Patents by Inventor Bryson Sharp

Bryson Sharp 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).

  • Bearing protection with positive lubricant-level indication
    Patent number: 8893855
    Abstract: A bearing-protection device for protecting and lubricating bearings. The bearing-protection device provides positive indication of lubrication levels provided to the bearings and includes a protector housing defining a lubrication chamber with an outer wall, a proximal end and a distal end. The device also includes a piston assembly movable within the lubrication chamber, the piston assembly biased in a direction generally toward the proximal end of the bearing protector housing, and a viewing window defined in the outer wall of the bearing protector housing. Indicia associated with the piston is viewable through the viewing window to indicate a level of lubricant within the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Northern Tool & Equipment Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Bryson Sharp, John David Schuetz, Brent Starnes
  • BEARING PROTECTION WITH POSITIVE LUBRICANT-LEVEL INDICATION
    Publication number: 20120261215
    Abstract: A bearing-protection device for protecting and lubricating bearings. The bearing-protection device provides positive indication of lubrication levels provided to the bearings and includes a protector housing defining a lubrication chamber with an outer wall, a proximal end and a distal end. The device also includes a piston assembly movable within the lubrication chamber, the piston assembly biased in a direction generally toward the proximal end of the bearing protector housing, and a viewing window defined in the outer wall of the bearing protector housing. Indicia associated with the piston is viewable through the viewing window to indicate a level of lubricant within the chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Inventors: Bryson Sharp, John David Schuetz, Brent Starnes