Patents by Inventor Mike Romine

Mike Romine 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).

  • PTO overspeed protection strategy
    Patent number: 8046140
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment includes a method of operating a drivetrain. The drivetrain includes a PTO and a transmission having multiple speed ratios. The PTO includes a PTO output member and a PTO input member. The method includes monitoring a speed value representative of a rotational speed of a PTO component, comparing the speed value to a preselected PTO overspeed value, reducing the rotational speed of the PTO component, and overriding a manual command to increase the rotational speed of the PTO component above the preselected PTO overspeed value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: Mike Romine, Gregg Andres, William J. Mack, David Brooks
  • PTO OVERSPEED PROTECTION STRATEGY
    Publication number: 20090187316
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment includes a method of operating a drivetrain. The drivetrain includes a PTO and a transmission having multiple speed ratios. The PTO includes a PTO output member and a PTO input member. The method includes monitoring a speed value representative of a rotational speed of a PTO component, comparing the speed value to a preselected PTO overspeed value, reducing the rotational speed of the PTO component, and overriding a manual command to increase the rotational speed of the PTO component above the preselected PTO overspeed value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Inventors: Mike Romine, Gregg Andres, William J. Mack, David Brooks
  • PTO brake
    Publication number: 20080188349
    Abstract: An embodiment includes a method of engaging a PTO with a drivetrain includes detecting a value representative of the speed of a PTO output gear, and detecting a value representative of the speed of a PTO input gear. The method further includes reducing the speed of one of the PTO output gear and the PTO input gear, and engaging the PTO input gear with the PTO output gear without the use of a clutch to synchronize the speed of the PTO input gear with the PTO output gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2007
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Inventor: Mike Romine