Patents by Inventor Paul B. HVASS

Paul B. HVASS 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).

  • Two-stage hypocycloidal gear train
    Patent number: 9927005
    Abstract: A gear train including a rotatable drive shaft and a clutch roller in rotatable contact with the drive shaft or mounted on the drive shaft. A first wobble gear and a second wobble gear are suspended around the drive shaft, wherein the first wobble gear is affixed to and concentric with the second wobble gear and the clutch roller is preloaded against the first and second wobble gears. A first ring gear surrounding and engaged by the first wobble gear; and a second ring gear surrounding and engaged by the second wobble gear. The ring gears being coaxial and rotatable relative to one another. The drive shaft rotates the clutch roller, which drives the first and second wobble gears, such that the wobble gears rotate around the drive shaft and at least one of the first and second ring gears rotate around the common axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Paul B. Hvass, Glynn R. Bartlett
  • TWO-STAGE HYPOCYCLOIDAL GEAR TRAIN
    Publication number: 20170045118
    Abstract: A gear train including a rotatable drive shaft and a clutch roller in rotatable contact with the drive shaft or mounted on the drive shaft. A first wobble gear and a second wobble gear are suspended around the drive shaft, wherein the first wobble gear is affixed to and concentric with the second wobble gear and the clutch roller is preloaded against the first and second wobble gears. A first ring gear surrounding and engaged by the first wobble gear; and a second ring gear surrounding and engaged by the second wobble gear. The ring gears being coaxial and rotatable relative to one another. The drive shaft rotates the clutch roller, which drives the first and second wobble gears, such that the wobble gears rotate around the drive shaft and at least one of the first and second ring gears rotate around the common axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Paul B. HVASS, Glynn R. BARTLETT
  • Wheel locking system
    Patent number: 9120446
    Abstract: One or more embodiments of a combination wheel locking system are provided herein. The combination wheel locking system can be used to prevent access to one or more lug nuts on a wheel. The combination wheel locking system and anti-theft device can include a combination master lock system for operatively engaging and releasing from a portion of a wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Combination Wheels, LLC
    Inventors: William Eugene Thomas, Paul B. Hvass, Nicholas A. Herrera, Terrence M. Tomlinson, Cliff J. Scribner, Rogers E. Rimmer, Nakul Jeirath, Edward G. Alvarado, Jr.
  • WHEEL LOCKING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20140157841
    Abstract: One or more embodiments of a combination wheel locking system are provided herein. The combination wheel locking system can be used to prevent access to one or more lug nuts on a wheel. The combination wheel locking system and anti-theft device can include a combination master lock system for operatively engaging and releasing from a portion of a wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Inventors: William Eugene Thomas, Cliff J. Scribner, Rogerse Rimmer, Nakul Jeirath, Edward G. Alvarado, JR., Paul B. Hvass, Nicholas A. Herrera, Terrence M. Tomlinson
  • Wide-angle laser signal sensor having a 360 degree field of view in a horizontal plane and a positive 90 degree field of view in a vertical plane
    Patent number: 8466406
    Abstract: A laser sensor comprising a sensor head to receive laser light. The sensor head may have a globe-shaped optical member, the globe-shaped optical member may be optically coupled to an optical-to-electrical converter, the optical-to-electrical converter may be configured to convert laser light from the sensor head to an electronic output signal, and the sensor head may be configured to provide a 360 degree field of view in a horizontal plane and a positive (+) 90 degree field of view in a vertical plane above the horizontal plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Southwest Research Institute
    Inventors: Paul B. Hvass, Michael J. McFadden
  • WIDE-ANGLE LASER SIGNAL SENSOR
    Publication number: 20120286147
    Abstract: A laser sensor comprising a sensor head to receive laser light. The sensor head may have a globe-shaped optical member, the globe-shaped optical member may be optically coupled to an optical-to-electrical converter, the optical-to-electrical converter may be configured to convert laser light from the sensor head to an electronic output signal, and the sensor head may be configured to provide a 360 degree field of view in a horizontal plane and a positive (+) 90 degree field of view in a vertical plane above the horizontal plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Paul B. HVASS, Michael J. MCFADDEN