Patents by Inventor Dale Lee Hartsock

Dale Lee Hartsock 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).

  • Method and an assembly for braking a selectively moveable assembly having a controllably varying amount of self energization
    Patent number: 6938737
    Abstract: A brake assembly including a brake pad; a selectively movable rotor, a backing plate which is coupled to the brake pad, at least a first roller which is coupled to the backing plate, a caliper, at least a second roller which is coupled to the caliper, a wedge member which is positioned between and which engages the at least first and the at least second roller, and a motor which is coupled to the wedge member and which selectively moves the wedge member, effective to brake a selectively movable assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2005
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Dale Lee Hartsock
  • Method and an assembly for braking a selectively moveable assembly having a controllably varying amount of self energization
    Publication number: 20040178027
    Abstract: An electromechanical brake assembly 10 having a pair of selectively movable and dissimilar self energization wedge members 24, 26 which are respectively and independently controlled by motors 30, 34, and which have respectively dissimilar angles of inclination 60, 62, thereby providing a controllably varying amount of self energization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2004
    Publication date: September 16, 2004
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Dale Lee Hartsock
  • Method and an assembly for braking a selectively moveable assembly having a controllably varying amount of self energization
    Patent number: 6752247
    Abstract: An electromechanical brake assembly 10 having a pair of selectively movable and dissimilar self energization wedge members 24, 26 which are respectively and independently controlled by motors 30, 34, and which have respectively dissimilar angles of inclination 60, 62, thereby providing a controllably varying amount of self energization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2004
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Dale Lee Hartsock
  • Method and an assembly for braking a selectively moveable assembly having a controllably varying amount of self energization
    Publication number: 20030205438
    Abstract: An electromechanical brake assembly 10 having a pair of selectively movable and dissimilar self energization wedge members 24, 26 which are respectively and independently controlled by motors 30, 34, and which have respectively dissimilar angles of inclination 60, 62, thereby providing a controllably varying amount of self energization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2002
    Publication date: November 6, 2003
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Dale Lee Hartsock