Alexander Eric MoultonCBE FREng (9 April 1920 – 9 December 2012)[1] was an English engineer and inventor, specialising in suspension design.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
A 1965/66 Moulton "New Look" Standard M1 bicycle
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Moulton is an English bicycle manufacturer based in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire. The company was founded in 1962 by AlexMoulton (1920–2012) who had designed...
(BMC) and its successor companies. Invented by British rubber engineer AlexMoulton, and first used on the 1962 BMC project ADO16 under designer Alec Issigonis...
the time. The suspension system, designed by Issigonis's friend AlexMoulton at Moulton Developments Limited, used compact rubber cones instead of conventional...
variety of BMC models. Hydrolastic was developed by suspension engineer AlexMoulton, and used rubber cones as the springing medium (these were first used...
designed by AlexMoulton. The mechanically interconnected Citroen 2CV suspension was assessed in the mid-1950s by Alec Issigonis and AlexMoulton (according...
suspension were a widely used form of hydropneumatic suspension, designed by AlexMoulton, and used on British Leyland cars from the 1960s. This system was not...
spell as a Production Manager at Avon Rubber, in 1967 Best joined AlexMoulton at Moulton Developments as Chief Engineer working on vehicle suspensions for...
replaced by an equally novel, but cruder, rubber cone system designed by AlexMoulton. The Mini went on to become the best selling British car in history with...
Merr. and many species of plants were named after him. The inventor AlexMoulton (9 April 1920 – 9 December 2012) was his son. After returning to England...
racing bikes. Bridgestone has also collaborated with AlexMoulton to produce the Bridgestone Moulton Bicycle and marketed its own folding bicycle, the Bridgestone...
to become George Spencer Moulton & Co. Ltd., which in 1956 became part of Avon Rubber. Moulton's great-grandson Dr AlexMoulton was himself a pioneer of...
independent suspension all round using "Flexitor" rubber springs developed by AlexMoulton, giving the Gipsy the ability to travel at high speeds over rough terrain...
finally modified to accept front to rear interconnection in the way that AlexMoulton had intended, to improve handling and ride quality. A new bodyshell for...
Seth Wilbur Moulton (born October 24, 1978) is an American politician who is the U.S. representative for Massachusetts's 6th congressional district since...
Swiss American biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2012) April 9 – AlexMoulton, English mechanical engineer and inventor (died 2012). May 12 – Tang...
Pashley to this day. With the advent of small wheel bicycles, pioneered by AlexMoulton in 1962, Dick Pashley developed a simple 'shopping' tricycle, now known...
shunt and vibration. The Hydrolastic suspension system developed by AlexMoulton was rejected in favour of a more conventional system with MacPherson...
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