Patents by Inventor EDWARD J. COPE

EDWARD J. COPE 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).

  • Snap-in bearing cup
    Patent number: 11401968
    Abstract: A joint assembly having a first joint member drivingly connected to a second joint member by a third joint member. The first joint member of the joint assembly has a first yoke arm with a first yoke arm aperture defined by a first yoke arm aperture surface and a second yoke arm with a second yoke arm aperture defined by a second yoke arm aperture surface. The joint assembly M further includes one or more bearing cup assemblies having a bearing cup with a base portion and a tubular portion. At least a portion of the bearing cup assemblies are received and/or retained within at least a portion of the first yoke arm aperture and the second yoke arm aperture of the first joint member. One or more attachment portions extend outboard from at least a portion of an outer surface of the base portion of the bearing cup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Dana Automotive Systems Group, LLC
    Inventors: Edward J. Cope, Michael J. Horvath, Bao T. Luong
  • SNAP-IN BEARING CUP
    Publication number: 20190383326
    Abstract: A joint assembly having a first joint member drivingly connected to a second joint member by a third joint member. The first joint member of the joint assembly has a first yoke arm with a first yoke arm aperture defined by a first yoke arm aperture surface and a second yoke arm with a second yoke arm aperture defined by a second yoke arm aperture surface. The joint assembly M further includes one or more bearing cup assemblies having a bearing cup with a base portion and a tubular portion. At least a portion of the bearing cup assemblies are received and/or retained within at least a portion of the first yoke arm aperture and the second yoke arm aperture of the first joint member. One or more attachment portions extend outboard from at least a portion of an outer surface of the base portion of the bearing cup.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicant: DANA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GROUP, LLC
    Inventors: EDWARD J. COPE, MICHAEL J. HORVATH, BAO T. LUONG