Patents by Inventor Thomas L. Kammler

Thomas L. Kammler 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: 4848549
    Abstract: A coaxial adjustable hydraulic clutch actuator of the invention for use with an automotive transmission and clutch, as in a racing vehicle for coupling power from the engine to the transmission. The transmission has a power input shaft and the clutch has actuating elements, the engine and transmission being joined by a bell housing. The actuator includes a base housing configured for retaining a bearing of the input shaft. A sleeve extends forwardly from the base housing coaxial with the input shaft. A piston is fitted coaxially within the sleeve and is received within an annular hydraulic fluid chamber to which hydraulic fluid is supplied under pressure from exteriorly of the bell housing. A clutch throw-out bearing is carried coaxially by the piston for being driven into throw-out engagement with the actuating elements of the clutch by movement of the piston in response to the hydraulic fluid pressure for clutch actuating operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 18, 1989
    Assignee: Chipper Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas L. Kammler, Charles L. Thomas