Patents by Inventor Karl Gustaf Backstrom

Karl Gustaf Backstrom 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: 3945874
    Abstract: A method of facilitating assembly of hubs, particularly hubs intended for boat engines and being of the kind comprising an outer sleeve, e.g. a propeller sleeve, a hub sleeve mounted coaxially in said outer sleeve, and a rubber bushing between the inner and outer sleeves. In accordance with the invention, the bushing is mounted on the hub sleeve in a non-vulcanized condition, whereafter the sleeve and rubber bushing unit is positioned in the outer sleeve, whereafter vulcanization is carried out. In addition to facilitating correct positioning of bushing and hub sleeve in the outer sleeve the invention provides the advantages of making specialty tools superfluous for mounting of the hub, making possible to reduce the thickness of the outer sleeve as heavy stresses are no longer exerted on said sleeve during mounting, and making storage easier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1974
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1976
    Assignee: AB Volvo Penta
    Inventors: Karl Gustaf Backstrom, Kjell-Idar Borgersen