Société des Avions Louis Bréguet
Key persons: brothers Louis and Jacques Bréguet; Prof. Charles Richet
Société des Avions Louis Bréguet did 60 years of uninterrupted production of many designs that included to 1918 many tractor biplanes, a flying boat; and a pusher bomber, the latter mass-produced at Michelin works as BUM (Bréguet-Michelin). Control of company passed by French government to Dassault, 14 December 1971.[1]
Following the pattern established by Louis Bréguet before 1911, as agents the company used Armengaud jeune in France and Johnsons & Willcox in England.
1913, opened UK affiliate British Bréguet Plane Limited Company.[2]
Bréguet, in 1914 or just before, created an aerial signaling apparatus similar to the one designed by James Means.[3]
The company was an international airplane supplier before and during the war.[4]
Relocated from Douai to Vélizy-Villacoublay in response to the German invasion.[5]
In 1919, held some long distance "raids" (long-distance voyages) to demonstrate the endurance of its aircraft.[6]
- Addresses: 17, rue de la République, Douai (Patent GB-1911-27021); 115, rue de la Pompe, Paris (XCIe)-Velizy (Seine-et-Oise), France (Dir1920 p22, believe)
Patents connected with a/the Bréguet company, which, like Louis Bréguet himself, varies in its usage of the name. Patent US-1918-1347075 (aluminum soldering] has Bréguet as the inventor, assigning patent rights to Ateliers d'aviation Louis Bréguet.
Regarding Ateliers d'aviation Louis Bréguet, and location, Patent FR-1912-451312 gives us département Nord, France, and its addition gives us département Seine, France.[7][8] In this case, this reflects a corporate move to Paris. Immediately subsequent British data, also pertinent in terms of content, gives us the address 17, rue du Colonel Moll, Paris, France.[9]
We are tracking atelier data. This is a proto-industrial and proto-corporate phenomenon. In this Bréguet case, it has to do with Louis Bréguet, as an inventor, in relation to the evolutions of his corporate activity.
Patents associated with organization named Ateliers d'aviation Louis Bréguet
- Patent FR-1911-435639 (English title: Propeller with wooden blades on an artiucalted and adjustable hub, Filing date: 1911-10-25, Applicant firm: Ateliers d'aviation Louis Bréguet)
- Patent GB-1911-27021 (English title: Screw Propellers for Aerial Navigation, Filing date: 1911-12-02, Supplementary to patent: Patent FR-1911-435639, Applicant firm: Ateliers d'aviation Louis Bréguet)
- Patent HU-1912-60568 (English title: Propeller, Filing date: 1912-03-14, Supplementary to patent: Patent FR-1911-435639, Applicant firm: Ateliers d'aviation Louis Bréguet)
- Patent HU-1912-60868 (English title: Support for flying machines, Filing date: 1912-03-24, Applicant firm: Ateliers d'aviation Louis Bréguet)
- Patent FR-1912-447535 (English title: Anemometer to indicate the speed of an airplane, Filing date: 1912-08-01, Applicant firm: Ateliers d'aviation Louis Bréguet)
- Patent FR-1912-451312 (English title: Method of stabilizing and steering airplanes flying slowly, Filing date: 1912-12-03, Applicant firm: Ateliers d'aviation Louis Bréguet)
- Patent FR-1913-451312.18613 (English title: Method of stabilizing and steering airplanes flying slowly, Filing date: 1913-12-15, Supplementary to patent: Patent FR-1912-451312, Applicant firm: Ateliers d'aviation Louis Bréguet)
- Patent GB-1914-867 (English title: Stabilizing and Steering Airplanes Flying at Low Speeds, Filing date: 1914-01-12, Supplementary to patent: Patent FR-1912-451312 • Patent FR-1913-451312.18613, Applicant firm: Ateliers d'aviation Louis Bréguet)
- Patent FR-1915-523792 (English title: Cone-stern intended to improve the penetrance of nacelles equipped with engines placed at the rear, Filing date: 1915-07-22, Applicant firm: Ateliers d'aviation Louis Bréguet)
Patents associated with organization named Société des Avions Louis Bréguet
- Patent GB-1917-129711 (Filing date: 1917-12-04, Applicant firm: Société des Avions Louis Bréguet)
- Patent GB-1918-128537 (Filing date: 1918-11-27, Applicant firm: Société des Avions Louis Bréguet)
- Patent FR-1908-395756.14416 (Inventors: Louis Bréguet, English title: Aviation, Filing date: 1911-06-13, Supplementary to patent: Patent FR-1908-395756, Applicant firm: Société des Avions Louis Bréguet)
- Patent FR-1913-458807 (English title: Improved binding device for hydroplane surfaces to rigid parts, possibly aviation aquatic devices, Filing date: 1913-06-03, Applicant firm: Société des Avions Louis Bréguet)
- Patent FR-1915-502632 (Filing date: 1915-10-22, Applicant firm: Société des Avions Louis Bréguet)
- Patent FR-1917-503646 (Filing date: 1917-08-13, Applicant firm: Société des Avions Louis Bréguet)
- Patent FR-1917-495877 (Filing date: 1917-11-19, Applicant firm: Société des Avions Louis Bréguet)
- Patent FR-1918-504319 (Filing date: 1918-02-05, Applicant firm: Société des Avions Louis Bréguet)
- Patent FR-1918-504321 (Filing date: 1918-02-14, Applicant firm: Société des Avions Louis Bréguet)
- Patent FR-1918-496639 (Filing date: 1918-05-27, Applicant firm: Société des Avions Louis Bréguet)
- Patent FR-1918-505393 (Filing date: 1918-06-17, Applicant firm: Société des Avions Louis Bréguet)
References
- ↑ G57-58; Gunston, 2005, p73-74; Dir1920 p22.
- ↑ Treadwell, 2011, British & Allied Aircraft Manufacturers of WWI, p. 73.
- ↑ "A Signal Device for Aeroplanes", Flight, 17 January 1914, p. 73.
- ↑ Avions Bréguet, 1919, p. 7, etc.
- ↑ Avions Bréguet, 1919, p. 8.
- ↑ Avions Bréguet, 1919, pp. 12–13, 46–47.
- ↑ Patent FR-1912-451312
- ↑ Patent FR-1913-451312.18613
- ↑ Patent FR-1912-451312
Links
- w:fr:Société anonyme des ateliers d’aviation Louis Bréguet
- w:fr:Modèle:Palette Avions Bréguet has links to pages of many Bréguet aircraft
Names | Ateliers d'aviation Louis Bréguet, Société Anonyme des Ateliers d'Aviation Louis Bréguet, Société des Avions Louis Bréguet (Bréguet), Société Anonyme des Ateliers D'Aviation, Société Anonyme |
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Country | France |
City | Douai (through August 1914); Villacoublay |
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Keywords | atelier |
Started aero | 1911 |
Ended aero | Government takeover, 1971 |
Key people | Louis-Charles Bréguet, Jacques Bréguet, Charles Richet |
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