Patents by Inventor Daniel C. Allen

Daniel C. Allen 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 of assembling a golf car
    Patent number: 5836412
    Abstract: A method of assembling either an electric motor powered car or an internal combustion engine powered car along a single assembly line. The method comprises providing a car chassis having a general block shaped drive system receiving area and, selecting a drive system from a group consisting of an electric motor drive system and an internal combustion engine drive system. The method then comprises connecting the selected drive system to the chassis in the drive system receiving area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1998
    Assignee: Textron, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas W. Lyles, Robert A. Courtwright, Daniel C. Allen, Edgar Grigsby, Jr.
  • Steering assembly with idler lever mounted to housing
    Patent number: 5597181
    Abstract: A vehicle steering system having a rack and pinion housing, a steering shaft assembly, a driven rack assembly, and an idler lever. The housing has a unitary idler lever mount. The steering shaft assembly has a pinion gear located in the housing. The driven rack assembly is operably connected to the pinion gear and extends out of the housing. The idler lever is pivotally mounted to the housing at the idler lever mount. The driven rack assembly is attached to the idler lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 28, 1997
    Assignee: Textron Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas W. Lyles, Daniel C. Allen
  • Horn reflector antenna with absorber lined conical feed
    Patent number: 5317328
    Abstract: A conical horn microwave antenna has a reflector positioned at the large end of a conical feed horn which has the side walls of the horn wider than the projected effective area of the reflector such that microwave absorber material lining the feed horn does not obstruct wave propagation between the feed horn and the effective reflector area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1984
    Date of Patent: May 31, 1994
    Assignee: Gabriel Electronics Incorporated
    Inventor: Daniel C. Allen