Dr. Hüttlin was born 1.Sep.43 in Steinen, near the town of Lörrach (Germany). He issues licenses and is a majority shareholder and President of the INNOMOT AG Board in Knutwil. He is a flow technician by profession and is an internationally acclaimed technologist. As the founder, business leader and majority shareholder of a specialized company, that has the research, development and production of new and progressive technologies as its focus, Dr. h.c. Hüttlin has created a number of international patents that have been used successfully in practice. Amongst other awards and honors, he holds the Baden-Württemberg Technology Prize (Dr. Rudolf Eberle Prize).
Even in his youth, he was fascinated by all things mechanical, that turned or moved in a noisy fashion. Over the course of time, he turned his entire focus to engine technology.

Even in his youth, he was fascinated by all things mechanical, that turned or moved in a noisy fashion. Over the course of time, he turned his entire focus to engine technology.

Driven by his enthusiasm for engines, cars and aircraft, he dedicated his efforts to the demands that were still being made on progressive drive engineering.

Even though inventors such as Nikolaus Otto and Rudolf Diesel were his great role models, right from the start his thoughts moved away from the conventional principle of pistons, and towards circular, rotary, or swivel pistons.

In the eyes of Dr. Hüttlin, the energy generated within a four-cylinder engine (spark ignition or diesel) when fuel is burned, should be converted as rapidly as possible to rotary movement (similar to Prof. Felix Wankel's principle).

The first real thoughts on this subject appeared in the German Patent Specification DE 4123 176.C1 dated 17/07/91 and 27/08/92. The swivel piston principle with sliding bearings was born.

A period of intensive development work followed, focusing in particular on the system-integrated control of the four swivel pistons (omitting any intake valve or discharge valve and camshafts). The internal and external curved shape of the system was the result.