Patents by Inventor Robert Gene Zambelli

Robert Gene Zambelli 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).

  • Self-energizing brake
    Patent number: 6784578
    Abstract: A self-energizing brake for a motor has a moving brake section, including a brake friction material located on a portion of a face thereof perpendicular to its axis of rotation which is automatically urged toward a brake mating surface upon the motor coming to a stop, thereby automatically energizing the brake, and which is automatically urged away from the brake mating surface upon the motor beginning its rotation, thereby automatically de-energizing the brake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: Moog Components Group Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Gene Zambelli
  • Self-energizing brake
    Publication number: 20040004406
    Abstract: A self-energizing brake for a motor has a moving brake section, including a brake friction material located on a portion of a face thereof perpendicular to its axis of rotation which is automatically urged toward a brake mating surface upon the motor coming to a stop, thereby automatically energizing the brake, and which is automatically urged away from the brake mating surface upon the motor beginning its rotation, thereby automatically de-energizing the brake.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2002
    Publication date: January 8, 2004
    Applicant: LITTON SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventor: Robert Gene Zambelli