US3280934A
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Auto kinetic wheel or fluid motor
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1964-09-21
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Granted: 1966-10-25
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Expires: 1984-09-21
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Biasi Charles P De
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 11:30
CPC Classifications
B; B62; B62D; B62D55/00; B62D55/08; B62D55/12; B62D55/125
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
603 words
A FLUID MOTOR PARTICULARLY ADAPTED FOR USE AS A COMPONENT PART OF A DRIVING WHEEL COMPRISING: A STATIONARY SHAFT MEMBER HAVING: A BASE PORTION, SAID BASE PORTION COMPRISING: A PLURALITY OF CONDUITS INTEGRAL THEREWITH; A FLANGE PORTION, SAID FLANGE PORTION COMPRISING: A PLURALITY OF PASSAGE ARRANGEMENTS PROVIDING COMMUNICATION FROM SAID FLUID CONDUITS HAVING: A PLURALITY OF RADIALLY EXTENDING BORES; AND A PLURALITY OF COMPLETELY ANNULAR GROOVES; ONE OF SAID BORES COMMUNICATING, AT ONE END THEREOF, WITH AN END OF ONE OF SAID CONDUITS, AND WITH ONE OF SAID GROOVES AT THE OTHER END THEREOF; ANOTHER OF SAID BORES COMMUNICATING, AT ONE END THEREOF, WITH ONE END OF ANOTHER OF SAID CONDUITS, AND WITH ANOTHER OF SAID GROOVES AT THE OTHER END THEREOF; A HOUSING MEMBER ENCLOSING THE FLANGE PORTION OF SAID SHAFT MEMBER, AND COMPRISING: A FIRST ANNULAR HOUSING PLATE ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON THE BASE PORTION OF SAID SHAFT MEMBER ADJACENT ONE SURFACE OF SAID FLANGE PORTION; A SECOND ANNULAR HOUSING PLATE ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON SAID BASE PORTION ADJACENT ANOTHER SURFACE OF SAID FLANGE PORTION; EACH OF SAID ANNULAR PLATES EXTENDING RADIALLY OUTWARDLY OF SAID BASE PORTION A DISTANCE GREATER THAN SAID FLANGE PORTION; AND A RING DISPOSED RADIALLY OUTWARDLY OF SAID FLANGE PORTION AND BETWEEN SAID PLATES, AND BEING CONNECTED THERETO, SO AS TO BE ROTATABLE THEREWITH; ONE OF SAID FLANGE PORTION AND SAID RING HAVING A PLURALITY OF EQUI-SPACED CHAMBERS POSITIONED THEREABOUT; ANOTHER OF SAID FLANGE PORTION AND SAID RING HAVING A PLURALITY OF EQUI-SPACED RADIALLY EXTENDING GROOVES POSITIONED THEREABOUT; A VANE MEMBER RADIALLY RECIPROCALLY DISPOSED IN EACH OF SAID GROOVES; A SPRING POSITIONED IN EACH OF SAID GROOVES FOR RESILIENTLY URGING SAID VANE MEMBERS INTO MUTUAL COOPERATIVE ENGAGEMENT WITH THAT ONE OF SAID FLANGE PORTION AND SAID RING HAVING SAID CHAMBERS; SAID FIRST AND SECOND PLATES EACH OF THEM COMPRISING: AN ANNULAR BEARING HOUSING LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE BASE PORTION OF SAID SHAFT MEMBER; ROLLER BEARINGS POSITIONED WITHIN SAID BEARING HOUSINGS; AN ANNULAR BEARING SEAL RING LOCATED AXIALLY OUTWARDLY OF SAID BEARING HOUSINGS TO PRECLUDE LEAKAGE OF FLUID OUTWARDLY OF SAID ANNULAR PLATES AND ALONG SAID BASE PORTIONS; AN ANNULAR FLANGE PORTION SEALING RING LOCATED RADIALLY OUTWARDLY OF EACH OF SAID BEARINGS, AND