Automotive History - Catalog - Page 22
Henry
Ford
Transmission
Mechanism
U.S. Patent No. 1,075,557
Inducted in 1982
Born July 30, 1863 - Died April 7, 1947
P
ioneering automotive engineer Henry Ford held
many patents on automotive mechanisms.
He is best remembered, however, for helping devise
the factory assembly approach to production that
revolutionized the auto industry by greatly reducing
the time required to assemble a car.
Born in Wayne County, Michigan, Ford showed an
early interest in mechanics, constructing his first steam
engine at the age of 15. In 1893 he built his first
internal combustion engine, a small one-cylinder
gasoline model, and in 1896 he built his first
automobile.
In June 1903, Ford helped establish Ford Motor
Company. He served as president of the company from
1906 to 1919 and from 1943 to 1945. In addition to
earning numerous patents on auto mechanisms, Ford
served as a vice president of the Society of Automotive
Engineers when it was founded in 1905 to standardize
U.S. automotive parts.
Reference: National Inventors Hall of Fame (2024, 29. March):
Inductee: Henry Ford Transmission Mechanism.
NIHF. https://www.invent.org/inductees/henry-ford
