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Robert Huber was born on 7 July 1901 in Freienstein, Switzerland. He attended a primary school in Freienstein from 1908 to 1914 and a secondary school in Freienstein from 1914 to 1916. From 1916 to 1920 he attended a high school in Zurich. From 1920 to 1924 he studied at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (now ETH Zurich) under Professor Aurel Stodola.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=History )〕 ==Career== In 1924, Huber became Technical Director of the Bureau Technique Pescara where he supervised the design of nearly 30 different sizes and types of free-piston engine and acquired the nickname "Mr Free Piston". The first was the AC-2,〔http://www.freikolben.ch/media/DIR_117601/8f6d33385a507369ffff860d7f000101.jpg〕 running on petrol (gasoline). The second was the AC-3, which was similar but ran on diesel fuel. Eighteen types of free-piston engine were built and tested. In 1932, Huber read a book by Professor Lomonosov about diesel locomotives. He also heard of a proposal by Petro Shelest for turbines driven by compressed air. This information gave him the idea of developing the free-piston gas turbine. Several of these were designed but not built. Finally, in 1938-39, the world's first free-piston generator was built. It used two G-30〔http://www.freikolben.ch/media/DIR_117601/8f6d33385a507369ffff860e7f000101.jpg〕 machines and drove an 800 kW alternator. Huber stayed at ''Bureau Technique Pescara'' (which became ''Société d'études mécaniques et énergétiques''〔 (Les groupes électrogènes à turbines à gaz alimentées par générateurs à pistons libres ) - R. Huber, October 1954〕 (SEME) in 1939) until 1962. During his time there, thousands of free-piston engines had been sold. Huber continued to work on free-piston engines until at least 1967. Huber was a pioneer in the development of common rail fuel injection in the 1960s.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Common Rail Injection History: Less Conspiracy, More Efficiency - Engine Builder Magazine )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Robert Huber (engineer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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