Otto Reitz
Otto Reitz (born May 12, 1899 in Schwäbisch Hall ; † September 3, 1983 ) was a designer at NSU in the 1920s and from 1931 to the end of motorcycle production in 1957 at Triumph in Nuremberg .
Career
There, he developed the cross-flow purge to patent rights for the reverse circulation of Adolf Schnürle that at DKW to circumvent were.
Triumph also launched the first motorcycle with an electric idle speed indicator in the headlight (the B 200 LF). The development of the double-piston engines was decisive for the post-war production of the Triumph works . Initially with rotary valve and straight-way connecting rod , after the Second World War with fork connecting rod. Under Reitz's direction, the Triumph Boss was also the first series machine with a hydraulic brake in the rear wheel or sidecar wheel (together with ATE). He also brought the first post-war motorcycle with electric starter ( starter generator ) to the market which Cornet II. After the purchase of Triumph (Nuremberg) by Max Grundig was still Reitz Board in the gear factory Friedrichshafen .
literature
- Dieter Herz, Karl Reese: The NSU racing history 1904–1956 Motor-Buch-Verlag, Stuttgart 1987, ISBN 3-87943-797-1
- Stefan Knittel: Triumph Motorcycles 1903-57 Schrader Verlag 1991, ISBN 3-922617-89-1
- Siegfried Rauch, Frank Rönicke: Men and Motorcycles . Motor-Buch-Verlag, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-613-02947-7
- Thomas Reinwald: Motorcycles from Nuremberg . Zweirad-Verlag, Erlangen 1994, ISBN 3-929136-03-1
- Thomas Reinwald: Nuremberg motorcycle industry . Podszun, Brilon 2002, ISBN 3-86133-299-X
- Thomas Reinwald: Triumph Motorcycles . Johann Kleine Vennekate, Lemgo 2004, ISBN 3-935517-14-9
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Reitz, Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German automobile designer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 12, 1899 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schwäbisch Hall |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd September 1983 |