Patents by Inventor Michael W. Nedriga

Michael W. Nedriga 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).

  • Carbon brush holders or cards
    Patent number: 6246144
    Abstract: Brush card or holder assemblies are disclosed. The assemblies avoid any need for a separate plastic cap and utilize a lead wire (which could be or include a rod or other electrically-conductive device) both electrically to connect a brush to an external component and mechanically to fix the position of one end of a mechanism, such as a spring, for biasing the brush toward the surface of a commutator or other rotating machine element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2001
    Assignee: Morganite Incorporated
    Inventors: Shepard L. Hockaday, Beecher G. Simmons, Scott L. Fitzner, Michael W. Nedriga