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...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 |
| 7404827 | Fabric treating agent composition The present invention relates to a fiber product treating agent composition containing (a) a nonionic surfactant containing 1 to 3 polyoxyalkylene groups having the number-average addition mol number of the oxyalkylene group of 50 to 200 and 1 to 3 hydrocarbon group... | 07/29/2008 |
| 6908976 | Polymer-grafted stretchable cotton A solution for forming a graft substrate containing a graft initiator, a catalyst for activating the graft initiator, a polymerizable silicon softener, and at least one additional prepolymer, each of the softener and the prepolymer which includes a functional group ... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6821301 | Lubricants for elastic fiber The present invention provides a spin finish for elastic fibers which comprises an amphoteric surfactant and/or a cationic surfactant as well as a base oil and has a surface tension thereof at 25 of 14 to 35 mN/m and a volume resistivity thereof at 20 of 1×107... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6645255 | Polymer-grafted stretchable cotton A solution for forming a graft substrate containing a graft initiator, a catalyst for activating the graft initiator, a polymerizable silicon softener, and at least one additional prepolymer, each of the softener and the prepolymer which includes a functi... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6645256 | Polymer grafted cotton A solution for forming a graft substrate containing a graft initiator, a catalyst for activating the graft initiator, a polymerizable silicon softener, and at least one additional prepolymer, each of the softener and the prepolymer which includes a functi... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6641619 | Oil tone artificial leather sheet An oil tone artificial leather sheet having a blend of an oily substance of viscosity 50-10,000 mPa.multidot.s at 30° C. and a supporting polymer on part or all of a nap surface of a napped sheet comprising a non-woven fabric of microfine fibers and poly... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6638319 | Polymer for printed cotton A solution for forming a graft substrate containing a graft initiator, a catalyst for activating the graft initiator, a polymerizable silicon softener, and at least one additional prepolymer, each of the softener and the prepolymer which includes a functi... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6420482 | Dyeable polyolefin containing polyetheramine modified functionalized polyolefin This invention concerns a composition comprising a blend of polyolefin with the reaction of a functionalized polyolefin and polyetheramine in which the polyetheramine is grafted into the functionalized polyolefin in a customary mixing apparatus. A process... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6127480 | Dyeable polyolefin containing polyetheramine modified functionalized polyolefin This invention concerns a composition comprising a blend of polyolefin with the reaction of a functionalized polyolefin and polyetheramine in which the polyetheramine is grafted into the functionalized polyolefin in a customary mixing apparatus. A process... | 10/03/2000 |
| 5985999 | Dyeable polyolefin containing polyetheramine modified functionalized polyolefin This invention concerns a composition comprising a blend of polyolefin with the reaction of a functionalized polyolefin and polyetheramine in which the polyetheramine is grafted into the functionalized polyolefin in a customary mixing apparatus. A process... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5942006 | Process for the flame-retardant treatment of textiles A process for the flame-retardant treatment of a cellulosic fabric by impregnating a fabric with an aqueous solution of a tetrakis (hydroxyorgano) phosphonium (THP) and then at least partially drying it. The partially dried impregnated fabric is passed at... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5922088 | Process for fixing dyes in textile materials A process for fixing dyes impregnated in fine-dimensional synthetic textile substrates in an environmentally safe manner. The process comprises contacting the dyed synthetic substrates with a phenol- and formaldehyde-free dye-fixative composition comprisi... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5562988 | Organic polymers having a modified surface and process therefor Organic polymer surfaces are modified by contacting such surfaces with a haloester compound and a cationic compound of having a pKa >5. Preferably the organic polymer is selected from the group consisting of polyesters, aromatic polyamides, and... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5487942 | Carboxyl group-modified acrylonitrile fiber and process of producing same Cellulose or acrylonitrile fiber having methacrylic acid or hydroxyalkyl methacrylate graft-copolymerized in an amount of 3-60% by weight is disclosed. The graft fiber is produced by reacting methacrylic acid or a hydroxyalkyl methacrylate with cellulose ... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5100435 | Meltblown nonwoven webs made from epoxy/pcl blends Epoxy-based nonwoven webs are provided. The webs are formed by meltblowing a blend of an epoxy resin and a polycaprolactone (PCL) polymer. Whereas epoxy resins by themselves produce nonwoven webs which are brittle and glassy, epoxy/PCL blends have been fo... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5049684 | Electrically conducting material and process of preparing same An electrically conducting material including a cyanic group-containing material having adsorbed thereby copper sulfide. The cyanic group-containing material is in the form of powder or shaped body such as fiber, film, plate, rod or like and is formed of ... | 09/17/1991 |
| 4938941 | Partially carbonized polymeric fibrous material having an electrical resistivity of enhanced stability Partially carbonized polymeric fibrous materials heretofore available have been observed to exhibit unstable electrical resistivity values upon exposure to ambient conditions with such values substantially increasing upon the passage of time. In accordanc... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4473372 | Process for the stabilization of acrylic fibers The present invention provides an improved process whereby the thermal stabilization of acrylic fibers is accelerated. The process comprises providing a zone of electron radiation and continuously passing a continuous length of acrylic fibrous material th... | 09/25/1984 |
| 4396389 | Method of manufacturing a fabric having soil-release properties, particularly forming fabrics used in papermaking machines and cellulose machines, and filter cloths used in the papermaking and cellulose industries and related industries A method of improving the soil-repellant properties of fabrics such as forming fabrics used in papermaking and cellulose machines, and filter cloths used in pa;permaking and cellulose industries and related industries. The improvement in accordance with t... | 08/02/1983 |