IN SEALING ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID ONE AND SAID OTHER SURFACE OF SAID FLANGE PORTIONS; A SPRING URGING EACH OF SAID ANNULAR FLANGE PORTION SEALING RINGS INTO SEALING ENGAGEMENT WITH THE FACES OF SAID FLANGE PORTION; A GAP EXTENDING BETWEEN EACH OF SAID FLANGE PORTION SEALING RINGS AND SAID BEARINGS, ENABLING FLUID THAT ENTERS SAID GAP TO BE COMMUNICATED TO SAID BEARINGS, FURTHER ENABLING THE LUBRICATION THEREOF; A ONE-WAY SEALING RING LOCATED RADIALLY INWARDLY OF AND ADJACENT TO EACH OF SAID FLANGE PORTION RINGS TO PRECLUDE LEAKAGE THEREALONG IN ONE DIRECTION, FURTHER ENABLING FLUID PRESSURE TO BE DIRECTED TO SAID GAP PAST SAID FLANGE PORTION SEALING RING, AND TO ENABLE LEAKAGE THEREALONG IN ANOTHER DIRECTION, STILL FURTHER ENABLING SAID FLUID MOTOR TO BE INTERNALLY CASE DRAINED TO THAT ONE OF SAID CONDUITS CONNECTED TO AN EXHAUST; INTERNAL FLUID PASSAGES EXTENDING BETWEEN THE BEARING HOUSING IN EACH OF SAID ANNULAR PLATES, ENABLING THE FLUID THAT LUBRICATES ON THE HIGH PRESSURE SIDE OF THE FLANGE PORTION OF SAID SHAFT MEMBER TO BE COMMUNICATED TO THE LOW PRESSURE SIDE THEREOF, FURTHER ENABLING LUBRICATION OF THE BEARING ON THE LATTER SIDE OF SAID FLANGE PORTION; ONE SYSTEM OF PASSAGES FOR CONVEYING FLUID UNDER PRESSURE FROM ONE OF SAID PLURALITY OF PASSAGE ARRANGEMENTS TO ONE END OF EACH OF SAID CHAMBERS; ANDD ANOTHER SYSTEM OF PASSAGES FOR DRAINING FLUID FROM ANOTHER END OF EACH OF SAID CHAMBERS TO ANOTHER OF SAID PASSAGE ARRANGEMENTS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
603 words
A FLUID MOTOR PARTICULARLY ADAPTED FOR USE AS A COMPONENT PART OF A DRIVING WHEEL COMPRISING: A STATIONARY SHAFT MEMBER HAVING: A BASE PORTION, SAID BASE PORTION COMPRISING: A PLURALITY OF CONDUITS INTEGRAL THEREWITH; A FLANGE PORTION, SAID FLANGE PORTION COMPRISING: A PLURALITY OF PASSAGE ARRANGEMENTS PROVIDING COMMUNICATION FROM SAID FLUID CONDUITS HAVING: A PLURALITY OF RADIALLY EXTENDING BORES; AND A PLURALITY OF COMPLETELY ANNULAR GROOVES; ONE OF SAID BORES COMMUNICATING, AT ONE END THEREOF, WITH AN END OF ONE OF SAID CONDUITS, AND WITH ONE OF SAID GROOVES AT THE OTHER END THEREOF; ANOTHER OF SAID BORES COMMUNICATING, AT ONE END THEREOF, WITH ONE END OF ANOTHER OF SAID CONDUITS, AND WITH ANOTHER OF SAID GROOVES AT THE OTHER END THEREOF; A HOUSING MEMBER ENCLOSING THE FLANGE PORTION OF SAID SHAFT MEMBER, AND COMPRISING: A FIRST ANNULAR HOUSING PLATE ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON THE BASE PORTION OF SAID SHAFT MEMBER ADJACENT ONE SURFACE OF SAID FLANGE PORTION; A SECOND ANNULAR HOUSING PLATE ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON SAID BASE PORTION ADJACENT ANOTHER SURFACE OF SAID FLANGE PORTION; EACH OF SAID ANNULAR PLATES EXTENDING RADIALLY OUTWARDLY OF SAID BASE PORTION A DISTANCE GREATER THAN SAID FLANGE PORTION; AND A RING DISPOSED RADIALLY OUTWARDLY OF SAID FLANGE PORTION AND BETWEEN SAID PLATES, AND BEING CONNECTED THERETO, SO AS TO BE ROTATABLE THEREWITH; ONE OF SAID