Hugo Junkers
Hugo Junkers (3 February 1859–1935) was an aero inventor whose firm developed the first all-metal fighter airplane.[1]
Junkers studying electrical engineering and thermodynamics in Berlin, then went to work for Deutsche Continental Gasgesellschaft. There he worked on an early two-stroke engine and invented a calorimeter which he exhibited at the 1893 Columbian Exhibition in Chicago.[2]
Junkers partnered with Anthony Fokker to create Junkers-Fokker-Werke AG near the end of the war.
Junkers filed a German patent in 1910, from "Aachen-Frankenberg".[3] This location name now redirects to Frankenberger Viertel on German Wikipedia and is still designated as a borough within Aachen.
Professor in the Royal Polytechnicum at Aix-la-Chapelle, of No. 68, Bismarckstrasse, Aix-la-Chapelle (Aachen).[4]
We have him in 1916 as a teacher, still filing from Aachen.[5]
Note: While working on aviation in the 1910s, Junkers continued to secure dozens of engine-related patents, from Germany, Austria, France, Britain, Denmark, Canada, and the US. See espacenet search.
Hugo's wife Therese Junkers got five patents, later in the Nazi or GDR periods (per Rishyna and Erdmann research, EBHS 2024).
References
- ↑ Hallion, 2003, p. 355.
- ↑ Tom Barfield, "The German who built planes out of metal", The Local, 5 February 2015.
- ↑ Patent DE-1910-253788
- ↑ Patent GB-1911-1784
- ↑ Patent HU-1916-81381
This person had 0 publications and 6 patents in this database.
Patents whose inventor or applicant is Hugo Junkers
- Patent FR-1910-412050 (English title: Airplane, Filing date: 1910-01-29)
- Patent DE-1910-253788 (English title: Glider with hollow bodies serving to hold parts that do not generate lift, Filing date: 1910-01-31)
- Patent GB-1911-1784 (English title: Improvements in or relating to Flying-machines, Supplementary to patent: Patent FR-1910-412050, Filing date: 1911-01-24)
- Patent HU-1916-81381 (English title: Refrigeration arrangements for aircraft and other vehicles, Supplementary to patent: Patent DE-1915-02-16 Hugo Junkers, Filing date: 1916-01-15)
- Patent DE-1916-337522 (English title: Hollow wing for aircraft, Filing date: 1916-12-23)
- Patent DE-1919-343385 (English title: Hollow wing for aircraft, Supplementary to patent: Patent DE-1916-337522, Filing date: 1919-06-27)
Publications by or about Hugo Junkers
- Rennie, 2017 (Simple title: Privileged Killers, Privileged Deaths: German Culture and Aviation in the First World War: 1909-1925)
See also
| Names | Hugo Junkers |
|---|---|
| Countries | DE, FR, GB, HU |
| Locations | Aachen, Aachen-Frankenberg, Aix-la-Chapelle, Prussia |
| Occupations | teacher, professor |
| Tech areas | Airplane, Gliders, Design, Wings |
| Accreditations | |
| Affiliations | Royal Polytechnicum at Aix-la-Chapelle |
| Family name | Junkers |
| Birth date | 1859-02-03 |
| Death date | 1935-02-03 |
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