Patent GB-1908-25315

Improvement to airplane design, in which a car is connected at multiple points to flexible framework elements. The Wright and Farman designs are cited by name as models on which this invention could build. The author also cites his own Patent GB-1906-27312.

The author's firm is the agent.

• Inventor occupation: Civil Engineer
• Inventor location: 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, County of Lancaster

Patent family descending from Patent GB-1906-27312

• Patent GB-1906-27312 (English title: Improvements in or appertaining to Flying Machines)
• Patent GB-1908-2651 (English title: Improvements in flying machines, Supplementary to patent: Patent GB-1906-27312)
• Patent GB-1908-25315 (English title: Flying Machines, Supplementary to patent: Patent GB-1906-27312)

Sources

• Neilson, 1910, Aeroplane Patents, p76
• Original patent document and bibliography entry on espacenet

Year filed	1908
Year granted	1909
Office	GB
Patent number	25315
Inventors	William Phillips Thompson
Inventor country	GB
Applicant person	William Phillips Thompson
Applicant firm
Applicant type	INDIV
Applicant is inventor?	1
Original title	Improvements in Flying Machines
English title	Flying Machines
Tech fields	airplane, safety, stability, frame, car, subsystem
Filing date	1908-11-24
Full specification filed date	1909-05-24
Application number	190825315D
Grant date	1909-11-24
Granted?	1
Publication date
Supplementary to patent	Patent GB-1906-27312
Related to aircraft?	1
Serial number
Patent agent	W. P. Thompson & Co., Wm. P. Thompson & Co.
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Family year	1906
First filing?	0
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Application ID	23574089
INPADOC family ID	5903620
Number of text pages	6
Number of diagram pages	2
Number of figures	3
Number of claims	8