Patents by Inventor Grant A. Webb

Grant A. Webb 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: 6540427
    Abstract: A connection element for cable pulls, having a cable pull sleeve for protecting the cable pull core and for the transmission of movements with forces, an elongated wire for mechanical strength of the cable, a guide tube for guiding the inner cable core, and rubber elements for damping. Elongated wires having bent ends are provided with an injection molding so that there is a contour with U-shaped cross section in the injection molding. A holder engages in the injection molding via an elastic element which simultaneously carries the guide tube and connects it with the injection molding. A flat strip with sliding tube opens into the guide tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Assignee: United Parts FHS Automobil Systeme GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Scheidling, Grant A. Webb, Arnd Bürger
  • Patent number: 6499909
    Abstract: A quick fastener with a torsion spring, wherein a pressure piece has a wedge-shaped ramp contour which engages in a housing having a wedge-shaped ramp contour, and wherein the torsion spring is arranged between the pressure piece and the housing so that it holds both parts closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2002
    Assignee: United Parts FHS Automobil Systeme GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Scheidling, Grant A. Webb, Arnd Bürger
  • Publication number: 20020182001
    Abstract: A connection element for cable pulls, having a cable pull sleeve for protecting the cable pull core and for the transmission of movements with forces, an elongated wire for mechanical strength of the cable, a guide tube for guiding the inner cable core, and rubber elements for damping. Elongated wires having bent ends are provided with an injection molding so that there is a contour with U-shaped cross section in the injection molding. A holder engages in the injection molding via an elastic element which simultaneously carries the guide tube and connects it with the injection molding. A flat strip with sliding tube opens into the guide tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 1999
    Publication date: December 5, 2002
    Inventors: MATTHIAS SCHEIDLING, GRANT A. WEBB, ARND BURGER
  • Patent number: 6321616
    Abstract: A gear catching for a shift transmission in a motor vehicle including a rotatably mounted shift lever and bearing. The catching includes a substantially spherical body having at least one cam at the shift lever or a bearing shell enclosing it. The cam catches in a catch cam. The catch cam or cam is constructed in a springing manner and, due to catching, gives the driver a clear sense of shifting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Assignee: United Parts FHS Automobil Systeme GmbH
    Inventors: Jürgen Hohmeier, Arnd Bürger, Grant A. Webb
  • Patent number: 6308395
    Abstract: A flexible motion transmitting core element (12) is attached a rod (14) and a conduit (16) movably supports the core element (12) and has an end portion to which is attached an end fitting (18). An insert (20) has a neck portion (22) embedded in the end fitting (18) and a spherical portion (24) presenting a ball-shaped pocket and extending from said neck portion (22) through a maximum inner diameter D. A swivel tube (26) has a bore therethrough for movably supporting the rod (14) and has a convex spherical surface (28) slidably supported in the ball-shaped pocket for swiveling movement relative to the end fitting (18). The end fitting (18) embeds only a portion of the spherical portion (24) of the insert (20) for allowing the open end (30) to move radially to snap the convex spherical surface (28) of the swivel tube (26) into the ball-shaped pocket of the insert (20). The insert (20) includes an anchor flange (32) for anchoring the insert (20) in the end fitting (18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2001
    Assignee: Teleflex Incorporated, Inc.
    Inventor: Grant A. Webb
  • Patent number: 6189408
    Abstract: The assembly is characterized by simultaneously molding the support fitting (18) and the swivel tube (20) of an organic polymeric material to be bonded to the conduit which extends between the support fitting (18) and the swivel tube (20) to allow the swivel tube (20) to oscillate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Assignee: Teleflex Incorporated
    Inventors: Matthias Scheidling, Arndt Bürger, Grant Webb
  • Patent number: 6119543
    Abstract: A flexible motion transmitting core element (12) is attached a rod (14) and a conduit (16) movably supports the core element (12) and has an end portion to which is attached an end fitting (18). An insert (20) has a neck portion (22) embedded in the end fitting (18) and a spherical portion (24) presenting a ball-shaped pocket and extending from said neck portion (22) through a maximum inner diameter D. A swivel tube (26) has a bore therethrough for movably supporting the rod (14) and has a convex spherical surface (28) slidably supported in the ball-shaped pocket for swiveling movement relative to the end fitting (18). The end fitting (18) embeds only a portion of the spherical portion (24) of the insert (20) for allowing the open end (30) to move radially to snap the convex spherical surface (28) of the swivel tube (26) into the ball-shaped pocket of the insert (20). The insert (20) includes an anchor flange (32) for anchoring the insert (20) in the end fitting (18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2000
    Assignee: Teleflex Incorporated
    Inventor: Grant A. Webb
  • Patent number: 5709132
