Patents by Inventor Kari Ann Sausen

Kari Ann Sausen 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: 7876009
    Abstract: The invention provides a press in style motor attachment mount assembly. The assembly includes a motor and a vibration isolator. The motor has an end portion axially remote from the output end and a stop facing the output end. The vibration isolator includes a cup that axially receives the end portion of the motor. The cup includes an end wall, a sidewall, and flexible fingers integrally connected to the sidewall. The flexible fingers have a flexed position in which the tip of the flexible finger is disposed radially outwardly to allow axial assembly of the end portion of the motor into the cup and a locking position where the tip engages the first radial stop to prevent axial detachment of the motor from the cup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard S Baranowski, Kari Ann Sausen, Edward Douglas Pettitt, Steve M Zielinski
  • Publication number: 20090058203
    Abstract: The invention provides for a motor attachment assembly that includes an electric motor having spring clips adapted to securely lock onto the isolation posts of a plastic post vibration isolation system. The motor includes an end cap that has notches which cooperate with locator tabs of the motor housing to lock the cap onto the housing with the spring clips therebetween. Each clip includes an axial slot that is expandable in an open direction to receive an isolation post and biased in the closed direction to retain the isolation post. Each clip also has an inner surface with barbs protruding into the channel to allow insertion of the isolation post into the channel in the direction of the output shaft and to resist movement of the isolation post in a direction opposite to the output shaft. The inner surface has a retention groove to receive plastically deformed portions of the isolation post.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Inventors: Edward Douglas Pettitt, Kari Ann Sausen, John Patrick Morgan
  • Publication number: 20090058209
    Abstract: The invention provides a press in style motor attachment mount assembly. The assembly includes a motor and a vibration isolator. The motor has an end portion axially remote from the output end and a stop facing the output end. The vibration isolator includes a cup that axially receives the end portion of the motor. The cup includes an end wall, a sidewall, and flexible fingers integrally connected to the sidewall. The flexible fingers have a flexed position in which the tip of the flexible finger is disposed radially outwardly to allow axial assembly of the end portion of the motor into the cup and a locking position where the tip engages the first radial stop to prevent axial detachment of the motor from the cup.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Inventors: Richard S. Baranowski, Kari Ann Sausen, Edward Douglas Pettitt, Steve M. Zielinski