Patents by Inventor Robert William Lemon

Robert William Lemon 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: 4054065
    Abstract: A torque transfer mechanism for transferring drive to a pair of tandem driving axles of a vehicle including two double-acting one-way devices each comprised of a plurality of wedging elements and an input shaft having a drive race thereon in operative engagement with the wedging elements. A pair of outer driven races are each adapted to be engaged by said wedging elements and each are drivingly connected to one of a pair of concentric output shafts. Each of said one-way devices has a cage member containing said wedging means and friction means connected to said cage member and in frictional engagement with said driven races.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1975
    Date of Patent: October 18, 1977
    Assignee: Borg-Warner Corporation
    Inventor: Robert William Lemon
  • Patent number: 4018317
    Abstract: A torque transfer mechanism for transferring drive to a pair of tandem driving axles of a vehicle including a one-way driving device or roller clutch mounted in a housing, with an input shaft and concentric output shafts being mounted in said housing with the input shafts extending from one side of the one-way device and the concentric output shafts extending from the other side of the one-way device, each of said output shafts connected to drive one of said driving axles. The one-way device includes a drive race formed on the input shaft, the input shaft also being connected through the drive race to one of the output shafts, and the driven race being connected to the other output shaft with a plurality of wedging rollers mounted between the races.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1975
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1977
    Assignee: Borg-Warner Corporation
    Inventor: Robert William Lemon