Patents by Inventor Michael L. Bassett

Michael L. Bassett 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: 5564541
    Abstract: A friction device includes an adjustment mechanism for adjusting the device in response to wear on a friction surface within the device. The adjustment mechanism includes a first cam ring and a second cam ring adjacent the first cam ring. In one embodiment, the first cam ring is adapted for axial, but non-rotational movement with respect to a cover of the friction device, the cover being secured to a driving member for transmitting torque. The second cam ring is adapted for rotational movement with respect to the cover and the first cam ring. The first cam ring has a plurality of annular ramped surfaces on an axial face of the first cam ring. The second cam ring has a plurality of annular ramped surfaces on an axial face opposing the axial face of the first cam ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1996
    Assignee: Dana Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel V. Gochenour, Martin E. Kummer, Steven D. Lepard, Kevin F. Schlosser, Barry T. Adams, Christopher M. Davis, Michael L. Bassett
  • Patent number: 5564542
    Abstract: A friction device includes an adjustment mechanism for adjusting the device in response to wear on a friction surface within the device. The adjustment mechanism includes a first cam ring and a second cam ring adjacent the first cam ring. In one embodiment, the first cam ring is adapted for axial, but non-rotational movement with respect to a cover of the friction device, the cover being secured to a driving member for transmitting torque. The second cam ring is adapted for rotational movement with respect to the cover and the first cam ring. The first cam ring has a plurality of annular ramped surfaces on an axial face of the first cam ring. The second cam ring has a plurality of annular ramped surfaces on an axial face opposing the axial face of the first cam ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1996
    Assignee: Dana Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel V. Gochenour, Barry T. Adams, Martin E. Kummer, Christopher M. Davis, Steven D. Lepard, Michael L. Bassett, Kevin F. Schlosser
  • Patent number: 5531308
    Abstract: A friction device includes an adjustment mechanism for adjusting the device in response to wear on a friction surface within the device. The adjustment mechanism includes a first cam ring and a second cam ring adjacent the first cam ring. In one embodiment, the first cam ring is adapted for axial, but non-rotational movement with respect to a cover of the friction device, the cover being secured to a driving member for transmitting torque. The second cam ring is adapted for rotational movement with respect to the cover and the first cam ring. The first cam ring has a plurality of annular ramped surfaces on an axial face of the first cam ring. The second cam ring has a plurality of annular ramped surfaces on an axial face opposing the axial face of the first cam ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 2, 1996
    Assignee: Dana Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel V. Gochenour, Barry T. Adams, Martin E. Kummer, Christopher M. Davis, Steven D. Lepard, Michael L. Bassett, Kevin F. Schlosser
  • Patent number: 4789375
    Abstract: A spring damper drive for a clutch driven disc assembly. The assembly includes a pair of spaced outer covers connected to a generally cylindrical central hub. An annular support plate is disposed about the hub between the outer covers and is rotatable relative thereto throughout a limited distance. The outer covers and the support plate each have respective pluralities of openings formed therethrough. The openings are adapted to be aligned with one another so as to receive and retain respective pairs of dampening coil springs therein. Each spring opening is shaped generally in the form of a truncated sector, having a linear inner wall oriented perpendicularly to a bisecting radius of the outer cover, a pair of end walls extending perpendicularly outwardly from each end of the linear inner wall, and an arcuate outer wall connecting the two end walls. The peripheries of the spring openings formed in the two outer covers are defined by flanges which extend thereabout in opposed fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 6, 1988
    Assignee: Dana Corporation
    Inventor: Michael L. Bassett