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1922–1931 Lancia Lambda—an advanced car for the time, was the first to feature a load-bearing monocoque and independent front suspension. [ citation needed ] 1924–1929 Bugatti Type 35 —one of the most successful racing cars with over 1,000 victories in five years.
F W Lanchester's prototype petrol-electric car 1927, at Thinktank Birmingham Science Museum. Frederick William Lanchester (23 October 1868 – 8 March 1946), was an English polymath and engineer who made important contributions to automotive engineering and to aerodynamics, and co-invented the topic of operations research.
Bertha Benz at age 18, c. 1867 Cäcilie Bertha Ringer was born on 3 May 1849 to a wealthy carpenter family in Pforzheim.She was the third of nine children. Her father, Karl Friedrich Ringer, a master builder and carpenter, and her 20 year younger mother, Auguste Friedrich, were wealthy individuals who invested heavily in their children's educations.
He found a French braking system that he considered to be superior to any braking systems available in the United States's market. [5] In 1923, Bendix founded the Bendix Brake Company, which acquired the rights to French engineer Henri Perrot 's patents for brake drum/shoe design a year later.
The concept of flying cars has been a longstanding vision of the future … and the first flying cars were invented in the 1950s. Perhaps the most famous flying car prototype was the Aerocar.
The Santa Fe was the first company to have roller bearing trucks made by Timken under their passenger cars, much to the delight of their passengers, and the bottom line for the company. Timken commissioned the construction of a demonstration boxcar in 1943 that was first displayed at the 1948 Chicago Rail Fair.
Vaughan was granted a patent in 1794 for a ball bearing that sits between the axle and the wheel on a carriage. His design has the balls running inside deep grooves, and sealed in place with a stopper. Bearings are used in most rotating machines in the modern world - found throughout the rotating parts in cars, bikes, trains, planes etc.
Richard Bowie Spikes (October 2, 1878 – January 22, 1963) was an African-American inventor who held several United States patents. He is credited with developing and improving inventions such as a beer tap, a modification of an automatic gear shift mechanism for motor vehicles, and a safety braking system for trucks and buses.