Patents by Inventor Panayotis Constantine Dimitracopoulos

Panayotis Constantine Dimitracopoulos 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: 4023440
    Abstract: A motion transmitting device comprising four basic elements, namely, eccentric means, meshing means in the form of a series of individually movable meshing elements, wheel means formed with portions complementary to the meshing elements, and movement-limiting means. The eccentric means is disposed to cause the meshing elements to sequentially wobble (or generally move) in-and-out of meshing engagement with the complementary portions, while the meshing elements are individually guided within specifc limits of wobbling motion (or, generally, motion) by the movement-limiting means.In one embodiment, the wheel means is conveniently a toothed gear wheel, which meshes with a special form of transmission chain whose pins provide the meshing elements and which may conveniently extend to provide part of the movement-limiting means, the other part thereof comprising apertures in a datum member which define the limits of the movement of the pins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 1975
    Date of Patent: May 17, 1977
    Assignee: Precision Mechanical Developments Ltd.
    Inventors: Frank William Kennington, Panayotis Constantine Dimitracopoulos