Patents by Inventor Bernard F. Kupfert

Bernard F. Kupfert 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: 4003452
    Abstract: A disc brake assembly having a brake chamber provided with pressurized cooling oil and an annular face seal sealing the hub of the brake assembly to the housing thereof against loss of cooling oil from the brake chamber. A second seal is provided for sealing the hub to the brake housing inwardly of the face seal and structure is provided for conducting lubricating oil from a differential chamber of the assembly to the face seal for maintaining a preselected lubrication and cooling of the face seal while preventing delivery of the pressurized cooling oil from the brake chamber thereto. In one form, the seal for sealing the hub to the brake housing inwardly of the face seal is received in a recess of the housing, and in another form, the seal is carried on a retainer projecting inwardly from the housing to adjacent the hub. The face seals are lubricated by oil delivered from a differential chamber through a passage in the hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1976
    Date of Patent: January 18, 1977
    Assignee: Caterpillar Tractor Co.
    Inventors: Bernard F. Kupfert, Richard L. Augustine