Patents by Inventor Kenneth Pietila

Kenneth Pietila 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: 9611909
    Abstract: A brake assembly having a seal assembly that extends around a camshaft tube. The seal assembly may have a first retainer ring, a second retainer ring, and a seal. The seal may extend between the first retainer ring and the second retainer ring and the camshaft tube may be disposed between the camshaft and the seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: ArvinMeritor Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Roy Hayford, Kenneth Pietila
  • Publication number: 20160053840
    Abstract: A brake assembly having a seal assembly that extends around a camshaft tube. The seal assembly may have a first retainer ring, a second retainer ring, and a seal. The seal may extend between the first retainer ring and the second retainer ring and the camshaft tube may be disposed between the camshaft and the seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Roy Hayford, Kenneth Pietila
  • Publication number: 20110011206
    Abstract: A driveline yoke is integrally formed as one-piece with a brake rotor. At least one caliper includes a friction element that selectively engages the brake rotor. In one example, the yoke is coupled to a front output of a transfer case and the caliper is mounted to a housing of the transfer case with the friction element engaging a braking surface on the brake rotor in response to a parking brake request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2009
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Inventors: Donn C. Knight, Kenneth Pietila, Florin Patrascu, Christopher Steele
  • Patent number: 4544490
    Abstract: A method and system for dewatering coal fines from the centrate of a pipeline slurry centrifuge, to recover the coal and purify the water, includes blending the centrate from the centrifuge with slurry from the pipeline in the proportion of about 4:1. The blend is chemically conditioned agglomerating polymer, and then dewatered on a belt press. The cake from the belt press is dry enough to burn in the boiler, and the filtrate is clarified in a gravity clarifier. The clarifier effluent is clean enough for plant purposes or to return to the environment, and the clarifier underflow is returned to the blend for dewatering in the belt press. In a second embodiment, the blend is dewatered directly in a disphragm filter press without chemical conditioning, and the filtrate is clean enough to use directly without clarifying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1984
    Date of Patent: October 1, 1985
    Assignee: Rexnord Inc.
    Inventors: Paul R. Erickson, Kenneth A. Pietila