Patents by Inventor Timothy K. Kasper

Timothy K. Kasper 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: 6945698
    Abstract: The shaft speed monitor includes a hub with a bearing bore with an open end and a bearing end. A bearing stop flange is adjacent to the bearing end. A bearing is pressed into the bearing bore and is seated against the stop flange. A lock ring axially fixes the bearing in the bearing bore. A bobbin with an embedded multi-pole ring magnet and a coil is inserted into the bearing bore in the hub. A spindle with a toothed ring passes through the bearing. The toothed ring is in radial alignment with the ring magnet. Leads connected to the coil pass through a grommet. The grommet is held in a grommet slot in the hub. A seal is pressed into a seal counter bore in the hub and seals against a sealed surface on the spindle as well as against the grommet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Inventor: Timothy K. Kasper
  • Publication number: 20040032997
    Abstract: The shaft speed monitor includes a hub with a bearing bore with an open end and a bearing end. A bearing stop flange is adjacent to the bearing end. A bearing is pressed into the bearing bore and is seated against the stop flange. A lock ring axially fixes the bearing in the bearing bore. A bobbin with an embedded multi-pole ring magnet and a coil is inserted into the bearing bore in the hub. A spindle with a toothed ring passes through the bearing. The toothed ring is in radial alignment with the ring magnet. Leads connected to the coil pass through a grommet. The grommet is held in a grommet slot in the hub. A seal is pressed into a seal counter bore in the hub and seals against a sealed surface on the spindle as well as against the grommet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2003
    Publication date: February 19, 2004
    Inventor: Timothy K. Kasper