Patents by Inventor Alan Yeadon

Alan Yeadon 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: 8844118
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a motor for a power tool includes providing an armature configured to be coupled to a shaft. The armature includes a yoke and a first tooth and a second tooth that extend radially outward from the yoke to define a slot between the first tooth and the second tooth. Each of the first tooth and the second tooth include an inner end adjacent the yoke and an outer end opposite the inner end. The method further includes coupling a first wire guide member to the outer end of the first tooth, coupling a second wire guide member to the outer end of the second tooth, winding wire into the slot, after winding wire into the slot, compressing the wire radially into the slot, uncoupling the first wire guide member from the first tooth, and uncoupling the second wire guide member from the second tooth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey C. Hessenberger, Alan Yeadon, Brandon Verbrugge, Michael Kolden, Dennis J. Cerney
  • Patent number: 8674564
    Abstract: A power tool includes a shaft rotatable about an axis and configured to drive a tool element, a motor armature, a first field coil, and a second field coil. First and second symmetrical stack parts each include a pole piece that is configured to receive respective first and second field coils. The first field coil is coupled to the pole piece of the first stack part such that portions of the first field coil extend past pole tips of the first stack part, and the second field coil is coupled to the pole piece of the second stack part such that portions of the second field coil extend past pole tips of the second stack part. The first stack part is coupled to the second stack part such that the first stack part and the second stack part together define an aperture that surrounds the shaft axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey C. Hessenberger, Michael Kolden, Brandon Verbrugge, Dennis J. Cerney, Alan Yeadon
  • Publication number: 20110198951
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a motor for a power tool includes providing an armature configured to be coupled to a shaft. The armature includes a yoke and a first tooth and a second tooth that extend radially outward from the yoke to define a slot between the first tooth and the second tooth. Each of the first tooth and the second tooth include an inner end adjacent the yoke and an outer end opposite the inner end. The method further includes coupling a first wire guide member to the outer end of the first tooth, coupling a second wire guide member to the outer end of the second tooth, winding wire into the slot, after winding wire into the slot, compressing the wire radially into the slot, uncoupling the first wire guide member from the first tooth, and uncoupling the second wire guide member from the second tooth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2009
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Inventors: Jeffrey C. Hessenberger, Alan Yeadon, Brandon Verbrugge, Michael Kolden, Dennis J. Cerney
  • Publication number: 20110169351
    Abstract: A power tool includes a shaft rotatable about an axis and configured to drive a tool element, a motor armature, a first field coil, and a second field coil. First and second symmetrical stack parts each include a pole piece that is configured to receive respective first and second field coils. The first field coil is coupled to the pole piece of the first stack part such that portions of the first field coil extend past pole tips of the first stack part, and the second field coil is coupled to the pole piece of the second stack part such that portions of the second field coil extend past pole tips of the second stack part. The first stack part is coupled to the second stack part such that the first stack part and the second stack part together define an aperture that surrounds the shaft axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventors: Jeffrey C. Hessenberger, Michael Kolden, Brandon Verbrugge, Dennis J. Cerney, Alan Yeadon
  • Patent number: 7736366
    Abstract: A bone graft forming guide for providing a bone graft and a method of forming a bone graft. The guide includes a main body including a holder for holding a graft material and guide containing a pattern generally corresponding to the desired shaped of the bone graft. The forming guide may include a hole guide containing a plurality of hole guides arranged in a pattern generally corresponding to the desired shape of the bone graft. The forming guide may further include a cutting guide containing a pattern corresponding to the desired shape of the bone graft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Stryker Spine
    Inventors: Mahmoud F. Abdelgany, Stephen Noel, Alan Yeadon
  • Publication number: 20040034362
    Abstract: A bone graft forming guide for providing a bone graft and a method of forming a bone graft. The guide includes a main body including a holder for holding a graft material and guide containing a pattern generally corresponding to the desired shaped of the bone graft. The forming guide may include a hole guide containing a plurality of hole guides arranged in a pattern generally corresponding to the desired shape of the bone graft. The forming guide may further include a cutting guide containing a pattern corresponding to the desired shape of the bone graft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2003
    Publication date: February 19, 2004
    Applicant: Stryker Spine
    Inventors: Mahmoud F. Abdelgany, Stephen Noel, Alan Yeadon
  • Patent number: 6648894
    Abstract: A bone graft forming guide for providing a bone graft and a method of forming a bone graft. The guide includes a main body including a holder for holding a graft material and guide containing a pattern generally corresponding to the desired shaped of the bone graft. The forming guide may include a hole guide containing a plurality of hole guides arranged in a pattern generally corresponding to the desired shape of the bone graft. The forming guide may further include a cutting guide containing a pattern corresponding to the desired shape of the bone graft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Assignee: Stryker Spine
    Inventors: Mahmoud Abdelgany, Stephen Noel, Alan Yeadon
  • Publication number: 20020082604
    Abstract: A bone graft forming guide for providing a bone graft and a method of forming a bone graft. The guide includes a main body including a holder for holding a graft material and guide containing a pattern generally corresponding to the desired shaped of the bone graft. The forming guide may include a hole guide containing a plurality of hole guides arranged in a pattern generally corresponding to the desired shape of the bone graft. The forming guide may further include a cutting guide containing a pattern corresponding to the desired shape of the bone graft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2000
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Inventors: Mahmoud Abdelgany, Stephen Noel, Alan Yeadon