Patents by Inventor Francisco Antonio De Souza Manso

Francisco Antonio De Souza Manso 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).

  • Patent number: 8382212
    Abstract: A tubeless wheel for vehicles intended for the transport of loads or large number of passengers, such as trucks or buses, with external valve (8), as well as the products rim (1), disk (2) and valve (8) with the disk (2) mounted on the second ledge (4) of the rim (1). The parts have such geometry that, by a combination of factors distributed between rim (1), disk (2) and valve (8), enable the placement of the valve (8) on the external side of the disk (2) and the valve laying region is defined by two concurrent planes exempt of ribs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Iochpe-Maxion S.A.
    Inventor: Francisco Antonio De Souza Manso
  • Publication number: 20110248553
    Abstract: There is described a tubeless wheel for vehicles intended for the transport of loads or large number of passengers, such as trucks or buses, with external valve (8), as well as the products rim (1), disk (2) and valve (8) with the disk (2) mounted on the second ledge (4) of the rim (1). The parts have such geometry that, by a combination of factors distributed between rim (1), disk (2) and valve (8), enable the placement of the valve (8) on the external side of the disk (2) and the valve laying region is defined by two concurrent planes exempt of ribs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2010
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Inventor: Francisco Antonio de Souza Manso
  • Publication number: 20080141532
    Abstract: The current invention refers to the manufacturing process of rims for tubeless wheels for “off road” vehicles which, amongst other advantages, are far simpler when compared to the existing processes, presents a reduced number of operations and permits the use of lower grade raw materials in the manufacturing process without compromising on the final quality of the rim. According to the invention, the rim may be obtained from a single, mechanically shaped part, through drawing. Still according to the invention, the rim may be substituted with by parts, the first part being mechanically shaped through drawing and the second part through stamping. Alternatively, the two parts may be mechanically shaped through drawing. Rims obtained through the referred to processes and the tubeless wheels for “off road” vehicles built with the referred to rims are also objects of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventor: Francisco Antonio de Souza Manso