Ron Hickman
Ronald Price Hickman OBE (1932–2011) bụ onye South Africa mụrụ, onye nrụpụta ụgbọ ala dabere na Jersey na onye mepụtara ihe. Ọ rụrụ ọrụ maka ma ụlọ ọrụ ụgbọ ala Ford na Lotus, ebe o mere Lotus Elan mbụ, Lotus Elan +2 na Lotus Europa . Otú ọ dị, a maara ya nke ọma maka nhazi nke oche na-arụ ọrụ osisi a na-akpọ Black & Decker Workmate . [1]
Ronald Price Hickman | |
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Born | Greytown, KwaZulu - Natal, South Africa |
21 Ọktoba 1932.
Died | 17 Febụwarị 2011 St Lawrence, Jersey | (aged 78)
Nationality | South African |
Occupation | Inventor, automobile designer |
Known for | Lotus Elan, Lotus Europa, B&D Workmate |
Nhazi ụgbọ ala
dezieNa 1954 ka ọ bịarutere London site na South Africa, onye na-ebipụta egwu na-arụ ọrụ na mbụ, ma ọ chọtara ọrụ na Ford Motor Company na Dagenham mbụ dị ka onye na-emepụta ụrọ na mgbe e mesịrị o nyere aka ịmepụta 105E Ford Anglia . [2]
Ọ zutere Colin Chapman, onye injinia a ma ama na onye guzobere Lotus Cars, na ihe ngosi moto na Earls Court . Mgbe afọ atọ na Ford gasịrị, Hickman kwagara na ụlọ ọrụ ọhụrụ nke Chapman tọrọ ntọala na North London wee rụọ ọrụ dị ka onye mmepụta mmepụta ihe na onye isi njikwa. Ọ rụrụ ọrụ na ụgbọ ala mbụ nke Lotus, Elite mepụtara, bụ nke e weere na ọ mara mma na draịva mara mma, mana ọ gbagwojuru anya nke ukwuu iji wuo yana adịghị ike nke ọha na eze na-achọsi ike. [2]
Hickman na John Frayling rụkọrọ ọrụ ka ọ bụrụ onyeisi ndị otu haziri Elan, bụ nke batara na 1962. Ọ hazikwara Lotus Europa nke mbụ dịka akụkụ nke nkwado ọrụ Lotus GT40 . [3]
Ọ hapụrụ Lotus na 1967 wee kwaga Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, ebe ọ na-arụ ọrụ maka Cunard na prototypes maka oche na QE2 na n'onwe ya mepụtara, Workmate.
Onye ọrụ
dezieMkpali Hickman maka onye ọrụ ibe bịara na 1961. Mgbe ọ na-ewu uwe mwụda, o jiriwo oche Sweden dị oké ọnụ ahịa dị ka ịnyịnya ịkwọ ụgbọala ma bepụ ya ụkwụ n'amaghị ama. Nwunye ya enweghị mmasị na Hickman wee wepụta oche dị mfe, nke na-arụ ọrụ dị iche iche - nchikota sawhorse na vice on a foldable alloy frame. O kwere ka onye ọrụ ya jiri osisi na-ahụ ihe n'ejighị akụkụ oche ma ọ bụ tebụl. O guzobeziri ụlọ ọrụ imewe nke ya, Mate Tools, n'elu ụlọ ọba dị na Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, wee gaa n'ihu na-emezi nhazi ọrụ ibe ya. [4]
Arịrịọ ya maka ikikere maka ngwaahịa ọ mepụtara bụ ọtụtụ ụlọ ọrụ jụrụ, gụnyere Stanley Works bụ ndị na-enweghị ike ịhụ nnukwu ahịa maka ya. Hickman rere oche ndị ahụ n'onwe ya nye ndị na-ewu ụlọ ọkachamara na ihe ngosi ahia ruo mgbe Black & Decker hụrụ ìhè na 1973 wee malite ịmepụta ha. Hickman nwetara 3% eze na ire nke WorkMate. Ka ọ na-erule 1981 ọ rerela bench nde iri yana site na 2011 karịa 100 nde. Hickman aghaghị ịgbachitere patent ya ọtụtụ oge megide ndị nrụpụta na-anwa iṅomi ya. [1][5][6]
Villa Devereux
dezieHickman kwagara Jersey na 1977, ebe o mere ma wuo ụlọ ya Villa Devereux. Ụlọ ahụ sitere n'ike mmụọ nsọ nke ụlọ ndị ọ hụrụ na California, ma na-eji ihe ndị dị na Jersey: slate roofing na textured granite mgbidi. A kọwara ime ụlọ ahụ dị ka "eclectic" na "70s ụtọ". Ọ gụnyere perspex chandelier na ọdọ mmiri ime ụlọ nke akwụkwọ ahụaja nkwụ nwere gburugburu gbara ya gburugburu. Ime ụlọ ahụ nwere oche ndị alaka gbagọrọ agbagọ nke John Makepeace mere.
