Patents by Inventor Thomas A. Jacoby

Thomas A. Jacoby 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: 4569639
    Abstract: In a refrigeration compressor having at least one piston-cylinder arrangement therein for compressing gaseous refrigerant, an elongated, tube extending upwardly from a lubricant passage in the crankshaft for slinging oil radially, outwardly therefrom, and a lubricant deflector upstanding from the cylinder head to deflect slung oil over exterior surfaces of the cylinder head for conducting heat energy therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1985
    Date of Patent: February 11, 1986
    Assignee: Tecumseh Products Company
    Inventors: Billy B. Hannibal, Thomas A. Jacoby
  • Patent number: 4461446
    Abstract: The present invention provides a hermetic refrigeration compressor installation comprising an outer housing containing a refrigeration compressor, a plurality of indentations in the outer housing, a plurality of resilient grommets each having a grommet tip received within a respective one of the indentations, and a bonding between the grommets and the indentations for securing the grommets therein. Further provided is a base separate from the refrigeration compressor and outer housing, and projections on the base for mounting the grommets securely thereon. The method of the present invention comprises forming a plurality of indentations in the outer housing, providing a plurality of resilient grommets each having a grommet tip, adhesively securing each one of the grommet tips in a respective one of the indentations, and connecting the grommets securely to thebase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1981
    Date of Patent: July 24, 1984
    Assignee: Tecumseh Products Company
    Inventors: Billy B. Hannibal, Kennard L. Wise, Thomas A. Jacoby
  • Patent number: 4123678
    Abstract: A stator member for a dynamoelectric machine is assembled by stacking laminations to form a core, squaring the stack of laminations so that one end face is perpendicular to the bore and clamping the stack, placing windings formed of self-bonding magnet wire in the slots in the core, bonding the windings and releasing the clamping, the bonded windings comprising the sole means for holding the laminations in assembled relation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1977
    Date of Patent: October 31, 1978
    Assignee: Tecumseh Products Company
    Inventor: Thomas A. Jacoby