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Gregory W. Kempf, Avon, IN US
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| 20090251029 | STATOR CAN HOUSING WELDED TO BEARING SUPPORT AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING A HYBRID TRANSMISSION UTILIZING THE SAME - A motor/generator for a hybrid transmission includes a bearing support configured for attachment to the hybrid transmission. A stator can is bonded directly to the bearing support, possibly by welding. The motor/generator may further include a stator press-fit into said stator can. A method of assembling a hybrid transmission includes welding a stator can to a bearing support, forming a motor/generator housing. A stator is then pressed into the housing. A substantially-complete motor/generator is assembled by installing a rotor, a rotor hub, and a ball bearing into the housing, which are held in the motor/generator housing with a snap ring. The method may include rigidly attaching the substantially-complete motor/generator to a main case. The method may further include testing the substantially-complete motor/generator prior to transporting the motor/generator to a final place of assembly and rigidly attaching the motor/generator to the transmission main case. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090253523 | INPUT SHAFT WITH INTERNAL DRY SPLINES AND SEALED PLUG AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A HYBRID POWERTRAIN UTILIZING THE SAME - An input shaft for a hybrid transmission includes a cylindrical hollow shaft portion having internal and external surfaces. The internal surface defines an internal cavity coaxial with the hollow shaft portion and has a splined portion configured to allow power to be transferred to the hollow shaft portion. The input shaft may further include a freeze plug press-fit in the internal cavity, configured to fluidly seal the inner cavity in embodiments with a cavity extending throughout the input shaft. The splined portion may be a broached spline. A method of manufacturing a hybrid powertrain includes forming a hollow transmission input shaft and press-fitting a plug into it, such that the shaft is internally fluid sealed. The shaft is mated to the transmission which may then be filled with fluid and tested for operability. The shaft may be dry-mated to an engine output member for common rotation therewith. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20100044973 | SEALS FOR TRANSMISSION DRIVE MOTORS - A seal for use between the housing of an automatic transmission and the housing (can) of a transmission drive motor is disposed at each end of the drive motor housing. The seal includes a preferably metal annulus having inner and outer elastomeric ribbed seals secured thereto. The annulus, which defines a non-hardened “S” shape in cross section, maintains the shape and strength of the seal and the ribbed inner seal provides a fluid tight seal with the motor housing while the ribbed outer seal provides a fluid tight seal with the transmission housing. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100125016 | MODULAR TRANSMISSION ASSEMBLY AND A METHOD OF ASSEMBLY - A modular transmission assembly includes a transmission housing that defines a hollow interior. The transmission housing extends along a central axis between a front end and a rear end. A rear motor module is disposed in, and is operatively connected to, the transmission housing. An inner module is disposed in, and is operatively connected to, the transmission housing. A main shaft is disposed along the central axis such that each of the rear and inner modules radially surround the main shaft. A front motor is disposed in the transmission housing and radially surrounds the main shaft. The inner module is axially disposed between the rear motor module and the front motor. An input module is connected to the front end of the transmission housing. The front motor is axially disposed between the inner module and the input module. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100180720 | MOTOR MODULE FOR ATTACHMENT TO A TRANSMISSION HOUSING OF A MODULAR TRANSMISSION ASSEMBLY - A motor module is configured for attachment to a transmission housing of a modular transmission assembly. The motor module includes a motor and a support structure. The motor is configured for rotation about a central axis and extends between a first end and a second end. The support structure is operatively connected to the motor such that the support structure at least partially supports the motor. The support structure at least partially extends across the second end of the motor. The support structure is configured for internal attachment to the housing. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20110067969 | NON-ROTATING CLUTCH - A grounded clutch mechanism for a transmission includes a transmission housing and a backing plate fixedly secured to the transmission housing. The backing plate has a plurality of backing plate posts. A plurality of reaction plates have a plurality of radially-outward spline teeth configured to mate with the backing plate posts. Torque may be transferred between the backing plate and the reaction plates. The reaction plates do not transfer torque directly to the transmission housing. The backing plate may be radially symmetric with respect to an axis of rotation. A plurality of clutch plates may be configured to selectively transfer torque to the reaction plates. The clutch plates may be configured to be selectively rotatable with respect to the axis of rotation and the reaction plates are configured not to be rotatable with respect to the axis of rotation. