Patents by Inventor Michael Kocevar

Michael Kocevar 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).

  • Electronically controlled differential gearing device
    Patent number: 11841068
    Abstract: A differential gearing device includes a base gearing device and an actuator. The base gearing device including a first gear connected to a first output of the differential gearing device, a second gear connected to a second output of the differential gearing device, differential gearing connected to each of the first gear and the second gear, and a clutch connected between the first gear and the second gear. The actuator actuates the clutch to change a torque bias ratio between the first gear and the second gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: JTEKT AUTOMOTIVE NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Patrick Desing, Noel R Barnes, II, Michael Kocevar
  • ELECTRONICALLY CONTROLLED DIFFERENTIAL GEARING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20230349457
    Abstract: A differential gearing device includes a base gearing device and an actuator. The base gearing device including a first gear connected to a first output of the differential gearing device, a second gear connected to a second output of the differential gearing device, differential gearing connected to each of the first gear and the second gear, and a clutch connected between the first gear and the second gear. The actuator actuates the clutch to change a torque bias ratio between the first gear and the second gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: JTEKT AUTOMOTIVE NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Patrick DESING, Noel R. BARNES, II, Michael KOCEVAR
  • Torque coupling system with lubricant management
    Patent number: 10550898
    Abstract: A torque coupling system including an input shaft, a main cam affixed to the input shaft, a clutch housing that surrounds the input shaft and provides an inter space, a scoop plate affixed to the clutch housing, an external housing that encloses the clutch housing and provides an outer space, and a main clutch that is articulable between a disconnected drive mode and a all-wheel drive mode. In the disconnected drive mode the main clutch disengages the input shaft from the clutch housing and the main cam rotates with the input shaft to transfer lubricant from the inner space to the outer space while in the all-wheel drive mode the main clutch engages the input shaft with the clutch housing and the scoop plate rotates with the clutch housing to scoop the lubricant from the outer space to inner space through the catch tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: JTEKT AUTOMOTIVE NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Patrick Desing, Shun Ono, Jeremy Grunn, Junji Ando, Michael Kocevar
  • TORQUE COUPLING SYSTEM WITH LUBRICANT MANAGEMENT
    Publication number: 20190178311
    Abstract: A torque coupling system including an input shaft, a main cam affixed to the input shaft, a clutch housing that surrounds the input shaft and provides an inter space, a scoop plate affixed to the clutch housing, an external housing that encloses the clutch housing and provides an outer space, and a main clutch that is articulable between a disconnected drive mode and a all-wheel drive mode. In the disconnected drive mode the main clutch disengages the input shaft from the clutch housing and the main cam rotates with the input shaft to transfer lubricant from the inner space to the outer space while in the all-wheel drive mode the main clutch engages the input shaft with the clutch housing and the scoop plate rotates with the clutch housing to scoop the lubricant from the outer space to inner space through the catch tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: Jtekt Automotive North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Desing, Shun Ono, Jeremy Grunn, Junji Ando, Michael Kocevar