Patents by Inventor Steven C. Gibbs

Steven C. Gibbs 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).

  • Actuator rod scraper assembly
    Patent number: 9988793
    Abstract: An actuator assembly having an end guide with a first end and a second end, the end guide defining an axis passing through the first and second end, a rod having an outer surface, the rod being movable along the axis through the end guide, a wiper disposed outwardly of the rod and within the end guide, a scraper disposed outwardly of the rod and within the end guide and spaced axially from the wiper towards the second end, a cavity defined between the wiper, the scraper, the outer surface of the rod, and the end guide, and an orifice defined in the end guide between the wiper and the scraper, the orifice defining a flow path for a lubricating fluid to flow into the cavity, wherein, the wiper and the scraper are disposed in contact with the outer surface of the rod for removing debris therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Bradley C. Dauderman, Marvin D. Van Ee, Zachary R. Sopher, Steven C. Gibbs, Donald O. Johannsen
  • ACTUATOR ROD SCRAPER ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20170260716
    Abstract: An actuator assembly having an end guide with a first end and a second end, the end guide defining an axis passing through the first and second end, a rod having an outer surface, the rod being movable along the axis through the end guide, a wiper disposed outwardly of the rod and within the end guide, a scraper disposed outwardly of the rod and within the end guide and spaced axially from the wiper towards the second end, a cavity defined between the wiper, the scraper, the outer surface of the rod, and the end guide, and an orifice defined in the end guide between the wiper and the scraper, the orifice defining a flow path for a lubricating fluid to flow into the cavity, wherein, the wiper and the scraper are disposed in contact with the outer surface of the rod for removing debris therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: BRADLEY C. DAUDERMAN, Marvin D. Van Ee, Zachary R. Sopher, Steven C. Gibbs, Donald O. Johannsen