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110296662 | INPUT SHAFT WITH INTERNAL DRY SPLINES AND SEALED PLUG AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A HYBRID POWERTRAIN UTILIZING THE SAME - An input shaft for a hybrid transmission includes a cylindrical hollow shaft portion having internal and external surfaces. The internal surface defines an internal cavity coaxial with the hollow shaft portion and has a splined portion configured to allow power to be transferred to the hollow shaft portion. The input shaft may further include a freeze plug press-fit in the internal cavity, configured to fluidly seal the inner cavity in embodiments with a cavity extending throughout the input shaft. The splined portion may be a broached spline. A method of manufacturing a hybrid powertrain includes forming a hollow transmission input shaft and press-fitting a plug into it, such that the shaft is internally fluid sealed. The shaft is mated to the transmission which may then be filled with fluid and tested for operability. The shaft may be dry-mated to an engine output member for common rotation therewith. | 12-08-2011 |
James Kempf, New Windsor, NY US
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| 20110163286 | Tab Winch for Stage Use - A winch with adjustable arms allowing the length to be adjusted. The winch can have a very thin drum to allow it to fit in confined spaces. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20120042481 | Cable slider with symmetric pieces - a device which can slide up and down on a chain or cable, can be loosened to attach to the chain or cable, but does not have any parts that come free when the part is loosened. | 02-23-2012 |
James Kempf US
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| 20120303835 | Implementing EPC in a Cloud Computer with Openflow Data Plane - A method for implementing a control plane of an evolved packet core (EPC) of a third generation partnership project (3GPP) long term evolution (LTE) network in a cloud computing system, including initializing the plurality of control plane modules of the EPC within the controller, each control plane module in the plurality of control plane modules initialized as a separate virtual machine by the cloud manager; monitoring resource utilization of each control plane module and the control plane traffic handled by each control plane module; detecting a threshold level of resource utilization or traffic load for one of the plurality of control plane modules of the EPC; and initializing a new control plane module as a separate virtual machine by the cloud manager in response to detecting the threshold level, the new control plane module to share the load of the one of the plurality of control plane modules. | 11-29-2012 |
James J. Kempf, Coralville, IA US
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| 20090194086 | Shooting bow - A trigger assembly for a crossbow or other weapon system. The trigger assembly includes a trigger arm coupled between a trigger and a sear. The trigger arm is not parallel to the line of fire, thereby allowing for increased mechanical advantage and a smoother, safer trigger pull. The trigger assembly incorporates various safety measures, including a dry fire mechanism which prevents the unintentional damaging and potentially dangerous release of the bowstring before an arrow is positioned on the rail of the crossbow. The trigger assembly allows for various adjustments to vary the trigger length and pull, while maintaining smoothness and preventing the unintentional or inadvertent release of the bowstring. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20100269807 | Crossbow cocking assembly - A crossbow with an improved cocking assembly. The improvement includes a means for automatically disengaging a hook associated with a cocking assembly from a bowstring once the bowstring has been drawn the desired distance behind a bowstring retainer. The automatic disengagement of the hook from the bowstring reduces movement and sound associated with disengagement, and reduces the likelihood of injury associated with placement of the fingers in front of the cocked bowstring. The disengagement mechanism may either be mechanical or magnetic as desired. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20110253118 | Shooting bow - A trigger assembly for a crossbow or other weapon system. The trigger assembly includes a trigger arm coupled between a trigger and a sear. The trigger arm is not parallel to the line of fire, thereby allowing for increased mechanical advantage and a smoother, safer trigger pull. The trigger assembly incorporates various safety measures, including a dry fire mechanism which prevents the unintentional damaging and potentially dangerous release of the bowstring before an arrow is positioned on the rail of the crossbow. The trigger assembly allows for various adjustments to vary the trigger length and pull, while maintaining smoothness and preventing the unintentional or inadvertent release of the bowstring. | 10-20-2011 |
James Jay Kempf, Coralville, IA US
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| 20120125306 | ARCHERY QUIVER ATTACHMENT - A quiver for holding arrows is one-hand releasably attachable to an archery bow. A quiver attachment bracket having opposing grooves is mountable to the bow. The quiver has two parallel elongated struts supporting an arrowhead hood and at least one arrow shaft holder. A clamp is mounted to and between the struts having biased first and second jaws extending transversely of the quiver with each jaw having an adjacent one-hand grippable handle extending transversely of the quiver opposite of the jaws. The biased jaws each have a tongue that is lockable into one of the grooves. | 05-24-2012 |
Jeff A. Kempf, Scerting Heights, MI US
