Patents by Inventor Robin Z. Milavec

Robin Z. Milavec 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: 5295914
    Abstract: A stroking constant velocity universal joint has a seal boot produced from a thermoplastic elastomer. The seal boot has a large diameter skirt at one end that attaches the seal boot to the universal joint housing and a small diameter ring at an opposite end that attaches the seal boot to a drive shaft associated with the universal joint. The seal boot has a generally cylindrical bellows section that comprises a plurality of serially arranged convolutes integrally connected to the skirt by a conical wall. The bellows section has a maximum diameter that is substantially less than the diameter of the skirt. An intermediate biconic section is integrally attached to the bellows section. It has a maximum diameter that is substantially less than the diameter of the skirt and a root-to-root length that is substantially greater than the root-to-root length of any individual convolute of the bellows section. A single convolute interconnects the biconic section and the small diameter ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 22, 1994
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Robin Z. Milavec