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2. transportationhistory.org › 2018/05/08 › today-inToday in Transportation History – 1879: The First US ...

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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.

3. automotivehistory.org › george-selden-automobileMay 8, 1879 - George Selden files US patent for the ...

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   May 8, 2024 · George B. Selden driving an automobile in 1905 . 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.

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   When did George B Selden get his car patent?

   • Selden’s patent application, originally filed May 8, 1879, included not only the engine but also its use in a four-wheeled car. Several amendments to the application stretched out the process and delayed the granting of the patent until November 5, 1895. George B Selden (right) drives an early automobile in 1905.

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   What happened to George B Selden's patent?

   • George B Selden (right) drives an early automobile in 1905. In 1899, Selden sold his patent to the EVC (Electric Vehicle Company), which comprised a group of investors. They, in turn, sued the Winton Motor Carriage Company, the largest car manufacturer in the United States, for infringing on the Selden patent just by building gas-powered cars.

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   Why did Henry Ford appeal against the Selden patent?

   • Ford appealed, and on January 10, 1911, one year before the Selden patent was set to expire, won his case based on an argument that the engine used in automobiles was not based on George Brayton’s engine, the engine that Selden had improved, but on the Otto engine.

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   Why did Henry Ford pay Selden $10,000?

   • The company agreed to pay Selden $10,000 for the rights to his patent and also a royalty for every automobile based on his design. Selden and that company, however, had to contend with a drawn-out legal battle over patent infringement with Henry Ford and other competing automobile manufacturers.

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5. www.edn.com › george-selden-granted-1st-us-patentGeorge Selden granted 1st US patent for an automobile ...

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   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.”. Inspired by George Brayton’s internal-combustion engine that was displayed at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia ...

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   Jul 29, 2018 · Above is the patent drawing of George Selden's automobile patent. George Selden was a lawyer and inventor in Rochester New York. After witnessing the huge internal combustion engine displayed by George Brayton. at the Centennial Exposition of 1876, he developed and patented a smaller version intended for powering a vehicle (as shown above).

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8. cr4.globalspec.com › blogentry › 3787November 5, 1895 - The First U.S. Patent for an Automobile

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   Feb 17, 2018 · George B. Selden September 14, 1846 8211 January 17, 1922 a lawyer and inventor was granted the first U.S. patent for an automobile on November 5, 1895. George B. Selden was...

9. carclarified.com › george-selden-the-forgottenGeorge Selden: The Forgotten Father of the Car Patent

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   Mar 24, 2024 · March 24, 2024March 25, 2024. George Selden is a name that is often overlooked in the history of the automobile industry. While many people credit Henry Ford as the father of the modern car, it was actually Selden who held the first patent for an automobile. His invention laid the foundation for the development of the automobile as we know it ...

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    George B. Selden was a patent attorney who never built a car. He received his patent for an updated version liquid-hydrocarbon compression engine, essentially the four wheeled car, that he had completed in 1878, eight years before the Benz auto was introduced as the first car in 1886.