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| 20120186133 | COLLAPSIBLE LANDING NET - The collapsible landing net includes a substantially elongate pole having an arm stabilizer at one end and a main hinge disposed on the opposite end. An intermediate hand grip portion defines a handle with a grip thereon. A collapsible net assembly is operatively attached to a pivot block on the main hinge to selectively fold the collapsible landing net. The collapsible net assembly includes a pair of curvilinear net rims threaded through a hook free net. The net rims are pivotal about a common point at one end of each net rim, while the other end is connected to the pivot block. The collapsible net assembly may be collapsed by selectively rotating the net rims into a folded position and locked. | 07-26-2012 |
Jeff A. Kempf, Sterling Heights, MI US
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| 20100282352 | Integrated graphical containment structure - A clear plastic member is formed to provide channels to contain service cords and utilities. The center channel most generally will contain the power cord. The channels on each side of the center channel are of smaller cross section and may include data, communication, and utility applications in any combination. Central and part of the extruded member is a cavity that transverses the entire top area of the member. The application of this cavity is to encapsulate a pattern representative of the floor, wall, veiling, or desk that the device is being mounted to, or this cavity could also contain graphical details including the logo of the company, legends, and other customized details to provide complimentary graphical details with the power, communication, data, or utility services. | 11-11-2010 |
Jeff A. Kempf, Romeo, MI US
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| 20090001792 | HEAD RESTRAINT SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE SEAT - A vehicle seat | 01-01-2009 |
John Kempf, Roslyn, NY US
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| 20090067676 | Method and Apparatus for Photographing Discrete Objects - A motion detector actuated camera for taking pictures of birds or other small thermally discernable objects utilizes a plurality of filters to detect the speed of certain bird movements within the field of view of the camera to actuate the camera when a bird is in the field of view and capture images while the bird moves about the field of view. | 03-12-2009 |
John A. Kempf, Clarkston, MI US
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| 20090212250 | LOCKOUT VALVE - A lockout valve operable to control fluid between two components is provided. The lockout valve includes a housing having a flow passage, an intake port, an outtake port, and an exhaust port selectively in communication with the flow passage. The lockout valve further includes a slide slidably mounted to the housing between an open position and a closed position. The slide includes a vent disposed and a through port extending through the slide. When the slide is in the open position, the through port is disposed between the intake port and the outtake port, providing a passage for fluid. When the slide is in the closed position, the vent is fittingly disposed between the intake port and the outtake port so as to prevent fluid from flowing downstream the lockout valve and to allow fluid pressure downstream the lockout valve to escape through the exhaust port. | 08-27-2009 |
Mark Kempf, Inver Grove Heights, MN US
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| 20120193118 | DIRECTLY APPLICABLE ELECTRICAL BUSHING - One aspect relates to an electrical bushing for use in a housing of an active implantable medical device, whereby the electrical bushing includes at least one electrically insulating base body and at least one electrical conducting element, whereby the conducting element establishes, through the base body, at least one electrically conductive connection between an internal space of the housing and an external space, whereby the conducting element is hermetically sealed with respect to the base body, and whereby the at least one conducting element includes at least one cermet. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120193119 | ELECTRICAL BUSHING WITH CERMET-CONTAINING CONNECTING ELEMENT FOR AN ACTIVE IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE - One aspect relates to an electrical bushing for use in a housing of an active implantable medical device. The electrical bushing includes an electrically insulating base body and an electrical conducting element. The conducting element is set up to establish, through the base body, a electrically conducting connection between an internal space of the housing and an external space. The conducting element is hermetically sealed with respect to the base body, and the conducting element includes a cermet. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120194981 | IMPLANTABLE DEVICE HAVING AN INTEGRATED CERAMIC BUSHING - One aspect relates to a housing for an active implantable medical device, whereby the housing, at least parts thereof, includes an electrically insulating ceramic material, and has at least one electrically conductive conducting element, whereby the at least one conducting element is set up to establish at least one electrically conductive connection between an internal space of the housing and an external space. | 08-02-2012 |
Mark A. Kempf, Inver Grove Heights, MN US
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| 20080289389 | WIRE-FORMING APPARATUS - A forming device includes an input including wire in an unformed state. The forming device has a forming station configured to receive the wire, the forming station comprising a plurality of forms, each independently movable toward and away from the wire such that the forms collectively bend the wire into a formed state that is periodic and defines a wavelength. The plurality of forms bends less than a single wavelength of wire from a unformed state to a formed state at one time | 11-27-2008 |
