Patents by Inventor Elmer B. Lutz

Elmer B. Lutz 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: 4887703
    Abstract: An overriding clutch having a housing, an outer body, and an inner body, wherein the outer body and inner body are rotatable about a clutch axis. The outer body includes a peripheral wall with a radially inner surface and includes an end wall connected to the peripheral wall and to a first shaft portion. The inner body includes an annular wall portion and a second shaft portion connected to the annular wall portion; and has a compression member with a pair of diametrically opposite roller members. The compression member has a center portion and has a pair of enlarged end portions, which are received in a pair of bearing holes in the annular wall portion. The enlarged end portions have a pair of radially outer sides with a respective pair of end bearing surfaces for urging the respective roller members against the radially inner surface by equal and opposite radial forces, for transmitting a torque from the inner body to the outer body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1988
    Date of Patent: December 19, 1989
    Assignee: Honeywell Inc.
    Inventors: Eugene A. Moore, Elmer B. Lutz