Patents by Inventor Loren C. Macklem

Loren C. Macklem 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).

  • Hydraulic coupling system
    Patent number: 7059460
    Abstract: A hydraulic coupling system includes a pump, a controller, a clutch assembly, and a valve. The clutch assembly includes an actuator and a multi-disk clutch pack coupled to the actuator. Under the direction of the controller, the pump pressurizes a fluid in the actuator to engage the clutch pack and pumps the fluid through the clutch pack to cool the clutch pack. The valve maintains the fluid pumped to the actuator at a higher pressure than the pressure of the fluid pumped through the clutch pack to cool the clutch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Xiaohong N. Duan, Loren C. Macklem, Matt Rahaim, Sohel Anwar, Gary Monkaba, W. Paul Perkins, Dean T. Wisniewski, Todd A. Kendall, Joseph Palazzolo
  • Hydraulic coupling system
    Publication number: 20040159523
    Abstract: A hydraulic coupling system includes a pump, a controller, a clutch assembly, and a valve. The clutch assembly includes an actuator and a multi-disk clutch pack coupled to the actuator. Under the direction of the controller, the pump pressurizes a fluid in the actuator to engage the clutch pack and pumps the fluid through the clutch pack to cool the clutch pack. The valve maintains the fluid pumped to the actuator at a higher pressure than the pressure of the fluid pumped through the clutch pack to cool the clutch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2004
    Publication date: August 19, 2004
    Inventors: Xiaohong N. Duan, Loren C. Macklem, Matt Rahaim, Sohel Anwar, Gary Monkaba, W. Paul Perkins, Dean T. Wisniewski, Todd A. Kendall, Joseph Palazzolo
  • Clutch actuator
    Publication number: 20040050643
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a clutch actuator assembly for a clutch pack wherein the clutch actuator assembly includes a lever rotatable about an axis, a drive mechanism that selectively rotates the lever about the axis, and a translating mechanism that receives input from the lever, converts the input to linear displacement, and is operably coupled to the clutch pack pressure plate to apply the linear displacement. The present invention is further directed to a clutch assembly and torque transferring mechanism having such a clutch actuator assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2002
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Inventors: Richard M. Krzesicki, Clive McKenzie, Gregory J. Stout, Dennis Cook, Loren C. MacKlem