Harry Vickers

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Harry Vickers (actually: Harry Franklin Vickers ; born October 10, 1898 in Red Lodge (Montana) , ( USA ); † 1977 ) was an American engineer and industrialist. He is considered to be one of the founders of modern technical hydraulics .

At the age of 23 he founded in 1921, the Vickers Manufacturing Company in Los Angeles , which later in Vickers Inc. renamed. Around 1925 he developed the first power steering , and his double-stroke vane pump was built into an Oldsmobile as standard . In 1930 he invented the first pilot operated pressure relief valve .

1937 Vickers Inc. was an exchange of shares of the Sperry Corporation - Holding and Harry Vickers its vice president, in 1952 its president.

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  2. ↑ Steve Skinner: Hydraulic Fluid Power - A Historical Timeline, Steve Skinner Presentation, 2014, ISBN 978-1-291-67689-1 , p. 89
  3. ↑ Erik Trostmann , Technical University of Denmark: Water Hydraulics Control Technology, Marcel Dekker Inc, New York, Basel, Hong Kong, 1996, ISBN 0-8247-9680-2 , p. 5
personal data
SURNAME Vickers, Harry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vickers, Harry Franklin (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American engineer and industrialist
DATE OF BIRTH October 10, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Red Lodge (Montana) , ( USA )
DATE OF DEATH 1977