Patents by Inventor Ashley Owen Hetz

Ashley Owen Hetz has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Drive system with coupler assembly and method
    Patent number: 9739352
    Abstract: A coupler assembly is provided for coupling components in a power transmission system, such as a rack and pinion drive system. The coupler assembly includes a floating mount and a pair of clamp members movable between an unfastened configuration in which the floating mount is adjustably supported between the clamp members and a fastened configuration in which the floating mount is fixedly secured between the clamp members. At least a pitch and a yaw of the floating mount are adjustable when the clamp members are in the unfastened configuration. Methods and systems which relate to or include the aforementioned coupler assembly are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Flow International Corporation
    Inventors: Shawn Michael Callahan, Richard Bernard Hageman, III, Ashley Owen Hetz
  • COUPLER ASSEMBLY AND DRIVE SYSTEMS INCLUDING SAME
    Publication number: 20130025386
    Abstract: A coupler assembly is provided for coupling components in a power transmission system, such as a rack and pinion drive system. The coupler assembly includes a floating mount and a pair of clamp members movable between an unfastened configuration in which the floating mount is adjustably supported between the clamp members and a fastened configuration in which the floating mount is fixedly secured between the clamp members. At least a pitch and a yaw of the floating mount are adjustable when the clamp members are in the unfastened configuration. Methods and systems which relate to or include the aforementioned coupler assembly are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Inventors: Shawn Michael Callahan, Richard Bernard Hageman, III, Ashley Owen Hetz