Patents by Inventor Ira R. Ames, Jr.

Ira R. Ames, Jr. 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).

  • Anti-skid control device and system
    Patent number: 3969003
    Abstract: A mechanical anti-wheel lock-up control system for avoiding wheel lock-up and consequent skidding in a motor vehicle, including a lock-up sensor or control device arranged in an open end of the axle tube and protectively covered over by the hub cap of the wheel, the control device being of an inertia flywheel actuable valve type controlling relief from and application of service air to the braking mechanism, the control device having an input shaft associated with the flywheel by means of an axially disengageable cam clutch and geared to be driven by the hub cap. The control device may be employed in a system individual to each wheel, or in a system serving a plurality or pair of wheels. In the latter, a control module of valves modulates the pressure of service air feeding to the braking mechanism in controlling a wheel lock-up condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1975
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1976
    Assignee: The Jacobs Manufacturing Company Limited
    Inventors: Walter H. Morse, Ira R. Ames, Jr.
  • Anti-skid control device and system
    Patent number: RE29791
    Abstract: A mechanical anti-wheel lock-up control system for avoiding wheel lock-up and consequent skidding in a motor vehicle, including a lock-up sensor or control device arranged in an open end of the axle tube and protectively covered over by the hub cap of the wheel, the control device being of an inertia flywheel actuable valve type controlling relief from and application of service air to the braking mechanism, the control device having an input shaft associated with the flywheel by means of an axially disengageable cam clutch and geared to be driven by the hub cap. The control device may be employed in a system individual to each wheel, or in a system serving a plurality or pair of wheels. In the latter, a control module of valves modulates the pressure of service air feeding to the braking mechanism in controlling a wheel lock-up condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1977
    Date of Patent: October 3, 1978
    Assignee: The Jacobs Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Walter H. Morse, Ira R. Ames, Jr.
  • Anti-skid control device and system
    Patent number: RE30177
    Abstract: A mechanical anti-wheel lock-up control system for avoiding wheel lock-up and consequent skidding in a motor vehicle, including a lock-up sensor or control device arranged in an open end of the axle tube and protectively covered over by the hub cap of the wheel, the control device being of an inertia flywheel actuable valve type controlling relief from and application of service air to the braking mechanism, the control device having an input shaft associated with the flywheel by means of an axially disengageable cam clutch and geared to be driven by the hub cap. The control device may be employed in a system individual to each wheel, or in a system serving a plurality or pair of wheels. In the latter, a control module of valves modulates the pressure of service air feeding to the braking mechanism in controlling a wheel lock-up condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1978
    Date of Patent: December 25, 1979
    Assignee: The Jacobs Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Walter H. Morse, Ira R. Ames, Jr.