Patents by Inventor Jay D. Britton

Jay D. Britton 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).

  • Multi-cylinder engine crankshaft torsional vibration absorber and balancer and process thereof
    Patent number: 9482307
    Abstract: A crankshaft may comprise a plurality of main journals axially-aligned along a longitudinal axis, a plurality of crankpin journals radially-offset from the longitudinal axis, a first web, of a plurality of webs, coupled to a first main journal of the plurality of main journals and a first crankpin journal of the plurality of crankpin journals, wherein the first crankpin journal is coupled adjacent a first end of the first web, and a first counterweight coupled adjacent a second end of the first web, wherein a configuration of the first counterweight relative to the second end of the first web and the plurality of crankpin journals is spatially tuned and harmonically tuned to at least one harmonic mode of the crankshaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventor: Jay D. Britton
  • Multi-Cylinder Engine Crankshaft Torsional Vibration Absorber and Balancer and Process Thereof
    Publication number: 20160146289
    Abstract: A crankshaft may comprise a plurality of main journals axially-aligned along a longitudinal axis, a plurality of crankpin journals radially-offset from the longitudinal axis, a first web, of a plurality of webs, coupled to a first main journal of the plurality of main journals and a first crankpin journal of the plurality of crankpin journals, wherein the first crankpin journal is coupled adjacent a first end of the first web, and a first counterweight coupled adjacent a second end of the first web, wherein a configuration of the first counterweight relative to the second end of the first web and the plurality of crankpin journals is spatially tuned and harmonically tuned to at least one harmonic mode of the crankshaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventor: Jay D. Britton