Patents by Inventor Donald D Albrecht

Donald D Albrecht 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).

  • Abrasive generation of non-metallic gear
    Patent number: 6585457
    Abstract: A hob cutter includes a cutting portion and an abrading portion in mechanical communication with the cutting portion. The cutting portion includes a plurality of hob teeth having at least one gash extending therethrough to define a cutting face on a front of each hob tooth and a trailing face on a back of each hob tooth. The abrading portion includes a plurality of abrading teeth positioned adjacent to each other. Both the hob teeth and the abrading teeth are continuously formed and helically arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas J. Bucholz, David E. King, Donald D Albrecht, Theodore Glenn Seeger, Jeffery Alan Zuraski
  • Abrasive generation of non-metallic gear
    Publication number: 20020081162
    Abstract: A hob cutter includes a cutting portion and an abrading portion in mechanical communication with the cutting portion. The cutting portion includes a plurality of hob teeth having at least one gash extending therethrough to define a cutting face on a front of each hob tooth and a trailing face on a back of each hob tooth. The abrading portion includes a plurality of abrading teeth positioned adjacent to each other. Both the hob teeth and the abrading teeth are continuously formed and helically arranged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2000
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Inventors: Thomas J. Bucholz, David E. King, Donald D. Albrecht, Theodore Glenn Seeger, Jeffery Alan Zuraski