Patents by Inventor David Paul Adkins

David Paul Adkins 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: 5826986
    Abstract: An improved grease-expelling wheel bearing assembly (1) comprises a grease expelling seal (3), and a grease distributor (5). The grease distributor (5) comprises a collar (7) for mounting about the shaft (9) of a rotor nut (11) and, projecting from the collar (7), at least one grease spreading blade (13) extending radially outwards from the collar towards the assembly housing (15), part (17) of the area between the collar (7) and the housing (15) not being covered by a blade (13), the arrangement being such that rotation of the blade (13) causes grease expelled from the bearing seal (3) to be spread evenly around the circumference of the seal, without preventing its contact with the rotor nut (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1998
    Assignee: Jaguar Cars, Ltd.
    Inventors: David Paul Adkins, Mark Stuart Ford
  • Patent number: 5788264
    Abstract: An anti-roll bar assembly suitable for use in motor vehicles is mounted with respect to a cross beam (24) by means of bearings (30) which engage longitudinally extending portions of the anti-roll bar (12). The bearings (30) engage the first and second end portions (16) of an anti-roll bar intermediate first and second free ends (18) of the end portions (16) and a central portion (14) of the anti-roll bar (12). The bearings (30) fall on a common axis transverse to a longitudinal axis of the motor vehicle and permit adjustment transverse to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle to accommodate tolerance build up in manufacture of the motor vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1998
    Assignee: Jaguar Cars, Ltd.
    Inventors: David Paul Adkins, Robert David Povey, Trevor John Griffiths
  • Patent number: 5779414
    Abstract: A screw threaded fastener comprising a first member with an external screw thread and a second member with a corresponding internal screw thread. One of said first and second members has a radial bore, and the other of said first and second members has a corresponding recess, so that when the screw threads of the first and second members engage, the radial bore may be aligned angularly with the recess. A resilient pin assembly is provided having pins located in said radial bore. The pins are thus resiliently urged in said radial bore toward said recess, so that when the radial bore is aligned angularly with the recess, the pins engage the recess, preventing further relative rotation between the first and second members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1998
    Assignee: Jaguar Cars Limited
    Inventors: David Paul Adkins, Mark Ford