Patents by Inventor Eva Bernert

Eva Bernert 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).

  • Tensioner
    Patent number: 9618098
    Abstract: A tensioner comprising a base, a shaft connected to the base, an eccentric adjuster coaxially engaged with the shaft, an arm pivotally engaged with the shaft, a pulley journalled to the arm, a torsion spring engaged between the arm and the base, the arm comprising a first receiving portion and a second receiving portion disposed axially opposite from the first receiving portion, a first damping member disposed between the arm and the base, the first damping member frictionally engaged with the base and engaged with first receiving portion, a second damping member disposed between the arm and the eccentric adjuster having a member engaged with the second receiving portion, and a biasing member disposed between the first damping member and the arm for applying a normal force to the first damping member and to the second damping member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: GATES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Peter Ward, Eva Bernert, Casper Haenbeukers, John T Harvey, Fraser Lacy
  • TENSIONER
    Publication number: 20150119176
    Abstract: A tensioner comprising a base, a shaft connected to the base, an eccentric adjuster coaxially engaged with the shaft, an arm pivotally engaged with the shaft, a pulley journalled to the arm, a torsion spring engaged between the arm and the base, the arm comprising a first receiving portion and a second receiving portion disposed axially opposite from the first receiving portion, a first damping member disposed between the arm and the base, the first damping member frictionally engaged with the base and engaged with first receiving portion, a second damping member disposed between the arm and the eccentric adjuster having a member engaged with the second receiving portion, and a biasing member disposed between the first damping member and the arm for applying a normal force to the first damping member and to the second damping member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2015
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Peter Ward, Eva Bernert, Casper Haenbeukers, John T Harvey, Fraser Lacy
  • Tensioner
    Patent number: 8926462
    Abstract: A tensioner comprising a base, a shaft connected to the base, an eccentric adjuster coaxially engaged with the shaft, an arm pivotally engaged with the shaft, a pulley journalled to the arm, a torsion spring engaged between the arm and the base, the arm comprising a first receiving portion and a second receiving portion disposed axially opposite from the first receiving portion, a first damping member disposed between the arm and the base, the first damping member frictionally engaged with the base and engaged with first receiving portion, a second damping member disposed between the arm and the eccentric adjuster having a member engaged with the second receiving portion, and a biasing member disposed between the first damping member and the arm for applying a normal force to the first damping member and to the second damping member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: The Gates Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Ward, Eva Bernert, Casper Haenbeukers, John T Harvey, Fraser Lacy
  • TENSIONER
    Publication number: 20140113755
    Abstract: A tensioner comprising a base, a shaft connected to the base, an eccentric adjuster coaxially engaged with the shaft, an arm pivotally engaged with the shaft, a pulley journalled to the arm, a torsion spring engaged between the arm and the base, the arm comprising a first receiving portion and a second receiving portion disposed axially opposite from the first receiving portion, a first damping member disposed between the arm and the base, the first damping member frictionally engaged with the base and engaged with first receiving portion, a second damping member disposed between the arm and the eccentric adjuster having a member engaged with the second receiving portion, and a biasing member disposed between the first damping member and the arm for applying a normal force to the first damping member and to the second damping member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Inventors: Peter Ward, Eva Bernert, Casper Haenbeukers, John T. Harvey, Fraser Lacy