Gianni Caproni
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Gianni Caproni was an aero inventor in Milan. He started a series of companies and was involved in these:
Dates of his patents, Italian ones only perhaps, are listed here: http://www.viagginellastoria.it/caproni/illibro.htm
He often worked with his brother, Federico Caproni.
Patents whose inventor or applicant is Gianni Caproni
- Patent IT-1914-146956 (English title: Simultaneously structural and mechanical design for multi-motored airplanes to promote more reliable functioning, Supplementary to patent: Patent IT-1914-03-14 Caproni, Filing date: 1915-01-11)
- Patent FR-1915-498337 (English title: Improvements brought to airplanes, Supplementary to patent: Patent IT-1914-02-11, Filing date: 1915-02-08)
- Patent GB-1915-2204 (English title: Improvements in or relating to Flying Machines, Supplementary to patent: Patent IT-1914-02-11-Caproni, Filing date: 1915-07-08)
- Patent FR-1915-498337.22115 (English title: Improvements brought to airplanes, Supplementary to patent: Patent FR-1915-498337 • Patent IT-1915-01-11 Gianni Caproni, Filing date: 1915-10-05)
- Patent BE-1915-275300 (English title: Improvements brought to airplane overall design and propulsion, Supplementary to patent: Patent IT-1915-01-11 Gianni Caproni • Patent FR-1915-498337 • Patent FR-1915-498337.22115, Filing date: 1915-11-22)
- Patent US-1916-1284590 (English title: Flying-machine, Filing date: 1916-01-03)
- Patent FR-1917-499098 (English title: Improvements to multi-plane airplanes, Supplementary to patent: Patent IT-1916-05-16, Filing date: 1917-06-23)
- Patent FR-1917-499149 (English title: Improved fighter aircraft, Supplementary to patent: Patent IT-1916-07-14, Filing date: 1917-08-31)
- Patent GB-1917-128989 (English title: Improved Chaser Aeroplane, Supplementary to patent: Patent IT-1916-07-14-Caproni, Filing date: 1917-09-11)
- Patent GB-1917-147957 (English title: Tensioning cables for aeroplanes which facilitate the dismantling of such machines, Supplementary to patent: Patent IT-1916-07-14, Filing date: 1917-12-14)
- Patent US-1918-1349116 (English title: Multiplane aeroplane, Supplementary to patent: Patent IT-1916-05-16, Filing date: 1918-01-08)
- Patent US-1918-1370583 (English title: Connecting element for aeroplanes, Filing date: 1918-02-27)
- Patent US-1918-1357542 (English title: Knockdown aeroplane, Filing date: 1918-06-08)
- Patent IN-1918-3818 (English title: Flying machines, Filing date: 1918-08-02)
Publications by or about Gianni Caproni
- Fauri, 2021 (Simple title: Italian State Support for the Caproni Aeronautical Group, 1910–1951)
We have his address in 1918 from a patent: 28, Via S. Gregorio, Milan, Italy
More sources: w:Giovanni Battista Caproni and w:Gianni Caproni Museum of Aeronautics and w:it:Giovanni Battista Caproni, http://www.viagginellastoria.it/caproni/1911.htm
See Francesca Fauri's work, e.g. Fauri (2021).[1] She presented at WEHC 2022. And her new book: Fauri, 2022
Caproni's Italian patents we haven't fully captured
References
- ↑ Francesca Fauri. 2021. The Italian State's Active Support for the Aeronautical Industry: The Case of the Caproni Group, 1910–1951. Business History Review, 95:2, 219-247. DOI:10.1017/S0007680520000951
| Names | Gianni Caproni |
|---|---|
| Birth date | 1886-07-03 |
| Death date | 1957-10-27 |
| Countries | IT |
| Locations | Milan, Turin |
| Occupations | engineer |
| Tech areas | Airplane |
| Affiliations | Caproni & C., Ingg. De Agostini & Caproni Aviazione, Societa per lo Sviluppo dell'Aviazione, Federico Caproni |
| Wikidata id | Q501316 |
