Lloyd Espenschied | |
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Nascimento | 2 de abril de 1889 St. Louis |
Morte | 1 de junho de 1986 (97 anos) Flushing |
Nacionalidade | estadunidense |
Cidadania | Estados Unidos |
Alma mater | |
Ocupação | engenheiro |
Distinções | Medalha de Honra IEEE (1940), National Inventors Hall of Fame (2006) |
Campo(s) | engenharia eletrônica |
Lloyd Espenschied (St. Louis, 27 de abril de 1889 — 1 de junho de 1986) foi um engenheiro eletrônico estadunidense.
Inventou o moderno cabo coaxial, com Herman Affel.[1] [2]
Lloyd Espenschied, co-inventor of the coaxial cable, which paved the way for television transmission, died June 21 at a nursing home in Holmdel, N.J. He was 97 years old and lived in Kew Gardens, Queens. Mr. Espenschied, an electrical engineer, was a member of the technical staff at the American Telephone and Telegraph Company Bell Laboratories and holder of more than 100 patents in both wire and radio communications systems. He retired as staff research consultant in 1954, after 43 years with the company.
Precedido por Albert G. Lee |
Medalha de Honra IEEE 1940 |
Sucedido por Alfred Norton Goldsmith |