Birth Name:

Keith Walton Tantlinger

Male

Birth Date:

Sat, Mar 22, 1919

Time of Birth:

12:45 AM

Place of Birth:

Orange, California, United States

Age:

105

Zodiac Sign:

Aries

Astrology Data:

Sun

0°

Ari

41'

Moon

3°

Sag

8'

Asc

25°

Sag

46'

MC

13°

Lib

16'

About Keith Tantlinger

Keith Walton Tantlinger (March 22, 1919 – August 27, 2011) was a mechanical engineer and inventor. As Vice President of Engineering at the Fruehauf Trailer Corporation his inventions played a major role in containerization. Working with a Fruehauf customer, Malcom McLean, they spearheaded the container ship revolution in the 1950s, Tantlinger developed much of the early technology that made modern container shipping possible while at Fruehauf. After its initial order of containers from Brown Trailer, Sea-Land switched to containers made by the Strick division of the Fruehauf Trailer Company. Fruehauf had been one of the dominant players in building truck bodies and trailers for a long time, and, as already described, had previously innovated in the design and construction of the early commercial semi-trailers. President Roy Fruehauf was impressed with the idea of containerization, so in addition to manufacturing containers for Sea-Land his company agreed to make the trailer chassis that were needed, and also to provide financing to Sea-Land for the purchase of these containers and chassis. In 1958 Tantlinger left Sea-Land and became chief engineer at Fruehauf, where he continued to work with containers. More importantly, over the years he played a key role in the process of container standardization, working extensively on a committee of the American Standards Association (ASA) and later being critically involved with the ISO's efforts. His designs included the corner casting and Twistlock systems found on every intermodal container, the spreader bar for automatic securing of containers lifted on and off ships, and the ship-shore container transfer apparatus for the first cellular container ship. In the course of his professional career, Tantlinger was granted 79 United States patents, all related to transportation equipment. Many of his patents related to commercial highway freight trailers and transit buses.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• K. W. Tantlinger USPO Patent for Container Crane Apparatus

• K. W. Tantlinger USPO Patent for Container Stacking System

• [1] The Fruehauf Trailer Historical Society

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Keith Tantlinger: Sun 0 Aries, Moon 3 Sagittarius, Mercury 19 Aries, Venus 28 Aries, Mars 11 Aries, Jupiter 6 Cancer, Saturn 22 Leo, Uranus 29 Aquarius, Neptune 6 Leo, Pluto 4 Cancer, Asc 25 Sagittarius, Mc 13 Libra, Sun Square Ascendant, Sun Trine Moon, Moon Trine Neptune, Sun Square Pluto, Moon Square Uranus, Mercury Trine Saturn, Sun Semi Sextile Uranus, Moon Sesquiquadrate Mercury, Moon Quincunx Pluto, Venus Sextile Uranus, Venus Trine Ascendant, Mars Semi Square Uranus, Mars Opposition Midheaven, Jupiter Semi Square Saturn, Jupiter Semi Sextile Neptune, Jupiter Conjunct Pluto, Saturn Semi Square Pluto, Saturn Trine Ascendant, Uranus Sextile Ascendant, Uranus Sesquiquadrate Midheaven

Categories related to Keith Tantlinger: University of California, Berkeley alumni, 2011 deaths, American inventors, March 22 births, American mechanical engineers, 1919 births