Patents by Inventor Bruce Neal Bordner

Bruce Neal Bordner 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).

  • Limited slip differential clutch pack
    Patent number: 6283889
    Abstract: A limited slip differential assembly comprising a differential case and two side gears rotatably supported within the differential case. Each of the side gears provided with a pre-loaded clutch pack mounted on a hub portion of the side gear. A lock ring is permanently pressed on the hub portion of the side gear adjacent the clutch pack for retaining the clutch pack in a predetermined pre-loaded condition, thus forming a side gear/clutch pack assembly which may be pre-assembled as a pre-loaded self-contained module before the various components of the differential assembly are assembled in the differential case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2001
    Assignee: Dana Corporation
    Inventor: Bruce Neal Bordner