Patents by Inventor Ian J. Faass

Ian J. Faass 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: 6224063
    Abstract: Two axially spaced seal rings are located within annular grooves of a retainer to provide a seal for use between a cylindrical shaft and a housing bore. The resulting seal pack can be positioned at a lubricant passage such that lubricant may pass between the housing and the shaft but not longitudinally along the shaft. The annular retainer is dimensioned for an interference fit with either the housing bore or the shaft, and includes at least one opening located between the annular grooves such that lubricant may pass therethrough. An intermediate portion of the annular retainer provides a lubricant channel such that lubricant can flow circumferentially, avoiding the need to orient the opening in the annular retainer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2001
    Assignee: The Torrington Company
    Inventor: Ian J. Faass
  • Patent number: 6036373
    Abstract: Two thrust washers, and rollers positioned between them, are held together as an assembly. One of the thrust washers has an elongated lip extending an axial length outwardly, in a direction away from the rollers and the other thrust washer, for engagement with a cylindrical piloting surface of a backup member such that piloting will be provided over an axial distance equal to the sum of the distance between thrust surfaces of the thrust washers and the axial length of the elongated lip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2000
    Assignee: The Torrington Company
    Inventors: Ian J. Faass, Joseph F. Kenney, Jr.