Patents by Inventor Robert Michael Barton

Robert Michael Barton 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: 6203437
    Abstract: A flexible coupling for connecting a pair of rotating elements, comprising a body part (10) adapted at each end to receive part of the rotating elements, and comprising four slits (20a) each slit being longitudinally and angularly spaced from the other slits, each slit terminating in a concave face (24). The invention provides advantages over known flexible couplings since the provision of arcuate and concave end faces on each slit produces an increased material overlap with adjacent slits which decreases variations in torsional stiffness but does not affect the flexibility of the coupling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Assignee: Reliance Gear Company Limited
    Inventors: Allistair David Durie, Robert Michael Barton