Aéroplanes Morane-Saulnier
The Morane-Saulnier firm was established 10 Oct 1911 by brothers Léon Morane (11 April 1885, Paris - 19 October 1918, Paris) and Robert Morane (10 March 1886, Paris - 28 August 1968, Paris) and Raymond Saulnier (27 September 1881, Paris - 4 March 1964, Chécy), was successor to Société Anonyme des Aéroplanes Morane-Borel-Saulnier.
We are currently looking into the specifics of inventor status relative to piloting and so forth, existing between these men, along with the specifics of the preceding collaboration of Raymond Saulnier with Louis Blériot.
Patent filing ensued, or continued, quite rapidly in the months following, with Hippolyte Josse acting as the primary, or possibly the sole, patent agent.
The filings of this firm are notably precise, and technically focused, occasionally inclusive of only one diagram. The emphases seem to have been on the mechanical exactitude of select elements, sometimes singular elements, rather than on the grandeur of overall concept. Patent FR-1911-437852 stands out in terms of the breadth with which it treats the airplane, while retaining the thoroughness of detail.
Based on our patent data, their treatment of the airplane took into elaborate account wings, lift, navigation, control, frame, construction, chassis, landing, fuselage, and more.
Early designs were primarily braced monoplanes but by 1915 was also building a parasol monoplane trainer and many parasol monoplanes and biplanes, including reconnaissance aircraft, followed during WW1. From 1920, concentrated on radial-engined parasol-wing fighters and trainers. The company survived the late 1930s nationalization of the French aviation industry and by the time it filed for bankruptcy in November 1962, its output had exceeded 140 different types and several thousand of its monoplanes and biplanes had been built. In January 1963, control passed to Éstablissements Henri Potez which reorganized the company as Société d'Exploitation des Établissements Morane-Saulnier.
(Yes, this was specifically a "Société anonyme", indeed, with the designation most explicated within Patent DE-1913-330649.)
Patents associated with organization named Aéroplanes Morane-Saulnier
- Patent FR-1911-436481 (English title: Improvements to airplane wings, Filing date: 1911-11-16, Applicant firm: Aéroplanes Morane-Saulnier)
- Patent FR-1911-436482 (English title: Landing chassis for airplanes, Filing date: 1911-11-16, Applicant firm: Aéroplanes Morane-Saulnier)
- Patent FR-1911-436479 (English title: Rudder mounting apparatus, Filing date: 1911-11-16, Applicant firm: Aéroplanes Morane-Saulnier)
- Patent FR-1911-437852 (English title: Overall airplane improvements, highly inclusive, and particular, Filing date: 1911-12-16, Applicant firm: Aéroplanes Morane-Saulnier)
- Patent FR-1912-440384 (English title: Improvements to airplane landing chassis, Filing date: 1912-02-19, Applicant firm: Aéroplanes Morane-Saulnier)
- Patent FR-1912-441069 (Inventors: Aéroplanes Morane-Saulnier, English title: Airplane steering apparatus, Filing date: 1912-03-07, Applicant firm: Aéroplanes Morane-Saulnier)
- Patent FR-1912-449167 (Inventors: Aéroplanes Morane-Saulnier, English title: Command system for airplane wings, Filing date: 1912-10-08, Applicant firm: Aéroplanes Morane-Saulnier)
- Patent GB-1912-26266 (Inventors: Aéroplanes Morane-Saulnier, English title: Improvements in or relating to Landing Chassis for Aeroplanes, Filing date: 1912-11-15, Supplementary to patent: Patent FR-1912-440384, Applicant firm: Aéroplanes Morane-Saulnier)
- Patent GB-1912-26264 (English title: Improvements in or relating to Landing Frames for Aeroplanes, Filing date: 1912-11-15, Supplementary to patent: Patent FR-1911-436482, Applicant firm: Aéroplanes Morane-Saulnier)
- Patent GB-1913-20110 (Inventors: Aéroplanes Morane-Saulnier, English title: Improvements in airplane wing, frame, construction and control, Filing date: 1913-09-05, Supplementary to patent: Patent FR-1912-449167, Applicant firm: Aéroplanes Morane-Saulnier)
- Patent DE-1913-330649 (English title: Adjustment device for airplane wing "angle of attack", with "crooked" adjustable rear part, Filing date: 1913-09-07, Supplementary to patent: Patent FR-1912-449167, Applicant firm: Aéroplanes Morane-Saulnier)
- Patent AT-1913-81600 (English title: Device for adjusting the wings of a flying machine, Filing date: 1913-09-10, Supplementary to patent: Patent FR-1912-449167, Applicant firm: Aéroplanes Morane-Saulnier)
- Patent BE-1914-264490 (English title: Shock absorber frame for airplanes, Filing date: 1914-02-06, Applicant firm: Aéroplanes Morane-Saulnier)
- Patent FR-1914-471449 (English title: Improvements in carburetors, Filing date: 1914-04-28, Applicant firm: Aéroplanes Morane-Saulnier)
- Patent FR-1915-471449.19948 (English title: Improvements in carburetors, Filing date: 1915-02-22, Supplementary to patent: Patent FR-1914-471449, Applicant firm: Aéroplanes Morane-Saulnier)
- Patent BE-1915-274798 (English title: Improvements to carburetors, constituting the object of two French patents, filed 28 April 1914 and 22 January 1915., Filing date: 1915-04-15, Supplementary to patent: Patent FR-1914-471449 • Patent FR-1915-471449.19948, Applicant firm: Aéroplanes Morane-Saulnier)
Sources
- Gunston, 1993, p210
- Gunston, 2005, p320-321
- Smithsonian Directory pages 208-209, 250
- 1920 Directory page 23
See also
Morane-Saulnier on English Wikipedia, Morane-Saulnier on French Wikipedia
Robert et Léon Morane on English Wikipedia, Robert et Léon Morane on French Wikipedia
Raymond Saulnier on English Wikipedia, Raymond Saulnier on French Wikipedia
| Names | Aéroplanes Morane-Saulnier, Société Anonyme des Aéroplanes Morane-Saulnier, Morane-Saulnier |
|---|---|
| Country | France |
| City | Puteaux (3, Rue Volta), Seine, near Paris; 206 boul. Pereire, Paris, France |
| Affiliations | |
| Keywords | airplane, wings, lift, navigation, control, frame, construction, chassis, landing, fuselage |
| Started aero | 1911 |
| Ended aero | 1962 |
| Key people | Léon Morane, Robert Morane, Raymond Saulnier |
| Wikidata id | Q1891895 |
