The Torrington Company

Robert Lugosi

Jeffrey A Clark

Michael J Hartnett

Paul E Duffy

John C Hanson

James Rollins

John P Cook

James A Hilby

Spencer H Guptill

Matthew Kackowski

Two shaft sections have a common axis and overlapping end portions. Connecting pins on the end portions extend through sleeves on the end portions. A snap ring or similar device is releasably attached to the connecting pins to hold the connecting pins within the sleeves and to release the connecting pins when a predetermined force is applied. Alternatively, a deformable strap holds flanges on the end portions together and releases the flanges when a predetermined force is applied. Also disclosed is a sequential connecting device having a second mechanism to hold the two end portions together after the initial release and to provide a second release when a second predetermined force is applied.

Separable connecting device for steering column

A transmission shaft speed sensor which comprises a Hall-effect or variable reluctance detector and a means for generating a magnetic field which is integrated into a thrust bearing assembly positioned about the differential casing of an automobile transmission, thereby avoiding structural modification of the transmission itself.

Transmission speed sensor

Axially spaced cams and bearing rings mounted on a tube are permanently secured to the tube by circumferentially spaced projections on the tube extending into grooves formed on the inside surfaces of the cams and bearing rings.

Method of making a camshaft for reciprocating piston engines

Camshaft for reciprocating piston engines

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Canton, CT, United States of America

Robert Lugosi