Patents by Inventor Stephen A. Mohan

Stephen A. Mohan 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).

  • Vehicle driveline component having spring sets disposed between a housing and a ring gear of a transmission to mitigate noise generated from torque reversal
    Patent number: 11111985
    Abstract: A vehicle driveline component with a housing, a ring gear of a transmission, and a plurality of spring sets. The housing defines a bore and a plurality of grooves that are spaced circumferentially about the bore. The ring gear includes an internally-toothed ring gear body and a plurality of mounting teeth that project radially from the ring gear body. The first mounting teeth are received into the grooves in the housing. Each of the spring sets has a first spring, which is disposed between a first side of an associated one of the mounting teeth and a first wall of an associated one of the grooves into which the associated one of the mounting teeth is received, and a second spring that is disposed between a second side of the associated one of the mounting teeth and a second wall of the associated one of the grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Philip J. Francis, Branden L. Reeves, Robert Keller, Stephen A. Mohan