Patents by Inventor Thomas C. Swihart, III

Thomas C. Swihart, III 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).

  • Powerless brake
    Patent number: 9163680
    Abstract: A motor brake includes an actuator fixed to a motor shaft and including spaced peripheral ears including a member therethrough. A fixed plate includes spaced detents and an output about the actuator has spaced ball releasably urged into the fixed plate detents by the actuator ear members. The output has channels for the actuator ears for driving the output with the actuator when the actuator ear members release the output spaced balls from the fixed plate detents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Foster-Miller, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas C. Swihart, III
  • POWERLESS BRAKE
    Publication number: 20140076671
    Abstract: A motor brake includes an actuator fixed to a motor shaft and including spaced peripheral ears including a member therethrough. A fixed plate includes spaced detents and an output about the actuator has spaced ball releasably urged into the fixed plate detents by the actuator ear members. The output has channels for the actuator ears for driving the output with the actuator when the actuator ear members release the output spaced balls from the fixed plate detents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: QINETIQ NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Thomas C. Swihart, III