Electro-magnetic motor
- Filed
- 12 October 1887
- Granted
- 1 May 1888
- Assignee
- Individual, with one half assigned to Charles F. Peck as stated on the patent
Electrical engineering
Nikola Tesla: inventions and patents
Known for Induction motor with a rotating magnetic fieldNationality Born in Smiljan (present-day Croatia), came to the United States in 188410 July 1856 to 7 January 1943
Nikola Tesla, born in Smiljan in present-day Croatia, came to the United States in 1884 and worked at Edison Machine Works as a dynamo designer. He invented an induction motor with a rotating magnetic field in 1887 to 1888 and sold the invention to Westinghouse in July 1888, according to the National Inventors Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame says he held more than 100 patents.1
Patents
Inventions
- Induction motor, 1888. An alternating current motor using a rotating magnetic field, developed at a shop on Liberty Street in New York.1
Recognition
- 1975 Inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame1
Sources
- National Inventors Hall of Fame, Nikola Tesla (accessed 2026-10-27)
- Google Patents, US381968A Electro-magnetic motor (accessed 2026-10-27)