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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 |
| 4329462 | Process for producing carboxylic amides Carboxylic amides can be produced simply and in good yield by reacting primary alcohols with at least one compound selected from ammonia, primary amines, and secondary amines, in the presence of a molecular oxygen-containing gas and a palladium or platinu... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4297503 | Novel benzamide derivative and method of preparing metoclopramide using same 2-Chloro-4-N-(ଲ-diethylaminoethyl)aminocarbonyl-5-methoxybenzamide of the formula, ##STR1## a process for their preparation and a process for preparing metoclopramide of the formula, ##STR2## using the above described 2-chloro-4-... | 10/27/1981 |
| 4279836 | Hydroxamic acid derivative and method of preparing metoclopramide using same 2-Chloro-4-N-(ଲ-diethylaminoethyl)aminocarbonyl-5-methoxybenzhydroxami c acid of the formula, ##STR1## or its metal salt, a process for their preparation and a process for preparing metoclopramide of the formula, ##STR2## using the abo... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4250110 | Method of preparing metoclopramide 2-Chloro-4-N-(ଲ-diethylaminoethyl)aminocarbonyl-5-methoxy-benzamide of the formula, ##STR1## a process for their preparation and a process for preparing metoclopramide of the formula, ##STR2## using the above described 2-chloro-4... | 02/10/1981 |
| 4236034 | Process for producing tert-butanol from mixed butylenes A process for producing tert-butanol by selective hydration of isobutylene in a hydrocarbon mixture comprising isobutylene and n-butene where an aqueous solution is used which contains a heteropolyacid, characterized in that the hydration reaction of isob... | 11/25/1980 |
