Patents by Inventor Jacob Kaplan

Jacob Kaplan 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: 11585423
    Abstract: One general aspect includes a composite sprocket. The composite sprocket also includes a skeleton having a connection interface and an outer portion having a rough tooth structure. The composite sprocket also includes an overlay formed on and over the outer portion of the skeleton and may include of a precision material and forming a high precision tooth structure over the rough tooth structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: ContiTech Antriebssysteme GmbH
    Inventors: Jacob Kaplan, Christopher Ganshert, Ben Roberts
  • Publication number: 20220396429
    Abstract: Synchronous belt systems include two or more sprockets, a first endless belt, and a second endless belt. The belts are connected together with belts attachment hardware through belt ports, and a belts gap is defined between the belts. Each of the sprockets includes sprocket teeth and sprocket tooth spaces between adjacent teeth of the sprocket teeth, and each of the sprockets has a sprocket center ridge. The belts each include a plurality of belt teeth which engage sprocket tooth spaces. The belts gap engages the sprocket center ridge of each of the sprockets. Each of the belts attachment hardware includes a connecting bar which renders a parallel and adjacent configuration of the first endless belt and the second endless belt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Applicant: ContiTech Antriebssysteme GmbH
    Inventors: Jacob Kaplan, Christopher Ganshert, Ben Roberts
  • Publication number: 20220396428
    Abstract: Synchronous belt systems include two or more sprockets, a first endless belt, and a second endless belt. The belts are connected together with belts attachment hardware through belt ports, and a belts gap is defined between the first endless belt and the second endless belt. Each of the sprockets includes sprocket teeth and sprocket tooth spaces between adjacent teeth of the sprocket teeth, and each of the sprockets has a sprocket center ridge. The belts each include a plurality of belt split teeth, and each split tooth of the plurality of belt split teeth has a first belt ridge, a second belt ridge and a belt split tooth space disposed between the belt ridges. The belts gap engages the sprocket center ridge of each of the sprockets, and each of the belts attachment hardware is disposed within the adjacent belt split tooth spaces of the belts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Applicant: ContiTech Antriebssysteme GmbH
    Inventors: Jacob Kaplan, Christopher Ganshert, Ben Roberts
  • Publication number: 20220107014
    Abstract: One general aspect includes a composite sprocket. The composite sprocket also includes a skeleton having a connection interface and an outer portion having a rough tooth structure. The composite sprocket also includes an overlay formed on and over the outer portion of the skeleton and may include of a precision material and forming a high precision tooth structure over the rough tooth structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2020
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: ContiTech Antriebssysteme GmbH
    Inventors: Jacob Kaplan, Christopher Ganshert, Ben Roberts
  • Patent number: 10989293
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a non-metal high torque sprocket and non-metal bushing. The non-metal high torque sprocket includes a body defining an outer periphery and a hub section defining an inner surface for engaging a bushing, a continuous toothed structure disposed on the outer periphery of the body, and a textile reinforcement embedded in the body adjacent the inner surface of the hub section, wherein the body is formed of a castable polymer material. The hub section inner surface is a tapered shape, and is adapted to engage a conventional QD bushing or a taper-lock bushing. The non-metal bushing is engageable by the hub section inner surface of the high torque sprocket. The non-metal bushing may be formed of a castable polymer material, which may optionally include ultra-high molecular weight powder. According to some embodiments, the non-metal bushing is a QD bushing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: ContiTech Antriebssysteme GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Feuerborn, Jacob Kaplan
  • Publication number: 20190277384
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a non-metal high torque sprocket and non-metal bushing. The non-metal high torque sprocket includes a body defining an outer periphery and a hub section defining an inner surface for engaging a bushing, a continuous toothed structure disposed on the outer periphery of the body, and a textile reinforcement embedded in the body adjacent the inner surface of the hub section, wherein the body is formed of a castable polymer material. The hub section inner surface is a tapered shape, and is adapted to engage a conventional QD bushing or a taper-lock bushing. The non-metal bushing is engageable by the hub section inner surface of the high torque sprocket. The non-metal bushing may be formed of a castable polymer material, which may optionally include ultra-high molecular weight powder. According to some embodiments, the non-metal bushing is a QD bushing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: ContiTech USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Feuerborn, Jacob Kaplan
  • Publication number: 20040064451
    Abstract: A method for sorting permutations using reversals for matching genomic evolution or other permutations. The sorting method includes steps to set up a data structure for storing the permutations, assigning symbols to match the permutation elements, and isolate the contiguous sections within the data structure. The corresponding sections are then reversed and the symbols changed in order to sort the permutations recursively until all symbols are contiguous.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2002
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventors: Kathleen Mary Kaplan, John Jacob Kaplan