Patents by Inventor Ken Burns

Ken Burns 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).

  • DC motor with directionally determined torque
    Patent number: 8242736
    Abstract: A device and method for matching the rates of speed at which an electric motor that is drivingly connected to a worm gear raises and lowers a window in an automobile power window assembly. By axially displacing the motor's armature, and/or by varying the thread and tooth profiles of the worm and the gear, the amount of torque produced by the motor and transmitted through the worm gear can be altered. In order to compensate for the effect of gravity on the motor load and on the window's speed of ascent and descent, more torque is provided when the window is being raised and less torque is provided when the window is being lowered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joseph Whinnery, Dave Peterson, Ken Burns
  • DC MOTOR WITH DIRECTIONALLY DETERMINED TORQUE
    Publication number: 20090251080
    Abstract: A device and method for matching the rates of speed at which an electric motor that is drivingly connected to a worm gear raises and lowers a window in an automobile power window assembly. By axially displacing the motor's armature, and/or by varying the thread and tooth profiles of the worm and the gear, the amount of torque produced by the motor and transmitted through the worm gear can be altered. In order to compensate for the effect of gravity on the motor load and on the window's speed of ascent and descent, more torque is provided when the window is being raised and less torque is provided when the window is being lowered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2008
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Applicant: HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Joseph Whinnery, Ken Burns, Dave Peterson