| US Patent: 411,196 
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 | Frank A. Huntington (exact or similar names) - San Francisco, CA |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | Jan. 11, 1889 |  
| Granted: | Sep. 17, 1889 |  USPTO (New site tip)
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| Description: |  | If the car described by this patent had been built then it would have been the first American car powered by an internal combustion engine. However, there is no evidence that it was built and so that honor goes to the Duryea brothers. |  |