Draft:Dezső Winkler

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Dezső Winkler
BornJuly 11th, 1901
Tét
DiedOctober 7th, 1985 (84 years old)
Budapest
Burial placeFarkasrét Cemetery (6/12-3-7)
NationalityHungarian
CitizenshipHungarian
OccupationMechanical Engineer
ParentWinkler Ignác Reichenfeld Etelka
AwardsKossuth Prize

Dezső Winkler (Tét, 11 July 1901[1] - Budapest, 7 October 1985) Hungarian mechanical engineer, Kossuth Prize winner (1951).

His Life and Work[edit]

His parents were Ignác Winkler, master butcher, and Etelka Reichenfeld. He graduated in mechanical engineering from the German-speaking Technical University of Brno in 1925. Between 1925 and 1936 he worked as a designer at the Rába Hungarian Wagon and Machine Works in Győr, and between 1936 and 1948 he was chief engineer of the automobile division. In 1948-50 head of the NIK Central Car Design Office, in 1950-51 head of the Vehicle Development Institute (JÁFI) - the predecessor of AUTÓKUT - and first director of the institute between 1951-68. Retired in 1968

It stood out with the development of new tractors, bus chassis, off-road vehicles and diesel engines. He was President of the Vehicle and Engine Engineering Section of the Mechanical Engineering Society.[1]

Work History[edit]

  • Structural Design of Modern Vehicle Engines (Budapest, 1952)
  • Braking systems (Budapest, 1952)
  • Filling gas engines (Budapest, 1954)
  • W. D. (Vehicles, Agricultural machinery, 1985/12).

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Wayback Machine". 2012-03-01. Archived from the original on 2012-03-01. Retrieved 2024-03-30.

Other Sources[edit]


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