Ottó Bláthy

Ottó Titusz Bláthy (11 August 1860 – 26 September 1939) was a <a href="/facts/Hungary/YRedQLtI">Hungarian</a> <a href="/facts/Electrical_engineering/YYXW1KLW">electrical engineer</a>. During his career he became the co-inventor of the modern electric <a href="/facts/Transformer/EYYfXWrF">transformer</a>, the <a href="/facts/Voltage_regulator/RWQATaje">voltage regulator</a>, the <a href="/facts/Electricity_meter/08C83Imq">AC watt-hour meter</a>, the <a href="/facts/Turbo_generator/sm21KuxW">turbo generator</a>, the high-efficiency turbo generator and the <a href="/facts/Motor_capacitor/xYGqkaUI">motor capacitor</a> for the single-phase (AC) electric motor. 
Bláthy's career as an inventor began during his time at the <a href="/facts/Ganz_Works/LwFJ7hKS">Ganz Works</a> in 1883. There, he conducted experiments for creating a transformer. The name "transformer" was created by Bláthy. In 1885 the ZBD model alternating-current transformer was invented by three Hungarian engineers: Ottó Bláthy, <a href="/facts/Miksa_D%25C3%25A9ri/BgH3TceV">Miksa Déri</a> and <a href="/facts/K%25C3%25A1roly_Zipernowsky/EWf6vSuB">Károly Zipernowsky</a>. (ZBD comes from the initials of their names). In the autumn of 1889 he patented the AC watt-meter.

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