Patents by Inventor Charles Harsch

Charles Harsch 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: 7350439
    Abstract: A case cover assembly to which a sheave for a continuously variable transmission is mountable for rotation about an axis is configured to provide fluid communication between the sheave and a pressurized fluid source. The case cover assembly includes a conduit defining a first segment of a passageway for providing fluid communication between the pressurized fluid source and the sheave. An inner annular surface and an outer annular surface define an annular second segment of the passageway. A chamber at least partially formed by a case cover member defines a third segment of the passageway. The third segment is positioned with respect to the second segment such that fluid flows radially inward toward the axis from the second segment. The radial inflow provides improved pressure transference and packaging compared to the prior art.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Norman Schoenek, Charles Harsch
  • Patent number: 7303495
    Abstract: A case cover for a continuously variable transmission includes a wall having a plurality of fastening elements thereon and at which a sheave assembly is rotatably mountable. The wall forms at least a portion of a cavity for containing at least a portion of the sheave assembly. Two surfaces define a slot that is configured to position and positively locate a portion of the bearing retainer to result in coarse alignment of bearing retainer fastening elements with the case cover fastening elements. The bearing retainer fastening elements are preferably protruding nuts, and the case cover fastening elements are preferably tapered holes configured to further align the nuts for engagement with threaded fasteners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Norman Schoenek, Charles Harsch
  • Patent number: 7299487
    Abstract: A control program for a co-processor in a video-on-demand system directs the co-processor to perform the steps of: a) obtain a transmission control list, from an external source, which identifies a group of several video data packets and a respective subgroup of internet protocol headers for each video data packet in the group; b) partition into pieces, each video data packet and its respective subgroup of internet protocol headers as identified by the transmission control list; and, c) send the partitioned pieces, along with an additional header for each piece, to an output port during a series of spaced apart time intervals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: Unisys Corporation
    Inventors: Kent M. Campbell, Robert Louis Jacobs, John Waldimars Ulis, Stephen Ralph Bates, Thomas Charles Harsch
  • Patent number: 7299486
    Abstract: A control program for a supervisor processor in a video-on-demand system directs the supervisor processor to perform the steps of: a) transfer a group of video data packets, from an externally stored complete video into a memory for the supervisor processor; b) build in the supervisor processor's memory, a respective subgroup of internet protocol headers for each video data packet in the group; and c) construct, in the memory of a co-processor, a transmission control list which indicates how each video data packet in the group, and its respective subgroup of internet protocol headers, can be accessed from the supervisor processor's memory by the co-processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: Unisys Corporation
    Inventors: Kent M. Campbell, Robert Louis Jacobs, John Waldimars Ulis, Stephen Ralph Bates, Thomas Charles Harsch
  • Patent number: 7287268
    Abstract: A video-on-demand system is comprised of a supervisor processor and a co-processor which are intercoupled via a bus. The supervisor processor has a supervisor memory and the co-processor has a co-processor memory. A supervisor control program is in the supervisor memory, which includes—a) a means for transferring a group of video data packets from an externally stored complete video into the supervisor memory, b) a means for building in the supervisor memory, a respective subgroup of internet protocol headers for each video data packet in the group, and c) a means for constructing in the co-processor memory, a transmission control list which indicates how each video data packet in the group and its respective subgroup of internet protocol headers can be accessed from the supervisor memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Assignee: Unisys Corporation
    Inventors: Kent M. Campbell, Robert Louis Jacobs, John Waldimars Ulis, Stephen Ralph Bates, Thomas Charles Harsch
  • Publication number: 20050239592
    Abstract: A case cover assembly to which a sheave for a continuously variable transmission is mountable for rotation about an axis is configured to provide fluid communication between the sheave and a pressurized fluid source. The case cover assembly includes a conduit defining a first segment of a passageway for providing fluid communication between the pressurized fluid source and the sheave. An inner annular surface and an outer annular surface define an annular second segment of the passageway. A chamber at least partially formed by a case cover member defines a third segment of the passageway. The third segment is positioned with respect to the second segment such that fluid flows radially inward toward the axis from the second segment. The radial inflow provides improved pressure transference and packaging compared to the prior art.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2004
    Publication date: October 27, 2005
    Inventors: Norman Schoenek, Charles Harsch
  • Publication number: 20050239591
    Abstract: A case cover for a continuously variable transmission includes a wall having a plurality of fastening elements thereon and at which a sheave assembly is rotatably mountable. The wall forms at least a portion of a cavity for containing at least a portion of the sheave assembly. Two surfaces define a slot that is configured to position and positively locate a portion of the bearing retainer to result in coarse alignment of bearing retainer fastening elements with the case cover fastening elements. The bearing retainer fastening elements are preferably protruding nuts, and the case cover fastening elements are preferably tapered holes configured to further align the nuts for engagement with threaded fasteners.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2004
    Publication date: October 27, 2005
    Inventors: Norman Schoenek, Charles Harsch