Patents by Inventor Marc Montgomery
Marc Montgomery 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).
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Patent number: 11753987Abstract: Disclosed is a spring for preload in a planetary traction drive designed for a driven turbocharger on an engine. The ring roller of the planetary traction drive has two parts with a spring between the two parts for generating a preload force on the ring roller assembly of the planetary traction drive. The spring provides a spreading force on the ring roller, and allows for setting a desired preload force on the traction surfaces of the traction drive during assembly and operation, even with variations in manufacturing of the different parts of the traction drive.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2022Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: SuperTurbo Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Marc Montgomery, Jared Howe, Ryan Sherrill
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Patent number: 11519326Abstract: Disclosed is an adjustable ring shim for a planetary traction drive designed for a driven turbocharger on an engine. The adjustable ring shim has two parts that interface through a ramp feature to provide an ability to vary the overall width of the ring roller assembly of the planetary traction drive. This adjustability in the width of the ring roller allows for setting a desired preload force on the traction surfaces of the traction drive during assembly, even with variation in manufacturing of the different parts of the traction drive.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2022Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: SuperTurbo Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Marc Montgomery, Jared Howe, Ryan Sherrill
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Publication number: 20220307409Abstract: Disclosed is an adjustable ring shim for a planetary traction drive designed for a driven turbocharger on an engine. The adjustable ring shim has two parts that interface through a ramp feature to provide an ability to vary the overall width of the ring roller assembly of the planetary traction drive. This adjustability in the width of the ring roller allows for setting a desired preload force on the traction surfaces of the traction drive during assembly, even with variation in manufacturing of the different parts of the traction drive.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2022Publication date: September 29, 2022Applicant: SuperTurbo Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Marc Montgomery, Jared Howe, Ryan Sherrill
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Publication number: 20220307411Abstract: Disclosed is a spring for preload in a planetary traction drive designed for a driven turbocharger on an engine. The ring roller of the planetary traction drive has two parts with a spring between the two parts for generating a preload force on the ring roller assembly of the planetary traction drive. The spring provides a spreading force on the ring roller, and allows for setting a desired preload force on the traction surfaces of the traction drive during assembly and operation, even with variations in manufacturing of the different parts of the traction drive.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2022Publication date: September 29, 2022Applicant: SuperTurbo Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Marc Montgomery, Jared Howe, Ryan Sherrill
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Patent number: 10655711Abstract: A planetary traction drive for a driven turbocharger utilizes angular contact ball ramps to provide variable clamping depending on torque throughput. The ball ramps are located between ring rollers and a ring gear, and function to locate the ring gear concentrically to the ring rollers. The angled contact axes of the ball ramps allows use of a low conformity contact between the balls and ball races in the ball ramps to provide efficient movement, while simultaneously locating ring gear concentrically to the traction rings. A variation is shown where only a single angular contact ball ramp is used between the ring gear and a clamping traction ring, and the other traction ring is rigidly fixed to the ring gear to reduce part count and complexity.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2018Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: SuperTurbo Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Marc Montgomery, Ryan Sherill
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Patent number: 10539210Abstract: Disclosed is a planetary traction drive for a driven turbocharger that utilizes angular contact ball ramps to provide variable clamping depending on torque throughput. The ball ramps are located between ring rollers and a ring gear, and function to locate the ring gear concentrically to the ring rollers. The angled contact axes of the ball ramps allows use of a low conformity contact between the balls and ball races in the ball ramps to provide efficient movement, while simultaneously locating ring gear concentrically to the traction rings.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2017Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: SuperTurbo Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Marc Montgomery, Ryan Sherill
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Publication number: 20190309832Abstract: Disclosed is a planetary traction drive for a driven turbocharger that utilizes angular contact ball ramps to provide variable clamping depending on torque throughput. The ball ramps are located between ring rollers and a ring gear, and function to locate the ring gear concentrically to the ring rollers. The angled contact axes of the ball ramps allows use of a low conformity contact between the balls and ball races in the ball ramps to provide efficient movement, while simultaneously locating ring gear concentrically to the traction rings. Also disclosed is a variation where only a single angular contact ball ramp is used between the ring gear and a clamping traction ring, and the other traction ring is rigidly fixed to the ring gear to reduce part count and complexity.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2018Publication date: October 10, 2019Applicant: SuperTurbo Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Marc Montgomery, Ryan Sherill
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Publication number: 20180106347Abstract: Disclosed is a planetary traction drive for a driven turbocharger that utilizes angular contact ball ramps to provide variable clamping depending on torque throughput. The ball ramps are located between ring rollers and a ring gear, and function to locate the ring gear concentrically to the ring rollers. The angled contact axes of the ball ramps allows use of a low conformity contact between the balls and ball races in the ball ramps to provide efficient movement, while simultaneously locating ring gear concentrically to the traction rings.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2017Publication date: April 19, 2018Applicant: SuperTurbo Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Marc Montgomery, Ryan Sherill
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Patent number: 9670832Abstract: Disclosed are embodiments of thrust absorbing planetary traction drives that utilize roller-shaft traction interfaces that are slanted to absorb thrust created on a turbo shaft by a turbine or compressor. Slanted traction surfaces on the sun portion of the turbo shaft are slanted inwardly so that the turbo shaft remains centered in the planetary traction drive. Either double roller planets or single roller planets can be used to absorb thrust in the axial direction of the turbo shaft. Various curved and slanted surfaces can be utilized to create traction interfaces that hold and stabilize the turbo shaft both axially and radially.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2014Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: VanDyne SuperTurbo, Inc.Inventors: Ryan Sherrill, Sterling Holman, Jared William Brown, Marc Montgomery