Patents Represented by Attorney Melissa M. Koehn
  • Patent number: 6093108
    Abstract: The invention concerns a bellows device (17) including an elastic bellows (19) adapted to be connected at a first end to a first rotary member (9) and the second end of which has a portion (24) turned back axially outwards, the free end of this turned back portion being adapted to be fixed to a second rotary member (11). The device includes a rigid member (21) for stabilizing the bellows (19) including a radially external connecting part adapted to assure axial retention of said member (21) relative to the second rotary member (11) and a radially internal part (33) adapted to extend axially towards the turned back portion (24), inside the latter, and to have an annular surface facing the bellows (19) that is free of sharp edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2000
    Assignee: GKN Automotive AG
    Inventor: Fran.cedilla.ois Moulinet
  • Patent number: D429866
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Assignee: Kellogg Company
    Inventors: Decai Zhang, Michael N. Bauman, Hillis Kaufman, Doyle Tankersley, Nancy Esterline, Gerry I. Johnson