Patents by Inventor Ann Kowansky

Ann Kowansky 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).

  • Method of assembly of a motion transmission apparatus
    Patent number: 5160300
    Abstract: A toothed drive belt for a printer or other device is provided at each end with a slotted clip or termination which is secured in place by engaging slots therein with teeth on the belt and by wrapping the termination around the end portion of the belt. The termination includes an aperture in a portion extending outwardly from the end portions of the belt. A tensioner for retaining the belt in operative relation to associated gears or other elements includes hooks which engage the apertures in the terminations. The terminations can be assembled on the belt ends by engaging the ends of the belts with termination portions of an article including both termination portions and an interconnecting portion, bending side portions and fingers of the termination portions around the end portions of the belt, and then removing the interconnecting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1992
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Charles A. Moore, Ann Kowansky, Robert W. Flood, L. Patrick Caveney
  • Motion transmission apparatus and method of assembly
    Patent number: 5106345
    Abstract: A toothed drive belt for a printer or other device is provided at each end with a slotted clip or termination which is secured in place by engaging slots therein with teeth on the belt and by wrapping the termination around the end portion of the belt. The termination includes an aperture in a portion extending outwardly from the end portions of the belt. A tensioner for retaining the belt in operative relation to associated gears or other elements includes hooks which engage the apertures in the terminations. The terminations can be assembled on the belt ends by engaging the ends of the belts with termination portions of an article including both termination portions and an interconnecting portion, bending side portions and fingers of the termination portions around the end portions of the belt, and then removing the interconnecting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1992
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Charles A. Moore, Ann Kowansky, Robert W. Flood, L. Patrick Caveney