Patents by Inventor MICHAEL JAMES CARTER

MICHAEL JAMES CARTER 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).

  • Device and method of measuring powertrain backlash
    Patent number: 9766157
    Abstract: The present invention in one or more embodiments provides a device to measure backlash of an equipment powertrain, where the device includes a head to attach to the equipment powertrain, and a body to support the head, the body including a first connector via which a predetermined amount of torque is to be applied to the equipment powertrain through the body and the head, and a positional change of the equipment powertrain in response to the predetermined amount of torque being indicative of a backlash measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Verbie Gene England, Jr., Michael James Carter, Robert Thomas Kraus
  • DEVICE AND METHOD OF MEASURING POWERTRAIN BACKLASH
    Publication number: 20170067795
    Abstract: The present invention in one or more embodiments provides a device to measure backlash of an equipment powertrain, where the device includes a head to attach to the equipment powertrain, and a body to support the head, the body including a first connector via which a predetermined amount of torque is to be applied to the equipment powertrain through the body and the head, and a positional change of the equipment powertrain in response to the predetermined amount of torque being indicative of a backlash measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: VERBIE GENE ENGLAND, JR., MICHAEL JAMES CARTER, ROBERT THOMAS KRAUS