Hugo Junkers
Hugo Junkers (3 February 1859–1935) was an aero inventor whose firm developed the first all-metal fighter airplane.[1]
Junkers studying electrical engineering and thermodynamics in Berlin, then went to work for Deutsche Continental Gasgesellschaft. There he worked on an early two-stroke engine and invented a calorimeter which he exhibited at the 1893 Columbian Exhibition in Chicago.[2]
Junkers partnered with Anthony Fokker to create Junkers-Fokker-Werke AG near the end of the war.
Junkers filed a 1910 patent from Aachen-Frankenberg.[3]
We have him in 1916 as a teacher, still filing from Aachen-Frankenberg.[4]
Note: While working on aviation in the 1910s, Junkers continued to secure dozens of engine-related patents, from Germany, Austria, France, Britain, Denmark, Canada, and the US. See espacenet search.
References
- ↑ Hallion, 2003, p. 355.
- ↑ Tom Barfield, "The German who built planes out of metal", The Local, 5 February 2015.
- ↑ Patent DE-1910-253788
- ↑ Patent HU-1916-81381
Patents whose inventor or applicant is Hugo Junkers
- Patent FR-1910-412050 (English title: Airplane, Filing date: 1910-01-29)
- Patent DE-1910-253788 (English title: Glider with hollow bodies serving to hold parts that do not generate lift, Filing date: 1910-01-31)
- Patent GB-1911-1784 (English title: Improvements in or relating to Flying-machines, Supplementary to patent: Patent FR-1910-412050, Filing date: 1911-01-24)
- Patent HU-1916-81381 (English title: Refrigeration arrangements for aircraft and other vehicles, Supplementary to patent: Patent DE-1915-02-16 Hugo Junkers, Filing date: 1916-01-15)
- Patent DE-1916-337522 (English title: Hollow wing for aircraft, Filing date: 1916-12-23)
- Patent DE-1919-343385 (English title: Hollow wing for aircraft, Supplementary to patent: Patent DE-1916-337522, Filing date: 1919-06-27)
Publications by or about Hugo Junkers
- Rennie, 2017 (Simple title: Privileged Killers, Privileged Deaths: German Culture and Aviation in the First World War: 1909-1925)
See also
Names | Hugo Junkers |
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Birth date | 1859-02-03 |
Death date | 1935-02-03 |
Countries | DE, FR, GB, HU |
Locations | Aachen-Frankenberg, Germany |
Occupations | teacher |
Tech areas | Airplane, Gliders, Design, Wings |
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