Patents by Inventor Ivor G. Sankey

Ivor G. Sankey 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).

  • Hub assembly
    Patent number: 4702526
    Abstract: A hub assembly for a drivable wheel of a motor vehicle, with a hub member 10, a bearing assembly with an outer race 20 and an inner race 21, and a constant velocity universal joint with an outer member 16 and inner member 17, wherein torque is transmitted between the hub member and joint outer member through the intermediary of an element 23 of thermally insulating material. The arrangement is such that the thermally insulating element is loaded substantially only in compression, enabling the use of efficient thermal insulators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1986
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1987
    Assignee: Hardy Spicer Limited
    Inventor: Ivor G. Sankey
  • Splined joint
    Patent number: 4142807
    Abstract: A splined joint between a shaft and a muff, for the purpose of preventing dog-legging has a chamber provided at the end of the muff from which the shaft projects and a guide ring received in such chamber, the guide ring being introduced axially into the chamber past an edge afforded by the muff which removes material from the guide ring to give the required clearance between the shaft and guide ring to constrain relative radial movement between the shaft and muff.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1977
    Date of Patent: March 6, 1979
    Assignee: GKN Transmissions Limited
    Inventors: Leslie G. Fisher, Ivor G. Sankey
  • Sealing members for universal joints
    Patent number: 4132422
    Abstract: A universal joint with outer and inner joint members connected for torque transmission, the inner joint member being received in a cavity in the outer joint member and having a bore in which a shaft is detachably received, has a flexible sealing member which is connected between the outer and inner joint members and has a sealing formation which engages the shaft when present to exclude dirt from the bore in the inner joint member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 2, 1979
    Assignee: GKN Transmissions Ltd.
    Inventors: Ivor G. Sankey, Colin F. S. Turner