Patents by Inventor Claude A. Soots

Claude A. Soots 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: 4913687
    Abstract: Power-transmission sheaves conventionally include a centrally-open and shaft-engageable hub portion surrounding a directionally transversely extending hub-axis and together with at least one grooved belt-training portion that is surroundably connected to the hub portion and that provides a grooved outward periphery for the sheave. The at least one belt-training portion includes transversely separated flanged sides for the belt-training groove. Such conventional power-transmission sheaves are given enhanced belt engagement by providing one, or preferably both, of the flanged sides with a plurality of transversely extending openings therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 3, 1990
    Inventor: Claude A. Soots