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Tektronix sued the US government and Hickok in February 1961. The action was not settled (in their favour) until May 1970, | Tektronix sued the US government and Hickok in February 1961. The action was not settled (in their favour) until May 1970, | ||
with final payment made only in early 1979 at just over $4 million. | |||
==Products== | ==Products== | ||
Revision as of 01:07, 2 April 2017
Hickok Electrical Instrument Co. is an electronics company founded in 1910 by Robert D. Hickok Sr. in Cleveland, OH. They are still in business but nowadays are mainly active in the automotive test equipment area.
From 1959 until the late 1960s, Hickok and other companies (Lavoie Laboratories, Jetronic Industries) produced unauthorized copies of Tektronix equipment under military contracts.
Tektronix sued the US government and Hickok in February 1961. The action was not settled (in their favour) until May 1970, with final payment made only in early 1979 at just over $4 million.
Products
- Hickok 1805A (military clone of 545A)
- Hickok 1822 - clone of Tektronix Type B plug-in
- Hickok 1823 - clone of Tektronix Type 53/54C plug-in
- Hickok 1823A - clone of Tektronix Type CA plug-in
- Hickok 1824 - clone of Tektronix Type D plug-in
- Hickok 1831 - clone of Tektronix Type K plug-in
- Hickok 1832 - clone of Tektronix Type L plug-in
- Hickok 1836
- AN/USM89B - clone of Tektronix 310A
Links
- Hickok company profile
- Hickok Elect. Instrument Co. @ radiomuseum.org
- 445 F.2d 323 - TEKTRONIX, INC. v. The UNITED STATES, The HICKOK ELECTRICAL INSTRUMENT CO., et al. (1971)
- UNITED STATES COURT OF CLAIMS. NO. 79-61. 03-23-1977 TEKTRONIX, INC. V. THE UNITED STATES ET AL.
- Tektronix’ Court of Claims case ‘est finis’
- Hickok 1805A @ Richard Sears
- Thread on Tek clones