Patents by Inventor Caleb Coats

Caleb Coats 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).

  • Lost motion transmission shifter
    Patent number: 10900565
    Abstract: A transmission includes a housing, a park gear, and a vehicle park shifting system configured to selectively engage the park gear to shift the transmission into and out of a park position. The vehicle park shifting system includes a linkage operably associated with the park gear, an actuator assembly operably coupled to the linkage and configured to be actuated to selectively move the linkage into and out of engagement with the park gear, and a lost motion manual shifter assembly operably coupled to the linkage and including a shift shaft disposed at least partially within the housing. The shift shaft is configured to couple to a manual park release system utilized to manually shift the transmission into and out of park without utilizing the actuator assembly. Actuation of the actuator assembly does not impart rotational movement to the shift shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: FCA US LLC
    Inventors: Caleb Coats, James Ruiz, Michael Perecki, Brian J Jacobs
  • LOST MOTION TRANSMISSION SHIFTER
    Publication number: 20180328489
    Abstract: A transmission includes a housing, a park gear, and a vehicle park shifting system configured to selectively engage the park gear to shift the transmission into and out of a park position. The vehicle park shifting system includes a linkage operably associated with the park gear, an actuator assembly operably coupled to the linkage and configured to be actuated to selectively move the linkage into and out of engagement with the park gear, and a lost motion manual shifter assembly operably coupled to the linkage and including a shift shaft disposed at least partially within the housing. The shift shaft is configured to couple to a manual park release system utilized to manually shift the transmission into and out of park without utilizing the actuator assembly. Actuation of the actuator assembly does not impart rotational movement to the shift shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: Caleb Coats, James Ruiz, Michael Perecki, Brian J Jacobs