Patents by Inventor Frank Metelues

Frank Metelues 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).

  • Lubrication arrangement for final drive unit
    Patent number: 6964320
    Abstract: A final drive unit for a motor vehicle includes a carrier housing integrally formed with a final drive housing and provided to store a lubricating oil therein, a pinion drive shaft rotatably supported within the final drive housing by a pair of bearings, an oil supply passage formed integrally with the final drive housing for lubricating the bearings and having a supply opening in communication with a cavity in the carrier housing, and a baffle member mounted within the carrier housing adjacent to the supply opening of the oil supply passage. The baffle member includes a baffle wall provided to cover a lower portion of the oil supply passage for maintaining a portion of the lubrication oil within the oil supply passage so as to permit the lubricating oil to adequately lubricate the bearings even when the motor vehicle is tilted to a maximum angle of inclination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2005
    Assignee: Torque-Traction Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Metelues, Christopher David Marks, William J. Hamm, Arnaldo R. Bassaco
  • Lubrication arrangement for final drive unit
    Publication number: 20040144597
    Abstract: A final drive unit for a motor vehicle includes a carrier housing integrally formed with a final drive housing and provided to store a lubricating oil therein, a pinion drive shaft rotatably supported within the final drive housing by a pair of bearings, an oil supply passage formed integrally with the final drive housing for lubricating the bearings and having a supply opening in communication with a cavity in the carrier housing, and a baffle member mounted within the carrier housing adjacent to the supply opening of the oil supply passage. The baffle member includes a baffle wall provided to cover a lower portion of the oil supply passage for maintaining a portion of the lubrication oil within the oil supply passage so as to permit the lubricating oil to adequately lubricate the bearings even when the motor vehicle is tilted to a maximum angle of inclination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2003
    Publication date: July 29, 2004
    Inventors: Frank Metelues, Christopher David Marks, William J. Hamm, Arnaldo R. Bassaco