"A shirt pocket phone to call anyone in the world, at any time" - George Harry Sweigert, The Plain Dealer (June 1966)
Born
(1920-02-02)February 2, 1920
Akron, Ohio
Died
February 23, 1999(1999-02-23) (aged 79)
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Occupation(s)
Inventor, Scientist
George H. Sweigert (1920–1999) is credited as the first inventor to patent the cordless telephone.[1]
Born in Akron, Ohio, Sweigert served five years in the US Army as a radio operator in World War II in Guadalcanal, Bougainville, Fiji and New Georgia assigned to the 145th Headquarters Company under the 37th Infantry Division (United States). Following the war, Sweigert attended Bowling Green State University near Toledo, Ohio.
Sweigert credited his military experience for invention of the cordless telephone, citing experimentation with various antennas, signal frequencies, and types of radios.
^U.S. patent 3,449,750 DUPLEX RADIO COMMUNICATION AND SIGNALING APPARATUS FOR PORTABLE TELEPHONE ... G. H. SWEIGERT
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