Patents by Inventor Merle D. Hyde

Merle D. Hyde 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: 5478044
    Abstract: A tubular, resilient engine mount oriented parallel to the rotating power input or output shaft of a power producing or absorbing device. The novel mount yields to, and neither suppresses nor substantially transmits, torsional forces, relying on the self-equilibrating dynamics of the device to return to its original position. The tube attaches at one end to a disc or similar structure which will be fixed to the power device, and at the other end to a disc which will be fixed to the chassis supporting the power device. Axial and shearing forces are resiliently accommodated, and accommodation thereof may be augmented by rigid or resilient solid members located inside or outside the tube. The mount may be provided on only one side of the power device, or both fore and aft. In one alternative embodiment, the discs have a central bore, so that a rotating power shaft may extend through the mount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 26, 1995
    Inventor: Merle D. Hyde