Patents Assigned to Vortech Engineering, Inc.
  • Patent number: 6293263
    Abstract: A compact supercharger having a drive portion, and an atomizer for providing a lubricating oil/air mist to the supercharger. The drive portion has a drive gear with teeth and an outer circumference and a driven gear with teeth and an outer circumference, drive gear bearing races and driven gear bearing races, and a gear case with an inner chamber with a back wall, a front wall, perimeter walls having a swale formed thereon. The drive gear is larger than the driven gear and is position below the driven gear. Drive gear bearing mounting recesses receive the drive gear bearing races, and driven gear bearing mounting recesses receive the driven gear bearing races. An oil/air mist inlet is formed in the gear case, and oil/air mist channels are in communication with the oil/air mist inlet and the driven gear bearing races. A splitter with passageways is located near a bottom of the gear case in the vicinity of an oil outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2001
    Assignee: Vortech Engineering, Inc.
    Inventor: James K. Middlebrook
  • Patent number: 6192871
    Abstract: A compact supercharger having a drive portion, and an atomizer for providing a lubricating oil/air mist to the supercharger. The drive portion has a drive gear with teeth and an outer circumference and a driven gear with teeth and an outer circumference, drive gear bearing races and driven gear bearing races, and a gear case with an inner chamber with a back wall, a front wall, perimeter walls having a swale formed thereon. Drive gear bearing mounting recesses receive the drive gear bearing races, and driven gear bearing mounting recesses receive the driven gear bearing races. An oil/air mist inlet is formed in the gear case, and oil/air mist channels are in communication with the oil/air mist inlet and the driven gear bearing races. A splitter with passageways is located near a bottom of the gear case in the vicinity of an oil outlet. The outer circumference of the drive gear is in close proximity to the perimeter walls of the inner chamber and an upper face of the separator portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2001
    Assignee: Vortech Engineering, Inc.
    Inventor: James K. Middlebrook
  • Patent number: 6092511
    Abstract: A drive extender for a supercharger. The drive extender has a tubular drive shaft with a proximal end and a distal end and a separate coupler portion affixed to the proximal end. The coupler is for detachable engagement with a drive gear shaft of the supercharger. A pulley interface portion is press fitted or otherwise attached to the distal end of the drive shaft. A supercharger engaging flange is provided for engagement with a flat face of the supercharger. A tubular sleeve with a proximal end and a distal end is provided, with the proximal end affixed to a supercharger engaging flange and extending perpendicular thereto. A bearing enclosure portion containing bearings and having a bearing enclosure flange portion is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2000
    Assignee: Vortech Engineering, Inc.
    Inventor: James K. Middlebrook
  • Patent number: D339142
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1993
    Assignee: Vortech Engineering, Inc.
    Inventor: James Middlebrook
  • Patent number: D362384
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 19, 1995
    Assignee: Vortech Engineering, Inc.
    Inventor: James K. Middlebrook