Spicer Universal Joint Manufacturing Co
From Graces Guide
1902 Clarence Spicer invented the Spicer universal joint and driveshaft to replace the chain and sprocket devices then used in automobiles.
He founded the Spicer Universal Joint Manufacturing Company in Plainfield, New Jersey, and served as president of the company from 1910 to 1914, when he enlisted the well known philanthropist, attorney, and legislator Charles A. Dana as his successor.
1914 Spicer Manufacturing Corporation granted E. J. Hardy and Co the British rights to the Spicer mechanical universal joint; Spicer acquired a shareholding in Hardy, [1].
Dana guided the firm for more than 50 years.
1946 the Spicer Manufacturing Company was renamed Dana Corporation in his honour.
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- ↑ The Times, 24 January 1945