Patents by Inventor Neil A. DeBruyne

Neil A. DeBruyne 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).

  • Free-floating planetary transmission with reversible output
    Patent number: 4252034
    Abstract: A planetary transmission having free-floating compound planetary gear elements in which two of the planet gears of each planetary element mesh with a pair of gears co-axial with the transmission axis. The transmission also includes selectively operable clutch and brake means for connecting either of said pair of coaxial gears to the transmission output while the other of said pair of gears is connected to a fixed structure thereby providing the transmission with a reversible output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1979
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1981
    Assignee: Curtiss-Wright Corporation
    Inventor: Neil A. DeBruyne
  • Free-floating planetary transmission with contra-rotating dual output shafts
    Patent number: 4132131
    Abstract: A transmission having free-floating, compound, planetary gears in which the net moment tending to tilt each compound planetary gear out of its radial plane is substantially zero and in which said transmission provides contra-rotating dual output shafts and/or said transmission is capable of having multiple inputs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 2, 1979
    Assignee: Curtiss-Wright Corporation
    Inventor: Neil A. DeBruyne