Patents by Inventor Austin Richard Gerding

Austin Richard Gerding 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 for attenuating driveline vibrations
    Patent number: 8528180
    Abstract: A method for attenuating vibration in a driveline having a shaft assembly that transmits torque between first and second driveline components. The shaft assembly can have a hollow shaft member and at least one liner. The liner has a mass and a stiffness that are tuned such that the liner is a tuned resistive absorber for attenuating shell mode vibrations as well as at least one of a tuned reactive absorber for attenuating bending mode vibrations and a tuned reactive absorber for attenuating torsion mode vibrations. The tuned liner is inserted into the shaft member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhaohui Sun, David Paul Schankin, Dumitru Florin Patrascu, Austin Richard Gerding
  • METHOD FOR ATTENUATING DRIVELINE VIBRATIONS
    Publication number: 20120192425
    Abstract: A method for attenuating vibration in a driveline having a shaft assembly that transmits torque between first and second driveline components. The shaft assembly can have a hollow shaft member and at least one liner. The liner has a mass and a stiffness that are tuned such that the liner is a tuned resistive absorber for attenuating shell mode vibrations as well as at least one of a tuned reactive absorber for attenuating bending mode vibrations and a tuned reactive absorber for attenuating torsion mode vibrations. The tuned liner is inserted into the shaft member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Inventors: Zhaohui Sun, David Paul Schankin, Dumitru Florin Patrascu, Austin Richard Gerding
  • Method for attenuating driveline vibrations
    Patent number: 8176613
    Abstract: A method for attenuating vibration in a driveline having a shaft assembly that transmits torque between first and second driveline components. The shaft assembly can have a hollow shaft member and at least one liner. The liner has a mass and a stiffness that are tuned such that the liner is a tuned resistive absorber for attenuating shell mode vibrations as well as at least one of a tuned reactive absorber for attenuating bending mode vibrations and a tuned reactive absorber for attenuating torsion mode vibrations. The tuned liner is inserted into the shaft member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhaohui Sun, David Paul Schankin, Dumitru Florin Patrascu, Austin Richard Gerding
  • METHOD FOR ATTENUATING DRIVELINE VIBRATIONS
    Publication number: 20100281673
    Abstract: A method for attenuating vibration in a driveline having a shaft assembly that transmits torque between first and second driveline components. The shaft assembly can have a hollow shaft member and at least one liner. The liner has a mass and a stiffness that are tuned such that the liner is a tuned resistive absorber for attenuating shell mode vibrations as well as at least one of a tuned reactive absorber for attenuating bending mode vibrations and a tuned reactive absorber for attenuating torsion mode vibrations. The tuned liner is inserted into the shaft member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2010
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Inventors: Zhaohui Sun, David Paul Schankin, Dimitru Florin Patrascu, Austin Richard Gerding
  • Driveshaft assembly with piloted flange connection
    Patent number: 7717797
    Abstract: A drivetrain that includes a drivetrain component, a flange structure, a yoke flange, a female guide portion and a male guide portion. The drivetrain component has a shaft that is rotatable about an axis. The flange structure is fixedly but removably coupled to the shaft. The female guide portion is directly coupled to one of the shaft and the yoke flange. The male guide portion is directly coupled to the other one of the shaft and the yoke flange. The male guide portion engages the female guide portion to thereby align the yoke flange to the axis. The yoke flange and the flange structure are fixedly but removably coupled to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Austin Richard Gerding, Salvatore N. Grupido, Marc M. Menosky, Thomas J. Oldenburg
  • Driveshaft Assembly With Piloted Flange Connection
    Publication number: 20090054163
    Abstract: A drivetrain that includes a drivetrain component, a flange structure, a yoke flange, a female guide portion and a male guide portion. The drivetrain component has a shaft that is rotatable about an axis. The flange structure is fixedly but removably coupled to the shaft. The female guide portion is directly coupled to one of the shaft and the yoke flange. The male guide portion is directly coupled to the other one of the shaft and the yoke flange. The male guide portion engages the female guide portion to thereby align the yoke flange to the axis. The yoke flange and the flange structure are fixedly but removably coupled to one another. A method of fabricating a drivetrain is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2008
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Applicant: AMERICAN AXLE & MANUFACTURING, INC.
    Inventors: Austin Richard GERDING, Salvatore Nicola GRUPIDO, Marc Matthew MENOSKY, Thomas John OLDENBURG