Patents by Inventor Wallace H. Berliner

Wallace H. Berliner 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).

  • Bowed external spring retaining ring of the E-shaped type
    Patent number: 4886408
    Abstract: A bowed external spring retaining ring of the E-shaped type includes flats at the leading and trailing ends of the ring. The flats form leading and trailing edges of the ring which are rounded on a concave side of the ring. The ring is formed by a punch which has an end face comprised of a concave portion and straight portions, the latter forming the flats on the ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 1988
    Date of Patent: December 12, 1989
    Assignee: Waldes Truarc, Inc.
    Inventors: Edmund F. Killian, Wallace H. Berliner
  • Method and apparatus for making a bowed external spring retaining ring of the E-shaped type
    Patent number: 4798075
    Abstract: A bowed external spring retaining ring of the E-shaped type includes flats at the leading and trailing ends of the ring. The flats from leading and trailing edges of the ring which are rounded on a concave side of the ring. The ring is formed by a punch which has an end face comprised of a concave portion and straight portions, the latter forming the flats on the ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1986
    Date of Patent: January 17, 1989
    Assignee: Waldes Truarc Inc.
    Inventors: Edmund F. Killian, Wallace H. Berliner
  • Bowed internal spring retaining ring that functions regardless of its orientation when installed in a groove
    Patent number: 4692079
    Abstract: A bowed internal retaining ring comprises a middle tab and a pair of intermediate tabs projecting generally radially from the ring, said middle tab being flat and coplanar with a pair of flat end sections of the ring. The ring can be installed forwardly or backwardly without appreciably altering the performance of the ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1984
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1987
    Assignee: Waldes Truarc Inc.
    Inventors: Edmund F. Killian, Wallace H. Berliner
  • Radially assembled spring retaining ring and power gun for assembling same
    Patent number: 4667399
    Abstract: An applicator for installing a radially installed spring retaining ring into an external groove of a shaft comprises a ramp having a slot for receiving a groove shaft. The ramp also includes a pair of opposed side walls between which the rings travel. Each ring includes a pair of flats arranged to guidingly engage the side walls to prevent the ring from rotating as it advances along the ramp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 1985
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1987
    Assignee: Waldes Truarc, Inc.
    Inventor: Wallace H. Berliner
  • Radially assembled friction-grip self-locking rings
    Patent number: 4099444
    Abstract: A spring retaining ring adapted to self-lock, i.e., friction-grip, itself by spring force to a cylindrical surface such as that of a grooveless carrier member (shaft, rod, pin, etc.), the body of said ring being of novel design and incorporating means endowing it with the capability of being assembled on a grooveless cylindrical carrier member by either the radial or the more conventional axial assembly procedure, whichever is the more convenient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 1977
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1978
    Assignee: Waldes Kohinoor, Inc.
    Inventors: Melvin Millheiser, Wallace H. Berliner