Randy J. Kempf, Milford, IA US
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| 20120218769 | LED light module - An LED light module for attachment to the outer end of a support arm extending from a support pole is disclosed. The LED light module includes a case having a clamp assembly secured thereto which is adapted to be clamped onto the outer end of the support arm. A module consisting of an LED panel, heat sink and power supply is selectively removably secured to the case as a unit or module so that the unit or module may be inserted into the case as a single unit or removed from the case as a single unit. The heat sink of the invention is comprised of a pair of heat sink members secured together. The power supply is secured to the heat sink at one end thereof with the LED panel secured to the bottom of the heat sink. | 08-30-2012 |
Randy J. Kempf, Wahpeton, IA US
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| 20090146119 | Method and means for providing an accessory mounting point at the forward end of an all-terrain vehicle - A method and means for providing an accessory mounting point at the forward end of an all-terrain vehicle wherein an accessory mounting bracket is secured to a winch fairlead which may be a conventional fairlead or a roller fairlead. The accessory mounting bracket is normally positioned between the ATV winch and the fairlead and is held in place by bolts extending from the winch or the winch mounting bracket through the accessory mounting bracket and then through the fairlead. | 06-11-2009 |
Richard Kempf, Crystal Lake, IL US
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| 20090283237 | Rotary Drum and vibratory conveyor system - A rotary drum and vibratory conveyor system including a single walled rotary drum positioned above a vibratory conveyor assembly. The rotary drum may be segmented with each segment having end flanges that are connected to an adjoining segment with bolts. A section or sections of the rotary drum have perforations covered by a dust hood that allow sand and media to fall from the drum through a funnel structure onto the conveyor assembly. The vibratory conveyor assembly includes upper and lower conveyors, where the upper conveyor collects the media falling from the drum and passes the sand to the lower conveyor. The media may be redirected back to the drum inlet to be reused. | 11-19-2009 |
Richard P. Kempf, Crystal Lake, IL US
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| 20110089278 | Vibratory Crushing Apparatus - A vibratory crushing apparatus includes at least one trough having an inlet end, an outlet end, and a wall defining a material-receiving space having a first cross-sectional area. The apparatus also includes at least one crusher disposed in the trough, the at least one crusher having an outer surface that conforms to an inner surface of the wall about a circumference of the crusher, and a second cross-sectional area that is smaller than the first cross-sectional area so as to define a gap between the outer surface of the at least one crusher and the inner surface of the wall. Further, the apparatus includes a vibration generator coupled to the at least one trough to cause material to move between the inlet end and the outlet end and to cause the at least one crusher to move relative to the wall of the trough. | 04-21-2011 |
Richard P. Kempf, Woodstock, IL US
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| 20090272629 | CONVEYOR FOR AND METHOD OF CONVEYING HEATED MATERIAL - A conveyor for conveying hot ash may include a frame, a trough supported on the frame to receive a quantity of hot ash, the trough including a trough wall with a plurality of semi-circular steel plates that define a surface of the trough wall and a plenum disposed beneath the semi-circular steel plates, and a vibratory generator operatively coupled to the trough. The conveyor may also include a first plurality of apertures in the trough wall in fluid communication with the plenum, and a plurality of baffles spaced above the first plurality of apertures in the trough wall, the baffles defining a second plurality of apertures through which air exiting the first plurality of apertures may pass in a direction along the surface of the trough wall. | 11-05-2009 |
Richard S. Kempf, Deerfield, IL US
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| 20100305380 | Process for Improved Meta-Xylene Yield from C8 Aromatics - Meta-xylene is recovered from admixture with other C | 12-02-2010 |
Stephen Kempf, Brooklyn, NY US
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| 20110169205 | Plastic Spring And Method And Apparatus For Making The Same - This invention provides a helical spring formed of plastic material, comprising a pair of end coils situated at respective ends of said helical spring; at least one full pitch active coil between said pair of end coils; a pair of transition coils, each transition coil interconnecting an end of a respective end coil to an end of a respective proximate full pitch active coil, and having a varying pitch. | 07-14-2011 |
Thomas P. Kempf, Plymouth, MN US
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| 20100282836 | Product Information Systems and Methods - Embodiments provide product information to a person viewing a product by capturing a product identifier image associated with the product, determining a product identifier from the image, and retrieving product information from a product database using the product identifier. In some cases the product information is filtered prior to display using a profile that includes criteria set by the user. Embodiments provide product information via a handheld computing device, which in some cases can be a mobile phone or other such device that also includes a camera for capturing product identifier images. | 11-11-2010 |