Patents by Inventor Stephen Ray Hodge

Stephen Ray Hodge 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).

  • Utility winch
    Patent number: 6604731
    Abstract: A utility winch having a single planet gear assembly that commonly engages adjacent ring gears, one ring gear fixed and the other rotatable. The planet gears of the planet assembly have inner and outer portions that rotate together and have different diameters and different numbers of teeth, one ring gear engaged with an inner portion and a second ring gear engaged with an outer portion of the planet gears. Said ring gears matched to the respective planet gear portions and having different numbers of teeth and different diameters as required to achieve involute engagement of the ring gears and planet gears whereby the rotatable gear is caused to rotate at a substantially reduced rate of rotation. Said rotatable ring gear is fixed to the winch reel for reduced rotation of the reel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2003
    Assignee: Warn Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen Ray Hodge
  • Utility winch
    Publication number: 20030089897
    Abstract: A utility winch having a single planet gear assembly that commonly engages adjacent ring gears, one ring gear fixed and the other rotatable. The planet gears of the planet assembly have inner and outer portions that rotate together and have different diameters and different numbers of teeth, one ring gear engaged with an inner portion and a second ring gear engaged with an outer portion of the planet gears. Said ring gears matched to the respective planet gear portions and having different numbers of teeth and different diameters as required to achieve involute engagement of the ring gears and planet gears whereby the rotatable gear is caused to rotate at a substantially reduced rate of rotation. Said rotatable ring gear is fixed to the winch reel for reduced rotation of the reel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2001
    Publication date: May 15, 2003
    Inventor: Stephen Ray Hodge
  • Power winch
    Patent number: D471338
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignee: Warn Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen Ray Hodge
  • Utility winch
    Patent number: D473992
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Warn Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen Ray Hodge
  • Winch
    Patent number: D475499
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2003
    Assignee: Warn Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen Ray Hodge
  • Power winch
    Patent number: D479899
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2003
    Assignee: Warn Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen Ray Hodge
  • Reticle for a riflescope or other projectile weapon aiming device
    Patent number: D684653
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Leupold & Stevens, Inc.
    Inventors: James A. Smith, Stephen Ray Hodge