Patents Assigned to Bell Automotive Products, Inc.
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Patent number: 9592641Abstract: A tire sealant bottle assembly that includes a bottle, a nozzle, and a cap is disclosed. The bottle is designed to hold tire sealant therein. The nozzle removably couples to the bottle and includes a nozzle base, a nozzle head integral with the nozzle base, and a channel extending through the nozzle. The channel includes a substantially cylindrical portion at the terminating end of the nozzle head that is at least 5 mm in length and has an inner diameter between approximately 7 and 8 mm. The cap may be a hollow valve core tool cap having an open first end, a closed second end, and a valve core removal tool extending from the second end away from the first end.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2014Date of Patent: March 14, 2017Assignee: Bell Automotive Products, Inc.Inventor: Patrick Ohm
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Patent number: 9242416Abstract: An aerosol tire sealant and inflator assembly includes an aerosol bottle, a lid, an actuator, and a hose. The aerosol bottle has pressurized tire sealant and air housed therein. The lid has an actuator opening extending through the lid and a sloped locking lip extending from an inner wall. The locking lip includes a first portion and a second portion. The actuator is positioned within the actuator opening and rotatably coupled to the lid between a closed position and an open position. The actuator has a coupling and an actuator tab engaged with the first portion of the locking lip when the actuator is in the closed position and engaged with the second portion of the locking lip when the actuator is in the open position. The hose includes a coupling configured to couple to the actuator and a coupling configured to couple to a tire stem.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2014Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: Bell Automotive Products, Inc.Inventors: Patrick Ohm, Silas Veloz, C. Kwai Kong
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Patent number: 9126373Abstract: A tire puncture repair apparatus may include a handle, a puncture repair screw, and an integral neck between the handle and the puncture repair screw. The puncture repair screw may include a screw head, a cylindrical shaft extending from the screw head opposite the neck, a partially threaded and solid cone that uniformly narrows from the shaft to a tip opposite the shaft, and a conic-helical thread coiled about the cone between the tip and the shaft. The diameter of the shaft may be approximately equal to the diameter of the cone at the widest point of the cone. The thread on the cone may include an angled ridge and may be coiled around the cone from the intersection of the shaft and the cone to before tip of the cone.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2013Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: Bell Automotive Products, Inc.Inventors: C. Kwai Kong, Patrick L. Ohm, Silas Veloz, Randy Lee
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Patent number: 9039092Abstract: The present disclosure describes a method of manufacture and a structure for an automobile seat cover that includes a seat cover body with an outer perimeter, a seat cover skirt with a first edge sewn with an overlock stitch to the seat cover body for a majority of the outer perimeter, and a second edge, distal from the first edge, comprising a tie element extending for a majority of the second edge around a seat opening in the seat cover. A portion of the seat cover skirt and the seat cover body corresponding to a location of at least one airbag installed in an automobile seat cover over which the seat cover is to be placed are sewn together with one of a straight stitch and a lock stitch instead of the overlock stitch. In some implementations, the thread used is a brightly colored string.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2012Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: Bell Automotive Products, Inc.Inventors: Ken Krankkala, C. Kwai Kong
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Patent number: 9010856Abstract: An automobile bench seat cover having a bottom portion and a back portion is disclosed herein. The bottom portion is configured to cover three seat bottoms of a bench seat when removably coupled to the automobile bench seat. The back portion is coupled to the bottom portion and configured to cover three seatbacks of the bench seat when removably coupled to the bench seat. The bench seat cover also includes two slits extending from a top portion of the back portion toward the bottom portion. Each slit is adaptable between an open position that allows a seatbelt to fit through the slit and a closed position that closes the slit. One or more couplings, such as Velcro, are positioned adjacent each of the two slits and configured to close the respective slit.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2013Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Assignee: Bell Automotive Products, Inc.Inventors: Ken Krankkala, Danielle Peters, Joleen Jansen
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Publication number: 20150069803Abstract: An automobile bench seat cover having a bottom portion and a back portion is disclosed herein. The bottom portion is configured to cover three seat bottoms of a bench seat when removably coupled to the automobile bench seat. The back portion is coupled to the bottom portion and configured to cover three seatbacks of the bench seat when removably coupled to the bench seat. The bench seat cover also includes two slits extending from a top portion of the back portion toward the bottom portion. Each slit is adaptable between an open position that allows a seatbelt to fit through the slit and a closed position that closes the slit. One or more couplings, such as Velcro, are positioned adjacent each of the two slits and configured to close the respective slit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2013Publication date: March 12, 2015Applicant: Bell Automotive Products, Inc.Inventors: Ken Krankkala, Danielle Peters, Joleen Jansen
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Patent number: 8925594Abstract: The present disclosure describes a structure for a portable tire inflator that includes a triangular housing comprising a triangular face, a triangular back, two sides extending between the triangular face and the triangular back on first and second sides of the triangular face and back, and a support base on a third side of the triangular face and back extending between the triangular face and the triangular back, a pump motor within the housing. The inflator may be configured such that a majority of the total weight of the portable tire inflator is positioned between the middle of the triangular face and the base. The tire inflator may also include a reflective border on at least two of three edges of the triangular face and an air pressure indicator responsive to air pressure within the air hose, the air pressure indicator visible on an external surface of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2012Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignee: Bell Automotive Products, Inc.Inventors: Patrick L. Ohm, C. Kwai Kong, Alan Okamura
