Patents by Inventor Jeffery D. Raugh

Jeffery D. Raugh 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).

  • Patent number: 4854192
    Abstract: A centrifugally controlled two-speed accessory drive for operation of one or more automotive vehicle accessories to provide a two-stage operation depending on the engine speed, the drive including a gear box secured to the face of the accessory and having an input shaft driven by a pulley and belt from the engine, an output shaft driving the accessory, and a planetary gear set connecting the shafts. The gear set includes a sun gear connected to the output shaft, a ring gear rotatably mounted in the gear box and a planet carrier rotatable with the input shaft and mounting a plurality of planetary gears between the sun gear and ring gear. A cone clutch engages the ring gear to ground it through a Belleville spring, piston and fulcrum, and centrifugal weights act to unground the ring gear; a one-way clutch between the shafts allows the output shaft to overrun the input shaft when the ring gear is grounded and rotate the output shaft with the input shaft as a unit when the ring gear is ungrounded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 8, 1989
    Assignee: Borg-Warner Automotive, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce A. Churchill, Jeffery D. Raugh