Patents by Inventor Patrick W. Friede

Patrick W. Friede 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: 4327599
    Abstract: A toggle linkage (70) is provided to interact between a pair of levers (50,52) located between a pair of input functions, i.e. a pair of depressible foot treadles (22,24), and a pair of output functions, i.e. control linkages for operating a variable displacement hydraulic machine (31). Each lever (50,52) of the pair of levers is fixed either to a sleeve (58) or to a shaft (63). The toggle linkage (70) includes a bellcrank (72) pivoted about an axis parallel to the axis of the sleeve (58) and shaft (63) and has a pair of abutments or stops (80,84) thereon, each one of which is aligned either with a first one of said levers (50) or with a second one of said levers (52). A link (74) connects a portion of said bellcrank (72) with said second one of said levers (52) limiting the extent of movement of said one of said levers in response to movement of said other of said levers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1980
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1982
    Assignee: Caterpillar Tractor Co.
    Inventor: Patrick W. Friede
  • Patent number: D364879
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 5, 1995
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Robert C. Bastian, William C. Boroski, Melvin P. Busch, Jr., Elmer R. Crabb, Patrick W. Friede, Alan D. Gustafson, David C. Koch, Mark D. Miller, Jeffrey A. Moore, James R. Oldham, Robert L. Stamate, Samuel B. Stevens, Russell W. Strong, Lynn A. Sutton, Joseph M. Tucker, III
  • Patent number: D375506
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 12, 1996
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Robert C. Bastian, William C. Boroski, Melvin P. Busch, Jr., Elmer R. Crabb, Patrick W. Friede, Alan D. Gustafson, David C. Koch, Mark D. Miller, Jeffrey A. Moore, James R. Oldham, Robert L. Stamate, Samuel B. Stevens, Russell W. Strong, Lynn A. Sutton, Joseph M. Tucker, III