Patents by Inventor Ronald Ray Brestel

Ronald Ray Brestel 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).

  • Publication number: 20120217426
    Abstract: Valve apparatus having a double-offset shaft connection are described herein. An example flow control member includes a sealing surface to move relative to a seal where the flow control member has a first axis and a second axis substantially perpendicular to the first axis and the first and second axes intersect a center of curvature of the sealing surface. The flow control member also includes an opening to receive a shaft where the opening has a third axis passing through the opening to define a pivot about which the sealing surface rotates. The third axis is offset from the first and second axes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Inventors: Andrew James Berthelsen, Charles Robert Kuhlman, Ronald Ray Brestel
  • Patent number: 7955021
    Abstract: Collets for coupling rotary actuators to valves are disclosed. An example shaft coupling assembly includes an elongated member having a first end and a second end, in which the first end includes a coupling portion having a first opening configured to receive a rectangular shaft. The coupling portion includes at least one flexible member having an arcuate outer surface and a first inner surface adjacent a second inner surface that at least partially define the first opening. At least a portion of the first inner surface is to engage a first side of the rectangular shaft and at least a portion of the second inner surface is to engage a second side of the rectangular shaft. The shaft coupling assembly further includes a sleeve having a second opening to receive the elongated member and a tapered third opening configured to receive the coupling portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Fisher Controls International, LLC
    Inventors: Ronald Ray Brestel, Benjamin Uriah Good
  • Publication number: 20100109254
    Abstract: Collets for coupling rotary actuators to valves are disclosed. An example shaft coupling assembly includes an elongated member having a first end and a second end, in which the first end includes a coupling portion having a first opening configured to receive a rectangular shaft. The coupling portion includes at least one flexible member having an arcuate outer surface and a first inner surface adjacent a second inner surface that at least partially define the first opening. At least a portion of the first inner surface is to engage a first side of the rectangular shaft and at least a portion of the second inner surface is to engage a second side of the rectangular shaft. The shaft coupling assembly further includes a sleeve having a second opening to receive the elongated member and a tapered third opening configured to receive the coupling portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventors: Ronald Ray Brestel, Benjamin Uriah Good