Crap, couldn't fool you, Sonreir. I thought that would take a long time for an answer.
I just learned this for myself. He was an engineer and his company Marman made the Marman Twin. He also invented the Marman Clamp. He reminds me of myself, I invented the Coombs bolt, but I lost the drawing and many people have rhetorically said to me, "What are you, Coombs, a comedian?"