Patents by Inventor Wayne G. Schantzen

Wayne G. Schantzen 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).

  • Infinitely self-adjusting mechanical brake
    Patent number: 5628387
    Abstract: An infinitely self-adjusting mechanical brake system which has a caliper housing and actuator assembly partially surrounding a brake disk for making small brake adjustments automatically. A brake disk pad adjacent to a mechanical brake is connected to a brake activator. A brake adjuster is connected to the brake activator for automatically adjusting to substantially reduce the gap between the brake disk pad and the brake disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 13, 1997
    Assignee: Arctco, Inc.
    Inventor: Wayne G. Schantzen
  • Automatic chain tension adjustor
    Patent number: 5524725
    Abstract: A chain drive which has an automatic chain tension adjustor. The chain adjustor has a housing cover with a cover head suitable for being turned with a ratchet for transferring torque to an adjacent motor spring. The motor spring is connected to a shaft within a chain adjustor screw housing. A chain adjustor screw within the shaft is urged by the motor spring through the shaft and housing against the chain adjustor arm. The arm pushes the chain and reduces slack in the chain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 11, 1996
    Assignee: Arctco, Inc.
    Inventor: Wayne G. Schantzen
  • Module connection alignment system
    Patent number: 5474156
    Abstract: An alignment ball which is disposed within a channel of a vehicle part such as a brake caliper. The vehicle part is connected to a rigid vehicle support such as a chaincase by means of a fastening member such as a nut and bolt. The alignment ball is connected to the fastening member for properly aligning the brake caliper with the rigid vehicle support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 12, 1995
    Assignee: Arctco, Inc.
    Inventor: Wayne G. Schantzen
  • Ice stud for snowmobile tracks
    Patent number: 3973808
    Abstract: A one-piece stud and method of making a stud for a snowmobile track comprising a hub mounting a plurality of perimetrically spaced, radially outwardly flaring, ground engaging teeth. The stud is made in a series of steps including bending a portion of a star-shaped blank out of the plane of the blank to form curvilinear teeth and then bending part of the previously bent portion in an opposite direction to form a mounting hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1974
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1976
    Assignee: James R. Musselman
    Inventors: Roger G. Janssen, Wayne G. Schantzen