Patents by Inventor Michael Hasson

Michael Hasson 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: 11236811
    Abstract: An on-demand four-wheel drive system includes a differential for the rear axle, a differential for the front axle, and a center differential connecting to the front and rear axle differentials. All three of the differentials contain a bi-directional overrunning roller clutch to enable locking of their respective outputs. The clutches provide a superior on-demand four-wheel drive system that distributes power to each drive wheel to propel the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: The Hilliard Corporation
    Inventors: John Michael Hasson, Jr., Howard J. Knickerbocker, James E. Palmer
  • Patent number: 8857294
    Abstract: A bi-directional overrunning clutch differential for controlling torque transmission between a pinion input shaft and at least one output hub. The clutch having a clutch housing and the roll cage mounted within the housing. An engagement control assembly is provided for controlling the relative position of the roll cage with respect to a cam surface on the clutch housing. The engagement control assembly includes an electronically controlled actuation device, such as a coil or solenoid, which when activated causes the roll cage to rotate into a second position relative to the clutch housing to engage the rolls with the cam surface and an outer surface of the hub. A spring is engaged with the clutch housing and has an end engaged with the roll cage for biasing the roll cage into a neutral position when the roll cage is in its second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: The Hilliard Corporation
    Inventors: J. Brendan Brewer, Kelly P. Heath, James E. Palmer, Howard J. Knickerbocker, John Michael Hasson, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20120152686
    Abstract: A bi-directional overrunning clutch differential for controlling torque transmission between a pinion input shaft and at least one output hub. The clutch having a clutch housing and the roll cage mounted within the housing. An engagement control assembly is provided for controlling the relative position of the roll cage with respect to a cam surface on the clutch housing. The engagement control assembly includes an electronically controlled actuation device, such as a coil or solenoid, which when activated causes the roll cage to rotate into a second position relative to the clutch housing to engage the rolls with the cam surface and an outer surface of the hub. A spring is engaged with the clutch housing and has an end engaged with the roll cage for biasing the roll cage into a neutral position when the roll cage is in its second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Inventors: J. Brendan Brewer, Kelly P. Health, James E. Palmer, Howard J. Knickerbocker, John Michael Hasson, JR.
  • Publication number: 20070286743
    Abstract: A pump includes a cam member and an armature plate received on an input shaft rotatably supported with a differential housing of a clutch. The pump also includes a cylinder rod slidingly received in a chamber of a master cylinder to pressurize a hydraulic fluid. The cam member includes a ring and a back plate. The ring has an outer, preferably symmetrical, surface with a variable radius defining a ramped portion for outwardly driving the cylinder rod when the cam member is rotated either forward or backward with respect to the differential housing. A coil generates an electromagnetic field when activated drawing the cam member towards the armature plate such that contact forces causes the cam member to rotate with the armature plate. A roller disc is rotatably supported at one end of the cylinder rod for rolling contact between the cylinder rod and the cam surface of the cam member ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2006
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Inventors: David C. Ochab, Brendan Brewer, Matthew J. Cowen, Kelly P. Heath, John Michael Hasson
  • Publication number: 20050043966
    Abstract: A device for storing and managing an electronic medical reference library, comprising an electronic medical reference, designated by title, displayed for electronic selection; a list of individual diagnoses, to be displayed for electronic selection after electronic selection of the electronic reference; a navigation bar, displayed after electronic selection of an individual diagnosis, having representative buttons located thereon for electronic selection; a list of key facts, related to a selected individual diagnosis, having a representative button on the navigation bar, displayed after an individual diagnosis is electronically selected or after having its representative button selected on the navigation bar; and an image, illustrating a representative view of an individually selected diagnosis, having a representative button on the navigation bar, displayed after having its representative button selected on the navigation bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2003
    Publication date: February 24, 2005
    Inventors: Hugh Harnsberger, Michael Hasson, Gregory Phipps