Patents by Inventor Allan K. Kennedy

Allan K. Kennedy 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: 6135224
    Abstract: A linear vibration isolator between a pair of shaft segments of a motor vehicle intermediate steering shaft including an outer member rigidly connected to one of the shaft segments, an inner member rigidly connected to the other of the shaft segments and cooperating with the outer member in defining an annular chamber therebetween, and an axially flexible and torsionally stiff disc pack in the annular chamber. The disc pack includes a plurality of flat outer spacer rings, a plurality of flat inner spacer rings nested inside of the outer spacer rings, and a plurality of elastomeric isolator discs stacked between the nested pairs of inner and outer spacer rings. The outer spacer rings with the isolator discs therebetween are clamped against a shoulder on the outer member and coupled to the outer member for unitary rotation therewith. The inner spacer rings with the isolator discs therebetween are clamped against a shoulder on the inner member and coupled to the inner member for unitary rotation therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Mark Thomas, Allan K. Kennedy, Michael Francis Slasinski