Patents by Inventor George K. Carpenter

George K. Carpenter 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: 8907541
    Abstract: A slot liner is configured for association with a tooth of an electro-dynamic machine core having an annular rim and circumferentially spaced teeth radially extending from the annular rim. The slot liner includes sidewalls configured to line circumferential surfaces of the tooth, first and second tabs formed by bends in the sidewalls, the first tab being configured to line a portion of the annular rim adjacent to the tooth and the second tab being configured to overlap with a tab of an adjacent slot liner and a retainer configured to retain the sidewalls against a radially inward portion of the tooth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Remy Technologies, L.L.C.
    Inventors: George K. Carpenter, J. Paul Murphy, Gregory Geoffrion
  • Publication number: 20140084740
    Abstract: A slot liner is configured for association with a tooth of an electro-dynamic machine core having an annular rim and circumferentially spaced teeth radially extending from the annular rim. The slot liner includes sidewalls configured to line circumferential surfaces of the tooth, first and second tabs formed by bends in the sidewalls, the first tab being configured to line a portion of the annular rim adjacent to the tooth and the second tab being configured to overlap with a tab of an adjacent slot liner and a retainer configured to retain the sidewalls against a radially inward portion of the tooth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: REMY TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
    Inventors: George K. Carpenter, J. Paul Murphy, Gregory Geoffrion
  • Patent number: 4424740
    Abstract: A compactor safety interlock mechanism including a support with the support including a trash container receiving means and a compactor mechanism, the compactor mechanism including a door opening for receiving the trash and a door for said door opening, outlet means in the compactor mechanism dispensing trash into a trash container when the trash is put into the door opening, ram means in the compactor mechanism having up and down positions movable from a compactor mechanism from above the door opening, past the door and into a trash container when positioned in the support, interlock means associated with the support responsive to a trash container when the trash container is in proper position in the support for activating the ram, latch means for maintaining the door locked when the ram is in down position and for unlocking the door when the ram is in up position, control means associated with the door for deactivating the ram when the door is opened and for activating the ram when the door is closed, mean
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1984
    Assignee: Marathon Equipment Company
    Inventors: Kenneth W. Gwathney, George K. Carpenter