Patents by Inventor Michael C. Torbit

Michael C. Torbit 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).

  • Sleeve and bearing that locate a rotating component and a machined surface of a rotary device
    Patent number: 6707202
    Abstract: With a motor having a motor housing and a motor shaft, a sleeve of predetermined length is mounted on the motor shaft with a proximal end of the sleeve engaging against a bearing that is mounted in the motor housing and supports the shaft for rotation. The bearing and the sleeve function to simplify the construction of the motor by eliminating a retainer ring and its associated annular groove from the shaft that were previously necessary to hold the shaft and bearing in relative positions, and by eliminating an additional retainer ring and its associated annular groove from the shaft that were used as a locator to positively locate a machined surface on the motor housing relative to the shaft and to positively locate a rotating component on the end of the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: Emerson Electric Co.
    Inventors: Richard J. Fadler, George D. Trost, Carl R. Fischer, Michael C. Torbit
  • Sleeve and bearing that locate a rotating component and a machined surface of a rotary device
    Publication number: 20030184169
    Abstract: With a motor having a motor housing and a motor shaft, a sleeve of predetermined length is mounted on the motor shaft with a proximal end of the sleeve engaging against a bearing that is mounted in the motor housing and supports the shaft for rotation. The bearing and the sleeve function to simplify the construction of the motor by eliminating a retainer ring and its associated annular groove from the shaft that were previously necessary to hold the shaft and bearing in relative positions, and by eliminating an additional retainer ring and its associated annular groove from the shaft that were used as a locator to positively locate a machined surface on the motor housing relative to the shaft and to positively locate a rotating component on the end of the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2002
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Inventors: Richard J. Fadler, George D. Trost, Carl R. Fischer, Michael C. Torbit