Patents by Inventor Kenneth E. Peterson

Kenneth E. Peterson 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: 12420900
    Abstract: A marine drive is for propelling a marine vessel in water. The marine drive has a cowling defining a cowling interior, a steering arm extending forwardly from the marine drive, the steering arm configured for steering of the marine drive about a steering axis, a flexible rigging connector extending forwardly from the cowling interior to a location in the marine vessel, and a retainer on the steering arm which retains the flexible rigging connector in position relative to the steering arm such that steering of the marine drive about the steering axis also steers the retainer and the flexible rigging connector about the steering axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2025
    Assignee: Brunswick Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew J. Przybyl, Kenneth E. Peterson, Derek J. Fletcher, Phillip J. Niemann
  • Patent number: 12246812
    Abstract: A stowable propulsion system for a marine vessel. A base is configured to be coupled to the marine vessel. A propulsion device is configured to propel the marine vessel in water. A shaft extends along a length axis and pivotably couples the propulsion device to the base. The propulsion device is pivotable into and between a stowed position and a deployed position, wherein pivoting the propulsion device causes the shaft to rotate about the length axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Brunswick Corporation
    Inventors: Jeremy J. Kraus, Aaron J. Novak, Brandon C. Andrus, Kenneth E. Peterson, Joshua S. Smith
  • Publication number: 20230132886
    Abstract: A stowable propulsion system for a marine vessel. A base is configured to be coupled to the marine vessel. A propulsion device is configured to propel the marine vessel in water. A shaft extends along a length axis and pivotably couples the propulsion device to the base. The propulsion device is pivotable into and between a stowed position and a deployed position, wherein pivoting the propulsion device causes the shaft to rotate about the length axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: Brunswick Corporation
    Inventors: Jeremy J. Kraus, Aaron J. Novak, Brandon C. Andrus, Kenneth E. Peterson, Joshua S. Smith
  • Patent number: 11572146
    Abstract: A stowable propulsion system for a marine vessel. A base is configured to be coupled to the marine vessel. A shaft has a proximal end and a distal end with a length axis defined therebetween, where the shaft is pivotably coupled to the base and pivotable about a transverse axis between a stowed position and a deployed position, and where the distal end is closer to the marine vessel when in the stowed position than in the deployed position. A gearset is engaged between the shaft and the base, where the gearset rotates the shaft about the length axis when the shaft is pivoted between the stowed position and the deployed position. A propulsion device is coupled to the distal end of the shaft. The propulsion device is configured to propel the marine vessel in water when the shaft is in the deployed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Brunswick Corporation
    Inventors: Jeremy J. Kraus, Aaron J. Novak, Brandon C. Andrus, Kenneth E. Peterson, Joshua S. Smith
  • Publication number: 20220266971
    Abstract: A stowable propulsion system for a marine vessel. A base is configured to be coupled to the marine vessel. A shaft has a proximal end and a distal end with a length axis defined therebetween, where the shaft is pivotably coupled to the base and pivotable about a transverse axis between a stowed position and a deployed position, and where the distal end is closer to the marine vessel when in the stowed position than in the deployed position. A gearset is engaged between the shaft and the base, where the gearset rotates the shaft about the length axis when the shaft is pivoted between the stowed position and the deployed position. A propulsion device is coupled to the distal end of the shaft. The propulsion device is configured to propel the marine vessel in water when the shaft is in the deployed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: Brunswick Corporation
    Inventors: Jeremy J. Kraus, Aaron J. Novak, Brandon C. Andrus, Kenneth E. Peterson, Joshua S. Smith
  • Patent number: 5998902
    Abstract: A magnet rotor assembly is provided with a nonmagnetic ring, which can be made of an elastomeric material, which has at least one locating protrusion extending radially outward from a first surface of the ring. It also comprises at least one locking protrusion extending radially outward from the second surface of the ring. A plurality of permanent magnets are embedded within the nonmagnetic ring and spaced circumferentially around the nonmagnetic ring. The ring is shaped to be received within a rotatable component of an internal combustion engine, such as a flywheel, which has an internal cylindrical surface. The locking protrusions of the ring are shaped to elastically deflect in a radially inward direction in response to contact between the locking protrusions and the internal cylindrical surface of the rotatable component when the nonmagnetic ring is forced axially into the rotatable component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Brunswick Corporation
    Inventors: Richard L. Sleder, Sr., Steven J. Gonring, Kenneth E. Peterson
  • Patent number: 4447015
    Abstract: A toilet tissue holder consisting of a tubular roller having flexible ribs to frictionally hold a roll of tissue and providing for the inclusion within the roller of such a particular adjusted weight with regard to the tear strength of the tissue carried thereon that with a pull or tear motion, a desired number of sheets will be removed avoiding the free rolling of the tissue or such stiffness that single sheets are removed with effort.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1982
    Date of Patent: May 8, 1984
    Inventor: Kenneth E. Peterson
  • Patent number: D279228
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1983
    Date of Patent: June 11, 1985
    Assignee: IK Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Kenneth E. Peterson
  • Patent number: D279527
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1983
    Date of Patent: July 9, 1985
    Inventor: Kenneth E. Peterson