Patents by Inventor Kyle M. Weis
Kyle M. Weis 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).
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Patent number: 10738819Abstract: A security fastener for installation on a wheel having a recess hole extending from a recess entrance of a first diameter comprising an end portion concentric with a longitudinal axis of the fastener, the end portion configured to mate with a corresponding element of the recess hole, an intermediate skirt portion having a side wall region with a diameter within about 6 millimeters of the diameter of the recess entrance, a drive portion having a tapered outer surface and a plurality of circumferentially spaced longitudinally extending key-receiving grooves in the tapered outer surface arranged in a lock pattern to which a driving torque may be applied, the tapered outer surface sloping downward and outward away from the longitudinal axis of the fastener from a top surface to the skirt portion at a taper angle of at least 11 degrees.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2017Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: McGard LLCInventors: Weston J. Ulrich, David C. Meyer, Dustin D. Bielecki, Kyle M. Weis, Andrew D. Trank
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Publication number: 20200191191Abstract: A fastener having a fastener body and a protected decorative cap arranged on a head end of the fastener body in a manner that protects the decorative cap from fastener torquing forces applied to said head end that might otherwise damage, disfigure or loosen the cap and that facilitates attachment of the decorative cap to the fastener body.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2020Publication date: June 18, 2020Inventors: Kyle M. Weis, John F. Mondo, David C. Meyer
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Patent number: 10682883Abstract: A method for forming a permanent connection joint to interconnect structures. The method may include inserting a post on a first structure into a socket on a second structure, with one of the post or the socket being configured to form an integral chip retainer on the other of the post or the socket during the inserting that permanently locks the post in the socket. In another aspect, a permanent connection joint is provided. The connection joint may include a post disposed in a socket, a chip retainer integrally formed on one of the post or the socket, and a recess formed on the other of the post or the socket, the chip retainer being lockingly engaged in the recess. In example embodiments, the integral chip retainer is formed by broaching as the post is installed in the socket during connection formation.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2015Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: McGard LLCInventors: Kyle M. Weis, Andrew D. Trank
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Patent number: 10612579Abstract: A fastener having a fastener body and a protected decorative cap arranged on a head end of the fastener body in a manner that protects the decorative cap from fastener torquing forces applied to said head end that might otherwise damage, disfigure or loosen the cap and that facilitates attachment of the decorative cap to the fastener body.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2017Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: McGard LLCInventors: Kyle M. Weis, John F. Mondo, David C. Meyer
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Publication number: 20170227044Abstract: A security fastener for installation on a wheel having a recess hole extending from a recess entrance of a first diameter comprising an end portion concentric with a longitudinal axis of the fastener, the end portion configured to mate with a corresponding element of the recess hole, an intermediate skirt portion having a side wall region with a diameter within about 6 millimeters of the diameter of the recess entrance, a drive portion having a tapered outer surface and a plurality of circumferentially spaced longitudinally extending key-receiving grooves in the tapered outer surface arranged in a lock pattern to which a driving torque may be applied, the tapered outer surface sloping downward and outward away from the longitudinal axis of the fastener from a top surface to the skirt portion at a taper angle of at least 11 degrees.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2017Publication date: August 10, 2017Inventors: Weston J. Ulrich, David C. Meyer, Dustin D. Bielecki, Kyle M. Weis, Andrew D. Trank
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Patent number: 9689421Abstract: A security fastener for installation on a wheel having a recess hole extending from a recess entrance of a first diameter comprising an end portion concentric with a longitudinal axis of the fastener, the end portion configured to mate with a corresponding element of the recess hole, an intermediate skirt portion having a side wall region with a diameter within about 6 millimeters of the diameter of the recess entrance, a drive portion having a tapered outer surface and a plurality of circumferentially spaced longitudinally extending key-receiving grooves in the tapered outer surface arranged in a lock pattern to which a driving torque may be applied, the tapered outer surface sloping downward and outward away from the longitudinal axis of the fastener from a top surface to the skirt portion at a taper angle of at least 11 degrees.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2014Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: McGard LLCInventors: Weston J. Ulrich, David C. Meyer, Dustin D. Bielecki, Kyle M. Weis, Andrew D. Trank
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Publication number: 20170138389Abstract: A fastener having a fastener body and a protected decorative cap arranged on a head end of the fastener body in a manner that protects the decorative cap from fastener torquing forces applied to said head end that might otherwise damage, disfigure or loosen the cap and that facilitates attachment of the decorative cap to the fastener body.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2017Publication date: May 18, 2017Inventors: Kyle M. Weis, John F. Mondo, David C. Meyer
