Patents by Inventor Nicholas Wheeler

Nicholas Wheeler 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).

  • Disconnect mechanisms, transmission systems incorporating the same, and methods associated therewith
    Patent number: 11846325
    Abstract: Transmission systems, disconnect mechanisms, and methods of assembling disconnect mechanisms are envisioned. A disconnect mechanism is adapted to selectively decouple a driving device from a driven device. The disconnect mechanism includes a lever, an inner shaft, an outer shaft, and a housing. The inner shaft is coupled to the lever, the outer shaft is coupled to the inner shaft, and the housing at least partially houses the inner shaft and the outer shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: ALLISON TRANSMISSION, INC.
    Inventor: Nicholas Wheeler
  • DISCONNECT MECHANISMS, TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS INCORPORATING THE SAME, AND METHODS ASSOCIATED THEREWITH
    Publication number: 20230392651
    Abstract: Transmission systems, disconnect mechanisms, and methods of assembling disconnect mechanisms are envisioned. A disconnect mechanism is adapted to selectively decouple a driving device from a driven device. The disconnect mechanism includes a lever, an inner shaft, an outer shaft, and a housing. The inner shaft is coupled to the lever, the outer shaft is coupled to the inner shaft, and the housing at least partially houses the inner shaft and the outer shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventor: Nicholas Wheeler
  • DISCONNECT MECHANISMS, TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS INCORPORATING THE SAME, AND METHODS ASSOCIATED THEREWITH
    Publication number: 20230140405
    Abstract: Transmission systems, disconnect mechanisms, and methods of assembling disconnect mechanisms are envisioned. A disconnect mechanism is adapted to selectively decouple a driving device from a driven device. The disconnect mechanism includes a lever, an inner shaft, an outer shaft, and a housing. The inner shaft is coupled to the lever, the outer shaft is coupled to the inner shaft, and the housing at least partially houses the inner shaft and the outer shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventor: Nicholas Wheeler
  • Vehicle with weight sensing
    Patent number: 6150617
    Abstract: An agricultural vehicle is provided with means for continuously sensing the weight of an accumulated payload and a GPS navigation system (18). Weight and positional information, and optionally also sensed vehicle speed, are analysed in an analysis/display unit (14) and a map generated of e.g. weight/hectare. The principal application is an agricultural trailer with payload weight sensors (15), towed by a tractor with GPS and analysis systems. A map of yield of e.g. a root crop may be generated as the crop is harvested and continuously deposited into the trailer as it moves along.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2000
    Assignee: AGCO Limited
    Inventors: Peter John Hart, David Forbes Smith, Benjamin Simon Blackmore, Richard John Godwin, Paul Nicholas Wheeler, Colin Duncan Watt