Westinghouse
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The name Westinghouse can refer to any number of devices and independent businesses that can trace their roots to the work of George Westinghouse:
[edit] People
- George Westinghouse, founder of Westinghouse Electric Corporation
[edit] Places
- George Westinghouse Bridge, which carries US30 (The Lincoln Highway) in East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Westinghouse Park, a municipal park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
[edit] Devices
- Westinghouse air brake. Patented by George Westinghouse in 1872.
[edit] Present companies
- Westinghouse Electric Corporation (1998). Founded by trademark-owner CBS Corporation to license the defunct Westinghouse brand to other manufacturers.
- Westinghouse Electric Company. Present day nuclear group, purchased by BNFL from CBS in 1999 and sold to Toshiba in 2006.
- Westinghouse Rail Systems Ltd, formerly Westinghouse Signals Ltd, part of Invensys.
[edit] Prior companies
- Westinghouse Electric Corporation (1886). Founded by George Westinghouse in 1886, renamed CBS Corporation in 1997
- British Westinghouse. Founded by George Westinghouse in 1899, sold and renamed Metropolitan Vickers (later subsumed into GEC).
- Westinghouse Electronic Systems Group, the defense electronics division of Westinghouse, sold to Northrop Grumman in 1996 (now Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems).
- White-Westinghouse. Manufacturer of home appliances under the Westinghouse name, sold by Westinghouse in 1975 and acquired by Electrolux in 1986.
[edit] Licensees of the modern Westinghouse Electric Corporation
The following companies sell products under the name Westinghouse, having each licensed the name from the modern-day CBS-owned Westinghouse Electric Corporation (1998):
- Westinghouse Digital Electronics, selling LCD televisions and related products
- Westinghouse Lighting Corporation, selling light bulbs, ceiling fans, and lighting fixtures
- Salton, Inc., selling vacuum cleaners
- Linear LLC d/b/a Westinghouse-home.com, selling garage-door openers and wireless intercoms
- The NCC, Inc., selling electrical accessories, small lighting devices, and flashlights
- Nordyne d/b/a Westinghouse Heating and Cooling, selling HVAC systems
- International Development Corporation d/b/a Westinghouse Solar Lights, selling solar lighting
