Société des Moteurs Salmson
"Emile Salmson’s French general engineering firm entered the aircraft engine field in 1911."[1]
"Its earlier engines were water cooled radials based on a Swiss Canton-Unne patent."[1] 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 by Émile Salmson 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.[2]
Sources
- Gunston, 1993, p265
- Gunston, 2005, p407
- SD249
- 1920Dir25
References
- More to incorporate here: w:fr:Salmson, w:Salmson, the firm's own list of its historical events
Patents associated with organizations named Moteurs Salmson, Société des Moteurs Salmson, or Moteurs Salmson System Canton Unné
- Patent FR-1913-454487 (English title: Compressed air motor for self-propelled torpedoes, Filing date: 1913-02-17)
- Patent RU-1913-27778 (English title: Self-propelled bomb driven by compressed air, Filing date: 1913-06-06, Supplementary to patent: Patent FR-1913-454487)
- Patent FR-1916-491701 (English title: Cross pillar airframe, Filing date: 1916-02-11)
- Patent FR-1917-503439 (English title: Double clutch release for airplanes, Filing date: 1917-06-06)
- Patent US-1917-1331628 (Inventors: René Dusuzeau, English title: Double steering and unclutching apparatus for avions, Filing date: 1917-11-15)
- Patent FR-1917-495999 (English title: Aircraft tail piece, Filing date: 1917-12-11)
- Patent FR-1917-496002 (English title: Assembly fitting of wing spars and airframe pillars in an airplane, Filing date: 1917-12-12)
- Patent FR-1917-496003 (English title: Assembly box for airplanes forming a junction node for fuselage spars and wings of cabin uprights and landing gear legs, Filing date: 1917-12-12)
- Patent FR-1917-496309 (English title: Fitting for assembly and guying of side members, uprights and cross members of aircraft, Filing date: 1917-12-13)
- Patent GB-1918-121467 (English title: Metal fitting for fixing the ribs of horizontal rudders to their shafts on aeroplanes, Filing date: 1918-11-27, Supplementary to patent: Patent FR Dec 13 1917 Canton-Unne)
- Patent GB-1918-121464 (English title: An Improved Tail-piece for Aeroplanes, Filing date: 1918-11-27, Supplementary to patent: Patent FR-1917-495999)
- 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)
- Patent US-1921-1373759 (Inventors: Pierre-Jean-René Postel-Vinay, English title: Tailpiece for aeroplanes, Filing date: 1918-12-19)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
People affiliated with Moteurs Salmson or Société des Moteurs Salmson or Moteurs Salmson System Canton Unné
- Émile Salmson (Occupations: Engineer, Tech areas: Motor • Airplane • Cooling • Navigation • Stability)
- Louis Béchereau (Occupations: Aeronautical engineer, Tech areas: Airplane • Propellers • Design • Aerodynamics • Control • Steering • Aileron • Stability • Automatic stability • Cables • Rudder)
- 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, Moteurs Salmson System Canton Unné |
|---|---|
| Country | France |
| Locations | 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, Henri Salmson, René Moineau, Louis Bechereau, Paul Deville, Pierre-Jean-René Postel-Vinay, Pierre-Georges Unné, Georges-Henri-Marius Canton |
| Wikidata id | Q2037004 |
