Patents by Inventor Robert Wharton

Robert Wharton 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).

  • Seal assembly
    Patent number: 8764021
    Abstract: A seal assembly (10) comprising a sealing body (40), a shoe (42), a first collar (44), and a second collar (46). The shoe (42) is positioned within a space defined by radially inner surfaces of the sealing body (40), the first collar (44) is positioned on a first axial side of the sealing body (40), and the second collar (46) is positioned on a second axial side of the sealing body (40). These components (40, 42, 44, 46) collectively form inter-component sealing surfaces, pocket sealing surfaces, gate sealing surfaces and/or part sealing surfaces which prevent the infiltration of outside fluid into, and the escape of operative fluid from, a fluid coupling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Parker-Hannifin Corporation
    Inventors: Dominick G. More, Leonard D. Stern, Robert Wharton, Gordon D. Rowe
  • Audio cassette adapter with cable storage in the body of the cassette
    Patent number: 7652842
    Abstract: An audio cassette adapter with cable and connector storage in the body of the cassette. Internal cable storage is facilitated by an internal retractable mechanism that reduces the amount of storage external to the audio cassette adapter housing. In one embodiment, the internal retractable mechanism includes a cable support around which the cable is wound and a separate support driver engaged with the cable support that drives the cable support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: Personal Electronics and Communications
    Inventors: Sumner Lane Bruns, Robert Wharton, An Tran
  • AUDIO CASSETTE ADAPTER WITH CABLE STORAGE IN THE BODY OF THE CASSETTE
    Publication number: 20080291786
    Abstract: An audio cassette adapter with cable and connector storage in the body of the cassette. Internal cable storage is facilitated by an internal retractable mechanism that reduces the amount of storage external to the audio cassette adapter housing. In one embodiment, the internal retractable mechanism includes a cable support around which the cable is wound and a separate support driver engaged with the cable support that drives the cable support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2007
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Inventors: Summer Lane Bruns, Robert Wharton, An Tran
  • SEAL ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20080029966
    Abstract: A seal assembly (10) comprising a sealing body (40), a shoe (42), a first collar (44), and a second collar (46). The shoe (42) is positioned within a space defined by radially inner surfaces of the sealing body (40), the first collar (44) is positioned on a first axial side of the sealing body (40), and the second collar (46) is positioned on a second axial side of the sealing body (40). These components (40, 42, 44, 46) collectively form inter-component sealing surfaces, pocket sealing surfaces, gate sealing surfaces and/or part sealing surfaces which prevent the infiltration of outside fluid into, and the escape of operative fluid from, a fluid coupling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2007
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Inventors: Dominick G. More, Leonard D. Stern, Robert Wharton, Gordon D. Rowe