Patents by Inventor John K. Pearson

John K. Pearson 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).

  • Bearing with an electric-acoustic transducer for transmitting information regarding various parameters within the bearing
    Patent number: 5805080
    Abstract: A bearing is mounted within a housing having an acoustic-electric transducer mounted on its outside. A stationary annular outer race has at least one sensor, an electric-acoustic transducer, and an electronic system interconnecting the sensor and the electric-acoustic transducer. The electric-acoustic transducer is mounted in an opening extending radially through the stationary race. The electric-acoustic transducer has an elastic cap pressed into the inside of the housing by a spring. An alternative configuration, having at least one sensor mounted on a rotatable inner race, without a hard-wired connection through the bearing housing, is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1998
    Assignee: The Torrington Company
    Inventors: Richard L. Lemoine, Richard W. Browner, John K. Pearson, Mark I. Jurras, III
  • Bearing with an electric-acoustic transducer for transmitting information regarding various parameters within the bearing
    Patent number: 5602539
    Abstract: A bearing is mounted within a housing having an acoustic-electric transducer mounted on its outside. A stationary annular outer race has at least one sensor, an electric-acoustic transducer, and an electronic system interconnecting the sensor and the electric-acoustic transducer. The electric-acoustic transducer is mounted in an opening extending radially through the stationary race. The electric-acoustic transducer has an elastic cap pressed into the inside of the housing by a spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 11, 1997
    Assignee: The Torrington Company
    Inventors: Richard L. Lemoine, Richard W. Browner, John K. Pearson, Mark I. Jurras, III