Patents by Inventor Jim Beakley

Jim Beakley 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: 6273122
    Abstract: The magnetic valve (16,17) is arrangeable in a multipart housing (12) and includes a coil-part group (64,128) and a valve subassembly (138). The valve subassembly (138) is arrangeable in a valve seat (94,95) provided in a housing (12). The valve subassembly (138) includes a punched seat disk (170) and a punched and deep-drawn valve cap (152), which extend into the valve seat (94,95). A pin insert (214,224) is provided between the valve cap (152) and the seat disk (170). The pin insert (214,224) is connected with one end of a longitudinally slidable pin (202) attached to an armature (194). The magnetic valve can be operated to alternately connect a consumer connection (A) with an inlet connection (P) or a return connection (T). A module (10) including a pair or pairs of these magnetic valves (16,17) is also disclosed. Each pair of valves can includes one valve that is open and another valve that is closed when current flows through their coils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2001
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Schudt, Jim Beakley, John Casari
  • Patent number: 6220300
    Abstract: The module for an electrohydraulic transmission controlling device includes a plurality of magnetic valves (16,17) arranged in a housing (12). The housing (12) includes a control block (24) and a cover (22) for the control block (24). The cover (22) is made by a MID casting method and the control block (24) is made by a thixotropic casting process. Component groups (14), especially a resistor (18), a switch (20) and magnetic valves, are arranged in the housing (12). By making the cover in a MID casting method and the control block by a thixotropic casting process the manufacture of the module is more economical and the assembly is simplified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Schudt, Jim Beakley, Jeff Brownlee, John Casari