Patents by Inventor Michael Duley

Michael Duley 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: 7478695
    Abstract: A motorcycle power transmission assembly including an engine, a transmission, a drive assembly, and a starter assembly. The engine includes a crankcase, and the transmission includes a transmission case coupled to the crankcase to define an engine-transmission assembly. The drive assembly includes a drive housing coupled to the engine-transmission assembly to define a drive chamber. The drive housing including an opening, and the drive assembly further includes a starter gear. The starter assembly is mounted to the drive housing and includes a nose portion that extends through the opening. The nose portion includes a pinion gear adapted to engage the starter gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2009
    Assignee: Harley-Davidson Motor Company Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert L. Leppanen, Brian M. Curtis, Michael T. Arndt, Peter J. Duvernell, Michael Duley, John W. Schanz
  • Publication number: 20080236346
    Abstract: A primary locking tool for use with first and second primary drive assemblies. The first primary drive assembly includes a first drive sprocket and a first input sprocket a first distance from one another. The second primary drive assembly includes a second drive sprocket and a second input sprocket a second distance from one another. The second distance is greater than the first distance. The primary locking tool includes a first side portion having a drive jaw configured to engage the first and second drive sprockets. A second side portion includes an input jaw configured to engage the first and second input sprockets. The first and second side portions are coupled together for movement between a retracted position and an extended position that engage and resist rotation of the first drive sprocket and first input sprocket and the second drive sprocket and second input sprocket, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTOR COMPANY GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: Brian Klett, Mark Schaefer, Michael Duley
  • Publication number: 20070017466
    Abstract: A motorcycle power transmission assembly including an engine, a transmission, a drive assembly, and a starter assembly. The engine includes a crankcase, and the transmission includes a transmission case coupled to the crankcase to define an engine-transmission assembly. The drive assembly includes a drive housing coupled to the engine-transmission assembly to define a drive chamber. The drive housing including an opening, and the drive assembly further includes a starter gear. The starter assembly is mounted to the drive housing and includes a nose portion that extends through the opening. The nose portion includes a pinion gear adapted to engage the starter gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2005
    Publication date: January 25, 2007
    Applicant: Harley-Davidson Motor Company Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Leppanen, Brian Curtis, Michael Arndt, Peter Duvernell, Michael Duley, John Schanz
  • Patent number: 7143734
    Abstract: A compensator assembly for a motorcycle engine including a hub and a compensator coupled to the engine crankshaft. The compensator is axially moveable along the crankshaft axis and a sprocket is supported for rotation with respect to the crankshaft. Cam surfaces on the compensator and the sprocket cooperate to transfer engine torque from the crankshaft to the sprocket. A spring biases the compensator into engagement with the sprocket and a resilient member is positioned between the hub and the compensator to resiliently limit axial movement of the compensator toward the hub. Torque pulses from the engine are damped by allowing relative rotation between the sprocket and the crankshaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: Harley-Davidson Motor Company Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert L. Leppanen, Dereck Schlett, Michael Duley, Richard M. Runte, Jalal M. Albulushi, Richard G. Dykowski
  • Patent number: 6856968
    Abstract: A business process utilizes computer software and electronic customer/supplier connections to supply information, receive requests for quotation, supply quotations, receive purchase orders, and perform commercial and technical functions associated with delivery of such purchase orders or quotations with respect to environment and use specific products. Such products require customer or plant application unique technical evaluation and/or commercial processing to ensure applicability to a specific customer application. The system provides a vehicle to search for parts requiring such technical review encompassing anticipated product use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Walter Hening Cooley, Gary James Traina, Julie Suzanne Wells, George David Cagley, II, Manjeet Kaur Khinda, Charlene Eclavea Villagomez Roger, Fred Masato Ikemoto, Wayne Allen Stotts, Stephen Arthur Swain, Craig Wesley Tetirick, Colin Terry Phillips, Donna Marie Cox, Leslie Jean Ose, Craig Ernest Leighty, Thomas S. Panetta, Craig Scott Goldberg, Carolyn Elizabeth Wong, Robert Merle Schuster, Richard Lance Cory, James Michael Duley, Sr., James Stephens Gay, Ronald Scott Dahlin, Carolyn R. Shockley
  • Publication number: 20020082958
    Abstract: A business process utilizes computer software and electronic customer/supplier connections to supply information, receive requests for quotation, supply quotations, receive purchase orders, and perform commercial and technical functions associated with delivery of such purchase orders or quotations with respect to environment and use specific products. Such products require customer or plant application unique technical evaluation and/or commercial processing to ensure applicability to a specific customer application. The system provides a vehicle to search for parts requiring such technical review encompassing anticipated product use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2000
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Inventors: Walter Hening Cooley, Gary James Traina, Julie Suzanne Wells, George David Cagley, Manjeet Kaur Khinda, Charlene Eclavea Villagomez Roger, Fred Masato Ikemoto, Wayne Allen Stotts, Stephen Arthur Swain, Craig Wesley Tetirick, Colin Terry Phillips, Donna Marie Cox, Leslie Jean Ose, Craig Ernest Leighty, Thomas S. Panetta, Craig Scott Goldberg, Carolyn Elizabeth Wong, Robert Merle Schuster, Richard Lance Cory, James Michael Duley, James Stephens Gay, Ronald Scott Dahlin, Carolyn R. Shockley