Background
He was born in Arpfingen, Germany on January 4, 1888.
He was born in Arpfingen, Germany on January 4, 1888.
Already a skilled machinist, he emigrated to the United States in 1927. His family followed, the next year. Before 1935 Hyde was a machinist and shop foreman at Griffin & Howe.
He quit Griffin & Howe and went on to become the co-owner of Leonard & Hyde in New New York
He partnered with Samuel A. "Harry" Leonard, an expert shotgun and rifle stock maker, who had trained at James Purdey & Sons of London. Hyde also did contract gunsmithing work for Roberts and Kimball in Woburn, Massachusetts.
(The latter was an early semi-custom maker of rifles chambered in 257 Roberts) Hyde was the chief gun designer for the Inland Division of General Motors (General Motors) during World World War World War II He also did gun design work for Bendix Aviation Corporation. Among others, he was the designer or co-designer of these guns: The Hyde Model 33, a prototype submachinegun.
The Hyde Model 35, a prototype submachinegun.
A patent was issued to Hyde for this model on August 4, 1936. The M2 Hyde submachinegun. The M3 grease gun submachinegun.
About 700,000 were produced at a unit cost of around $20 each.
The FP-45 Liberator pistol. About 1,000,000 were produced at a unit cost of $2.10 each.
The Bendix Hyde carbine. (A prototype he designed for Bendix Aviation Corporation that never went into production).
