Rudolf Emil Hellmund

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Rudolf Emil Hellmund (born February 2, 1879 in Gotha ; † May 16, 1942 ) was a German-American electrical engineer. His father was probably Louis Hellmund.

He studied electrical engineering in Ilmenau and Berlin-Charlottenburg. In 1903 he emigrated to the USA , where he advanced electric traction. He translated the book A Graphical Treatment of the Induction Motor , published in 1906 . In 1929 he was awarded the IEEE Lamme Medal .

From 1933 until his death he was chief engineer of Westinghouse Electr. and Mfg. Co. East Pittsburgh Pa. More than 300 patents had been registered for Hellmund.

literature

  • Karl Sachs: Rudolf E. Hellmund †. Bull. SEV 33 (1942) 22, pp. 640-641.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.regione.taa.it/GIUNTA/enel/Heilbronnertr_td.pdf
  2. ↑ http://search.ancestry.de/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gl=allgs&gsfn=Rudolf&gsln=Hellmund&gss=seo&ghc=20&sbo=2&gst=40
  3. ↑ http://www.ieee.org/portal/pages/about/awards/pr/allmedalrecips.html
personal data
SURNAME Hellmund, Rudolf Emil
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-American electrical engineer
DATE OF BIRTH February 2, 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH Gotha
DATE OF DEATH May 16, 1942