| Benz Patent Motorwagen | |
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| Manufacturer | Rheinische Gasmotorenfabrik Benz & Cie. |
| Production | 1886–1893 |
| Successor | Benz Velo |
The Karl Benz Patent Motorwagen (or Motor Car), built in 1885, is widely regarded as the first automobile, that is, a vehicle designed to be propelled by a motor. The automotive industry is the industry involved in the design development manufacture marketing and sale of Motor vehicles In 2007 more than 73 million motor vehicles Mercedes-Benz is a German manufacturer of luxury Automobiles Buses coaches and Trucks It is currently a division of the Year 1886 ( MDCCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Karl Friedrich Benz, sometimes spelled Carl, ( November 25, 1844, Karlsruhe, Germany – April 4, 1929, Ladenburg Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Benz unveiled it officially on July 3, 1886 on the Ringstraße in Mannheim, Germany. Events 324 - Battle of Adrianople Constantine I defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium. Year 1886 ( MDCCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Mannheim is a City in Germany. With 327318 inhabitants it is the second-largest city in the state of Baden-Württemberg after the capital Stuttgart Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe.
The vehicle was awarded the German patent, number 37435, which Benz applied for on January 29, 1886. A patent is a set of Exclusive rights granted by a State to an inventor or his assignee for a fixed period of time in exchange for a disclosure of an Events 904 - Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed Antipope Christopher. Year 1886 ( MDCCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Following official procedures, the date of the application became the patent date for the invention once the patent was granted, which occurred later in that year.
Specifications
After developing a successful gasoline-powered two-stroke piston engine in 1873, Benz focused on developing a motorized vehicle while maintaining a career as a designer and manufacturer of stationary engines and their associated parts. The two-stroke Internal combustion engine differs from the more common Four-stroke engine by completing the same four processes (intake compression combustion exhaust A reciprocating engine, also often known as a piston engine, is a Heat engine that uses one or more reciprocating Pistons to convert Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common
The Benz Patent Motorwagen was a three-wheeled automobile with a rear-mounted engine. The vehicle contained many new inventions. It was constructed of steel tubing with woodwork panels. The steel-spoked wheels and solid rubber tires were Benz's own design. Steering was by way of a toothed rack that pivoted the unsprung front wheel. A rack and pinion is a pair of Gears which convert rotational motion into linear motion Fully-elliptic springs were used at the back along with a live axle and chain drive on both sides. A spring is a flexible elastic object used to store mechanical Energy. A live axle is a type of Beam axle suspension system that uses the Driveshafts that transmit power to the wheels to connect the wheels laterally so that Chain drive is a way of transmitting mechanical power from one place to another A simple belt system served as a single-speed transmission, varying torque between an open disc and drive disc.
The first Motorwagen used Benz's 954 cc single-cylinder four-stroke engine. Today Internal combustion engines in cars, Trucks motorcycles aircraft construction machinery and many others most commonly use a four-stroke cycle. This new engine produced ⅔ hp (½ kW) at 250 rpm in the Patent Motorwagen, although later tests by the University of Mannheim showed it to be capable of . The University of Mannheim is one of the younger German universities 9 hp (0. 7 kW) at 400 rpm. It was an extremely light engine for the time, weighing about 100 kg (220 lb). Although its open crankcase and drip oiling system would be alien to a modern mechanic, its use of a pushrod-operated poppet valve for exhaust would be quite familiar. An overhead valve (OHV engine, also called pushrod engine or I-head engine is a type of Piston engine that places the Camshaft A poppet valve is a Valve consisting of a hole usually round or oval and a tapered plug usually a disk shape on the end of a shaft also called a valve stem A large horizontal flywheel stabilized the single-cylinder engine's power output. A flywheel is a mechanical device with significant Moment of inertia used as a storage device for Rotational energy. An evaporative carburettor was controlled by a sleeve valve to regulate power and engine speed. A carburetor (North American spelling or carburettor ( Commonwealth spelling) is a device that blends air and Fuel for an Internal The sleeve valve is a type of Valve mechanism for Piston engines distinct from the more common Poppet valve.
Benz later built more models of the Motorwagen, number 2 boasting 1. 5 hp (1. 1 kW), and number 3 with 2 hp (1. 5 kW), allowing the vehicle to reach a maximum speed of approximately 10 miles per hour (16 km/h). The chassis was improved in 1887 with the introduction of wooden-spoke wheels, a fuel tank, and a manual leather shoe brake on the rear wheels. A drum brake is a Brake in which the Friction is caused by a set of shoes or pads that press against the inner surface of a rotating
Historic drive of Bertha Benz
Bertha Benz, the wife of the inventor, chose to publicize the Patent Motorwagen in a unique manner—she took the car, supposedly without her husband's knowledge, and drove on the first long-distance automobile trip to demonstrate its feasibility as a means to travel long distances. Publicity is the deliberate attempt to manage the public's perception of a subject
In August 5, 1888, Bertha Benz drove her sons Eugen and Richard (15 and 14 years old) from Mannheim through Weinheim, Heidelberg, Wiesloch, and Durlach, to her home town of Pforzheim. Events 642 - Battle of Maserfield - Penda of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald of Bernicia. Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Bertha Benz (née Ringer) (born 3 May 1849 in Pforzheim, Germany, married inventor Karl Benz on 20 July Weinheim (Bergstrasse is a town in the north west of the state of Baden-Württemberg in Germany with 43 000 inhabitants approximately 15 km north of Heidelberg Heidelberg is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. As of 2006 over 140000 people live within the city's area Wiesloch is a City in Germany, in northern Baden-Württemberg. Durlach is a borough of the German city of Karlsruhe with a population of roughly 30000 Pforzheim is a town of nearly 119000 inhabitants in the state of Baden-Württemberg, southwest Germany at the gate to the Black Forest.
As well as being the driver, she acted as mechanic on the drive, cleaning the carburettor with her hat pin and using a garter to insulate a wire. A mechanic is a person who uses Tools to repair things (generally machinery or works to keep things operating properly A hatpin is a decorative Pin for holding a Hat to the head usually by the hair Garters are articles of Clothing: narrow bands of fabric fastened about the leg used to keep Stockings up She refueled in Wiesloch and replaced the brake lining several times along the journey.
After sending a telegraph message to her husband of her arrival in Pforzheim, she spent the night at the home of her mother and returned home the next day. The trip covered 180 km (112 mi) in total.
The historic drive by Bertha Benz is celebrated annually in Germany with a parade of antique automobiles on a special holiday.
References
- Patent 37435, by Karl Benz for his 1885 Motorwagon The birth certificate of the automobile - the German patent application of January 29, 1886, that was granted on November 2, 1886 to Benz & Company in Mannheim
- Happy Birthday, Car!