Patents by Inventor Paul Bernard Meaney

Paul Bernard Meaney 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).

  • Publication number: 20040248678
    Abstract: A continuously variable transmission comprises a housing (1) which accommodates two pulley sets (2, 3) and an endless flexible drive element (24) fitted around said pulley sets for transferring a torque, one of said pulley sets being provided with coupling means (14) for an ingoing shaft and the other with coupling means (22) for an outgoing shaft, said pulley sets each comprising two discs (4, 5) enclosing a groove which increases in radially outward direction, and screw drive means (6) for changing the distance between the two discs of each pulley set with the aim of changing the transmission ratio. Each disc is connected to a hub unit (7, 8) comprising a rolling element bearing means (9, 10, 30) for rotatably supporting the disc, each hub unit being axially displaceably supported with respect to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2004
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Inventors: Hendrikus Jan Kapaan, Cornelius Petrus Antonius Vissers, Jacobus Zwarts, Bernardus Gerardus Van Leeuwen, Paul Bernard Meaney
  • Publication number: 20040141675
    Abstract: A truck hub bearing unit comprises two rolling element bearings, (3,4) which comprise an inner ring (9) means and an outer ring (5) means provided with raceways which are in rolling contact with two series of rolling elements, a fixed member or connection to the wheel suspension of the truck and a rotatable member or supporting a wheel, said rotatable member being supported with respect to the fixed member by means of said rolling bearings. The outer ring means is connected to the fixed member and the inner ring (9) means is connected to the rotatable member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2004
    Publication date: July 22, 2004
    Inventors: Hendrikus Jan Kapaan, Rico Dittmar, Jesko-Henning Tanke, Matts Arne Kurt Karlsson, Paul Bernard Meaney