Patent ndị ọzọ
dezieHickman nwere ọtụtụ patent ndị ọzọ gbara akwụkwọ gụnyere:
- enyo nwere ike ịnọpụ iche na ogwe aka elongate (patent 4039818, Ọgọst 2, 1977);
- ubube a na-atụgharị akwụkwọ (patent 4016954 Eprel 12, 1977);
- akwụkwọ ntuziaka (patent D243505 March 1, 1977); na
- ogwe aka ndọtị maka osote (patent D243820 Maachị 29, 1977). [7]
Ndụ onwe onye
dezieA mụrụ Hickman na 21 October 1932 na Greytown, Natal, South Africa nye Cyril Price Hickman (onye na-ede akwụkwọ) na Helena Alberta Hickman. [8] Mgbe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ sekọndrị, ọ rụrụ ọrụ dị ka onye odeakwụkwọ ụlọ ikpe na Pietermaritzburg mgbe ọ na-agụ iwu afọ isii. Ụgbọ ala na-achọsi ya ike na mgbe ọ gụchara ọzụzụ gbasara iwu na 1954, ọ gbaziri £100 n'aka nna ya wee gaa London n'ebumnobi ịchọta ọrụ na ụlọ ọrụ ụgbọ ala.
Ọ rụrụ ọrụ maka Ford na Lotus mana ọ bụ ihe mepụtara nke ya, Workmate, nke nyere ya ohere ịla ezumike nka ọgaranya site n'ụgwọ eze nke Black & Decker kwụrụ na ire ngwaọrụ ahụ.
Onye ọkwọ ụgbọ ala mbụ Derek Warwick (1990 Formula One, Team Lotus) kwuru na multimillionaire bụ agwa pụrụ iche nwere mmụọ imepụta ihe pụrụ iche. O kwuru, sị: "O jiri atụmatụ ọhụrụ bịa n'ụlọ ọrụ m ugboro ole na ole, ha na-akpalikwa m mgbe niile." "Ọ na-echekarị ụzọ aghụghọ nke ime ihe. Ihe ọ bụla ọ hụrụ, ihe ọ bụla o metụrụ, ọ chọrọ ịmaliteghachi ya. Nke ahụ bụ uche ya." Mazị Warwick gbakwụnyere na Mr Hickman “dị ntakịrị n'ahụ mgbidi ahụ, ntakịrị ihe na-adịghị mma, ntakịrị ihe na-adịghị mma”. "Ọ bụ otu n'ime ụdị ndị ọkà mmụta sayensị na-agba ara. Ha adịghị ka ụkpụrụ; ha bụ naanị ndị dị iche iche. Ị naghị emepụta Elan ma ọ bụ Black & Decker [Workmate] ọ gwụla ma ị bụ nwoke nwere ọgụgụ isi." [5]
Ntụaka
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