Patents by Inventor Dennis ZOLP

Dennis ZOLP 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).

  • Cycloidal wheel drive
    Patent number: 10023406
    Abstract: A wheel assembly and a bin sweep system. The system may include a sweep auger for moving granules, and a wheel assembly including a rim and a tire disposed on the rim, the rim defining an interior radially inward of an inner circumference of the rim, and a cycloidal drive disposed in the interior of the rim. The cycloidal drive may include an input shaft, a drive gear having first gearing features and being eccentrically mounted on the input shaft, a stationary drive plate, and second gearing features coupled to the rim, the first gearing features engaging the second gearing features to drive the rim and wheel at a reduced speed relative to the input shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Actuant Corporation
    Inventors: James A. Klubertanz, Wallace Buege, Bradley Ballweg, Dennis Zolp
  • CYCLOIDAL WHEEL DRIVE
    Publication number: 20160200528
    Abstract: A wheel assembly and a bin sweep system. The system may include a sweep auger for moving granules, and a wheel assembly including a rim and a tire disposed on the rim, the rim defining an interior radially inward of an inner circumference of the rim, and a cycloidal drive disposed in the interior of the rim. The cycloidal drive may include an input shaft, a drive gear having first gearing features and being eccentrically mounted on the input shaft, a stationary drive plate, and second gearing features coupled to the rim, the first gearing features engaging the second gearing features to drive the rim and wheel at a reduced speed relative to the input shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: James A. KLUBERTANZ, Wallace BUEGE, Bradley BALLWEG, Dennis ZOLP