JACKSON TWP. – Less than two years after Henry Timken received a patent for the tapered roller bearing, his sons began searching for a location to build a factory. Gordon Mather, a salesman with ...
Carriage maker Henry Timken founded the Timken Co. in 1899 to manufacture tapered roller bearings, which he invented to make it easier for heavy-freight wagons to make sharp turns. More than a century ...