Patents by Inventor Donald W. Hitch

Donald W. Hitch 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).

  • Bearing take-up apparatus
    Patent number: 4325588
    Abstract: A bearing take-up apparatus includes a rigid base having spaced upstanding walls between which a bearing housing having recesses in its upper surface is slidably received. A threaded screw having anchoring means rigidly secured on its ends and nuts intermediate its ends is lowered onto upper surfaces of the end walls with the nuts positioned to be received within the recesses while the anchoring means overhang the end walls. A cover is lowered over the screw and connecting means are provided for releasably connecting the cover to the end walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1980
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1982
    Assignee: P T Components, Inc.
    Inventors: James R. Elliott, Jr., Kathy L. Layne, Donald W. Hitch, Larry G. Marshall