Société des Moteurs Salmson
Key persons: Émile Salmson; Lieut. René Moineau, designer, 1916; Louis Bechereau, designer, 1925; Paul Deville, designer, 1934.
The company Société des Moteurs Salmson was established to produce aero-engines, especially Canton-Unne water-cooled radials. In 1916, built S-M biplane with shaft drives to two tractor propellers, the M standing for its designer, Lt. René Moineau. From January 1917 built some 3,200 conventional armed reconnaissance biplanes; post-war several dozen were converted to passenger aircraft. Company appears to have stayed in business to sometime beyond WWII, intermittently producing aircraft.
It would appear Canton-Unne was designed by Canton-Unne. Did Salmson have a license or was it a subcontractor? (Voir Canton et Unné.)
We have records from 1920–4 of patents filed by Pierre-Jean-René Postel-Vinay who worked on Canton-Unné system motors and assigned his patents to Moteurs Salmson.
This source, citing a book about Moteurs Salmson, indicates that Henri Salmson, not cited in our sources, was a key character in hiring Canton and Unné.[1]
Sources
- Gunston, 1993, p265
- Gunston, 2005, p407
- SD249
- 1920Dir25
References
Patents associated with organization named Moteurs Salmson
- Patent US-1920-1340626 (Inventors: Pierre-Jean-René Postel-Vinay, English title: Metal fitting for connecting together certain structural members of an aeroplane, Filing date: 1918-12-19, Applicant firm: Moteurs Salmson)
- Patent US-1921-1373759 (Inventors: Pierre-Jean-René Postel-Vinay, English title: Tailpiece for aeroplanes, Filing date: 1918-12-19, Applicant firm: Moteurs Salmson)
- Patent US-1921-1390216 (Inventors: Pierre-Jean-René Postel-Vinay, English title: Metal fitting for assembling longitudinals and uprights in aeroplanes, Filing date: 1918-12-19, Applicant firm: Moteurs Salmson)
- Patent US-1920-1345024 (Inventors: Pierre-Jean-René Postel-Vinay, English title: Junction-piece for connecting together certain structural members of aeroplanes, Filing date: 1918-12-19, Applicant firm: Moteurs Salmson)
- Patent US-1924-1487598 (Inventors: Pierre-Jean-René Postel-Vinay, English title: Apparatus for increasing the range of speed, aerodynamic particularities of aeroplanes, Filing date: 1918-12-20, Applicant firm: Moteurs Salmson)
People affiliated with Moteurs Salmson
- Pierre-Jean-René Postel-Vinay (Tech areas: Airplane • Structure • Construction • Frame • Fuselage • Speed)
| Names | Société des Moteurs Salmson, Salmson, Société anonyme des moteurs Salmson, Moteurs Salmson |
|---|---|
| Country | France |
| City | 74, Rue Saint Lazare, Seine; and Avenue des Moulineaux, Billancourt; France |
| Affiliations | |
| Keywords | motor, propeller, cooling |
| Started aero | 1912 |
| Ended aero | |
| Key people | Émile Salmson, René Moineau, Louis Bechereau, Paul Deville, Pierre-Jean-René Postel-Vinay, Pierre-Georges Unné, Georges-Henri-Marius Canton |
| Wikidata id | Q2037004 |
