Westinghouse

People

George Westinghouse , founder of Westinghouse Electric Corporation

Places

Westinghouse Park , a municipal park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Devices

Westinghouse Air Brake . Patented by George Westinghouse in 1872 .

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 .

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.

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

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