Patents by Inventor Daniel Vern Gochenour

Daniel Vern Gochenour 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).

  • Optimized clutch bearing lubrication path for preloaded hydraulic linkage applications
    Patent number: 8689961
    Abstract: The present invention provides an arrangement of a vehicle with a clutch release bearing and a lubrication path through a bell housing of a transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Kingston Jennings, Mahesh Shashidhar Nesari, Clinton Lee McClellan, Daniel Vern Gochenour, Chad Louis Davis
  • Release bearing assembly
    Patent number: 8672114
    Abstract: A release bearing assembly for an automotive clutch connecting an engine with a transmission is provided. The release bearing assembly can have a front slinger with a main body with a generally radial planar portion that at least partially covers an annular spacing between the bearing inner and outer races of the release bearing assembly. A rear slinger is provided which contacts an outer race of the bearing and forms an annular groove portion adjacent the annular spacing between the inner and outer races.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: Chad Louis Davis, Mahesh Shashidhar Nesari, Daniel Vern Gochenour
  • Release bearing assembly
    Patent number: 8087507
    Abstract: A release bearing assembly has a roller bearing, an enclosure and a slinger. The enclosure has first and second flange portions. The slinger has a body portion sized for radial disposition within an inner diameter of the first flange portion. A lip portion extends from the body portion and defines a channel between itself and the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: Dean Alan Geiger, Troy Scott Reinoehl, Robb Edward Grostefon, Arif Husain Mirza, Brent Allen Savage, Daniel Vern Gochenour, Steven Eric McCutcheon, James L. Whitaker
  • Optimized clutch bearing lubrication path for preloaded hydraulic linkage applications
    Publication number: 20110303476
    Abstract: The present invention provides an arrangement of a vehicle with a clutch release bearing and a lubrication path through a bell housing of a transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2011
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Kingston Jennings, Mahesh Shashidhar Nesari, Clinton Lee McClellan, Daniel Vern Gochenour, Chad Louis Davis
  • Release bearing assembly
    Publication number: 20110253500
    Abstract: A release bearing assembly for an automotive clutch connecting an engine with a transmission is provided. The release bearing assembly can have a front slinger with a main body with a generally radial planar portion that at least partially covers an annular spacing between the bearing inner and outer races of the release bearing assembly. A rear slinger is provided which contacts an outer race of the bearing and forms an annular groove portion adjacent the annular spacing between the inner and outer races.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: Chad Louis Davis, Mahesh Shashidhar Nesari, Daniel Vern Gochenour
  • Dual mass clutch system
    Publication number: 20030183471
    Abstract: A dual mass flywheel and clutch system for minimizing torsional vibration levels during engine start-up and during low speed engine operation where the rotational moment of inertia of a clutch input assembly is minimized to raise the torsional natural frequency of the dual mass clutch system above the engine firing frequency when the clutch is disengaged to reduce the level of torsional vibration during engine start-up. After engine start-up, the dual mass clutch system is engaged and the torsional natural frequency of the clutch system returns to a lower frequency due to the rotation of the clutch output assembly thereby effectively reducing the torsional vibration levels in the vehicle driveline in a normal manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2002
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Applicant: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Vern Gochenour, Michael Lee Bassett, Kevin Francis Schlosser, Mark Leon Beakas