SAE International

The SAE International, former name of the Society of Automotive Engineers ( SAE) (German: Association of Automotive Engineers ) is a nonprofit organization for technology and science, the progress of mobility technology dedicated to.

The organization was founded in 1905 as the Society of Automobile Engineers. Originally they advocated to create standards in the automotive industry, and to promote the exchange of ideas and knowledge. The SAE had 30 founding members, including Andrew L. Riker as the first president and Henry Ford as vice president. In 1916, she already had 1,800 members, and expanded its field of action to all forms of means of. The SAE developed among other aviation standards. For this reason, then the name was changed.

After the Second World War, the SAE began to collaborate with other standardization and mobility organizations worldwide. Also, branches were established in other countries.

From the SAE developed classifications include the SAE viscosity classes SAE hp and the standardization of the vehicle identification number. In addition, were also a number of standards for electronic control units, such as communication protocols and interfaces defined, such as the SAE J1939 or SAE J1979.

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• ↑ http://www.sae.org/sae100/people/riker.htm

• Organization for Standardization