Patents by Inventor Howard W. Zuch

Howard W. Zuch 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).

  • Drive shifting apparatus for valve control and the like
    Patent number: 4429591
    Abstract: A drive shifting apparatus for a valve control and the like is provided with a source of power for motor operation, a separate source of power for hand operation and a shifting means shiftable between the hand power and motor power sources. The shifting means may be a spring loaded clutch normally connecting the motor power source with the valve control, a latch means to hold the clutch in the hand power position against the spring pressure and a cam on the motor automatically releasing the latch when the motor is energized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1981
    Date of Patent: February 7, 1984
    Assignee: EIM Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Howard W. Zuch, Paul Weber
  • Eddy current brake
    Patent number: 4398111
    Abstract: An eddy current machine has a disc-type rotor mounted on a transversely disposed shaft and circularly arranged sets of adjacent poles of different polarity. A uniform flux path is provided for the magnetic lines of flux. The air gap between the pole faces and the rotor can be adjusted. Cooling fluid circulates around both rotor and pole faces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1982
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1983
    Assignee: Baylor Company
    Inventor: Howard W. Zuch