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Patent number: 9593707Abstract: A fastener having a fastener body and a protected decorative cap arranged on a head end of the fastener body in a manner that protects the decorative cap from fastener torquing forces applied to said head end that might otherwise damage, disfigure or loosen the cap and that facilitates attachment of the decorative cap to the fastener body.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2014Date of Patent: March 14, 2017Assignee: McGard LLCInventors: Kyle M. Weis, John F. Mondo, David C. Meyer
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Publication number: 20160102700Abstract: A security fastener for installation on a wheel having a recess hole extending from a recess entrance of a first diameter comprising an end portion concentric with a longitudinal axis of the fastener, the end portion configured to mate with a corresponding element of the recess hole, an intermediate skirt portion having a side wall region with a diameter within about 6 millimeters of the diameter of the recess entrance, a drive portion having a tapered outer surface and a plurality of circumferentially spaced longitudinally extending key-receiving grooves in the tapered outer surface arranged in a lock pattern to which a driving torque may be applied, the tapered outer surface sloping downward and outward away from the longitudinal axis of the fastener from a top surface to the skirt portion at a taper angle of at least 11 degrees.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2014Publication date: April 14, 2016Inventors: Weston J. Ulrich, David C. Meyer, Dustin D. Bielecki, Kyle M. Weis, Andrew D. Trank
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Patent number: 9206833Abstract: A threaded fastener comprises a fastener body having a threaded portion, a tool engaging surface, and a head cap receiving bore. The head cap receiving bore has a head cap bearing surface and a head cap retaining surface. A head cap has a rigid base and a central stem extending from the base. The head cap stem is disposed in the head cap receiving bore. The head cap base has a body bearing surface in contacting or near-contacting engagement with the head cap bearing surface. The head cap base further has a head cap outer surface. A head cap retainer interconnects the head cap stem and head cap retaining surface. The head cap retainer comprises a material of sufficient strength and rigidity to retain the head cap on the fastener body in a high-strength, axially non-deformable interconnection that holds the head cap in a substantially fixed and immovable axial position.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2012Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignee: McGard LLCInventors: Scott E. Hunter, Brandon J. Pepper, John F. Mondo, Jacob M. Vernon, Kyle M. Weis
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Publication number: 20150285292Abstract: A method for forming a permanent connection joint to interconnect structures. The method may include inserting a post on a first structure into a socket on a second structure, with one of the post or the socket being configured to form an integral chip retainer on the other of the post or the socket during the inserting that permanently locks the post in the socket. In another aspect, a permanent connection joint is provided. The connection joint may include a post disposed in a socket, a chip retainer integrally formed on one of the post or the socket, and a recess formed on the other of the post or the socket, the chip retainer being lockingly engaged in the recess. In example embodiments, the integral chip retainer is formed by broaching as the post is installed in the socket during connection formation.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2015Publication date: October 8, 2015Inventors: Kyle M. Weis, Andrew D. Trank
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Publication number: 20150184687Abstract: A fastener having a fastener body and a protected decorative cap arranged on a head end of the fastener body in a manner that protects the decorative cap from fastener torquing forces applied to said head end that might otherwise damage, disfigure or loosen the cap and that facilitates attachment of the decorative cap to the fastener body.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2014Publication date: July 2, 2015Inventors: Kyle M. Weis, John F. Mondo, David C. Meyer
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Publication number: 20130071204Abstract: A threaded fastener comprises a fastener body having a threaded portion, a tool engaging surface, and a head cap receiving bore. The head cap receiving bore has a head cap bearing surface and a head cap retaining surface. A head cap has a rigid base and a central stem extending from the base. The head cap stem is disposed in the head cap receiving bore. The head cap base has a body bearing surface in contacting or near-contacting engagement with the head cap bearing surface. The head cap base further has a head cap outer surface. A head cap retainer interconnects the head cap stem and head cap retaining surface. The head cap retainer comprises a material of sufficient strength and rigidity to retain the head cap on the fastener body in a high-strength, axially non-deformable interconnection that holds the head cap in a substantially fixed and immovable axial position.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2012Publication date: March 21, 2013Applicant: MCGARD LLCInventors: Scott E. Hunter, Brandon J. Pepper, John F. Mondo, Jacob M. Vernon, Kyle M. Weis
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Patent number: D911810Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2018Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: McGard LLCInventors: Brandon A. Koblich, Kyle M. Weis
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Patent number: D965411Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2021Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: McGard LLCInventors: Brandon A. Koblich, Kyle M. Weis