Patents by Inventor Matthew G. Wilmer

Matthew G. Wilmer 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).

  • Roller sequencing for improved bearing runout
    Patent number: 11767880
    Abstract: A bearing includes a plurality of rolling elements (26) spaced around a three-hundred and sixty degree circumferential extent of the bearing. An odd, non-singular number of high-points are positioned as near to evenly as possible about the circumferential extent of the bearing, the high-points defined by locations at which rolling elements with the largest diameters are positioned. An odd, non-singular number of low-points are positioned as near to evenly as possible about the circumferential extent of the bearing, the low-points defined by locations at which rolling elements having the smallest diameters are positioned. The odd, non-singular number of high-points is the same as the odd, non-singular number of low-points, and each low-point is positioned as near to evenly as possible between two adjacent high-points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: The Timken Company
    Inventors: Matthew G. Wilmer, Carl E. Faust
  • ROLLER SEQUENCING FOR IMPROVED BEARING RUNOUT
    Publication number: 20220205480
    Abstract: A bearing includes a plurality of rolling elements (26) spaced around a three-hundred and sixty degree circumferential extent of the bearing. An odd, non-singular number of high-points are positioned as near to evenly as possible about the circumferential extent of the bearing, the high-points defined by locations at which rolling elements with the largest diameters are positioned. An odd, non-singular number of low-points are positioned as near to evenly as possible about the circumferential extent of the bearing, the low-points defined by locations at which rolling elements having the smallest diameters are positioned. The odd, non-singular number of high-points is the same as the odd, non-singular number of low-points, and each low-point is positioned as near to evenly as possible between two adjacent high-points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Matthew G. Wilmer, Carl E. Faust