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French officer and pioneer in automotive engineering. In 1888 Krebs and Gustave Zédé designed the first modern French submarine, the Gymnote. From 1884 to 1897 Arthur Krebs modernized the Ville de Paris fire department; not only its equipment but its organisation as well. His work left a lasting impression in this elite corps. In May 1896 Arthur Krebs patented a new automobile, fitted with an electromagnetic gearbox and a layout of the front wheels which re-centred, this is known as the Castor Angle. The Panhard-Levassor company acquired a license to build 500 cars under the name of Clement-Panhard between 1898 and 1902 featuring this innovation. He transformed the Panhard-Levassor Company into one of the largest and most profitable automobile manufacturers before World War I. In 1898 Krebs replaced the tiller with an inclined steering wheel for the Panhard car he designed for the Paris-Amsterdam race which ran from the 7 to 13 July 1898. Fernand Charron won that race on a four cylinders Panhard & Levassor. At the end of 1898, C S Rolls introduced the first car in Britain fitted with wheel steering when he imported a 6 hp Panhard & Levassor from France. In 1902 Krebs invented the automatic diaphragm carburettor which gave cars continuous power during acceleration by providing a constant air-fuel ratio at all times; this also led to dramatic improvement in fuel economy. In 1909, he became interested in the Knight patent (sleeve valve engine) and was first in France to build that type of engine which Panhard-Levassor would produce during the thirty years leading up to World War II. He made contributions to automotive racing with his powerful cars and motorboats. In 1911 Krebs invented the first elastomeric flexible coupling. It is known in French as the Flector joint. This device is still widely used today in industry for power transmission as a tyre coupling. The truck was meant for military and civil purposes. Krebs designed it in 1911, jointly with the Chatillon Co, the all-terrain truck named Tracteur Chatillon-Panhard, had four wheel drive and four wheel steering. Many of these trucks were used during World War I as artillery tractors. Krebs also utilized his former military membership to supply the French Army with engines and vehicles including the 1904 Genty Armored car, the 1916 St Chamond tank, the Chatillon-Panhard 4x4 truck, and others. Also, Krebs contributed significantly to improve the Systeme Panhard (engine in front, rear wheel drive) which became universally adopted before World War II. In 1960, the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) named "Krebs glacier" a glacier flowing west into the head of Charlotte Bay on the west coast of Graham Land in the Antarctic continent, after the name of Arthur C. Krebs who constructed and flew, with Charles Renard, the first dirigible airship capable of steady flight under control, in 1884. |
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variant spelling: KREBS, Arthur Constantin |
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