Patents by Inventor Robert D. Hogan

Robert D. Hogan 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: 10082050
    Abstract: An anti-rotation guide for a lifter in an overhead valve valvetrain. The anti-rotation guide includes a plug having two lobes connected through a neck region. A first lobe of the plug is held within a bore in the lifter. The bore forms an opening at the edge of the lifter through which the neck of the plug emerges. The bore in the lifter accommodates a first lobe of the plug that is wider than the opening in the edge of the lifter, whereby the plug is shaped to prevent its slipping from the lifter through the opening. The lifter reciprocates in a first bore in the cylinder head. The second lobe of the plug extends outward from the lifter into a second bore formed in the cylinder head and adjoining the first bore. The second lobe reciprocates in the second bore and limits rotation of the lifter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: Douglas John Nielsen, Anthony Leon Spoor, Robert D. Hogan
  • Publication number: 20170306810
    Abstract: An engine roller lifter for use in a valve train of an internal combustion engine includes a body, an anti-rotation device and a clip. The body can have an outer peripheral surface configured for sliding movement in a bore provided in the engine. The body can define a receiving channel formed in the outer peripheral surface. The body can further define a slot formed at the receiving channel. The anti-rotation device can include a guide plug received in the receiving channel of the body. The guide plug can extend outwardly from the outer peripheral surface of the body. The guide plug can be configured to locate into a bore slot defined in a cylinder head of the internal combustion engine. The clip can be received by the slot and captured the guide plug in the receiving channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Douglas J. Nielsen, Anthony Leon Spoor, Robert D. Hogan, James E. McCarthy, JR.
  • Publication number: 20170074125
    Abstract: An anti-rotation guide for a lifter in an overhead valve valvetrain. The anti-rotation guide includes a plug having two lobes connected through a neck region. A first lobe of the plug is held within a bore in the lifter. The bore forms an opening at the edge of the lifter through which the neck of the plug emerges. The bore in the lifter accommodates a first lobe of the plug that is wider than the opening in the edge of the lifter, whereby the plug is shaped to prevent its slipping from the lifter through the opening. The lifter reciprocates in a first bore in the cylinder head. The second lobe of the plug extends outward from the lifter into a second bore formed in the cylinder head and adjoining the first bore. The second lobe reciprocates in the second bore and limits rotation of the lifter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: Douglas John Nielsen, Anthony Leon Spoor, Robert D. Hogan
  • Patent number: 4443816
    Abstract: A digital video image splitter permits the top portion of a closed-circuit television (CCTV) display to be shifted right (delayed) or left (advanced) with respect to the stationary bottom portion of the display. The user controls the vertical level (distance from top to bottom of display) at which the split is seen on the display, and the amount of shift from controls in the system. Shifting of the image permits the width of an object displayed on the display to be measured. By matching opposite edges of the object in the display, the width of the displayed object is equal to the amount of shift. A single raster line at the level of the split is available as digitized image intensity data, and represents the intensity profile of the video display, including the object being measured, along that raster line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1982
    Date of Patent: April 17, 1984
    Assignee: Indianapolis Center for Advanced Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert D. Hogan, Jr., Narendra T. Sanghvi, Richard F. Morris