Patent US-1908-881837
V-shape, with 'head'; long delay in granting; earlier experiments & coverage: http://www.gustave-whitehead.com/history/57th-total-20th-manned-plane-1901-11-19-new-york-evening-telegram-p-10/
Tentatively using the 'airplane' designation in tech terms despite the omission of a propulsion mechanism from the patent itself. First, because the title of the patent (chosen or approved by Munn & Co.) should reflect what would have been considered an airplane (or 'aeroplane') patent in 1905. Second, because Whitehead was known to use airplane-type propulsion with aircraft of the type here described.
Inventor location (imputed by HistPat): Bridgeport, Fairfield county, CT (FIPSloc=9001); ½ assigned to Stanley Yale Beach, Stratford Connecticut
Patents which are supplementary to this one
- Patent FR-1908-387886 (English title: Airplane, Filing date: 1908-03-06)
- Patent AT-1909-41555 (English title: Airplane, Filing date: 1908-03-09)
- Patent GB-1908-5312 (English title: Improvements in aeroplanes, Filing date: 1908-03-09)
Sources
- Short's DB
- PTO 244
- Neilson
- Patent 881837 document and bibliographic info on espacenet
- Patent 881837 at google patents
| Year filed | 1905 |
|---|---|
| Year granted | 1908 |
| Office | US |
| Patent number | 881837 |
| Inventors | Gustave Whitehead |
| Inventor country | US |
| Applicant person | |
| Applicant firm | |
| Applicant type | |
| Applicant is inventor? | Yes |
| Original title | Aeroplane |
| English title | Aeroplane |
| Tech fields | glider, airfoil, stability, frame, fabric, design, airplane, whole |
| Filing date | December 20, 1905 |
| Full specification filed date | |
| Application number | 1905292614 |
| Grant date | March 10, 1908 |
| Granted? | Yes |
| Publication date | |
| Supplementary to patent | |
| Related to aircraft? | Yes |
| Serial number | 292614 |
| Patent agent | Munn & Co. |
| Assigned to | Stanley Yale Beach |
| National tech categories | USPC 244/16 |
| IPCs | |
| CPCs | CPC B64C31/02 |
| Family year | 1905 |
| First filing? | No |
| Cites these patents | |
| Citations from after 1930 | |
| Application ID | 470916171 |
| INPADOC family ID | 43771470 |
| Number of text pages | 4 |
| Number of diagram pages | 2 |
| Number of figures | 3 |
| Number of claims | 23 |
