The Bendix Corporation was an American manufacturing and engineering company which during various times in its 60 year existence (1924-1983) made brake

Brake

A brake is a mechanical device which inhibits motion. Its opposite component is a clutch. The rest of this article is dedicated to various types of vehicular brakes....

 systems, aeronautical hydraulics, avionics

Avionics

Avionics are electronic systems used on aircraft, artificial satellites and spacecraft.Avionic systems include communications, navigation, the display and management of multiple systems and the hundreds of systems that are fitted to aircraft to meet individual roles...

, aircraft and automobile fuel control systems, radio

Radio

Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...

s, televisions and computer

Computer

A computer is a programmable machine designed to sequentially and automatically carry out a sequence of arithmetic or logical operations. The particular sequence of operations can be changed readily, allowing the computer to solve more than one kind of problem...

s, and which licensed its name for use on home washing machine

Washing machine

A washing machine is a machine designed to wash laundry, such as clothing, towels and sheets...

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Vincent Bendix initially began his corporation in a hotel room in Chicago in 1914.