Patents by Inventor Bertram Joseph Stocker

Bertram Joseph Stocker 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).

  • Washing machine and coupling apparatus
    Patent number: 7621158
    Abstract: A coupling apparatus includes an inner shaft rotatably driven about a longitudinal axis of rotation, an outer shaft concentric with the inner shaft for selective rotation about the longitudinal axis, a coupling element movable between a first position engaging the inner shaft to the outer shaft for rotation therewith, and a second position disengaging the inner shaft from the outer shaft for relative rotation therebetween, and an actuating element connected to the coupling element and operable to move the coupling element between the first position and the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jon Arthur Roepke, Joshua Paul Kopecky, Derek Lee Watkins, Mark Aaron Weaver, Christopher Gregory Hoppe, Bertram Joseph Stocker, Jr.
  • Washing machine and coupling apparatus
    Publication number: 20050278869
    Abstract: A coupling apparatus includes an inner shaft rotatably driven about a longitudinal axis of rotation, an outer shaft concentric with the inner shaft for selective rotation about the longitudinal axis, a coupling element movable between a first position engaging the inner shaft to the outer shaft for rotation therewith, and a second position disengaging the inner shaft from the outer shaft for relative rotation therebetween, and an actuating element connected to the coupling element and operable to move the coupling element between the first position and the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2004
    Publication date: December 22, 2005
    Inventors: Jon Arthur Roepke, Joshua Paul Kopecky, Derek Lee Watkins, Mark Aaron Weaver, Christopher Gregory Hoppe, Bertram Joseph Stocker