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 |
| 5612186 | Enzyme-capture assay (ECA) for the identification of Escherichia coli in clinical samples An enzyme-capture assay (ECA) for rapid identification of Escherichia coli (E. coli) in clinical samples comprising contacting a clinical sample which is suspected to contain E. coli with an immobilized antibody against ଲ-D-glucuronidase which then ... | 03/18/1997 |