Patents Represented by Attorney Joel S. Carter
  • Patent number: 5018750
    Abstract: An oil seal arrangement includes a non-rotating oil ring and a rotating guide ring. A flexible oil seal is bonded to the oil ring and sealingly engages the guide ring to retain lube oil in a bearing chamber. A flexible lip seal and a spacer member rotate with the guide ring and slidably engage portions of the oil ring which are exposed to lube oil and spaced apart from the oil seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 28, 1991
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Richard M. Sparks, Kendall D. Tjepkes
  • Patent number: 4262278
    Abstract: A warning circuit generates warning signals in response to conditions of a vehicle brake system which includes main and back-up brake fluid pumps. The main pump is engine-driven and ignition-switch controlled. The back-up pump is relay actuated and battery powered. A sensor switch opens upon operation of the main pump and a brake switch closes during an operator brake application. The warning circuit includes a first OR gate with inputs coupled to the ignition and brake switches. The output of the first OR gate is coupled to the relay and to a first warning lamp. The output of the first OR gate is capacitively coupled to the set input of a set-reset flip-flop and is coupled to the reset input of the flip-flop. The reset input is also coupled to a terminal of the back-up source. The Q output of the flip-flop is coupled to an input of a second OR gate through an inverter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 1979
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1981
    Assignee: The Bendix Corporation
    Inventors: Donald W. Howard, Dewey W. Eppley, John E. Mackiewicz