Patents by Inventor Kevin John Francis Whitfield

Kevin John Francis Whitfield 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: 6358171
    Abstract: A power transmission belt with a good balance of high temperature resistance, good belt durability and low temperature flexibility, and a service range of about −40° C. to about 140° C. The main belt body portion of the power transmission belt is manufactured from an elastomeric material comprising 100 parts by weight of an at least partially hydrogenated nitrile group-containing copolymer rubber, and from about 0.5 to about 50 parts per hundred weight of said rubber of a fiber reinforcement having a length to diameter ratio of greater than 10:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: The Gates Corporation
    Inventor: Kevin John Francis Whitfield
  • Patent number: 6283868
    Abstract: A flexible shaft coupling element comprising a sleeve shaped body having a central annular portion and a coupling receiving portion at each of two opposing sleeve ends. The coupling receiving portions include axially extending teeth on their inner surfaces. The flexible shaft coupling element is characterized in that the annular portion possesses a torsional shear capacity and the area defining the axially extending teeth possesses a shear capacity, and the tooth shear capacity exceeds the annular portion torsional shear capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2001
    Assignee: The Gates Corporation
    Inventors: Arthur Jack Clarke, Kevin John Francis Whitfield