Patents by Inventor Phillip Kasper

Phillip Kasper 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).

  • Electric Actuator for S-Cam Brake
    Publication number: 20190234474
    Abstract: A drum brake assembly includes a brake spider having a central aperture configured to receive an axle extending therethrough and first and second brake shoes. Each of the first and second brakes shoes has a first end pivotally coupled to the brake spider. First and second cam followers are disposed at corresponding second ends of the first and second brake shoes. A camshaft has a shaft extending through a camshaft aperture in the brake spider and disposed along a rotational axis and a cam disposed at a first end of the shaft and in engagement with the first and second cam followers. An electric motor has an output shaft coupled to the camshaft. A controller is configured to drive the electric motor to cause rotation of the camshaft and move the first and second brake shoes between positions of engagement and disengagement with an associated braking surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Matthew J. Schwartz, Phillip Kasper
  • Electric Actuator for S-Cam Brake
    Publication number: 20170343070
    Abstract: A drum brake assembly includes a brake spider having a central aperture configured to receive an axle extending therethrough and first and second brake shoes. Each of the first and second brakes shoes has a first end pivotally coupled to the brake spider. First and second cam followers are disposed at corresponding second ends of the first and second brake shoes. A camshaft has a shaft extending through a camshaft aperture in the brake spider and disposed along a rotational axis and a cam disposed at a first end of the shaft and in engagement with the first and second cam followers. An electric motor has an output shaft coupled to the camshaft. A controller is configured to drive the electric motor to cause rotation of the camshaft and move the first and second brake shoes between positions of engagement and disengagement with an associated braking surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Matthew J. Schwartz, Phillip Kasper
  • Door stop
    Patent number: D926026
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Inventor: Phillip Kasper Anderson