Patents by Inventor Dennis M. Burrell

Dennis M. Burrell 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).

  • Corrosion-resistant metal fasteners and stud inserts
    Patent number: 7407354
    Abstract: In the trucking industry, a wheel stud having a recess at either end to accommodate a sacrificial insert of metal higher in the electromotive series of metals than the metals of the wheel stud assembly, the lug and the components joined thereby and being of sufficient difference in color from the surrounding materials so as to be readily visible without disassembling the combination, and a method for its use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Assignee: Benmaxx, LLC
    Inventors: Charles Benjamin Rau, III, Dennis M. Burrell
  • Zinc stud insert
    Patent number: 7086705
    Abstract: In the trucking industry, a wheel stud having a recess at either end to accommodate a sacrificial insert of metal higher in the electromotive series of metals than the metals of the wheel stud assembly, the lug and the components joined thereby and being of sufficient difference in color from the surrounding materials so as to be readily visible without disassembling the combination, and a method for its use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: Benmaxx, LLC
    Inventors: Charles B. Rau, III, Dennis M. Burrell