{"id":4618,"date":"2025-02-08T16:43:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-08T22:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/?p=4618"},"modified":"2025-02-08T16:45:14","modified_gmt":"2025-02-08T22:45:14","slug":"february-8-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/?p=4618","title":{"rendered":"February 8, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On February 8, 1916, C.F. Kettering received U.S. Patent No. 1,171,055, on an Engine Starting, Lighting, and Ignition System:<\/p>\n\n\n

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In addition to the electrical ignition system of the ‘055 patent, Charles Franklin Kettering invented and patented (U.S. Patent No. 1,150,523) the self-starter for automobile engines:<\/p>\n\n\n

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Kettering graduated from Ohio State University in 1904 as an engineer. He helped found Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company or Delco, where he invented his most significant engine devices. His engine-driven generator, named the “Delco,” provided electricity on millions of farms. Kettering sold his company to General Motors, where he set up and ran a central research laboratory for 31 years, until his retirement in 1947. Among other things, the lab developed a lightweight diesel engine that made the diesel locomotive possible, the refrigerant Freon, four-wheel brakes, and safety glass. Kettering was the holder of more than 140 patents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Along with GM President Alfred Sloan, he established the Sloan Kettering Institute for Cancer Research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On February 8, 1916, C.F. Kettering received U.S. Patent No. 1,171,055, on an Engine Starting, Lighting, and Ignition System: In addition to the electrical ignition system of the ‘055 patent, Charles Franklin Kettering invented and patented (U.S. Patent No. 1,150,523) … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-patent-of-the-day"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4618"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4618\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4624,"href":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4618\/revisions\/4624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}