<P> The suppliers to AEG were affected and some filed for bankruptcy--including Becher & Co . Möbelfabriken KG in Bühlertann--with lack of continuity of company policy a factor . The site at Brunnenstraße in the former Berlin district of Wedding was also sold, as were the firms AEG - Fabrik Essen and Bauknecht . </P> <Ul> <Li> 1983 / 84: the consumer electronics division (Telefunken television and broadcasting GmbH) was sold to the French group Thomson - Brandt . </Li> <Li> 1985: AEG was taken over by Daimler - Benz AG . Daimler - Benz executive Edzard Reuter (from 1987 Daimler CEO), decides two companies should form an "integrated technology group" with beneficial synergy . </Li> <Li> 1988: On its 60th year anniversary the AEG - Forschungsinstituts (AEG Research Institute) creates the Carl - Ramsauer Prize for scientific / technical dissertations . </Li> <Li> 1990: AEG Westinghouse Transportation Systems GmbH is formed in association with Westinghouse Transportation Systems Inc . </Li> <Li> 1992: Merger (or re-uniting) of the railway business with the Lokomotivbau Elektrotechnische Werke (LEW) in Hennigsdorf, resulting in the formation of AEG Schienenfahrzeuge GmbH (AEG locomotives) </Li> <Li> 1992: The Swedish company Atlas Copco acquires AEG Power Tools Ltd; divested in 2004 to Techtronic Industries . </Li> <Li> 1994: sale of the Automation division to Schneider Electric and of AEG Hausgeräte AG to Electrolux . </Li> <Li> 1995: AEG Schienenfahrzeuge GmbH becomes part of ABB Daimler - Benz Transportation (Adtranz) (subsequently becoming part of Bombardier Transportation in 2001). </Li> <Li> 1996: The Annual General Meeting of Daimler - Benz AG chaired by Juergen Schrempp decides upon the dissolution of the lossmaking group . </Li> <Li> 1996: GEC ALSTHOM acquires AEG Power T&D business </Li> <Li> September 1996: The company is deleted from the commercial register . </Li> </Ul> <Li> 1983 / 84: the consumer electronics division (Telefunken television and broadcasting GmbH) was sold to the French group Thomson - Brandt . </Li> <Li> 1985: AEG was taken over by Daimler - Benz AG . Daimler - Benz executive Edzard Reuter (from 1987 Daimler CEO), decides two companies should form an "integrated technology group" with beneficial synergy . </Li>

In 1935 the company aeg patented what important invention