Luftschiffbau Zeppelin

Zeppelin-Lindau D.I

Luftschiffbau Zeppelin G. m. b. H. (Zeppelin aerial-vessel-building) was a company founded by Ferdinand von Zeppelin in 1908. (G. m. b. H. = GmbH = Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung = limited liability company = LLC)

Subsidiaries of this company included Deutsche Luftschiffahrts-Aktiengesellschaft (DELAG), which provided transportation for passengers between major cities in Germany, and Dornier Metallbauten G. m. b. H., which built metal airplanes.

During the war, Luftschiffbau Zeppelin was thoroughly interlinked with the German military (in which von Zeppelin himself was a general); DELAG's airships were commandeered. Afterwards, airship production was suspended under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, but personnel and facilities were largely retained and temporarily repurposed.

Patent note: Some of the Zeppelinwerk patents specify the Lindau location as the applicant. Is there any legal distinction from other ways of naming the company? Unknown; presumably not. Anyway, that's what Zeppelin-werk Lindau refers to. Claude Dornier worked there to develop the Zeppelin-Lindau D.I aircraft in 1918.: "developed by Claude Dornier while working for Luftschiffbau Zeppelin at their Lindau facility".

Patents associated with organizations named Luftschiffbau Zeppelin, Luftschiffbau Zeppelin G. m. b. H., Luftschiffbau Zeppelin G.m.b.H., Zeppelinwerk Lindau or Zeppelin-werk Lindau

• Patent DE-1912-308357 (Inventors: Claude Dornier, English title: Rotatable aircraft storage hall, Filing date: 1912-09-29)
• Patent AT-1913-70789 (Inventors: Claude Dornier, English title: Rotatable airship storage hall, Filing date: 1913-02-12, Supplementary to patent: Patent DE-1912-308357)
• Patent FR-1913-464281 (Inventors: Claude Dornier, English title: Rotating hangar, open at the bottom, for airships, Filing date: 1913-09-24, Supplementary to patent: Patent DE-1912-308357)
• Patent GB-1913-21688 (Inventors: Claudius Dornier, English title: An Improved Shed for Air-ships, Filing date: 1913-09-25, Supplementary to patent: Patent DE-1912-308357)
• Patent DE-1913-307940 (English title: Auxiliary gondola for airships, Filing date: 1913-09-30)
• Patent GB-1913-22467 (Inventors: Claude Dornier, English title: An Improved Shed for Air-ships, Filing date: 1913-10-06, Supplementary to patent: Patent DE 1913-01-22 Claude Dornier and Luftschiffbau Zeppelin • Patent GB-1913-21688)
• Patent GB-1914-5274 (Inventors: Claude Dornier, English title: Improvements in Rotary Air-ship Sheds, Filing date: 1914-03-02, Supplementary to patent: Patent GB-1913-21688)
• Patent DE-1915-303909 (English title: Aircraft with lowerable observation gondola, Filing date: 1915-02-16)
• Patent DE-1915-298584 (Inventors: Claude Dornier, English title: Belt attachment for girders and spatial beams, especially for aircraft construction, Filing date: 1915-08-26)
• Patent DE-1915-298742 (English title: Reinforcement for turnbuckles, Filing date: 1917-06-28)
• Patent DE-1916-300199 (Inventors: Luftschiffbau Zeppelin, English title: Rescue apparatus for airship crew, Filing date: 1916-04-02)
• Patent DE-1916-298529 (Inventors: Claudius Dornier, English title: Fabric attachment device for aircraft, Filing date: 1916-08-29)
• Patent DE-1916-333105 (Inventors: Oscar Wilcke, English title: Bomb-dropping apparatus, Filing date: 1916-09-12)
• Patent DE-1917-305649 (English title: Clamping apparatus, particularly for insertion of Balloon vents into Gas cells, Filing date: 1917-01-23)
• Patent DE-1917-362528 (Inventors: Claudius Dornier, English title: Process for the manufacture of floats for seaplanes, Filing date: 1917-11-30)
• Patent DE-1918-354837 (English title: Apparatus for airplanes, pertaining especially to the action of valves, Filing date: 1918-02-12)
• Patent DE-1918-333199 (Inventors: Claudius Dornier, English title: Fixing of covering material, in particular for aircraft, Filing date: 1918-03-08)
• Patent DE-1918-356095 (English title: Hollow body as aircraft wing, Filing date: 1918-06-02, Supplementary to patent: Patent DE-1917-307747)

People affiliated with Luftschiffbau Zeppelin (or Luftschiffbau Zeppelin G. m. b. H. or Luftschiffbau Zeppelin G.m.b.H. or Zeppelinwerk Lindau or Zeppelin-werk Lindau)

• Alfred Colsman (Occupations: Managing director, Tech areas: LTA • Passenger • Transportation)
• Claude Dornier (Occupations: Engineer, Tech areas: LTA • Dirigible • Hangars • Airplane • Metal)
• Hellmuth Hirth (Occupations: Piloting • Engineer, Tech areas: Airplane • Design • Frame • Construction • Piloting • Airship • Propellers • Aerodynamics • Lift • Propulsion • Industry)
• Konrad Freiherr von Bassus (Tech areas: LTA • Meteorology • Instrument)

Companies affiliated with Luftschiffbau Zeppelin (or Luftschiffbau Zeppelin G. m. b. H. or Luftschiffbau Zeppelin G.m.b.H. or Zeppelinwerk Lindau or Zeppelin-werk Lindau)

• Dornier Metallbauten G. m. b. H. (Locations: Seemoos, Friedrichshafen, Keywords: Airplane • Metal • Aluminum, Key people: Claude Dornier, Started aero: 1914)

Publications by or about Luftschiffbau Zeppelin or Luftschiffbau Zeppelin G. m. b. H. or Luftschiffbau Zeppelin G.m.b.H. or Zeppelinwerk Lindau or Zeppelin-werk Lindau:

• Béjeuhr, 1914, How the scientists are studying the aeroplane. Institutes of aerial engineering and their work (Simple title: How the scientists are studying the aeroplane. Institutes of aerial engineering and their work, Journal: Scient. Amer.)
• Hartcup, 1974 (Simple title: The achievement of the airship)

Links

• w:Luftschiffbau Zeppelin; w:de:Luftschiffbau Zeppelin
• Luftschiffbau Zeppelin company website

Names	Luftschiffbau Zeppelin GmbH, Luftschiffbau Zeppelin, Zeppelinwerk Lindau, Zeppelin-werk Lindau
Country	Germany, Württemberg
Locations	Friedrichshafen, Lindau
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Started aero	1908
Ended aero	ongoing
Key people	Ferdinand von Zeppelin, Claudius Dornier, Gustav Klein, Hellmuth Hirth, Ernst Carl Alexander Baumann, Alfred Colsman, Ludwig Dürr, Hugo Eckener
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