Carwardine biography

G Carwardine  lived at 17 Macaulay, Bath. Telephone Bath 3827.

Born in 1887 and died in 1947, at the age of 60.

Employed as a free lance design engineer, in the early 1900’s George found success in the automotive sector. Finding an affinity with the effects of tension and compression, a certain flair for car suspension systems seemed inevitable.

It was the realisation that through a geometric tensioned arm arrangement a given load my be made to appear weightless regardless of it position.

in his words, taken from his patent.

” This invention relates to elastic force mechanism of the kind comprising means whereby the varying forces of an elastic member such as a helical spring are applied so as to produce a unidirectional constant force for the purpose of counteracting the pull of gravitation on a mass pivoted at a distance from its centre of gravity.”

Whether or not George Carwardine intended the use of his “Elastic Force Mechanism” to over come Richard Carwardine - Wikipedia JIT