Luft Fahrzeug G.m.b.H.
Luft Fahrzeug G.m.b.H., or "Luft-Fahrzeug-Gesellschaft" was formed on 30 April 1908 from the assets of an experimental airship engine company located in Bitterfeld, Germany. (We have this prior firm designated as Motorluftschiff Studiengesellschaft m.b.H.) Additional funding was provided primarily by Krupp, AEG, or more properly Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft, and a local chemical company. The company's offices were located in Berlin along with the factory at Adlershof. Manufacture was transferred to Charlottenburg following a fire on 6 September 1916, allegedly caused by the British Secret Service. They worked quite extensively both with the airship and the airplane.[1]
Their first project was an airship design by August the German von Parseval.[2] See the Parseval within our data.
We have them filing in collaboration with the inventor Romeo Wankmüller.[3][4][5]
Their airplane types, largely geared towards the German military through World War I, constitute a vast array.[6]
There patent filings were made in several countries. We are still organizing this data, and finding more.
In terms of patents, Motorluftschiff Studiengesellschaft m.b.H and Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft are also likely to factor well into our data. We are gathering more of said data on these firms, via Espacenet and other sources presently.
Austrian branch?
There existed an Austrian (Österreichische?) Motor-Luftfahrzeuggesellschaft, seemingly related as it also constructed Parseval dirigibles.[7]
Patents associated with organization named Luft Fahrzeug G.m.b.H.
- Patent FR-1913-450149 (English title: Mobile suspension of the nacelle of airships, Filing date: 1912-11-05, Supplementary to patent: Patent DE-1906-187863, Applicant firm: Luft Fahrzeug G.m.b.H.)
- Patent FR-1912-451099 (English title: transversal strengthening of the carrying body of balloons, Filing date: 1912-11-05, Supplementary to patent: Patent DE-1912-07-11 Luft Fahrzeug G.m.b.H., Applicant firm: Luft Fahrzeug G.m.b.H.)
- Patent AT-1913-63673 (English title: Movable gondola suspension for motorized airships, Filing date: 1913-02-20, Applicant firm: Luft Fahrzeug G.m.b.H.)
- Patent GB-1913-4916 (English title: Improvements in or relating to the Suspension of the Cars of Air-ships, Filing date: 1913-02-26, Supplementary to patent: Patent DE-1912-07-11, Applicant firm: Luft Fahrzeug G.m.b.H.)
- Patent HU-1915-69200 (English title: Airship boat trained as a floating hull, Filing date: 1915-03-19, Applicant firm: Luft Fahrzeug G.m.b.H.)
- Patent ES-1915-60039 (English title: Nacelle for balloons etc. in the form of a boat hull, Filing date: 1915-03-31, Applicant firm: Luft Fahrzeug G.m.b.H.)
- Patent HU-1916-75836 (English title: Protective cover for gas envelopes of airships against their damage, Filing date: 1916-03-27, Supplementary to patent: Patent 1915-03-27 Luft Fahrzeug G.m.b.H., Applicant firm: Luft Fahrzeug G.m.b.H.)
- Patent HU-1916-75835 (English title: Top stiffening for balloons, Filing date: 1916-03-27, Supplementary to patent: Patent-DE-1915-03-27 Luft Fahrzeug G.m.b.H., Applicant firm: Luft Fahrzeug G.m.b.H.)
- Patent HU-1916-75563 (English title: Fabric hanger for soft-body airships, Filing date: 1916-04-07, Supplementary to patent: Patent DE-1915-03-24 Luft Fahrzeug G.m.b.H., Applicant firm: Luft Fahrzeug G.m.b.H.)
- Patent HU-1916-78314 (English title: Climbing zone for soft-body airships, Filing date: 1916-04-12, Supplementary to patent: Patent DE-1915-04-13-Luft Fahrzeug G.m.b.H., Applicant firm: Luft Fahrzeug G.m.b.H.)
- Patent HU-1916-75565 (English title: Length stiffening for soft-body airships, Filing date: 1916-04-12, Supplementary to patent: Patent DE-1915-04-13 Luft Fahrzeug G.m.b.H., Applicant firm: Luft Fahrzeug G.m.b.H.)
- Patent HU-1916-75564 (English title: Transom wall for soft-bodied airships, Filing date: 1916-04-12, Supplementary to patent: Patent DE-1915-04-19 Luft Fahrzeug G.m.b.H., Applicant firm: Luft Fahrzeug G.m.b.H.)
- Patent HU-1916-78471 (English title: Carrying strap for soft-hull airships, Filing date: 1916-04-12, Supplementary to patent: Patent DE-1915-04-13 Luft Fahrzeug G.m.b.H., Applicant firm: Luft Fahrzeug G.m.b.H.)
- Patent HU-1917-74332 (English title: Switching device for the leading sleigh of the rope of detached airships, Filing date: 1917-12-05, Applicant firm: Luft Fahrzeug G.m.b.H.)
- Patent HU-1917-74466 (English title: Switchable hand wheel for bound airships, Filing date: 1917-12-05, Supplementary to patent: Patent DE-1917-08-09 Luft Fahrzeug G.m.b.H., Applicant firm: Luft Fahrzeug G.m.b.H.)
- Patent HU-1917-75837 (English title: Interior conductors for fairways of knitted airships, Filing date: 1917-12-18, Applicant firm: Luft Fahrzeug G.m.b.H.)
- Patent DE-1919-330782 (English title: Airplane with apparatus for taking off and landing on land and water, Filing date: 1919-02-11, Applicant firm: Luft Fahrzeug G.m.b.H.)
References
| Names | Luft Fahrzeug G.m.b.H., Luft-Fahrzeug-Gesellschaft |
|---|---|
| Country | DE, FR, US, HU |
| City | Bitterfeld; Berlin; Adlershof |
| Affiliations | Motorluftschiff Studiengesellschaft m.b.H, Krupp, Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft |
| Keywords | Airplane, Airship, Balloons, Military, Parseval, Cooling |
| Started aero | 1908 |
| Ended aero | 1933 |
| Key people | |
| Wikidata id | Q530465 |
