Patents by Inventor James W. Batchelder

James W. Batchelder 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: 4869357
    Abstract: A cylindrical bushing member includes at least one groove of a depth and width to fully accommodate a coil spring within the inner periphery of the bushing with the spring, when relaxed having an inner diameter slightly larger than the diameter of a shaft member projecting axially therethrough. The coil spring is fixed relative to the bushing so as to be non-rotatable relative thereto. The coil spring has at least one end in contact with the periphery of the shaft for frictional engagement therewith such that relative rotation of the bushing and the shaft in one direction causes multiple turns of the coil spring to engage the periphery of the shaft and to snub the spring and to cause a driving member to rotate a driven member as fast as that of the driving member, but permit the driven member to rotate faster and free-wheel to overrun the driving member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 26, 1989
    Inventor: James W. Batchelder