Patents by Inventor JOHAN VITS

JOHAN VITS 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: 11932049
    Abstract: Assembly of a rim and of a flexible adapter, intended to make up, with a tyre, a rolling assembly. The rim having a mounting well that is extended axially by a boss, a rim seat and a rim flange that extends the rim seat axially on the outside, with a bearing face of substantially radial orientation. The adapter having an axially inner end intended to rest on the rim seat, an axially outer end and a substantially cylindrical body that connects the axially inner end and the axially outer end and is intended to receive, in cooperation with the axially outer end, a tyre bead. The rim seat of the rim has an inclination relative to the axis of rotation of between ?2 and +6 degrees, the angle being counted as positive when the virtual vertex of the substantially frustoconical seat is situated axially on the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: MAXION WHEELS HOLDING GMBH
    Inventors: Daniel Walser, Johan Vits, Bertrand Vedy
  • Patent number: 11396204
    Abstract: A hubcap for a wheel with a floating tire seat, the wheel having a rim comprising a tire seat extended axially outwards by a flange, the tire seat being radially floating, comprises a central edge and an exterior periphery, in which the central edge comprises fixing elements for attaching to the rigid part of the wheel and in which the central edge is connected to the exterior periphery by an intermediate sector that is deformable so that the exterior periphery can be moved at least radially inwards with respect to the central edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignees: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN, MAXION WHEELS U.S.A. LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Walser, Benjamin Edward Ebel, Ralf Duning, Johan Vits
  • Publication number: 20210283947
    Abstract: Hubcap (1) for a wheel (2) with a floating tyre seat, the said wheel (2) having a rim comprising a tyre seat (253) extended axially outwards by a flange (254), the tyre seats (253) being radially floating, the said hubcap comprising a central edge (11) and an exterior periphery (12), in which the said central edge (11) comprises fixing elements for attaching to the rigid part of the wheel and in which the said central edge (11) is connected to the said exterior periphery (12) by an intermediate sector that is deformable so that the exterior periphery (12) can be moved at least radially inwards with respect to the central edge (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2017
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: DANIEL WALSER, BENJAMIN EDWARD EBEL, RALF DUNNING, JOHAN VITS
  • Publication number: 20210245546
    Abstract: Assembly of a rim (3) and of a flexible adapter (1), intended to make up, with a tire (2), a rolling assembly, the rim (3) having a mounting well (33) that is extended axially by a boss (34), a substantially frustoconical rim seat (31) and a rim flange (32) that extends the rim seat (31) axially on the outside, with a bearing face of substantially radial orientation, the adapter having an axially inner end (10) intended to rest on the rim seat (31), an axially outer end (11) and a substantially cylindrical body (12) that connects the axially inner end (10) and the axially outer end (11) and is intended to receive, in cooperation with the axially outer end, a tire bead (21), characterized in that the substantially frustoconical rim seat (31) of said rim has an inclination (?) relative to the axis of rotation DD? of between ?2 and +6 degrees, said angle (?) being counted as positive when the virtual vertex S of said substantially frustoconical seat is situated axially on the outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: DANIEL WALSER, JOHAN VITS, BERTRAND VEDY