Patents by Inventor Christopher Wayne Creager

Christopher Wayne Creager 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: 9303748
    Abstract: A collapsible clutching differential is for use in a drive train of a vehicle to control torque thereof. The drive train includes at least one rotating member defining an axis of rotation of the rotating member; a housing operatively supported in driven relationship with respect to a remainder of the drive train, adapted to rotate about the axis, and defining a cavity of the housing into which the rotating member extends; and at least one cross-pin mounted for rotation with the housing. The differential includes a pair of castellated side gears disposed in the cavity of the housing, supported for rotation about the axis relative to the housing, and having a torque-transmitting connection to the rotating member. The castellated side gears are adapted to be spaced from each other and collapse upon themselves such that the differential collapses upon itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventor: Christopher Wayne Creager
  • Publication number: 20140141920
    Abstract: A collapsible clutching differential is for use in a drive train of a vehicle to control torque thereof. The drive train includes at least one rotating member defining an axis of rotation of the rotating member; a housing operatively supported in driven relationship with respect to a remainder of the drive train, adapted to rotate about the axis, and defining a cavity of the housing into which the rotating member extends; and at least one cross-pin mounted for rotation with the housing. The differential includes a pair of castellated side gears disposed in the cavity of the housing, supported for rotation about the axis relative to the housing, and having a torque-transmitting connection to the rotating member. The castellated side gears are adapted to be spaced from each other and collapse upon themselves such that the differential collapses upon itself.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: Eaton Corporation
    Inventor: Christopher Wayne Creager
  • Patent number: 7621263
    Abstract: A supercharger drive system that includes a shaft connected to a set of gears; a one-way clutch provided for connection to the shaft; and an actuation controller in communication with the one-way clutch. In an embodiment, the one-way clutch can disengage and rotors or impellers associated with the system are permitted to rotate independently of the one-way clutch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: William Nicholas Eybergen, Daniel Robert Ouwenga, Christopher Wayne Creager
  • Patent number: 7458385
    Abstract: A flapper valve for push-in snap-lock attachment to a spud to be welded to a fuel tank and attached to a flexible filler tube hose. The flapper has an annular flexible seal overmolded thereon, preferably of elastomeric material. The flapper has a pair of trunnions, one of which has an extension or spindle with a resilient member received thereover with one end of the resilient member slidably anchored to a post on the flapper to form a flapper subassembly. The opposite end of the resilient member is deflected to fit in a slot or groove in the body when the trunnions are snapped into a slot formed by at least one deflectable portion formed integrally on the exterior of the tubular valve body for pivoting the flapper. Deflector vanes are provided on the upstream side of the flapper to protect the seal from the end of a siphon hose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2008
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: Charles Joseph Martin, Christopher Wayne Creager
  • Patent number: D711445
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Wayne Creager, Michael David Green
  • Patent number: D767658
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Wayne Creager, Michael David Green
  • Patent number: D770550
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Wayne Creager, Michael David Green