Patents by Inventor John A. Bendoraitas

John A. Bendoraitas 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).

  • Camshaft manufacture
    Patent number: 4847963
    Abstract: Individually produced cams and journals are fastened to a hollow tube to form a camshaft by outwordly deforming the tube with a lost mandrel which is left in the tube to form a seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 18, 1989
    Assignee: The Torrington Company
    Inventors: John A. Bendoraitas, Jeffrey A. Clark
  • Camshaft manufacture
    Patent number: 4809562
    Abstract: A camshaft assembly is made by inserting a hollow tube into cams and journals in close fitting relationship. A plug is forced through the tube to a predetermined position. The cams and journals have circular shaped openings with circumferentially spaced apart axially extending grooves. The plug has circumferentially spaced apart protrusions which expand circumferentially spaced apart portions of the tube into the circumferentially spaced apart grooves in the cams and journals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 7, 1989
    Assignee: The Torrington Company
    Inventors: John A. Bendoraitas, Jeffrey A. Clark