Wednesday, February 5, 2020

Inventor of the Automatic Transmission ---- Richard Bowie Spikes

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Richard Bowie Spikes 
(October 2, 1878 - January 22, 1963) 

He was an African-American inventor. The holder of a number of United States patents, his inventions include a beer tap, automobile directional signals, the automatic gear shift device based on automatic transmission for automobiles and other motor vehicles and a safety braking system for trucks and buses.
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