Harvey A. Moyer (1853 – October 9, 1935) was born in Clay, New York, and founded the H. A. Moyer Carriage Company in Cicero, New York, in 1876. The company relocated to Syracuse, New York, in 1880 and later changed assembly to luxury automobiles in 1908 and was renamed the H. A. Moyer Automobile Company. After discontinuing production of the Moyer Car in 1915, Moyer incorporated the business, H. A. Moyer, Inc., and became a dealer for Velie automobiles and Stearns-Knight automobiles. Stearns-Knight operated for only a short time before merging with Willys-Overland. He was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery (Syracuse, NY), Section 25, Plot 10
Moyer inventions
Moyer applied for several patents on various devices between the years 1882 and 1898. The list of patents includes:
1882: Hub-boring machine 1884: Pleasure-cart 1887: Spring-vehicle 1892: Hub-boring machine 1893: Folding seat for carriages 1893: Bolster-plate 1893: Spring-vehicle 1896: Design for a sleigh 1896: Hub-boring machine 1897: Thill-coupling (along with C. J. Graf) 1898: Noiseless king bolt 1898: Spring-vehicle 1899: Self-oiling axle 1899: Moyers 30 Day Axle Grease
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External links
H. A. Moyer U.S. Patents H. A. Moyer USA 1915 supreme speed 80 km /h Harvey Allen Moyer grave at Woodlawn Cemetery (Syracuse, New York) CNY Heritage - Central New York Library Resources Council, 2009