Patents by Inventor DAVID E. CORNELL, II

DAVID E. CORNELL, II 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).

  • Gearbox temperature measurement device
    Patent number: 11313740
    Abstract: A transmission in combination with a temperature measurement device and a device exterior to the transmission. The transmission includes a rotatable housing which drives a wheel of a vehicle, a wireless transceiver in communication with a thermistor embedded within molding, a battery embedded within the molding, and the molding resides within the housing. The temperature measurement device resides in a wall of the rotatable housing and the rotatable housing includes an interior volume. The interior volume of the rotatable housing is partially filled with oil for lubrication of transmission components residing within the interior volume of the housing. The temperature measurement device is rotated through the oil and out of the oil within the rotating housing when the rotating housing is in motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: FAIRFIELD MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Jeffrey Lowry, David E. Cornell, II
  • GEARBOX TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT DEVICE
    Publication number: 20200256746
    Abstract: A transmission in combination with a temperature measurement device and a device exterior to the transmission. The transmission includes a rotatable housing which drives a wheel of a vehicle, a wireless transceiver in communication with a thermistor embedded within molding, a battery embedded within the molding, and the molding resides within the housing. The temperature measurement device resides in a wall of the rotatable housing and the rotatable housing includes an interior volume. The interior volume of the rotatable housing is partially filled with oil for lubrication of transmission components residing within the interior volume of the housing. The temperature measurement device is rotated through the oil and out of the oil within the rotating housing when the rotating housing is in motion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: FAIRFIELD MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: MICHAEL JEFFREY LOWRY, DAVID E. CORNELL, II