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Japanese inventor and industrialist who created the automatic power loom in the late 19th century and founded what became Toyota Industries Corporation.
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What was Sakichi Toyoda's most famous invention?
Sakichi Toyoda's most famous invention was the Type G automatic power loom, which he completed in 1924. This revolutionary textile machine automatically stopped operating whenever a thread broke, preventing the production of defective fabric.
How is Sakichi Toyoda related to the modern Toyota car company?
Sakichi Toyoda founded Toyoda Automatic Loom Works, the parent company that eventually spawned the modern automotive giant. However, it was actually his son, Kiichiro Toyoda, who established the Toyota Motor Corporation in 1937.
Why did the company name change from Toyoda to Toyota?
The name was changed in 1936 after a public naming contest was held to rebrand the new automotive division. "Toyota" was chosen partly because it sounded more appealing and because writing it in Japanese requires exactly eight brush strokes, a number associated with wealth and good fortune.
What did Sakichi Toyoda do with the patent rights to his automatic loom?
In 1929, Sakichi Toyoda sold the patent rights for his automatic loom to Platt Brothers, a British engineering company. The massive sum of one million pounds sterling from this sale provided the crucial seed funding needed to start the Toyota automotive division.
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