| 1908/07/00 |
Col Edward A Deeds |
Significant name |
Summer of 1908 through the spring of 1909, William A Chryst and William Anderson help Edward Deeds build a car from a kit. |
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Invention of the Starter Motor |
| 1909/04/00 |
Charles F Kettering |
Inventor |
William Chryst, William Anderson and Edward Deeds develop, under Kettering's leadership using his inventions, a massive improvement to the automobile ignition system. |
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| 1909/07/00 |
Delco Electronics Corp |
Genesis |
Through a series of meetings, Edward Deeds and Charles Kettering prove the value of their automobile ignition system to Henry Leland, the head of Cadillac. |
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| 1909/07/00 |
Henry M Leland |
Work |
Edward Deeds and Charles Kettering are caught off-guard when Leland unexpectedly orders 8,000 ignition units. |
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| 1909/09/01 |
Charles F Kettering |
Work |
Charles Kettering resigns from NCR and pursues his first ignition patent. |
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| 1910/00/00 |
Henry M Leland |
Work |
Henry Leland of Cadillac, asks Charles Kettering to design an automobile self-starter prototype to replace the hand crank, which is dangerous to operate. |
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Invention of the Starter Motor |
| 1910/10/00 |
Delco Electronics Corp |
History |
Still working out of Deeds' barn at 319 Central Avenue, in the fall of 1910, Charles Kettering recruits seven former NCR employees to work with him. Known as the 'Barn Gang', the group forms the beginning of the Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company. |
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Invention of the Starter Motor |
| 1910/12/00 |
Henry M Leland |
Work |
By December 1910, Charles Kettering and the barn gang develop an initial self-starter, and Henry Leland sends a Cadillac motor to use for testing. |
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Invention of the Starter Motor |
| 1911/01/00 |
Cadillac |
History |
Henry Leland sends a Cadillac automobile for testing and refinement of the automobile self-starter. |
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Invention of the Starter Motor |
| 1911/02/00 |
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By mid-February 1911, Kettering and his crew have created asuccessful self-starter prototype, which is an integrated ignition and lighting system. |
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Invention of the Starter Motor |
| 1911/06/05 |
Charles F Kettering |
Inventor |
Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company files a US patent for an electric starter designed by Charles F Kettering, with Henry M Leland. Patent 1,150,523: Starting of engines by means of electric motors the motors being associated with current generators |
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Invention of the Starter Motor |
| 1911/11/00 |
Delco Electronics Corp |
History |
Again impressed, Henry Leland of Cadillac orders 12,000 self-starters from Delco Electronics Corp. |
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Invention of the Starter Motor |