Bendix Corporation is an American manufacturing and engineering company founded in 1924 and, since 2002, a subsidiary of Knorr-Bremse. At various times in its existence Bendix made automotive brake shoes and systems, vacuum tubes, aircraft brakes, aeronautical hydraulics and electric power systems, avionics, aircraft and automobile fuel control systems, radios, televisions and computers. A line of home clothes washing machines in the mid-twentieth century was marketed under the Bendix name, although those were produced by a partner company that licensed it. As of 2025 the company focuses on the trucking and automotive industries.
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1924
Operates In: Automotive Industry, Infobox: industry
Automotive
Founded By: Vincent Bendix, Article body: founded-by
Founder and inventor Vincent Bendix filed for a patent for the Bendix drive on May 2, 1914.
In Group: Electronic Equipment, Instruments and Components, Lead section
Bendix Corporation is an American manufacturing and engineering company founded in 1924 and subsidiary of Knorr-Bremse since 2002.
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