Patents by Inventor Paul G. Kowaleski

Paul G. Kowaleski 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: 6230577
    Abstract: Shift control assembly for a power transmission device includes an electric drive motor and gear train having an output which is coupled to and bi-directionally rotates a shift rail. The shift rail includes a pair of spaced-apart cam followers. Freely rotatably receiving the shift rail and disposed thereon between the cam followers is a shift fork assembly. The shift fork assembly includes a body having a pair of spaced-apart helical cam surfaces engaged by the cam followers and a fork engaging a shift clutch collar. As the shift rail rotates bi-directionally, the shift fork assembly and clutch collar bi-directionally translate. A circular plate is disposed for rotation with the shift rail and includes an array of apertures. A plurality of sensors are disposed in adjacent, sensing relationship to the circular plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2001
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Dan J. Showalter, Carl Randall Vogt, John S. Sewell, Paul G. Kowaleski, Rodney E. Barr, Michael Wayne Miller, Thomas P. Knox, Richard K. Rader, Scott Wood