Patents by Inventor Allan D. Steves

Allan D. Steves 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).

  • Centrifugal engagement and disengagement drive systems
    Patent number: 9157494
    Abstract: A drive system may provide centrifugally driven clutch members into engagement and disengagement using weights between an interface of the clutch members. The weights maybe disposed in races between the clutch members. The weights may move centrifugally within the races pushing the clutch members apart during rotation of an input drive shaft. In some embodiments, two clutch members may provide the engagement and disengagement of the input drive shaft power to a drive output member and a third clutch member may be configured to engage the two clutch members during drive engagement. The third clutch member may be configured to disengage from the two clutch members as a failsafe during, for example, an overspeed condition or a jammed clutch interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Robert K. Mitchell, Allan D. Steves, James Knorr
  • CENTRIFUGAL ENGAGEMENT AND DISENGAGEMENT DRIVE SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20150041279
    Abstract: A drive system may provide centrifugally driven clutch members into engagement and disengagement using weights between an interface of the clutch members. The weights maybe disposed in races between the clutch members. The weights may move centrifugally within the races pushing the clutch members apart during rotation of an input drive shaft. In some embodiments, two clutch members may provide the engagement and disengagement of the input drive shaft power to a drive output member and a third clutch member may be configured to engage the two cutch members during drive engagement. The third clutch member may be configured to disengage from the two clutch members as a failsafe during, for example, an overspeed condition or a jammed clutch interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: Honeywell International, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert K. Mitchell, Allan D. Steves, James Knorr