Paul Daimler

Paul Daimler (* September 13, 1869 in Karlsruhe, † December 15, 1945 in Berlin) was a German engineer and oldest of the five children of Gottlieb Daimler.

After studying at the Technical University in Stuttgart, he worked in his father's company in Cannstatt. On November 10, 1885, he undertook the " riding car " his father, the world's first motorcycle, a trip from Cannstatt to Untertürkheim.

1902 Paul Daimler became the general partners of Austro-Daimler and took over the technical management. In 1903 he constructed the tank cars Austro-Daimler. From 1907 to 1922 he was Technical Director of Daimler -Motoren-Gesellschaft Untertürkheim, Sindelfingen and Berlin -Marie Felde.

Moritz Straus, who owned the majority of shares in Argus Motoren Gesellschaft in Berlin and the Horch works in Zwickau, presented Paul Daimler on July 1, 1923 as chief designer at Argus, where he is responsible to 1928 in addition to aircraft engines for the development of the listen - engines had. Constant companion of his work are now the hydraulic tappets that were used in the German automotive industry first in 1931 Horch 670; in the U.S. they came back in 1930 in the 16- cylinder V- engine of the Cadillac 452 used.