Patents by Inventor Gordon Olmstead

Gordon Olmstead 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).

  • Double stage taumel gear reduction unit
    Patent number: 4884844
    Abstract: A modular taumel reduction device having a housing having internally positioned integrally formed teeth in one embodiment, further containing therewithin at least two concentric planetary gears in communication with each other which rotate and wobble individually within the housing and reduce the input from a preferably flat motor to, in one embodiment, a seat back.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1988
    Date of Patent: December 5, 1989
    Assignee: Magna International Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Kershaw, Beo Meixner, Gordon Olmstead