Société des Avions Louis Bréguet
Key persons: brothers Louis and Jacques Breguet; Prof. Charles Richet
Société des Avions Louis Breguet 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 (Breguet-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 Breguet Plane Limited Company.[2]
Breguet, 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
Patents connected with a/the Bréguet company (which, like Bréguet himself, seems to use a different version of the name every time):
- Patent FR-1911-435639; Patent GB-1911-27021 (Screw propellers)
- Patent FR-1912-447535 (Anemometer)
- Patent GB-1914-867 (stabilizing and steering slow-flying airplanes)
- Patent US-1920-1347075 (aluminum soldering] – Bréguet inventor, company assignee.
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)
Using this search temporarily (hopefully) to turn up entries from the database (espacenet's name for his company; often appears different on the patent):
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.
Links
- w:fr:Société anonyme des ateliers d’aviation Louis Breguet
- w:fr:Modèle:Palette Avions Breguet 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 Breguet (Breguet), Société Anonyme des Ateliers D'Aviation, Société Anonyme |
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| Country | France |
| City | Douai (through August 1914); Villacoublay |
| Affiliations | |
| Keywords | atelier |
| Started aero | 1911 |
| Ended aero | Government takeover, 1971 |
| Key people | Louis-Charles Bréguet, Jacques Bréguet, Charles Richet |
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