Patents by Inventor Rudi Karch

Rudi Karch 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: 5520068
    Abstract: A compensator couples a brake lever to a master cylinder piston. The compensator is configured as roller which has a pair of circular disks on opposite sides of a central body. A recess is formed in the brake lever and is open towards the master cylinder piston. The central body of the compensator is a movably received in the recess. The pair of disks are fixed to opposite sides of the body and the disks are engagable with an end face of the master cylinder piston. A portion of the brake lever is positioned between the disks and the distance between the disks is larger than a width of the portion of the brake lever. The central body has a spherical outer surface which is engagable with the brake lever. The compensator is preferably concentric about a central axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 28, 1996
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventor: Rudi Karch
  • Patent number: 4793620
    Abstract: An arrangement for sealing around a pedal which extends through an opening in a housing includes a flexible base slidably coupled to the housing. A frame is mounted on the base and carries rollers which engage an arm of the pedal. A flexible boot or sleeve has one end fixed to the frame and another end fixed to the arm of the pedal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 27, 1988
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventor: Rudi Karch