Henry Frank Phillips ( June 4, 1889 - April 13, 1958 ) is an American businessman from Portland , Oregon who named Phillips Phillips screwdrivers and Phillips screwdriver in his honor.
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Biography
He worked as a manager of a mining company.
In 1932, John P. Thompson , an American , developed screws that solve two problems: they automatically centered the tip and pushed it out when the screw was tightened.
Engineer Henry Phillips in 1933 , realizing that Thompson’s invention was very useful when applied to automated production lines that use screwdrivers, bought Thompson’s patent and founded the Phillips Screw Company . The company has succeeded in bringing design to industrial production and accelerating its implementation as a standard screw machine.
Mr. Phillips developed the technology for the production of such screws, but could not introduce it at home. Only in 1937 he managed to interest the authorities of the American Screw Company . Such screws were first used in the automobile company General Motors in the production of Cadillacs . During World War II, such screws began to be used in the production of military equipment [1] .
Due to health problems, Phillips resigned in 1945. He died in 1958.
Notes
- ↑ A modest crusader: Unscrew, unscrew - an article in the journal Popular Mechanics (October 2007).