Patents by Inventor William Edmunds Dowling, Jr.

William Edmunds Dowling, Jr. 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).

  • MECHANICAL ROUGHENING PROFILE MODIFICATION TOOL
    Publication number: 20190084171
    Abstract: An interpolated roughening cutting tool includes a body having at least first and second cutting elements coupled thereto. The first cutting element includes rectangular cutting teeth. The second cutting element includes non-rectangular cutting teeth. The first and second cutting elements are configured to create grooves in a surface that have a top portion with blunt edge surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: William Edmunds Dowling, JR., David Alan Stephenson, Timothy George Beyer
  • Mechanical roughening profile modification
    Patent number: 10160129
    Abstract: Tools and methods for forming modified mechanical roughening profiles are disclosed. In at least one embodiment, an engine block is provided including a body defining a cylinder bore having a bore surface. The bore surface may have defined therein a plurality of grooves extending from the bore surface and each groove may have a base and a top portion. The top portion may have opposing chamfered edges. The chamfered edges may be formed by a tool including at least one cutting element having triangular teeth and at least one cutting element having rectangular teeth. In another embodiment, a tool including at least one cutting element having curved teeth and at least one cutting element having rectangular teeth may be used to form grooves having a curved/radiused edge surface. The disclosed roughening profiles may reduce oxide growth when a coating is applied to the bore surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: William Edmunds Dowling, Jr., David Alan Stephenson, Timothy George Beyer
  • MECHANICAL ROUGHENING PROFILE MODIFICATION
    Publication number: 20180215058
    Abstract: Tools and methods for forming modified mechanical roughening profiles are disclosed. In at least one embodiment, an engine block is provided including a body defining a cylinder bore having a bore surface. The bore surface may have defined therein a plurality of grooves extending from the bore surface and each groove may have a base and a top portion. The top portion may have opposing chamfered edges. The chamfered edges may be formed by a tool including at least one cutting element having triangular teeth and at least one cutting element having rectangular teeth. In another embodiment, a tool including at least one cutting element having curved teeth and at least one cutting element having rectangular teeth may be used to form grooves having a curved/radiused edge surface. The disclosed roughening profiles may reduce oxide growth when a coating is applied to the bore surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: William Edmunds DOWLING, JR., David Alan STEPHENSON, Timothy George BEYER
  • Spline, an assembly utilizing the spline, and a method for transferring energy
    Patent number: 6547479
    Abstract: A tapered spline 16 which allows members 12, 14 to be selectively coupled and which further allows energy to be selectively communicated by and between these members 12, 14.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: William Edmunds Dowling, Jr., David Joe Sell, Perry Edward Phelan, Kin Sang Yeung