Patents by Inventor Samuel Tate Brown

Samuel Tate Brown 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).

  • Gearless transmission
    Patent number: 10352413
    Abstract: A gearless transmission may provide a similar outcome to a gear train, without meshing teeth. Such a gearless transmission may comprise an input shaft comprising a plurality of lobes disposed thereon. The lobes may extend radially from the input shaft in opposite directions from one another. Each of the lobes may comprise a plurality of connecting rods freely rotatable thereabout. Each of the connecting rods may be slidably attached to a hollow body disposed around the input shaft. The hollow body may be formed from a plurality of rings fixed together and secured to an output shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: NOVATEK IP, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Hall, Samuel Tate Brown
  • Gearless Transmission
    Publication number: 20180209520
    Abstract: A gearless transmission may provide a similar outcome to a gear train, without meshing teeth. Such a gearless transmission may comprise an input shaft comprising a plurality of lobes disposed thereon. The lobes may extend radially from the input shaft in opposite directions from one another. Each of the lobes may comprise a plurality of connecting rods freely rotatable thereabout. Each of the connecting rods may be slidably attached to a hollow body disposed around the input shaft. The hollow body may be formed from a plurality of rings fixed together and secured to an output shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: Michael Hall, Samuel Tate Brown