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Patent number: 8887769Abstract: The present disclosure describes a structure for a wall-mountable tire inflator that includes a housing having a variable pressure pump motor and rechargeable battery therein, a face, a backside opposite the face, four sides extending between the face and the backside, and an opening sized to receive a post of an air hose support tray. The backside of the housing may include at least one wall mounting element adapted to couple with a wall mount structure extending from a wall. The tire inflator may also include a coiled air hose extending from the housing, a light bar pivotally coupled to the housing. The detachable air hose support tray may include an annular channel on a side surrounding a raised central projection, a post extending radially from the support tray, and a wall mounting aperture extending through a portion of the support tray.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2012Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Assignee: Bell Automotive Products, Inc.Inventors: Patrick L. Ohm, Alan Okamura
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Patent number: 8882420Abstract: A tire puncture repair apparatus may include a handle, a puncture repair screw, and an integral neck between the handle and the puncture repair screw. The puncture repair screw may include a screw head, a cylindrical shaft extending from the screw head opposite the neck, a partially threaded and solid cone that uniformly narrows from the shaft to a tip opposite the shaft, and a conic-helical thread coiled about the cone between the tip and the shaft. The diameter of the shaft may be approximately equal to the diameter of the cone at the widest point of the cone. The thread on the cone may include an angled ridge and may be coiled around the cone from the intersection of the shaft and the cone to before tip of the cone.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2012Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: Bell Automotive Products, Inc.Inventors: C. Kwai Kong, Patrick L. Ohm, Silas Veloz, Randy Lee
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Patent number: 8578640Abstract: A license plate frame that allows for removable coupling of elements to the license plate frame. The license plate frame may include four borders that each include an outer frame lip and an inner frame lip extending outwardly from a rear surface of the license plate frame. The inner frame lip may include a plurality of equally sized notches adjacent one another. A removable element that includes a pin and a channel is removably coupled to the license plate frame by placing the pin within one of the plurality of notches and placing a portion of the outer frame lip within the channel of the removable element. The removable element may be moved by lifting the pin out of the notch and sliding the outer frame lip through the channel of the removable element before inserting the pin into a different notch.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2012Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: Bell Automotive Products, Inc.Inventors: Ken Krankkala, Patrick L. Ohm, C. Kwai Kong
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Patent number: 8573046Abstract: A combined tread depth measurement tool and pressure gauge for treaded pneumatic tires includes a housing, an abutment surface, and a pneumatic pressure sensor. The pneumatic pressure sensor includes a measurement element with a graduated numerical indication of pneumatic pressure on at least one side and a colored indication of tire depth on at least one side. The colored indication includes at least three distinct colors, the three distinct colors each having widths corresponding to ranges of tread depths in reference to a terminal end of the measurement element. A combined tread depth measurement tool and pressure gauge for treaded pneumatic tires includes a body assembly and a spring clip. The body assembly includes a housing with three color bands having distinct colors, a pneumatic pressure sensor, and a measurement element. The spring clip includes a sliding portion and a clip portion with a tire engagement end.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2012Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Assignee: Bell Automotive Products, Inc.Inventors: Patrick L. Ohm, C. Kwai Kong
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Patent number: D694267Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2013Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: Bell Automotive Products, Inc.Inventors: Patrick Lee Ohm, Silas Veloz, Dave Windham
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Patent number: D694268Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2013Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: Bell Automotive Products, Inc.Inventors: Patrick Lee Ohm, Silas Veloz, Dave Windham
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Patent number: D695319Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2013Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: Bell Automotive Products, Inc.Inventors: Patrick Lee Ohm, Silas Veloz, Dave Windham
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Patent number: D699984Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2012Date of Patent: February 25, 2014Assignee: Bell Automotive Products, Inc.Inventors: Ken Krankkala, Todd Donaldson
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Patent number: D700068Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2011Date of Patent: February 25, 2014Assignee: Bell Automotive Products, Inc.Inventors: Ken Krankkala, Sean Hart
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Patent number: D700175Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2013Date of Patent: February 25, 2014Assignee: Bell Automotive Products, Inc.Inventor: Patrick L. Ohm
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Patent number: D700176Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2013Date of Patent: February 25, 2014Assignee: Bell Automotive Products, Inc.Inventor: Patrick L. Ohm
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Patent number: D712626Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2012Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: Bell Automotive Products, Inc.Inventors: Ken Krankkala, C. Kwai Kong
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Patent number: D724401Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2012Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: Bell Automotive Products, Inc.Inventors: C. Kwai Kong, Patrick L. Ohm, Silas Veloz, Randy Lee