Patents by Inventor Richard G. Buswell

Richard G. Buswell 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: 4441384
    Abstract: A freewheel device for connecting a power input to a selected one of a plurality of outputs so as to transmit rotary motion in one direction of rotation and to over-run when the speed of the selected one of the outputs exceeds that of the input, includes a neutral condition in which the input is rotationally disengaged from any of the outputs. In a described embodiment, the freewheel device comprises a plurality of rollers retained circumferentially adjacent one end of an axially movable shaft in operative association with a plurality of wedge-shaped portions formed on the shaft, axial movement of the shaft serving to engage the rollers between the wedge-shaped portions and, selectively axially spaced-apart internal, cylindrical surfaces formed on each of the outputs and on a rotatable support.The freewheel device finds particular application in the transmission system of multi-engined helicopters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1980
    Date of Patent: April 10, 1984
    Assignee: Westland plc
    Inventors: Kenneth Watson, Richard G. Buswell, James E. Saunders