Engineering & invention
Charles F. Peck
Patent-interest assignee
Who they are
Charles F. Peck is named in Tesla’s 1888 electromagnetic-motor patent as the assignee of a half interest. The patent identifies him as being of Englewood, New Jersey. His documented connection is to ownership of the patented invention; the inventor named in the specification is Nikola Tesla.
He makes the legal and commercial participants in the motor’s development visible without conflating investment or ownership with invention.
Selected contributions
- Was assigned a half interest in Tesla’s electromagnetic-motor patent, US381968A.Source ↗
Primary records
Patent · 1888
Electro-magnetic motor, US381968A
Tesla’s specification describes an alternating-current electromagnetic motor. The assignment identifies Charles F. Peck as holding a half interest, a legal and commercial role distinct from invention.
Reading scope & citation
Fresh patent heading, assignee statement and opening specification read; prior inspected specification passages reused. Reused prior inspected evidence: Patent metadata and opening specification read; drawings and every claim were not independently evaluated.
In the timeline
Biography sources
- Electro-magnetic motor, US381968A ↗United States Patent Office; Google Patents transcription