Patents by Inventor Joshua Gayle Boltz

Joshua Gayle Boltz 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).

  • Electronic throttle control assembly
    Patent number: 10864962
    Abstract: An electronic throttle control assembly for a vehicle has a housing that mounts to a handlebar of the vehicle and defines an interior. A rack gear is mounted in the interior for movement in a linear, translational, and/or radial direction. A pinion gear within the interior moves the rack gear upon rotation of the pinion gear. A sensor target is coupled to the rack gear. A sensor detects a position of the sensor target and generates an electric signal for a vehicle control unit. A grip is coupled to the pinion gear, rotation of the grip moving the rack gear and sensor target in a linear, translational, and/or radial direction, the electric signal varying based on the change in position of the sensor target. Opposing springs within the housing resist movement of the rack gear and rest in a normally preloaded state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Sensata Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Allen Pankratz, Edmund Charles O'Neill, Joshua Gayle Boltz, Paul Robert Erickson, Andrew Reid Daavettila, Jeremiah Thomas Rau, Gerald Scherbing
  • Electronic Throttle Control Assembly
    Publication number: 20190375480
    Abstract: An electronic throttle control assembly for a vehicle has a housing that mounts to a handlebar of the vehicle and defines an interior. A rack gear is mounted in the interior for movement in a linear, translational, and/or radial direction. A pinion gear within the interior moves the rack gear upon rotation of the pinion gear. A sensor target is coupled to the rack gear. A sensor detects a position of the sensor target and generates an electric signal for a vehicle control unit. A grip is coupled to the pinion gear, rotation of the grip moving the rack gear and sensor target in a linear, translational, and/or radial direction, the electric signal varying based on the change in position of the sensor target. Opposing springs within the housing resist movement of the rack gear and rest in a normally preloaded state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Applicant: Sensata Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Allen Pankratz, Edmund Charles O'Neill, Joshua Gayle Boltz, Paul Robert Erickson, Andrew Reid Daavettila, Jeremiah Thomas Rau, Gerald Scherbing