    Abstract: A motion transmitting remote control assembly (10) comprises a protective tubular conduit (12) and a flexible motion transmitting core element (14) slidably disposed in the conduit (12) for conveying longitudinal forces. A length adjuster (18) adjusts the longitudinal length of the core element (14). The length adjuster (18) includes a housing (20) having a plurality of transverse teeth (22), and a slider (26) which is longitudinally moveable within a track (24) of the housing (20) between maximum and minimum length adjusted positions. A toothed interlock (36) is transversely movable relative to the slider (26) between a shipping condition in which its teeth (44) are disengaged from the teeth (22) of the housing (20) and an engaged condition in which its teeth (44) engage the teeth (22) of the housing (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1998
    Assignee: Telefex Incorporated
    Inventors: Allen G. Irish, Grant Webb
  • Patent number: 5678456
    Abstract: A sleeve (16) having a shipping section (24) for loosely holding a collar (22) to allow the sleeve (16) to be adjusted axially along the conduit (14) to the desired support position. Therafter, a clamp, strap, or other support structure, (18) clamps a support section (21) of the sleeve (16) which is sufficiently rigid and strong to prevent collapse inwardly. To prevent further axial movement of the slave (16) along the conduit (14), the collar (16) is forced over a retention shoulder (28) to radially collapse a gripping section (20) of the sleeve as facilitated by longitudinal slits (26) in the sleeve (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 21, 1997
    Assignee: Teleflex Incorporated
    Inventor: Grant A. Webb
  • Patent number: 5582074
    Abstract: A motion transmitting remote control assembly for park brake applications includes a conduit slidably supporting a core element and having an end fitting disposed on each end of the conduit. The end fitting includes a seal body formed of a relatively resilient organic polymeric material and a frame disposed about the seal body and formed of a different and relatively more rigid organic polymeric material and having a plurality of snap-in locking fingers to engage behind a surface of a support structure upon advancing the locking fingers through an aperture of the support structure. A connector member is molded from an organic polymeric material in place simultaneously about each of the seal body and frame and about the end of the conduit to provide an interconnection therebetween and to provide a transverse abutment surface spaced longitudinally from bearing surfaces of the snap-in locking fingers for engaging an opposite surface of the support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1996
    Assignee: Teleflex Incorporated
    Inventors: Larry W. Kelley, Grant A. Webb, Joseph M. Laperriere, III
  • Patent number: 4185515
    Abstract: A motion transmitting remote control assembly of the type for transmitting motion in a curved path by a flexible motion transmitting a core element movably supported by a guide such as a conduit. The assembly includes connection means for connecting either or both the conduit to a support structure and the core element to a control element. The connector means includes a snap-in connector for snap-in retention in an opening and is defined by a body for disposition on one side of the opening and a head for insertion through and retention in the opening. The head includes a first leg integral with and extending outwardly from the body to an outward end and a second leg extending generally inwardly from the outward end of the first leg to a distal end. The legs are spaced apart from one another whereby the second leg may be flexed or moved toward the first leg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1974
    Date of Patent: January 29, 1980
    Assignee: Teleflex Incorporated
    Inventor: Grant A. Webb
  • Patent number: 4173157
    Abstract: A motion transmitting remote control assembly of the type for transmitting forces along a curved path by a flexible motion transmitting core element movably supported within a conduit. The core element is a stranded cable-like member having a first end extending from a support member secured to the conduit and supported by a support structure. A terminal member is disposed on the end of the core element and is operatively attached to a control member. The support member includes a male spherical end portion and a wiper means comprising a female spherical member is snapped onto the male spherical portion for swivelling movement. The female spherical member is in wiping engagement with the core element for preventing foreign matter on the extended length of the core element from entering into the conduit upon movement of the core element while at the same time allows the axis of the extended length of the core element to move in a conical area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1978
    Date of Patent: November 6, 1979
    Assignee: Teleflex Incorporated
    Inventors: Donald M. Miller, Grant A. Webb
  • Patent number: 4011770
    Abstract: A motion transmitting remote control assembly of the type for transmitting motion in a curved path by a flexible motion transmitting core element movably supported by a conduit with support fittings at each end of the conduit for snapping into mechanical interlocking engagement in an aperture in a wall. Two embodiments of the support fitting are disclosed, one being manually removable from the aperture while the other is not. The support fittings include flanges for engaging the wall on the inserting side of the aperture with a generally U-shaped body extending from the flanges. Snap-in legs extend from the bottom of the U-shaped body in a cantilevered fashion to define a shoulder adjacent and spaced from the flange means for engaging against the wall at the opposite extremity of the aperture. Pilot posts are defined by the U-shaped body and are disposed laterally at the sides of the snap-in legs to define the ends of the body portion, i.e., the pilot posts define the four corners of the body portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1975
    Date of Patent: March 15, 1977
    Assignee: Teleflex Incorporated
    Inventor: Grant A. Webb