Humber Limited
This company made motor cars, and branched into aero engines and apparently aeroplanes too although sources seem to differ.
Made monoplanes, 1910-1912, originally Blériot-licensed and then original designs of monoplanes and biplanes; in WWI, mass-produced Avro 504A.
Designers Hubert Le Blon, Roger Sommer (biplanes), and Capt. Thomas Turpin Lovelace.
Patent data has the company filing in collaboration with Thomas Turpin Lovelace, all located at Humber Works, Stoke, Coventry, in the County of Warwick.[1]
This company is in en.wp as Humber Limited. It's not clear whether it's the same as Humber Motorcycles
Location: Humber Works, Stoke, Coventry, in the County of Warwick
Patents associated with organization named Humber Limited
- Patent GB-1910-3438 (Inventors: Thomas Turpin Lovelace, English title: Improvements to the Steering Mechanism of Flying Machines, Filing date: 1910-02-11, Applicant firm: Humber Limited)
People affiliated with Humber Limited
- Thomas Turpin Lovelace (Occupations: Military • Navy • Engineer?, Tech areas: Control • Navigation • Steering)
Sources
- Gunston, 1993, p151
- Gunston, 2005, p226
- SD156
References
| Names | Humber Limited, Humber Motor Co. |
|---|---|
| Country | Great Britain |
| Locations | Humber Works, Stoke, Coventry, Stoke, Coventry, Coventry, Coventry, County of Warwick, County of Warwick |
| Affiliations | |
| Keywords | motor cars, aero engines, motors, control, navigation, steering |
| Started aero | 1910 |
| Ended aero | 1918? |
| Key people | Hubert Le Blon, Roger Sommer, Thomas Turpin Lovelace |
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