From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Letter from a consulting engineer regarding US and British patents for a gear shift lock.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 136\4\ scan0140 | |
| Date | 12th February 1937 | |
| W.W. CONSTANTINE. CONSULTING ENGINEER. 111, GROSVENOR ROAD, LONDON, S.W.1. ENG. TEL: VICTORIA 3537-3538. 12th. February. 1937. (Dict. 11th). L. H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} Grylls, Esq., Messrs. Rolls-Royce Limited. Derby. Dear Mr. Grylls, Gear Shift Lock. I have had a letter from our Patent Section in Detroit quoting some correspondence between you and the Buick Motor Company on the above subject. I really am not quite sure why they have written me except that they have sent the enclosed copy of U.S. Patent No. 1.897,851 - A.E.Leach which may cover the device referred to in a letter to you from Mr. W.C. Haight of Buick. In this letter Mr. Haight mentioned that he was writing Mr.Leach asking him to forward you prints and a description of how the device operates. I hope you got the prints, but if not please let me know and I will see if I can get them. For your information, there is no British Patent corresponding to the above U.S. patent to Leach. As a matter of possible interest, I am enclosing copy of British Patent No. 372.040 - Thomson - covering a different variety of gear shift lock. This patent belongs to us, but I imagine that we should be very happy to make it quite easy for you to use the device covered thereby if you wished to. | ||