Patents by Inventor Randy Phinney

Randy Phinney 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: 7036803
    Abstract: The present invention relates hydraulic mounts for mounting between two rigid elements, such as an engine and a vehicle frame, so as to damp and filter vibrations occurring essentially in a main direction, between said elements, the mount comprising: first and second brackets intended to be fixed respectively to the first and second rigid elements, a primary elastomeric member connecting the first and second brackets, a rate chamber having a volume filled with fluid and delimited with a secondary elastomeric member having at least a first and a second walls movable respectively with said first and second brackets when said first and second brackets moves one with regard to the other, at least one bellow communicating with said rate chamber, each bellow and the rate chamber being able to bulge independently of the primary elastomeric member deformation, and a selectively operable control valving unit for controlling the fluid motion between said rate chamber and each bellow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: Paulstra CRC
    Inventors: Clayton Maas, Randy Phinney, Leon Clinard
  • Publication number: 20050248073
    Abstract: The present invention relates hydraulic mounts for mounting between two rigid elements, such as an engine and a vehicle frame, so as to damp and filter vibrations occurring essentially in a main direction, between said elements, the mount comprising: first and second brackets intended to be fixed respectively to the first and second rigid elements, a primary elastomeric member connecting the first and second brackets, a rate chamber having a volume filled with fluid and delimited with a secondary elastomeric member having at least a first and a second walls movable respectively with said first and second brackets when said first and second brackets moves one with regard to the other, at least one bellow communicating with said rate chamber, each bellow and the rate chamber being able to bulge independently of the primary elastomeric member deformation, and a selectively operable control valving unit for controlling the fluid motion between said rate chamber and each bellow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2004
    Publication date: November 10, 2005
    Inventors: Clayton Maas, Randy Phinney, Leon Clinard