Patents by Inventor Ted Wetzel
Ted Wetzel 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).
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Patent number: 7513322Abstract: A control circuit for a lawn tractor having an engine and a power take off driven implement. The control circuit includes an inhibit circuit component for preventing operation of a power take off driven implement with the tractor in reverse. Two versions of the inhibit circuit are disclosed, one grounds an engine magneto and a second disables an electric clutch for coupling the power take off to the driven element. The circuit includes first and second override switches and an override circuit component that allows operation of a power take off driven implement while the lawn tractor is in reverse after the first and second override switches are activated in a proper order by a tractor operator.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2008Date of Patent: April 7, 2009Assignee: Delta Systems, Inc.Inventors: David A. Straka, Arthur James Harvey, Ted Wetzel
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Patent number: 7422078Abstract: A control circuit for a lawn tractor having an engine and a power take off driven implement. The control circuit includes an inhibit circuit component for preventing operation of a power take off driven implement with the tractor in reverse. Two versions of the inhibit circuit are disclosed, one grounds an engine magneto and a second disables an electric clutch for coupling the power take off to the driven element. The circuit includes first and second override switches and an override circuit component that allows operation of a power take off driven implement while the lawn tractor is in reverse after the first and second override switches are activated in a proper order by a tractor operator.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2007Date of Patent: September 9, 2008Assignee: Delta Systems, Inc.Inventors: David A. Straka, Arthur James Harvey, Ted Wetzel
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Publication number: 20080143193Abstract: A control circuit for a lawn tractor having an engine and a power take off driven implement. The control circuit includes an inhibit circuit component for preventing operation of a power take off driven implement with the tractor in reverse. Two versions of the inhibit circuit are disclosed, one grounds an engine magneto and a second disables an electric clutch for coupling the power take off to the driven element. The circuit includes first and second override switches and an override circuit component that allows operation of a power take off driven implement while the lawn tractor is in reverse after the first and second override switches are activated in a proper order by a tractor operator.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2008Publication date: June 19, 2008Applicant: Delta Systems, Inc.Inventors: David A. Straka, Arthur James Harvey, Ted Wetzel
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Publication number: 20070251737Abstract: A control circuit for a lawn tractor having an engine and a power take off driven implement. The control circuit includes an inhibit circuit component for preventing operation of a power take off driven implement with the tractor in reverse. Two versions of the inhibit circuit are disclosed, one grounds an engine magneto and a second disables an electric clutch for coupling the power take off to the driven element. The circuit includes first and second override switches and an override circuit component that allows operation of a power take off driven implement while the lawn tractor is in reverse after the first and second override switches are activated in a proper order by a tractor operator.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2007Publication date: November 1, 2007Applicant: Delta Systems, Inc.Inventors: David Straka, Arthur Harvey, Ted Wetzel
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Patent number: 7237633Abstract: A control circuit for a lawn tractor having an engine and a power take off driven implement. The control circuit includes an inhibit circuit component for preventing operation of a power take off driven implement with the tractor in reverse. Two versions of the inhibit circuit are disclosed, one grounds an engine magneto and a second disables an electric clutch for coupling the power take off to the driven element. The circuit includes first and second override switches and an override circuit component that allows operation of a power take off driven implement while the lawn tractor is in reverse after the first and second override switches are activated in a proper order by a tractor operator.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2005Date of Patent: July 3, 2007Assignee: Delta Systems, Inc.Inventors: David A. Straka, Arthur James Harvey, Ted Wetzel
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Publication number: 20060201121Abstract: A control circuit for a lawn tractor having an engine and a power take off driven implement. The control circuit includes an inhibit circuit component for preventing operation of a power take off driven implement with the tractor in reverse. Two versions of the inhibit circuit are disclosed, one grounds an engine magneto and a second disables an electric clutch for coupling the power take off to the driven element. The circuit includes first and second override switches and an override circuit component that allows operation of a power take off driven implement while the lawn tractor is in reverse after the first and second override switches are activated in a proper order by a tractor operator.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2005Publication date: September 14, 2006Inventors: David Straka, Arthur Harvey, Ted Wetzel
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Patent number: 7064639Abstract: A magnetic latching switch. The switch includes a pair of switch terminals, a switch actuator, an electromagnet and a biasing member. The switch actuator is manually moveable from a first position where the switch terminals are in a first state to a second position where the switch terminals are in a second state. The electromagnet selectively applies a magnetic field. Applying the magnetic field with the electromagnet when the switch actuator is in the second position maintains the switch actuator in the second position. The biasing member is coupled to the switch actuator such that the biasing member automatically returns the switch actuator from the second position to the first position when the magnetic field is removed.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2004Date of Patent: June 20, 2006Assignee: Delta Systems, Inc.Inventors: Arthur James Harvey, Michael Eric Liedtke, Ted Wetzel
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Publication number: 20060022780Abstract: A magnetic latching switch. The switch includes a pair of switch terminals, a switch actuator, an electromagnet and a biasing member. The switch actuator is manually moveable from a first position where the switch terminals are in a first state to a second position where the switch terminals are in a second state. The electromagnet selectively applies a magnetic field. Applying the magnetic field with the electromagnet when the switch actuator is in the second position maintains the switch actuator in the second position. The biasing member is coupled to the switch actuator such that the biasing member automatically returns the switch actuator from the second position to the first position when the magnetic field is removed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2004Publication date: February 2, 2006Inventors: Arthur Harvey, Michael Liedtke, Ted Wetzel
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Patent number: 6868925Abstract: An engine with an integral actuator for a vehicle having an implement needing control. The engine includes a crank shaft, and a pump in a housing and an actuator that extends from the housing. The pump is operably connected to the crank shaft to produce a flow of fluid, such as oil, from the pump to the actuator. A valve is operably connected to the pump or the actuator to selectively move the actuator.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2001Date of Patent: March 22, 2005Assignee: Delta Systems, Inc.Inventors: Harlin J. Trefz, Ted Wetzel
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Patent number: 6543560Abstract: A hydrostatic transmission with an integral actuator for a vehicle having an engine and a frame. The assembly includes a transmission housing for connection to a vehicle frame, a shaft for coupling the hydrostatic transmission to an output of a vehicle engine, a pump driven by the shaft and an actuator operatively coupled to the pump that is attached to the transmission housing.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2000Date of Patent: April 8, 2003Assignee: Delta Systems, Inc.Inventors: Harlin J. Trefz, Ted Wetzel
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Publication number: 20020038731Abstract: An engine with an integral actuator for a vehicle having an implement needing control. The engine includes a crank shaft, and a pump in a housing and an actuator that extends from the housing. The pump is operably connected to the crank shaft to produce a flow of fluid, such as oil, from the pump to the actuator. A valve is operably connected to the pump or the actuator to selectively move the actuator.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2001Publication date: April 4, 2002Applicant: Delta Systems, Inc.Inventors: Harlin J. Trefz, Ted Wetzel