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Heritage The Spicer® tradition of quality and innovation began in 1904 with the first universal joint, patented by Cornell University engineering student, Clarence Spicer. With Spicer’s design and the business and financial support of attorney and politician, Charles Dana, Spicer’s u-joint manufacturing business continued to grow into the global operation that is today known as Dana Corporation. Over a century later, the Spicer name is still synonymous with quality, technology, and innovation. Today, the Spicer brand name represents high quality, genuine axles & components, driveshafts & components, and transmissions & components. During the spring of 1902, while designing a motor car for a class project, Clarence Spicer, then a sophomore at Cornell University, explored ways to improve the transmission of power from the engine to the wheels. At that time, motor vehicles were powered by two sprockets connected by a chain, similar to the workings of a bicycle. This system was not only difficult to lubricate, but loud and unreliable, as well. Finding a better way to transfer power, Clarence placed reinforced universal joints on either end of a tubular shaft. Encasing the u-joints in bowl-shaped housings retained their lubrication and protected them from road debris. These never-before-seen improvements to the cardan u-joint were engineered into Clarence’s prototype which was later issued a U.S. patent in May of 1903. With his newly acquired patent and the growing number of vehicle manufacturers demanding his invention, Clarence moved to Plainfield, New Jersey to establish his universal joint company. Auto makers were increasingly switching from the former sprockets and chains to the new propeller shaft and u-joint design. New manufacturers began developing their vehicles from the outset to be able to incorporate the u-joint for power transmission. Clarence “unchained the early automobile,” and the industry was forever changed. On April 1, 1904, C.W. Spicer, as the company was first known, was founded, and by September 12, the first universal joints were shipped. In 1914, the inventiveness of Clarence Spicer was partnered with the business savvy of Charles Dana. Over the years, what was then called the Spicer Manufacturing Company developed into present day Dana Corporation, with an extended product offering. The Spicer name, which is still synonymous with quality, technology, and innovation, can be found on OE replacement parts and components for driveshaft, axle, and transmission. Just as in the early years of the Spicer organization, the Spicer brand is still determined to “anticipate the universal joint requirements of tomorrow and therefore to constantly improve in every possible way the design, material, and workmanship.” Today, this philosophy has been expanded into the axle, transmission, and rest of the driveshaft lines. Clarence was committed to ensuring that the company and products bearing his name met the highest quality and performance standards. For over a century, this integrity has been maintained in the Spicer brand name, which still represents OE quality u-joints, along with other driveshafts and components, axles and components, and off-highway transmissions and components.
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