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May 8, 2024 · When patent lawyer George B. Selden first filed with the US Patent Office for an internal combustion engine on May 8, 1879, it included the application of the device on a four wheel vehicle. Selden named it the Road Engine.
Nov 5, 2019 · George B Selden, a patent lawyer and inventor from Rochester, NY, was granted a US patent (No. 549,160) in late 1895 for an “improved road engine” powered by a “liquid-hydrocarbon engine of the compression type.”
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May 8, 2018 · A few years before European automotive pioneers such as Karl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler introduced their own versions of the “horseless carriage,” a lawyer and inventor from Rochester, New York, named George B. Selden filed the first U.S. patent for an automobile.
Nov 5, 2007 · George Selden and Henry Ford take a spin in a Selden automobile in New York City, circa 1895. The two would later go a few rounds in court.
Mar 24, 2024 · After years of development and legal battles, George Selden was finally granted a patent for his automobile design on November 5, 1895. The patent, titled “Road Engine,” described a vehicle with an internal combustion engine and a four-wheeled chassis.
The Selden Motor Vehicle Company was founded by George B. Selden, whose 1877 patent was the first U.S. patent of a "horseless carriage" which because of numerous later amendments was not granted until 1895. To make the patent more credible, in 1907 Selden built a car on the lines of the 1877 design.
George Selden The Selden car advertisement from The Horseless Age magazine. Selden developed a lightweight internal combustion engine in 1878; a one-cylinder, 400 lb. version employing an enclosed crankshaft.
