Patents by Inventor JOSHUA A. PERRY

JOSHUA A. PERRY 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).

  • COMMERCIAL VEHICLE WITH ELECTRIC DRIVEN AXLE
    Publication number: 20220297537
    Abstract: Provided herein is an electric axle including a differential assembly drivingly connected to a first axle half shaft and a second axle half shaft, wherein the first and second axle half shafts each have a wheel coupled to the ends thereof; an electric motor/generator drivingly connected to a first rotatable shaft; a first gear set having a first gear connected to the first rotatable shaft and a second gear connected to a second rotatable shaft; a second gear set having a first gear connected to the second rotatable shaft and a second gear selectively connected to a third rotatable shaft; a third gear set having a first gear connected to the third rotatable shaft and a second gear drivingly connected to the differential assembly; and a selector device configured to selectively connect the third rotatable shaft to the second gear of the second gear set or the first rotatable shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Joshua A. PERRY, William F. WALTZ, George A. WILLFORD, James F. ZIECH
  • COMMERCIAL VEHICLE WITH ELECTRIC DRIVEN AXLE
    Publication number: 20200031224
    Abstract: Provided herein is an electric axle including a differential assembly drivingly connected to a first axle half shaft and a second axle half shaft, wherein the first and second axle half shafts each have a wheel coupled to the ends thereof; an electric motor/generator drivingly connected to a first rotatable shaft; a first gear set having a first gear connected to the first rotatable shaft and a second gear connected to a second rotatable shaft; a second gear set having a first gear connected to the second rotatable shaft and a second gear selectively connected to a third rotatable shaft; a third gear set having a first gear connected to the third rotatable shaft and a second gear drivingly connected to the differential assembly; and a selector device configured to selectively connect the third rotatable shaft to the second gear of the second gear set or the first rotatable shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: DANA HEAVY VEHICLE SYSTEMS GROUP, LLC
    Inventors: JOSHUA A. PERRY, WILLIAM F. WALTZ, GEORGE A. WILLFORD, JAMES F. ZIECH
  • LUBRICANT FLOW REGULATING SYSTEM AND THE AXLE ASSEMBLY MADE THEREWITH
    Publication number: 20180372209
    Abstract: An axle assembly includes a carrier housing, a ring gear disposed within the carrier housing, and a pinion meshed with the ring gear. The pinion is coupled with a pinion shaft rotatably supported in the carrier housing by at least one bearing. A sump and a fluid catch are disposed in the carrier housing. A conduit having a regulator is in fluid communication with the fluid catch and the at least one bearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: DANA HEAVY VEHICLE SYSTEMS GROUP, LLC
    Inventors: DANIEL D. CARMEAN, AARON D. GRIES, GREG C. PARENT, BENJAMIN J. PASSINO, JOSHUA A. PERRY, CHRIS WURZER