993 |
| 3973342 | Light reflector plate and method of fabrication A reflector plate including a transparent or at least translucent synthetic plastic body with a back surface having a multiplicity of evenly distributed, integral, optically precisely formed triangular pyramids or like prisms as reflecting element formati... | 08/10/1976 |
