Alfred Zehden
Alfred Zehden (born November 15, 1876 in Stettin ; † November 29, 1948 ) was a German engineer and inventor . With his publication "Electrical transport system using a traveling field motor", patented by the Imperial Patent Office on May 24, 1902 , Zehden can be considered the inventor of the maglev train .
Life
Alfred Zehden was born as the son of the Jewish businessman Max Zehden and his wife Regina, nee. Badt, born in Stettin. The family later moved to Berlin-Charlottenburg .
After Alfred graduated from the Marienstiftsgymnasium in Szczecin , he studied electrical engineering and general mechanical engineering at the technical universities in Hanover and Charlottenburg .
After completing his studies, Zehden worked as an engineer for seven years before enrolling in further studies at the University of Rostock in October 1907 . He completed this additional course on May 25, 1908 by taking the doctoral examination at the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Rostock .
Since the early 1900s, Zehden appeared as an inventor and registered numerous patents . On the basis of his patent with the Imperial Patent Office dated May 24, 1902 with the number 140958 "Electric transport system using a traveling field motor", he can be described as the inventor of the magnetic train. Further inventions of Zehden are for example the "electrical lighting, heating or ventilation on railway trains" (1900) or an "electrical burglar alarm" (1913).
Alfred Zehden was married to Anna Schröder from 1923. The future district mayor of Berlin-Steglitz Werner Alfred Zehden was his son.
Alfred Zehden probably later worked as a patent attorney in Berlin .
Patents (selection)
- Electric lighting, heating or ventilation on rail vehicles
- Electric transportation system using a traveling field motor
- Electrical Burglar alarm
Fonts
literature
- Biographical information on the back of his dissertation: About the relative brightness of the colors of electrically glowing gases when the pressure and current strength change. Phil. Diss. Rostock 1909
- Werner A. Zehden: Barbed wire - a diary. With an introduction by Peter Steinbach. 1st edition, Passau 1990
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ See the entry of Alfred Zehden's matriculation in the Rostock matriculation portal
- ↑ See Alfred Zehden's entry in MyHeritage
- ↑ See the introduction by Peter Steinbach in: Werner A. Zehden: Stacheldraht - Ein Tagebuch. With an introduction by Peter Steinbach. 1st edition, Passau 1990, p. 7
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zehden, Alfred |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German engineer and inventor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 15, 1876 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Szczecin |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 29, 1948 |
| Place of death | Berlin |