Siemens-Schuckert Werke GmbH

The full name of this firm is “Siemens-Schuckert Werke Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung”. For more on the G.m.b.H corporate designation, in context, see company types. We have them addressed at No. 3, Askanischer Platz, Berlin, Germany.

There was a Abteilung Flugzeugbau (Department of Aircraft) of Siemens-Schuckert Works, a giant electricity generating firm, in Siemensstadt (Siemens City) near Berlin. Franz and Bruno Steffen were designers starting in late 1914.

The company began building large non-rigid airships in 1907, followed by aeroplanes from 1909-1911, when work stopped due to a death in a flying accident. Aircraft Department reopened September 1914, creating a series of Steffen-designed Rissenflugzeug (giant aircraft) from May 1915; the R8, which had six 300hp Basse and Selve engines in fuselage with shafting to tractor and pusher propellers, was the largest aircraft of 1918; no indication that these were other than prototypes. Production aircraft from October 1915 included Type D and E monoplane fighters; output was modest and included the E1, 1915 (20 built); D1, 1916 (95 delivered); and the D4, 1918, a fast-climbing interceptor with 160hp Siemens-Halske motor (120 built). This work stopped at WWI Armistice.

Patents

During our period, Siemens-Schuckert Werke internationally filed hundreds of patents, many concerned with electricity and related machinery. Some of these are listed on espacenet under "SIEMENS AG" and other variations. Our German and likely German red-link patent prompts shown in the reports below reflect patents which were quite likely filed but which may not have been accepted.

Patents associated with organizations named Siemens-Schuckert Werke GmbH or Siemens-Schuckert-Werke G.m.b.H.

• Patent DE-1907-211606 (English title: Airship with multiple cars, Filing date: 1907-08-13)
• Patent DE-1907-204239 (English title: Apparatus for specifying the navigational orientation of aircraft, Filing date: 1907-09-04)
• Patent DE-1907-207459 (English title: Method of equalizing harmful air pressure in airship balloons, Filing date: 1907-09-04)
• Patent DE-1907-206614 (English title: Airship, Filing date: 1907-09-04)
• Patent DE-1907-202336 (English title: Apparatus for opening and closing airship gas valve, Filing date: 1907-09-04)
• Patent DE-1907-212689 (English title: Airship with multiple cars, Filing date: 1907-09-05, Supplementary to patent: Patent DE-1907-211606)
• Patent DE-1907-206088 (English title: Airship car with middle area having triangular cross-section, Filing date: 1907-10-08)
• Patent FR-1908-393597 (English title: Instrument for determining the direction of movement of air vehicles, Filing date: 1908-08-22, Supplementary to patent: Patent DE-1907-09-03 Siemens-Schuckert Werke GmbH • Patent DE-1908-05-23 Siemens-Schuckert Werke GmbH)
• Patent FR-1908-393596 (English title: Dirigible, Filing date: 1908-08-22, Supplementary to patent: Patent DE-1907-206614)
• Patent HU-1908-45894 (English title: Airship or blimp, Filing date: 1908-10-08)
• Patent AT-1908-39394 (English title: Airship with the balloon and the car connected, Filing date: 1908-10-08, Supplementary to patent: Patent DE-1907-206614)
• Patent HU-1908-46110 (English title: Equipment for determining the direction of travel of airborne vehicles, Filing date: 1908-10-14, Supplementary to patent: Patent 1907-09-03 Siemens-Schuckert Werke GmbH)
• Patent HU-1908-49760 (English title: Equipment for determining the direction of travel of airborne vehicles, Filing date: 1908-10-15, Supplementary to patent: Patent HU-1908-46110 • Patent 1907-09-03 Siemens-Schuckert Werke GmbH)
• Patent FR-1912-443686 (English title: process for the fabrication of balloon covers, Filing date: 1912-05-11, Supplementary to patent: Patent DE-1911-06-17 Siemens-Schuckert Werke GmbH)
• Patent GB-1912-18253 (English title: Envelopes for Balloons and the like, Filing date: 1912-08-08)
• Patent GB-1912-18338 (English title: Attachment of Draw Ropes to Fabric Surfaces, Filing date: 1912-08-09)
• Patent GB-1912-18828 (English title: Aerostats and the like, Filing date: 1912-08-16)
• Patent FR-1912-449889 (English title: Rigid air-ship with basket suspension by way of fabric panels, Filing date: 1912-10-26, Supplementary to patent: Patent DE-1911-10-28 Siemens-Schuckert Werke GmbH)
• Patent DE-1913-279525 (English title: Rigid airship with subdivided outer hull, Filing date: 1913-02-22)
• Patent GB-1913-22124 (English title: Air-ships with Sub-divided Inner Chambers, Filing date: 1913-10-01)
• Patent GB-1913-22125 (Inventors: Edward Charles Robert Marks, English title: Process for Altering the Inclined Position of Air-Ships, Filing date: 1913-10-01)
• Patent BE-1913-252957 (English title: boat traction, Filing date: 1913-01-21, Supplementary to patent: Patent DE-1912-01-22 Siemens-Schuckert Werke GmbH)
• Patent GB-1914-13944 (English title: Rigid Airships with Separate Cells or Compartments for the Gas, Filing date: 1914-06-09)
• Patent DE-1915-308375 (English title: Launch apparatus for grenades and the like from aircraft, Filing date: 1915-01-22)
• Patent DE-1915-309149 (English title: Stabilizer for motor cooling system of fighter aircraft, Filing date: 1915-12-22)
• Patent HU-1917-77515 (English title: Adjusting device for flying machines, Filing date: 1917-06-02, Supplementary to patent: Patent DE-1916-01-11 Siemens-Schuckert Werke GmbH)
• Patent HU-1917-77660 (English title: Aircraft tail or tail fin, Filing date: 1917-06-02, Supplementary to patent: Patent DE-1915-12-21 Siemens-Schuckert Werke GmbH)

Sources

• Gunston, 1993, p278
• Gunston, 2005, p425
• Smithsonian Directory, p. 260

References

Names	Siemens-Schuckert Werke GmbH (SSW), Abteilung Flugzeugbau
Country	Germany
City	Siemensstadt (Siemens City) near Berlin, No. 3, Askanischer Platz, Berlin, Germany
Affiliations
Keywords	LTA, electricity, navigation, airplane
Started aero	1909
Ended aero	1918
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