Patents by Inventor Bruce A. Nelson

Bruce A. Nelson 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: 8668623
    Abstract: A continuously variable transmission (CVT) system including a primary clutch assembly with an engine braking assembly is provided. The primary clutch assembly includes first and second sheave assemblies, a cylindrical sleeve coupler and an engine braking assembly. The first sheave portion has a centrally extending post. The cylindrical sleeve coupler is rotationally mounted on a portion of the post. The sleeve coupler has an engaging surface that is configured to engage an inner face of a drive belt. The second sheave portion has a central passage that is rotationally mounted on the sleeve coupler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: TEAM Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Zoran Vuksa, Bruce A. Nelson, Shane C. Okeson
  • Publication number: 20110092325
    Abstract: A continuously variable transmission (CVT) system including a primary clutch assembly with an engine braking assembly is provided. The primary clutch assembly includes first and second sheave assemblies, a cylindrical sleeve coupler and an engine braking assembly. The first sheave portion has a centrally extending post. The cylindrical sleeve coupler is rotationally mounted on a portion of the post. The sleeve coupler has an engaging surface that is configured to engage an inner face of a drive belt. The second sheave portion has a central passage that is rotationally mounted on the sleeve coupler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Inventors: Zoran Vuksa, Bruce A. Nelson, Shane C. Okeson
  • Patent number: 7229047
    Abstract: An aircraft flight control disconnect mechanism between the pilot and co-pilot controls, including a pair of concentrically positioned opposed circular jaws, each jaw having either mating tapered teeth or mating tapered openings, which when the jaws are axially separated, disconnects one pilot control from the other and a rotating control sleeve concentrically aligned with and rotatably attached to one of said jaws, the sleeve including a helical cam slot surrounding a fixed roller whereby rotation of the control sleeve moves the said connected jaw toward or away from the adjacent jaw so that the two jaws are free to rotate independent of each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2007
    Assignee: Cessna Aircraft Company
    Inventors: Bruce A. Nelson, Patrick J. Klausmeyer
  • Patent number: 7061154
    Abstract: A wedge-shaped member to restrain coil windings of a generator rotor from moving under centrifugal force. The wedge-shaped, substantially hollow member including a first plate, a second plate positioned opposite the first plate and positioned at an angle relative to the first plate, and one or more reinforcing members coupled between the first plate and the second plate. The wedge-shaped member is configured to fit between the core poles of a generator. A plurality of holes in the first and/or second plates permit a bonding material to adhere to adjacent coil windings and spread through the holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: Honeywell International, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregor McDowall, Norman O. Harris, Jr., Bruce A. Nelson
  • Patent number: 4944520
    Abstract: An arrow and method of making it. The arrow has a hollow arrow shaft, a single piece adaptor having one end with an outer diameter and a cylindrical bore with an inner surface adhesively engageable about a first end of the shaft and an externally threaded opposite end. An inclined surface surrounds the externally threaded end and tapers inwardly from the outer diameter of the one end towards the bore. The inclined surface has a diameter greater than that of the external threads. The external threads and inclined surface receive and retain an arrow point with internal threads and inclined surface so that impact forces are not transmitted to the inner surface of the shaft. A balance pin has a shaft portion received in the arrow shaft, and a head portion interconnected to one end of the balance pin shaft portion. The head portion has a diameter greater than the shaft portion outer diameter and smaller than the inner diameter of the cylindrical bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 31, 1990
    Assignee: AFC, Inc.
    Inventors: Conrad F. Fingerson, Bruce A. Nelson, Dennis L. Carlson, Robert D. Eickhoff
  • Patent number: 4874180
    Abstract: An arrow end adaptor and a balance pin for an arrow and a method for making the same. The arrow comprising a ferrule having a large enough inner diameter to be placed over the arrow shaft, and further having an exterior threaded end whose diameter is smaller than the diameter of the arrow shaft. The point cap is designed such that an arrow point having interior threads may be attached to the exterior threaded end of the point cap. The balance pin is designed to have a head at one end that may be affixed to either a target point or a point cap and a shaft end that may be inserted into the arrow shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 17, 1989
    Assignee: AFC, Inc.
    Inventors: Conrad F. Fingerson, Dennis L. Carlson, Bruce A. Nelson, Robert D. Eickhoff