Patents by Inventor Nathan Joel Panning

Nathan Joel Panning 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).

  • Flexible guide for tire repair
    Patent number: 9561628
    Abstract: A method for preparing a portion of a tire for repair includes the steps of providing a template having a pair of guide edges, securing the template to an interior surface of the tire, providing a tool for forming a discontinuity in the interior surface of the tire, forming a discontinuity in the interior surface of the tire, with the tool, along the guide edges of the template, and removing the template from the tire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignees: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A., Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin
    Inventors: Metodi Lubenov Ikonomov, Cesar Enrique Zarak, Nathan Joel Panning, Michael Edward Widmyer
  • Depth marking tool for tire repair
    Patent number: 9266293
    Abstract: The invention includes methods and apparatus for preparing a tire surface for receiving a tire patch. Such methods include selecting a desired depth marking template for use in forming one or more depth marking apertures within a tire surface and within a desired tire patch application area, each of the one or more depth marking apertures having a desired depth corresponding to a desired depth of the patch receiving area, the template having one or more openings extending through a thickness of the template corresponding to the one or more marking apertures to be formed. The methods further include forming one or more depth marking apertures within the tread by inserting a material removal member of a power tool into each of the one or more openings in the template, the power tool removing tire material to the desired depth for each aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignees: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A., Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin
    Inventors: Metodi Lubenov Ikonomov, Cesar Enrique Zarak, Nathan Joel Panning
  • FLEXIBLE GUIDE FOR TIRE REPAIR
    Publication number: 20130213556
    Abstract: A method for preparing a portion of a tire for repair includes the steps of providing a template having a pair of guide edges, securing the template to an interior surface of the tire, providing a tool for forming a discontinuity in the interior surface of the tire, forming a discontinuity in the interior surface of the tire, with the tool, along the guide edges of the template, and removing the template from the tire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicants: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN, MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE S.A.
    Inventors: Metodi Lubenov Ikonomov, Cesar Enrique Zarak, Nathan Joel Panning, Michael Edward Widmyer
  • DEPTH MARKING TOOL FOR TIRE REPAIR
    Publication number: 20130213557
    Abstract: The invention includes methods and apparatus for preparing a tire surface for receiving a tire patch. Such methods include selecting a desired depth marking template for use in forming one or more depth marking apertures within a tire surface and within a desired tire patch application area, each of the one or more depth marking apertures having a desired depth corresponding to a desired depth of the patch receiving area, the template having one or more openings extending through a thickness of the template corresponding to the one or more marking apertures to be formed. The methods further include forming one or more depth marking apertures within the tread by inserting a material removal member of a power tool into each of the one or more openings in the template, the power tool removing tire material to the desired depth for each aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2010
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicants: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN, MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE S.A.
    Inventors: Metodi Lubenov Ikonomov, Cesar Enrique Zarak, Nathan Joel Panning