Patents by Inventor Jerome M. Daugherty

Jerome M. Daugherty 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).

  • Banded power transmission V-belt
    Patent number: 7942773
    Abstract: A single strand banded V-belt is described featuring at least one ply of a band fabric which traverses the bottom surface and each of the side surfaces of the belt body so as to cover the load-carrying section at the position that it intercepts the side surfaces of the belt body. The ply of band fabric does not overlap with itself. The total sum of the number of plies of band fabric positioned on both side surfaces of the belt body exceed the total sum of the number of plies of band fabric positioned on the top plus bottom surfaces of the belt body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: The Gates Corporation IP Law Dept.
    Inventors: Jerome M. Daugherty, Mitchell Reedy, William Buchholz
  • Power transmission belt, method and apparatus for making the same
    Patent number: 5125875
    Abstract: A power tansmission belt having a body portion comprising at least one strip of belt body material helically wound at an incline with respect to the surfaces of the finished belt. The belt material is wound against itself to form generally inclined and successive plies of body material. Tensile material or load carrying cord is helically wound between the successive plies of the body material. The method and apparatus for simultaneously winding the belt body material and the load carrying cord is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1992
    Assignee: The Gates Rubber Company
    Inventors: Jerome M. Daugherty, Clifford W. Wink
  • V-Belt
    Patent number: 4359355
    Abstract: A single or multiple strand molded notch V-belt and a method for its production is described. The method is characterized by use of an open-ended mold having rigid transverse notches and longitudinal ribs forming a plurality of mold cavities. The belt has undulating mold-formed notches which In one embodiment carry a fabric facing of a particular design to retard initiation and propagation of undercord cracks during operation of the belt around described sheaves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1981
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1982
    Assignee: The Gates Rubber Company
    Inventors: Alfred L. Stecklein, Jerome M. Daugherty
  • V-Belt
    Patent number: 4332576
    Abstract: A single or multiple strand molded notch V-belt and a method for its production is described. The method is characterized by use of an open-ended mold having rigid transverse notches and longitudinal ribs forming a plurality of mold cavities. The belt has undulating mold-formed notches which in one embodiment carry a fabric facing of a particular design to retard initiation and propagation of undercord cracks during operation of the belt around associated sheaves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1980
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1982
    Assignee: The Gates Rubber Company
    Inventors: Alfred L. Stecklein, Jerome M. Daugherty