FLANGE PORTION AND SAID RING HAVING A PLURALITY OF EQUI-SPACED CHAMBERS POSITIONED THEREABOUT; ANOTHER OF SAID FLANGE PORTION AND SAID RING HAVING A PLURALITY OF EQUI-SPACED RADIALLY EXTENDING GROOVES POSITIONED THEREABOUT; A VANE MEMBER RADIALLY RECIPROCALLY DISPOSED IN EACH OF SAID GROOVES; A SPRING POSITIONED IN EACH OF SAID GROOVES FOR RESILIENTLY URGING SAID VANE MEMBERS INTO MUTUAL COOPERATIVE ENGAGEMENT WITH THAT ONE OF SAID FLANGE PORTION AND SAID RING HAVING SAID CHAMBERS; SAID FIRST AND SECOND PLATES EACH OF THEM COMPRISING: AN ANNULAR BEARING HOUSING LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE BASE PORTION OF SAID SHAFT MEMBER; ROLLER BEARINGS POSITIONED WITHIN SAID BEARING HOUSINGS; AN ANNULAR BEARING SEAL RING LOCATED AXIALLY OUTWARDLY OF SAID BEARING HOUSINGS TO PRECLUDE LEAKAGE OF FLUID OUTWARDLY OF SAID ANNULAR PLATES AND ALONG SAID BASE PORTIONS; AN ANNULAR FLANGE PORTION SEALING RING LOCATED RADIALLY OUTWARDLY OF EACH OF SAID BEARINGS, AND IN SEALING ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID ONE AND SAID OTHER SURFACE OF SAID FLANGE PORTIONS; A SPRING URGING EACH OF SAID ANNULAR FLANGE PORTION SEALING RINGS INTO SEALING ENGAGEMENT WITH THE FACES OF SAID FLANGE PORTION; A GAP EXTENDING BETWEEN EACH OF SAID FLANGE PORTION SEALING RINGS AND SAID BEARINGS, ENABLING FLUID THAT ENTERS SAID GAP TO BE COMMUNICATED TO SAID BEARINGS, FURTHER ENABLING THE LUBRICATION THEREOF; A ONE-WAY SEALING RING LOCATED RADIALLY INWARDLY OF AND ADJACENT TO EACH OF SAID FLANGE PORTION RINGS TO PRECLUDE LEAKAGE THEREALONG IN ONE DIRECTION, FURTHER ENABLING FLUID PRESSURE TO BE DIRECTED TO SAID GAP PAST SAID FLANGE PORTION SEALING RING, AND TO ENABLE LEAKAGE THEREALONG IN ANOTHER DIRECTION, STILL FURTHER ENABLING SAID FLUID MOTOR TO BE INTERNALLY CASE DRAINED TO THAT ONE OF SAID CONDUITS CONNECTED TO AN EXHAUST; INTERNAL FLUID PASSAGES EXTENDING BETWEEN THE BEARING HOUSING IN EACH OF SAID ANNULAR PLATES, ENABLING THE FLUID THAT LUBRICATES ON THE HIGH PRESSURE SIDE OF THE FLANGE PORTION OF SAID SHAFT MEMBER TO BE COMMUNICATED TO THE LOW PRESSURE SIDE THEREOF, FURTHER ENABLING LUBRICATION OF THE BEARING ON THE LATTER SIDE OF SAID FLANGE PORTION; ONE SYSTEM OF PASSAGES FOR CONVEYING FLUID UNDER PRESSURE FROM ONE OF SAID PLURALITY OF PASSAGE ARRANGEMENTS TO ONE END OF EACH OF SAID CHAMBERS; ANDD ANOTHER SYSTEM OF PASSAGES FOR DRAINING FLUID FROM ANOTHER END OF EACH OF SAID CHAMBERS TO ANOTHER OF SAID PASSAGE ARRANGEMENTS.
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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows
| Annuity Stage | Window Opens | Payment Deadline | Surcharge Period Until | Estimated Fee | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1969-10-24 | 1970-04-25 | 1970-10-25 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1973-10-24 | 1974-04-25 | 1974-10-25 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1977-10-24 | 1978-04-25 | 1978-10-25 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |