The name Westinghouse can refer to any number of devices and independent businesses that trace their roots to the work of George Westinghouse:

People

• George Westinghouse, founder of Westinghouse Electric Corporation

Places

• George Westinghouse Bridge in East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Westinghouse Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Devices

• Westinghouse air brake, patented by George Westinghouse in 1872.

Present companies

• Westinghouse Electric Corporation (1998). Founded by trademark-owner CBS Corporation to license the defunct Westinghouse brand to other manufacturers.
• Westinghouse Electric Company. Present day nuclear group, purchased by BNFL from CBS in 1999 and sold to Toshiba in 2006.
• Westinghouse Rail Systems Ltd, formerly Westinghouse Signals Ltd, part of Invensys.

Prior companies

• Westinghouse Air Brake Company, founded by George Westinghouse in 1868
• Westinghouse Electric Corporation (1886), founded by George Westinghouse in 1886, renamed CBS Corporation in 1997
• British Westinghouse, founded by George Westinghouse in 1899, sold and renamed Metropolitan Vickers (later subsumed into GEC).
• Westinghouse Electronic Systems Group, the defense electronics division of Westinghouse, sold to Northrop Grumman in 1996 (now Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems).
• White-Westinghouse. Manufacturer of home appliances under the Westinghouse name, sold by Westinghouse in 1975 and acquired by Electrolux in 1986.
• Westinghouse Brake and Signal Company Ltd now split into separate companies - Westinghouse Signals (now Westinghouse Rail Systems) and Westinghouse Brakes Ltd

Licensees of the modern Westinghouse Electric Corporation

The following companies sell products under the name Westinghouse, having each licensed the name from the modern-day CBS-owned Westinghouse: George Westinghouse, Jr. ... George Westinghouse Memorial Bridge in East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania carries U.S. Route 30, The Lincoln Highway, 240 feet over the Turtle Creek Valley where it joins the Monongahela River Valley east of Pittsburgh. ... Westinghouse Park is a small municipal park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. ... On railways an air brake is a brake operated by compressed air. ... The Westinghouse Electric Corporation (WEC) is a Delaware corporation founded by a prior instance of the CBS Corporation in 1998 to manage the intellectual property assets relating to the venerable Westinghouse brand. ... CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS) is an American media conglomerate focused on broadcasting, publishing, billboards, and television production, with most of its operations in the United States. ... The Westinghouse Electric Company is a nuclear reactor technology company. ... British Nuclear Fuels plc or BNFL manufactures and transports nuclear fuel (notably MOX), runs reactors, generates and sells electricity, reprocesses and manages spent fuel (mainly at Sellafield), and decommissions nuclear plants and other similar facilities. ... Toshiba Corporations headquarters (Center) in Hamamatsucho, Tokyo Toshiba Corporation sales by division for year ending March, 31 2005 Toshiba Corporation ) (TYO: 6502 ) is a multinational high technology electrical and electronics manufacturing firm, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. ... Westinghouse Rail Systems Ltd (formerly Westinghouse Signals Ltd) is a British supplier of railway signalling and control equipment to the rail industry worldwide. ... Invensys plc is a British engineering company, headquartered in London, England. ... The air brake was invented by George Westinghouse of New York State in 1868. ... The Westinghouse Electric Corporation was an organization founded by George Westinghouse in 1886 as Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company. ... British Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company was a subsidiary of the American Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company. ... Metropolitan-Vickers, Metrovick, or Metrovicks, was a British heavy industrial firm of the early-to-mid 20th century formerly known as British Westinghouse. ... The General Electric Company plc or GEC was a major UK company involved in consumer and defence electronics, communications and engineering. ... Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems was created by Northrop Grummans acquisition of Westinghouse Electronic Systems Group in 1996. ... Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems was created by the acquisition of Westinghouse Electronic Systems Group in 1996. ... White-Westinghouse is an appliance company formed by the acquisition of the Westinghouse Electric Companys appliance unit by White Consolidated Industries in 1975. ... Electrolux is a Swedish company that is the worlds largest manufacturer of kitchen, cleaning and outdoor appliances for both home and professional use. ... The Westinghouse Brake & Signal Company Ltd was created in 1935 when the Westinghouse Brake & Saxby Signal Co. ... The phrase doing business as (abbreviated DBA or d/b/a) is a legal term, meaning that the name of the business or operation does not include the legal name of its proprietor, the names of all partners, or the official registered name of the limited partnership or corporation that...

• Westinghouse Digital Electronics, selling LCD televisions and related products
• Westinghouse Lighting Corporation, selling light bulbs, ceiling fans, and lighting fixtures
• Salton, Inc., selling vacuum cleaners
• Linear LLC d/b/a Westinghouse-home.com, selling garage-door openers and wireless intercoms
• The NCC, Inc., selling electrical accessories, small lighting devices, and flashlights
• Nordyne d/b/a Westinghouse Heating and Cooling, selling HVAC systems
• International Development Corporation d/b/a Westinghouse Solar Lights, selling solar lighting

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