Patents by Inventor James E. Mickelson
James E. Mickelson 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).
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Patent number: 7419305Abstract: A sealing assembly for a bearing assembly. The sealing system comprising a removable cover and a rotatable member. The bearing assembly also comprising a bearing insert and a bearing housing. The removable cover is securable to the bearing housing. The rotatable member is secured to the removable cover. The rotatable member has an opening for a rotatable shaft to pass into the bearing assembly through the rotatable member. The opening through the rotatable member is adapted to receive the rotatable shaft and to form a seal against the rotatable shaft.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2001Date of Patent: September 2, 2008Assignee: Reliance Electric Technologies LLCInventors: Donald L. Nisley, James E. Mickelson
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Patent number: 7314330Abstract: A system is provided for securing two ends of a rotating member, such as a shaft, with respect to a non-rotating member, such as a mounting hub. Inner and outer sleeves have tapered surfaces and are positioned about the rotating member and provided within a bore of the non-rotating member. The tapered surfaces of the inner and outer sleeves cooperate in securing the shaft within the bore. The one or more inner sleeves collectively provide two threaded extensions for engagement with two nuts. Further, the one or more outer sleeves aggregately include two extensions, each having an annular groove to accommodate a lip formed in the nut. The system is engaged and disengaged through the interaction of the various tapered surfaces and the nuts, caused by the directional rotation of the nuts.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2007Date of Patent: January 1, 2008Assignee: Reliance Electric Technologies, LLCInventors: Paul Thomas Gorski, Donald L. Nisley, James E. Mickelson, Roman M. Wajda
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Patent number: 7305767Abstract: A system is provided for securing a rotating member with respect to a non-rotating member. A hollow member, such as a mounting hub or an inner ring of a bearing assembly, includes an extension having an annular outer groove. One or more tapered sleeves serve to lock the hollow member about a mechanical component, such as a shaft. A nut engageable on a sleeve includes an eccentric front aperture adjacent to a concentric groove, thereby forming a lip of varying depth The system is engaged by rotation of the nut on the sleeve in one direction, and disassembled by counterrotation of the nut such that a portion of the varying depth lip co-acts with a lip formed by a groove on an outer sleeve or on the hollow member.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2004Date of Patent: December 11, 2007Assignee: Reliance Electric Technologies, LLCInventors: Donald L. Nisley, James E. Mickelson, Roman M. Wajda
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Patent number: 7207741Abstract: A system is provided for securing two ends of a rotating member, such as a shaft, with respect to a non-rotating member, such as a mounting hub. Inner and outer sleeves have tapered surfaces and are positioned about the rotating member and provided within a bore of the non-rotating member. The tapered surfaces of the inner and outer sleeves cooperate in securing the shaft within the bore. The one or more inner sleeves collectively provide two threaded extensions for engagement with two nuts. Further, the one or more outer sleeves aggregately include two extensions, each having an annular groove to accommodate a lip formed in the nut. The system is engaged and disengaged through the interaction of the various tapered surfaces and the nuts, caused by the directional rotation of the nuts.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2004Date of Patent: April 24, 2007Assignee: Reliance Electric Technologies, LLCInventors: Paul Thomas Gorski, Donald L. Nisley, James E. Mickelson, Roman M. Wajda
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Patent number: 7147926Abstract: A multi-layer corrosion protection system and a method for applying the multi-layer corrosion protection system. The system comprises a corrosion-resistant layer plated onto a metallic substrate. The corrosion-resistant layer may be deposited using an autocatalytic (electroless) process. The corrosion-resistant layer may comprise phosphorous. The system comprises a stain-resistant layer deposited over the corrosion-resistant layer. The stain-resistant layer may be deposited using an autocatalytic (electroless) process. The stain-resistant layer may comprise nickel. The system may also comprise an inner layer plated onto the metallic substrate to prepare the metallic substrate for the application of the corrosion-resistant layer. The inner layer may comprise nickel and may be deposited using an autocatalytic (electroless) process.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2003Date of Patent: December 12, 2006Assignee: Reliance Electric Technologies, LLCInventors: James E. Mickelson, Alan M. Turza
