Patents by Inventor GREGORY J. NABER

GREGORY J. NABER 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).

  • Switchable rocker arm with improved switching response time
    Patent number: 9534511
    Abstract: A rocker arm includes a follower which follows a first lobe of a camshaft and is mounted to a rocker arm body; a lock pin that is selectively moveable in a lock bore between a first position and a second position in order to prevent relative movement between the rocker arm body and the follower in one of the first position and the second position and to permit relative movement between the rocker arm body and the follower in the other of the first position and the second position; and a rocker arm oil passage in fluid communication with the lock bore for communicating oil therethrough to move the lock pin between the first position and the second position. The rocker arm oil passage is elongated in a circumferential direction relative to the lock bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jongmin Lee, Cynthia A. Tawaf, Ian R. Jermy, Gregory J. Naber
  • SWITCHABLE ROCKER ARM WITH IMPROVED SWITCHING RESPONSE TIME
    Publication number: 20150345343
    Abstract: A rocker arm includes a follower which follows a first lobe of a camshaft and is mounted to a rocker arm body; a lock pin that is selectively moveable in a lock bore between a first position and a second position in order to prevent relative movement between the rocker arm body and the follower in one of the first position and the second position and to permit relative movement between the rocker arm body and the follower in the other of the first position and the second position; and a rocker arm oil passage in fluid communication with the lock bore for communicating oil therethrough to move the lock pin between the first position and the second position. The rocker arm oil passage is elongated in a circumferential direction relative to the lock bore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: JONGMIN LEE, CYNTHIA A. TAWAF, IAN R. JERMY, GREGORY J. NABER