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Patent number: 6939053Abstract: A system is provided for securing a rotating member with respect to a non-rotating member. A hollow member, such as an inner ring of a bearing assembly, includes an extension having an annular outer groove. A tapered sleeve serves to lock the hollow member about a mechanical component, such as a shaft. A nut engageable on the sleeve includes an eccentric front aperture adjacent to a concentric groove, thereby forming a lip of varying depth. The system is engaged by rotation of the nut on the sleeve in one direction, and disassembled by counterrotation of the nut such that a portion of the varying depth lip co-acts with a lip formed by the groove of the hollow member.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2001Date of Patent: September 6, 2005Assignee: Reliance Electric Technologies, LLCInventors: Donald L. Nisley, James E. Mickelson
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Publication number: 20040261269Abstract: A system is provided for securing a rotating member with respect to a non-rotating member. A hollow member, such as a mounting hub or an inner ring of a bearing assembly, includes an extension having an annular outer groove. One or more tapered sleeves serve to lock the hollow member about a mechanical component, such as a shaft. A nut engageable on a sleeve includes an eccentric front aperture adjacent to a concentric groove, thereby forming a lip of varying depth The system is engaged by rotation of the nut on the sleeve in one direction, and disassembled by counterrotation of the nut such that a portion of the varying depth lip co-acts with a lip formed by a groove on an outer sleeve or on the hollow member.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2004Publication date: December 30, 2004Inventors: Donald L. Nisley, James E. Mickelson, Roman M. Wajda
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Publication number: 20040211065Abstract: A system is provided for securing a rotating member with respect to a non-rotating member. A hollow member, such as an inner ring of a bearing assembly, includes an extension having an annular outer groove. A tapered sleeve serves to lock the hollow member about a mechanical component, such as a shaft. A nut engageable on the sleeve includes an eccentric front aperture adjacent to a concentric groove, thereby forming a lip of varying depth. The system is engaged by rotation of the nut on the sleeve in one direction, and disassembled by counterrotation of the nut such that a portion of the varying depth lip co-acts with a lip formed by the groove of the hollow member.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2004Publication date: October 28, 2004Inventors: Donald L. Nisley, James E. Mickelson
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Publication number: 20030039422Abstract: A sealing assembly for a bearing assembly. The sealing system comprising a removable cover and a rotatable member. The bearing assembly also comprising a bearing insert and a bearing housing. The removable cover is securable to the bearing housing. The rotatable member is secured to the removable cover. The rotatable member has an opening for a rotatable shaft to pass into the bearing assembly through the rotatable member. The opening through the rotatable member is adapted to receive the rotatable shaft and to form a seal against the rotatable shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2001Publication date: February 27, 2003Inventors: Donald L. Nisley, James E. Mickelson
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Publication number: 20030037438Abstract: A system is provided for securing a rotating member with respect to a non-rotating member. A hollow member, such as an inner ring of a bearing assembly, includes an extension having an annular outer groove. A tapered sleeve serves to lock the hollow member about a mechanical component, such as a shaft. A nut engageable on the sleeve includes an eccentric front aperture adjacent to a concentric groove, thereby forming a lip of varying depth. The system is engaged by rotation of the nut on the sleeve in one direction, and disassembled by counterrotation of the nut such that a portion of the varying depth lip co-acts with a lip formed by the groove of the hollow member.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2001Publication date: February 27, 2003Inventors: Donald L. Nisley, James E. Mickelson
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Patent number: 4697675Abstract: A backstop for a reducer having a casing comprises a one-way cylindrical clutch having a plurality of circularly arranged locking elements therein engaged by the periphery a reducer input shaft passing axially therethrough. To achieve a precise concentricity of the reducer shaft and the circularly arranged locking elements so that each element is stressed, the clutch is loosely housed in and loosely keyed to a clutch casing which is in turn firmly attached to a portion of the reducer casing and the one-way clutch and circularly arranged locking elements are then bushing aligned concentric with the reducer input shaft extending axially therethrough.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 1986Date of Patent: October 6, 1987Assignee: Emerson Electric Co.Inventors: Harold R. Johnson, III, Allyn E. Phillips, Erwin R. Carrigan, Richard A. Virgo, James E. Mickelson